Windows Phone 8 SDK Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 Yesterday, the new Windows Phone 8 was announced! Find out more about the cool new OS and the new devices supporting it at www.WindowsPhone.com Today at BUILD conference in Redmond, WA – Microsoft has ... Windows Phone 8 SDK 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
Specs, Form and Function – What am I Missing? Barry Shulam, January 1, 0001 0 0 1 628 3586 08041 29 8 4206 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; ... Specs, Form and Function – What am I Missing? 0 0 0
Yes WinRT Devices Have a Desktop…But Not For Us D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 So tonight this convo happened: Intrigued, I viewed the video Lee mentions and found that its the now infamous Brent Ozar video which shows a bug in Word on the Surface RT (you can read this article which ... Yes WinRT Devices Have a Desktop…But Not For Us 0 0 2
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
First blog post from Surface RT using Microsoft Word 2013 Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 One of the concerns I had in using a Surface RT was the need I have to be able to post.Recently, and not so recently, I have stopped posting. Between getting busy, carrying different devices. Well, it ... First blog post from Surface RT using Microsoft Word 2013 0 0 0
No More NCrunch For Me Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 When I opened up Visual Studio this morning, I was greeted with this little popup: NCrunch is a Visual Studio add-in which runs your tests while you work so you know if and when you've broken anything, ... No More NCrunch For Me 0 0 2
SQL Azure Service Issues – 10.27.2012 (Restored Now) ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 Please note that if you have a Windows Azure website, or use SQL Azure, your site may be experiencing downtime currently. Notice I just called in regarding one of my public facing internet sites, because ... SQL Azure Service Issues – 10.27.2012 (Restored Now) 0 0 0
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 Service Bus - Authorization failure Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 I fell into this trap earlier in the week with a mistake I made when configuring a service to send and listen on the azure service bus and I thought it would be worth a little note for future reference ... Azure Service Bus - Authorization failure 0 0 32
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
Extending WatiN: Useful Extension Methods Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 I've been doing a fair amount of UI testing using WatiN recently – here’s some extension methods I've found useful. This checks if a WatiN TextField is actually a hidden field. WatiN makes no distinction ... Extending WatiN: Useful Extension Methods 0 0 0
App Stores–In All Things, Its Quality Over Quantity D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Everybody has an opinion about Windows 8. People love it, people hate it, people are meh about it, people are apparently buying it from Microsoft stores in NYC as if it was water before a natural disaster…if ... App Stores–In All Things, Its Quality Over Quantity 0 0 5
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
Windows 8/Surface Lunch Event Summary Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Today was a big day for Microsoft with two separate launch event. The first for Windows 8 and all of it’s hardware partners. The second was specifically to introduce the Microsoft Windows 8 Surface tablet. ... Windows 8/Surface Lunch Event Summary 0 0 0
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
Review: Logitech t620 Touch Mouse and Windows 8 Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 It isn’t very often that I worry much about hardware, but since I heard some others talking about “touch” mice for their Windows 8 machines I figured I would try one out and see what the experience was. ... Review: Logitech t620 Touch Mouse and Windows 8 0 0 1
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
Pondering New Technology MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 So I have been standing at the end of a fork for a year peering down a corner looking at this way and that way trying to figure out where I fit in. I was so enthusiastic and excited about Silverlight when ... Pondering New Technology 0 0 1
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
Windows CE: Changing Static IP Address Bruce Eitman, January 1, 0001 A customer contacted me recently and asked me how to change a static IP address at runtime. Of course this is not something that I know how to do, but with a little bit of research I figure out how to ... Windows CE: Changing Static IP Address 0 0 8
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
Productive Toolset for C# Developer Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Programming Visual Studio ReSharper Agent Johnson Agent Smith StyleCop for ReSharper Keymaps SettingsManager Git Source Control Provider Gist NuGet Package Manager NDepend Productivity Power Tools PowerCommands ... Productive Toolset for C# Developer 0 0 6
Outlook hangs during startup by step “loading profile&rdquo... Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Problem Starting Outlook shows only the splash screen with comment “loading profile”. I could cancel the startup but restarting shows the same. I verified with Task Manager that no hidden outlook process ... Outlook hangs during startup by step “loading profile&rdquo... 0 0 16
ANTS CLR and Memory Profiler In Depth Review (Part 1 of 2 –... ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 One of the things that people might not know about me, is my obsession to make my code as efficient as possible. Many people might not realize how much of a task or undertaking that this might be, but ... ANTS CLR and Memory Profiler In Depth Review (Part 1 of 2 –... 0 0 0
256 Worker Role 3D Rendering Demo is now a Lab on my Azure Course Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 Ever since I came up with the crazy idea of creating an Azure application that would spin up 256 worker roles (please vote if you like it ) to render a 3D animation created using the Kinect depth camera ... 256 Worker Role 3D Rendering Demo is now a Lab on my Azure Course 0 0 0
New features in TFS Demo Setup 1.0.0.2 Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Release Notes – http://tfsdemosetup.codeple... | Download | Source Code | Report a Bug | Ideas Just pushed out the 2nd release of the TFS Demo setup on CodePlex, below a quick look at some of the new ... New features in TFS Demo Setup 1.0.0.2 0 0 1
Entity Framework: Connecting to a mdf user database file via loca... Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Problem If you run the “Generate database from model” wizard and execute the generated script the destination database could be the wrong one (for instance master of the SQL Server). Solution To use an ... Entity Framework: Connecting to a mdf user database file via loca... 0 0 2
Listing Desktop Apps in the Windows 8 Store David Paquette, January 1, 0001 So it looks like Microsoft will be allowing publishers to list their desktop apps in the Windows 8 Store. As per the developer agreement: b. Desktop App Submission. You may submit an app description for ... Listing Desktop Apps in the Windows 8 Store 0 0 0
Entity Framework, Code First: where is the database? Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 With Entity Framework 5 in Visual Studio 2012 the code first feature could let you come to the question “Where is the automatically created database located?” I run in the question after changing the model ... Entity Framework, Code First: where is the database? 0 0 0
Server Core in Windows Server 2012 - Improved Taste, Less Filling... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Would you like to reduce your patch maintenance requirements by over 1/3rd? Of course! Who wouldn't? Server Core in Windows Server 2012 reduces the disk footprint of the operating system by approximately ... Server Core in Windows Server 2012 - Improved Taste, Less Filling... 0 0 0
Windows Azure Mobile Services Updates Keep Coming Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 Some exciting new Windows Azure Mobile Services features were delivered to production this week. The highlights include: iPhone and iPad connectivity support via a new iOS SDK Integrated Authentication ... Windows Azure Mobile Services Updates Keep Coming 0 0 0
How to create a virtual network with Azure Connect Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 If you are trying to establish a virtual network between machines located in disparate networks, you can either use VPN, Virtual Network or Azure Connect. If you want to establish a connection between ... How to create a virtual network with Azure Connect 0 0 2
TFS API Add Favorites programmatically Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Note: Please do not use these steps to create pinned (favorite) builds, as the data will be wrong and cause an upgrade failure in TFS 2015 Update 1. 01 – What are we trying to achieve? In this blog post ... TFS API Add Favorites programmatically 0 0 2
Setup and configure a MVC4 project for Cloud Service(web role) an... MagnusKarlsson, January 1, 0001 Update Oct. 29 2012: Got a question about how to upload Certificate files. See part 4 for instructions.I aim at keeping this blog post updated and add related posts to it. Since there are a lot of these ... Setup and configure a MVC4 project for Cloud Service(web role) an... 0 0 0
October 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Meeting Recap Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 It seemed very ironic that the day we have a presentation on the architecture of building applications for Windows 8 the Surface tablet is opened for pre-order. Tom Benton started the evening enlightening ... October 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Meeting Recap 0 0 0
Clint Edmonson Talks Season of Launch | AJI Report #11 Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 We are back in the office for another installment of AJI Report where we talk with Clint Edmonson of Microsoft about their Season of Launch events. We get into Windows Azure, Windows 8, and Visual Studio ... Clint Edmonson Talks Season of Launch | AJI Report #11 0 0 0
The remote server returned an error: 227 Entering Passive Mode hmloo, January 1, 0001 Today while uploading file to FTP sever, the codes throw an error - "The remote server returned an error: 227 Entering Passive Mode", after research, I got some knowledge in FTP working principle. FTP ... The remote server returned an error: 227 Entering Passive Mode 0 0 4
Virtualized data centre–Part four: The design marc dekeyser, January 1, 0001 Welcome back to the fourth post in this series! Today we will have a look at what Microsoft recommends as a “private cloud design” and what I will make of it. Whilst my own solution is based of the reference ... Virtualized data centre–Part four: The design 0 0 0
Windows 8 Initial User Experience Kevin Shyr, January 1, 0001 Today is the second day I'm using a Windows 8 laptop. Load up time is fast, and changing applications is very smooth. However, I keep finding myself hitting the windows key (double-clicking a PDF file, ... Windows 8 Initial User Experience 0 0 2
Wow, no words enough for my disappointment Kevin Shyr, January 1, 0001 Really cannot describe the disappointment felt at this moment. A month ago there was rumor out there saying Surface tablet will be around $200. Even though everybody agreed at the time that's not possible, ... Wow, no words enough for my disappointment 0 0 0
Windows 8 and Cisco AnyConnect client issue Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 As many of us are doing these days, I have fully moved to Windows 8 on my PCs (laptops and desktops). And in my role as a consultant I work with many clients, many of them use different vpn technologies. ... Windows 8 and Cisco AnyConnect client issue 0 0 0
Node.js Adventure - When Node Flying in Wind Shaun, January 1, 0001 In the first post of this series I mentioned some popular modules in the community, such as underscore, async, etc.. I also listed a module named “Wind (zh-CN)”, which is created by one of my friend, Jeff ... Node.js Adventure - When Node Flying in Wind 0 0 0