Preparing Your IT Resources for the Windows Azure Platform
Posted by Apollo Gonzalez in Cloud Computing, Windows Azure on February 26, 2011
Cloud Computing is a hot topic on everyone’s list of learning to-do’s. Once the seal is broken on the subject one of the first responses is fear – fear about security, scalability, cost, and readiness. While all these concerns are valid each one can easily be answered by all cloud vendors (some better than others). [...]
Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta, Solution Management, xRM Framework, Windows Azure and ASP.NET MVC 2
Posted by Apollo Gonzalez in ASP.NET MVC, Cloud Computing, Dynamics CRM, Windows Azure, xRM on October 2, 2010
I was fortunate enough to have access to CRM 2011 for the past several months. I can honestly say that the product itself is a huge leap forward compared to version 4 and most of the other CRM systems out today. However, while I love what CRM 2011 brings to the table I am far [...]
Dynamics CRM and xRM Part 1
Posted by Apollo Gonzalez in Dynamics CRM, Technology Reviews, xRM on December 22, 2009
Introduction As is usually the case there is a new technology that Microsoft is pushing hard. What technology you may ask? xRM. So, the goal of this post is to provide a high level explanation of what xRM is and its relationship to Dynamics CRM. Over the next few posts I will offer my take [...]
Web Part Development in and out of SharePoint 2007 using Model View Presenter Pattern
Posted by Apollo Gonzalez in .NET Development, SharePoint, Software Architecture on October 19, 2009
I recently presented at the Houston Techfest with my colleague Rafael Perez. Topic? Web Part development and some best practices. My colleague Rafael focused on the out of the box web parts while I demonstrated the strengths of using something like the MVP pattern for web part development within SharePoint. Now let me warn you up [...]
How to Import List Templates with STP Files in SharePoint 2007
Posted by Apollo Gonzalez in SharePoint on October 10, 2009
1. Download the list template EXE file to your computer. 2. Run the EXE file to unpack the template file to a location on your computer. 3. Select the template file, <template_name>.stp, from the extracted distribution for the application template you wish to install. 4. Log into your SharePoint site as the site Administrator. 5. From the [...]
Windows Azure Explained
Posted by Apollo Gonzalez in Cloud Computing, Technology Reviews on October 9, 2009
This will be my second post on the Windows Azure and Services Platform or what is really Microsoft’s Web OS in the Cloud (ok cloud really means thousands of virtualized servers running Windows Server 2008). Now let me just say from the start that I am presenting my thoughts and insight based on the CTP. [...]
Basic Outline for Windows Azure
Posted by Apollo Gonzalez in Cloud Computing, Technology Reviews, Windows Azure on October 1, 2009
The following bullet points provide an introduction to the Azure Service from Microsoft. The next post will include some details on how to develop a cloud service using Azure. Cloud is a set of connected servers (1000’s all over the world) Azure is an OS for the cloud Azure has four primary features: Service Management [...]