Sean Iannuzzi's Blog
I am a Solutions Architect leveraging best practices for Enterprise, System and Software Design from Philadelphia.
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WCF Diagnostics Implementation in 5 Easy Steps
As we are all aware debugging components in a service oriented architecture it is generally a struggle without having to write a fair amount of code to trace and log the information. Even using common utilities such as Log4Net or the Enterprise Libraries it still requires you to capture the information you want to have logged. To my surprise this is no longer the case with Windows Communication Foundation Services Tracing Capabilities.
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Windows Azure–Windows Azure Cloud Project Deployment and Remote Connections
There are several options when deploying your solution to Windows Azure and based on the types of updates required it may be best for you to leverage each of the deployment options in different ways and at different times. In this blog post I am going to focus on the most common deployment options available and then discuss when and why to use one deployment method versus another. For the purposes of keeping this post as simple as possible, I am not going to focus on a multi region deployment and am only going to focus on a single region deployment.
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WP7 Tips–Part I– Media File Coding Techniques to help pass the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Certification Requirements
Developing an application that plays media files on a Windows Phone 7 Device seems fairly straight forward. However, what can make this a bit frustrating are the necessary requirements in order to pass the WP7 marketplace requirements so that your application can be published. If you are new to this development, be aware of these common challenges that are likely to be made. Below are some techniques and recommendations on how optimize your application to handle playing MP3 and/or WMA files that needs to adhere to the marketplace requirements.
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Publishing to Windows Azure using Windows Azure Service Management API.
In many cases publishing to the Windows Azure is fairly straight forward and has become even more so with the completely integrated Windows Azure Service Management API. Prior to the API being enabled you had to create a package and deploy the package manually to the Cloud by selecting your Package and Configuration file. This is no longer the case with the Windows Azure Services Management API.
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How to Create a Windows Azure Storage Account and Custom Domain Name (register a CName record) in 3 Easy Steps
Depending on the type of application you are building it may be necessary for you to register a CName record with your Storage Account that you created. There are many reasons that you may want to perform this registration such as if you are building a Silverlight/Flash Application that requires that all of your resources are within the same domain.