Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centers.

Azure Search Index with 2 datasources

Recently I had the need to index documents stored in Azure Storage Blobs. Additionally I wanted to use the blob storage metadata also to add some information to those...

Entity Framework – Update Database using Azure Pipelines

Introduction The pipelines bring to us the opportunity to create automatic tasks to execute development operations, like deploys, migrations, tests, etc. Focused in the deploy routine, some applications need other...

AzureConf2013 Today!

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AzureConf, and online free event on Windows Azure, will be held today, a few hours from now. More information at the events website here. I am especially looking forward...

Latency test between Azure and On-Premises – Specifications

Internet Connection Create IT as an Internet connection of 100mbps Down/20mbps Up. Azure was capping at a 150mbps symmetrical connection. TeamViewer VPN, Azure Site-to-Site and Point-to-Site connections were capped at 10mpbs. Azure...

TUGA IT Conference 2016

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The TUGA Association, the non-profit organization behind SQL Saturdays in Lisbon and Porto, is organizing the first TUGA IT Conference which will take place in Microsoft Portugal's beautiful headquarters, in...

Latency test between Azure and On-Premises – Part One

First test - TeamViewer VPN   In this first test, we are connected via TeamViewer VPN (specification of this technology at the last post) to an Azure VM (Virtual Machine). This...

WPC2011 and the Future of BizTalk

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Following Tony Meleg’s presentation at Microsoft World Partner Conference, there’s a lot of discussion going on about the future of BizTalk Server. The following is a link to some...

Latency test between Azure and On-Premises – Part Four

Starting with a real-world application of Azure (it’s used here on Create), this scenario is a direct 24/7 VPN link to a gateway in Azure. This is a business-oriented...

Latency test between Azure and On-Premises – Conclusions

And when all testing’s complete… A final review is coming! So, brace yourselves and let’s start with a graph ? Note: 5MB results must be multiplied by 10 (value x...

Microsoft Developer TechRefresh (Lisboa 2013.09.24)–“Power your Website with Windows Azure”

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Last tuesday I presented a session at another local Microsoft event, this time focused on Azure Websites and the new features announced at Build 2013 (which I attended) and...