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November 2005 - Posts

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:26 AM

Why can't I write .NET 1.1 apps with Visual Studio 2005?

I get asked this all the time. Visual Studio 2005 has many new features that would be helpful for customers who are still targetting the .NET Framework 1.1. However, Visual Studio 2005 only targets the .NET Framework 2.0. John Rivard explains why here
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005 7:19 AM

ASP.NET 2.0 Security FAQ / Wiki

From Brian's blog -- checkout the new ASP.NET 2.0 Security Wiki on Channel9 ...based on the patterns and practices content I blogged a few weeks ago, but now a Wiki on C9...enjoy! --Darryl
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Monday, November 28, 2005 10:21 PM

New .NET Framework 2.0 features

In the latest MSDN TV episode, Kit and Ari talk about a bunch of new and not yet well known additions to the .NET Framework 2.0 Watch it (stream) or download it from here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20051117NETKG/manifest.xml
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Monday, November 28, 2005 10:23 AM

Great fleas have little fleas

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on; While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so
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Friday, November 25, 2005 7:10 PM

Visual Studio Extensions for WinFX and Windows Workflow Foundation

Last week, we released the November CTP for WinFX. This CTP works with the RTM versions of Visual Studio 2005 and the .Net Framework 2.0. So, if you have been experimenting with WinFX, you can finally get rid of the beta 2 versions of Visual Studio 2005
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:43 PM

Embedding SQL Server Express into Custom Applications

I just came across this article by way of the Smart Client Data blog. I have had quite a few conversations with customers about building occasionally connected smart client applications. Smart client applications work whether connected to the Internet
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:36 AM

They fed him hemlock…

A grade student was asked to write a short report on Socrates: “Socrates was a philosopher. He went around telling everyone what they did wrong. They fed him hemlock.” Vincent Maraia, from The Build Master, ISBN 0-321-33205-9 “If you want to know when
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:45 PM

BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 Available

Scott Woodgate blogged it http://blogs.msdn.com/scottwoo/archive/2005/11/21/495528.aspx . "Beta 2 had a strong quality bar (production beta for early adopters) so I think you are going to like it." If you are using the beta on a project for a federal
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:20 PM

Visual Studio Partner Product DVD

There's a great resource DVD available for order from here that includes evaluation versions of many of our Visual Studio Industry Partners products, e.g.: AmberPoint, Borland, ComponentOne, Compuware, Dundas, and Logic Library just to name a few. See
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:47 AM

Guide to Integrating with InfoCard v1.0 in WinFX

I just came across this whitepaper from the Web Services and Other Distributed Technologies Center on MSDN. " The Beta 2 release of WinFX includes InfoCard v1.0 as a feature for using digital identities in a user-centric identity framework. Learn how
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Monday, November 21, 2005 11:28 PM

Office 12 formats to Ecma

Microsoft today announced that we're offering the new Office 12 Open Document Formats to Ecma International for Open Standardization. Curious to hear what you think... Updating with the link to the Q&A . --Darryl
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Monday, November 21, 2005 3:34 PM

Information Week - Brian Goldfarb talks about AJAX and Atlas

Folks, Brian Goldfarb, IIS Technical Product Manager, is interviewed in Information Week here . - Keith
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Friday, November 18, 2005 5:35 PM

patterns & practices for Visual Studio 2005

There's a new section of the patterns & practices site dedicted to Visual Studio 2005 at http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/VS2005/ . I have already blogged about many of the items available in this new section. They currently include: Enterprise
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Friday, November 18, 2005 11:49 AM

Cool Windows Forms 2.0 (Smart Client) Samples

There's a bunch of new content on Windows Forms 2.0 available at http://www.windowsforms.net . The Windows Forms 2.0 section is at http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=60 . There are lots of samples on the new features and controls
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Thursday, November 17, 2005 4:39 PM

Service Orientation and Databases

As you probably know and hopefully agree, service orientation is emerging as a dominant way of architecting distributed systems moving forward. And although it doesn’t eliminate or diminish traditional architectural concerns dealing with user interaction,
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:22 PM

ASP.NET 2.0 Security

Via Scott -- the new whitepaper available here , from the good folks at patterns and practices , presents a set of consolidated practices designed to address ASP.NET 2.0 security. Topics include Auditing and Logging, Authentication, Authorization, Code
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 5:18 PM

SQL Server Mobile features

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition is a mobile database solution designed for developers who target Microsoft Windows mobile-based devices. This article discusses: Integration with SQL Server 2005, Synchronization Functionality, Reliability and
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 5:02 PM

Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Sample: Outlook Samples (Beta)

This download includes complete code samples for developing custom add-ins for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b7561318-542a-401c-b24e-8fffa859f7f6&displaylang=en - Keith
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Monday, November 14, 2005 9:41 PM

RUP: RIP

Microsoft has tapped Ivar Jacobson, known as one of the fathers of the popular Rational Unified Process (RUP), to lead an effort to deliver a lightweight unified process to the Microsoft Solutions Framework. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1886531,00.asp
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Sunday, November 13, 2005 5:27 PM

SQL Server 2005: Database Mirroring Trace Flag

In my previous post on the Government Computer News article about SQL Server 2005, I mentioned that database mirroring was in the RTM version of the product, but that, since it wasn't supported, it required a trace flag to turn it on. I neglected, however,
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Saturday, November 12, 2005 3:48 PM

SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP is out!

This is the free version of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) designed to work with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) provides a graphical management tool for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SQL
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Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:20 PM

FusionNet – The power of Smart Clients, Visual Studio 2005, and SQL Server 2005

Props to David Moye and the CCIS folks who built an amazing application. This application allows a range of users from military commanders down to the unit level and even coalition partners to see critical battlefield data. Visual Studio 2005 allowed
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 5:46 PM

GCN SQL Server 2005 Article

Today, Government Computer News posted an article on SQL Server 2005 on their web site . The article contains a quote from me taken in an interview I gave about 7 months ago. When I heard about this, I thought it was pretty cool. It turns out that my
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:17 PM

Developer Dinner: Ajax programming methods with ASP 2.0 (Reston, VA)

Join Robert Shelton - Microsoft Federal Developer Evangilst - for a Developer Dinner in Reston, Virginia on November 30th, 2005 from 6:00PM-7:30PM (details following). The presenter for this dinner will be: Mr. Vishwas Lele , Principal Architecture for
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:21 AM

Build Master: Microsoft's Software Configuration Management Best Practices

Build Master: Microsoft's Software Configuration Management Best Practices Vincent Maraia, Foreword by Jeffrey Richter Pub. Date: October 2005 With the introduction of Visual Studio Team Foundation, configuration management will be pushed down to smaller
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:57 AM

(Screencast) Encrypting your web.config with ASP 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005

The Web.Config file is a great location in ASP.NET applications for setting, such as Database Connection Strings and application specific information (e.g., paths, and impersonation settings) as well as many other settings for web applications and web
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:55 AM

Windows Workflow Foundation for Visual Studio 2005 RTM

An updated version of Windows Workflow Foundation beta 1 has been released. This version will work with the release version of Visual Studio 2005. So, if you want to experiment with WF, you no longer need to have a seperate machine (virtual or otherwise)
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Monday, November 07, 2005 9:19 PM

Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0 - November CTP now available

I haven't taken a look at it yet, but wanted to let you know it's available. You can learn about the upcoming release of the Enterprise Library for the .NET Framework 2.0 at http://www.gotdotnet.com/codegallery/CodeGallery.aspx?id=295a464a-6072-4e25-94e2-91be63527327
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Monday, November 07, 2005 2:50 PM

Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0 Released

WSE 3.0 has some great new features. We've included turnkey security profiles (making it easier than ever to implement secure web services), additional security features, MTOM support for large amounts of binary data, and Windows Communication Foundation
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Monday, November 07, 2005 12:43 PM

State Machine Workflow - Part 3: Client

This is part 3 in a multi-part series. You can find the previous entries here ( part1 , part2 ). Up to this point, we have tested our simple state machine workflow using the .asmx test page. The next step is to build a simple client that can invoke the
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Monday, November 07, 2005 11:04 AM

Report Viewer Controls in Visual Studio 2005

I just read Brian Welcker's blog about the new http://www.gotreportviewer.com/ site. This is a great starting place to learn about the new Report Viewer controls in Visual Studio 2005. If you need to do reporting in your application (who doesn’t), then
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Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:46 PM

Get posts, articles, and comments emailed to you directly!

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Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:14 PM

Security Summit East Developer Track

The agenda for Security Summit East has been posted. You can find it at http://www.securitysummiteast.com/ . I mentioned in a previous post that your friendly neighborhood Federal D&PE Team is running the developer track. There is no charge for this
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Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:45 AM

Searching Active Directory with .NET (Screencast)

In my last screencast titled “Adding Groups (and users to groups) to Active Directory with .NET” (Click here to view it) you saw me programmatically create a group in Active Directory and add users to that group in just a few steps. However, one of the
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 5:42 PM

Running multiple vsmdi files in a single team test run

An interesting question came up internally that may help you all. The question was this: We have a Team Project which contains 4 Solutions, which are building these during one large Team Build, this works fine. Each of the solutions has its own “.vsmdi”
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 7:28 AM

Adding Groups (and users to groups) to Active Directory with .NET (Screencast)

As a follow up to my earlier screencast on how to Add users to Active Directory using .NET (click here to see it), I've done another short walkthrough/demonstration that shows how to add groups to AD and users to groups programmatically with .NET. I will
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:37 AM

Improved MSDN Online Search Beta

Check out the new MSDN Search Beta: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/searchbeta/ , integrating more relevant search from Microsoft and the community into one easy-to-use page. What's new: Search of MSDN Forums, with 10,000's of answered questions & an
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:40 PM

Writing Provider Independent Data Access Code (Screencast)

Do you need to write data access code that executes against databases from mutliple vendors? Are you currently using SqlClient or OracleClient directly? Watch my screencast on the new Provider Independent Model that’s introduced in ADO.NET 2.0. -Marc
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