Windows Azure Evolution – Deploy Web Sites (WAWS Part 3) Shaun, January 1, 0001 This is the sixth post of my Windows Azure Evolution series. After talked a bit about the new caching preview feature in the previous one, let’s back to the Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS). Git and GitHub ... Windows Azure Evolution – Deploy Web Sites (WAWS Part 3) 0 0 18
PPT Leveraging Azure for Performance Testing Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Updated 29th June 2013: Microsoft is now previewing Load Test Service in TFS Service. Please check out more on the official offering by navigating to http://aka.ms/loadtfs I have recently presented a session ... PPT Leveraging Azure for Performance Testing 0 0 0
NMap 6.01 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 NMap 6.01 has been released at http://nmap.org/download.ht... ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source (license) utility for network discovery and security auditing. Many systems and network administrators ... NMap 6.01 0 0 0
Charms and the App Bar Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 Ok. I admit. I made a mistake in the last post about our planespotter app. I have dedicated a full part of the hub to Social. I also had a section called Friends but that made sense since I said that “Friends” ... Charms and the App Bar 0 0 0
Navigation in Win8 Metro Style applications Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 In Windows 8, Touch is, as they say, a first class citizen. Now, to be honest: they also said that in Windows 7. However in Win8 this is actually true. Applications are meant to be used by touch. Yes, ... Navigation in Win8 Metro Style applications 0 0 0
How to begin? Windows 8 Development Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 Ok. I convinced you in my last post to do some Win8 development. You want a piece of that cake, or whatever your reasons may be. Good! Welcome to the club! Now let me ask you a question: what are you going ... How to begin? Windows 8 Development 0 0 0
Why bother writing an Windows 8 app? Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 So you want to know more about development for Window 8. Great! There are lots of reasons you should be excited about this. Since I don’t know why YOU are interested in this, I’ll make a list of reasons ... Why bother writing an Windows 8 app? 0 0 21
WMemoryProfiler is Released Alois Kraus, January 1, 0001 What is it? WMemoryProfiler is a managed profiling Api to aid integration testing. This free library can get managed heap statistics and memory usage for your own process (remember testing) and other processes ... WMemoryProfiler is Released 0 0 6
Developing Windows 8 Apps Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 Right. So it’s all set up now. Windows 8, Build 8400 Release Preview: check Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate Release Candidate: check Windows Live Writer: check An audience (yes, that would be you): check Lots ... Developing Windows 8 Apps 0 0 0
Everythings changes, except that it doesn’t Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 You may have noticed this. Microsoft launched a new product this week. Well, launched is a strong word, they announced it. They call it.. The Surface! What is it? Well, it’s a cool looking family of tablets ... Everythings changes, except that it doesn’t 0 0 0
Creating Corporate Windows Phone Applications Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Most developers write Windows Phone applications for their own gratification and their own wallets. While most of the time I would put myself in the same camp, I am also a consultant. This means that I ... Creating Corporate Windows Phone Applications 0 0 0
MS Marketing Strategy Aaron Kowall, January 1, 0001 I found this week’s Windows Phone 8 event interesting. Not just because it looks like some fantastic new features in the new OS but because of the wait for release. If I were a Nokia shareholder (which ... MS Marketing Strategy 0 0 0
Using Table-Valued Parameters With SQL Server Reporting Services Jesse Taber, January 1, 0001 This blog post has moved:http://gruffcode.com/... ... Using Table-Valued Parameters With SQL Server Reporting Services 0 0 12
InfoPath 2010 Form Design and Web Part Deployment JKenderdine, January 1, 0001 In January I had the pleasure to speak at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach. I presented a session on InfoPath 2010 forms design which included some of the basics of Forms Design, description of some ... InfoPath 2010 Form Design and Web Part Deployment 0 0 0
Windows 8: Everything from design, build, and how to sell a Metro... Thomas Mason, January 1, 0001 For me, there are a lot of similarities between an application developed for Windows Phone and a Metro style app developed for Windows 8. A Windows Phone 7 application (rather than an XNA game) is built ... Windows 8: Everything from design, build, and how to sell a Metro... 0 0 0
SSAS processing error: Client unable to establish connection; 080... Kevin Shyr, January 1, 0001 After getting the cube to successfully deploy and process on Friday, I was baffled on Monday that the newly added dimension caused the cube processing to break. I then followed the first instinct, discarded ... SSAS processing error: Client unable to establish connection; 080... 0 0 43
Recursion in the form of a Recursive Func<T, T> ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 I gotta admit, I am kind of surprised that I didn’t realize I could do this sooner. I recently had a problem which required a recursive function call to come up with the answer. After some time messing ... Recursion in the form of a Recursive Func<T, T> 0 0 0
Managing common code on Windows 7 (.NET) and Windows 8 (WinRT) ryanabr, January 1, 0001 Recent announcements regarding Windows Phone 8 and the fact that it will have the WinRT behind it might make some of this less painful but I discovered the "XmlDocument" object is in a new location in ... Managing common code on Windows 7 (.NET) and Windows 8 (WinRT) 0 0 0
Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts when virtualising OS X mbrit, January 1, 0001 Seriously, I have no idea why this took me so long to actually sort out.So in Windows 8 you have new keyboard shortcuts for accessing search (Win+Q), charms (Win+C), settings (Win+I), etc. Problem is that ... Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts when virtualising OS X 0 0 0
Windows Phone 8 Announcement Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 As if the Surface announcement on Monday wasn’t exciting enough, today Microsoft announce that Windows Phone 8 will be coming this fall. That itself is great news, but the features coming were like confetti ... Windows Phone 8 Announcement 0 0 1
My Feelings About Microsoft Surface Valter Minute, January 1, 0001 Advice: read the title carefully, I’m talking about “feelings” and not about advanced technical points proved in a scientific and objective way I still haven’t had a chance to play with a MS Surface tablet ... My Feelings About Microsoft Surface 0 0 0
SharePoint Alternate access mapping Configuration MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 Alternate Access Mappings is a feature of SharePoint which allows a website to function correctly under different URL scenarios, including, reverse proxies and load balancing. It is a common practice used ... SharePoint Alternate access mapping Configuration 0 0 0
Updated WIF tools for VS2012 RC are out–be safe… Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 The updated tools for the RC along with the samples are out. The samples from the prior 1.0 release will still work as well Windows Identity Foundation Tools for Visual Studio 2012 RC - Vibro.NET - Site ... Updated WIF tools for VS2012 RC are out–be safe… 0 0 0
SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB – How to get started krislankford, January 1, 0001 As many of you aware, SQL Server can be a bit of a pig when it comes to system resources on your development machine. As part of the 2012 products Microsoft has added SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB which ... SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB – How to get started 0 0 4
Application Integration Future – BizTalk Server & Windo... SURESH GIRIRAJAN, January 1, 0001 I am really excited to see lot of new news around BizTalk in TechEd 2012. I was recently watching the session presented by Sriram and Rajesh on “Application Integration Futures: The Road Map and What's ... Application Integration Future – BizTalk Server & Windo... 0 0 3
Winners of Pete Brown's "Silverlight 5 In Action" Books Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 It's always a double-edged sword when I get to this point in a give-away... I want to give everyone something, but a deal is a deal :) It's also only through the benevolence of the folks at Manning Press ... Winners of Pete Brown's "Silverlight 5 In Action" Books 0 0 1
Windows Azure Evolution – Caching (Preview) Shaun, January 1, 0001 Caching is a popular topic when we are building a high performance and high scalable system not only on top of the cloud platform but the on-premise environment as well. On March 2011 the Windows Azure ... Windows Azure Evolution – Caching (Preview) 0 0 0
Use your own domain email and tired of SPAM? SPAMfighter FTW Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 I wouldn't post this if I hadn't tried it... and I paid for it myself, so don't anybody be thinking I'm reviewing something someone sent me! Long ago and far away I got very tired of local ISPs and 2nd ... Use your own domain email and tired of SPAM? SPAMfighter FTW 0 0 1
Beautiful Themes for Windows 7 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Microsoft have made a series of beautiful themes for Windows 7 at http://windows.microsoft.co... and they are free!Besides beaches, topics also include Baltics ... Beautiful Themes for Windows 7 0 0 1
TechEd 2012: Recap Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 TechEd this week was a great experience and I wanted to wrap it up with a summary post. First let me say a thank you to John and Jeff from GWB for supplying power, connectivity and a place to work in between ... TechEd 2012: Recap 0 0 0
TechEd 2012: Windows Phone Exam Cram Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Usually speakers take offence if you wear headphones in their talk. For the exam cram session it was a requirement. This was because it was a cubical walled room with an open top next to a study hall. ... TechEd 2012: Windows Phone Exam Cram 0 0 0
Autoscaling in a modern world…. Part 4 Steve Loethen, January 1, 0001 Now that I have the rules and services XML files in the cloud, it is time to sever the bounds of earth and live totally in the cloud. I have to host the Autoscaling object in Azure as well, point it to ... Autoscaling in a modern world…. Part 4 0 0 0
Two Copies of "Silverlight 5 In Action" to Give Away and a FREE c... Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 I know most of you have seen my post from Tuesday where I talked about giving away 2 copies of Pete's book on Monday morning July 18th. Well... I'm repeating it, because it's a smoking deal... for the ... Two Copies of "Silverlight 5 In Action" to Give Away and a FREE c... 0 0 0
Configuration setting of HttpWebRequest.Timeout value Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 I wanted to set in configuration on client HttpWebRequest.Timeout.I was surprised, that MS doesn’t provide it as a part of .Net configuration.(Answer in http://forums.silverlight.n... thread: ... Configuration setting of HttpWebRequest.Timeout value 0 0 0
BizTalk: mapping with Xslt Leonid Ganeline, January 1, 0001 BizTalk Map Editor (Mapper) is a good editor, especially in the last 2010 version of the BizTalk. But sometimes it still cannot do the tasks easily. It is time for the Xslt code, it is time to remember ... BizTalk: mapping with Xslt 0 0 1
TechEd 2012 - last session Stefan Barrett, January 1, 0001 Nearly over. For last session attending a talk on c++ apps in windows metro. When I came to TechEd I didn't think I would attend so many sessions on c++, but somehow this has proved more interesting this ... TechEd 2012 - last session 0 0 0
Nerdstock 2012: A photo review of Microsoft TechEd North America ... The Un-T Guy, January 1, 0001 Not only could I not fathom that I would ever be attending a tech event of the magnitude of TechEd, neither could any of my co-workers. As the least technical person in the history of Information Technology ... Nerdstock 2012: A photo review of Microsoft TechEd North America ... 0 0 0
Windows Azure Evolution – TFS Integration (WAWS Part 2) Shaun, January 1, 0001 So this is the fourth blog post about the new features of Windows Azure and the second part of Windows Azure Web Sites. But this is not just focus on the WAWS since the function I’m going to introduce ... Windows Azure Evolution – TFS Integration (WAWS Part 2) 0 0 0
TechEd Orlando 2012 smartgp, January 1, 0001 If you missed TechEd Orlando, FL 2012, you missed a great time of learning new technologies and networking. Check back to my blog for more info about new products like Windows Phone, Azure, Windows Server ... TechEd Orlando 2012 0 0 0
Why I’m *NOT* Attending MOSOConf D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 It’s my daughter’s birthday on Saturday, she turns 10! Lot’s of party planning to do this week! What, you thought this was going to be a rant post? Hope everyone has a fantastic time at MOSOConf and congrats ... Why I’m *NOT* Attending MOSOConf 0 0 0
Meet Windows Azure Sweden & SWAG Sommeravslutning Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 The Meet Windows Azure event last week saw some great announcements about the current and future developments on the Windows Azure platform. Microsoft Sweden will be hosting an event at their offices that ... Meet Windows Azure Sweden & SWAG Sommeravslutning 0 0 0
Two Copies of Pete Brown's "Silverlight 5 In Action" to Give Away... Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 Yes... you read that correctly... I have two copies of Pete Brown's excellent book "Silverlight 5 In Action" to give away... if you're not familiar with Pete's book, here is a short synopsis for a large ... Two Copies of Pete Brown's "Silverlight 5 In Action" to Give Away... 0 0 0
Review of TechEd 2012 - so far Stefan Barrett, January 1, 0001 Disclaimer: probably going to next years TechEd. (but not 100% sure) As with most TechEd's, this is not one of the best - but it's not bad. Some impressions so far: The food is not bad, through perhaps ... Review of TechEd 2012 - so far 0 0 0
TechEd 2012: Windows 8 And Metro Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Windows 8 is here (or at least very close) and that was the main feature of this morning’s key note. Antoine LeBlond started off by apologizing to the IT professionals since he planned on showing code. ... TechEd 2012: Windows 8 And Metro 0 0 0
C#–Using a delegate to raise an event from one class to ano... Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 Even though this may be a relatively common task for many people, I’ve had to show it to enough new developers that I figured I’d immortalize it… MSDN says “Events enable a class or object to notify other ... C#–Using a delegate to raise an event from one class to ano... 0 0 2
Windows Phone 7 v. Windows 8 Metro “Same but Different&rdqu... ryanabr, January 1, 0001 I have been doing development on both the Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 Metro style applications over the past month and have really been enjoying doing both. What is great is that Silverlight is used ... Windows Phone 7 v. Windows 8 Metro “Same but Different&rdqu... 0 0 1
Windows Azure Evolution - Web Sites (aka Antares) Part 1 Shaun, January 1, 0001 This is the 3rd post of my Windows Azure Evolution series, focus on the new features and enhancement which was alone with the Windows Azure Platform Upgrade June 2012, announced at the MEET Windows Azure ... Windows Azure Evolution - Web Sites (aka Antares) Part 1 0 0 7
How to generate SPMetal for a specific list (OOTB: like tasks or ... KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 SPMetal is used to make use of LINQ on a list in SharePoint 2010. By default when you generate SPMetal on a site you will get a code generated file for most of the lists and probably more. Here is a MSDN ... How to generate SPMetal for a specific list (OOTB: like tasks or ... 0 0 1
OAuth with RestSharp in Windows Phone midoBB, January 1, 0001 Nearly every major API provider uses OAuth for the user authentication and while it is easy to understand the concept, using it in a Windows Phone app isn’t pretty straightforward. So for this quick tutorial ... OAuth with RestSharp in Windows Phone 0 0 7
TechEd 2012: A Little Cloud And Too Little Windows Phone Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 It is Monday afternoon and the last couple of sessions have been disappointing. I started out in the Nokia: Learning to Tile session. I guess I should have read the summary more closely because it turned ... TechEd 2012: A Little Cloud And Too Little Windows Phone 0 0 0