Simon Waight is a software developer and technical blogger who writes about Microsoft developer events, GitHub Copilot, AI applications, and modern web development with practical insights for developers.
186 articles from this blog
Explains SharePoint Online's Partner Access License (PAL) for inviting external users without an O365 license, covering setup and key recommendations.
Explores common misunderstandings about cloud auto-scaling, explaining why it's not magic and why existing apps often can't use it directly.
Explains Microsoft Azure Traffic Manager, a global traffic routing service for applications deployed across multiple regions.
Explains Microsoft Azure Service Bus, a PaaS for asynchronous messaging, system integration, and mobile push notifications.
An explanation of Microsoft Azure HDInsights, a managed Apache Hadoop service for processing big data on Azure.
An overview of Microsoft Azure Web Sites, covering its features, pricing tiers, ideal use cases, and limitations for developers.
A high-level introductory series explaining Microsoft Azure services using a unique, structured format for easy understanding.
A guide for tech-savvy individuals to help family members set up a robust, local backup system for personal data, focusing on photos and videos.
A curated list of the best free tech videos from 2013, covering C#, async programming, cloud authentication, Azure, and Visual Studio tools.
A guide to migrating an old ASP.NET WebForms app from Forms-Based Authentication to modern Claims-Based Authentication using Thinktecture IdentityServer.
Explores the shift from traditional TV to mobile and on-demand video consumption, driven by technology and services like Netflix and YouTube.
A presenter shares a screencast of a TechEd Australia 2013 demo that had technical issues live, along with the source code.
Explains how to use Tags in TFS to add metadata and filter work items, overcoming limitations in customizing work item templates.
A guide to creating portable C# Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) for Azure Mobile Services when developing cross-platform mobile apps with Xamarin.
Guide on adding a Site-to-Site VPN connection to an existing Azure Virtual Network using PowerShell and configuration files.
Quick tip for debugging iOS apps in Visual Studio using Xamarin and the iPhone Simulator by setting the correct platform.
A developer's session on using C#, Xamarin, and Azure Mobile Services for cross-platform push notifications at TechEd Australia 2013.
A feature request to generate PowerShell scripts from actions taken in the Azure Management Portal for automation and reusability.
Guide to securely connect SQL Server Management Studio to an Azure IaaS SQL Server instance by configuring endpoints and enabling encrypted connections.
A guide on using Azure Access Control Services (ACS) to secure an ASP.NET Web API with service identities and Simple Web Tokens.
