Herve Roggero

I rarely think of technology as a problem, as most of the time people or processes are usually the root of organizational concerns. Many times will…

Ever wanted to write a voice activated system on an IoT device to keep track of your “todo list”, hear your commands being played back, and have the…

If you are working with PowerShell, you may want to start running certain scripts in parallel for improved performance. While doing some research on the…

If you need to store secrets in the Azure cloud, such as connection strings, passwords, or even keys, the Key Vault may be for you. In this post I will…

In this blog post, I will provide an introduction to DocumentDB by showing you how to create a collection (a collection is a container that stores your…

I had the privilege of being interviewed by Microsoft, on Channel 9, regarding real-time data aggregation from distributed heterogeneous data sources,…

If you deal with SQL Server on a regular basis, or if you are a DBA dealing with production databases, you are most likely using a monitoring tool to…

Do you have data stored in Azure Tables but can’t find a way to easily export into Excel or even SQL Server for analysis? With Enzo Cloud Backup (a free…

In this blog, I will show you how to install and configure an instance of Couchbase (http://www.couchbase.com/), a powerful NoSQL database, on a Microsoft…

A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog about Amazon and Microsoft Azure pricing (here) because I was curious about this topic. However, pricing being such…

As programmers, we can build bridges between various systems in two ways: point to point, or loosely coupled. Within each design paradigm, additional…

Many companies servicing specific industries have technology assets that could be transformed into a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering. Your business…

Microsoft Azure is now offering a third storage option for developers: DocumentDB. DocumentDB is a no-sql storage service that stores JSON documents…

If you have a Virtual Machine (VM) in Microsoft Azure that has a specific configuration, it used to be difficult to clone that VM. You had to sysprep the…

In this blog post, I will compare what it would take to perform the same project on a virtualized environment (on your own hardware) and hosted in a…

Sometimes you end up reading a great chapter and feel like writing a review about it… well here it is! Smile Chris Shaw (@SQLShaw,…

One of the amazing features of Windows Azure SQL Database is the ability to create federations in order to scale your cloud databases. However until now,…

If you are trying to establish a virtual network between machines located in disparate networks, you can either use VPN, Virtual Network or Azure Connect.…

Well – months of effort are now officially over… or should I say it’s just the beginning?Smile Enzo Cloud Backup 2.0 (beta) is now officially out!!!

Get ready for a cool event on June 7th. Register to watch live (starting at 1PM PDT): here – The event will be presented by Scott Guthrie. To keep updated…

You may end up in a situation where you need to know how your databases have evolved over time from a storage standpoint, and how much they were used. For…

The landscape of SQL Azure backups is changing rapidly. A few tools are becoming available at no charge and Microsoft is adding capabilities over time.…

If you develop applications in SQL Azure, you may end up in a situation where your code needs to know if it is operating in the root database or in a…

That's it!!! After many days and nights... and an amazing set of challenges, I just released the Enzo Backup for SQL Azure BETA product . Clearly, that…

This blog is the first one of a series of blogs addressing programming practices and lessons learned related to cloud computing. While most developers…

What is cloud computing? Is hosting the same thing as cloud computing? Are you running a cloud if you already use virtual machines? What is the difference…

While I was looking around in various blogs, someone was looking for a way to insert records in SQL Azure as fast as possible. Performance was so…

In Chapter 10 of the book on SQL Azure I am co-authoring, I am digging deeper in what it takes to write a Shard. It's actually a pretty cool exercise, and…