OakLeaf Systems

OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure, Windows Azure SQL Database, Windows Azure SQL Data Sync, Windows Azure SQL Database Federations, Windows Azure Mobile Services and Web Sites, Windows Phone 8, LINQ, ADO.NET Entity Framework, OData and WCF Data Services, SQL Server 2008+, and Visual Studio LightSwitch. TIP: Click the latest item's title below to speed loading.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Links to My Cloud Computing Tips at TechTarget’s SearchCloudComputing and Other Search… Sites

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I’m a regular contributor of tips and techniques articles for Windows Azure apps development and DevOps strategy to TechTarget’s ( @TechTarg...

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Windows 8.1 Preview Disables the Pinnacle PCTV 80e USB Mini Stick TV Tuner

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I currently use the Pinnacle PCTV 80e USB stick ATSC TV tuner with Windows Media Center or the device’s supplied TV Center software under W...

Monday, July 01, 2013

Windows 8.1 Preview Causes Continuous Flickering When Viewing Some PBS Online Video Segments

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I use my Surface Pro tablet to time-shift online PBS broadcast TV episodes by downloading them in full-screen mode and recording them in 108...

Monday, January 14, 2013

Video Format Conversion from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 Files for Microsoft Surface RT Tablets and Android Devices

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Contents: Introduction Transcoding with Free and OpenSource WinFF and ffMPEG Apps VideoLAN’s Forthcoming VLC Med...

Monday, December 31, 2012

Using the OakLeaf ToDo List App with Windows 8 or a Surface RT Tablet

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The OakLeaf ToDo List app is a simple, multi-tenanted application intended to demonstrate the basic capabilities of Windows Azure Mobile Ser...

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About Me

Roger Jennings (--rj): Oakland, California, United States; I'm a Windows Azure Insider, a retired Windows Azure MVP, the principal developer for OakLeaf Systems and the author of 30+ books on Microsoft software. The books have more than 1.25 million English copies in print and have been translated into 20+ languages.

My latest books are Cloud Computing with the Windows Azure Platform for Wrox and Microsoft Access 2010 In Depth for Que.

I'm also a contributing editor for Visual Studio Magazine, write for Redmond Developer News, and contribute to TechTarget's SearchCloudComputing.com blog.

Full disclosure: I make part of my livelihood by writing about Microsoft products in books and for magazines. I regularly receive free evaluation software from Microsoft and press credentials for Microsoft Tech•Ed and PDC. I'm also a member of the Microsoft Partner Network.

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