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Invocation patterns in JavaScript
By Dhananjay Kumar published on 09-03-2013
In JavaScript you can invoke a function in four different ways. In this post we will take a look on various invocation patterns….(more)
A look at extension methods and method overloading
By Adavesh Managaon published on 09-04-2013
Extension methods are a great way to inject our own methods into some other classes which greatly improve the extension of functionality, code re-use….(more)
Code coverage and Unit tests in VS2012
By Amit Choudhary published on 09-06-2013
Code coverage actually do the instrumenting of the assembly with special symbols putting over each statement and then analyse if that is being called when the code….(more)
DTExec issues in multi instance SQL Server box
By Visakh Murukesan published on 09-02-2013
There were a set of packages which were developed in SSIS 2008 R2 and which were deployed to a network share. The packages need to be executed….(more)
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“Legacy Exchange Servers Decommission” Post Exchange 2013 Migration
By Prabhat Nigam published on 09-01-2013
Change the Client Access server FQDNs DNS host record to point to Exchange 2013 CAS/NLB/Windows NLB on both Public and Private DNS….(more)
Importance of RAID in Databases
By Suprotim Agarwal published on 09-06-2013
RAID systems are widely used as storage solutions to get the best I/O performance, depending whether the application is write intensive or read intensive….(more)
CRM vNext / Orion / CRM 2013/ Fall '13 Update
By Roohi Shaikh published on 09-06-2013
For the On-Premise Customers it would be an “Upgrade” from CRM 2011 to CRM 2013 similar to CRM 4.0 to CRM 2011. We still have the options to choose….(more)
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Music app not working in Windows 8.1Preview Surface Pro
By Soumitra Sengupta published on 09-02-2013
I cannot stream nor download music from the music app. I recently installed win 8.1 preview on my surface pro….(more)
Calculating average of every nth value
By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 09-05-2013
Lets say you have a large list of numbers, and you want to calculate the average of every nth value. Not the average of all numbers….(more)
Bing Video Search now comes with with Pop-out Hover Preview, Improved filters, etc.
By Vasudev Gurumurthy published on 09-05-2013
Bing released a completely re-imagined video search that allows one to quickly browse, discover and view videos for anew experience. This has been designed….(more)
Different System Sleep States in Windows 8
By Anand Khanse published on 09-05-2013
When a computer is in a Sleep state, it is not performing any task and may appear to be off. But it is not shut down but retains….(more)
Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Align Shapes
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 09-06-2013
We are great believers in creative freedom, and unrequired alignment of slide objects such as shapes is probably as bad a design decision….(more)
Username Availability Check with AngularJS in ASP.NET MVC
By Brij Dammani published on 09-16-2013
We have implemented to check username availability in ASP.NET Web Forms using jQuery Validation Plugin. In this article, we will do same thing in ASP.NET MVC, but using AngularJS….(more)
Six simple steps to run your first Azure Worker Role program
By Shivprasad Koirala published on 09-16-2013
Azure has one more type of project, Worker role. Worker role applications are background processing applications like Windows processes….(more)
Variable Scope Chain in JavaScript
By Dhananjay Kumar published on 09-17-2013
In JavaScript each function or chunk of code (for example if-else) has a scope chain. Scope chain can be seen as list of objects or….(more)
Creating dynamic object with Dynamic feature in CSharp
By Amit Choudhary published on 09-18-2013
A short brief of Dynamic objects is, Dynamic objects expose members such as properties and methods at run time, instead of in at compile time. This enables you to create objects….(more)
Sorting Paging a Grid using Knockout JS and ASP.NET Web API Data Service
By Suprotim Agarwal published on 09-18-2013
This article uses ASP.NET Web API and Knockout JS to implement Templating and Data Binding and applies it to a common Line of Business….(more)
IntelliTrace using Visual Studio 2013 Preview
By Gouri Sohoni published on 09-19-2013
IntelliTrace in Visual Studio can be effectively used to find the right information at the right time and maintain high quality code. In this article, we will walkthrough debugging….(more)
IIS7 and Higher : system.webServer element ApplicationHost.config vs Web.config
By Brij Mishra published on 09-20-2013
There is a tag named system.webServer that can be used in web.config and that allows to control authentication that is set at IIS for….(more)
Connecting to Azure Instance using SSIS
By Visakh Murukesan published on 09-15-2013
This blog post discusses two methods in SSIS which can be used for connecting to Azure instances. The attempt is to copy an on premise table along with the data….(more)
Lync Server role required for External login
By Balasaheb Ilag published on 09-16-2013
Now day’s external login is very much required because peoples are login from different location, home, remote location….(more)
One or more field types are not installed properly. Go to the list settings page to delete these fields: SharePoint 2010
By Amardeep Singh published on 09-20-2013
Tried to deactivate the SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure features form the Site Collection Features and checked on the site settings page….(more)
Exchange 2007 Certificate and Coexistence
By Prabhat Nigam published on 09-20-2013
Today we will see the steps to install or replace the steps of Exchange 2007. We will also see the changes required in the co-existence….(more)
Business Process Flow in CRM 2013
By Roohi Shaikh published on 09-20-2013
The December 2012 Update of Microsoft Dynamic CRM Online introduced Business Process Flow for the OOB Lead, Opportunity and Case entities. With CRM 2013 Microsoft has extended….(more)
Format Line Chart's Markers and Line colors Using VBA
By Ashish Koul published on 09-15-2013
Change the style of marker and color using VBA….(more)
Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Space Objects Equally
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 09-16-2013
With many objects, your slide may end up looking crowded -- and that's certainly something you do not want to happen. At times though, your slide may appear cluttered….(more)
How to : List Local users MMC in Windows 8, 8.1
By Shantanu Kaushik published on 09-17-2013
This post is a step by step on How to list local users MMC in Windows 8 | 8.1 .Microsoft Management Console (MMC), is a built-in extensible common presentation….(more)
7 reasons why you should get cozy with INDEX()
By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 09-18-2013
Of all the hundreds of formulas & thousands of features in Excel, INDEX() would rank somewhere in the top 5 for me. It is a versatile, powerful, simple & smart formula….(more)
How to Install Windows Media Center on Windows 8.1
By Nirmal T V published on 09-20-2013
The new version comes with host of new features along with improvements and bug fixes. One of the main addition to Windows 8.1 is the availability of….(more)
Getting Started with Mustache.js in MVC
By Abhimanyu Vatsa published on 09-09-2013
In this post you will learn how to use Mustache.js JavaScript library in MVC for client side templating. I will take you through few easy steps to setup….(more)
Looking into Windows authentication at Web.config and at IIS
By Brij Mishra published on 09-10-2013
First thing that there is no relation between setting authentication mode as windows at web.config and enabling/disabling….(more)
Combine Images into Facebook Style Collage in ASP.NET Web Forms
By Brij Dammani published on 09-10-2013
Facebook home page displays a collage of random profile photos which makes it something special. So I decided to implement the same thing….(more)
C# Lazy loading interview questions with answers
By Shivprasad Koirala published on 09-11-2013
Lazy loading is a concept where we delay the loading of the object unit the point where we need it. Putting in simple words on demand object….(more)
How to calculate distance between two coordinates in WindowsPhone?
By Kunal Chowdhury published on 09-12-2013
Sometime while working with map control in Windows Phone, we may need to calculate distance between two GeoCoordinates. The Windows Phone 8 SDK already provides you the required….(more)
Measure Transactions Per Second in SQL Server
By Suprotim Agarwal published on 09-12-2013
Performance Monitor tool in SQL Server represents aspects of system performance, such as CPU Usage….(more)
Get it right: null and undefined in JavaScript
By Dhananjay Kumar published on 09-13-2013
To start with null is language keyword and undefined in value of a variable. Both evaluates to value that indicates absence of….(more)
Planning Farm Topology in SharePoint 2013
By Destin Joy published on 09-09-2013
In this article we can learn various types of topology available in SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 has been out for some time now, and most of the new SharePoint projects….(more)
Creating an RBAC group with access to Grant mailbox access ONLY
By Ratish Nair published on 09-09-2013
Create a new management role “Mailbox delegation Permission”. We have used “Mail recipients” as parent group for the creation….(more)
Implementing Transaction over File System Objects
By Visakh Murukesan publilshed on 09-09-2013
Its a common scenario in ETL processes to transfer files from remote location to landing folder and do some processing with them. Recently we had a requirement….(more)
Webpart security + disable web part connections– SharePoint 2010
By Amol Ghuge published on 09-11-2013
One of our developers has reported that he is trying to setup connection between two webparts but somehow the connection option is….(more)
Business Rules introduced in CRM 2013
By Roohi Shaikh published on 09-11-2013
In CRM 2013 Microsoft introduced many more interesting features one of them being Business Rules. Business Rules is a way to provide custom business logic….(more)
Windows Azure Portals and Access Levels
By Niraj Bhatt published on 09-12-2013
When you sign up for Windows Azure you get a subscription and you are made the Service administrator….(more)
The specified file is not a valid spreadsheet or contains no data to import
By Amardeep Singh published on 09-13-2013
I need to import the spreadsheet on my SharePoint site so I opened my SP site - site actions – more options – clicked on ‘Import spreadsheet’ option….(more)
Speeding up a lookup task on a large database
By Ashish Mathur published on 09-11-2013
A typical problem is fetching data from another worksheet or workbook via the VLOOKUP() function. Quite often, when one confirms….(more)
Edit code files using SkyDrive
By Vasudev Gurumurthy published on 09-11-2013
SkyDrive.com already offers Office Web Apps, where one can view, edit & collaborate Office docs in the browser – so one can already edit text files….(more)
How to Connect to Outlook.com using IMAP
By Nirmal T V published on 09-13-2013
Microsoft has rolled out IMAP support for Outlook.com account which previously supported only POP3 or Post Office Protocol….(more)
Keyboard Sequences: PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 09-13-2013
Many users are familiar with keyboard shortcuts -- yet there are no real shortcuts for tasks users need to perform all the time -- this includes changing PowerPoint's views….(more)
Consuming Windows Azure Service Management API In Java
By Gaurav Mantri published on 08-25-2013
Recently I observed a number of questions there asking for consuming this API through Java. Also somebody approached me asking….(more)
Bind a CheckBox list from database using jQuery AJAX
By Brij Mishra published on 08-26-2013
In this post, I’ll be using jQuery Ajax to get the data from the server (that will be fetch the data from database) and then will create the CheckBox….(more)
Unambiguous date format for DATE datatype
By Madhivanan Jr published on 08-26-2013
From version 2008 onwards, we can also make use of DATE datatype if time is not required. However we need to know again the unambiguous date format….(more)
Do you know about Peek Definition Window in #VisualStudio 2013?
By Kunal Chowdhury published on 08-27-2013
Here I continue the series of “What’s new in Microsoft Visual Studio 2013?” and today I will be covering an ultimate tip that a developer working with Visual Studio must….(more)
How to make sure that view metadata is updated?
By Jugal Shah published on 08-27-2013
You can use sp_refreshview system stored procedure to make sure that view meta data is updated….(more)
Git: error: RPC failed; result=18, HTTP code = 200
By Raghav Khunger published on 08-30-2013
After pushing some large dlls into our repository I noticed the other users of that repository were getting the following error while….(more)
Awesome Libraries For C# Developers #2 – Reactive Extensions (Rx) and More On IEnumerable, IQueryable, IObservable and IQbservable
By Anoop Madhusudanan published on 08-31-2013
Let us take a step back and discuss IEnumerable and IQueryable first, before discussing further about Reactive IObservable and IQbservable….(more)
DNS records for automatic Sign-in in Lync with different version
By Balasaheb Ilag published on 08-26-2013
For Sign-in Lync client always using DNS records however there some DNS record however it is depending on the version….(more)
Backup Restore in sharepoint 2013 + Backup and Recovery Tools for SharePoint
By Amol Ghuge published on 08-27-2013
A good backup is an excellent approach to prevent data loss & repair database in most of the data corruption cases….(more)
Fix: Error 8007371B when installing Update KB2845533 on Windows 8 & Server 2012
By Shyam Sasindran published on 08-30-2013
Because Windows Update Reset will reset Winsock values, clear the BITS queue, reset the Proxy connections and also reset the services responsible for Windows Update….(more)
Fix : Stop 0x0000009F: Driver power state failure in Windows 8 | 7
By Shantanu Kaushik published on 08-31-2013
This post will help you fix stop error : Driver_power_state_failure in Windows 8 | 7. This particular Blue screen error is also known with a bug check code….(more)
Show Country Flags as Markers on X Y Chart
By Ashish Koul published on 08-25-2013
If you want to display the country flags as markers on X Y Scatter Chart….(more)
Sort by Birthday
By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 08-26-2013
Lets say you have a list of employees and their birthdays. Now you want to sort this list, based on their birthday, not age….(more)
Songs Do Not Appear In Windows Media Center
By Soumitra Sengupta published on 08-26-2013
It may happen if Windows Media Player library got corrupted. Remember, Windows Media Center uses Windows Media Player’s library….(more)
Fix Windows Firewall With Advanced Security Snap-in Error 0×5 in Windows 7
By Ramesh Srinivasan published on 08-26-2013
You do not have the correct permissions to open the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security console. You must be a member of the Administrators group or the Network Operators….(more)
Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Duplicate Shapes by Dragging
By Geetesh Bajaj published 08-29-2013
Shapes in PowerPoint are very useful in representing design or content, or in showing a process or a sequence. However, when you create a slide that has such many shapes….(more)
Halo 5 Xbox One Story Overview Released, Flood Returning?
By Kartik Mudgal published on 08-30-2013
Microsoft Store has outed the Halo 4 story overview which kind of hints that the flood will be returning. The game was originally shown….(more)
SkyDrive Photos gets Bing powered OCR
By Vasudev Gurumurthy published on 08-30-2013
In SkyDrive Photos are the type of files that take up largest amount of space and people interact with photos the most. And this time the SkyDrive feature addition….(more)