Archive for the 'Working at Microsoft' Category

Azure - The Microsoft Cloud Arrives!

October 27, 2008

Azure Platform Home Page
Windows Azure - The Cloud Services Operating System
.NET Services - Access Control, Services Bus and Workflow
SQL Services - Database Services
Live Services - LiveID, LiveEarth, Contacts
Digest that for a while (yes it really is that big), chuck in some LiveMesh and you’ll realize that Microsoft is now not the company you may think [...]

Management Training Notes

August 26, 2008

We have a management coach helping our team be more effective. I have had training from management coaches before and not been impressed but this is really different. Why? Because the coach is engaged, engaging and provides tangible and practical advice on dealing with real world problems. It’s laptops down, phones off and focus which [...]

CISG Team Blog

August 25, 2008

The CISG Team Blog is now operational. We are initially blogging about things we are doing with Anti-XSS (and related technologies) but plan to expand to cover our bigger projects over the coming months.
You can expect a wide range of posts from program management, user experience and code level developer commentary.
http://blogs.msdn.com/cisg/

Reporting Risk

July 28, 2008

The team I run at Microsoft is called the Connected Information Security Group and we build software that powers the corporate information security program. We had some funny videos made that liven up internal presentations and meetings. I thought I would share them with you. This one is called “Reporting Risk”. Enjoy !
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Documenting Risk

July 28, 2008

The team I run at Microsoft is called the Connected Information Security Group and we build software that powers the corporate information security program. We had some funny videos made that liven up internal presentations and meetings. I thought I would share them with you. This one is called “Documenting Risk”. Enjoy !
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Tracking Risk

July 28, 2008

The team I run at Microsoft is called the Connected Information Security Group (CISG) and we build software that powers the corporate information security program. We had some funny videos made that liven up internal presentations and meetings. I thought I would share them with you. This one is called “Tracking Risk”. Enjoy !
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Code Junkie? Check This Out

June 12, 2008

RV is one of my core framework developers. His blog on MSDN is http://blogs.msdn.com/codejunkie/default.aspx. He will be contributing to our team blog when we open it in a few weeks. In the meantime check out his personal blog for workflow, web services, Team Foundation Server and other great .NET coding stuff.
Updated: Curphey …..”reminds me [...]

Social Software, SharePoint and Microsoft 2.0

June 12, 2008

I made a deliberate choice in joining Microsoft, in fact a very deliberate choice. I made a bet that we will emerge into a serious online software and services company that not only embraces but leads the next generation of Internet technology. I also made a bet that in the future people want to leverage [...]

GRC - Why It’s of LIMITED Interest to Me

June 10, 2008

I wanted to post a “rah rah” message to Rich Mogul when he posted that GRC platforms Are Dead. He was so spot on in my humble opinion that he made me smile for a week or so. I may be a bolshy arrogant git confident but re-assurance from smart people is always comforting. Today [...]

Patterns & Practices Improving Web Services Security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF

June 8, 2008

My cool security friend JD has done it again (in BETA).
http://www.codeplex.com/WCFSecurityGuide
These things are the definitive guides to the topic. Masterpieces!
Download the Improving Web Services Security Guide(BETA)