Saving the World One Line of Code at a Time

Any great tool should have an extensibility story and System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Package Conversion Manager is no different. With the release of RC2 of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Package Conversion Manager (PCM...

With System Center Configuration Manager 2012 comes a new powerful way to manage apps called the Application Model. The new Application Model (App Model) unlocks the vision of User Centric computing or user targeting. User targeting in Configuration Manager...

The Why: Apart from being expensive in terms of time and effort, every time a bug is handed off between Dev and Test is an opportunity to drop the ball or for confusion to creep in. The How: Capture bug repro steps as an automated test that any developer...

The Why: True unit testing of Workflow Activities is a pain if not impossible. The How: Use Moles CLR Detour technologies developed by Microsoft Research to isolate the system under test. The What: A sample C# project that showcases a handful of...

While working on various projects within the Configuration Manager ecosystem here in Redmond I’ve had the opportunity to work with Workflow Foundation for a couple years now. Being in the enterprise software space it is not difficult to find a spot for...

My name is Micah Smith and I’m a Dev on the MPSD Client Management Development team which is tasked with creating tools and add on components to System Center products. My goal with this blog is to share how our team is solving enterprise management problems...