March 2012 Archive on Brian Swan's Blog

Brian Swan
Azure Real World: Managing and Monitoring Drupal Sites on Windows Azure
Apr 17, 2012

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: Migrating a Drupal Site from...

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Reflecting on DrupalCon Denver
Mar 28, 2012

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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Deploying Drupal at Scale on Microsoft Platform
Mar 20, 2012

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 DrupalCon Denver was...

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Azure Real World: Migrating Drupal from LAMP to Windows Azure
Mar 19, 2012

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 platform: SAG Awards Drupal Website...

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What is Microsoft Doing at DrupalCon Denver?
Mar 14, 2012

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 speakers and sessions...

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What SQL Server 2012 Means for PHP Developers
Mar 12, 2012

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 the new functionality available...

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Joomla! 2.5 Adds SQL Server Support!
Jan 26, 2012

This is a short post to shareexciting news: Jooma! 2.5, which shipped earlier this week, now has support for SQL Server! Of course, this release contains lots more goodies, but the addition of a database abstraction layer that...

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The SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux is Available!
Nov 28, 2011

The first beta release of the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux is available for download! As announced in October , the “Multiplatform Team” (a.k.a. the “MPlat Team”) has released a preview version of a...

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Microsoft Announces SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux!
Oct 13, 2011

In this morning’s keynote address at the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) Summit 2011 , Quentin Clark (Corporate Vice President at Microsoft) announced that a preview of the Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver...

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Why is PHP 5.3 on Windows faster than previous PHP versions?
Oct 12, 2011

Last week I had the good fortune of hearing Rasmus Lerdorf speak at the Seattle PHP Meetup . His talks was excellent – it was sprinkled with history, personal stories, tips, best practices, and insights into what he’s...

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Version 3.0 (beta) of the SQL Server Drivers for PHP Released!
Sep 22, 2011

A Community Technology Preview (a beta release) of v3.0 of the SQL Server Drivers for PHP was released today (see the announcement on the team blog ). You can download it here: Download v3.0 of the SQL Server Drivers for PHP ...

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Starting a New Blog: Windows Azure’s Silver Lining
Aug 23, 2011

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you have probably noticed I haven’t been publishing much lately. That is not to say, however, that I haven’t been writing . I have. I’ve been working with a colleague ...

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