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Mark your calendars! Cloud Fest Denver Feb. 9th, 2012
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Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Explained
Excellent blog entry describing options for Claims authentication. The required sign-in flow is sometimes hard to follow, and this was a great reference for me. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alikl/archive/2010/09/23/windows-identity-foundation-wif-explained-web-browser-sign-in-flow-ws-federation-passive-requestor-profile.aspx
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Windows Azure Insider January 2013 – Windows Azure Web Sites
For the Windows Azure Insider January 2013 edition, Bruno Terkaly and I talk about Windows Azure Web Sites, one of the newest services offered in the Microsoft cloud platform, allowing developers to rapidly deploy and scale applications based on ASP.Net, PHP or Node.js. I hope that you find it useful.
“Azure in Action” eBook for $15
As it was announced by Joey de Villa yesterday, the "work-in-progress" eBook "Azure in Action" can be bought for $15.00 USD, using coupon code dotd0926. It was supposed to only work on September 26th, but I just tried, and it seems to still be valid. Hurry up and take advantage of this promotion. I did……