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. ...

There are tons of technical resources out there detailing how to implement/code ACS, which I will share at the end of this post. So I’m not going to go through those. The goal here is to give you an understanding of what ACS is on a high level and why you might need it when securing a part of your site. It is for those who may have heard of ACS before but not entirely sure what it is and what it’s for. Also we have an upcoming Cloud Day event so it’s just appropriate that we post this ...

I attended Microsoft Conference MIX11 last week. MIX is a Microsoft hosted conference that talking about the Next Web with developers and designers in the community. Major announcement of MIX11 was around IE9’s native support to HTML5 and Windows Phone 7 Mango Update. It was a super fun conference for geeks! There were a few very interesting websites using HTML5 could be browsed by IE9 natively. What do we mean by “Native Experience” here? You no longer need to install plugins to make it work, rather the website handles it for you. Now, consumers have all kind of devices in hand. Without a standard, developers have to code applications against different device which will cost a lot of time. And that’s why we have HTML5 this next web standard,which deliver superior performance through Web-connected devices, play an increasingly important role. I will put up some samples site below and you may want to try it out with IE9. ...

WebSockets is a technology designed to simplify much of the complexity around bi-directional, full-duplex communications channels, over a single Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) socket. It can be implemented in web browsers, web servers as well as used by any client or server application. The WebSockets API is currently being standardized by the W3C Web Applications Working Group and the protocol is being standardized by IETF Hypertext Bidirectional (HyBi) Working Group. Below is an example from http://html5labs.com/ (sorry for the iframe ) ...

Date: April 28th, 2011 Time: 7:00PM – 9:00 PM Registration starts at 6:30 PM Venue: NTUC Building 22CF-12 Microsoft Office One Marina Boulevard Speaker profile: Renaud HARDUIN is ESSILOR European IT Singapore Developement Service Manager, in Singapore (ESSILOR ITSS / 38 people / 6 teams). He is in charge of Europe IT Development Team and provides support for various Business Support. Renaud is MVP on SQL/BI since 2005. Michael LABASTIDA is ESSILOR BI Technical Leader & BI Expert In charge of one of the major BI ESSILOR Project in ESSILOR ITSS. Alvin Lau is your average Joe in the application space and is a large advocate of .NET technologies since 2005. In his spare time, he runs SGDOTNET, a Singapore-based .NET user group, and loves to share his experience and knowledge. His area of interests includes ASP.Net, Agile development, SharePoint and Microsoft BI. ...

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: ...

The Office 365 Beta is now open to the public. Office 365 provides a cloud-based subscription service that includes Office 2010 Professional Plus, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online. For developers and ISVs, Office 365 offers a platform for building cloud-based collaboration and communication solutions for the cloud. To get you guys up to speed, check out these training materials Office 365 Training Course for Public Beta. online training course and offline training kit from MSDN The Office 365 Developer Training Kit includes ...

Date: 27th Apr 2011 Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00PM Venue: Microsoft Singapore (Conference Room SINOMB 22CF-12) 7:00 PM to 7:15PM - Registration 7:20 PM to 8:15PM – How Headsets Enhance Productivity in the Unified Communications(Plantronics) 8:15 PM to 8:30PM - Break 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM – Considerations for Outsourcing your Organization’s Email by Alvin Ng About Alvin Ng: Alvin is a Messaging operations manager for a local organization. He has more than 10 years of messaging experience. He currently supports the MessagingTalk User Goup as webmaster of Messagingtalk.org. Highlight of the event: There will be a Lucky draw at the end of the event. The prize is “Plantronics Voyager PRO UC” by Plantronics. Registration For registration, please email to tristonwan@messagingtalk.org with the following: ...

Attain training on Microsoft Server Virtualization and Management technologies today! Course Date: 18-20 April 2011****Venue: NetAssist Services Pte Ltd298 Tiong Bahru Road #08-02/03 Central Plaza Singapore 168730 About this Course This 400-level, three-day, instructor-led course provides students with the in-depth knowledge and skills needed to design a complex data center architecture using Microsoft virtualization and management technologies, including Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and the System Center Suite. This complimentary workshop is extended only to invited clients. Limited to two seats per organization. Please send replacement if the registered attendee cannot attend else a “No Show” fee of S$600 per seat will apply. Approval of your registration is subject to providing proof of VMware certification or years of experience in current or prior employment. Audience This course is intended for IT architects with extensive VMware experience who have the responsibility for designing and deploying virtualization data centers based on Microsoft technology with potential VMware integration. At Course Completion After completing this course, students will be able to: ...

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. ...