MVP Summit 2013 D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I got back on Thursday last week from the Microsoft MVP Summit in the Seattle area. MVPs are tech community leaders who are awarded annually by Microsoft based on their contributions and leadership. They ... MVP Summit 2013 0 0 3
Step-by-Step: Deploying Windows 8 Apps with System Center 2012 Se... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Among a whole host of new management features, Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager adds the ability to now deploy and manage Windows 8 apps for enterprises. These Windows 8 apps ... Step-by-Step: Deploying Windows 8 Apps with System Center 2012 Se... 0 0 3
New Windows Azure Mobile Services iOS Samples Available Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 I'm excited to share the news that we have released a number of new iOS samples for Windows Azure Mobile Services. These samples demonstrate common scenarios that developers will run into when using Mobile ... New Windows Azure Mobile Services iOS Samples Available 0 0 0
Sample Pricing Comparison: On-Premise vs. Private Hosting vs. Clo... Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Last week I blogged about some of the basic pricing differences between Amazon AWS and Microsoft’s Windows Azure (http://wblo.gs/da7) and concluded that while there was a price difference, it was important ... Sample Pricing Comparison: On-Premise vs. Private Hosting vs. Clo... 0 0 0
Get the new Sample Browser for Windows 8 BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework team has just released the new Sample Browser for Windows 8. It’s available for download in the Windows Store now! Go and get it and get access to over 5000 pieces of ... Get the new Sample Browser for Windows 8 0 0 0
MVP Summit 2013 Recap Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 Just sitting in the Seattle airport finally returning home from my first MVP Summit (well in truth I’m flying directly to my next client, no home till next weekend). As I said this was my first time attending ... MVP Summit 2013 Recap 0 0 2
2013 MVP Global Summit - The Experience! Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 As I've mentioned in my previous blog post, this was my first time attending the Summit and yes it was a blast! Aside from the interesting session contents and cool stuffs presented at the summit, I was ... 2013 MVP Global Summit - The Experience! 0 0 0
That darn WinSXS black hole! Eric Newton, January 1, 0001 As you may know, every Windows installation starting with Vista has a winsxs directory that takes up a lot of space... not a problem when you have a 500GB volume... but a big problem when you have a VPS ... That darn WinSXS black hole! 0 0 0
MCSD - Web Applications (.NET 4.5) deepakpuri, January 1, 0001 IT Professionals working in Web Applications Dot Net can gain their MCSD: Web Applications certification by following this post. I passed these 3 exams in Feb 2013.I) Exam 70-480: Programming in HTML5 ... MCSD - Web Applications (.NET 4.5) 0 0 4
Continuous Integration-Automated Deployments And Release Manageme... Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 A customer I am working with is interested in an ‘automated deployment and release management’ solution for their 160 applications scaling across 350 servers. There is a mix of Microsoft and Non Microsoft ... Continuous Integration-Automated Deployments And Release Manageme... 0 0 0
Book Review of Under the Hood of .Net Memory Management Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 I don’t really like to toot my own horn, but I am not above shining the light on someone doing it for me. Ein Gedanke has written a wonderful review of the book that I co wrote.http://blog.fabse.net... ... Book Review of Under the Hood of .Net Memory Management 0 0 0
Exchange 2010, Simplified OAB distribution Kay Sellenrode, January 1, 0001 I think many of you have strugled or are now struggling on how to get the Offline Address Book distributed to all CAS servers.When you try to add a new server to the OAB and you already have a large number ... Exchange 2010, Simplified OAB distribution 0 0 0
Speaking At The 2013 Chicago Code Camp Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 It has been a couple of years since I last spoke at the Chicago Code Camp. Not for lack of trying. Our community has so many top quality speakers and subjects the team that runs the conference has a tough ... Speaking At The 2013 Chicago Code Camp 0 0 0
MCSD: Windows Store Apps using HTML5 deepakpuri, January 1, 0001 Last October Microsoft Technical Evangelists Jeremy Foster and Michael Palermo and delivered two of the most popular Jump Starts ever produced. These accelerated courses were aimed at experienced developers ... MCSD: Windows Store Apps using HTML5 0 0 0
SCCM 2012 SP1 – How to deploy SCCM agents using GPO Waclaw Chrabaszcz, January 1, 0001 The question is …. Where the (…) is this ccmsetup.msi. File has been moved into C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\i386. But if you are thinking that you know everything you need … you ... SCCM 2012 SP1 – How to deploy SCCM agents using GPO 0 0 4
Great app for learning code on Windows 8! Jialiang, January 1, 0001 Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework team has just released the new Sample Browser for Windows 8. It’s available for download in the Windows Store from today! You can search code samples; learn code samples ... Great app for learning code on Windows 8! 0 0 0
Sharing Code Between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 I just posted an article on my company’s blog on Sharing Code Between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. It covers portable class libraries, view model patterns, linking source files, and more. Check it out ... Sharing Code Between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 0 0 0
Improved Keyboard Buffer for Windows Store Apps Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 Last night, I was playing around with my port. I was having a bit of a problem getting the mouse click to behave as I expected. In a fit of inspiration, I solved that problem in such a way that it allowed ... Improved Keyboard Buffer for Windows Store Apps 0 0 0
Microsoft’s MVP Program–Evolving, not Dying D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Thomas Larock blogged about the impending uncertainty/doom of the MVP summit; the topic isn’t new, as all of us as MVPs can remember the various glory days of only a few years ago compared to today. For ... Microsoft’s MVP Program–Evolving, not Dying 0 0 8
SkyDrive for South Florida Code Camp! Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 We held out 9th annual South Florida Code Camp on 2/9/2013. Unlike past years, instead of stuffing bags with brochures and papers from the vendors, we bought 700 2gb USB keys and had all the vendors send ... SkyDrive for South Florida Code Camp! 0 0 0
February 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Summary Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 2013 continues to roll on. This month our meeting landed on one of the coldest day of this winter. We were lucky enough to have our co-founder Carl Franklin presenting on Google Cloud Platform. We are ... February 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Summary 0 0 0
Microsoft Surface Pro Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 I admit it. I am one lucky guy. Figure this: Microsoft just came out with the Surface Pro, a nice machine that has caught the imagination of a lot of people. Still, since the other Surface (the RT version) ... Microsoft Surface Pro 0 0 0
Windows Server 2012 - What's New. deepakpuri, January 1, 0001 A What's new discussion on Windows Server 2012 for DBA's and Systems Administrators..When - 03/01/2013 From 09:00AM To 12:00PMWhere - Saxons Training Facilities Level 8 500 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia.(Opposite ... Windows Server 2012 - What's New. 0 0 0
Get You Some DZone Refcardz Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 DZone is a great technology site and their Refcardz are a great way to kick start your understanding of new topics. Refcards are about the length of a book chapter packed with great details to quickly ... Get You Some DZone Refcardz 0 0 0
ALM Mag – Harnessing the cloud for Performance Testing Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Recently my blog post ‘Leveraging the cloud for Performance Testing’ got featured in the ALM Mag Vol. 1 Issue 1 – January 2013. Figure 1 – Visual Studio Load Testing using Windows Azure – featured in ALM ... ALM Mag – Harnessing the cloud for Performance Testing 0 0 0
Azure Office Hours are back! Mike Benkovich, January 1, 0001 We’re back! Scott Klein (http://www.scottlklein.com) and I are kicking off a new series of weekly Office Hours to help developers find answers to tough questions. Similar to what we did over the last couple ... Azure Office Hours are back! 0 0 1
Sample Pricing Comparison: Amazon AWS and Windows Azure Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 EDIT: A blog post has been published, with updated pricing information as of August 2015. Click here to access this blog post. As my journey to the cloud continues, many people have asked me whether or ... Sample Pricing Comparison: Amazon AWS and Windows Azure 0 0 4
Azure Roadshow for IT Pros in Florida Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Hi – this is HUGE!!! Microsoft (Blain Barton) is planning a roadshow in Florida starting in March 2013 until June 2013. We will visit many cities (twice), so if you haven’t signed up yet, now is the time! ... Azure Roadshow for IT Pros in Florida 0 0 0
Upgrading to Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP3 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Last week I upgraded my TFS 2012 test environment to CTP3 to try out the new features rolled out in preview as part of the Visual Studio 2012 Upgrade 2 CTP. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the ... Upgrading to Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP3 0 0 0
Why I’m Not Buying a Surface Tablet Anthony Trudeau, January 1, 0001 I’ve been anticipating the launch of the Microsoft Surface tablet since it was first announced. Unfortunately, I was let down and had to wait longer when the release announcement for the RT was made. It ... Why I’m Not Buying a Surface Tablet 0 0 0
Designing for accessibility– a new web culture BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Let's Design for Accessibility When Solidsoft was engaged on the Tell Us Once project for the UK government one of the many key requirements was to meet all the accessibility requirements. At the time ... Designing for accessibility– a new web culture 0 0 6
Designing for accessibility– a new web culture BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Lets Design for Accessibility When Solidsoft was engaged on the Tell Us Once project for the UK government one of the many key requirements was to meet all the accessibility requirements. At the time this ... Designing for accessibility– a new web culture 0 0 13
AppFx.ServiceBus – Scatter Gather Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 AppFx.ServiceBus – Scatter Gather 0 0 12
New Version AppFx.ServiceBus Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Just released a new version of the AppFx.ServiceBus framework for Windows Azure Service Bus.This includes:- Performance optimisations- Scatter Gather implementation changes https://appfxservicebus.cod... ... New Version AppFx.ServiceBus 0 0 7
A few Azure scaling thoughts BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 A lot of noise around cloud and in particularly Microsoft Windows Azure is the ability to scale up or down at will. This is a very important aspect of the whole cloud story but it is also something that ... A few Azure scaling thoughts 0 0 4
AzureGames Chilberto, January 1, 0001 With a couple of colleagues, I have started a new project: AzureGames. I was inspired by the Microsoft Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games, and was started as a CodePlex site. We are currently flushing ... AzureGames 0 0 1
How to backup the TFS 2012 databases Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Team Foundation Server Backups - You need to install the ‘Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update xx Power Tool’ on the application-tier for Team Foundation Server. The tool can schedule backups ... How to backup the TFS 2012 databases 0 0 0
Using PostSharp.Toolkit.Diagnostics, when not all developers have... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We have only couple of developers who are using PostSharp.Toolkit.Diagnostics and having PostSharp Pro license .However ther are much more developers , who are building our solution, but do not required ... Using PostSharp.Toolkit.Diagnostics, when not all developers have... 0 0 0
MCSA: Sql Server 2012 Certification deepakpuri, January 1, 0001 IT Professionals working in Sql Server can gain their MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification by following this post. I passed these 3 exams in August 2012.I) Exam 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012II) ... MCSA: Sql Server 2012 Certification 0 0 0
Do You Use SQL Doc from Red Gate? Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 Do you have a database? Then you should be using SQL Doc! http://www.red-gate.com/pro... SQL Doc scans the data dictionary and associated metadata to produce the documentation ... Do You Use SQL Doc from Red Gate? 0 0 0
My Experience with free source control from Microsoft Vijaya Malla, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has been very generous with all the free stuff they are giving to the developer community and among that is a free source control (tfs ). It is free for 5 developers and is a very little after ... My Experience with free source control from Microsoft 0 0 81
Hit counter for SharePoint Internal Site MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 How to create a custom hit counter webpart for SharePoint internal web portal. This is a common requirement sometimes from the client to integrate hit counter for their internal enterprise web portal. ... Hit counter for SharePoint Internal Site 0 0 0
C++ Pixel Perfect Collision Detection Sample (and Base Sample upd... Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 One of the more popular series of samples for XNA was the collision detection series. Especially the 2D pixel perfect collision and transformed pixel perfect collision. So as my first sample, I’ve replicated ... C++ Pixel Perfect Collision Detection Sample (and Base Sample upd... 0 0 0
A CTO’s experience of the Windows Azure cloud platform BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 A CTO experience of the Windows Azure cloud platform from Solidsoft ... A CTO’s experience of the Windows Azure cloud platform 0 0 1
MVVM Light V4.1.27.0 in Nuget Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 I just pushed a new version of MVVM Light to Nuget. The new version is 4.1.27.0. The difference towards the previous version (4.1.26.1) and this one is that I am not depending on the CommonServiceLocator ... MVVM Light V4.1.27.0 in Nuget 0 0 0
InfoPath 2010 formatting rules to compare with current logged use... MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 How to use formatting rules in Info Path 2010 by advance conditioning using userName() function and substring-before() & substring-after(). Scenario: I have a List Form customized by InfoPath Designer ... InfoPath 2010 formatting rules to compare with current logged use... 0 0 3
When innovation becomes same old…new cover… BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 One of the great joys of my job is seeing how innovative our development team can be, how innovative Microsoft are being and how innovative the world of technology is being. Now I must ‘nail my colours ... When innovation becomes same old…new cover… 0 0 2
HTML input types Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 As web developers and consumers, we’re all familiar with the HTML <input> tag. This is the tag that renders on the screen as an input text box. However, as developers you may not be familiar with ... HTML input types 0 0 0
appRequests in the 2013 MVP Summit Showcase Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 For those of you who may not know, appRequests is the umbrella brand for WP Requests and WinStore Requests. These sites are designed to allow you to add or vote for your favorite non-Microsoft app to come ... appRequests in the 2013 MVP Summit Showcase 0 0 0
My Comprehensive Must-Read Books List About Technology Jason Olson, January 1, 0001 The other day on Twitter, some friends and I were discussing the narrative books we like that are about technology (not technical books themselves). These are books about notable figures in the technology ... My Comprehensive Must-Read Books List About Technology 0 0 1