June 2008 - Posts

Managing Command Line Arguments
26 June 08 01:40 PM

I've been spending many of my recent developer cycles writing console applications to perform various tasks in an ETL process.  And yes, before you ask, I had started out initially modeling my ETL process with SSIS - and while I could eventually Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 5 Comments    

Filed under: Microsoft .NET Programming, LINQ

SharePoint Goodness
25 June 08 01:57 PM

SharePoint is one of those technologies for me that is large enough in scope and ambition that I am simultaneously in awe of it and confused by it.  To elaborate on the confusing aspect, SharePoint feels like it has multiple masters - more specifically, Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 0 Comments    

Filed under: Learning Resources, SharePoint, MSDN Magazine, Events

TechEd 2008 - Great Time/No Voice
22 June 08 11:50 PM

This year's TechEd was a fantastic experience - thanks again to everyone who came out to the MSDN Magazine booth and to everyone who came to my session on how to be an author - even though I had completely lost my voice.  The XBox 360 giveaway was Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 1 Comments    

Filed under: MSDN Magazine, Events, Contests

Looking for cool VSTS tools
18 June 08 04:33 PM

My friend and Team System MVP, Mike Azocar , is running a contest to find the coolest community-built tools for Team System.  To enter, just submit a screencast that showcases your Team System tool.  You've got until August 31, 2008 to get your Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 0 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Studio Team System, Contests

Connect SQL Server 2005 SSMS to SQL Server 2008
17 June 08 05:11 PM

Not sure whether you've had to connect your SQL Server 2005 Management Studio to an instance of SQL Server 2008 yet, but I needed to do this today and got bitten by the fact that it doesn't work until you install the latest cumulative update to SQL Server Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 2 Comments    

Filed under: SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008

New MSDN Subscriber Downloads Web Site
12 June 08 03:28 PM

...well, mock-ups of what the upcoming Web site may look like anyway.  I have to say, with all the redesign work going on, it does make me a little nostalgic for the old, big blue, frames-based version of the downloads site <g>!! Seriously Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 1 Comments    

ReSharper 4.0 is Released!!
10 June 08 02:02 PM

I don't have much more to say on this one except - WOO HOO!!!  You can download it here . Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Microsoft .NET Programming, My Toolbox

TechEd Slides
08 June 08 08:50 PM

Hi everyone - well, it's now time for life to get back to normal. Parental leave is over. TechEd is over. Back to the grind for me. Thanks to everyone who come out to my TechEd session on how to become a MSDN Magazine author. I hope that you found it Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 1 Comments    

Filed under: MSDN Magazine, Events

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