Odd Behavior in Windows 8 and VS 2012 Steve Loethen, January 1, 0001 A pretty basic feature seems to be broken I upgraded my work laptop to Windows 8 Enterprise, tracked down the secret incantation to add the key and activate it. Installed VS 2012 Ultimate on it (release) ... Odd Behavior in Windows 8 and VS 2012 0 0 0
Questions You Should Ask Before Moving Your App to the Cloud Jeremy Morgan, January 1, 0001 Cloud Computing is currently the hot topic in the developer world these days, and it seems all anyone wants to talk about is the cloud. If you're like me you signed up for something like Windows Azure ... Questions You Should Ask Before Moving Your App to the Cloud 0 0 6
What is a Hi-Dad MVP? Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 Well, I am one. Not that that tells you anything. Ok, title of this post is not the official MVP title I have, but it helps me remember it. Officially, I am a Hardware Interaction Design and Development ... What is a Hi-Dad MVP? 0 0 0
The Visual Studio ALM Ranger projects you should be following Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 If you haven’t already, I would strongly recommend getting started with the great guidance documents produced by the Visual Studio ALM rangers. Project Name Description Release / Updated Applicable to ... The Visual Studio ALM Ranger projects you should be following 0 0 0
How to clear Visual Studio Team Explorer Cache Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Switching between Team Project Collections sometimes messes up documents and reports and gives a red X next to both these artefacts in Team Explorer. I have run into this several times in the last couple ... How to clear Visual Studio Team Explorer Cache 0 0 2
Monitoring a BizTalk and Lagan Integration Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Recently I was asked by a organisation about how to monitor their BizTalk integration with Lagan CRM to ensure their integration solution was working effectively. The organisation was happy with their ... Monitoring a BizTalk and Lagan Integration 0 0 1
Issues with mixed C++ and C# projects in Visual Studio 2012 runni... terje, January 1, 0001 If you have projects created under Visual Studio 2010 (SP1), and mixed C++ and C# projects in the solution, and you are using other configurations than Debug/Release x86 you may hit a very strange situation ... Issues with mixed C++ and C# projects in Visual Studio 2012 runni... 0 0 0
How to fix the CA0053 error in Code Analysis in Visual Studio 201... terje, January 1, 0001 Background You are opening a solution made in Visual Studio 2010 with VS 2012. When you run Code Analysis you get a series of CA0053 errors, saying it is unable to load the rule sets from the Visual Studio ... How to fix the CA0053 error in Code Analysis in Visual Studio 201... 0 0 18
Azure Workflow JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Workflow 1.0 beta provides new Azure functionality: http://msdn.microsoft.com/e... – a scale-out enabled infrastructure for hosting Workflows installation on-premises, ... Azure Workflow 0 0 0
AppFabric DataCacheFactory pooling. Strenium, January 1, 0001 For one of my projects I've been using Windows Server AppFabric Caching (on-premise) (http://tinyurl.com/2usm9bs). I've setup a simple cluster: 2 nodes, with 4 Gigabytes in total, running in a high-availability ... AppFabric DataCacheFactory pooling. 0 0 0
XNA BasicEffect takes ~1 second to initialize, AlphaTestEffect ~0... deadlydog, January 1, 0001 This is a general message for all XNA developers that in XNA 4 it takes typically 1 – 1.5 seconds to create a new BasicEffect object, while only about 100 milliseconds to create an AlphaTestEffect object. ... XNA BasicEffect takes ~1 second to initialize, AlphaTestEffect ~0... 0 0 0
BizTalk 2010–Legacy Whitespace behaviour peterbrouwer, January 1, 0001 I recently came across baffling issue when setting up an existing BizTalk solution on some new servers. As part of our standard build processes we have a suite of BizUnit tests integrated into a CI Build ... BizTalk 2010–Legacy Whitespace behaviour 0 0 1
Six0Run Scores Big with Windows Azure Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 What do you get when you cross a college basketball coach, a lawyer, and a software architect? In the case of local St. Louis startup Six0Run Software, you get a dynamic software development team focused ... Six0Run Scores Big with Windows Azure 0 0 0
Why can’t I connect to my SQL Azure database? Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 We’ve been running our Azure Hands On Experience labs throughout the US Central Region for the last month or so and the SQL Azure exercises require the user to connect a newly created SQL Azure database ... Why can’t I connect to my SQL Azure database? 0 0 0
Well That Was Fun (The wrong way to migrate mailboxes in Office 3... Robert May, January 1, 0001 NOTE: BY FOLLOWING THE STEPS HERE YOU WILL PERMENENTLY AND IRREVOCABLY DELETE USERS AND THEIR DATA!!! MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKUPS (PST’S)! Ugh. First, I want everyone know know that this was a self-inflicted ... Well That Was Fun (The wrong way to migrate mailboxes in Office 3... 0 0 4
VS2010 Coded UI Test :Add or modify object properties Coded UI m... AbhishekLohani, January 1, 0001 Hi First of all know the defination of the object Step to be Performmed :- 1 Edit with the code UI test builder and place the Cross hair control to know the defination of the Control 2 Record the control ... VS2010 Coded UI Test :Add or modify object properties Coded UI m... 0 0 0
Windows 8 Upgrade Impressions MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 I didn’t really try Windows 8 in the consumer preview or the technical preview, but I tend to shy away from beta software. The only experience I had with the OS prior to today was through someone else’s ... Windows 8 Upgrade Impressions 0 0 1
Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Today, we've reached an exciting milestone that allows you to download and begin installing the final RTM releases Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 in your shops! As of today, August 15th, the Windows ... Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... 0 0 0
Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Today, we've reached an exciting milestone that allows you to download and begin installing the final RTM releases Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 in your shops! As of today, August 15th, the Windows ... Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... 0 0 0
Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Today, we've reached an exciting milestone that allows you to download and begin installing the final RTM releases Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 in your shops! As of today, August 15th, the Windows ... Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... 0 0 0
That "don't call your product Metro" thing... Obvious, right? mbrit, January 1, 0001 You should be glad they fixed it really. The problem isn't Metro, the problem is that there was no trademark defence clauses in the Windows Store agreement at all. Here's the agreement, which for this ... That "don't call your product Metro" thing... Obvious, right? 0 0 0
BizTalk–Looping through repeating message nodes in orchestr... Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 Say that you have an incoming BizTalk message with many repeating nodes, and you want to process each one the same. The easiest thing to do would be to use the envelope to split the single message into ... BizTalk–Looping through repeating message nodes in orchestr... 0 0 8
Geeks Anonymous, lol. Strenium, January 1, 0001 I’ve been a frequent to SoCal Code Camps (if you’re in the area, check ‘em out: http://www.socalcodecamp.com/ they’re held couple times a year). The next one coming up just posted the schedule – with an ... Geeks Anonymous, lol. 0 0 0
How To: Improve Skype Quality Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 I always forget this until I need it the next time, but there is a great post that talks about how to fix your skype quality. http://pauloflaherty.com/20... ... How To: Improve Skype Quality 0 0 0
Simplified Printing with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 #itpro... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Over the past few days, I've spoken to a number of IT Pros that were interested in how printing is improved or different in Windows 8. Even in today's age of online information and social media, I know ... Simplified Printing with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 #itpro... 0 0 0
Validate SSRS Report Input Parameters the Proper Way Compudicted, January 1, 0001 It should not be a secret that sooner or later in the BI developer’s career one would face the necessity to perform a complex input parameter validations. This necessity to validate data is typically triggered ... Validate SSRS Report Input Parameters the Proper Way 0 0 19
SharePoint 2013 – Workflows. KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 Workflows in SharePoint 2013 There’s a new Workflow model at the core of SharePoint 2013. It is built on the same OAuth authentication and iFrames model that all new apps must work with. It is a redesigned ... SharePoint 2013 – Workflows. 0 0 0
SharePoint 2013 – Mobile Support. KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 With the increase in mobile browsing and greater demand for a mobile workforce, I’m pleased to see that SharePoint 2013 offers vast improvements to the mobile browser experience. SharePoint 2013 introduces ... SharePoint 2013 – Mobile Support. 0 0 0
SharePoint 2013 – Enhanced User Experience, User Interface. KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 SharePoint 2013 - User Experience, User Interface and a ‘Brandable’ Central Administration Original Post @ http://www.brightstarr.com/... Having been playing ... SharePoint 2013 – Enhanced User Experience, User Interface. 0 0 0
SharePoint 2013 – Social & Enterprise Collaboration. KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 Perhaps the most exciting changes in SharePoint 2013 relate to enhanced social capabilities. The list of new features is extensive - micro blogs, activity feeds, community sites, following, likes and reputations ... SharePoint 2013 – Social & Enterprise Collaboration. 0 0 0
SharePoint 2013 – Everything is an ‘App’! KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 Lists, libraries, sites and even calendars are now ‘Apps’. In an interesting move that will at one stroke empower end users, reduce load on overworked IT operations departments and add fuel to the already ... SharePoint 2013 – Everything is an ‘App’! 0 0 0
Large collection of Free Microsoft eBook raysmithequip, January 1, 0001 First things first, you gotta check out this list!!...Eric ligman's list was so popular, he added a bunch more even!!...Large collection of Free Microsoft eBooks for you, including: SharePoint, Visual ... Large collection of Free Microsoft eBook 0 0 2
Windows 8 - FREE Training on Building Apps #Windows8 KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 The upcoming general availability of Windows 8 on Oct 26th and the launch of the new Windows App Store presents us all with the greatest Windows developer opportunities ever! Get ready by attending a Windows ... Windows 8 - FREE Training on Building Apps #Windows8 0 0 0
Comparing Service Bus for Windows Server & RabbitMQ Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Recently I have been working a little with RabbitMQ and also learning about the new Microsoft Service Bus for Windows Server offering which is now released in beta. As part of my learning I thought it ... Comparing Service Bus for Windows Server & RabbitMQ 0 0 9
Stub and Shim in Visual Studio 2012 Unit Test Shaun, January 1, 0001 Unit test is very important in modern software development, especially after adopted agile. Microsoft had added the unit test support since the Visual Studio 2008. Then with some enhancement and improvement ... Stub and Shim in Visual Studio 2012 Unit Test 0 0 8
Using BingMapsDirectionsTask In Windows Phone 7 Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Windows Phone has a number of great capabilities built into it for developers. The Bing APIs allows you to easily give your application mapping functionality. You may just want to give users directions ... Using BingMapsDirectionsTask In Windows Phone 7 0 0 0
Learn About The Microsoft Private Cloud to Win a Trip for Two to ... Compudicted, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has released new and exciting products that will change the way IT Pros utilize Virtualization and Microsoft Private Cloud solutions. Two products which are a part of these great changes are ... Learn About The Microsoft Private Cloud to Win a Trip for Two to ... 0 0 1
GridView Custom Paging with LINQ Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 In this post we will take a look at how to do pagination in GridView control. Paging is very helpful in presenting huge amount of data in the page because this helps speeding up the loading performance ... GridView Custom Paging with LINQ 0 0 7
Office 365 - Installing and Configuring ADFS 2.0 for Single Sign-... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 I've been talking with IT Pros in my community about integrating ADFS 2.0 with Office 365 to establish single sign-on capabilities. Because the process involves a number of tasks and steps, I wanted to ... Office 365 - Installing and Configuring ADFS 2.0 for Single Sign-... 0 0 0
10 coolest new features of SharePoint 2013 KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 1. Everything is an app! Lists, libraries, sites and even calendars are now ‘Apps’. In an interesting move that will at one stroke empower end users, reduce load on overworked IT operations departments ... 10 coolest new features of SharePoint 2013 0 0 0
Running PowerShell AppFabric cmdlets in MSBuild on x64 Elton Stoneman, January 1, 0001 We have a simple PS script to switch Auto-Start on for WCF services running under AppFabric 1.1: Import-Module ApplicationServer Set-ASApplication -SiteName "Default Web Site" -VirtualPath "/x.y.z" -AutoStartMode ... Running PowerShell AppFabric cmdlets in MSBuild on x64 0 0 0
Axiom v0.8.3327.12322 has been released! Michael Cummings, January 1, 0001 Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Today we pushed a maintenance release for Axiom v0.8 ( crickhollow ). While there are not a lot of tickets closed for this release, a lot of work when into the build system to automate ... Axiom v0.8.3327.12322 has been released! 0 0 0
Getting Started with SharePoint 15 venkatx5, January 1, 0001 Getting started with SharePoint 15 SharePoint 15 (a.k.a) SharePoint 2013 is the next version of SharePoint 2010 with lot of new features/improvements. It's still in Beta stage and available for Evaluation. ... Getting Started with SharePoint 15 0 0 1
RabbitMQ – Implementing Scatter Gather in .net Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 In this article we will try to talk through an implementation of the scatter gather pattern using RabbitMQ. The sample is written using .net to show how this can be achieved. Before going into the detail ... RabbitMQ – Implementing Scatter Gather in .net 0 0 4
Safely Cloning Virtualized Domain Controllers with Windows Server... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 When virtualizing Active Directory Domain Controllers in the past, we've needed to be very careful that we don't invoke any steps, such as applying an old snapshot, that could possibly cause USN rollback ... Safely Cloning Virtualized Domain Controllers with Windows Server... 0 0 0
Awaiting Windows Phone 8 Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 I don’t know if you are, but I am very eager to get my hands on Windows Phone 8 this coming season! If you have not heard, check out this article with video - Announcing Windows Phone 8 Here are some of ... Awaiting Windows Phone 8 0 0 0
St. Louis Days of .NET 2012 Wrap-Up Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 Thanks to all of the organizers and volunteers and sponsors who made this fifth annual event another huge success. Thanks to all of the speakers, many of whom paid for their own travel and lodging in exchange ... St. Louis Days of .NET 2012 Wrap-Up 0 0 0
What went right with Metro going away rickpetersen, January 1, 0001 There was a long post here; like Betamax, it just did not make it. Metro was not my favorite name though I do get what it was about and wish it would not have gone away so close to Windows 8 dropping (this ... What went right with Metro going away 0 0 0
A "snark-free" post on the Metro naming debacle* (Caution: May co... mbrit, January 1, 0001 In a parallel universe I'm writing a much less kind version of this post, but with GA of Windows 8 being measured in a short number of months, I'm going to try and be helpful. Am I happy about the naming ... A "snark-free" post on the Metro naming debacle* (Caution: May co... 0 0 0
My journey to the dark side dgreen, January 1, 0001 After some deep soul searching, I’ve decided to venture into the world of Objective-C and the wonderful world of iOS development. Mind you, its not some whimsical fancy. As a .NET developer by trade it ... My journey to the dark side 0 0 2