http://blogs.msdn.com/b/appfabric/archive/2011/06/20/announcing-the-windows-azure-appfabric-june-ctp.aspx

Part -1 BizTalk, the rumors, the past and the future.
Part -2 Implications to the integration developer
Part -3 Some WorkFlow comparisons to BizTalk
Part -4 Azure Integration

http://www.cloudplumbing.com/episode/mark-rowe-interview

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/appfabric/archive/2011/05/14/announcing-the-windows-azure-appfabric-ctp-may-and-june-releases.aspx

Has an intro to Topics and Queue’s as well from David Ingham. Good way to get ahead of the curve!

Helping organize the Atlanta code camp this year with a host of Atlanta’s other UG leaders
Doug Ware, Dan Attis, Sergey Barskiy, Jim Wooley.

We need Volunteers still!
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June 25th at SPSU!

TechED was wonderful this year. I got to meet many of the new Azure MVP’s. INETA seemed to be a big hit to the people who were actively involved, so that was revitalizing. BOF session #1 I got to speak a little bit about azure:

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/teched2011.aspx?tab=Videos&seriesid=190&webcastid=17713

TechEd 2011 Birds-of-a-Feather (Session 01): How Do Organizations Plan for the Cloud?

Microsoft and Magenic want to show you the best way to include cloud computing into your technology solution set. Dan Sandlin (Azure Solution Specialist) will discuss which projects are right for cloud computing and which ones you should avoid, as well as how to select your first cloud project and the ROI of Azure. Sergey Barskiy (Magenic Principle Consultant) will discuss how cloud is more than just an enormous virtual machine and the building blocks of Azure.

Windows Azure offers flexibility, growth opportunities and long term stability, but only when approached the right way. Come learn where to start.

We will gather at the Ravinia Club in Atlanta on Thursday, April 21 from 7:30-10:30 am. Breakfast will be served.

Event Details

Date:
Thursday, April 21
7:30-10:30am

Location:
2 Ravinia Drive #100
Atlanta, GA 30346

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A few different links helped, this one to enable verbose logging. Verbose Logging.
I didn’t do the post registry delete, I just changed their keys back to their proper values:
HKLMSOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsInstaller
Set Installer Debug Values. Go to registry and reset these to desired values.

This Post by Matt Garven finally worked, I couldn’t link it but it is the first workaround to this post: Microsoft Connect: Matt’s Post:
Posted by matt.garven on 3/10/2011 at 10:35 PM
We experienced the same issue – I was unable to install because an old version of “Microsoft ASP.NET Web Pages” was still installed. However, the uninstaller was failing for the old version.

2. Uninstalled the old version of “Microsoft ASP.NET Web Pages”.
3. Add the trailing backslash back to those keys.
4. Install MVC 3.

Good stuff.

Taking some time away from blogging due to some new responsibilities that I need to get caught up on.

I’ll be back by April, hitting Azure.