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[Tip] Enable Visual Studio 2010 Online Template/Extension usage
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 uses a new feature called the Extension Manager to add, remove, enable, and disable Visual Studio extensions. The Extension manager has a UI similar to that of the Windows Control Panel, and can be opened from the Tools menu in Visual Studio by selecting Extension Manager….
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Introduction to Spec Explorer (another tool from MSDN DevLabs)
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MOSS 2007 installation on Windows Server 64-bit
I was trying to install MOSS 2007 on my laptop today while I'm running Windows Server 2008 64-bit edition and i discovered that this will not be a normal installation.
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Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 is now available (Public availability)… Get Your Copy!
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Pre-register for SharePoint 2010 Beta
Pre-register today and get notified when SharePoint 2010 Beta becomes available in November.
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After a long long wait: SharePoint 2010 (Beta) Developer Center is UP!!!
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Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Deliver Beta 2 in Final Stretch to March 22 Launch
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Visual Studio Immediate Window
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How to identify your application worker process (w3wp)
When working with multiple application pools it’s being difficult while debugging your asp.net web application to identify the worker process (w3wp.exe) you want to attach your debugger to.
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Microsoft SharedView
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[Resolved] Could not load file or assembly 'XXXXX' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
I have recently switched my development environment from 32-bit to 64-bit by installing Windows Server 2008 64-bit and modify it to be used as workstation as described here http://www.win2008workstation.com/ and I'm really amazed with it’s performance.
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Introduction to Doloto (another tool from MSDN DevLabs)
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Resources for Getting Started with ArcGIS Server Web APIs
A nice blog post published by ESRI developers team at their blog which contains a point to start materials for any developer wishes to start ArcGIS server development using web API.
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Redirect or Forward Emails on Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2003/2007
Today i have been asked by a work mate about how to forward emails from Outlook web access interface because he couldn’t connect to his mail service using normal office outlook client even by enabling accessing over HTTP because of firewall/proxies.
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Workaround for missing "Edit WCF Configuration" menu option in Visual Studio
Alex Thissen has posted a workaround for missing "Edit WCF Configuration" menu option in Visual Studio while working with WCF project in Visual Studio 2008
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ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 2 Now Available
ASP.NET MVC enables Web developers to build compelling standards-based Web solutions that are easy to maintain because it decreases the dependency between layers by using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern and provides complete control over the page markup. It also improves testability which enables Test Driven Development (TDD). Click here to download ASP.NET MVC or to learn more about it.
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Windows 2008 AND IISRESET.EXE
IISreset.exe is a magical command that resolves many problems! Err… well, yeah that command restarts all IIS related processes and thus essentially running it cleans up all the “mess”. So is there anything special about IISReset.exe in Windows 2008? Yes and I do not recommend using it and here’s very useful information that you must know about what this command does.
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Workaround for a slow closing of Web projects
A few users reported that with Web projects located on a remote machine closing project or solution may hang Visual Studio and Visual Web Developer Express for several minutes. We found that the issue may be caused by VS logging component that collects information on product usage. This is an opt-in feature activated in Help | Customer Feedback Options... The feature may cause logger to walk through folders on a remote server calculating project complexity. The feature does NOT send your project to Microsoft, it just collects some statistics on the project. If you are experiencing slow project close, try switching off participation in the feedback program in Help | Customer Feedback Options... dialog. If it does not help, try disabling component in registry by changing
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Download: Visual Studio 2008 Project Template for TFS Utilities
If you develop small utilities for Team Foundation Server a lot you might want to save some time and use a project template (see bottom for file attachment) that already comes equipped with the correct references to the Team Foundation Object Model (Microsoft.TeamFoundation.*.dlls) as well as the most important using statements and a few lines of code to get started.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Solutions Event (Egypt)
