February 2006 - Posts
BizTalk Server 2006 White Papers Read up on the features and improvements planned for BizTalk Server 2006. •Understanding BizTalk Server 2006 Learn about key features and improvements in BizTalk Server 2006, such as significantly simpler installation;
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Reliable Messaging demystified Recently I hear many questions about Reliable Messaging in WCF. In fact, I just had an IM chat with Clemens which resulted in this blog entry. I want to expand on his comments with a little more of the insight I got being
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Best Place to start learning about skinning Community Server are these 2 locations: Community Server Wiki Blog skin tutorial for Community Server: Part 0 - Introduction
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/n software, who have been publishing communications / socket libraries since the COM days, has a bunch of nice integration components for things like: OFX, QuickBooks, USPS, Paypal, and a few others. Additionally, they have some BizTalk adapters for
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Lenovo has released a new line of Desktops & Notebooks without the ThinkPad (IBM) heritage. From a look at the Notebooks all I can say is they didn’t really push any of the hardware capabilities. It’s a very Entry Level model, Value priced.
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Breaking changes for the Feb CTP The Feb CTP is now available! A number of changes have been made that break existing code. The details have been posted here on our community site. Raw API change reports are available here for reference. Here are some
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They’ve posted a couple of labs on WCF up on MSDN Virtual Lab environments. One covers Reliable and Transacted messages. An issue is the labs are built with the November ‘05 CTP. Mostly they work, but if you want the labs offline it takes
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If you’re a Windows Media Center user, this is the place for plugins. Welcome to MoreMce.com We hope this site will become the most complete list of plugins, utilities and websites available for Windows Media Center. In difference to other websites,
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I have a Verizon Broadband access account. When updates to the software come out I need to go to a special site and download, but you need the VZ phone number. Frankly, I don’t recall the phone number. To get it you have to open up the device manager
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These guys blow away Kinko’s in pricing. And real slick printer interface and online choices. Vision Mimeo's revolutionary online, on-demand document production solutions effortlessly replace the outdated manual print processes of local copy shops
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When installing Vista on VMWare it doesn’t work well if the virtual HD isn’t formatted already. So, when you launch the installation wizard you need to first format the drive, then reboot the machine and start the installation process over.
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I received from Microsoft newsletters today a link to some tips and pointers on time management, inbox management. So, it got me thinking. What’s astonishing to me over the years is many people believe that email requires an immediate response;
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I was looking at doing a quick sample on how to implement compression in Windows Communication Foundation, but, turns out, they’ve already put together a sample: http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/WCF_samples/html/57450b6c-89fe-4b8a-8376-3d794857bfd7.asp?frame=tru
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Microsoft has their own PE (Preinstallation environment) but Bart is the master. Not only on his site is a CD/DVD bootable with all sorts of configuration options, variations, etc., but good old DOS boot, Floppy boot disks HOWTO’s. So, I have this
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Microsoft has gone to great lengths to create enormous amount of information on a baseline starting point for distributed applications based upon Microsoft Windows. Here they provide templates, guides, etc. that you can customize as needed. This is a
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My brother, apparently in the midst of his midlife crisis, goes out and buys an incredible looking Harley. I have to admit some envy. But, until I get my back in order, no bike riding. Funny thing is, over the years I had owned a motorcycle, ridden often,
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I’ve been able to replicate an issue with the WF installation process that prevents you from using the WF designers in Visual Studio if you want the whole WinFX Framework (WCF, WF, WPF). Basically, if you install the WinFX RTC you get Workflow assemblies
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What's this? .NET Reflector Add-Ins: Workspace Home .NET Reflector Add-Ins: Workspace Home . The home of add-ins for Lutz Roeder’s excellent Reflector. Can’t say enough about that tool. Reflector is here: http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet
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Working on sample’s for a book. Wanted to create a script that would automate the creation of the web-sites for the ASP.NET 2.0 parts of the projects. Now, doing this in ASP.NET 1.1 wasn’t so hard, in fact it’s not so hard to map an
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The Visual Thesaurus is a dictionary and thesaurus with an intuitive interface that encourages exploration and learning. Available in both a Desktop Edition and an Online Edition, the Visual Thesaurus is a marvelous way to improve your vocabulary and
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Been looking for a NAS device for home; needs to be 1TB+ and RAID 5 preferably. This looks like a nice home for the drives – drives are extra!! Thecus – N4100 is tailor-made for computer enthusiasts and the small office/home office (SOHO)
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I’m truly amazed at how poor Cablevision is at marketing. Their website absolutely sucks, has difficult navigation, and you can’t get any details regarding prices (after the intro offers run out) and the equipment they offer. So, I find out
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I can’t fathom why Microsoft just doesn’t let us have Raid 5 support on Windows XP. Frankly, someone running a real server who needs true performance is going to bypass the software Raid 5 and go with a Hardware solution. However, just for
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This is interesting. All the dofactory's patterns in a download and sample application. Not just the Gang of Four, but Fowler's Enterprise patterns. http://www.dofactory.com/Framework/Framework.aspx Finally! An easy-to-follow Guide for .NET Architects
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Cool tool. http://www.west-wind.com/tools/aspnetcompiler.asp © West Wind Technologies, 2005 License: Free use and re-distribution Requires: Microsoft .NET Runtime 2.0 or later, must run as Admin User This utility lets you: Compile ASP.NET 2.0 and later
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