Reducing SQL Server I/O Contention during Sync :: Tip 2
All DBAs know that Joining tables on non-indexed columns is the most expensive operation SQL Server can perform. The post Reducing SQL Server I/O Contention during Sync :: Tip 2 appeared first on Rob...
View ArticleReducing SQL Server Sync I/O Contention :: Tip 3
Uniqueness is a key factor when synchronizing data between SQL Server/Azure and multiple endpoints like Slates and Smartphones. With data simultaneously created and updated on servers and clients,...
View ArticleSQL Server Compact 4.0 Lands on the Web
With the new version 4.0, the little-database-that-could has grown up into a powerful server database ready to take on the web. The post SQL Server Compact 4.0 Lands on the Web appeared first on Rob...
View ArticleConfronting the Consumerization of IT with Microsoft MEAP
CIOs are asking for help in confronting the tidal wave of mobile devices entering the enterprise and IT departments have raised the white flag as attempts to block consumer-focused smartphones and...
View ArticleWhat the new App Hub in Windows Phone Mango means for the Enterprise
If you attended MIX 11 or watched it on Channel 9, you might have seen Todd Brix’s session titled “Making Money with your Applications on Windows Phone.” In this session, Todd talked about all the...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 Line of Business App Dev :: Uploading Data back to Azure
Looking back over the last 6 months of this series of articles, you’ve created wireless-efficient WCF REST + JSON Web Services in Azure to download data from SQL Azure tables to Windows Phone. You’ve...
View ArticleConsumerization of IT Collides with MEAP: Windows Phone > On Premise
In this week’s scenario, I’ll illustrate how Windows Phone utilizes many of Gartner’s Critical Capabilities to connect to Microsoft’s On-Premise infrastructure. The post Consumerization of IT Collides...
View ArticleConsumerization of IT Collides with MEAP: Windows Phone > Cloud
In this week’s scenario, I’ll illustrate how Windows Phone utilizes many of Gartner’s Mobile Enterprise Application Platform Critical Capabilities to connect to Microsoft’s Cloud services in Azure The...
View ArticleSync Framework v4 is now Open Source, and ready to Connect any Device to SQL...
Microsoft has brought the power to synchronize data with either SQL Server on-premise or SQL Azure in the cloud to the world of mobility. The post Sync Framework v4 is now Open Source, and ready to...
View ArticleEncrypting your Credentials on Windows Phone 7.5
The last time I talked to you about Windows Phone security, I showed you how to encrypt your data and save it in Isolated Storage using Silverlight’s AesManaged class to create a Key and an...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 Line of Business App Dev :: Consuming an Azure WCF REST +...
In my last two articles, I showed you how to build WCF REST services using Visual Studio 2010 that can reside on-premise in Windows Server 2008 or in the Cloud in Windows Azure. Furthermore, I...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 Line of Business App Dev :: Working with an In-Memory Database
In my last article of this series, you finally got to consume wireless-friendly WCF REST + JSON Services from both Windows Server and Windows Azure with data coming from SQL Server/SQL Azure. You now...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 Line of Business App Dev :: Network Awareness
By now, you’ve heard me talk a lot about the role wireless data networks play when it comes to the success of your mobile application. They are unreliable, intermittent, highly latent and often slower...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 Line of Business App Dev :: Improving the In-Memory Database
About a month ago, I wrote an article intended to help you fill some of the gaps left by the missing SQL Server Compact database. Since your Windows Phone 7 Silverlight app is consuming an...
View ArticleReducing SQL Server I/O Contention during Sync :: Tip 1
The act of tracking changes made by each SQL Server Compact or Silverlight sync subscriber can cause a lot of locking and blocking on the server.
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