Call to action: Vote on User Voice for Silverlight to be open sourced http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/5042512-open-source-silverlight Originally posted on my...

I was developing a website that had common logic held in a portable class library. However when I used Git deployment, the compilation on the Azure servers would fail with: The reference assemblies for...

Previously I blogged about how Microsoft were creating new Windows Azure data centres in Australia http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/windows-azure-datacentres-coming-to-australia/ . Another...

I was asked to write an editorial for MSDN flash. It hasn’t been published yet, but here is the raw article I submitted. At Build 2013, Microsoft covered a lot of the recent activity within the Windows...

Last week, I flew around Australia helping out with the Bizspark dev camps. I answered questions that the attendees had on development on Windows Azure as well as Windows 8 and Windows Phone. I also got...

A concern when architecting for the cloud is dealing with elasticity. The pricing of Windows Azure on compute / VM roles had an affect on how you dealt with scaling for demand. Previously if you spun...

For those that weren’t able to watch the Build keynote live, I have provided a quick overview of the highlights as they happened. Highlights Windows 8.1 overview http://techcrunch.com...

Microsoft is again running developer camps around Australia to help train you in Windows Azure / Windows 8 / Windows Phone 8. There are events happening in: Sydney: 4th June 2013 Melbourne: 8th June 2013...

Microsoft is planning to expand the Windows Azure regional datacentres to Australia. There are plans to add two new “sub-regions”, in Victoria and NSW. This is exciting, because there have been an number...

This week sees the 2013 Sydney SharePoint conference being run for the 4th year http://www.sharethepoint.com/engage/AU2013/Sydney/Pages/Home.aspx Infragistics will be in attendance in the exhibition hall...