WIF-less claim extraction from ACS: JWT Elton Stoneman, January 1, 0001 ACS support for JWT still shows as "beta", but it meets the spec and it works nicely, so it's becoming the preferred option as SWT is losing favour. (Note that currently ACS doesn’t support JWT encryption, ... WIF-less claim extraction from ACS: JWT 0 0 1
WIF-less claim extraction from ACS: SWT Elton Stoneman, January 1, 0001 WIF with SAML is solid and flexible, but unless you need the power, it can be overkill for simple claim assertion, and in the REST world WIF doesn’t have support for the latest token formats. Simple Web ... WIF-less claim extraction from ACS: SWT 0 0 0
Integration Patterns with Azure Service Bus Relay, Part 1: Exposi... Elton Stoneman, January 1, 0001 We're in the process of delivering an enabling project to expose on-premise WCF services securely to Internet consumers. The Azure Service Bus Relay is doing the clever stuff, we register our on-premise ... Integration Patterns with Azure Service Bus Relay, Part 1: Exposi... 0 0 1
WebAPI and MVC4 and OData Aligned, January 1, 0001 I was looking closer into WebAPI, specificially how to use OData to avoid writing GetCustomerByCustomerId(int id) methods all over the place. I had problems just returning IQueryable<T> as some sites ... WebAPI and MVC4 and OData 0 0 0
Running Powershell from within SharePoint Norgean, January 1, 0001 Just because something is a daft idea, doesn't mean it can't be done. We sometimes need to do some housekeeping - like delete old files or list items or… yes, well, whatever you use Powershell for in a ... Running Powershell from within SharePoint 0 0 4
Announcing the New Windows Azure Web Sites Shared Scaling Tier Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 Windows Azure Web Sites has added a new pricing tier that will solve the #1 blocker for the web development community. The shared tier now supports custom domain names mapped to shared-instance web sites. ... Announcing the New Windows Azure Web Sites Shared Scaling Tier 0 0 0
Free eBook on ASP.NET MVC 4 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Syncfusion is offering a free book "ASP.NET MVC 4" at http://www.syncfusion.com/r... has been a firm believer in ASP.NET ... Free eBook on ASP.NET MVC 4 0 0 1
VS 2012 Code Review – Before Check In OR After Check In? Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 “Is Code Review Important and Effective?” There is a consensus across the industry that code review is an effective and practical way to collar code inconsistency and possible defects early in the software ... VS 2012 Code Review – Before Check In OR After Check In? 0 0 1
How To Use Twitter Bootstrap on an ASP.Net Website Jeremy Morgan, January 1, 0001 The Twitter Bootstrap is becoming a very popular tool for doing quick layouts and commonly used web elements. I'll show you how you can put this popular tool to work on your ASP.Net website. How To Use Twitter Bootstrap on an ASP.Net Website 0 0 46
Windows Azure SQL Data Sync Walkthrough Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 I’ve just completed a basic implementation using Windows Azure SQL Data Sync that I will be using in a demo for an upcoming course. This is a basic walkthrough that you should be able to follow if you ... Windows Azure SQL Data Sync Walkthrough 0 0 0
Node.js Adventure - When Node.js Meets Windows Azure Shaun, January 1, 0001 In the first post of this series I introduced on how to run Node.js application on Windows. In the second one I demonstrated about how to use SQL Server in Node.js. That was the steps when I was learning ... Node.js Adventure - When Node.js Meets Windows Azure 0 0 0
Updated Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Server 2012 a... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 include support for over 350 new group policy settings. This brings the total number of manageable system policies via Active Directory group policy to over 3,600 policy ... Updated Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Server 2012 a... 0 0 0
Hardware Analysis / Design / Provisioning DBA, January 1, 0001 Paul Randal post about Hardware Analysis / Design / Provisioning till later, Hardware Analysis / Design / Provisioning 0 0 0
A Taste of the Prairies at Confoo D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 This February, the Confoo web techno conference will once again be held in Montreal! Confoo has a very unique model for selecting speakers – proposals are posted on their website and people can then vote ... A Taste of the Prairies at Confoo 0 0 0
IE10 - Be Prepared ihaynes, January 1, 0001 IE10 will be released as part of Windows 8 in October and will be released later for Windows 7. When IE10 is released or if you have either the Windows 8 Release Preview or the earlier IE10 Platform Preview, ... IE10 - Be Prepared 0 0 14
Node.js Adventure - Node.js with SQL Server Shaun, January 1, 0001 In my previous post I demonstrated how to install, configure and run Node.js application on Windows. In this post I will cover a specific and short topic, which is how to use SQL Server in Node.js. Install ... Node.js Adventure - Node.js with SQL Server 0 0 8
Where'd My Data Go? (and/or...How Do I Get Rid of It?) David Paquette, January 1, 0001 Want to get a better idea of how cascade deletes work in Entity Framework Code First scenarios? Want to see it in action? Stick with us as we quickly demystify what happens when you tell your data context ... Where'd My Data Go? (and/or...How Do I Get Rid of It?) 0 0 0
Cleaning your BizTalk Build Server Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Just a little note for myself this one.At one of my customers where it is still BizTalk 2006 one of the build servers is intermittently getting issues so I wanted to run a script periodically to clean ... Cleaning your BizTalk Build Server 0 0 5
VS2010 crashes when opening a vsp generated using VS 2012 Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 I recently profiled some web applications using Visual Studio 2012, a vsp (Visual Studio Profile) file was generated as a result of the profiling session. I could successfully open the vsp file in Visual ... VS2010 crashes when opening a vsp generated using VS 2012 0 0 0
Node.js Adventure - Node.js on Windows Shaun, January 1, 0001 Two weeks ago I had had a talk with Wang Tao, a C# MVP in China who is currently running his startup company and product named worktile. He asked me to figure out a synchronization solution which helps ... Node.js Adventure - Node.js on Windows 0 0 10
A new free book from Microsoft - Programming Windows 8 Apps with ... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://borntolearn.mslearn.... there is mention of a new free book from Microsoft Press - Programming ... A new free book from Microsoft - Programming Windows 8 Apps with ... 0 0 0
Web optimization hmloo, January 1, 0001 1. CSS Optimization Organize your CSS code Good CSS organization helps with future maintainability of the site, it helps you and your team member understand the CSS more quickly and jump to specific styles. ... Web optimization 0 0 2
My Visual Studio Demo Video Link disappeared – How do I get... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 ***Special thanks to Adam Cogan for asking this question and to Andrew Bragdon for answering this question on the ALM Champs list.*** 1. Problem – The link to demo videos will disappear once you have watched ... My Visual Studio Demo Video Link disappeared – How do I get... 0 0 1
SharePoint Unit Testing and Load Testing Finally? Kit Ong, January 1, 0001 It has always been a real pain to incorporate extensive SharePoint Unit Testing and Load Testing in a project, could Visual Studio 2012 finally make this easier? It certaining looks like it, here's a brief ... SharePoint Unit Testing and Load Testing Finally? 0 0 1
Monitoring Windows Azure Service Bus Endpoint with BizTalk 360? Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 I'm currently working with a customer who is undergoing an initiative to expose some of their line of business applications to external partners and SAAS applications and as part of this we have been looking ... Monitoring Windows Azure Service Bus Endpoint with BizTalk 360? 0 0 6
Monitoring almost anything with BizTalk 360 Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 When you work in an integration environment it is common that you will find yourself in a situation where you integrate with some unusual applications or have some unusual dependencies. That is the nature ... Monitoring almost anything with BizTalk 360 0 0 0
Adding SQL Cache Dependencies to the Loosely coupled .NET Cache P... Rhames, January 1, 0001 This post adds SQL Cache Dependency support to the loosely coupled .NET Cache Provider that I described in the previous post (http://geekswithblogs.net/... ... Adding SQL Cache Dependencies to the Loosely coupled .NET Cache P... 0 0 0
VSDB to SSDT part 4 : Redistributable database deployment package... Etienne Giust, January 1, 0001 The goal here is to use SSDT SqlPackage to deploy the output of a Visual Studio 2012 Database project… a bit in the same fashion that was detailed here : http://geekswithblogs.net/8... ... VSDB to SSDT part 4 : Redistributable database deployment package... 0 0 0
VSDB to SSDT part 3 : command-line deployment with SqlPackage.exe... Etienne Giust, January 1, 0001 For our continuous integration needs, we use a powershell script to handle deployment. A simpler approach would be to have a deployment task embedded within the build process. See the solution provided ... VSDB to SSDT part 3 : command-line deployment with SqlPackage.exe... 0 0 0
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 now Live! Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Today was the formal launch event for Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5, a state-of-the-art development solution for building modern applications that span connected devices and continuous services, from ... Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 now Live! 0 0 1
Infragistics NetAdvantage for JQuery Review Aligned, January 1, 0001 Disclaimer: Infragistics contacted me and asked me to do a review of one of their products. They also paid me, thank you to them . I had trouble creating an account, so I fired up their chat support and ... Infragistics NetAdvantage for JQuery Review 0 0 0
Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" - Monthly Certification Study... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 To provide a deeper in-person experience for the Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" online certification study group, several IT Pro user groups located in the US Heartland are also organizing monthly ... Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" - Monthly Certification Study... 0 0 0
VSDB to SSDT Part 1 : Converting projects and trimming excess fil... Etienne Giust, January 1, 0001 Visual Studio 2012 introduces a change regarding Database Projects : they now use the SSDT technology, which means old VS2010 database projects (VSDB projects) need to be converted. Hopefully, VS2012 does ... VSDB to SSDT Part 1 : Converting projects and trimming excess fil... 0 0 0
Windows Store now open to lots more developers (120 markets!) Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 See the post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win... . This includes individual accounts now so if you tried signing up before and got ... Windows Store now open to lots more developers (120 markets!) 0 0 0
Sitefinity SimpleImageSelector to return Url of image instead of ... Joey Brenn, January 1, 0001 It's been quite a while but I've found something to blog about!I've been working with Sitefinity for some time now and one of the things that I've struggled with, and I'm not the only one is something ... Sitefinity SimpleImageSelector to return Url of image instead of ... 0 0 0
PluralSight video on Automated Web Testing with Selenium TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 I am part-way through an excellent video at http://www.pluralsight.com/... on Automated Web Testing with SeleniumSo far everything I have seen leads me to consider ... PluralSight video on Automated Web Testing with Selenium 0 0 0
Loosely coupled .NET Cache Provider using Dependency Injection Rhames, January 1, 0001 I have recently been reading the excellent book “Dependency Injection in .NET”, written by Mark Seemann, which I strongly recommend. Reading the ideas around Dependency Injection made me realise that the ... Loosely coupled .NET Cache Provider using Dependency Injection 0 0 1
Book Review: Professional WCF 4 Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 My Investigation of WCF internals have set the right stage to revisit Professional WCF 4 by Pablo Cibraro, Kurt Claeys, Fabio Cozzolino and Johann Grabner. In this book, the authors dive deep into all ... Book Review: Professional WCF 4 0 0 0
Ensure Future Browser Compatibility - SharePoint Branding KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 HTML and Future Internet Explorer Compatibility with SharePointAs new versions of Internet Explorer are released, the way HTML is rendered by the browser could change over time. To address the possibility ... Ensure Future Browser Compatibility - SharePoint Branding 0 0 0
AutoHotkey cannot interact with Windows 8 Windows…or can i... deadlydog, January 1, 0001 If you’ve installed Windows 8 and are trying to use AutoHotkey (AHK) to interact with some of the Winodws 8 Windows (such as the Control Panel for example), or with apps that need to be Ran As Administrator, ... AutoHotkey cannot interact with Windows 8 Windows…or can i... 0 0 0
Free ebook: Introducing Windows Server 2012 (RTM Edition) TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mic... there is a free e-book on Windows Server 2012 (RTM Edition) ... Free ebook: Introducing Windows Server 2012 (RTM Edition) 0 0 0
FAQ: Highlight GridView Row on Click and Retain Selected Row on P... Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 A couple of months ago I’ve written a simple demo about “Highlighting GridView Row on MouseOver”. I’ve noticed many members in the forums (http://forums.asp.net) are asking how to highlight row in GridView ... FAQ: Highlight GridView Row on Click and Retain Selected Row on P... 0 0 0
Adventures in Windows 8: Solving activation errors Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Note: I tagged this article with “MVVM” because I got a few support requests for MVVM Light regarding this exact issue. In fact it is a Windows 8 issue and has nothing to do with MVVM Light per se… Sometimes ... Adventures in Windows 8: Solving activation errors 0 0 0
Getting Started with Hyper-V Server 2012 #hyperv #winserv #itpro KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 With all the news this week around the launch of Windows Server 2012, you may have missed that Hyper-V Server 2012 has also launched! I've provided details on this equally important launch milestone along ... Getting Started with Hyper-V Server 2012 #hyperv #winserv #itpro 0 0 0
Christian Radio Locator iPhone app Tim Hibbard, January 1, 0001 For the last three months or so I've been working on an iPhone (and iPad) app in my spare time. It all started when I took the kids to Minneapolis and had a hard time finding radio stations to listen to ... Christian Radio Locator iPhone app 0 0 0
Are you reporting Visual Studio 2012 issues to Microsoft correctl... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Issues you may run into while using Visual Studio need to be reported to the Microsoft Product Team via the Microsoft connect site. The Microsoft team then tries to reproduce the issue using the details ... Are you reporting Visual Studio 2012 issues to Microsoft correctl... 0 0 2
C++ Succinctly now available! Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 Over the summer I worked with SyncFusion to create an eBook based off of my C# to C++ guide for their free Succinctly Series of eBooks. Today the result, C++ Succinctly, was published for download. It ... C++ Succinctly now available! 0 0 5
Defaulting the HLSL Vertex and Pixel Shader Levels to Feature Lev... Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 I love Visual Studio 2012. But this is not a post about that. This is a post about tweaking one particular parameter that I’ve found a bit annoying. Disclaimer: You will be modifying important MSBuild ... Defaulting the HLSL Vertex and Pixel Shader Levels to Feature Lev... 0 0 0
Entity Framework - Single EMDX Mapping Multiple Database michaelalisonalviar, January 1, 0001 Because of my recent craze on Entity Framework thanks to Sir Humprey, I have continuously searched the Internet for tutorials on how to apply it to our current system. So I've come to learn that with EF, ... Entity Framework - Single EMDX Mapping Multiple Database 0 0 0
ComponentOne: New Extensions for Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwi... Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 The ComponentOne team presents the most complete collection of extensions for Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch. This collection of ready-to-use extensions snaps right into your applications and extends ... ComponentOne: New Extensions for Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwi... 0 0 0