How to Fix error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified ChrisD, January 1, 0001 This is an error message that we can find when we connect to SQL Server: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or ... How to Fix error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified 0 0 0
Microsoft Virtual Academy - My Thoughts Vijaya Malla, January 1, 0001 Hi Everyone, This is a place for .NET lovers like us can go and learn more about all Microsoft Cloud technologies. This website makes it more easy, simple and actually fun to know what the technologies ... Microsoft Virtual Academy - My Thoughts 0 0 1
Welcome to my .NET Loftings Blog Vijaya Malla, January 1, 0001 Hi Everyone, The only and main purpose of this blog is to educate all .NET pre-Beginners, who love to do .NET Programming but don't know where, what and how to do. Now you have a place to share and ask ... Welcome to my .NET Loftings Blog 0 0 1
Preview ASP.NET MVC 4 ChrisD, January 1, 0001 Soon, the latest ASP.NET MVC will be launched. I cant wait to try as whole. This is the preview of this new product- Web Platform Installer – Installs the MVC4 Project Templates.- Nuget package – perfect ... Preview ASP.NET MVC 4 0 0 0
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: Keyset does ... Saqib Ullah, January 1, 0001 This issue is related to permission on MachineKeys folder. I think this is right place where you should know what the determination of MachineKeys folder is. What is MachineKeys Folder? The MachineKeys ... System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: Keyset does ... 0 0 16
Async using the old Async Begin / End Pattern MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 In the last few weeks I have had the pleasure of familiarising myself with various async patterns in C#. After going through the different approaches one gets a feel for how far we have come since the ... Async using the old Async Begin / End Pattern 0 0 0
Red-Gate is sending a DBA to Space! Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Ok, I think this is the coolest contest I have seen. Red-Gate is sending a DBA to Space! If you have mad SQL skills, you should definitely look into this contest. More Information: Red Gate, a U.K.-based ... Red-Gate is sending a DBA to Space! 0 0 0
Google map problem in jQuery popup H@Ni, January 1, 0001 Hani Amr Normal Hani Amr 1 4 2011-10-12T15:22:00Z 2011-10-12T15:26:00Z 1 91 525 Microsoft Corporation 4 1 615 14.00 Clean Clean false false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable ... Google map problem in jQuery popup 0 0 9
Game Dev links from BUILD and other sources. Chris G. Williams, January 1, 0001 Here are a bunch of links for BUILD material related to Game Dev. Go Nuts, Be Awesome. Downloads: Windows 8 Developer Preview Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview MSDN: Direct3D 11.1 DXGI 1.2 WDDM 1.2 Feature ... Game Dev links from BUILD and other sources. 0 0 1
Adding an Application Bar to your XAML Metro Applications. mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Introduction We are all familiar with the Application Bars in Windows Phone 7… It can be achieved with a few lines of code as shown below: <phone:PhoneApplicationP... <shell:ApplicationBar> ... Adding an Application Bar to your XAML Metro Applications. 0 0 1
What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 3 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Welcome back once again, in part 1 of what is new in VS TFS 2011 I talked about the offering from a developers perspective, in part 2 of what is new in VS TFS 2011 I talked about the offering from a Testers ... What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 3 0 0 16
My Silverlight, HTML5, OData and Kinect talks coming up. mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Hello Everyone, I thought I’d take a minute to update everyone on my upcoming talks and events that I will be attending. I have talks ranging from Kinect, Silverlight, HTML5 to OData! Wow, that’s a wide ... My Silverlight, HTML5, OData and Kinect talks coming up. 0 0 2
What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 2 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Welcome back, in part 1 of what is new in VS TFS 2011 I talked about the offering from a developers perspective. In this blog post I’ll be discussing the new features available for Business Analysts and ... What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 2 0 0 0
MVC3–The Beginning Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 OOook, those who know me, or have read my blog probably have a pretty good idea that I’m a silverlight, wpf, wcf, c#, xamly kinda guy. I’ve never really done anything webby, the closest I’ve gotten is ... MVC3–The Beginning 0 0 1
IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility Issue Saqib Ullah, January 1, 0001 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style ... IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility Issue 0 0 7
Announcing Prairie Dev Con West in Calgary March 2012! D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I’m very excited to announce that we’ll be bringing the Prairie Developer Conference to Alberta in early 2012! I started Prairie Developer Conference in Regina in 2010 as an option to high cost remote ... Announcing Prairie Dev Con West in Calgary March 2012! 0 0 3
Simplifying Asynchronous Programming in C# MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I have dabbled in async programming in the past but never put any real effort into understanding how things worked. With the new async features in .Net 5 I thought I would give it a look. Here is a quick ... Simplifying Asynchronous Programming in C# 0 0 5
What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 1 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Microsoft officially released the preview of Vnext i.e. VS 2011, TFS 2011 and TFS Azure (also known as TFS Service) at the Build conference on 13th September 2011 @ California. It wasn’t too long ago I ... What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 1 0 0 1
Why Windows Phone Rocks Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 First let me say that this is a “what I like” post and not a comparison of platforms. The Windows Phone is the first smart phone that I have owned (no, I’m not 100 or 15 years old). Now that I have done ... Why Windows Phone Rocks 0 0 1
Calgary Workflow in Enterprise Software–Oct 26th David Paquette, January 1, 0001 I will be presenting ‘The Role of Workflow in Enterprise Software’ at the Calgary .NET User Group on October 26th. The presentation will cover workflow concepts, Windows Workflow Foundation 4 (WF4), and ... Calgary Workflow in Enterprise Software–Oct 26th 0 0 0
Silverlight 5 ComboBox more rigid: Cannot call StartAt when conte... Marc Schluper, January 1, 0001 It looks like Silverlight 5's ComboBox is more restrictive. In Silverlight 4 I could change the ItemsSource of a ComboBox that had a SelectedItem != null, while in Silverlight 5 I have to set SelectedItem ... Silverlight 5 ComboBox more rigid: Cannot call StartAt when conte... 0 0 3
Book Review - MDX with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Serv... Darren Gosbell, January 1, 0001 Full Disclosure: I was one of the technical reviewers on this book. I think my friend Tomislav did a great job on this book and it would make a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone that is working ... Book Review - MDX with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Serv... 0 0 0
How to Join Computer to a Domain (When DNS name does not exist) Saqib Ullah, January 1, 0001 When you are going to join any computer from domain controller the following error will be appeared on your computer screen. Full Error Message v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} ... How to Join Computer to a Domain (When DNS name does not exist) 0 0 121
Windows 8 Platform and Tools Saqib Ullah, January 1, 0001 As a developer of Microsoft technologies I alway think about what programming model and tools are provided by the platform. On Microsoft new operation system Windows 8 developer write two type of applications ... Windows 8 Platform and Tools 0 0 2
Windows 8 Experiences Saqib Ullah, January 1, 0001 I am very glad when I used Microsoft new Operation System. Following are the screens shots that I captured from Windows 8. Figure 1: New Windows 8 Metro Style Figure 2: New Microsoft IE 10 in Windows 8 ... Windows 8 Experiences 0 0 9
SharpBox 1.1 SR2 Dirk Eisenberg, January 1, 0001 The new Service Release 2 of SharpBox 1.1 comes with support for many new storage providers, e.g. Strato HiDrive, CloudMe or FTP. In addition to that we are also proud to offer our library with SR2 via ... SharpBox 1.1 SR2 0 0 0
Accessing Authenticated WCF Services Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 When you make a service available external to your corporate network sometimes SSL isn’t secure enough. If you really want to limit the users who can access a service they need to tied to credentials. ... Accessing Authenticated WCF Services 0 0 0
Let’s Get Chocolatey! Kind of like apt-get for Windows Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 “If only there was some way to quickly and silently install applications and tools on my windows machine.” Chocolatey is kind of like an apt-get, but for Windows. It is a machine level package manager ... Let’s Get Chocolatey! Kind of like apt-get for Windows 0 0 0
Windows Phone Silverlight Poor Man's Double-Tap Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I have seen a lot of articles about gestures but they require third party libraries or complex coding approaches. What I am going to present here isn’t strictly elegant or necessarily the best approach, ... Windows Phone Silverlight Poor Man's Double-Tap 0 0 1
Integrating Facebook Authentication for your website using WebMat... Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 In the recently concluded WebCamps, Delhi, I was demonstrating Facebook Authentication implementation for your website using WebMatrix 2 Beta. You can read about my earlier post on WebMatrix 2 Beta from ... Integrating Facebook Authentication for your website using WebMat... 0 0 4
Additional Mime Types in Visual Studio 2010 Development Web Serve... Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 While the development server in Visual Studio 2010 is great for most work, it does have 1 shortcoming in that if you start adding content types that are not part of the base set of known Mime types built ... Additional Mime Types in Visual Studio 2010 Development Web Serve... 0 0 0
Thoughts on Steve Jobs Death from a Non-Mac Fanboi D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 In the hours since Steve Jobs death was announced, the world has seemingly fallen into a conjoined state of mourning…well, at least according to my Twitter feed. Quotes Steve made over the years fill the ... Thoughts on Steve Jobs Death from a Non-Mac Fanboi 0 0 6
Steve Jobs, the legacy Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Today is a weird day. I just got the news, as I woke up, that Steve Jobs passed away last night. This news affected me more than I thought it would. I felt the need to write about these emotions, and about ... Steve Jobs, the legacy 0 0 0
My presentation on “Getting Started with the Kinect SDK&rdq... mbcrump, January 1, 0001 I was informed that my presentation on “Getting Started with the Kinect SDK” is now live on UserGroup.tv. The video quality is not that great, but that is my fault. Our camera quit working and someone ... My presentation on “Getting Started with the Kinect SDK&rdq... 0 0 0
Como componer aplicaciones Windows Azure AppFabric ? Alfredo Delsors, January 1, 0001 Windows Azure AppFabric ofrece servicios en dos areas distintas. La primera la forman servicios de middleware como Service Bus, Access Control, Caching e Integration. La segunda está formada por un servicio ... Como componer aplicaciones Windows Azure AppFabric ? 0 0 0
Spotify Failed Me Robert May, January 1, 0001 Recently, a co-worker was talking about how wonderful Spotify was, and I decided to give it a go. I signed up for the ultimate version, because, hey, if you’re going to try something, you should give it ... Spotify Failed Me 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for October 04, 2011 -- #1156 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Damian Schenkelman, Dave Campbell, Laurent Bugnion, Pete Brown, Asim Sajjad, Daniel Egan, Kunal Chowdhury, Joost van Shaik, Jeff Wilcox, Cristian Merighi, and Avi Pilosof. Above the Fold: ... Silverlight Cream for October 04, 2011 -- #1156 0 0 0
Upgrading Windows Phone Projects To SDK 7.1 Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Even though this is one of the simplest tips it is one of the hardest to find someone who has documented it. So instead of just telling you I am going to take a quick sidebar first. I wouldn’t want you ... Upgrading Windows Phone Projects To SDK 7.1 0 0 2
Begining Zozo, January 1, 0001 Hey everyone! My name is Pawel Zochowski and I just begun writing my blog. I’m Microsoft Student Partner from Poland, interested in natural user interfaces and moblie applications. After work I’m sailing ... Begining 0 0 0
The votes are in and winners chosen for a free Visual WebGui ProS... Webgui, January 1, 0001 First we would like to thank each and every one of you who have supported Visual WebGui in the nominations for DevProConnections and Windows IT Pro. We appreciate all of our customers and friends of Gizmox ... The votes are in and winners chosen for a free Visual WebGui ProS... 0 0 12
Windows Azure Storage REST API Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 Los servicios de almacenamiento de Windows Azure, son expuestos nativamente desde una interface REST lo cual permite su uso desde cualquier tipo de aplicacion y plataforma.Los servicios del API REST permiten ... Windows Azure Storage REST API 0 0 0
Windows Azure y ALM Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) permite la gestion y control de los procesos involucrados en el desarrollo de soluciones dentro de una empresa, estableciendo buenas practicas y un marco medible, ... Windows Azure y ALM 0 0 0
Windows Azure Extra Small Instance Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 En el PDC10 del año pasado se realizaron una serie de anuncios alrededor de la Plataforma de Windows Azure, entre estas se incluyo el anuncion de una beta privada para la instancia ExtraSmall de Windows ... Windows Azure Extra Small Instance 0 0 0
Roles en Windows Azure Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 Un servicio de hospedaje en Windows Azure, consiste en una aplicación diseñada para correr en la Nube de Microsoft y unos ficheros XML de configuración que definen cómo debe funcionar.El modelo del servicio ... Roles en Windows Azure 0 0 0
MVVM Light Toolkit for Windows 8 (preview) #mvvmlight #win8 Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 I was very optimistic when I first saw Metro style apps coded in C# on Windows 8, because for the most part they are not much different than the well known XAML/C# pair on Silverlight or WPF. This led ... MVVM Light Toolkit for Windows 8 (preview) #mvvmlight #win8 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 03, 2011 -- #1155 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: AfricanGeek, Andrea Boschin, Colin Eberhardt, Anoop Madhusudanan, Lee, Laurent Bugnion, Rudi Grobler, Xianzhong Zhu, Jesse Liberty, Asim Sajjad, Dhananjay Kumar, XAMLNinja, and Kunal Chowdhury. ... Silverlight Cream for October 03, 2011 -- #1155 0 0 0
Modelos de Despliegue en la Nube Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 El NIST define 4 modelos de despliegue dentro del entorno de Cloud ComputingNube Privada Una Nube privada es la implementación de servicios de la nube sobre los recursos que se dedican a su organización, ... Modelos de Despliegue en la Nube 0 0 0
Definicion del NIST Sobre Cloud Computing Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 El Instituto Nacional de Estándares y Tecnología y su laboratorio de tecnología información, NIST por el acrónimo en idioma inglés, han definido Cloud Computing de la siguiente manera:“Cloud Computing ... Definicion del NIST Sobre Cloud Computing 0 0 0
SilverlightShow for Sept 26 - Oct 02, 2011 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for SilverlightShow Top 5 News for September 26 - October 02, 2011. Here are the top 5 news on SilverlightShow for last week: The Top 10 Over-Engineering ... SilverlightShow for Sept 26 - Oct 02, 2011 0 0 0
Windows Phone 7 Application development subodhnpushpak, January 1, 0001 A few days back I had the privilege to demonstrate the capabilities of WP7 at an event. I jointly presented the session with Bijoy Singhal, distinguished speaker with a knack of simplifying even the most ... Windows Phone 7 Application development 0 0 0