Interoperability Bridges and Labs Project Feed

Solr/Lucene on Windows Azure

2013-04-11T18:28:46Z

Solr/Lucene on Windows Azure

Use Solr/Lucene search technology on Windows
Azure

Project Detail:

Tools and configuration guidelines are now available for hosting Solr/Lucene in Windows Azure, including a sample of multi-instance replication for index serving and single-instance index generation with a persistent index mounted in Azure storage.

Technologies:

Solr/Lucene;
Windows Azure; Search

MongoDB on Windows Azure

2013-04-11T18:28:44Z

MongoDB on Windows Azure

Use the popular MongoDB open-source document-oriented database on Windows Azure

Project Detail:

This project is a collaboration between Microsoft and 10gen to provide developers with technical guidance and code samples for deploying MongoDB on Windows Azure.

Technologies:

10gen;
Windows Azure; MongoDB

Windows Azure SDK for Node.js

2013-04-11T18:28:43Z

Windows Azure SDK for Node.js

Node.js libraries to connect to Windows Azure services such as Table Storage.

Project Detail:

Node.js developers can now use Windows Azure to take advantage of Azure services and features. The SDK includes the Node runtime, IISNode, NPM for Windows, Azure emulators, authoring components, and Powershell cmdlets to configure and deploy Node.js applications on Azure.

Technologies:

Windows Azure; Node.js; Table Storage

WSRP Producer For SharePoint

2013-04-11T18:28:41Z

WSRP Producer for Microsoft SharePoint Server

Enables portal solutions supporting WSRP (Web Services for Remote Portlets) to consume content hosted in Microsoft SharePoint.

Project Detail:

This project demonstrates how to enable interoperability between Microsoft SharePoint Server and portals based on technologies supporting WSRP (Web Services for Remote Portlets). This project details two methods for adding WSRP producer functionality to SharePoint Server.

Technologies:

WSRP; BEA; IBM;
SharePoint 2007

Windows Live ID Module for Drupal

2013-04-11T18:28:39Z

Windows Live ID Module for Drupal

Allows Drupal user to associate their Drupal account to their Windows Live ID, and then to login on Drupal with their Windows Live ID

Project Detail:

The Windows Live ID Module for Drupal allows Drupal user to associate their Drupal account to their Windows Live ID, and then to login on Drupal with their Windows Live ID.

Technologies:

Drupal; PHP;
Windows Live ID

Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse

2013-04-11T18:28:37Z

Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse

Provide PHP developers using Eclipse with tools to create and deploy web applications targeting Windows Azure.

Project Detail:

The Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse plug-in offers PHP developers a series of wizards and utilities allowing to write, debug, configure, and deploy PHP applications to Windows Azure. The plug-in bundles the existing Windows Azure SDK for PHP into the Eclipse PHP project. The plug-in includes a Window Azure storage explorer that allows developers to browse data contained into the Windows Azure tables, blobs, or queues.

Technologies:

Eclipse;PHP;
Windows Azure

Windows Azure Storage for WordPress

2013-04-11T18:28:36Z

Windows Azure Storage for WordPress

Enables developers running their own instance of WordPress to take advantage of the Windows Azure Storage services, including the Content Delivery Network (CDN) feature.

Project Detail:

The Windows Azure Storage plugin for WordPress allows developers running their own instance of WordPress to take advantage of the Windows Azure Storage services, including the Content Delivery Network (CDN) feature. It provides a consistent storage mechanism for WordPress Media in a scale-out architecture where the individual web servers don't share a disk. Note that this scenario goes beyond WordPress and could also be very compelling any other web application where there's a need to load balance across a number of web servers without shared disk.

The plugin is a regular WordPress plugin developed in PHP, and can be deployed on any WordPress instance. The plugin uses the Windows Azure SDK for PHP to handle the interactions with Windows Azure.

Technologies:

PHP; WordPress;
Windows Azure

Windows Azure SDK for Java

2013-04-11T18:28:35Z

Windows Azure SDK for Java

A new and revamped Eclipse plugin for Java developers working on Windows Azure

Project Detail:

Java developers can take advantage of a new Eclipse plugin as well as new features such as support for sticky sessions and configuration of remote Java debugging.

Technologies:

Java;
Windows Azure;Eclipse

Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java

2013-04-11T18:28:34Z

Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java

This plugin is intended to help Eclipse users create and configure deployment packages of their Java applications for the Windows Azure cloud.

Project Detail:

This plugin is intended to help Eclipse users create and configure deployment packages of their Java applications for the Windows Azure cloud. Its key features include:

Windows Azure project creation wizard
Helpful project structure
Sample utility scripts for downloading or unzipping files, or logging errors in the startup script when running in the cloud
Shortcuts to test your deployment in the Windows Azure compute emulator
Ant-based builder
Project properties UI for configuring Windows Azure roles (instance count, size, endpoints, names, etc)
UI for easy remote access configuration for troubleshooting purposes, including ability to create self-signed certificates
Schema validation and auto-complete for *.cscfg and *.csdef files

Technologies:

Windows Azure Companion

2013-04-11T18:28:33Z

Windows Azure Companion

The Windows Azure Companion is no longer an active project, we recommend using the new tools available at http://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/downloads to deploy applications to Windows Azure.

Project Detail:

IMPORTANT NOTE - July 13, 2011

The Windows Azure Companion was an experimental tool to provide a simple experience installing and configuring platform-elements (PHP runtime, extensions) and web applications on Windows Azure. Preliminary feedback on this tool has informed the creation of a new set of tools to deploy applications to Windows Azure - available at http://azurephp.interopbridges.com/downloads

Technologies:

PHP
Windows Azure

Windows Azure Command-line Tools for PHP

2013-04-11T18:28:31Z

Windows Azure Command-line Tools for PHP

Enable PHP developers to easily package and deploy applications to Windows Azure using a simple command-line tool

Project Detail:

The Windows Azure Command-line Tools for PHP enable developers to easily package and deploy PHP applications to Windows Azure using a simple command-line tool. The tools allow creating new applications or converting existing PHP applications to Windows Azure and by creating the deployment package (.cspkg) and Configuration file (.cscfg).

Technologies:

PHP;
Windows Azure

SQL Server Reporting Services SDK for PHP

2013-04-11T18:28:30Z

SQL Server Reporting Services SDK for PHP

Enable PHP developers to add business intelligence and reporting features to web applications using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

Project Detail:

This SDK enables PHP applications to simply utilize SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft's Reporting and Business Intelligence solution. These scenarios can be done using the free SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services edition.
The SDK offers a simple Aplication Programming Interface (API) to interoperate with SQL Server Reporting Services. The API provides simple methods to perform the most common operations: list available reports within a PHP applications, provide custom parameters from a PHP web form, manage the rendering of the reports within a PHP application.

Technologies:

PHP;
SQL Server Reporting Services

Silverlight Pivot viewer Module for Drupal

2013-04-11T18:28:29Z

Silverlight Pivot viewer Module for Drupal

Enables easy & flexible embedding of Silverlight Pivot in Drupal content types, using a set of preconfigured data sources (OData, a, b, c).

Project Detail:

The Silverlight Pivot viewer Module for Drupal enables easy & flexible embedding of Silverlight Pivot in Drupal content types, using a set of preconfigured data sources (OData, a, b, c).

Technologies:

Drupal; PHP;
Silverlight

Restlet Extension for OData

2013-04-11T18:28:27Z

Restlet Extension for OData

Enables Java developers to interoperate with .NET through REST using the Open Data (OData) protocol specification

Project Detail:

The Restlet Extension for OData is part of the Restlet open source project (www.restlet.org), a lightweight REST framework for Java. This Restlet Extention makes it easier for Java developers to take advantage of the Open Data (OData) protocol, initially developed by Microsoft with WCF Data Services, a set of features that are part of the .NET Framework. WCF Data Services offer a simple way to expose any sort of data in a RESTful way and is also available with Window Azure and many other technologies (see www.odata.org for a full list). The Restlet Extension for OData provides a high-level client Application Programming Interface (API) that extends the Restlet framework and give access to remote OData Services.
The extension contains a code generator that creates proxy classes based on the metadata exposed by the OData Services and a runtime library that takes care of the communication between the Java client application and the OData Services.

Technologies:

Java;REST;OData;
.NET Framework; WCF Data Services; Windows Azure

PHP Virtual Earth Tool Kit

2013-04-11T18:28:25Z

Toolkit for PHP with Virtual Earth (Bing Maps)

Enables PHP developers to easily add Microsoft Virtual Earth (Bing Maps) maps to their web applications

Project Detail:

This project demonstrates how PHP applications can take advantage of Microsoft's Virtual Earth. The Virtual Earth API is exposed through a Javascript library making it straightforward to integrate into any web based application. The project integrates Microsoft's Virtual Earth Web Service and API to embed a map into a PHP application. Web site users can add their location to the map, displaying a pin for every user location stored in the database. The solution package includes the code needed to embed a Virtual Earth map in a PHP web page. Step by step instructions are included to help PHP developers set up a database and appropriate table to store user submitted locations. Separate instructions are provided for SQL Express 2005/2008 and MySQL users.

Technologies:

PHP;
Microsoft Virtual Earth

PHP SQL CRUD Application Wizard

2013-04-11T18:28:24Z

SQL CRUD Application Wizard for PHP

Enables PHP developers to easily build basic database operations for SQL Server

Project Detail:

This project demonstrates how PHP develpers can integrate access and manipulation of data stored in SQL Server Databases in their applications. The result is a code generator that creates a simple "Create, Read, Update, Delete" (CRUD) PHP application from a Microsoft SQL Server database table. This application was built using .Net, and supports Data Navigation, paging, sorting, and UI customization with simple CSS.

Technologies:

PHP;
SQL Server

PHP SDK for Windows Azure

2013-04-11T18:28:22Z

Windows Azure SDK for PHP

Enables PHP developers to easily leverage Windows Azure storage service in their web applications

Project Detail:

The Windows Azure SDK for PHP enables PHP developers to take advantage of the Microsoft Cloud Services Platform -Windows Azure. This includes support for Manageability instrumentation, logging, PHP classes for Azure Blobs, tables and queries, as well as helper classes for HTTP transport, AuhN/AuthZ, REST, and error management.

Technologies:

PHP;
Windows Azure

PHP Samples for Webslices & Accelerators

2013-04-11T18:28:20Z

Samples for PHP with Webslices & Accelerators

Enables PHP developers to easily add IE 8 Webslices & Accelerator features in their web applications

Project Detail:

This project demonstrates how PHP applications can take advantage of the web slices and accelerators introduced with Internet Explorer 8. Web slices are portions of a web page to which a user can subscribe. The tutorial provides instructions and demonstrations for creating and enabling Internet Explorer 8 web slices on pages within a PHP site. In addition it provides two accelerators: an accelerator which can be used to blog content with Wordpress and an accelerator to quickly send an email via your Facebook inbox. In order to view the web slices and accelerators, you must be using Internet Explorer 8. All code can be downloaded as a solution package, which contains sample HTML markup and PHP scripts to create web slices. Additionally, it includes sample accelerators for the Wordpress, Wikimedia, and Facebook platforms.

Technologies:

PHP;
Internet Explorer 8; Web Slices; Accelerators

PHP Samples for Silverlight

2013-04-11T18:28:19Z

Samples for PHP with Silverlight

Enables PHP developers to easily add Silverlight to their web applications

Project Detail:

The overall goal of this project is to demonstrate how Silverlight can be easily integrated into PHP web sites. The code for this project includes sample HTML markup and PHP scripts to create HTML markup used to embed Silverlight content. The tutorial demonstrates how to integrate existing Silverlight content and streaming Silverlight content into a PHP web page. It also contains step by step instructions on how to use Microsoft's Expression Web 2 to create PHP pages, embed a Silverlight control, and deploy it to an existing site. These examples include a Silverlight control created using Microsoft's Expression Blend.

Technologies:

PHP;
Silverlight; Expression Blend

OpenXML/UOF Translator

2013-04-11T18:28:17Z

OpenXML/UOF Translator

Enables bi-directional interoperability between Office OpenXML format and Chinese Unified Office Format (UOF).

Project Detail:

This project enables bi-directional translation and interoperability between Office 2007 OpenXML file formats and the Chinese Unified Office Format using tools to address multiple interoperability scenarios. It includes a Command Line translator for command line interfacing and manipulation, an Office Add-In that enables menu driven access for manipulating files, a Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget for user level translation functionality, and a Windows Explorer Add-In for productivity software free translation tasks.

Technologies:

UOF;
OpenXML; Microsoft Office 2007

OpenXML/ODF Translator

2013-04-11T18:28:15Z

OpenXML/ODF Translator

Enables bi-directional interoperability between Microsoft Office (Open XML) and Open Office (ODF) file formats

Project Detail:

This tool has been designed as an Add-In for Microsoft Office Word (document processing), Excel (spreadsheet), and PowerPoint (presentation) applications (Office 2007 / 2003 / XP version) to enable the opening and saving of ODF files (.odt, .ods and .odp) that adhere to Open Document Format specifications. The project also includes a command line translator utility that allows batch conversions. The transformation engine incorporated in this translator has been engineered as a loosely coupled component to allow for ease of decoupling and integration into domain specific applications.

Technologies:

ODF; Open Office;
OpenXML; Microsoft Office 2007

OpenXML Document Viewer

2013-04-11T18:28:14Z

OpenXML Document Viewer/HTML Translator

Enables OpenXML documents to be viewed on any client system in any browser as HTML, and includes an add-ins for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera (Windows/Linux)

Project Detail:

This translator project enables the viewing of Open XML documents in "roaming scenarios" by providing a web friendly format that provides form factor and platform independence. The project includes software tools, plus guidance, and a demo showing on how a document created using Open XML Format can be translated to HTML. This translation allows the viewing of the contents of the Open XML file across dissimilar platforms from within the internet browser of the user. The current version of this translator supports Internet Explorer on Windows, Firefox, and Opera on Windows and Linux systems.

Technologies:

Firefox; Opera; Linux; HTML;
OpenXML; Microsoft Office 2007

Office Binary to Open XML Translator

2013-04-11T18:28:12Z

Office Binary to Open XML Translator

Enables translation of Microsoft Office binary documents (.DOC, .XLS, and .PPT) into the Office Open XML standard format (.DOCX, .XLSX, .PPTX).

Project Detail:

The Binary/Open XML translator has been engineered to provide a pragmatic tool for the translation of binary file formats into the Microsoft Office Open XML format. Current Office productivity software is backwards compatible with the existing binary formats, but lacks the capability to address multiple file conversions in an efficient and timely manner. Since files in the previously used binary formats still contain valid and pertinent content, this tool enables them to be converted into the Open XML file formats to allow for their continued use.

Technologies:

Office Binary Formats (DOC, XLS, PPT); Open XML

OData SDK for PHP

2013-04-11T18:28:11Z

OData SDK for PHP

Enables PHP developers to use the Open Data (OData) protocol specification to interoperate through REST with other platforms like .NET

Project Detail:

The ODtata SDK for PHP (formerly called Toolkit for PHP with ADO.NET/WCF Data Services) makes it easier for PHP developers to take advantage of the Open Data (OData) protocol, initially developed by Microsoft with WCF Data Services, a set of features that are part of the .NET Framework. WCF Data Services offer a simple way to expose any sort of data in a RESTful way and is also available with Window Azure and many other technologies (see www.odata.org for a full list).
At design time, the SDK lets you generate proxy classes based on the metadata exposed by the OData Services. At run time, your code uses the PHP proxy classes to easily program against the OData Service using a set of local PHP classes that represent the structure of the remote data. Using RESTful services over HTTP, the communication between the PHP application and OData Services is taken care of by the PHP proxy classes and the Toolkit libraries.

Technologies:

PHP; OData; REST
.NET Framework; WCF Data Services; Windows Azure

OData Module for Drupal

2013-04-11T18:28:10Z

OData Module for Drupal

Allows developers to include data sources based on OData in Drupal content types.

Project Detail:

The OData Module for Drupal allows developers to include data sources based on OData in Drupal content types. The generic module includes a basic OData query builder and renders data in a simple HTML Table. The package includes a sample module base on an Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) OData source, which shows how to build advanced rendering, in this case, with Bing Maps.

Technologies:

Drupal; PHP;
OData

OData Client for Objective C (iOS-MacOS)

2013-04-11T18:28:08Z

OData Client for Objective C (iPhone-Mac)

Enables Objective C developers targetting iOS (iPhone/iPad) and MacOS to interoperate through REST using the Open Data (OData) protocol specification.

Project Detail:

The OData Client for Ojective C includes a library that facilitates the development of applications for iOS (iPhone/iPad_ and MacOS connecting with data services using the OData protocol.

Technologies:

Objective C; iOS; MacOS; OData; REST
.NET Framework; WCF Data Services; Windows Azure

Lab: Systems Management

2013-04-11T18:28:07Z

Lab: Systems Management

Demonstrates the interoperability of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

Project Detail:

This lab demonstrates multiple interoperability aspects of system operations with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. This includes scenarios involving the issues of load balancing, applications management, network administration, database administration, and operating systems.

Technologies:

CA Wily Interscope; Tidal Horizon for SAP; Engyro Monitoring Components; EMC Smarts;
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

Lab: Remote Desktop Interoperability

2013-04-11T18:28:05Z

Lab: Remote Desktop Interoperability

Demonstrates how to establish remote desktop connections between Macintosh and Windows based machines.

Project Detail:

This Interop Vendor Alliance (IVA) lab explores two scenarios for establishing Remote Desktop connections between Macintosh and Windows based machines. These scenarios demonstrate that it is possible to establish a connection in both directions: a Mac connecting to a Windows machine, and a Windows machine connecting to a Mac.

Technologies:

Mac Remote Desktop (Aqua Connect);
Remote Desktop Client for Mac 2 (Microsoft)

Lab: Portal Aggregation and Integration

2013-04-11T18:28:04Z

Lab: Portal Aggregation and Integration

Demonstrates content aggregation and integration between Microsoft SharePoint, Bea WebLogic Portal and IBM Websphere Portal

Project Detail:

In this lab, Microsoft demonstrated integration between Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, BEA WebLogic Portal, and IBM WebSphere Portal software solutions. Using the solutions detailed in this lab, organizations can achieve integration between enterprise-level and departmental-level portals for a seamless, efficiency-enhancing employee experience. Enterprises rely on portals to facilitate information-sharing and speed business processes.

Technologies:

Bea Portal; BEA .NET accelerator; IBM Websphere Portal; Mainsoft Sharepoint Federator
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server

Lab: Multi-platform System Management

2013-04-11T18:28:03Z

Lab: Multi-platform System Management

Demonstrates interoperability between Microsoft Operations Manager and non-Microsoft platforms and applications, while also interoperating with other non-Microsoft system management suites.

Project Detail:

This lab was initiated in response to the feedback provided by the Interoperability Executive Customer Council (IEC Council). In particular, IEC Council member NATO requested this lab, which focuses on demonstrating the interoperability between Microsoft Operations manager, and SUN Solaris machines hosting various Oracle applications at both the platform and application levels. It also highlights the interoperability capabilities between Mocrosoft Operations Manager other system management suites, such as IBM Tivoli and HP Openview.

Technologies:

Sun Solaris; Oracle Database; Oracle Application Express; HP OpenView; IBM Tivoli; Xandros Bridgeways
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

Lab: Interoperability Lab with OpenXML

2013-04-11T18:28:01Z

Lab: Interoperability with Open XML

Demonstrates solutions for the sharing of documents across applications and platforms using OpenXML.

Project Detail:

This Lab demonstrates OpenXML usage with 3rd party solutions, outside of Microsoft Office, illustrating the interoperability of Open XML files across a wide range of applications on mixed platforms. Open XML lets the data inside of documents be tagged for queries and makes them compatible and editable by many applications across operating systems and platforms.

Technologies:

Datawatch; Mark Logic; Novell; Open SUSE; turbolinux; Xandros; ODF
OpenXML; Microsoft Office 2007

Lab: Federated Identity

2013-04-11T18:27:59Z

Lab: Federated Identity

Demonstrates methods of enabling collaboration and management of Identities across a diverse array of directories and systems.

Project Detail:

Access to online information and services is critical for productivity in the workplace and at home; however, the complexity of managing an increasing number of digital identities presents unique challenges. This lab demonstrates solutions to the challenges of Identity Federation across firewalls and heterogeneous systems , Information Cards and The Identity Metasystem, and Decentralized Identity system management.

Technologies:

CA SiteMinder; IBM Tivoli Manager; Oracle Identity Federation; Java; Ruby; PHP;
Windows Cardspace; Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager; Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services

Lab: Document & Records Management Across Portals

2013-04-11T18:27:58Z

Lab: Document & Records Management Across Portals

Demonstrates the interoperability of document management solutions, between Meridio, Microsoft, Open Text, SchemaLogic and Vorsite.

Project Detail:

In this lab Meridio, Microsoft, OpenText, SchemaLogic, and Vorsite demonstrated integrated document and record management scenarios that can help companies maximize the benefits of their portals. The following scenarios were tested: Records Management and Scalability with Meridio 5.0, Archiving and Records Management with Open Text Livelink ECM 10, Search and Content Connection with Vorsite Enterprise Integration Toolkit, Metadata management with SchemaLogic Enterprise Suite.

Technologies:

Meridio; Open Text; Vorsite; SchemaLogic;
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

Lab: Directory Management Interoperability

2013-04-11T18:27:56Z

Lab: Directory Management Interoperability

Demonstrates centralized directory management across heterogeneous systems (Windows, Unix, Linux) using Microsoft Active Directory, Centeris, Centrify and Quests solutions.

Project Detail:

Mixed enterprise environments represent a significant challenge to administrators, requiring increased IT personnel staffing to administer the heterogeneous systems. Identity and permissions administration within these environments represents one aspect of systems administration that presents unique challenges and security issues. This lab shows centralized directory management across heterogeneous systems (Windows, Unix, Linux) using Microsoft Active Directory, Centeris, Centrify, and Quests solutions. It demonstrates various interoperability features available to extend Microsoft Active Directory capabilities to non-Microsoft based systems in a mixed enterprise environment.

Technologies:

Linux; Unix; Centeris, Centrify; Quest Software;
Microsoft Active Directory; Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager

Lab: Development Environment and Software Configuration Management Interoperability

2013-04-11T18:27:54Z

Lab: Development Environment and Software Configuration Management (SCM) Interoperability

Demonstrates Visual Studio 2008 and Apache Foundation Subversion SCM interoperability with AnkhSVN

Project Detail:

This lab demonstrates how Visual Studio developers can connect to Subversion open source SCM using AnkhSVN to perform common tasks such as check-in/check-out, versioning, branching/ merging, code repository sharing, and remote & distributed acces.

Technologies:

Collabnet Subversion; AnkhSVN
Microsoft Visual Studio

Information Card for Ruby

2013-04-11T18:27:53Z

Information Cards for Ruby

Enables Ruby developers to support information cards for their web sites using standard WS-* protocols

Project Detail:

This project is an on-going investment from Microsoft to show Interoperability in the Identity space with Information Cards using WS-* protocols. This open source project will help Web Developers support information cards, the primary mechanism for representing user identities in the identity metasystem. Similar projects exist for Java, PHP, and C.

Technologies:

Ruby; SAML;
Microsoft Cardspace

Information Card for PHP

2013-04-11T18:27:51Z

Information Cards for PHP

Enables Php developers to support information cards for their web sites using standards WS-* protocols

Project Detail:

Technologies:

PHP; SAML;
Windows Cardspace

Information Card for Java

2013-04-11T18:27:50Z

Information Cards for Java

Enables Java developers to support information cards for their web sites using standards WS-* protocols

Project Detail:

Technologies:

Java; SAML;
Windows Cardspace

Information Card for C

2013-04-11T18:27:48Z

Information Cards for C

Enables C developers to support information cards for their web sites using standards WS-* protocols

Project Detail:

Technologies:

C; SAML;
Windows Cardspace

Enhancements of Eclipse on Windows 7

2013-04-11T18:27:47Z

Enhancements of Eclipse on Windows 7

Improve Eclipse to take advantage of new features in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Project Detail:

This project helps eclipse developers to be productive and have a compelling experience when developing applications using Eclipse on Windows 7. For this first phase, focus has been on the user interface components to allow Eclipse developers to take advantage of the new user interface features offered by Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
These enhancements are made at the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) level, which means that developers will see the enhancements in the Eclipse IDE, but they can also take advantage of them in any desktop applications built on top of the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP).

Technologies:

Eclipse;
Windows 7; Windows Server 2008 R2

Eclipse Tools for Silverlight

2013-04-11T18:27:45Z

Eclipse Tools for Silverlight

Enables Eclipse developers to build Silverlight applications on Windows and Mac OS

Project Detail:

The Eclipse tools for Silverlight project, aka eclipse4SL, is an eclipse plug-in that enables Eclipse developers to use the Eclipse IDE to create applications that run on the Microsoft Silverlight runtime platform. It also enables collaboration on Silverlight projects between Eclipse (Java) developers, .NET developers, and web designers on both the Windows and MAC operating systems.

Technologies:

Java; Eclipse; Web Services;
Silverlight

Bing Search Library for PHP

2013-04-11T18:27:44Z

Bing Search Library for PHP

Enables PHP developers to easily use Microsoft Bing search engine API to submit queries to and retrieve results from the Bing Engine

Project Detail:

The Bing Search Library for PHP is a wrapper on top of the Bing API, which provides a simple way to submit queries to and retrieve results from the Bing Engine. There are many ways to take advantage of the Bing API, since the API offers a choice of protocols from JSON, plain XML, to SOAP. This library is taking a different approach than the Bing 404 Web Page Error Toolkit for PHP project which focused on helping PHP developers use Microsoft Bing search engine to manage the 404 error (Page Not Found) on their web sites.

Technologies:

PHP;
Bing

Bing Maps Module for Drupal

2013-04-11T18:27:42Z

Bing Maps Module for Drupal

Provides for easy & flexible embedding of Bing Map in Drupal content types, such as a technical article or story

Project Detail:

The Bing Maps Module for Drupal provides for easy & flexible embedding of Bing Map in Drupal content types, such as a technical article or story.

Technologies:

Drupal; PHP
Bing Maps

Bing 404 Web Page Error Toolkit for PHP

2013-04-11T18:27:40Z

Bing 404 Web Page Error Toolkit for PHP

Enables PHP developers to easily use Microsoft Bing search engine API to manage the 404 (Page Not Found) Error on their web sites

Project Detail:

The Bing 404 Web Page Error Toolkit for PHP is a customizable PHP application that replaces the default error page on Microsoft IIS or Apache web servers with Bing search results that are based on keywords that have been derived from the URL requested by the user. The toolkit is available as an open source project and is released under the Microsoft Public License.

Update June 01, 2010: Please note that this Toolkit has been superceded by the Bing Search Library for PHP

Technologies:

PHP;
Bing

Bing 404 for WordPress

2013-04-11T18:27:38Z

Bing 404 for WordPress

Enables WordPress developers to easily manage the "404/Page not found" error by leveraging the Bing search engine

Project Detail:

Instead of sending the default WordPress "404/Page not found" error page to a user who gets the wrong page URL on your site, the Bing404 for WordPress plugin lets WordPress developers use the Bing search engine to easily manage the "404/Page not found".
URLs are often meaningful because they include important keywords. The Bing404 for WordPress plugin extracts those keywords from the URL, pass them on to Bing API to find the matching pages, and display suggestions to the user.
The Bing404 for WordPress plugin uses the Bing Search Library for PHP project (a wrapper on top of the Bing API, which provides a simple way to submit queries to and retrieve results from the Bing Engine).

Technologies:

PHP; WordPress;
Bing

Azure Ruby SDK for .NET Services

2013-04-11T18:27:36Z

AppFabric SDK for Ruby

An open source SDK that helps Ruby programs communicate with Window Azure AppFabric service bus and access control using plain HTTP.

Project Detail:

The Ruby SDK facilitates cross platform development between Ruby projects and the Windows Azure AppFabric using the service bus and access control. This SDK enables Ruby developers to easily leverage Windows Azure and demonstrates the Interoperable nature of the Windows Azure platform. The SDK includes a set of libraries, tools, prescriptive guidances, and sample applications that will enhance productivity for Ruby developers willing to use the service bus and access control to extend their applications.

Technologies:

Java; Ruby;
Windows Azure

Azure Java SDK for .NET Services

2013-04-11T18:27:35Z

AppFabric SDK for Java

A open source project that gives Java developers a speed dial to leverage Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus and Access control

Project Detail:

The Java SDK facilitates cross platform development between Java projects and the Windows Azure AppFabric using the service bus and access control. This SDK enables Java developers to easily leverage Windows Azure and demonstrates the Interoperable nature of the Windows Azure platform. The SDK includes a set of libraries, tools, prescriptive guidances, and sample applications that will enhance productivity for Java developers willing to use the service bus and access control to extend their applications.

Technologies:

Java;
Windows Azure

AppFabric SDK for PHP

2013-04-11T18:27:33Z

AppFabric SDK for PHP

AppFabric SDK for PHP Developers is an open source software development kit (SDK) that helps PHP programs communicate with Windows Azure platform AppFabric using RESTful APIs.

Project Detail:

AppFabric SDK for PHP Developers is an open source software development kit (SDK) that helps PHP programs communicate with Windows Azure platform AppFabric using RESTful APIs.
As part of the Windows Azure platform, the AppFabric includes the Service Bus and Access Control services. They are both web-based services that provide infrastructure in the cloud to connect applications. The Service Bus acts as an intermediary between applications and services. For example, developers can use it to bridge on-premise and off-premise applications or create composite applications. The Access Control service enables external users to connect to cloud resources using their external identities.

Technologies:

PHP,
Window Azure

Apache Stonehenge

2013-04-11T18:27:31Z

Apache Stonehenge

Demonstrates practical SOA interoperability across platforms (.NET, PHP, Java) with Apache open source projects using Web Services standards

Project Detail:

The Apache Stonehenge project is an Apache Incubator project intended to build a set of example applications for SOA that spans languages and platforms, demonstrates best practices, and interoperability. This project consists of a set of sample applications that demonstrate seamless interoperability across multiple underlying platform technologies by using currently defined W3C and OASIS standard protocols. It illustrates and develops best practices for interoperable applications that communicate via distributed protocols, demonstrates interoperability between platforms, and provides sample code upon which SOA developers can build.

Technologies:

WS-*; Web Services; PHP; Java;
.NET Framework

Apache POI OpenXML Java API

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Apache POI OpenXML Java API

Enables Java developers to use Office Open XML documents in Java applications (web, line of business, etc)

Project Detail:

The goal for this project is to enable Java developers to create, read, query, update, and compose documents using the Office Open XML format. Part of the Apache POI project (a set of Java APIs to access files in the Microsoft Office file formats), the Apache POI/Open XML libraries project allows Java applications to manipulate XLSX, DOCX and PPTX documents.

Technologies:

Java,
Open XML, Microsoft Office 2007