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What SQL Server 2012 Means for PHP Developers
Last week, Microsoft held a virtual conference to announce the availability of SQL Server 2012. The conference included a number of events (speakers, videos, training activities, etc.) that focused on...
View ArticleWhat is Microsoft Doing at DrupalCon Denver?
Microsoft will be at DrupalCon Denver next week, and I have the good fortune of being one of the Microsoft representatives that will be attending. The program looks great – it’s packed with great...
View ArticleAzure Real World: Migrating a Drupal Site from LAMP to Windows Azure
Last month, the Interoperability team at Microsoft highlighted work done to move the Screen Actors Guild Awards Drupal website from a Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP (LAMP) environment to the Windows Azure...
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Deploying Drupal at Scale on Microsoft Platform
I find that every conference I attend is a humbling experience. There are just so many knowledgeable people that I’m constantly reminded of how much I don’t know. The pre-conference training at...
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Reflecting on DrupalCon Denver
I saw a Tweet on Monday that nicely summed up the start to my week:The only thing worse than a Monday is a Monday after #DrupalCon. I’m not sure I’ve quoted it exactly, but I’m sure I’ve captured the...
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Azure Real World: Managing and Monitoring Drupal Sites on Windows Azure
A few weeks ago, I co-authored an article (with my colleague Rama Ramani) about how the Screen Actors Guild Awards website migrated its Drupal deployment from LAMP to Windows Azure: Azure Real World:...
View ArticleInsights on HDInsight
I think it’s about time I dust off this blog and realign it with my current focus: HDInsight. I’ve been heads-down since February (when I joined the HDInsight team) learning about “big data” and...
View ArticleMaximizing HDInsight throughput to Azure Blob Storage
The HDInsight service supports both HDFS and Windows Azure Storage (BLOB Service) for storing data. Using BLOB Storage with HDInsight gives you low-cost, redundant storage, and allows you to scale your...
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Accessing Hadoop Logs in HDInsight
One of the questions the HDInsight team sees a lot is a variation of the question “How do I figure out what went wrong when something does go wrong?” If you are familiar with Hadoop, you are probably...
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Analyzing Windows Azure Storage Logs
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post that described how to maximize throughput between HDInsight clusters and Windows Azure Storage. One of the suggestions I made was to adjust your HDInsight cluster’s...
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