Got my MCT renewed for the 3rd consecutive year. It means more learning, more teaching and having more fun
You get an error message with Microsoft Test Manager 2010:
Automatic connection to the following team project failed: <project_name> on server <tfs server>. Click refresh to display all currently available team projects, then connect to the project that you want to use.
- This error message displays everytime you are trying to connect to the MTM 2010 though you are able to connect to TFS successfully from the VS 2010.
- The issue doesnt goes off after installing the hotfix and deleting the cache.
For me the solution of adding the values in the mtm.exe.config worked and I was able to connect to TFS from MTM:
<startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" />
</startup>
Do note that the changes need to be made to the mtm.exe.config file under the root configuration node which is available(by default) at the path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\mtm.exe.config" and not to the mcm.config in the cache folder
Classes starting soon...First topics to start with will be Visual Studio and .NET 4. After that there are sessions on SharePoint 2010 - Admin, Dev & General Usage
Inviting all the people who wish to expand their knowledge in the field of Microsoft Technologies. I will be conducting FREE classes on various streams in Microsoft Technologies like:
- SharePoint - Administration and Development
- Visual Studio - 2010
- C# and .NET 4
- LINQ
- Team Foundation Server 2010
- SSIS
- ASP .NET
- Programming Office Apps & Open XML
- Basic SQL Server and Queries
- Windows Azure
- One Note
All the courses will be taught using Microsoft Official Curriculum. Soft copies of Lab material, Virtual Labs and other course material will be provided. Classes will be conducted only on weekends.
About Me: Having more than 10 years of IT Experience worked in some of the biggest companies in Financial and Consulting Domain. Proficient speaker at various events like CTU Singapore and local UG. Certified Trainer from Microsoft (MCT), ex-MVP, MCITP, MOS (SharePoint, One Note), Early Achiever in MCSD .NET, MCSD (VB 6.0)
Again, all courses are totally FREE of cost with no strings attached and no hidden costs. Only requirement is your dedication and interest.
Mail me: amandeepgarg[at]hotmail.com if you wish to attend any of the courses. Spread the word amongst your friends who might be interested as well. Courses are only available in SINGAPORE.v
Inviting
all the people who wish to expand their knowledge in the field of Microsoft
Technologies. I will be conducting FREE classes on various streams in
Microsoft Technologies like:
- SharePoint
- Administration and Development
- Visual
Studio - 2010
- C#
and .NET 4
- LINQ
- Team
Foundation Server 2010
- SSIS
- ASP
.NET
- Programming
Office Apps & Open XML
- Basic
SQL Server and Queries
- Windows
Azure
- One
Note
All
the courses will be taught using Microsoft Official Curriculum. Soft copies of
Lab material, Virtual Labs and other course material will be provided. Classes
will be conducted only on weekends.
About Me:
Having more than 10 years of IT Experience worked in some of the biggest
companies in Financial and Consulting Domain. Proficient speaker at various
events like CTU Singapore and local UG. Certified Trainer from Microsoft (MCT),
ex-MVP, MCITP, MOS (SharePoint, One Note), Early Achiever in MCSD .NET, MCSD
(VB 6.0)
Again,
all courses are totally FREE of cost with no strings attached and no hidden
costs. Only requirement is your dedication and interest.
Mail me:
amandeepgarg[at]hotmail.com if you wish to attend any of the
courses. Spread the word amongst your friends who might be interested as well.
Courses are only available in SINGAPORE.v
Just finished downloading the Windows 8 and tried installing it on the Virtual PC and there I land into trouble..
Phew my first windows 8 error - HAL_INITIALIAZATION_FAILED
No clue what so ever what the issue
Office 365 is out of beta and you can buy the plans as an individual or for the enterprise. The personal plans start as low as USD 6 Per Month giving all the good features like personal mailbox, office web apps and the IM.
For more information logon to www.office365.com
Spoke at the session on Webforms in CTU 2011 (Community Technology Update) in Singapore.
Had a good interaction with the Developer community here in Singapore. I covered the following topics during the session:
*Dynamic Data
*Routing
*Web Form Additions
*Predictable Client IDs
*Programmable Meta Data
*Better control over ViewState
*Persist selected rows
*Web Deployment
The Slide Deck used can be accessed using the following URL:
http://www.slideshare.net/amangarg516/web-forms-im-still-alive
Microsoft is increasing the exam fees for all the Certification Exams w.e.f 1st July 2011. Following is summary:
| Country |
Existing |
New |
| Singapore |
225 SGD |
246 SGD |
| India |
50 USD |
80 USD |
| USA |
125 USD |
USD 150 |
| UK |
GBP 88 |
GBP 99 |
There will NO impact for the MCTs at least in India and Singapore. Microsoft is rationalizing the MCT discount to 50% all across the board for all locations worldwide. Hence the cost of the exam in India and Singapore will cost 123 SGD and 40 USD respectively.
Further the revised prices in India will be applicable from 1st August 2011.
Gear up guys and prepare for the exams.
All the best for the exams
The error seems to be quite simplistic, but you might need to do quite a bit to resolve this. I created a new BI site and was welcomed by the Error Message "The WorkBook cannot be opened". Did some google and tried to find out a solution. Found a good post which kinda came to the rescue to resolve this irritant.
You can follow the article by Jeremy to resolve the issue:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jjameson/archive/2010/05/04/the-workbook-cannot-be-opened-error-with-sharepoint-server-2010-and-tfs-2010.aspx
I have do extra apart from what has been already mentioned in the article:
1. Start with the EventViewer. Thats the right place to get to know any errors pertaining to this issue
2. I had multiple accounts hence had to give access rights to all of them the db_owner access on the WSS_Content_<Guid> database
3. Again you can refer to event viewer and it gives the name of account which requires access
4. After resolving the Access issue , I got the compatibility mismatch error in the event viewer
There is a compatibility range mismatch between the Web server and database
"WSS_Content", and connections to the data have been blocked to due to this
incompatibility. This can happen when a content database has not been upgraded
to be within the compatibility range of the Web server, or if the database has
been upgraded to a higher level than the web server. The Web server and the
database must be upgraded to the same version and build level to return to
compatibility range
5. You would need provide the Process Identity Access in order to resolve this issue.
6. Step 5 needs to be done for all the accounts you are using, in my case I was using two accounts
7. Finally, doing all this I still faced the same issue.
8 ***IMPORTANT*** - Do a iisreset and Sart a New Session in Browser for the changes to come in affect.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Aman Garg