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Troubleshooting guide for TFS installation

January 7, 2009 17:24 by brandon
Looks like the good folks in Redmond got some time to write up a much-needed troubleshooting guide for TFS server installations.  You can find the guide on MSDN using the following link: Troubleshooting installation of Team Foundation The guide goes over how to interpret the installer log files... [More]

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Open XML Format SDK

January 2, 2009 08:30 by brandon
Last August, Microsoft released the Open XML Format SDK 1.0.  This innocuous-sounding SDK is a full set of managed classes that allow developers to load and manipulate Open XML documents using a managed API.  Not to say you couldn't do this before -- using the Office InterOp assemblies, bu... [More]

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10 Developer Resolutions for the New Year

January 2, 2009 06:08 by brandon
I'm not a big fan of New Year's Resolutions, but I've got some bad habits (like many of us) that I'd like to break, and some new good habits that I'd like to get into. Here's my short list of changes for 2009. [More]

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Tampa Code Camp and MDC, oh my!

November 18, 2008 11:14 by brandon
Image via CrunchBase Wondering where I'll be spoutin' code and chugging beers for the holidays?  Around town -- of course, at the Tampa Code Camp and MSDN Developer Conference.  December 6 - Going from Model to Application with VSTS and ADO.Net Entity Framework (Tampa Code Camp) Decembe... [More]

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Javascript debugging, intellisense and dynamic script loading in CRM 4.0

November 6, 2008 13:46 by brandon
One of the best features and biggest drawbacks to CRM 4.0's entity model is the ability to modify forms in CRM using Javascript.  While this level of customization is something any sizable implementation will need, it's been reduced to pasting a bunch of Javascript code into a text box in CRM. ... [More]

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VSTS Tip: Using Area Paths and Microsoft Project to mimic hierarchical work items

November 5, 2008 15:32 by brandon
Can't wait until VSTS and TFS 2010 to have hierarchical work items?  There's a way around this, provided you're ready to use either Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project to do work item tracking. Introducing Area Paths Area Paths allow architects to clearly define portions of an application as i... [More]

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BizSpark - Microsoft loves startups, too

November 5, 2008 14:59 by brandon
Microsoft made a formal announcement about BizSPpark today.  From their web site: Microsoft® BizSparkâ„¢ is a global program designed to help accelerate the success of early stage startups by providing key resources when they need it the most: Basically, Microsoft is doing a solid for startups b... [More]

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PDC 2008 Day 3: Rapid Business Application Development with Dynamics CRM

October 29, 2008 14:31 by brandon
Presented by Andrew Bybee (Principal Program Manager, Microsoft) and Nirav Shah (Senior Development Lead, Microsoft) This presentation is all about code.  Objectives in the session include: Demonstration of the rapid development of business applications with Dynamics CRM. Introduce new capabi... [More]

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PDC 2008 Day 3: Silverlight Control Toolkit

October 29, 2008 09:37 by brandon
Image via Wikipedia Had a really fun lunch session from the creators of the ASP.NET Ajax Control Toolkit.  Looks like Microsoft released a Silverlight Control Toolkit yesterday, which will be followed later with a WPF Control Toolkit out of band from Visual Studio/.NET Framework releases. ... [More]

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PDC 2008 Day 3: Microsoft Research in the 21st century

October 29, 2008 06:00 by brandon
This morning's keynote speech started with one of those tingly-feel-good Microsoft Research commercials.  You know, the type of advertisement that really makes you believe that Microsoft can change the world.  This seemed very suitable, as the first speaker of the day was Rick Rashid, Sr... [More]

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