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Just in case you haven’t gone through the updates for Windows Azure announced at MIX 11, below is a summary of the new services and functionalities that will be available / is currently available for Azure. New Services and Functionality An update to the Windows Azure SDK that includes a Web Deployment Tool to simplify the migration, management and deployment of IIS Web servers, Web applications and Web sites. This new tool integrates with Visual Studio 2010 and the Web Platform Installer. This update will ship later today. ...

For WP7 developers, registering for an AppHub account lets you submit your application to Marketplace, as well as unlock your device for development. There is a $99US fee when you register. In Step 4 of registering in AppHub, the Payment page looks like this.. You’ll notice that there is a “Redeem Code” option. If you want to receive a code/token, you can email me (chism@microsoft.com) the following details (with Subject: “I want a WP7 token”) so I can confirm that you are planning to build a WP7 app, and that you are based in Singapore: ...

If you have been following MIX 11, there is alot of buzz about the native experience which Internet Explorer 9 / Windows 7 integration can deliver for web applications. One of these features is the jump list for pinned web application and we are glad to announce that Innovative Singapore is now “jump list enabled”! If you are using IE9 and Windows 7, try pinning the site by dragging it to your Windows Taskbar. Once pinned, right click on the icon and you will be presented with the jump list which presents you with a one-click access to the various sections in Innovative Singapore. ...

Hi there. A lot of developers are asking me what support they can get from Microsoft when developing their applications for Windows Phone 7 (There are now close to 200 apps/games developed from Singapore). I hope the following table helps! You Are A… Support Contact/Link Student Free AppHub ($99US) registration through DreamSpark [http://bit.ly/fSGL4i](http://bit.ly/fSGL4i “http://bit.ly/fSGL4i “) Startup Free AppHub ($99US) registration through BizSpark http://bit.ly/dHFOfI Startup/Company looking for funding to hire a WP7 developer ...

I just downloaded 4th & Mayor this new Windows Phone 7 application. As a fan of Foursquare, I am very happy to see this great application. It supports the following features: Check-in to places Comment on check-ins Supports new “explore” features Create and view photos at places Create and view photos within tips New, fun leaderboard experiences Fun, fast, responsive

Last week we had Uditha Bandara (XNA MVP) fly over to Singapore to conduct XNA Game Development to polytechnics and universities here. I have shamelessly copied his blog post that you can access here http://uditha.wordpress.com/ If you are interested in game development you may want to check out his blog, it’s got tons of resources! -- Last week I did XNA Game Development Workshops at Singapore Universities with collaboration from Microsoft Singapore.Universities Including ,Nanyang Technological University (NTU) ,SIM University and National University of Singapore(NUS). ...

To start, I would like to first say that although many PHP developers usually recommend MySQL as the accompanying database for PHP, it is not difficult to interface PHP with other databases such as SQL Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-based relational database offering. PHP connects with SQL Azure in a similar manner as how it does with Microsoft SQL Server, ie through an interface known as the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), which is actually the standard software interface for accessing databases. Each platform and database has its own implementation following the ODBC standard but for this tutorial, I’ll focus on PHP. There are a few ways to connect your php site to MS SQL but the 2 main approaches are as shown in Figure 1.0. 1. Using the “php_mssql.dll” php extension requiring MS SQL Client Tools installed (Figure 1.0, right column). 2. Using the “sqlsrv” driver (“Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server”) requiring MS SQL Native Client installed (Figure 1.0, left column) ...

Recently, I have been working with Windows Azure and SQL Azure for my new project and because of this, a good amount of developer friends came to me and wanted me to share more about it hence I decided to write it down as a blog post for anyone who is interested to know about it. What is SQL Azure? SQL Azure is Microsoft’s Relational Database offering on the Cloud. It is build from the foundation of SQL Server It helps to actually ease the provisioning and deployment of many databases. It is easily scalable per se. This blog post is going to show you how easy is it for you to connect to SQL Azure, it actually works the same way as a normal SQL Server Connection, the main difference is the connection string. The username is your username setup at SQL Azure @ Server name. You can download the full sample project with CRUD ( Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete ) at the end of this post. ...

Hi guys! Developers here in Singapore are also hard at work in polishing and getting their games and apps published in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. Here’ a quick glimpse at some of them. Be sure to check out their links as well! Armor Valley – Combat strategy game ported from Xbox (Indie games). Included in the Xbox Live games on Windows Phone Dino Parade – tower defense-like game with dinosaurs, penguins, toasters, gatling guns, and UFO’s! ...

Interested in creating your own applications on Windows Phone 7? What to launch your app into the Marketplace but don’t know how? This guide will walk you through on how you can use DreamSpark on how you can register yourself and be able to put you app in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Download the Windows Phone Marketplace registration guide. -Chun Siong Tan, Microsoft Student Partner Lead, NUS