… make sure that your Cmdlet’s class has a default constructor.  (Note to self: “Duh.”)

Amit @ http://bloggerspath.com released a really nice Infographic: An Ultimate HTML5 Cheat Sheet for Web Developers .  Very nice indeed.  But some of us Luddites still like to print things like these out and post them on the walls – a big pain...

Besides the post from my good friend, Aung OO, on Exchange Provisioning using ILM 2007 and FIM 2010 , one thing to keep in mind is that if you don't get the Exchange 2010 RPS URI correct, then you might get weird errors when exporting even though you...

Maybe this was obvious to everyone else, but I just realized that by right-clicking and dragging a .ZIP file, I can extract it to the folder that I’m dragging it onto.  Whoda thunk it?

A lot of us old MIIS/ILM folks are heavy into development but a little light in the infrastructure department (like me). So I was surprised to see that there weren't any great tutorials around on how to set up an NLB cluster for your FIM Service servers...

And the answer is… jQuery (of course).  jQuery used in the master page, actually. You see, the problem started when my client wanted not an “icon” for their logo in SharePoint, but rather a whole banner, which is about an inch or so of vertical screen...

I was kind of stoked to learn more about HTML 5 now that the IE9 beta is out . I found a nice HTML 5 book on Safari Books Online (one of my favorite perks here at Microsoft) and started simple. Things were going fine until I tried to view my simple code...

If you get this error when attempting to create a scheduled task: Then check to make sure that your “Local Security Policy”  (under Security Settings – Local Policies – Security Options), “Network access: Do not allow storage of credentials or .NET...

It seems that I get sucked back into SharePoint bi-annually or so.  This time around it’s 2010.  The most basic app I can think of is a not-quite Hello World app talking to SharePoint.  It’s so simple that it’s a even a one-line console...

In a previous blog entry , I described how happy I was with Code-First Development with Entity Framework 4.  It was a good first impression, and then I had to go beyond my initial spike and create a set of integration tests that would actually work...

I was excited to see StottGu’s blog regarding Code-First Development with Entity Framework 4 .  Personally, I don’t learn best by going through a step by step tutorial, however.  It’s like learning a song in another language by rote memory. ...

In my role as a consultant, I don’t get to code as often as I’d like to anymore, which means that I don’t get to sit down and code 8 hours a day anymore.  And when I do get to code, it’s not always the most exciting, but rather technology that’s...

This one has bitten me a couple of times (at least) now, so let’s get it down in writing.  Although the latest (as of July 20th, 2010) Visual Studio Tools for Azure support adding MVC 2 projects as web roles, you need to remember to set the “Copy...

I just read the best explanation that I’ve ever seen on comparing different Model, View, Controller, Presenter, and ViewModel pattern variations. It was in Dino Espisito ’s Book Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET MVC (published May 2010)....

I was going through a rather lengthy tutorial on Windows Azure and ran across an error that just happened to be a typo on my part, but yielded a less than illuminating error: I mis-typed “DiagnosticsConnectionString” as “DiagnosticConnectionString” without...

Pex (don't ask me what it stands for, but the symbol, a shark, is because it is similar to the Latin word for "fish"... I think) - Pex is a great tool for checking out and debugging your code - even testing it.  Want to find all those edge...

Windows Azure AppFabric provides both an Enterprise Service Bus in the cloud as well as cloud based authentication and authorization (think federation – ala ADFS).  There’s a good introduction to the AppFabric ( here ), but it uses the CTP version...

I just posted how the Windows 7 RC supports multiple monitors .  Now, in a serendipitous turn of events so does Visual Studio 2010!  Well, Visual Studio always did in a limited sense, if you wanted to fiddle around with the main window enough...

Previously, I’ve posted about the tease that was shown in the Windows 7 Beta concerning the ability to use multiple monitors in Remote Desktop. Well, now in build 7100, it works! Thanks guys!

I never log on locally to my Hyper-V server, since it’s just a headless server in my “Server Room” (i.e. a storage room in the basement next to my office).  So Remote Desktop works find for most things.  However, when you’re installing a guest...

I was SOOOO wrong in my last blog post.  Windows XP Mode is so much more than just simply XP in a Virtual PC VM.  First of all, any application that you install in XP appears in your Win 7 Start menu: Not only that, but you can add pre-installed...

(NOTE: This is updated in a subsequent post to cover my ignorance) I really love Windows 7 in all its 64-bit goodness. I get all my memory. It’s fast, it’s convenient. But there’s one thing that I don’t like – my poor broadband modem isn’t yet supported...

There are some things that I need on every box I build for development.  While it’s true that these things change somewhat over time, there are still some non-negotiable items. Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite + SP1 – there is no substitute Team Foundation...

The ILM “2” Schema for the ILM MA is missing a few items that have historically been in the Metaverse – and there are a whole lot of new items as well, but if you find yourself needing some of these attributes, like “st” for State, make sure you don’t...

Windows 7 allows you to burn ISO files out of the box!  Nice sleeper feature: Now, if only it would allow you to mount ISOs as well.  Fingers crossed.