March 2009 Entries
Saturday March 28th 2009 was our second annual School of Dev and first ever SharePoint Saturday. We had over 80 people in attendance despite a snow storm. Only one speaker ended up canceling which was truly amazing considering the weather. For me the day began by dropping off two boxes of books that would later be given away as prizes. I then joined Steve Walker for a Panel QA Discussion Session. We were joined by Cory Roth and Chris Barba. We had some great questions around designing a SharePoint...
Saturday March 28th 2009 was our second annual School of Dev and first ever SharePoint Saturday. We had over 80 people in attendance despite a snow storm. Only one speaker ended up canceling which was truly amazing considering the weather. For me the day began by dropping off two boxes of books that would later be given away as prizes. I then joined Steve Walker for a Panel QA Discussion Session. We were joined by Cory Roth and Chris Barba. We had some great questions around designing a SharePoint...
Issue: We wanted to exposes work items, bugs, etc. to the customer without exposing all the other Web Access Tabs such as Source, Documents, and Builds. Solution: Team System Web Access SP1 Team System Web Access SP1 adds an additional virtual directory named “wiwa” which stands for work item web access. This new virtual directory is accessible on port 8090 by default and exposes a special work item only view which was exactly what we wanted. TFS Web Access supports both forms based authentications...
Issue: We wanted to exposes work items, bugs, etc. to the customer without exposing all the other Web Access Tabs such as Source, Documents, and Builds. Solution: Team System Web Access SP1 Team System Web Access SP1 adds an additional virtual directory named “wiwa” which stands for work item web access. This new virtual directory is accessible on port 8090 by default and exposes a special work item only view which was exactly what we wanted. TFS Web Access supports both forms based authentications...
Introduction This Sunday I upgraded my DELL Latitude | D830 from Windows Vista Business 64 bit to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. The build version is Windows 7 Beta Build 7000. I ran an upgrade to test how well the setup would play with my currently installed applications and configuration settings. My expectations we met and in some cases exceeded. For example, soon after launching the setup a compatibility checker was launched. This screen scanned my current OS (Vista) to make sure all installed applications...
This weekend (Feb 21st, 2009) I will be attending and presenting at SharePoint Saturday New York the event has been organized by Michael Lotter. My Session: Session Name: From Frustrating Problems to Proactive Solutions | A Dozen Tips for Improved SharePoint Performance Session Description: Over one dozen easy to implement performance tips. Tips will discuss a wide range of topics from adjusting out-of-the-box settings to identifying memory leaks in custom code. This discussion will benefit anyone...
Details: I’m @ the MVP Summit this week in Redmond and was invited by Budy Djunaedi Speakers Coordinator .Net Developers Assoc. to Speak tonight at 7 PM. I will be co presenting with fellow MVP Caleb Jenkins. Acknowledgements: I would like to thank my MVP lead Suzanna Moran for helping to arrange this opportunity. I would also like to thank my presentation coach Shari Alexander for helping me prepare for this presentation. Presentation: From Knee Jerk Reactions to Proactive Solutions - 12 Tips for...