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Using Visual Studio 2010 Server Explorer you can manage the Windows Azure Storage and Hosted Services. By default the development storage is added. If you want to add the live storage you can add them by selecting that node and right clicking After that Then add the required information. Namoskar!!!

In Visual Studio 2011 you can pin the most used files. Namoskar!!!

Now in Visual Studio 2011 you can filter the error list based on the open document. So it will show you only those errors which are part of the currently focused file. Namoskar!!!

In Visual Studio 2011 you can search in the error list. Pretty cool. Namoskar!!!

In Visual Studio 2011 you can search within Toolbox and this is contains search (“%%”) Namoskar!!!

Visual Studio 2011 Quick Launch enables you to search within Menu, Toolbox, Open Document. It also has a feature of “Most Recently Used” option. You can check the option to set where it will search and this can be extended. Namoskar!!!

Any data-driven application needs Transaction and to ensure that the unit of work is either together successful or fail. Transaction plays a very important role. Assume that we are working with SQL Server. Now SQL Server has it’s own Transaction mechanism which could be used in Stored Procedures. However...

Very helpful article http://blogs.msdn.com/psiman/archive/2010/03/02/installing-visual-studio-2010-rc1-on-xp-sp3.aspx Namoskar!!!

My 3rd Channel 9 video on Code Analysis in Visual Studio 2010 at http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/wriju/Code-Analysis-Using-Visual-Studio-2010/ Namoskar!!!

My 4th Channel 9 video on Performance Analyzer Tool at http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/wriju/CPU-Sampling-using-Visual-Studio-2010-Performance-Analyzer-Tool/ Namoskar!!!

In Visual Studio 2010 you can have URLs which you may click just like MS Word. This ULR clicking supported in normal String declaration and comments as well. Below is the screen shot, Namoskar!!!

I am super excited to share with you my First video at Channel 9. Today I have successfully published it. This small video covers few basic IDE tips of Visual Studio 2010.   http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/wriju/Visual-Studio-2010-IDE-Settings-Tips-and-Tricks/   Namoskar!!!

In Visual Studio 2010 we have a great tool called Architecture Explorer to view the structure of our objects. Unlike object browser or class diagram this also helps us to view the calls per element is made in the project. This is one additional step towards the enhancement. This can be found at Namoskar...

In Visual Studio 2010 we can now get all the available extensions from http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com and add to our project from and within Visual Studio. You will find it under Tools > Extension Manager. Here you can add, search and modify the available extensions. Namoskar!!!

In Visual Studio 2010 when you debug you may add your comments to the DataTips and comeback with the changes later. Unlike your regular comment this gives bull eye view to the point you want to achieve. Namoskar!!!

In Visual Studio 2010 we have enhanced Create New Project window. This not only helps us to find the grouped template but also allows us to sort and search . Namoskar!!!

Now in Visual Studio 2010 you can close the start page after it loads the project you select from Recent Project list. There is a check box at the bottom left which helps you to decide whether you want to close the Start page or keep it open. Namoskar!!!  

As Visual Studio 2010 is built using WPF, the new enhanced start page also has some additional features. Recent Projects Now you can control the Recent Project List by Pin-UnPin the projects from existing list Removing unnecessary projects from the list and also can open the “ Containing Folder ”  ...

While talking to different people I get this question. And in Visual Studio it is very easy to do, You need Windows Forms Application, then drag and drop NotifyIcon there. Set one icon with that control so that it is visible, public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { ...

When you do not see “Immediate” window under Debug menu of Visual Studio you may get frustrated. But there is a quick way to get it when required, Go to View > Other Windows > Command Window or press Ctrl+W, A Then type immed . It will bring the Immediate Window . And inside the...

Must read http://www.sidarok.com/web/blog/content/2008/05/02/10-tips-to-improve-your-linq-to-sql-application-performance.html Namoskar!!!

In LINQ to SQL it is not that easy thing to achieve as compared to other features. Let us assume you have a Stored Procedure like, Case 1: With Output Parameter CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo] . [GetEmployeeCount] @OutVal DateTime OUTPUT AS BEGIN SELECT @OutVal = GetDate () END You need...

There are many more books available. Go and grab them · Acceptance Test Engineering Guidance · Application Architecture Guidance · Common Service Locator · Composite Application Guidance for WPF · Design for Operations · Enterprise Library · ESB Guidance · GAX Extensions Library...

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx is a must to have site if you are a frequent user of Windows API and need to create a call for them. Namoskar!!!

Windows Application and shortcut key are synonyms. People prefer to use shortcut keys for faster activity. Assume you are in a text box and you want to hit F5 to reload the form. You do not want to move your mouse cursor. So what you will be doing is that you will be adding “Key Down” event to the text...