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Already for the iPhone we have desktop remoting apps.

Microsoft think around some of the following:

1. SCOM Monitor for iPad

2. BAM dashboard for iPad

3. Silverlight for iPad….another nail in the Flash coffin!!!

4. Powershell App for iPad

5. Expression suite app for iPad

Maybe it’s time for Microsoft to think forward rather than simply denounce a product such as the iPad.

A forward thinking Microsoft would embrace the iPad as an opportunity. Whatever we think the iPad will be big, very big. So guys get those Office Apps ready and onto it. Everything Apple have iWorks Apps that can read and write Office files.

Do it and do it better than Everything Apple. 

How to set an IIS Application or AppPool to use ASP.NET 3.5 rather than 2.0 « Tehmina Qureshi Weblog

Apples tablet

The spec:

The Processor: Apples A4 1Ghz Chip

Memory: 16GB – 64GB

Screen: 9.7 IPS, capacitive touch

Wifi: 802.11n

Goodies: Accelerometer, compass

Battery: 10 hours

Apps: Will run iPhone Apps (pixel doubling for games)

Looks cool!!!

Not a simple job but here goes:

1. Make sure the adapter is configured correctly on the BizTalk side. Recommend this is done manually follow Mick Badran’s excellent blog here!!

2. Take the WSSv3 Adapter WS and copy it to the SP2010 environment.

3. Make changes to the WebService Web.config thus:

OldVersion=XX.0.0.0 NewVersion = YY.0.0.0 

Note: Typically xx=11 yy=14. The version numbers of the Microsoft.SharePoint.dll

Funny really, I expected Liverpool to lose tonight. For goodness sake we lose in the FA Cup when we are doing well in League and Champs league so what makes us think any different!

Seriously we have good players, we have world class players but we seem to have no idea of how to play. That is the fault of the coach/manager. That is why he must go and go now.

I’m sure a certain Mark Hughes would welcome the job!

Come on Liverpool board do it and do it now before it is too late and we drop like a stone!!

In an astonishing interview, the Kop boss has confessed for the first time that Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Javier Mascherano and Pepe Reina may have to be sacrificed if the Reds fail to claim the top-four place that will secure the club financially.

Benitez said that:

He may not be able to reject a big-money offer for any of his star performers without the consent of owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

The futures of his highly-coveted players are likely to hinge on Liverpool qualifying for the Champions League again.

Now on the surface this seems totally mad if what he says is true…but of course it is  not what he says but why he is saying it. Raffa thinks he is the master politics and in particular the politics of Liverpool FC.

He is upping the stakes with Hicks and Gillett. Basically ‘Give me the money for players or I’ll leave you with nothing’.

My view is that if Raffa dosn’t get the money or players he needs and fails to secure 4th or 3rd place then he will leave. If he leaves then my money would be on Torres, Renia and Mascherano also leaving. Stevie G is quite a different animal.

There is no way that Raffa would sell the boys and stay so the picture is even worse.

So what do I predict?

Liverpool secure fifth place and melt down. Hicks and Gillett sell fast to the Arabs and another re-build starts.

No title for another 10 years!!!

Over the last six months the ASP.NET team has been steadily releasing preview, then beta, and now release candidate builds of ASP.NET MVC 2.

Given that the final release is not too far away, I thought it was a good time to start a new multi-part ASP.NET MVC 2 blog series that discusses the new features and how best to take advantage of them

 

“Scott Guthrie”

The first two blogs:

ASP.NET MVC 2 Intro

Strongly Typed Html Helpers

BizTalk Reset Source

BizTalk Error Lookup Console

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I’ve just Tweeted on this but I thought it might be worth giving a larger explanation.

Microsoft have included what amounts to an extended control panel. This allows the user to control various aspects of the OS that are not typically surfaced via a GUI or are hidden away under a number of options.

To access this control panel we must setup ‘God Mode’.

Here's how you enable it:

1. Create a new folder (right-click and click on “New Folder”).
2. Right-click on the folder and click on rename, copy and paste this: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

What will be displayed is a Control Panel like window with sections for Action Centre, Admin Tools and Auto Play.

The next ‘in-person’ meeting for the UK SOA/BPM User Group will be held on the 27th of Jan in Paddington – London, check out the details here, and if you’re coming – be sure to come and say hi – I’ll probably be the loudest chap in the room. again.

And even before that, on January 12th, an online meeting will be held with the title ‘Developing Composited Solutions with Sharepoint and SAP’

Happy New Year to all my readers!

Office 2010: Turn Office Clipboard On/Off

Office 2010: Change Default Calendar Appointment Reminder Time

Outlook 2010: Backup/Export Data

Outlook 2010: Turn Mail Notification Sound On/Off

Outlook 2010: Enable AutoArchive

Outlook 2010: Disable Outlook Today Startup Page

Outlook 2010: Set Email Signature

Outlook 2010: Add Personal Folder (.PST) File

Outlook 2010: Set Out of Office Message

Outlook 2010: Enable BCC Field

Outlook 2010: Recall Email Message

Outlook 2010: Prevent Email Forwarding

Outlook 2010: Connect to Gmail

Source: Technipages

I have just had a fun time with this one! The problem is seen in many Microsoft public newsgroups:

When clicking on a hyperlink in an e-mail, I get this Message : "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." I get this message every time that I attempt to use the hyperlink. I am the administrator on this stand alone computer. How do I deactivate this feature so that I activate hyperlinks ?

So firstly this is not an Outlook error. It is an Internet Explorer error. Most likely a corrupt registry key in Internet Explorer.

I have tried all the ‘reset’ explorer fixes and discovered these just don’t solve ‘my’ problem.

So the answer is to get down and dirty. Registry changes time.

Turns out my problem was a dodgy Chrome install. Thanks Google.

Two Hacks:

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.htm]
@="htmlfile"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.html]
@="htmlfile"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.shtml]
@="htmlfile"

--------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE\" -nohome"

--------------------------------------------------------------------

To use copy the lines between the dots and save as Hack.reg abd Hack2.reg

Note: Best as two files.

Save to your desktop.

Click on them in turn to run.

With luck starting Outlook and clicking on a link in an Email now works!

Source: Cloudy in Seattle: http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/default.aspx

Two articles explain the process of using MVC projects with Windows Azure including changing ASP providers:

1. ASP.Net MVC & Windows Azure (Post Nov 2009)

2. Using Windows Azure with ASP Providers

And off you go!

SQL Server continues to meet the growing demands of enterprise workloads through two new premium editions: SQL Server Datacenter & SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse

The new and expanded product line in SQL Server 2008 R2 delivers unprecedented value and functionality enabling massive scale at low TCO, improved Developer and IT efficiency and Self Service Business Intelligence.

Source:

Emma Healey, Microsoft UK

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Microsoft is announcing today a new organization within the Server & Tools Business (STB) that combines the Windows Azure group with the Windows Server & Solutions group.  This new organization is called the Server & Cloud Division.

This is an exciting time for Windows Azure with the recent launch of the Windows Azure platform at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC).  The new organization presents a great opportunity for us to deliver more value to our customers and signifies that we’ve moved beyond an advanced development project to an important and growing  business for Microsoft.

This move better aligns our resources with our strategy – creating a single organization focused on delivering solutions for customers that span on-premises data centers and the cloud.

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Please go and read this blog: http://redmummyrambleson.blogspot.com/

A heat felt mothers tale of the bullying of her son and the inactivity of the school. It so reminds me of our own experiences with our daughter.

Visit the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta site to download the Beta, submit feedback, go to forums, and find more information about the Beta.

This is for MSDN subs – the express versions will be available towards the end of the month.

Versions are:

Also release date is now set for:

March 22 2010!

When will we see this great product in the UK!

http://www.pogoplug.com/