It’s not dead. I promise. I haven’t written a single thing for a loo<chuchu_train>oooooooooo</chuchu_train>ng time. It was for a good reason. So what happened? Well: I joined Microsoft. Which means I had to drop my MVP status. I’m a Technical Evangelist, writing code, spreading knowledge. I moved to Vancouver, BC ...

Το Διεθνές Πρόγραμμα Πρακτικής Άσκησης (Global Internship Program) είναι το πρόγραμμα της AIESEC, που σου δίνει την ευκαιρία να αναπτύξεις τις ηγετικές σου ικανότητες και τα προσωπικά σου χαρακτηριστικά, μέσα από μια επαγγελματική εμπειρία πρακτικής άσκησης στο εξωτερικό σε ένα διεθνές περιβάλλον ανάπτυξης. Συγκεκριμένα, το πρόγραμμα ...

It’s been a while since I blogged about anything. I’ve been quite busy with a very interesting project that I hope I can share more news soon. There have been a lot of changes in my life, fortunately all positive, leading to this moment where I can publicly share my next move. Q1 of 2014 I’ll […]

A nice change I noticed today is that VMDepot images are now visible in the Windows Azure Portal. If you to Virtual Machines You’ll see an option that says “Browse VMDepot” If you click it, you get the list of the image already in the VM Depot:   You can select one and create a virtual [...]

VM Depot allows users to build, deploy and share their favorite Linux configuration, create custom open source stacks, work with others and build new architectures for the cloud that leverage the openness and flexibility of the Azure platform. How it works All images shared via this catalog are open for interaction where other users of [...]

What is Windows AzureConf On November 14, 2012, Microsoft will be hosting Windows AzureConf, a free event for the Windows Azure community. This event will feature a keynote presentation by Scott Guthrie, along with numerous sessions executed by Windows Azure community members. Streamed live for an online audience on Channel 9, the event will allow ...

It’s a short post but worth it! It’s live, Windows Azure WebSites are now running with support for .NET Framework 4.5. As this is an in-place upgrade from 4.0 to 4.5 don’t expect anything breaking or things not working but make sure you test your stuff before you upload. Everything targeting 4.0 should still work as [...]

I accessed the portal today and a nice surprise was waiting for me. Among other improvements that I either didn’t spot yet or they are not visible to us (backend changes) they were two new very welcome changes: 1) Service bus can now be managed from the new portal! Under the “App Services” category, you can now [...]

Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS) is a powerful hosting platform provided by Microsoft on Windows Azure. One of the coolest features is that you can run your Web Sites/Web Apps pretty easily and it’s not limited to ASP.NET but it also supports PHP. Also on database level it’s not only SQL databases (MSSQL) that are [...]

Windows Azure Trust Center was released to the public and it contains valuable information about security and privacy on the platform. You can find details about what kind of certificates the platform holds and generally why and how the platform is secure, handles data and respects privacy. All that information applies to Windows Azure core ...

I received my renewal email today from the MVP Award program. I’m going to be a Windows Azure MVP for a second year in a total of 3 years being an MVP. I’m still proud to be on the first wave of Windows Azure MVPs when the MVP award was available for Windows Azure. I met … Continue reading »

There is a common error sometimes when you try to start and debug a web site/web app on the Windows Azure Emulator that it’s caused for a couple of reasons that I will explain below. The error message is “There was an error attaching the debuger to the IIS worker process for URL <THE_URL> …”. Reason … Continue ...

Στα τέλη του προηγούμενου έτους μας ήρθαν αλλαγές στο τμήμα: ο εώς ...

Continuing on where I left it on my previous post, I’m going to explain how the Announcement service works and why we choose that approach. The way JBoss and mod_proxy work now is that every time something changes in the topology, either a new proxy is added or removed or a JBoss node, then the proxy [...]

I’m going to start a series of posts to explain how we made JBoss run on Windows Azure, not just on standalone mode but with full cluster support. Let me start with one simple definition, I’m NOT a Java guy, but I work with some very talented people under the same roof and under the [...]

Στις 17/10 η Softone οργάνωσε μία εκδήλωση στη Θεσσαλονίκη προκειμένου να ...

Εργάζομαι εδώ και 5 χρόνια στη Microsoft ως ISV Developer Evangelist, και στην ουσία το ...

In the next couple of days I’ll be reading and reviewing Neil’s book. Neil is a fellow Windows Azure MVP and judging from what I’ve heard and read up to this point, this is probably going to be a very nice book not that I expected anything less from him. You can find the book [...]

Today Windows Azure SDK 1.5 and Windows Azure AppFabric SDK 1.5 were released, fixing issues and bugs detected during the beta. There are also some new enhancements to it: Re-architected emulator, which enables higher fidelity between local and cloud developments. Support for uploading service certificates in csupload.exe. A new csencrypt.exe tool ...

Δεύτερη στον κόσμο αναδείχτηκε η εφαρμογή της Softone, “Soft1 on Windows Azure”, που γίνεται ...

Earlier this week the Windows Azure platform was named Best Cloud Service at the Cloud Computing World Forum in London. Now in its third year, the Cloud Computing World Series Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the IT market.  This year’s winners were selected by an independent panel of industry experts. “It’s fantastic for us to see ...

So, this is not a direct Windows Azure post, but I use it also on my roles, so here it goes: I've been looking for a decent alternative to what I was using in the past for my installations, that is InstallAware. Sometimes things were randomly breaking (support for .NET, SQL Server installations failing for nothing etc) all because of the ...

Πρόσφατα κυκλοφόρησε o Google Chrome 12 με αρκετές αλλαγές. Μία από αυτές, η οποία μου έκανε πολύ θετική εντύπωση, είναι η δυνατότητα που δίνει ο Browser να κάνει ένας Developer De-Obfuscate ένα Javascript κώδικα. Η δυνατότητα αυτή υπάρχει  μέσα στο Scripts Panel (κάνοντας δεξί κλικ στον κώδικα και επιλέγοντας De-obfuscate source) και ...

Και εκεί που περιμέναμε να ακούσουμε για ένα νέο PDC (Professional Developers Conference) από τη Microsoft, να ...

April's Update (v2.9) of Windows Azure Platform Training Kit is available now and you can get it here. ''The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform, including: Windows Azure, ...