Essential Tools to find bugs... before they get to production

Developers now have access to free and inexpensive developer tools that can help find and fix many common application problems. These new APM tools are now an essential part of every developer’s tool set. Show me the tools!

Architecting UI Automation Projects for Maintainability

I’ve been on a team now for a year+ and we’ve been using Selenium to automate acceptance tests before we consider a feature as completed. We’ve caught many regression issues that our Jasmine unit tests ...

Much has changed, and so have I

I've been quiet for a couple of years. I've changed jobs twice, started teaching night classes at the local technical college, bought my first home, and even took on some volunteering efforts. It's been ...

Error: Local Database Runtime error occurred. Error occurred during LocalDB instance startup: SQL Server process failed to start.

This was a common error which we get when we are using LocalDB for a website running under IIS. Everything will work fine if we run the website under IIS Express i.e. when we run through Visual Studio. ...

Internet of Things (IoT) - Its Growing Impact on Data Centers

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE We are living in times where Internet of Things is keeping us all wirelessly wired and so connected every moment. To name a few, IoT objects like smart devices, ...

The future for Microsoft (predications)

Nearly two years ago, I wrote a post called The future for Microsoft. This was a “predications” post based on what I was seeing in the industry and in Microsoft, with a some judicious “reading between ...

Azure Application Component Deployment

One of the aspects of Azure development that I have found the least amount of information written about is the deployment of your application components. This is especially the case when it comes to ALM ...

Kendo Grid MVC Wrapper Automatic Column Configuration

The Telerik Kendo Grid control is really powerful, especially when combined with the MVC wrappers. One of the things that make the MVC wrapper so useful is the ability to automatically (and easily) generate ...

Find out all the changes / alterations to SQL database objects

This script when run under user who has access to 'sys.traces' will be able to sql tables, stored procedures which has been modified.DECLARE @filename VARCHAR(255) SELECT @FileName = SUBSTRING(path, 0, ...

Understanding Dedicated Server Hosting Fundamentals

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Dedicated servers are rather complex solution which needs some time before you can adapt to it. The basic step is to understand why to go for this server ...

Access to Content and Structure

One of the best tools for managing the content and overall structure of a site collection is the Content and Structure tool accessible from Site Settings > Site Administration > Content and structure.To ...

Dax Studio 2.3.2 released

This latest release includes a lot of UI polish features and we also now have support for SQL 2016 and Excel 2016 which is mainly an update to the installer and some changes to the Query Plan and Server ...

Performance Tests for Azure Web Apps

Moved to http://blog.ehn.nu/2015/11/02/performance-tests-for-azure-web-apps/

Raspberry Pi has lead me to this...

So, I’ve been playing around with various Raspberry Pi projects for a couple of years. I’ve had a few hits (caller ID, home automation, audio airplay) and I think only one miss (Time Capsule). Whats been ...

Ethics Organization

So I was listening to a recent Western Developer’s podcast on Ethics. At one point in the conversation [39:30] there was a call for establishing a industry standard professional body for software developers. ...

Friend of Friend recommendations Neo4j and SQL Sever

I’m going to be doing a Neo4j workshop up in JHB in November 2015 and thought I’d give an example of something that is easy to do in a graph database but challenging to do in a relational database. Before ...

10 Features in Team Foundation Server that you maybe didn’t know about

Moved to http://blog.ehn.nu/2015/10/... ...

Why I stop using kindle anymore.

I am removing this post since I am no longer use Amazon.in or amazon.com for anything. For more information search the internet for better result.

IIS ARR: Installing the reverse proxy server

Step 1: Open Server manager Step 2: Install the “web server (IIS)” component. Accept all defaults. step 3: Download the web platform installer Step 4: Run the WPi Step 5: Search for the Application Request ...

SharePoint Installation Guide for you

Recently I have taken a SharePoint Administration Training and SharePoint Installation demo was part of it. I am going to share this experience with you here so that it helps for your installation if you ...

Dedicated Server v/s Cloud Server: Know the Difference

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE In a world where everything is speedy and top notch, the technology around you needs to be better and faster. Here I will tell you which is better between ...

Debugging PCI bus with Windows CE

This time I will write about something I don't understand :-( Or at least not completely. Some time ago I was debugging a new Intel hardware platform (Adlink ETX-BT, Celeron J1900) and I experienced unexpected ...

Office 365: Authentication

When we’re talking authentication the first thing that pops up in our minds is Active Directory. For years, active directory has been the staple identity provider for most companies and the foundational ...

Exchange Hybrid deployment scenarios

Hybrids: The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Whether Exchange or Lync, hybrids are the wave of the future, something everyone will have to start dealing with at one point ...

Windows 10 – how to change Workgroup

Let’s say you have machines in an old school workgroup without a domain and you want to change the name of that workgroup. In the Windows 10 user interface, where should you go? Is it Settings? Where you ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 11: References & Sync Script

· How to license FIM 2010 & MIM 2016 http://social.technet.micro... · Global address list synchronization walkthrough: https://technet.microsoft.c... ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 10: Configuring Free/Busy

 Note: In order for Free/Busy to work Outlook Anywhere needs to be enabled in both forest and auto discover needs to be functioning properly. Additionally, the external URLs for EWS need to be configured. ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 9: Synchronization!

 Note: The entire list must be run through in order and progression to the next step cannot be done until the current step has completed for all Management agents! Step 1: Right click the management agent, ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 8: Enabling Provisioning

 Step 1: Open the “Synchronization Service Manager”. Step 2: Open the Options from the Tools menu. Step 3: Under Metaverse Rules Extensions, verify that Enable metaverse rules extentions box is checked. ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 7: Creating Synchronization Agents

US GALMA – Exchange 2010 Step 1: Open the “Synchronization Service Manager”. Step 2: Click on the “management Agents Button. Step 3: From the Actions menu, click Create. Step 4: In “the management agent ...

Writing your first MapReduce program

Before we delve into the IDE and start writing code lets understand a bit more about the MapReduce. The MapReduce computation takes a set of input key/value pairs, and produces a set of output key/value ...

Hadoop installation for Development

The best way to learn about Hadoop is getting your hands dirty with real Hadoop programs and their execution. In order to do so we first need a Hadoop installation in local development box. Steps to install ...

Introduction to Hadoop

Apache Hadoop is a framework which supports distributed processing and distributed storage of very large data sets on clusters of commodity computers. The distributed processing is achieved through MapReduce ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 6: Installing the MIM 2016 Synchronization Service (GALSync)

Step 1: In the unpacked MIM installation folder, navigate to the Synchronization Service folder. Step 2: Run the MIM Synchronization Service installer. Follow the guidelines of the installer and complete ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 5: Preparing the GALSync Server

Installing the MIM server Prerequisites  Note: The exchange 2007 management tools need to be installed on the MIM server for it to be able to provision users correctly.  Note: In order for the GALSync ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 4: Preparing the US Exchange 2010 environment

Create receive connector Step 1: Open the exchange management console Step 2: Click on Hub Transport under Server Configuration Step 3: In the Actions pane click on New Receive Connector… Step 4: In the ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 3: Preparing the UK Exchange 2007 environment

Create a scoped send connector Step 1: Open the exchange management console Step 2: Click on Hub Transport under Organization Configuration Step 3: Click on the Send Connectors Tab Step 4: In the Actions ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 2: DNS Forwarders

Creating conditional forwarders Step 1: Open DNS manager Step 2: Select Conditional forwarders Step 3: Right click “Conditional Forwards" and select “New Conditional Forwarder…” Step 4: Enter the dns name ...

Coexistence between Exchange forests (without trusts…) -- Part 1: Conceptual

Imagine a scenario where you acquire a company in a different country and they don’t want to be absorb in your IT environment (because they don’t like it, have regulatory requirements that can’t be met ...

Incoherent versioning

To check my PC is up to date on Windows 10 display drivers, I installed the “Intel Driver Update Utility”. After a quick scan, I was surprised to see I was apparently 5 major versions behind current! So ...

Debugging - Remote JVM

Most of the JAVA IDE like Eclipse or InteliJ allow configuring the application through Debug configuration to attach a remote JVM and debug the code libraries. Let’s walk over this configuration and understand ...

Windows 10 – Looking for updated HP drivers

Decided to check that my HP Compaq Elite 8300 at work had all the latest drivers and updates on it for Windows 10. The network card NDIS driver has now become unreliable with the latest Insider Preview ...

Demystifying Regular Expressions

When you first come across regular expressions they can be totally confusing. This article from SitePoint gives a gentle introduction and some resources to go to once you’ve dipped your feet into the water. ...

Generate custom build numbers in TFS Build vNext

Moved to http://blog.ehn.nu/2015/10/15/generate-custom-build-numbers-in-tfs-build-vnext/

Resx strings can be technical debt

I’m working on a project that requires translation using .Net’s Resx capabilities. This project is 2 years old and counting and our duplication and disorganization of our Resx strings are very apparent. ...

Can Sketch Noting Help You Keep Up With Technology?

I saw a post from someone who had created a Sketchnote of one of Scott Hanselman’s talks. It was the first time I had seen this as an defined process for note taking. As I get older and technology moves ...

Member not found jsorter error

If you are using jsorter with compatibility mode enabled, you may receive a "member not found" error. I'm not entirely sure what causes this error, but it seems with some poking around online, I was able ...

A Brief Guide on Dedicated Server Hosting

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Most of us are aware of several types of web hosting solutions that exist, but what most of us are not aware of is which one will ...

ISS Astronauts contact with Corpus Christi Catholic School

Here's a video posted Chris Brushie KB3TQO of the ISS Astronauts contact with Corpus Christi Catholic School 10.06.15, at the Capitol theater in Chanbersburg PA. CVARC coordinated the contact Via amateur ...

Set Up a Virtual Test Device (WEC7 or WEC2013) on Windows 10

The following links from Microsoft are close but not currently up-to-date with respect to Hyper-V and getting set up on a Windows 10 host computer / development system. Set Up a Virtual Test Device (Compact ...