21st July 2009

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In this third part of the series, Varallo shows how to rebuild the Invoice created in Part 1 using disconnected datasets instead of connecting directly to the database. This gives the user the flexibility to manipulate the data and implement rules in a c# business class rather than in the report. He provides a detailed overview of each concept in a step-by-step manner supported with screen shots and source code.

http://aspalliance.com/1866_Building_Reports_using_ASPNET_and_Crystal_Reports__Part_3__An_Invoice_Report_Using_Disconnected_Data

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This week, the July CTP of the Windows Azure SDK and Tools was released. You can read more on the WindowsAzure Blog and download them here. As you probably heard, Azure pricing and announcement of commercial availability at PDC in November was also recently announced. So what's new in the latest Azure SDK?

• Support for multiple web and worker
• Support for Powershell-based worker
• New project creation dialog in VS
• Ability to associate an ASP.NET Web Application project as a Web Role
• TFS Build support for Cloud Services
• Enhanced robustness and stability

I'm going to guess that this is the 2^nd-to-last CTP we'll see for Azure, since they've been releasing new versions about every two months. There's probably one more coming in September-ish, which perhaps will be a Beta or Release Candidate (though I have no inside knowledge of such plans). It's quite exciting to see Azure nearing release only a year after it was first announced at PDC 2008.

Speaking of PDC, the dates for 2009's event were just announced, so if you want to get a hotel near the conference, I suggest booking now. The dates are 17-19 November 2009, and it will once again be held in LA at the convention center. Lake Quincy Media is once again sponsoring the event, and I look forward to seeing many of you whom I know at the show.

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