Book Review: Professional ASP.Net MVC4 Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 The past few weeks have been particularly busy as I continue to dedicate a bigger portion of my free time to refreshing my memory and enhancing my knowledge of best practices pertaining to technologies ... Book Review: Professional ASP.Net MVC4 0 0 0
WPF: Timers Ilya Verbitskiy, January 1, 0001 I believe, once your WPF application will need to execute something periodically, and today I would like to discuss how to do that. There are two possible solutions. You can use classical System.Threading.Timer ... WPF: Timers 0 0 1
Connect Team Foundation Service/TFS 2012 with Visual Studio 2010 ... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hello, Microsoft finally released the Team Foundation Service in late October 2012 after its long time in the preview phase. I was already using the TFS Preview which was free but I was happy to see Microsoft ... Connect Team Foundation Service/TFS 2012 with Visual Studio 2010 ... 0 0 4
Windows Server 2012 Enable RDP Matt Watson, January 1, 0001 After installing Windows Server 2012, one of the first things you likely need to do is enable RDP. Thanks to the Metro UI, things are a little different...From command line go to SystemPropertiesRemoteOr ... Windows Server 2012 Enable RDP 0 0 2
Windows Azure Training Kit October 2012 Release Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 The Windows Azure Technical Evangelism team have been busy bees lately and we want to share with you what they’ve been working on. As you know we release the Windows Azure Training Kit on a regular cadence, ... Windows Azure Training Kit October 2012 Release 0 0 0
Building Enterprise Smartphone App – Part 1: Why Build Smar... Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 This is part 1 in a series of post based on a talk I gave recently at the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group. Feel free to leave feedback. Intro Most of us already carry smartphones. We play ... Building Enterprise Smartphone App – Part 1: Why Build Smar... 0 0 0
Deploying SSIS to Integration Services Catalog (SSISDB) via SQL S... Kevin Shyr, January 1, 0001 There are quite a few good articles/blogs on this. For a straight forward deployment, read this (http://www.bibits.co/post/... For a more dynamic and ... Deploying SSIS to Integration Services Catalog (SSISDB) via SQL S... 0 0 0
Install BizTalk Server 2013 beta on Windows 8 (with Visual Studio... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hello BizTalkers, Finally, Microsoft released the beta version of BizTalk Server 2010 R2 and now its called BizTalk Server 2013. I had tried the BTS 2010 R2 CTP version on Windows Azure VM and particularly ... Install BizTalk Server 2013 beta on Windows 8 (with Visual Studio... 0 0 5
AJI Report #17 | Javier Lozano on Cloud Development and ASP.NET Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Javier Lozano opens up the conversation with John and Jeff about the importance of web applications in the cloud and we walk through some options for enterprise developers to consume today. Javier has ... AJI Report #17 | Javier Lozano on Cloud Development and ASP.NET 0 0 0
Remote Desktop Connection Manager Robert May, January 1, 0001 For years, I’ve been using the “Remote Desktops” mmc plugin to manage servers in our infrastructure. I’ve upgraded to Windows 8 and Remote Desktops is nowhere to be found! I search and searched and came ... Remote Desktop Connection Manager 0 0 5
Webmatrix The Site has Stopped Fix Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 I just got started with AzureWebSites by creating a website by choosing the Wordpress template. Next I tried to install WebMatrix so that I could run the website locally. Every time I tried to run my website ... Webmatrix The Site has Stopped Fix 0 0 1
AJI Report #16 | Jason Bock on Windows Runtime and Metaprogrammin... Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 This episode we sit down with Jason Bock to talk about Windows Runtime and his upcoming book on Metaprogramming. Jason has been a consultant at Magenic for the past 11 years. In this show, Jason walks ... AJI Report #16 | Jason Bock on Windows Runtime and Metaprogrammin... 0 0 0
Upon Reflection foxjazz, January 1, 0001 During my tenure at the last company, I didn't let my career stagnate as others have and as time moved along.When at work or home, spend 10% of your time learning something new about some aspect or segway ... Upon Reflection 0 0 2
Get AutoHotkey Script To Run As Admin At Startup deadlydog, January 1, 0001 A few weeks back I posted some problems with running AutoHotkey (AHK) in Windows 8, and that the solution was to run your AHK script as admin. I also showed how to have the script start automatically when ... Get AutoHotkey Script To Run As Admin At Startup 0 0 14
AJI Report #15 | Zac Harlan Talks About Iowa Code Camp Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 We sit down with Zac Harlen and talk about Iowa Code Camp, what makes up a Code Camp, and how to start your own Code Camp. Zac has been a part of the leadership team for a few years for Iowa Code Camp ... AJI Report #15 | Zac Harlan Talks About Iowa Code Camp 0 0 2
Must Read: Programming using the SharePoint 2013 REST service KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/apps/fp142385(v=office.15).aspx Must Read: Programming using the SharePoint 2013 REST service 0 0 0
Javascript Inheritance Part 2 PhubarBaz, January 1, 0001 A while back I wrote about Javascript inheritance, trying to figure out the best and easiest way to do it (http://geekswithblogs.net/... That was ... Javascript Inheritance Part 2 0 0 0
Build 2012, some thoughts.. Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 I think you probably read my rant about the logistics at Build 2012, as posted here, so I am not going into that anymore. Instead, let’s look at the content. (BTW If you did read that post and want some ... Build 2012, some thoughts.. 0 0 1
Adding PostSharp to new projects, when it's installed for some pr... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 Recently I've posted my experience with installation of PostSharp Once PostSharp is installed in solution's packages folder for some project(s), I often need to add PostSharp to another project in the ... Adding PostSharp to new projects, when it's installed for some pr... 0 0 0
Web API, JavaScript, Chrome & Cross-Origin Resource Sharing Brian Lanham, January 1, 0001 The team spent much of the week working through this issues related to Chrome running on Windows 8 consuming cross-origin resources using Web API. We thought it was resolved on day 2 but it resurfaced ... Web API, JavaScript, Chrome & Cross-Origin Resource Sharing 0 0 9
Top 31 Favorite Features in Windows Server 2012 KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Over the past month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I have authored a series of articles about our Top 31 Favorite Features in Windows Server 2012. Now that our series is complete, I’m providing ... Top 31 Favorite Features in Windows Server 2012 0 0 0
The path to MCSE:SharePoint. The Overview. Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 There have been some changes to certifications recently. And with that new challenges and requirements. In the past we had MCTS and MCITP or MCPD on a specific product and that was it, now the story is ... The path to MCSE:SharePoint. The Overview. 0 0 1
Free Windows 8 book on programming with html, css and javascript Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 Just a heads up from DevFish (http://devfish.net), a free book on writing applications for Windows 8using html, css and javascript by Kraig Brockschmidt . You can find the book here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mic... ... Free Windows 8 book on programming with html, css and javascript 0 0 0
Beware the IEnumerable<T> Jakub Niemyjski, January 1, 0001 If you see IEnumerable<T> as read only collection crippled brother, this post is for you. Many times I found myself loosing couple of hours looking for a bug everywhere, but not in a place where ... Beware the IEnumerable<T> 0 0 2
Microsoft Build 1st Day Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 Great keynote and I don’t like keynotes.. Seeing the great breadth of large and small devices and the number of manufacturers along with the software vision for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 was inspiring. ... Microsoft Build 1st Day 0 0 0
Don't let clueless techies harden your MSMQ server John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 As discovered by Gautam Mansinghka: MSMQ Service Reports "Insufficient Resources to perform this operation" when trying to create a Private Queue don’t let people change the MSMQ storage directory default ... Don't let clueless techies harden your MSMQ server 0 0 0
Linq’s ZIP for adjacent items Jakub Niemyjski, January 1, 0001 I found that Linq’s ZIP is really great for adjacent item computations. For example, let’s have a collection of dates: var dates = new DateTime[] { new DateTime(2000,1,1), new DateTime(2000,1,2), new DateTime(2000,1,5) ... Linq’s ZIP for adjacent items 0 0 0
MVVM Light V4.1 with support for Windows Phone 8 Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Today is a very exciting day: After the official release of Windows 8 (and Microsoft Surface!) on Friday, and the official release of Windows Phone 8 on Monday, the Build conference is starting! This is ... MVVM Light V4.1 with support for Windows Phone 8 0 0 0
Combining Shared Secret and Certificates Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 As discussed in the introduction article this walkthrough will explain how you can implement WCF security with the Windows Azure Service Bus to ensure that you can protect your endpoint in the cloud with ... Combining Shared Secret and Certificates 0 0 50
Teach Your Kid to Code (…and Vote early!) Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 Next Tuesday I will be at the CMAP main meeting presenting Teach Your Kid to Code. Next Tuesday is of course Election Day so you have to make sure you vote early in order to get over to CMAP for the 7:00PM ... Teach Your Kid to Code (…and Vote early!) 0 0 0
Combining Shared Secret and Username Token – Azure Service Bus Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 As discussed in the introduction article this walkthrough will explain how you can implement WCF security with the Windows Azure Service Bus to ensure that you can protect your endpoint in the cloud with ... Combining Shared Secret and Username Token – Azure Service Bus 0 0 28
TransportWithMessageCredential & Service Bus – Introduction Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Recently we have been working on a project using the Windows Azure Service Bus to expose line of business applications. One of the topics we discussed a lot was around the security aspects of the solution. ... TransportWithMessageCredential & Service Bus – Introduction 0 0 17
Windows Phone 8 Launch Event Summary Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Today was the official coming out party for Windows Phone 8. Below is a summary of the launch event. There is a lot here to stay with me. They started with a commercial staring Joe Belfiore show how his ... Windows Phone 8 Launch Event Summary 0 0 2
Faster, Simpler access to Azure Tables with Enzo Azure API Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 After developing the latest version of Enzo Cloud Backup I took the time to create an API that would simplify access to Azure Tables (the Enzo Azure API). At first, my goal was to make the code simpler ... Faster, Simpler access to Azure Tables with Enzo Azure API 0 0 0
Windows Metro: The hardest Hello World example I have ever seen :... Rob Addis, January 1, 0001 http://msdn.microsoft.com/e... Contrast that with Hello World in assembler on Windows:.386.model flat, stdcalloption casemap :noneextrn MessageBoxA@16 : PROCextrn ExitProcess@4 ... Windows Metro: The hardest Hello World example I have ever seen :... 0 0 0
Windows 8 Launch–Why OEM and Retailers Should STFU D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has gotten a lot of flack for the Surface from OEM/hardware partners who create Windows-based devices and I’m sure, to an extent, retailers who normally stock and sell Windows-based devices. ... Windows 8 Launch–Why OEM and Retailers Should STFU 0 0 5
ASPNET WebAPI REST Guidance JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 ASP.NET Web API is an ideal platform for building RESTful applications on the .NET Framework. While I may be more partial to NodeJS these days, there is no denying that WebAPI is a well engineered framework. ... ASPNET WebAPI REST Guidance 0 0 7
How to Configure Microsoft Word 2013 to Connect to Geekswithblogs Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 The first step in this process is to open Word 2013. Once there, you will have the different templates available. You will select Blog Post. Once the template for Blog Post opens, you will have a dialog ... How to Configure Microsoft Word 2013 to Connect to Geekswithblogs 0 0 0
No More NCrunch For Me Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 This blog now lives here. No More NCrunch For Me 0 0 0
Helper method to Replace/Remove characters that do not match the ... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 I have a few fields, that use regEx for validation. In case if provided field has unaccepted characters, I don't want to reject the whole field, as most of validators do, but just remove invalid characters. ... Helper method to Replace/Remove characters that do not match the ... 0 0 0
maxItemsInObjectGraph limit required to be changed for server and... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We have a wcf service, that expects to return a huge XML data. It worked ok in testing, but in production it failed with error "Maximum number of items that can be serialized or deserialized in an object ... maxItemsInObjectGraph limit required to be changed for server and... 0 0 0
Do Not Optimize Without Measuring Alois Kraus, January 1, 0001 Recently I had to do some performance work which included reading a lot of code. It is fascinating with what ideas people come up to solve a problem. Especially when there is no problem. When you look ... Do Not Optimize Without Measuring 0 0 1
TFS API Change WorkItem CreatedDate And ChangedDate To Historic D... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 There may be times when you need to modify the value of the fields “System.CreatedDate” and “System.ChangedDate” on a work item. Richard Hundhausen has a great blog with ample of reason why or why not ... TFS API Change WorkItem CreatedDate And ChangedDate To Historic D... 0 0 0
Azure Florida Association: Modern Architecture for Elastic Azure ... Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Join us on November 28th at 7PM, US Eastern Time, to hear Zachary Gramana talk about elastic scale on Windows Azure. REGISTER HERE: https://www3.gotomeeting.co... Description: Building ... Azure Florida Association: Modern Architecture for Elastic Azure ... 0 0 0
12 Steps to NTFS Shared Folders in Windows Server 2012 KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 In the past, managing and sharing NTFS folders could be a real ordeal – there were different tools for managing NTFS permissions vs shared folders and most IT Pros generally used these tools on a server-by-server ... 12 Steps to NTFS Shared Folders in Windows Server 2012 0 0 2
C#: My World Clock Bruce Eitman, January 1, 0001 Download World Clock Source I have been working on cleaning my office of 8 years of stuff from several engineers working on many projects. It turns out that we have a few extra single board computers with ... C#: My World Clock 0 0 2
Windows 8 App Downloads Increasing + Over 5,000 Apps Available David Paquette, January 1, 0001 Windows 8 will be unleashed on the general public tomorrow and I thought it would be a good time to review some of the numbers I have been tracking over the last month. Downloads of Windows 8 Apps have ... Windows 8 App Downloads Increasing + Over 5,000 Apps Available 0 0 3
Where to find more Exchange scripts Tim Robinson, January 1, 0001 Here is a nice “Exchange Scripts” page from Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework. http://blogs.technet.com/b/... The All-In-One Script Framework Exchange script samples are based on ... Where to find more Exchange scripts 0 0 0
Where to find more Windows scripts Tim Robinson, January 1, 0001 Here is a nice “Windows Scripts” page from Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework. http://blogs.technet.com/b/... The All-In-One Script Framework Windows and Windows Server script samples ... Where to find more Windows scripts 0 0 0
Extending Expression Blend 4 & Blend for Visual Studio 2012 Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 Just getting this off the bat, I presume this will also work for Blend 5, but I can’t confirm it… Anyhews, I imagine you’re here because you want to know how to create an addin for Blend, so let’s jump ... Extending Expression Blend 4 & Blend for Visual Studio 2012 0 0 4