Winnipeg Code Camp–Cancelled or Postponed, Your Call D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Sadly, we’re going to have to cancel the Winnipeg Code Camp that was scheduled for late April. That doesn’t necessarily mean that we won’t have a code camp this year though – it’s really the community’s ... Winnipeg Code Camp–Cancelled or Postponed, Your Call 0 0 4
Consume Third-Party Services at Windows Azure Store Shaun, January 1, 0001 It has been long time didn’t blog anything since last November. There are many exciting things happened during this period. I attend Microsoft TechED 2012 China and provided a session about Node.js and ... Consume Third-Party Services at Windows Azure Store 0 0 23
Microsoft Refreshes Sample Browser with the support for 13 new La... Jialiang, January 1, 0001 Shortly after releasing Sample Browser last month, our team refreshes the app with an important feature for global developers: Localized sample search experience. Please visit http://bit.ly/ZxmISi to get ... Microsoft Refreshes Sample Browser with the support for 13 new La... 0 0 0
Super-Fast Failover with VM Guest Clustering in Windows Server 20... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 My good friend and colleague, Matt Hester, recently wrote a great article on Hyper-V Host Clustering as part of our latest article series, Become a Virtualization Expert in 20 Days! In this article, I’ll ... Super-Fast Failover with VM Guest Clustering in Windows Server 20... 0 0 2
Accelerating the Cloud with Windows Server 2012 BranchCache KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Traditional file sharing protocols, such as Server Message Block ( SMB ) in Windows Server 2012, are primarily designed for low-latency, high-bandwidth scenarios commonly found in Local Area Networks ( ... Accelerating the Cloud with Windows Server 2012 BranchCache 0 0 0
Converting PHP’s “openssl_seal” and “open... Strenium, January 1, 0001 I've been doing a bit of external API integration work lately. Sounds mundane (and it is for the most part) - but there was one notable "gem" I had to tackle. To make long story short, there's this external ... Converting PHP’s “openssl_seal” and “open... 0 0 0
O'Reilly Deal of the Day to 23:59 PT March 19 2013 - Top 25 E-boo... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://shop.oreilly.com/cat... O'Reilly are offering 50% off their top 25 e-booksHere is my choice: There are however another 21 on offer ... O'Reilly Deal of the Day to 23:59 PT March 19 2013 - Top 25 E-boo... 0 0 0
Exchange 2013: The store process marc dekeyser, January 1, 0001 Exchange 2013, the end of the store as we know it… In the years leading up to the development of Exchange 2013 we had a process called store.exe. Many an administrator cursed at this process for taking ... Exchange 2013: The store process 0 0 4
Training E-books from Microsoft at 50% off until March 20th 2013 ... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://shop.oreilly.com/cat... Microsoft Press are offering training e-books at 50% off until March 20th 2013 at 23:59 PT.These are just a few of what is ... Training E-books from Microsoft at 50% off until March 20th 2013 ... 0 0 0
Curating Employee Blogs Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I’m not sure if it is ego or a desire to inform our community, but many of us try to post to blogs on a regular basis. Many companies choose to have their own blog server to host content from their employees. ... Curating Employee Blogs 0 0 2
The trilogy of Sample Browser – Search samples in Visual St... Jialiang, January 1, 0001 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/one... Sample Browser has reached its third milestone with the new Windows Store app since we released the desktop version and the Visual Studio version in ... The trilogy of Sample Browser – Search samples in Visual St... 0 0 0
Why Twitter Needs Third Party Apps Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Yesterday Twitter released their Windows 8 native application. This is just a short time after releasing an update for Windows Phone. It took my all of two minutes determine that these applications are ... Why Twitter Needs Third Party Apps 0 0 0
Step-by-Step: Speaking iSCSI with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Windows Server 2012 and our completely FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 certainly have some really cost effective new storage options, with Storage Spaces and Hyper-V over SMB 3.0. However, many IT Pros have already ... Step-by-Step: Speaking iSCSI with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V 0 0 2
Session material from TechDays BE and NL Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 UPDATE: Added the videos Note: Like all material on this blog, this blog post and all the referenced material are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. You are free to reuse ... Session material from TechDays BE and NL 0 0 0
Review: Using Pluralsight Video Training To Keep Up With Technolo... Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 As a consultant I have long stretches where I may be heads down with a single technology. In the mean time the rest of the world can be passing you by. When I get off of that project there is a lot to ... Review: Using Pluralsight Video Training To Keep Up With Technolo... 0 0 0
Jedi Mind Meld Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 I try to keep politics out of my technical blog, but I figured that as long as I keep the focus, narrowly defined, I guess we should be OK. We need to be careful reading too much into this slip of the ... Jedi Mind Meld 0 0 0
March 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Meeting Registration Open Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 2013 is speeding past us already with two great presentations over the last two months. For March we have asked Eric D Boyd to discuss what is new in Windows Azure and its implication to your architecture. ... March 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Meeting Registration Open 0 0 0
Why Automated Tests Are So Great Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 I've recently done work at a company where there are no automated tests, and tests aren't part of the culture. I've been writing tests for so long now that it's jarring to consider working without them, ... Why Automated Tests Are So Great 0 0 0
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
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
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
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
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
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
Be Honest With Product Reviews Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 As you gain attention in the technology community you will get asked to review books and products from time to time. In doing so you are going to find that not everything that you are asked to review will ... Be Honest With Product Reviews 0 0 0
I spoke on SharePoint Workflow Problem and its Resolution Today MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 Today we arranged monthly usergroup meet-up at Microsoft by our SharePoint Experts–Bangladesh community. It is first offline meet-up with community members/ outside community (who were interested to join ... I spoke on SharePoint Workflow Problem and its Resolution Today 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
BizTalk Automated Multi Server Deploy RobBowman, January 1, 0001 Background I’ve been working with BizTalk since 2006r1 (the one without the handy WCF adapters). Since that time I’ve tried various community offerings to improve the deployment process. In 2008 I was ... BizTalk Automated Multi Server Deploy 0 0 8
Support for LINQ in JAVA Rahul Anand, January 1, 0001 I have been programming in C# and .NET for a decade now. I loved the concept of LINQ and Lambda Expression which brings a layer of separation between the user request to process a task and the real execution ... Support for LINQ in JAVA 0 0 4
Ready for .NET Code Camp in South Florida? Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Here we go again! South Florida Code Camp is about to start tomorrow, Saturday Feb 9 2013, at NOVA University in Fort Lauderdale. I have seen this event grow every year; over 900 people were registered ... Ready for .NET Code Camp in South Florida? 0 0 0
AppFx.ServiceBus – One Way Error Handling Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 In this article we will revisit the first sample about one way messaging and look at how the AppFx.ServiceBus framework implements error handling and retries. In this article we want to achieve the following: ... AppFx.ServiceBus – One Way Error Handling 0 0 232
Microsoft: A Brave New World BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 9th of February will be the start of the ‘Brave New World’ for Microsoft punctuated by the launch of Surface Pro and the re-launch of Windows 8. After the launch of the disappointing Surface RT we now ... Microsoft: A Brave New World 0 0 3
TFS Build Custom Activity : TODO Counter charlie.mott, January 1, 0001 Article Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/c... Tracking the count of TODO’s in your solution can be used for the following: Use as an additional measure of code quality. Predict estimated completion ... TFS Build Custom Activity : TODO Counter 0 0 1
Feed Reader For Windows Phone 8 Has Me Reading Blogs Again Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 While I post on a regular basis, Twitter has become my pointer to any blogs that I read. I haven’t logged into a RSS app or Google Reader in a long time. When Feed Reader was featured on a web site recently ... Feed Reader For Windows Phone 8 Has Me Reading Blogs Again 0 0 1
A Blog Feature Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Vishal Ranjan invited me to have a short interview about myself. The details of the interview was featured in his blog here: Interview with Vincent Maverick Durano Technorati Tags: Community,General,Asp.NET ... A Blog Feature 0 0 0
MVP Summit here we come! Randy Walker, January 1, 0001 It’s always my favorite time of the year! Looking forward to bringing my wife to the largest events for Microsoft MVP Award winners. Each year is a plethora of knowledge and getting to know who the best ... MVP Summit here we come! 0 0 0
Latest GeeksWithBlogs Release Today: Related Posts, Improved Cate... Staff of Geeks, January 1, 0001 We launched another release of GeeksWithBlogs this morning with the following changes: Added a new “Related Posts on GWB” area to the footer of posts of blogs using the new Minimal template. This allows ... Latest GeeksWithBlogs Release Today: Related Posts, Improved Cate... 0 0 2
SharePoint Server Training now available in Bangladesh MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 Background: SharePoint is nothing new for us as it is already Implements in the most of Large Organization in Bangladesh. Most of the Telco Providers (GP, Robi Axiata, BanglaLink etc) are already using ... SharePoint Server Training now available in Bangladesh 0 0 8
2012 Year in Review and Goals for 2013 Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a blog entry. I seem to start every year with a goal of writing X number of blog entries per month or week or something, so let’s see if I do any better this ... 2012 Year in Review and Goals for 2013 0 0 0
Too Many AutoHotkey Shortcuts To Remember? There’s An App F... deadlydog, January 1, 0001 I love AutoHotkey (AHK). Ever since I discovered it a little over a year ago I am constantly surprised and pleased with what I am able to accomplish with it. And there in lied my problem. Out of the box, ... Too Many AutoHotkey Shortcuts To Remember? There’s An App F... 0 0 9
Solving the ALM puzzle using Microsoft Suite of tools Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 I presented a talk at the #vBug user group run by David Ringsell at Bristol. David in his day job runs his own venture known by the name of “Talk-IT” which provides training for developers. You can check ... Solving the ALM puzzle using Microsoft Suite of tools 0 0 0
One week offers from O'Reilly TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 O'Reilly are offering two week offers.Offer 1 to Jan. 23, 2013 at 23:59 PT This is for books by C.J.Date of database design http://shop.oreilly.com/cat... 2 is to ... One week offers from O'Reilly 0 0 0
Diversity in Tech: Conferences are Not the Problem D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I’m a conference organizer. I’m also the father to two daughters. Over the last 11 years that I’ve been in the IT industry, I’ve seen and heard the cries for more women representation. It’s not a secret ... Diversity in Tech: Conferences are Not the Problem 0 0 7
Cowtown Code Camp T, January 1, 0001 Pier 1 Imports and the Fort Worth .net User’s Group have teamed up to create the first annual Cowtown Code Camp. It will be held at the Pier 1 headquarters in downtown Fort Worth on March 16, 2013. I am ... Cowtown Code Camp 0 0 0
Step-by-Step: Build Linux VMs in the Cloud for FREE with Windows ... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 The Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering supports running Windows virtual machines and Linux virtual machines in the Cloud. In this article, I provide step-by-step guidance for running ... Step-by-Step: Build Linux VMs in the Cloud for FREE with Windows ... 0 0 0
UI Automation: Automating key strokes using .NET and Win32 API Om Talsania, January 1, 0001 Win32 API offers a lot of functionality for Windows platform, which the .NET Framework doesn’t have for good reason – One of them being ‘managed’. However, that doesn’t stop us from doing some unsafe things! ... UI Automation: Automating key strokes using .NET and Win32 API 0 0 13