Team Foundation Server TFS 2010 Server Name Change PearlFactory, January 1, 0001 So I thought I would change the name of my machine so that the other devs can find the TFS server easily. TFS 2005 would use the cool cmd line util tfsadminutil.....alas he is now gone HERE Are the steps ... Team Foundation Server TFS 2010 Server Name Change 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for November 16, 2011 -- #1167 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Michael Crump, Andrea Boschin, Michael Sync, WindowsPhoneGeek(-2-), Erno de Weerd, Jesse Liberty, Derik Whittaker, Antoni Dol, Walter Ferrari, and Jeff Blankenburg(-2-). Above the Fold: ... Silverlight Cream for November 16, 2011 -- #1167 0 0 0
Existential CAML - does an item exist? PointsToShare, January 1, 0001 © 2011 By: Dov Trietsch. All rights reserved More CAML and existence. In “SharePoint List Issues” and “Passing the CAML thru the EY of the NEEDL we saw how to use CAML to return a subset of a list and ... Existential CAML - does an item exist? 0 0 1
Passing the CAML thru the EY of the NEEDL PointsToShare, January 1, 0001 © 2011 By: Dov Trietsch. All rights reserved Passing the CAML thru the EY of the NEEDL Definitions: CAML (Collaborative Application Markup Language) is an XML based markup language used in Microsoft SharePoint ... Passing the CAML thru the EY of the NEEDL 0 0 0
What is the definition of Out-Of-Box? PointsToShare, January 1, 0001 © 2011 By: Dov Trietsch. All rights reserved What does Out-Of-Box really mean? We do not expect an administrator to be a developer, but the reverse is not true. It is taken for granted that the developer ... What is the definition of Out-Of-Box? 0 0 0
Finding a person in the forest PointsToShare, January 1, 0001 © 2011 By: Dov Trietsch. All rights reserved finding a person in the forest or Limiting the AD result in SharePoint People Picker There are times when we need to limit the SharePoint audience of certain ... Finding a person in the forest 0 0 0
Calculated Fields - Idiosyncracies PointsToShare, January 1, 0001 © 2011 By: Dov Trietsch. All rights reserved Calculated Fields and some of their Idiosyncrasies Did you try to write a calculate field formula directly into the screen? Good Luck – You’ll need it! Calculated ... Calculated Fields - Idiosyncracies 0 0 1
Rules for Naming PointsToShare, January 1, 0001 © 2011 By: Dov Trietsch. All rights reserved Naming Documents (or is it “Document, Naming”?) Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, ... Rules for Naming 0 0 0
Guide to reduce TFS database growth using the Test Attachment Cle... terje, January 1, 0001 UPDATED March 24th 2016: Test Data Retention is now added to TFS 2015 Update 1, see this post for more information.UPDATED Apr 15th 2013: Corrected to VS2012 Update 2 UPDATED Mar 23rd 2012: Added information ... Guide to reduce TFS database growth using the Test Attachment Cle... 0 0 10
SharePoint Thoughts Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I was listening to .NET Rocks episode #713 and it got me thinking about a number of SharePoint related topics. I have been working with SharePoint since the 2001 product came out and have watched it evolve ... SharePoint Thoughts 0 0 0
SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model – CAML Query inaccurate... Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 I ran into a frustrating scenario today, while working with SharePoint 2010’s Managed Client Object Model. My application queries a SharePoint document library using the file’s name (the FileLeafRef field). ... SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model – CAML Query inaccurate... 0 0 0
Track Changes and Advance Scroll Mode in Visual Studio 2010 ChrisD, January 1, 0001 In the recent update of Visual Studio 2010 productivity power tool there are few new interesting features introduced. You can download the Productivity tool from http://bit.ly/9nybU6 . There are certain ... Track Changes and Advance Scroll Mode in Visual Studio 2010 0 0 0
Block Application pages and Form Pages in Sharepoint 2010 Gino Abraham, January 1, 0001 By default Sharepoint doesn’t blocks user with limited access from visiting application pages (for ex _layouts/viewlsts.aspx). Someone who knows the URL, can go to this page. We can avoid this by change ... Block Application pages and Form Pages in Sharepoint 2010 0 0 0
New Mobile Application and Web Application Templates in ASP.NET M... ChrisD, January 1, 0001 In the past weeks I have discussed about the Preview ASP.NET MVC 4. So, now I will show another great features in ASP.NET MVC 4. After installing, you will have new ASP.NET MVC4 Web Application template ... New Mobile Application and Web Application Templates in ASP.NET M... 0 0 0
SharePoint LOB Development using Visual Studio LightSwitch presen... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 SharePoint LOB Development using Visual Studio LightSwitch View more presentations from Enrique Lima ... SharePoint LOB Development using Visual Studio LightSwitch presen... 0 0 0
A follow up to installing a Dev SharePoint 2010 environment on Wi... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Sometime ago, say around mid April, 2011 I posted about Installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7 by going in a different path than using the standalone installation. This post is about what happens after ... A follow up to installing a Dev SharePoint 2010 environment on Wi... 0 0 0
List Instance Woes Part 2 Win Win for all David Jacobus, January 1, 0001 In the previous blog post I discussed working with the list import tool for creating lists which was a timesaver for developing lists in the UI and then importing that list into a Visual Studio solution. ... List Instance Woes Part 2 Win Win for all 0 0 0
Go Crazy Folks! Go Crazy! MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 I was born in 1982 in March. That year the St. Louis Cardinal’s won the world series for the first time in a long time. When I was growing up my dad, my brother, and I would go to games. We would cheer ... Go Crazy Folks! Go Crazy! 0 0 0
Nice to have tools for the SharePoint IT Pro Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Coming from SPC a couple of weeks ago, during the keynote there was a demo on some great Visio Diagrams. It was created using the following: http://visiospfarmaddin.cod... Expect a post here in ... Nice to have tools for the SharePoint IT Pro 0 0 0
Using SQL Server to Get the Column Names and Corresponding Dataty... ChrisD, January 1, 0001 Here I will explain how to get the column names and corresponding datatypes in particular table using SQL Server. Description: I have one table with lot columns in database at that time I tried to know ... Using SQL Server to Get the Column Names and Corresponding Dataty... 0 0 0
How to Deploy Your ASP.NET MVC 3 with SQL CE 4.0 & Entity Framewo... ChrisD, January 1, 0001 If you are planning to deploy your application with SQL CE as your application backend then here are the steps you need to perform. If you’re planning to deploy your application with SQL Server, than please ... How to Deploy Your ASP.NET MVC 3 with SQL CE 4.0 & Entity Framewo... 0 0 0
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
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
Error when trying to access SharePoint 2010 via PowerShell in a n... Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 I got this error today while trying to access my new SharePoint 2010 environment via PowerShell: Cannot access the local farm. Verify that the local farm is properly configured, currently available, and ... Error when trying to access SharePoint 2010 via PowerShell in a n... 0 0 0
SPC395–End to End Guide to Code Upgrade MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 I have posted all my demo code that I used and the exe for the VSEWSS Import Tool here: https://skydrive.live.com/?... If anyone ... SPC395–End to End Guide to Code Upgrade 0 0 0
SharePoint Saturday–3 + Years Later MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 Click this link: http://sharepoint.microsoft... Notice at the bottom left-hand side of the page there is a SharePoint Saturday mention with the latest events. Now send ... SharePoint Saturday–3 + Years Later 0 0 1
APress Deal of the Day - 7/Oct/2011 - Pro Project Management with... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro Project Management with SharePoint 2010 "The intention of this book is to provide a working case study that you can ... APress Deal of the Day - 7/Oct/2011 - Pro Project Management with... 0 0 0
Welcome to my new Blog. All about Microsoft Technology and Commun... hassanfadili, January 1, 0001 Welcome to my new blog on this site. My current blog is still on: http://hassanfad001.blogspo... and will be moved soon to this site. Stay tuned for all information about: - Visual Studio (VS) - Team ... Welcome to my new Blog. All about Microsoft Technology and Commun... 0 0 0
Sharepoint books at 50% off TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today, Microsoft Press is offering Sharepoint books at 50% off. See http://feeds.feedburner.com... http://shop.oreilly.com/cat... ... Sharepoint books at 50% off 0 0 0
Disable Automatic Propagation - Variations H@Ni, January 1, 0001 Hello, I've been struggling with variations for a lot of time. I always thought that it was a stupid feature in sharepoint because of the conflict it creates. It keeps on updating the page in the variation ... Disable Automatic Propagation - Variations 0 0 0
HttpContext.RewritePath for images/css in Sharepoint 2010 H@Ni, January 1, 0001 Hello, I've faced a challenging problem during deployment of an HttpModule for a Sharepoint web application that uses the method "HttpContext.RewritePath(pa... to render different CSS/images based on ... HttpContext.RewritePath for images/css in Sharepoint 2010 0 0 0
Deploying FAST: "Failed to communicate with the WCF service" H@Ni, January 1, 0001 Hello everyone, I've faced a weird problem when I was deploying FAST for Sharepoint, is that when I search, the results URL is not mapping correctly to the AAMs that I've defined for it. So, When I opened ... Deploying FAST: "Failed to communicate with the WCF service" 0 0 2
SharePoint Search Server 2010 Error Wayne H Magnum, January 1, 0001 I was experiencing the below error message. While searching the internet and poking around on my SharePoint farm for a possible solution to the error i was able to find the below solution. Error: The mount ... SharePoint Search Server 2010 Error 0 0 3
SharePoint Conference–Speaker/Booth-Panel Person MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 So two years ago I had the privilege of attending my first ever Microsoft Conference in 2009. It was pretty neat, because I got to meet a lot of great people and go to a lot of awesome session. This time ... SharePoint Conference–Speaker/Booth-Panel Person 0 0 0
APress Deal of the Day - 26/Sept/2011 - Pro SharePoint 2010 Solu... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the day at http://www.apress.com/97814... from APress is Pro SharePoint 2010 Solution Development Combining .NET, SharePoint, and Office 2010 "This book takes a practical problem-solution ... APress Deal of the Day - 26/Sept/2011 - Pro SharePoint 2010 Solu... 0 0 0
Announcing BizTalk Server 2010 Unleashed Charles Young, January 1, 0001 At last, I can announce that ‘BizTalk Server 2010 Unleashed’ has been published and is available through major booksellers in both printed and electronic form. The book is not a new edition of the old ... Announcing BizTalk Server 2010 Unleashed 0 0 9
APress Deal of the Day - 23/Sept/2011 - Office and SharePoint 201... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at is "Office and SharePoint 2010 User's Guide" "Together with SharePoint 2010, Office users can achieve goals like web sites with a consistent single view, improved ... APress Deal of the Day - 23/Sept/2011 - Office and SharePoint 201... 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 20, 2011 -- #1146 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Eric Jensen, Andrea Boschin, Gill Cleeren, Rene Schulte, Colin Eberhardt(-2-), Mark Tucker(-2-), Mark Monster, Walter Ferrari, and Michael Washington(-2-). Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Welcome ... Silverlight Cream for September 20, 2011 -- #1146 0 0 0
Research for the Week-Memory Management Part 1 Mike Huguet, January 1, 0001 Do you know what happens when you create a new instance of a class? Why do we need a value type and a reference type? Do you know what is meant when the .NET framework is referred to as a “managed” platform? ... Research for the Week-Memory Management Part 1 0 0 0
Book Review: Microsoft BizTalk 2010 Line of Business Systems Inte... Charles Young, January 1, 0001 One benefit of my recent experience on a BA flight was that I got plenty of time to read through “Microsoft BizTalk 2010 Line of Business Systems Integration”. I’d promised the publisher weeks ago that ... Book Review: Microsoft BizTalk 2010 Line of Business Systems Inte... 0 0 0
Error creating PowerPivot Service Application in SharePoint 2010 ... Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 A few weeks ago I ran into an error while setting up our test farm. I was creating the service applications and when I got to PowerPivot, I got the following error: I was able to work around this error ... Error creating PowerPivot Service Application in SharePoint 2010 ... 0 0 2
Performance Analysis Tools for SQL Server Server , IIS , SharePoi... AbhishekLohani, January 1, 0001 The PAL(Performance Analysis of Logs ) tool is used to generate an HTML-based report that graphically charts important performance monitor counters and generates alerts when thresholds for these counters ... Performance Analysis Tools for SQL Server Server , IIS , SharePoi... 0 0 0
Sharepoint Conference 2011, Anaheim, CA David Barrett, January 1, 0001 If you’ll be at the Sharepoint Conference this year, here’s something you’ll want to tuck into your back pocket. See the following information on some cool Sharepoint solutions and some fun stuff to boot, ... Sharepoint Conference 2011, Anaheim, CA 0 0 0
Installation Guide to Install Windows 8 Developer Preview on Virt... Jay Fox, January 1, 0001 Step by Step Installation Guide to Install Windows 8 Developer Preview on Virtual Box Microsoft revealed Developer Preview of Windows 8 on 13th September 2011. Windows 8 is adhering Metro Design Gudielines. ... Installation Guide to Install Windows 8 Developer Preview on Virt... 0 0 0
1 Year Ago Today… MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 I suppose it’s one year and a bit of a day now, but anyway…One year ago today I started at Planet Technologies. I landed in Las Vegas on Monday, September 13th, 2010 and showed up to the Holiday Inn on ... 1 Year Ago Today… 0 0 1
Speaking at the MCT Summit in San Francisco, Oct. 19th-21st Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 As an MCT it is always exciting when I travel to conferences because it becomes a reunion. Well, one more chance this year to make it so, but this time (unlike the last MCT Summit) I am also presenting. ... Speaking at the MCT Summit in San Francisco, Oct. 19th-21st 0 0 0
A fork in the road … and the road ahead Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Back in June of 2009, I joined an Indianapolis based Company called Apparatus. But there are times when we find forks in the road (Muppet movie reference). So the end of the road has come for my being ... A fork in the road … and the road ahead 0 0 0
Google Feeds API shehan, January 1, 0001 I was given with a simple requirement – create an online component that has the ability to pull RSS feeds asynchronously from websites. I could have written a server control, but that would mean I would ... Google Feeds API 0 0 0
Web Part Error: No available sandboxed code execution server coul... Patrick Olurotimi Ige, January 1, 0001 Just a quick one. I was trying to add and deploy a WSP file.Both went well until i tried adding the webpart and i get the error Web Part Error: No available sandboxed code execution server could be found. ... Web Part Error: No available sandboxed code execution server coul... 0 0 1
APress Deal of the Day - 6/Sept/2011 - SharePoint 2010 as a Devel... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the Day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is SharePoint 2010 as a Development Platform. "This book takes an in-depth, all-encompassing approach to programming concepts, ... APress Deal of the Day - 6/Sept/2011 - SharePoint 2010 as a Devel... 0 0 0