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Blog Posts of the Week (5th - 11th May 2013)

Tanmay Kapoor — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:49:50 GMT

Developers

Continuous Deployment from Source Control to Windows Azure Web Sites using Local Git Repository

By Shravan Kasagoni published on 05-05-2013

In this article I am going to discuss about continuous deployment from source control to windows azure web sites using….(more)

Windows Azure Cloud Services, Extensions and Service Management API – Fun with Remote Desktop

By Gaurav Mantri published on 05-06-2013

Fire up Visual Studio, create a simple Windows Azure Cloud Service and then without making any changes….(more)

Unobtrusive validations in ASP.Net 4.5 Web Forms

By Jalpesh Vadgama published on 05-06-2013

With the release of ASP.Net 4.5 web forms there are tons of features added in the ASP.Net and Unobtrusive validations support….(more)

File Upload and Download to Azure Blob Storage

By Rami Vemula published on 05-10-2013

In this tutorial we will see how to upload and download a file to Azure Blob storage. Azure blob storage is a service which can be used to save any unstructured….(more)

Uploading Multiple Files in Chunks from ASP.NET MVC app to Azure Blob Storage

By Suprotim Agarwal published on 05-10-2013

Demo showing how to send files ‘chunked’ to an ASP.NET MVC Web Application which in turn stores the files in Azure Blob storage….(more)

IT PRO

Enable-CsUser: Specified SIP domain is not vaild. Specify a valid SIP domain and then try again

By Balasaheb Ilag published on 05-05-2013

While using “Enable-CsUser” cmdlet peoples are getting above error message. Error message itself stated….(more)

Checking database access rights for a user in a sqlserver instance

By Visakh Murukesan published on 05-05-2013

There was a recent requirement in one of my projects to check the access for particular user in all the databases….(more)

Fix: Bluetooth Mouse disconnects randomly in Windows

By Shyam Sasindran published on 05-06-2013

One of the common issues which users, including myself, face is that the Bluetooth mouse gets disconnected randomly….(more)

How to turn off Media Streaming for Guest Account

By Soumitra Sengupta published on 05-08-2013

My Guest Account still shows up as streaming media from my PlayStation 3. If I disable the account….(more)

Problem Importing UR12 customizations with Web Resources added in a Pre-UR12 environment

By Roohi Shaikh published on 05-08-2013

With UR12 Microsoft included new fields and dependencies that prevents us from importing a solution exported out of a UR12/Polaris environment….(more)

The file that you are trying to use is too large Error message while Importing

By Mohana Krishna published on 05-09-2013

I have created a XMLPort to import data from a CSV file(comma-separated values) which is 36MB file….(more)

How to perform patching for Exchange 2010 in DAG Environment

By Prabhat Nigam published on 05-10-2013

Windows and Exchange Application patching is an important regular requirement for the any Environment and this also requires….(more)

Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013 Interoperability

By Ratish Nair published on 05-10-2013

Lync is gaining more popularity than ever and Microsoft’s made great efforts for seamless Interoperability between Microsoft Lync and….(more)

Fix : Stop error 0x000000A0 after resuming from hibernate in Windows 8

By Shantanu Kaushik published on 05-11-2013

After reading this post you will be able to fix an issue with your Windows 8 PC, where, when you resume your computer from hibernate power state….(more)

Office 2013

How to create a column chart with background image in Excel ?

By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 05-06-2013

In your data, add a column which gives the difference between column values & axis maximum. For our test data….(more)

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Working with Guides

By Geetesh Bajaj published on 05-09-2013

Consider Guides as a Grid on your slide that you create -- each single Guide can be moved, added, or deleted. Guides also have snap options….(more)

Blog Posts of the Week (28th Apr'13 - 04th May'13)

Tanmay Kapoor — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:26:06 GMT

Developers

Loading the partial views using Ajax for Beginners

By Brij Mishra published on 04-28-2013

So as I worked on a POC using with ASP.NET MVC initial version long back so I was excited working on it. I had to display multiple user controls….(more)

Attribute based routing in ASP.Net Web API

By Rami Vemula published on 04-28-2013

Most of us already knew the traditional routing concepts in Web API which we configure in WebApiConfig file. This approach solves most of the basic routing problems….(more)

Understanding JavaScript Closures

By Vasu Jain published on 04-28-2013

Javascript closures are considered an advanced topic in Javascript and understanding closures is essential to….(more)

Introducing Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .Net

By Gaurav Mantri published on 04-30-2013

Windows Azure Diagnostics (WAD) is a crucial part of any cloud service deployment and unfortunately it was really tough to get diagnostics working….(more)

Sending and Receiving Messages in Windows Azure Storage Queue with JavaScript Serializer

By Shiju Varghese published on 04-30-2013

In this blog post, I will demonstrate sample code for sending and receiving messages in Windows Azure Storage Queue….(more)

Web Sites in Perspective of Windows Azure

By Shravan Kasagoni published on 05-01-2013

Web Sites is the higher level of abstraction, most simplest way to host applications on Windows Azure. If we use Windows Azure Web Sites….(more)

How to batch clean up the Visual Studio solution folder? (bin, obj etc.)

By Kunal Chowdhury published on 05-01-2013

Sometime the Visual Studio’s clean project command does not return as expected and maximum time people used to manually delete….(more)

Message Box Viewer (MBV) Integration with BizTalk 360 v6.0

By Rohit Sharma published on 05-02-2013

Leaving Execute(Kovai.BizTalk360.InfoTrack.ActivitiesImpl.MBVSvc.MBVActivityImpl). Fatal exception in generating Message Box Viewer Reports….(more)

Server.Map alternative in WCF - HostingEnvironment.MapPath

By Jalpesh Vadgama published on 05-03-2013

If you are ASP.NET programmer then you already know about Server.MapPath. It is used to map….(more)

Preventing CSRF Hacks in ASP.NET WebAPI

By Suprotim Agarwal published on 05-03-2013

Use ASP.NET MVC's AntiResourceForgery token mechanism and extend it to Web API via a delegating handler….(more)

Programmatically executing packages in SSIS 2012 project deployment model

By Visakh Murukesan published on 04-28-2013

The usual way to execute SSIS packages programmatically was by invoking Dtexec utility until SQL 2012. With the arrival of project deployment….(more)

SSIS Dynamic Flat File Connection

By Joydeep Das published on 05-01-2013

Think about a situation where we have a folder and a text file is copied in that folder every day and we have to load the text file….(more)

SQL Server NTILE Function

By Suprotim Agarwal published on 05-01-2013

The SQL Server NTILE() function divides the result set into a specified number of even sized group….(more)

IT PRO

Create New Mailbox Database in Exchange 2013 CU1

By Prabhat Nigam published on 04-29-2013

Due to the changes in Exchange 2013 CU1 there is a task addition which needs planning before the creation of the new DATABASE….(more)

Repair Master Boot Record in Windows 8 | 7

By Shyam Sasindran published on 04-29-2013

One of the effective troubleshooting steps, to fix boot issues is to repair Master Boot Record, or MBR. One of the common reasons….(more)

You cannot sign in to Microsoft Lync 2010 using the version installed. Do you want to download the currently support version?

By Balasaheb Ilag published on 04-30-2013

This issue occurs because Lync 2010 incorrectly handles the web ticket that is issued by the Lync Server 2010 front-end server….(more)

Best Practices Analyzer for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013

By Mohana Krishna published on 04-30-2013

The Best Practices Analyzer for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 is a tool for identifying issues that can prevent you from successfully deploying a three-tier environment….(more)

Office 2013

Share PowerPoint Presentations on Social Sites (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn) using SkyDrive

By Geetesh Bajaj published on 05-04-2013

Lately, Microsoft has been providing many options for sharing Microsoft Office documents online -- previously we showed how you can share….(more)

Blog Posts of the Week (21st - 27th April 2013)

Tanmay Kapoor — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:58:00 GMT

Developers

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)

IT PRO

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)

Office 2013

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)

Blog Post of the Week (14th - 20th April 2013)

Tanmay Kapoor — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:18:45 GMT

Developers

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)

IT PRO

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)

Office 2013

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)

Blog Post from the Week (7th - 13th April 2013)

Tanmay Kapoor — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:54:07 GMT

Developers

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)

IT PRO

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)

Office 2013

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 04-08-2013

If you want to show pie images as markers on the map….(more)

Blog Posts of the Week (31st Mar'13 - 06th Apr'13)

Tanmay Kapoor — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:37:50 GMT

Developers

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)

IT PRO

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)

Office 2013

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)

Announcing the New MVP Awardees - April 2013

Tanmay Kapoor — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:18:17 GMT

MVPs are independent experts and passionate about improving technology. These exceptional and highly respected individuals offer amazing contributions with great dedication. They serve their local online and offline communities and have an impact worldwide. The MVP Award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who voluntarily share their deep, real-world knowledge about Microsoft technologies with others.

We are excited to introduce the new MVP Awardees of April 2013:

Name Technology

Mayur Tendulkar Windows Phone Development

Prabhat Nigam Exchange Server

The MVP Award program recognizes community leaders every quarter. If you have been an active community contributor for the past year or you know an active community leader, please feel free to nominate using the MVP Nomination Form.

While we don't respond to individual request for status on their MVP application, you can write to mvpinc@microsoft.com to request the information.

If you want to know the wonderful activities of the South Asia MVPs you can also follow us at @IndiaMVP on Twitter or our page on South Asia Facebook Page.

Blog Post from the Week (17th - 30th March 2013)

Tanmay Kapoor — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:36:48 GMT

Developers

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)

IT PRO

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)

Office 2013

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)

Blog Posts of the Week (10th - 16th March 2013)

Tanmay Kapoor — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:36:31 GMT

Developers

Flip Image on hover using CSS 3.0

By Dhananjay Kumar published on 03-11-2013

In this post we will take a look on flipping images using CSS3.0. Let us assume that we have a div with two images….(more)

Retrieve Views from Different Folders in MVC

By Abhimanyu Vatsa published on 03-12-2013

In this post you will learn how to retrieve the views which is inside another folder. For example a view which is inside folder….(more)

Using the New Group Box Control in LightSwitch Application

By Karthikeyan Anbarasan published on 03-14-2013

In this article, we are going to see a new feature that was recently released with the Visual Studio 2012 IDE….(more)

Object to XML using LINQ or XmlSerializer

By Pranay Rana published on 03-14-2013

In following post I am going show you how easily you can convert you object in the XML string, because sometime there is need of pass object….(more)

IT PRO

Missing Webparts- One of the crtitical error from HEALTH ANALYZER

By Amol Ghuge published on 03-11-2013

Some webparts are belongs to SharePoint_AdminContent database. While debugging further on this, we tried to find out the leaf names….(more)

Office 2013

Applying conditional formatting to column charts

By Ashish Mathur published on 03-11-2013

Line of Business (LoB) wise CAGR (%) is shown in range A3:B8. A benchmark growth rate is shown….(more)

Blog Posts of the Week (3rd - 9th March 2013)

Tanmay Kapoor — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:33:27 GMT

Developers

Generating Entity Data Model Diagram from EF Code First DbContext

By Shiju Varghese published on 03-03-2013

The Entity Framework Code First approach lets the developers to build applications with Domain-Driven Design….(more)

Logging Errors with ELMAH (Error Logging Modules And Handlers) in ASP.NET MVC 4

By Abhimanyu Vatsa published on 03-03-2013

ELMAH is an alternative to HMS (Health Monitoring System) for logging errors which is free and available under open-source which is created….(more)

WCF Concurrency (Single, Multiple, and Reentrant) and Throttling

By Shivprasad Koirala published on 03-04-2013

In this article, we will concentrate on WCF concurrency and throttling. We will first try to understand what….(more)

AutoCommand For MVVM – More tricks With Lambdas and CallerMemberName

By Anoop Madhusudanan published on 03-06-2013

Few days back I ranted about Lamdba Patterns in C# and Init Time branching. I also had a generally….(more)

How to Integrate WP7.8, WP8 Live Tiles in your WP7.5 apps?

By Kunal Chowdhury published on 03-07-2013

The Windows Phone SDK update for WP7.8 is already there and many people already started receiving the WP7.8 OS update in their existing WP7.5 handsets….(more)

Manage Nuget packages with source control

By Amit Choudhary published on 03-07-2013

Nuget is the visual studio plugin that allows you to download and install the libraries directly into your solution. It’s another adapted….(more)

IT PRO

SQL Server - What is the purpose of DENSITY in STATISTICS?

By Amit Bansal published on 03-04-2013

There is a table in AdventureWorks2008R2 called SalesOrderHeader which has a column called TotalDue. Let us create….(more)

Fix: Windows 8 fails to boot; Automatic Repair, Refresh, Reset PC also fail

By Anand Khanse published on 03-09-2013

If your Windows 8 fails to boot, it will launch Automatic Repair, in order to attempt to repair Windows. In the event….(more)

Office 2013

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Resume Reading

By Geetesh Bajaj published on 03-04-2013

You have a 100 slide presentation that you are working on -- it's past midnight and your eyes feel glassy. In a state of semi-consciousness, you save your slides….(more)

Finding Conversion ratio using Pivot Table Calculated Items

By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 03-06-2013

Today, let’s understand how to use Calculated items feature in Pivot tables. We will use a practical problem many of us face to learn….(more)