Microsoft recently announced the general availability of developer tools for their Windows mobile platform. This article is a brief introduction to the platform and what the next generation of mobile development for Microsoft looks like.
After you’ve downloaded the developer tools installer, you will go through a download process…
After downloading the remaining components, you will install [...]
One of the missing features in MOSS 2007 is the ability to recognize PDF files in a document library. It can be frustrating when all you see is a blank page icon instead of SharePoint recognizing the document type properly. This is a common portal issue that is easily remedied with a bit of extra [...]
Code Keep is an easy way to manage and browse code snippets.
Microsoft is expected to remove the CTP from their Azure Platform this month at PDC in Los Angeles. Until then, you can still receive access to their free cloud services platform. To get started with Azure you need a Windows Live ID and signup with Microsoft Connect to receive an access code (aka tokens).
When you [...]
Unless you are a seasoned COM junky, the Exchange Web Services (EWS) Managed API will come as a welcome addition to anyone needing to programmatically manage Microsoft Exchange appointments, calendars, messages, or any other folders residing on an exchange server. The key difference with EWS is that it is using purely managed code. EWS itself [...]
I’ve developed many custom components for BizTalk in the past several years, but I have never had to work with very large input files (>100MB), primarily I’ve simply created output files. In a recent need to gather several years worth of historical data, it became apparent that memory constraints were going to be pushed to [...]
Today Microsoft announced that its funding $1 million to create a 501(c)(6) corporation called the CodePlex Foundation. Microsoft created Codeplex.com in 2006 to allow developers the opportunity to share open source projects completely free to the community. One of the first open source projects shared on CodePlex was the AJAX Control Toolkit, a very well-known [...]
Ever since the Mac “Switcher” ads have come out, Microsoft has been struggling with how to respond. Their first instinct was to just ignore them. This was probably not the best response, and it went on for a long time. I’m guessing that they believed that Apple held such a small percentage of the market [...]
I arrived at a client’s office one Monday morning only to find absolute chaos. We had users and applications on servers giving the lovely “Cannot Generate SSPI Context” error all across the organization. At first I wasn’t too worried. I instantly assumed DNS was the culprit, as this SQL server has been in production for [...]
