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Visual Studio 2005 install on Vista: Unknown error copying files to temporary folder
08 June 07 09:36 PM | mhatch | 0 Comments   

While installing Visual Studio 2005 on Vista Ultimate x64 I got the error "An unknown error occured while copying files to your temporary folder. Setup will now exit." I have two CD/DVD drives on my machine (HP Media Center m7170n), so I took the setup Read More...

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SharePoint 2007 Forms Authentication and AspNetSqlMembershipProvider
10 March 07 01:44 PM | mhatch | 1 Comments   

I spent the last week or so setting up Forms Authentication on Sharepoint 2007 (MOSS 2007) and the SQL Membership provider. There are a couple of good blog posts out there, but judging from the number of comments, this configuration is still frought with Read More...

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Vista performance update
24 January 07 10:55 PM | mhatch | 0 Comments   

I finally got my secondary display working - by buying a different video card. I went with an ATI X1300 series with 256Mb RAM. Performance overall was still pretty poor, and although this video card has more RAM, it was actually rated lower (4.1) by the Read More...

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Creating a custom DSL Connector
22 November 06 11:36 PM | mhatch | 0 Comments   

While developing my architecture designer using the Domain Specfic Language tools in Visual Studio I wanted to create my own connector type with filled circles at the ends of the connector. Many thanks to Bhavin B for his post on the Microsoft Forums Read More...

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First experiences installing Vista Ultimate at home
12 November 06 10:07 PM | mhatch | 0 Comments   

I brought home Vista Ultimate now that we've RTM'ed to install it on my home machine. The machine is an HP Media Center m7170n Pentium D 3Ghz dual core with 1Gb RAM and a custom XFXForce Dual DVI video card (NVidia 6600 chipset). Single 220Gb HD. I was Read More...

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Domain Specific Language tools
09 November 06 12:48 AM | mhatch | 0 Comments   

I've been learning how to use the Visual Studio DSL tools to model an architecture language called ' ArchiMate '. The DSL tools allow you to assign custom shapes using the DSLDefinition.ImageShape class, which is described in the documentation as supporting Read More...

Guidelines for Modeling
21 October 06 04:48 PM | mhatch | 0 Comments   

In Enterprise Architecture at Work, the authors include a chapter on guidelines for modeling. I'm capturing them here as these concepts may be very valuable to reference and keep top of mind in the architecture process. Conceptual Integrity - "the degree Read More...

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Architecture principle/model for limits of user access?
21 October 06 10:55 AM | mhatch | 1 Comments   

Reflecting on a funcional review this week where the Operations GM kept talking about business intelligence and 'back-end SQL access' in the same breath, I realized that there needs to be a way to articulate what services users should be allowed to access. Read More...

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Xbox Gamer Card
25 July 06 03:47 PM | mhatch | 0 Comments   

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DNS for service namespacing?
25 July 06 11:42 AM | mhatch | 1 Comments   

I was chatting with Dale in the hallway about service management, which happens to be related to his latest post regarding service discovery. Something that crosses my scattered brain from time to time is whether it would be feasible to use DNS namespacing Read More...

MIIS Adapter for SAP
27 June 05 07:57 PM | mhatch | 0 Comments   

Work is progressing with an internal project to create an MIIS adapter for SAP. We've tested a beta version of this adaptor, which we'll be using to integrate our SAP HR Employee records with SAP for account provisioning. More info to follow... Read More...

A high level overview of using the Biztalk 2004 SAP Adaptor
25 January 05 01:27 PM | mhatch | 1 Comments   

Tamer Shaaban posed a brief overview of how to use the Biztalk 2004 SAP Adaptor in his blog here . Also, some internal research around how to use adaptor for distributed transactions revealed: Setting the SAPSend.ConnectionType = “OPENREUSE” for the first Read More...

Leadership Books I Really Like
17 December 04 04:26 PM | mhatch | (Comments Off)   

Team Building and Dynamics The 5 Dysfunctions Of A Team and other books in this series by Patrick Lencioni.( The Table Group ) Individual growth and/or Management First, Break All The Rules Now, Discover Your Strengths How Full Is Your Bucket? Read More...

SAP TechEd Day 3
07 October 04 06:35 PM | mhatch | 2 Comments   

Today I attended the following sessions in whole or part: BW201 - Guidelines for Managing SAP Business Information Warehouse 3.5 NW203 - Integrating Third-Party Applications Using SAP NetWeaver XI201 - SAP Exchange Infrastructure and SAP Business Intelligence Read More...

Biztalk 2004 adapter available directly from Microsoft
07 October 04 06:40 PM | mhatch | 2 Comments   

In a previous post I noted that the SAP adapter was available from iWay. Today I noticed that we have actually released our own SAP adapter for BizTalk 2004. http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/evaluation/adapter/adapters/sap/2004/sap_overview.asp Read More...