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Setting up Dependency Injection for ASP.Net Web API
By Rami Vemula published on 04-14-2013
We use Unity IoC container to achieve dependency injection for Web API. Create a ASP.Net MVC4 Project and its associated Class Library as shown….(more)
Host ASP.NET MVC Apps on Azure WebSite Without Spending a Cent on Databases
By Suprotim Agarwal published on 04-15-2013
Host an ASP.NET MVC Web Application on Azure Websites for free and use a SQL Backing Store that you are not paying for separately….(more)
Dynamically adding Cascading Style Sheets from within a Javascript file
By Vasu Jain published on 04-17-2013
In this post I will discuss how to add Cascading Style sheets pragmatically from a Javascript file….(more)
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Multiple management objects were found for Identity. When enabling Lync users.
By Balasaheb Ilag published on 04-14-2013
Error itself says multiple management objects found means either Alias or first name / Last name same with….(more)
Start SSMS with a instance connected and logged in with a user at Windows Start
By Raghav Khunger published on 04-14-2013
Whenever I start my Windows. I open SSMS, select server, select user and database to connect to database. This process I have to do….(more)
Exchange 2013 Safety Net Vs Exchange 2010 Transport Dumpster
By Ratish Nair published on 04-15-2013
Safety net and transport dumpster are two features of Exchange 2013 and 2010 respectively. In fact, safety net is an improved version….(more)
Microsoft Silverlight Application Storage & Configuration Options
By Vasudev Gurumurthy published on 04-17-2013
Many of us have Microsoft Silverlight installed on our system, but we rarely make use of its configuration options. In this post we will see its configuration options….(more)
Fix : Media Player Server execution failed in Windows 8 , 7 , Vista, XP
By Shantanu Kaushik published on 04-17-2013
This post will help you fix an issue with your Windows PC, where you get an error “Server Execution failed” when trying to play….(more)
Public Folders Migration from Exchange 2007/2010 to Exchange 2013
By Prabhat Nigam published on 04-18-2013
Public Folders has been discussed before and after every new Exchange server release but there are many Microsoft customers who are using….(more)
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The SharePoint Health Analyzer detected an error. One or more services have started or stopped unexpectedly
By Amol Ghuge published on 04-15-2013
To stop or start a service managed by SharePoint, use the SharePoint service management interface in the SharePoint Central Administration….(more)
Locate PowerPoint 2013
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 04-15-2013
You cannot locate PowerPoint 2013 on your computer? Or you are not sure if there are any other versions of PowerPoint on your computer….(more)
Determine cumulative expenses per employee when per diem rates vary by block of dates
By Ashish Mathur published on 04-16-2013
Assume per diem travel rates vary by block of dates (from and to). So, assume the per diem rate for travel dates between….(more)
Nested Collection Models in MVC to Add Multiple Phone Numbers
By Abhimanyu Vatsa published on 04-10-2013
In this article (multi-part article) you will learn how to create MVC application that will allow adding multiple phone numbers….(more)
Getting CRM User Date and Time Format Setting in Silverlight Microsoft CRM 2011
By Mahender Pal published on 04-10-2013
If you are working with Silverlight web resource and you need to get current crm user date time format then you can query….(more)
Fetching Windows Azure Mobile Services Data in XAML based Windows Store Application
By Dhananjay Kumar published on 04-11-2013
In this post we will take a look on fetching records from table….(more)
Using async/await with Windows Azure Service Bus Client SDK
By Shiju Varghese published on 04-12-2013
The Windows Azure team has recently released Windows Azure Service Bus 2.0.0-beta which lets the Windows Azure developers to….(more)
Dependency Injection for Multiple Concrete Implementations of an Interface
By Rami Vemula published on 04-13-2013
Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control (IoC) are one of the key players in today’s web architectures. DI improves code reusability and guarantees loosely coupled systems….(more)
Exit code: ERROR_NO_DB_DRIVE_ACCESS (-42)
By Balasaheb Ilag published on 04-08-2013
While updating Lync Server 2010 Cumulative Update on SQL database you will see the above error. After updating Lync Server 2010….(more)
Using mouse efficiently
By Dr. Nitin Paranjape published on 04-08-2013
We have been using a mouse for decades. Now there is apparent competition from various touch devices….(more)
Looking for more real estate on Dynamics CRM page
By Roohi Shaikh published on 04-09-2013
This articles shows various ways in which you can increase the space on Microsoft Dynamics CRM home page….(more)
Windows Azure Primer–Basics
By Gaurav Mantri published on 04-12-2013
Through these series of blog posts I will try and explain Windows Azure as I understand it to users who are just starting out with….(more)
Developing a Responsive Web Design (RWD) layout
By Vasu Jain published on 04-13-2013
With the number of mobile devices and varied screen resolutions, there is a great need for a layout for….(more)
Summarise data from multiple sheets with multiple conditions
By Ashish Mathur published on 04-07-2013
Assume date wise revenue data has been shown on two sheets – Sports wear and Fitness equipment….(more)
Interactive USA Map Chart using X Y Scatter and Pie Chart
By Ashish Koul published on 04-08-2013If you want to show pie images as markers on the map….(more)
Storing JSON Objects in HTML5 Local Storage
By Shravan Kasagoni published on 03-19-2013
With HTML5, web pages can store data locally within the user’s browser using Web Storage. Web Storage is more secure and faster….(more)
Create Flickr Photo Search Windows Store App in XAML
By Dhananjay Kumar published on 03-20-2013
To create on Flickr based application you need API Key from Flickr. You can apply for API key….(more)
Learning ASP.NET SignalR
By Brij Mishra published on 03-22-2013
The web page used to work on PULL approach means you have to pull the data from the server. It means whenever you want to get some data….(more)
Reflection API Changes in .NET 4.5 Applications and Fun with Custom Reflection Context
By Anoop Madhusudanan published on 03-25-2013
Before .NET 4.5, as you are aware, the Type class in System namespace was used for most of the reflection….(more)
Using Facebook to Authenticate your ASP.NET MVC WebSite
By Suprotim Agarwal published on 03-25-2013
ASP.NET MVC team recently integrated the excellent open source library called DotNetOpenAuth (DNOA). DotNetOpenAuth originally was created to….(more)
How to Detect WP Device Infos using DeviceExtendedProperties
By Kunal Chowdhury published on 03-28-2013
Today in this post, we will learn about the API and the way to fetch those additional details in your application….(more)
Fix: File xlive.dll is missing in Windows 8
By Shyam Sasindran published on 03-18-2013
Once on a forum, I came across this error posted by a member where he was not able to get the Games working on Windows 8 Pro….(more)
Step By Step integrating Bing Maps in MS CRM 2011
By Mahender Pal published on 03-19-2013
I have explained how we can simply use Bing maps to show address information in MS CRM entity form….(more)
Handling multiple resultsets returned from Stored Procedure
By Madhivanan Jr published on 03-20-2013
One of my friends asked me if it is possible to load multiple resultsets returned from a stored procedure into a temporary….(more)
How to Disable Personalization in NAV2013 RTC
By Mohana Krishna published on 03-21-2013
We can Customize/Personalize NAV2013 RTC in different ways. Some of them are….(more)
How to search SIP enabled user in Lync Control panel?
By Balasaheb Ilag published on 03-22-2013
User account that is assigned to the CsUserAdministrator role or the CsAdministrator role, log on to any computer….(more)
ASP.Net MVC authentication against Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD) with Access Control Services (ACS)
By Rami Vemula published on 03-23-2013
In this tutorial we are going to see how we can authenticate users who want to use our services against Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD) through Access Control Services….(more)
Lync Server Control Panel: Insufficient access rights to perform the operation
By Amol Ghuge published on 03-24-2013
This is a known and common issue with Domain Administrators or Enterprise Administrators….(more)
Fixing Windows Media Player “cannot connect to the server…”
By Soumitra Sengupta published on 03-24-2013
Windows Media Player cannot connect to the server. The server name might not be correct, the server might not be available, or your proxy settings might not be correct….(more)
Conditional aggregation - SUM Vs COUNT
By Madhivanan Jr published on 03-26-2013
You can do conditional aggregation like SUM(CASE WHEN .. THEN 1 ELSE 0 END),....etc to find a count for a particular match. This type of conditions….(more)
Does my SQL Server Database Support Compression?
By Suprotim Agarwal published on 03-27-2013
How do determine what Enterprise Edition features are enabled on your database? Well you can use the….(more)
Clear Internet Cache & Cookies for particular domain only in IE10, quickly
By Anand Khanse published on 03-28-2013
First visit the website who’s Cache you want to delete. Next, press F12 to open the Developer Tools in IE10. Having done that….(more)
Exchange 2010 Recoverable Items folder TotalDeletedItemsSize issue!
By Ratish Nair published on 03-29-2013
This is a tip to address an issue where Exchange 2010 TotalDeletedItemsSize remains unaltered after trying to empty….(more)
Error Handling in SSIS loops
By Visakh Murukesan published on 03-29-2013
The default behavior is package failing with error when it encounters a file with errors. But in reality we might want to….(more)
Finding Nearby Zipcodes using Excel Formulas
By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 03-18-2013
In Excel 2013, Microsoft has introduced 3 powerful new formulas. These will help you fetch & parse XML / HTML data from web….(more)
Count unique values with conditions on large databases
By Ashish Mathur published on 03-21-2013
Given a database of 50,000 rows, counting unique values with conditions using formulas would either adversely….(more)
How to change the Windows 8 Lock Screen Programmatically?
By Kunal Chowdhury published on 03-31-2013
Windows 8 already exposes settings panel to change the lock screen of the Windows, but this post will help you to programmatically access that….(more)
Introduction to Speech Capabilities in Windows Phone 8
By Vikram Pendse published on 04-02-2013
Today I am going to share few things about Speech Capabilities in Windows Phone 8, although I haven’t talked about it….(more)
Change Tracking and Committable data-binding using KnockoutJS and ASP.NET Web API
By Suprotim Agarwal published on 04-04-2013
This article builds up on our previous data binding article using KnockoutJS and Web API and uses the Protected Observable plugin which gives….(more)
REST vs. SOAP Web Services
By Vasu Jain published on 04-03-2013
A lot of web services are implemented using a REST style architecture these days instead of SOAP architecture….(more)
Creating and Deploying Windows Azure Web Sites with Microsoft WebMatrix 3
By Shiju Varghese published on 04-04-2013
Microsoft WebMatrix is a free, lightweight and cloud-connected web development tool which can be used for building and deploying….(more)
Update parent customerid in Contact using Soap Request
By Mahender Pal published on 04-06-2013
If you are looking to update parent customer id in contact record using soap request you can use….(more)
A few things beyond the scope of Content Security Policy
By Krishna Chaitanya published on 03-31-2013
During its creation, the World Wide Web was never imagined to have new constructs like social plugins, third party content, web APIs….(more)
MDX Query to fetch the possible attributes in a Cube
By Venkatesan Prabu published on 04-01-2013
Here is the MDX query to fetch all the possible attributes related to a cube in the database….(more)
Exchange 2010 Database backup and restore using DPM
By Prabhat Nigam published on 04-02-2013
This article deals with the steps of configuring and restoring exchange server backup using DPM….(more)
Best practices to deploy Cumulative Update for Lync Server 2010
By Balasaheb Ilag published on 04-04-2013
First deploy on LAB or Test environment wait 4-5 days and then deploy on Production server….(more)
Resolving – Disk Missing Issue for TempDB with a Twist
By Sarabpreet Anand published on 04-04-2013
A not so common but major issue could be missing Disk\Drive issue for any SQL Server, If there were user DB files on that disk….(more)
Windows Media Player- Playing songs in wrong track order
By Soumitra Sengupta published on 04-05-2013
You need to play the files within Windows Media Player Library. To do this open WMP12 in Library mode….(more)
Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Notes Pane
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 04-03-2013
PowerPoint 2013's tri-paned interface has three regions: the Slides pane, the Slide area, and the Notes pane. The Notes pane is placed right below the….(more)
Format dates like 1st, March 2013 2nd March 2013 etc
By Ashish Koul published on 04-05-2013
If you want to format dates like 1st March 2013, 2nd March 2013, etc. Try this macro….(more)
Populate Selected Item in DropDownList in Edit Mode MVC
By Abhimanyu Vatsa published on 04-21-2013
I am going to show you the best possible way to achieve this using Code First approach. Here is what we are going to….(more)
Server.MapPath variations
By Jalpesh Vadgama published on 04-21-2013
Those are working on in web technologies like ASP.Net and ASP are already familiar with….(more)
WinJS.Binding.optimizeBindingReferences for Windows 8 App
By Vasu Jain published on 04-21-2013
The Optimized Binding References test detected the following errors: Impact if not fixed: When using bindings, WinJS.Binding.optimizeBindingReferences….(more)
Error: Schema referenced by Map has been deleted. The local, cached version of the BizTalk Server group configuration is out of date.
By Rohit Sharma published on 04-22-2013
Schema referenced by Map '<Namespace>.<MappName>' has been deleted. The local, cached version of the BizTalk Server group….(more)
Building Windows Azure Cloud Services App with Web Role, Worker Role, Table Storage and Service Bus
By Shiju Varghese published on 04-22-2013
Windows Azure Cloud Services, provides a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering for building multi-tier, highly scalable….(more)
Solved Exception in Passing Relative URI to Windows Runtime
By Dhananjay Kumar published on 04-22-2013
While working today on a Windows Store Application I had a requirement to work with URI. Business class was….(more)
Add heading and link to SharePoint left navigation through powershell
By Sundararajan Narasiman published on 04-25-2013
I was wondering whether there is a way to add the heading and link to the left navigation of a SharePoint site using Powershell script….(more)
Lifecycle of an ASP.NET Web API Message
By Suprotim Agarwal published on 04-27-2013
ASP.NET Web API, as we know now, is a framework that helps build Services over HTTP. Web API was introduced as a lightweight service….(more)
How to overwrite or disable the List View Threshold value for particular list in SharePoint 2010 Using PowerShell
By Amol Ghuge published on 04-22-2013
If you want to overwrite or disable the threshold limit of List View items for particular list then execute the following cmdlets….(more)
Exchange Server transport: Shadow Redundancy, Bifurcation and Duplicate detection
By Ratish Nair published on 04-22-2013
Introduced for the first time in Exchange 2010, Shadow Redundancy is a feature that provides redundancy for messages so long as they are….(more)
Lagged Mailbox Database Copy-Exchange 2013 Enhancements
By Manu Philip published on 04-23-2013
A Lagged Mailbox Database Copy is a mailbox database copy configured with a replay lag time value greater than….(more)
Show Calendar in workplace post Polaris
By Roohi Shaikh published on 04-24-2013
This blog post addresses the way one can add Calendar on workplace which was previously available on CRM 2011. This can also be achieved….(more)
Select a large data set which has blank rows and columns without using the Shift and arrow keys
By Ashish Mathur published on 04-24-2013
Assume a large data set spanning many rows and columns. In the data set are entirely blank rows and….(more)
PowerPoint Friendly Audio Formats
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 04-27-2013
Different PowerPoint versions support a number of audio file formats – obviously, the new PowerPoint versions support a larger number….(more)
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