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• Implementing the Repository-Mapper-Command pattern using Entity Framework 4

  Back in August last year I blogged about a pattern I’d created for consuming data from Windows Azure table storage which I called the Repository-Mapper-Command pattern (RMC). What was less clear about this blog was that this pattern works for many kinds Read More... Posted 03 February 2011 14:40 by simon.evans | 5 Comments

• Entity Framework 4 : Implementation Options

  The .NET 4 version of the Entity Framework (EF) brought several major improvements over the first version of the ORM; these features have since been extended further through the soon to be released add on EF Features CTP 5 . Note for the rest of this Read More... Posted 31 January 2011 16:35 by simon.evans | 2 Comments Filed under: .NET, ADO.NET, ADO.NET Entity Framework, ORM, Visual Studio 2010

• Liberating Identity using Windows Identity Foundation

  Last night I presented to the London Connected Systems User Group on the subject of Windows Identity Foundation (WIF). The LCSUG community is focussed around building and integrating services. One architectural concern that has been widely ignored in Read More... Posted 08 December 2010 15:36 by simon.evans | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, .NET, WCF, SOA, ASP.NET, Windows Azure, Identity, Windows Identity Foundation, WIF

• Common Windows Identity Foundation WS-Federation Exceptions Explained

  Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) is a hugely important part of the .NET Framework, enabling you to architect and develop relying parties (RP) and security token servers (STS) that use claims based identity models. For all of this goodness, WIF is surprisingly Read More... Posted 19 November 2010 14:51 by simon.evans | 5 Comments Filed under: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, Identity, Windows Identity Foundation, WIF

• Consuming data from Windows Azure Table Storage using the Repository-Mapper-Command pattern

  Back in May I presented to the UKAzureNet group about how we at EMC Consulting had developed the See The Difference website using many technologies including Windows Azure. Part of this session included some information on how we had consumed data we Read More... Posted 18 August 2010 12:27 by simon.evans | 2 Comments Filed under: Architecture, LINQ, ADO.NET Data Services, Azure Table Storage, Windows Azure, Azure, WCF Data Services

• See the Difference – Developing a new way to give

  It is unusual for me to be able to publically blog about project work that I have been doing due to client confidentiality, but my last finished project – See the Difference is different. See the Difference is a start up charity site designed to provide Read More... Posted 05 May 2010 15:15 by simon.evans | 1 Comments Filed under: Azure Table Storage, Windows Azure, Azure, ASP.NET MVC

• A few Windows Azure events coming up

  There are a few events coming up over the next couple of weeks that I’m speaking at (all in London) with a colleague of mine James Broome about the Windows Azure platform: Microsoft BizSpark Camp March 29th , targeted at startup businesses Microsoft Architect Read More... Posted 26 March 2010 16:02 by simon.evans | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Windows Azure, Azure

• Common causes of why a Windows Azure web role fails to start

  Things have been very quiet on my blog of late. There are several of reasons for this, but the biggest reason is that I have spent most of the last six months really getting to grips with the Windows Azure platform, and working on a real world project Read More... Posted 26 March 2010 15:46 by simon.evans | 1 Comments Filed under: .NET, Windows Azure, Azure, ASP.NET MVC

• ASP.NET Resource Provider for Windows Azure Table Storage

  Background Since ASP.NET 2.0, the framework has provided a localization model based on localizing text into RESX files. RESX files are compiled and deployed as part of the website, and referenced through declarative mark-up on your pages, cleanly separating Read More... Posted 16 November 2009 19:52 by simon.evans | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, ADO.NET Data Services, ASP.NET, Azure Table Storage, Windows Azure, Localization

• ADO.NET Data Services : Diagnosing problems with your data service

  ADO.NET Data Services is elegant technology that feels very easy to work with. The majority of current scenarios for using ADO.NET Data Services involve exposing an Entity Data Model (EDM) implemented using the ADO.NET Entity Framework. Most of the time, Read More... Posted 17 March 2009 17:37 by simon.evans | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, WCF, ADO.NET Data Services Attachment(s): EMC.Data.Services.zip