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Joshua Drew is a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft where he is responsible for promoting the development across the Windows ecosystem all over New England.
How To Add Users to an Azure Subscription using Role-Based Access Control
In some cases you may want multiple users to access your Azure subscription, however you may not...
Author: jdruid Date: 03/08/2016
Bits and Bytes: Migration of Azure Mobile Services to Azure App Services
For the past year Azure Mobile Services has come a long way. From adding easy access to making...
Author: jdruid Date: 03/02/2016
Bits and Bytes: Forget Parse, Use Azure Mobile Services to Create an API for your Mobile App or Website
When you are building a mobile app or a website mostly likely you are going to need some type of...
Author: jdruid Date: 02/09/2016
Bits and Bytes: Adding TypeScript Support to an Existing Project
In the previous Bits and Bytes, we looked at Getting Started with TypeScript, now we will see how we...
Author: jdruid Date: 02/08/2016
Bits and Bytes: Getting Started with TypeScript
You might be wondering what is TypeScript. Is it yet another programming language I need to learn?...
Author: jdruid Date: 02/05/2016
Entrepreneurship Week Event: Turning Your Ideas into a Reality
In celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week, Microsoft Boston and Microsoft Natick will be...
Author: jdruid Date: 02/05/2016
How to view, add, edit and remove files in Azure Web App using the Kudu service Dashboard
Sometimes the little things to perform can seem like an obstacle. Take editing files on a Platform...
Author: jdruid Date: 01/12/2016
Remove The Spending Limit in Azure to use the Azure Marketplace
The Azure Marketplace is your online store for software applications, developer services and data,...
Author: jdruid Date: 01/06/2016
How to Install and Run WordPress on Microsoft Azure
This post is not just about installing and running WordPress on Microsoft’s cloud platform,...
Author: jdruid Date: 12/18/2015
Website Debugging with Vorlon.js
I have worked for digital agencies for most of my career. I was a developer and eventually became...
Author: jdruid Date: 12/09/2015
Hacking Productivity with Microsoft Office 365
Hacking Things Done Don’t worry, we’re not about to tell you how to code an app in under five...
Author: jdruid Date: 12/07/2015
Azure Certification Jump Start in New York City
If you’re interested in any of the following, this is a must-attend, free, hands-on event!...
Author: jdruid Date: 11/24/2015
Developing for the Microsoft Band Android Edition
In my last post we looked at getting set up to develop a Windows Phone app using the Microsoft Band...
Author: jdruid Date: 11/19/2015
PHP and Azure Data Services
When we think of PHP we also think of MySQL. The perfect relationship. PHP can provide the logic and...
Author: jdruid Date: 11/17/2015
Using MS Open Tech to Quickly Build Your Virtual Machine
Azure Marketplace is a great place to start your search for a Virtual Machine to start building your...
Author: jdruid Date: 10/28/2015
Developing for the Microsoft Band
I am embarking on a series on Developing for the Microsoft Band. If you are not familiar with the...
Author: jdruid Date: 10/12/2015
Microsoft Ventures Northeast Events
Microsoft Ventures (MSV) info event in Boston and New York is taking place soon. You’ll get to learn...
Author: jdruid Date: 10/09/2015
Activate Your DreamSpark Subscription to use Azure
What is DreamSpark? DreamSpark is a Microsoft Program that supports technical education by providing...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/23/2015
Get Your Learning Hat Ready for Microsoft Events
Get ready to learn some awesome technology and services. Ranging from Machine Learning to Disaster...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/22/2015
Managing ConnectionStrings and Environment Variables with WordPress on Azure
One of the cool features of Azure is the ability to have a “deployment slot” for your...
Author: jdruid Date: 06/19/2015
BUILD 2015 Recap
Azure App Services Create ASP.NET API app in Azure App Services Auto-Healing an Azure App Service...
Author: jdruid Date: 05/17/2015
Small Business Week and Microsoft
Every year since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing...
Author: jdruid Date: 04/27/2015
Get Your Startup Running on Azure Using Open Souce and More!
When you hear the words “Microsoft Cloud” or “Microsoft Azure” do you think...
Author: jdruid Date: 04/27/2015
Microsoft @ UConn Stamford DMD
UConn Stamford Digital Media & Design Program presents: Microsoft – Game Design &...
Author: jdruid Date: 04/09/2015
Don’t miss Scott Guthrie unveiling a new Microsoft Azure service!
Join the virtual event to watch as Scott Guthrie announces an exciting new Microsoft Azure service...
Author: jdruid Date: 03/18/2015
Building Cross Platform Apps with Visual Studio – Part 3
In part one we did the setup. Part two we did the coding. Now we will continue some of the coding...
Author: jdruid Date: 02/25/2015
Building Cross Platform Apps with Visual Studio – Part 2
In part one we setup our development environment by downloading Visual Studio 2013 Community...
Author: jdruid Date: 02/24/2015
Building Cross Platform Apps with Visual Studio
If you don’t know it already, mobile apps are all the rage. From social networking to pictures...
Author: jdruid Date: 02/21/2015
Mix Master 2000: Intel Edison, NodeJS, Apache Cordova App
I got an Intel Edison with a breakout kit along with a SeeedStudio IoT kit. Getting the Edison up...
Author: jdruid Date: 02/13/2015
Cloud DevCamps
Join us for a FREE hands-on day of Microsoft Azure demos and labs in a city near you! Roll up your...
Author: jdruid Date: 01/30/2015
Microsoft WebCamp – coming to a city near you!
The new release of ASP.NET and Web Tools for Visual Studio 2013 puts the power to build cutting-edge...
Author: jdruid Date: 01/30/2015
Win a trip to the 2015 Game Developers Conference!
Ready. Set. //GameOn. Win an all access pass and free trip to the 2015 Game Developer’s Conference!...
Author: jdruid Date: 01/07/2015
Add SoundCloud to your App Studio Project
I’m excited to announce my next tutorial series of adding SoundCloud API to an App Studio...
Author: jdruid Date: 12/06/2014
Windows Phone App Studio + SoundCloud API – Part 2
In the first part of the tutorial we just did the basics. Enter a collection in our App Studio...
Author: jdruid Date: 12/06/2014
Windows Phone App Studio + SoundCloud = Music Apps
Over the next few weeks I am going to explore adding the SoundCloud services into an app generated...
Author: jdruid Date: 11/24/2014
Building a Windows Phone Controlled Arduino Robot – Part 2
In the first part we built the robot and loaded a sample sketch to make sure all our connections and...
Author: jdruid Date: 10/30/2014
Building a Windows Phone Controlled Arduino Robot – Part 1
I am partnering with one of the universities near me to perform a few workshops to build a Windows...
Author: jdruid Date: 10/09/2014
Breakfast Series: BizSpark for Startups and Small Business
Microsoft Corporation created the BizSpark program to support entrepreneurship and help startups...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/29/2014
Linux Powered By Azure – NetBeans Debugging
Now that we got NetBeans communicating with the remote server, we need to configure the remote...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/20/2014
Linux Powered By Azure – NetBeans Editing
Intro When it comes to editors there are a few that stand out. Visual Studio is a first class...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/18/2014
Linux Powered By Azure – 5 Part Series
If you are a modern day developer you do not have the luxury to know just one type of technology or...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/17/2014
Linux Powered By Azure – YAWIP
On to step 3! We created a Ubuntu VM. We configured it to be LAMP ready. And now…YAWIP (Yet...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/16/2014
Linux Powered By Azure – Turn on the LAMP
Welcome to part 2 of this series entitled, Linux Powered by Azure (#poweredbyazure). In the...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/12/2014
Linux Powered By Azure Series
I am starting a 4-5 part series on running Linux out on Azure. Starting from standing up a virtual...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/11/2014
Build Your Business With Microsoft BizSpark
Microsoft BizSpark is a global program that provides free software, support and visibility to help...
Author: jdruid Date: 09/03/2014
Azure Enable your Windows Phone App Studio Project
Windows Phone App Studio is a great online tool to get a Windows Phone app or Windows Store app...
Author: jdruid Date: 08/26/2014
Build an App and Your Biz!
It is easy when you are a large company to employ a technology department or hire an outside...
Author: jdruid Date: 08/25/2014
Add Your Windows Phone App to All Devices!
If you followed my Windows Phone App Studio tutorial then you are well on your way to become an app...
Author: jdruid Date: 08/15/2014