SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit is available for download from Microsoft. Here is some information about this training kit taken from Microsoft’s site.
The SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit will help you understand how to build web applications which deeply exploit the rich data types, programming models and new development paradigms in SQL Server 2008.
Intended Audience
The training kit is designed for the following technical roles:
- Web developers who build applications for the Microsoft platform.
- Microsoft evangelists, technical specialists and consultants.
You can download the training kit here.
I got a message on Facebook from my friend Rajnesh who said that while he was delighted to see my Twitter updates which were both motivational and inspiring, he found that the flow of wisdom was a bit too much . Okay, he did not say that exactly but basically my Twitter updates are showing up on his wall and they are let’s just say too many.
So the question is how do you hide them? And the simple answer is that you can hide all updates from a friend on Facebook. This can easily be done by clicking on the arrow next to Hide which appears when you take your mouse towards top right on a message on your wall. And then by clicking “Hide <Your Friend’s Name>”.
And that’s it. You will not see that flood of Twitter status updates from your friend.
I run Windows Server 2008 as my workstation and lately I found the need to search historic emails in Outlook. This resulted in a nag from Outlook telling me that Windows Search Service must be enabled. Thus I am writing this post as a future reference for myself in case I forget how to do this.
The way to enable Windows Search Service in Server 2008 is by going to Server Manager. Right click on Roles and then Add Roles. Check File Services.
For Role Services make sure that Windows Search Service is checked. And then click Install.
For those who are following me on Twitter know how eager I was to get my hands on Visual Studio 2010 beta1. Today I downloaded it and installed it on my Windows 7 VM. This post is a random collection of my early observations. It is full of screenshots. Enjoy.
The start page had a new look. Visual Studio 2010 uses WPF for UI and you can see that WPF look and feel with those subtle animations.
This is what the Create New Project dialog looks like. You will notice that Visual Studio 2010 supports .Net Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0.
On this dialog you can also search for installed templates on your machine.
You can also browse through recently used templates and online templates. I assume that Microsoft will make more templates available online maybe through CodePlex or other community sites.
The toolbox looks same as Visual Studio 2008. I was expecting more new controls.
The code editor is now written in WPF and when you select text you get a nice WPF gradient effect.
Intellisense has become a little more intelligent. It filters the list based on the characters you’ve typed.
When debugging your code you will notice a new windows called Debug History. This is a full history of your current debug session. How many times has a method been executed or an event fired can be viewed here.
Visual Studio 2010 is packed with features which make this already great IDE greater. I will continue learning more about it and post whatever information I find interesting.
Microsoft will give customers a first look at Office 2010 through an invitation only Technical Preview program. They have put up a website where you can sign up for the invitation.
Just wanted to let readers of this blog know that I will be presenting Cloud Computing for .Net Developers at
- WDNUG (Wollongong .Net User Group) on 13th May 2009.
- ADNUG (Adelaide .Net User Group) on 10th June 2009.
I look forward to meeting developers at these user groups and enjoy a geeky evening.
If you run a user group in Australia and would like me to come and present on Cloud Computing then please drop me a line via comments below.
Last Thursday was the first meeting of vNext user group. I’d like to thank attendees for coming to the meeting and I hope that in return everyone learned something. Now to reflections. The turn out was about 50 people and we had plenty of toys to give out. I got great feedback on the presentation itself. Most of the comments were asking for more code and given that the crowd was mostly developers this is a fair comment.
This was also the first time I ran a user group meeting by myself and I now truly appreciate the effort user group leaders put in. I am confident that members of the community will be able to enjoy more interesting content in our future meetings where we will show off new tools and technologies coming out this year.
If you have any feedback, suggestions or comments then please drop me a line below and I will respond promptly.
This snippet will show you how to get the currently logged in user on windows.
System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity identity = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent(); Console.WriteLine(identity.Name);
If you run a website then you assume the comfort that people from all over the world can browse your site. This may not be completely true. For example your site could be blocked or just not accessible from certain cities in the world. Just Ping is a service you can use to find out if your site is indeed accessible from different cities. The way it works is that it pings your site from 37 different checkpoints in the world.
I ran it for my site and found that One .Net Way is not accessible from China. Was it something I posted? I need to get to the bottom of this.
Access Just Ping here.
After releasing Office 2007 SP2, Microsoft has unveiled screenshots for Office 2010. Like all previous versions Office 2010 will also introduce UI innovations but the most interesting thing about Office 2010 is that most Office Suite applications will also have a corresponding web application. In simple terms this means that we will be able to use Word, Excel etc. from our browser. Here are some screenshots of Office 2010 applications.
Word Web Application
Powerpoint Web Application
Excel Web Application
OneNote Web Application
Outlook Web Access on Safari
Voice Mail on Exchange
Source Microsoft Press Pass.
What is the first thing you do when you open the control panel in Windows Vista? I always switch it to Classic View and most people I know do the same. Microsoft got it so right with the Classic View and I cannot understand whey they are trying to convince people to move away from it. This is what Classic View looks like in Vista.
So what did I do when I opened the Control Panel in Windows 7? Yup! I wanted to switch it to the Classic Mode. The way I achieved my objective is a little different than how it is done in Vista. In Windows 7 you have to click on the View by drop-down and choose large icons of small icons depending on your preference. And I’m back to my Classic Mode for the Control Panel. And life is once again good :)
As developers we are always excited about latest technologies, and as a developer working in Microsoft eco-system there is no shortage of new tools and technologies. This is the driving point behind starting vNext User Group. The group aims to share knowledge about offerings from Microsoft which are in pipeline i.e they are to be released in future.
vNext is an extension of SDNUG which has been running in Sydney for more than seven years. At this stage vNext announcements will be made via SDNUG website and mailing list so members will not miss out on meeting info. The group meets at the same location as SDNUG on first Thursday of alternate months. To make things clear here is the schedule of meetings for both vNext and SDNUG for year 2009.
For our first meeting on Thursday 7th May 6:00pm to 8:00pm I am doing a presentation on Cloud Computing in which I will talk about Microsoft Azure and what it means for .Net developers. Pizza will be provided and there will be many goodies for attendees to take home.
On an emotional note this is a big step for me and I hope that I am able to serve developer community. Of course I need your wishes for this. What better way than to come to the meeting and give them to me in person :)
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