Alina's blog
Software architecture, design, best practices, technical news
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Hello I have decided to leave and pursue my career outside of Microsoft Consulting Services. It was...
Author: AlinaC Date: 11/10/2010
We are getting more and more in the Cloud
Microsoft Office 365 is here. It includes: Office Pro Plus, Exchange, SharePoint and Lync. See more...
Author: AlinaC Date: 10/26/2010
Interesting self-assessment for your company
Not so many people know that Microsoft has an Application Platform Capability Assessment site, where...
Author: AlinaC Date: 10/12/2010
Convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk
Yes, I did the “big” mistake and I try to add a 5-th partition to my HDD (I was thinking...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/25/2010
Developing Applications for the Cloud
Microsoft patterns & practices announcing the release of a new guide: Developing Applications...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/22/2010
Windows Phone 7 book
An interesting book about Windows Phone 7 (author: Charles Petzold) will be available next months....
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/10/2010
TFS Power Tools September 2010
Team Foundation Server Power Tools September 2010 are here ! You can download it from :...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/09/2010
Free resources for learning Visual Studio 2010
Here are couple free resources for learning Visual Studio 2010: Product overview:...
Author: AlinaC Date: 05/27/2010
The 2010 Wave is Here
Visual Studio 2010 , .NET Framework 4 and Silverlight 4 were released this week ! See more details...
Author: AlinaC Date: 04/16/2010
Des nouvelles de moi
Pour les derniers mois j’étais très occupée, avec des affaires...
Author: AlinaC Date: 02/03/2010
.NET development on iPhone
"Novell on Monday will offer a kit for developers to build Apple iPhone and iPod Touch business...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/17/2009
Project Natal de Xbox 360
Even if I am not an enthusiastic gamer I can't stop to admire the progresses done in this project....
Author: AlinaC Date: 06/02/2009
Windows 7 RC is available
Windows 7 RC is now available to the TechNet/MSDN subscribers, and on May 5th will be available at...
Author: AlinaC Date: 04/30/2009
LDAP query to get a user memberships in SQL
Today I was struggling to obtain in SQL Server 2005 the list of groups (from Active Directory) to...
Author: AlinaC Date: 04/16/2009
Visual controls inheritance in WPF
Many companies are building their own base classes wrapping the native UI classes (in order to be...
Author: AlinaC Date: 03/19/2009
Azure Services Platform videos
Yesterday Microsoft published a first series (9 from 40) of "How Do I" videos with code snippets for...
Author: AlinaC Date: 02/13/2009
New patterns & practices node in the MSDN Library
It was released an improved structure for the patterns & practices node in the MSDN Library. You...
Author: AlinaC Date: 02/11/2009
Intercept and manipulate SOAP messages in WCF
"WCF does not support the use of SOAP extensions, but it does have other extensibility points that...
Author: AlinaC Date: 02/10/2009
Microsoft Cloud Computing Tools
Here is a very interesting site about the "Microsoft Cloud Computing Tools" : Windows Azure and Live...
Author: AlinaC Date: 02/02/2009
A third step in my simple WCF Web service using Entity Framework
This is the next step in my previous sample (see the previous post from this month). Now I want to...
Author: AlinaC Date: 01/18/2009
A second step in my simple WCF Web service using Entity Framework
Couple days ago I started a simple application (WCF Web service using Entity Framework to access a...
Author: AlinaC Date: 01/08/2009
WPF Toolkit and more
For those who are looking for more WPF functionalities, there is a "project" on CodePlex called:...
Author: AlinaC Date: 01/06/2009
ASP.NET AJAX In Action
For those interested in some AJAX samples, here are the code samples for the book "ASP.NET AJAX In...
Author: AlinaC Date: 01/06/2009
A first step in a simple WCF Web service using Entity Framework
Hello and Happy New Year 2009 ! Here is a sample code I wrote to show you how to create a WCF Web...
Author: AlinaC Date: 01/05/2009
La meilleure stratégie pour graduer une application SharePoint
J'ai eu un client qui m'a posé la question suivante: Quelle est la meilleure stratégie pour graduer...
Author: AlinaC Date: 12/10/2008
Microsoft Silverlight Futures: Building Business Focused Applications
A very interesting video about the present and the future of the Silverlight : Microsoft Silverlight...
Author: AlinaC Date: 11/16/2008
MSDN Architecture Center
A very interesting site for all software architects: MSDN Architecture Center. "This site provides...
Author: AlinaC Date: 11/08/2008
Team Foundation Server 2010
At PDC 2008 was presented the future Team Foundation Server 2010. “Dive deep into the next version...
Author: AlinaC Date: 10/31/2008
Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP)
"Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 are the next generation development tools...
Author: AlinaC Date: 10/27/2008
patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide - v2.0
A very recommended reading : patterns & practices Application Architecure Guide 2.0 Beta 1 "This...
Author: AlinaC Date: 10/27/2008
The 70-503 exam (WCF)
Today I passed my first .NET 3.5 exam: the 70-503 (Windows Communication Foundation Application...
Author: AlinaC Date: 10/06/2008
Lancement Hyper-V et SQL Server 2008 en LIVE sur Internet depuis Paris
"Pour la première fois de son histoire, Microsoft France s’apprête à retransmettre en direct une...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/30/2008
Microsoft’s vision for cloud computing and building applications that bridge the gaps between PC, Web and mobile devices
"It’s no secret that the nature of software development is radically changing. At PDC2008 Ray Ozzie...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/25/2008
Service Oriented Architecture - best practices
On the SOA Institute.org site are many interesting articles about SOA architecture best practices...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/22/2008
La méthode sécurité SDL
Voila un site MSDN très intéressant sur comment traiter les menaces de sécurité: Méthode SDL contre...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/18/2008
Two Silverlight sites to see
Here is a first nice site for those who are working with Silverlight : Project Rosetta. "Project...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/18/2008
AutoCollage 2008
Another "out of subject" post: Microsoft Research release the AutoCollage 2008. You can download a...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/08/2008
The 70-542 exam
Today I finally passed the 70-542 exam - MOSS 2007 – Application Development It was easier then I...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/08/2008
Clone Detective for Visual Studio 2008
Clone Detective is a Visual Studio 2008 integrated tool that allows you to analyze C# projects for...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/03/2008
Enable the Web Service request compression
I had to enable the request compression for an ASP.NET 2.0 Web Service (no Web Service Enhancements...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/02/2008
Enable the IIS 6 response compression
One of my projects required to enable the IIS 6 response compression. Here how I did it: set...
Author: AlinaC Date: 09/02/2008
SharePoint Learning Resources
I am currently preparing for the MOSS App Dev exam and I found an interesting site SharePoint...
Author: AlinaC Date: 08/26/2008
Introduction to cloud platforms
A short introduction to cloud platforms - in this white paper, sponsored by Microsoft and written by...
Author: AlinaC Date: 08/22/2008
Photosynth
I know that this is a little bit “out of subject”, but I can’t stop to write about another cool...
Author: AlinaC Date: 08/21/2008
SharePoint training
A good training to download for Office SharePoint 2007 beginners. "Explore Office SharePoint Server...
Author: AlinaC Date: 08/15/2008
Migrating your Visual Basic 6 investments to .NET
Migrating from VB6 to .NET 2005 - “exploring the pros and cons of each option using real world...
Author: AlinaC Date: 08/15/2008
Interesting links
Patterns and practices group site MSF for Agile Software Development Process Guidance documents A...
Author: AlinaC Date: 08/12/2008
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 released
The Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 were released to...
Author: AlinaC Date: 08/12/2008
Improving WCF Security guide - from the P&P team
On August 1st the Patterns and Practices team released their guide: Improving Web Services Security:...
Author: AlinaC Date: 08/12/2008