TechEd Bloggers Architecture

Why Routers Should Route and Switches Should Switch

Lori MacVittie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:29 GMT

Lori MacVittie writes, "Application acceleration in a router or switch would require that the router or switch become layer 7 aware, and flow-based. If they were to attempt to apply application acceleration to XML-based data, they would have to go one step further and become a full proxy. They would have to become an application switch rather than an L2/3 device. This is a bad idea for several reasons..." more

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:29 GMT

Service Oriented Clouds vs Local Data Center

Lori MacVittie — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:22:32 GMT

Lori MacVittie writes, "... Trying to recreate an issues for troubleshooting has always required replicating the environment as closely as possible...Further complicating the potential deployment of databases...Given our dependency on data and its availability, it's unlikely we'll see fully service-oriented clouds in the ether anytime soon. Not until we have the same guarantees of availability and access and ultimately, control..." more

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:22:32 GMT

Infrastructure 2.0 Aligning the Network with the Business

Lori MacVittie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:08:21 GMT

Lori MacVittie writes, "...In order to truly align the network with the business - and the other half of IT - it becomes necessary to dig deeper into the network stack and really take a look at how you're delivering those agile applications and services. It's important to consider the ramifications of a static, brittle delivery infrastructure..." more

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:08:21 GMT

Agile Architecture Method How To On CodePlex

JD Meier — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:29:09 GMT

JD Meier writes, "Our Agile Architecture Method is an iterative and incremental approach for designing architectures...I’ve summarized the approach below, and we’ve posted a step-step how to on CodePlex: How To Design Using Agile Architecture..." more

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:29:09 GMT

2.5 Bad Ways to Implement a Server Load Balancing Architecture

Lori MacVittie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:18:06 GMT

Lori MacVittie writes, "if you're implementing this type of a solution to scale an application, you aren't going to see the benefits you think you are, and in fact you may see a degradation of performance due to the introduction of additional hops, additional processing, and poorly designed network architectures. I'm all for load balancing..." more

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:18:06 GMT

Using Powershell ScriptBlocks to Add Global Groups to Local Groups

Hal Rottenberg — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:06:05 GMT

Hal Rottenberg writes, "...my solution to the problem involves what is probably lesser-known feature of PowerShell called named scriptblocks...an elegant and easy to read way to solve the problem. An alternate way would involve making a foreach-object loop and do everything inside the script..." more

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:06:05 GMT

TDD is Not Unit Testing

Roy Osherove — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:01:25 GMT

Roy Osherove writes, "You can still write crappy tests in TDD mode. With good design. Unit Tests deserve a good book about them without TDD in it because the current books about TDD suffer from lack of SRP. On the other hand you can still write good tests, without TDD. The design might make them a little longer..." more

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:01:25 GMT

Most Effective Authentication When Using Browsers

David Chou — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:52:33 GMT

David Chou writes, "...identity theft remains one of the most prevalent issues in the cloud, and signs show that the rate and sophistication of attacks are still on the rise...the most effective way to ensure users are adequately authenticated when using browsers to access services in the cloud, is to facilitate an additional authentication factor outside of the browser..." more

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:52:33 GMT

Spot Listing Key Software Trends

JD Meier — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:25:50 GMT

JD Meier writes, "As part of our Patterns & Practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 Project, I’ve been hunting and gathering trends that influence software development...Rather than distinguish between trends and fads, I decided to focus on “hot spots” and simply identify the topics..." more

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:25:50 GMT

More Clues About Microsoft's Cloud-Computing Vision

Mary Jo Foley — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:26:01 GMT

Mary Jo Foley writes, "The term “cloud computing” has become almost meaningless...a new white paper...provides more clues aboutwhat the Softies are planning to unveil at this October’s Professional Developers Conference. For anyone looking to understand how and where Red Dog, Zurich, BizTalk Services and SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) all fit together, the 13-pager is worth a read..." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:26:01 GMT

Architect Panel Discussion Released to TechEd Online Library

Darryl Schaffer — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:57:41 GMT

Darryl Schaffer writes, "An interesting panel discussion video was recently released to the TechEd Online Library that focuses on extending the role/disciplines of the Architect into the area of providing mentoring." more

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:57:41 GMT

Comprehensive EA Framework Comparison

Mike Walker — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:39:13 GMT

Mike Walker writes, "When I talk to customers and folks internally about EA frameworks there is a great deal of confusion with current comparisons found online." more

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:39:13 GMT

MSDN Bookmarking Analysis of Tags

Chris Slemp — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:03:43 GMT

Chris Slemp writes, "...Some of the findings from our analysis are expected and typical...There's a really long tail. Of our 8,474 unique tags, only 168 (2%) have been re-used over 100 times..Aliasing just a few common groupings of tags would have a big impact. The most commonly applied tag is..." more

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:03:43 GMT

Architecture Journal Issue Call for Papers

Simon Guest — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:45:30 GMT

Simon Guest writes, "Interested in writing for the next issue of the Architecture Journal...check out the call for papers from Diego Dagum. The theme of the next issue is around distributed computing." more

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:45:30 GMT

PDC2008 Pivots on Understanding the Future MSFT Platform

David Chou — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:52:16 GMT

David Chou writes, "Unlike the TechEd events held annually...PDC is focused on the leading-edge technologies and platform components and has usually been held once every two years. So Microsoft spent 3 years in hibernation this time...we live in an environment where cloud computing has obtained mainstream status, and developers & organizations have a larger number of platforms to consider..." more

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:52:16 GMT

Design Guidelines and the Law of Demeter

Jimmy Bogard — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:17:35 GMT

Jimmy Bogard writes, "It's also known as the Principle of Least Knowledge, and I've found it very helpful in creating objects with rich behavior...For example, I noticed this code in one of my code behinds" more

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:17:35 GMT

Improving Global Web App Performance

Jeff Day — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:17:59 GMT

Jeff Day writes, "The Social Platform, as well as the other MSDN & TechNet apps, is hosted by the Microsoft.com Operations team, with servers in the same data centers that host Live, MSNBC, etc. I've been fascinated to learn how much application performance varies based on a user's proximity to our data centers..." more

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:17:59 GMT

Aspiring Architect series starts June 16th

Denny Boynton — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:38:39 GMT

Denny Boynton writes, "... there is a great series of webcasts starting next week that will provide a primer for moving into the role of the architect. In fact, much of the content in the series would work very well for many working architects out there as well..." more

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:38:39 GMT

TechEd Online video - Simon Guest Sr. Dir. Architecture Team

Bob Familiar — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:17:24 GMT

Bob Familiar writes, "...My first interview was with Simon Guest, Senior Director of the Microsoft Platform Architecture Team. Simon leads a team that is doing some very interesting work creating online content for architects such as the Architect Journal, ARCast and events such as the Strategic Architect Forum (SAF)...interview with Simon here:" more

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:17:24 GMT

SSDS sample: BlogEngine.NET on SSDS

Eugenio Pace — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:21:08 GMT

Eugenio Pace writes, "As a by-product of a project I'm working on, I've got a working version of BlogEngine.NET on SSDS. You can download the provider and other related components from LitwareHR's web site releases section here. In the package you will find:" more

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:21:08 GMT