Developers

Configure The Views Search Locations in ASP.NET MVC

By Shravan Kasagoni published on 07-21-2013

In this example we did not mention any view name & location of view. We know ASP.NET MVC follows conventions rather than configuration. It searches for a view named index….(more)

Twitter bootstrap multiple modals not working, browser crashing

By Raghav Khunger published on 07-21-2013

After the second modal initiate script ".modal('show')' the Chrome was getting crashed….(more)

Do not include config data in class libraries, instead inject from invoking application

By Rami Vemula published on 07-21-2013

Most of the Junior developers tend to put up there configuration sections of class libraries (DLL’s) along with them. The typical class libraries….(more)

ASP.NET Web API 2.0 Cross Origin Resource Sharing support

By Suprotim Agarwal published on 07-22-2013

WebAPI 2.0 has built in support for Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS). Today we see what it takes to enable CORS support….(more)

Programmatically get the site collection taxonomy group in SharePoint 2013

By Vijai Anand published on 07-22-2013

I have a site collection http://c4968397007/ in which I have created a taxonomy group. Navigate to the site collection http://c4968397007/. Click on….(more)

Build solution vs. Rebuild solution vs. Clean solution Menu

By Shivprasad Koirala published on 07-22-2013

I am not aware of a single day in my life when I have not clicked on the Build, Rebuild, or Clean menu of Visual Studio. Even though I use it on a daily basis….(more)

Create SharePoint sites using Powershell

By Sundararajan Narasiman published on 07-23-2013

I was trying to create the SharePoint Site Provisioning using PowerShell. The following PowerShell script will help us to create a SharePoint sites based on Site Address….(more)

How to load a web resource using Java Script

By Roohi Shaikh published on 07-24-2013

In Dynamics CRM 2011, if we implement JavaScript for particular form we add script web resource in the Form Libraries list under form customization….(more)

How to connect Visual Studio 2012 to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Versioning

By Karthikeyan Anbarasan published on 07-25-2013

In this short tutorial we are going to see how to connect the Visual Studio 2012 Project to the traditional Microsoft Virtual SourceSafe database to maintain the versioning….(more)

Consuming Windows Azure Service Management API from Web/Worker Role–The Easy Way

By Gaurav Mantri published on 07-25-2013

In this post, we’ll talk about an alternate way (and one more alternate way) to consume Service Management API from Web/Worker Role….(more)

What is Bind method in JavaScript

By Dhananjay Kumar published on 07-25-2013

In this post we will take a look on Bind function in JavaScript. This method Bind a function to an Object….(more)

How to consume wcf service using JavaScript Proxy

By Brij Mishra published on 07-26-2013

Do you know that a WCF service allows us to create a JavaScript Proxy….(more)

Grouping Date and time values with DATEADD and DATEDIFF functions

By Madhivanan Jr published on 07-26-2013

In the post Understanding Datetime column - Part III, I explained how to use datetime values effectively in WHERE clause….(more)

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How to delete all tables from the MS SQL database with many foreign key constraints

By Asheej T K published on 07-23-2013

Sometimes we may have to delete the entire table in the database especially when you want an empty database to use it for another application….(more)

Monitoring and troubleshooting Exchange using powershell

By Ratish Nair published on 07-23-2013

One of the Method of troubleshooting Exchange 2013 is using the various inbuilt cmdlets available….(more)

The content databases in this cluster are full. You cannot add more web sites until you change the content database web site capacity settings or add more content databases

By Amol Ghuge published on 07-24-2013

SharePoint capacity planning plays a very vital role with respect to any farm, whether it’s a small farm, medium farm or large farm….(more)

Outlook Integration Error

By Balasaheb Ilag published on 07-25-2013

If user is getting Outlook integration error that means user will lose all integration features, like IM will not save in Conversation history folder, Calendar info will not sync….(more)

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Create all possible combinations from different ranges without using VBA

By Ashish Mathur published on 07-21-2013

Assume numbers from 1 to 8 in range B3:B10 and numbers from 9 to 16 in range C3:C10.  The objective is to create all possible combinations….(more)

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Using Flowchart and Connector Shapes Together

By Geetesh Bajaj published on 07-22-2013

Connectors are lines that link different flowchart shapes (or any shapes you place within your Microsoft Office documents). They are different from conventional lines….(more)

How to find which codecs are installed on your PC

By Vasudev Gurumurthy published on 07-24-2013

Sometimes while troubleshooting Windows Media Player, you want to check which codecs are installed on….(more)

How to reinstall WMC after a clean install to Windows 8.1 Preview

By Soumitra Sengupta published on 07-26-2013

My operating system was Windows 8 Professional with Windows Media Center.I have done a clean install to Windows….(more)

How to Publish a Blog post using Microsoft Word 2013

By Shyam Sasindran published on 07-26-2013

Often bloggers use a lot of application to post their articles in different blogs. I used the use Windows Live Writer to publish my articles….(more)

Developers

File Upload using MultipartFormDataStreamProvider in ASP.Net WebAPI

By Rami Vemula published on 07-14-2013

In this short tutorial, we are going to see how to upload multiple files using MultipartFormDataStreamProvider in ASP.Net WebAPI. The concept is based on Multipart/form….(more)

Custom Data Annotations or Custom Validation Attributes in MVC

By Abhimanyu Vatsa published on 07-15-2013

In this post you will learn how to create custom data annotation in MVC. MVC framework has great extensibility feature….(more)

How to enable Text-to-Speech (TTS) in your #WP8 app

By Kunal Chowdhury published on 07-16-2013

The first and foremost thing that you need to develop Windows Phone 8 applications are: 64-bit Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 operating system and Visual Studio 2012….(more)

JavaScript functions as Namespaces

By Dhananjay Kumar published on 07-17-2013

Very first let us understand that why we need Namespaces in JavaScript. In JavaScript scope of a variable….(more)

Programmatically update Author and Editor fields in SharePoint

By Sundararajan Narasiman published on 07-17-2013

I’m working on a data-migration scenario, where there is a need to update the CreatedBy (Author) and ModifiedBy(Editor) fields….(more)

Using Environment Variables in Coded UI Test with Visual Studio 2012

By Gouri Sohoni published on 07-20-2013

Many a times, the recording of the Coded UI Tests can be done in a development environment. While running the application on production environment or in the testing environment….(more)

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Autodiscover Service playing major role in Lync and Outlook

By Balasaheb Ilag published on 07-15-2013

Recently someone asked me about how Lync client and Outlook client access the availability information like, OOO, Calendar, and Contacts….(more)

Unexpected error when attempting to create a Business Intelligence Center site

By Amol Ghuge published on 07-16-2013

We are trying to use the performance point in SharePoint so one of the basic need is to create a site with BI template….(more)

Close custom activity entity

By Mahender Pal published on 07-16-2013

Are you looking to close your custom entity using SDK, then this post is for you. We can close ms crm custom activity….(more)

Maplytics Dashboards

By Roohi Shaikh published on 07-18-2013

Today we will demonstrate a simple though very useful feature of our flagship product Maplytics, which is Dashboards. Maplytics Dashboards provides….(more)

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Return everything from a string after the first block of numbers

By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 07-16-2013

Formulas are like the DNA of Excel…you can solve some very complicated evolutionary challenges by stringing together a few simple base-pairs….(more)

sfc fails to repair Windows Media Center getting-“Windows Resource Protection Could Not Start the Repair Service”

By Soumitra Sengupta published on 07-16-2013

When I try to start Windows Media Center,it crashes.I’ve tried sfc /scannow but it gives me error….(more)

Skype WiFi App for Windows 8

By Nirmal T V published on 07-18-2013

Skype has now officially released a new Windows 8 app which allows users to search for Wi-Fi hotspots and connect to them using….(more)

Configure & Use Hyper-V – Create Virtual Machines In Windows 8

By Anand Khanse published on 07-19-2013

Virtual Machines or VM’s let you run a different operating systems on a single machine – referred to as the guest operating systems. This often proves useful….(more)

Handmade Slides: Map Pins for PowerPoint – 10

By Geetesh Bajaj published on 07-19-2013

Have you seen slides that include a cool “map pin” graphic? These are typically placed on a map to show a location – and similarly multiple map pins….(more)

Developers

T-SQL to DAX: Simulating PERCENTILE_CONT analytic function

By Visakh Murukesan published on 07-08-2013

PERCENTILE_CONT is used for calculating a percentile based on a continuous distribution of the column value….(more)

Advanced Usage of Grouping in CollectionView with ItemsPresenter

By Abhishek Sur published on 07-09-2013

CollectionView is an object that we generally use while dealing with a collection in WPF. It is an object structure that supports a collection as well some of the inherent features….(more)

Monitoring performance of SignalR Applications

By Suprotim Agarwal published on 07-09-2013

SignalR is one rare framework that actually lights your eyes up once you start getting the hang of what it can do. But after you are done….(more)

Building A Recommendation Engine - Machine Learning Using Windows Azure HDInsight, Hadoop And Mahout

By Anoop Madhusudanan published on 07-11-2013

Let us help the Stack Exchange guys to suggest questions to a user that he can answer, based on his answering history, much like the way Amazon suggests you products….(more)

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Cannot connect to PerformancePoint Services. Contact the administrator for more details.

By Amol Ghuge published on 07-08-2013

Dashboards are a fundamental component of any performance management solution, and SharePoint 2010 Performance Point Services provides….(more)

Monitor SQL Server Services using Powershell

By Sarabpreet Singh published on 07-10-2013

In this blog I’ll show you how easy it is to use the powershell inbuilt cmdlets to start monitoring your SQL Server….(more)

Configure PIN policy in Lync

By Balasaheb Ilag published on 07-12-2013

When you are thinking about Web Conference, The most important thing is PIN number….(more)

Exchange 2003 cluster removal in mixed mode

By Prabhat Nigam published on 07-12-2013

Let’s take a look at how to remove the last Exchange 2003 clustered mailbox server from a mixed mode environment….(more)

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Gantt Chart in Excel

By Ashish Koul published on 07-08-2013

Gantt Chart Using Stacked Bar Chart….(more)

Never use simple numbers in your dashboards (bonus tip: how to fix default conditional formatting)

By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 07-11-2013

In order to know whether a number like $120,000 sales in South is good or bad, you need to provide some context. For example, if you include previous month….(more)

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Getting Started with Flowcharts

By Geetesh Bajaj published on 07-12-2013

A flowchart is a diagram that explains a process visually and sequentially in a series of steps -- each such step is represented visually by a flowchart….(more)

Developers

Reflection in JavaScript

By Dhananjay Kumar published on 07-01-2013

While working with JavaScript you may come across a scenario when you need to reflect type of a particular property. Let us say you have an object….(more)

How to create a node in the quick launch bar using CSOM in SharePoint 2013

By Vijai Anand published on 07-01-2013

In this blog you will see how to create a node in the quick launch bar using CSOM in SharePoint 2013….(more)

[Exception: Solution] - An exception of type 'System.UnauthorizedAccessException' occurred in System.Device.ni.dll but was not handled in user code

By Karthikeyan Anbarasan published on 07-03-2013

We might end up with the above exception while developing your window phone application development, basically on the location services enabled application development. To resolve this issue….(more)

SQL Server: Search a string|text in all the tables, rows, columns

By Raghav Khunger published on 07-03-2013

If you want to search a string|text in all the tables, rows, columns below script will….(more)

How to Install .NET Framework 3.5 in Windows 8 or Windows 8.1?

By Kunal Chowdhury published on 07-04-2013

I had the .NET Framework 3.5 installer package available in my software collection already and first I tried to install from there when I saw the below screen when trying to install….(more)

Infinite Scrolling Using ASP.NET Web API Data Service and KnockoutJS

By Suprotim Agarwal published on 07-04-2013

The infinite scroll pattern is simply a different kind of pagination. In this article, we will see how to implement an infinite scroll using….(more)

Realtime Maps Based On XML File Changes With SignalR and ASP.NET MVC

By Brij Dammani published on 07-06-2013

This article explores how to implement realtime Google and Bing Maps based on XML file changes by external system. It can be used in many ways….(more)

T-SQL to DAX: Simulating RANK function

By Visakh Murukesan published on 07-01-2013

RANK() function helps us to find out rank of a row based on particular sequence within a sql table or data group within it. DAX doesn't have a corresponding function….(more)

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Cannot perform the action because the related web page was not available from your internet browser

By Balasaheb Ilag published on 07-03-2013

This behavior is not common sometime it happen, it is purely related to default program option selection in operating system….(more)

EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'proc_putObject', database 'SharePoint_Config', schema 'dbo'

By Pratik Vyas published on 07-03-2013

MessageEXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'proc_putObject', database 'SharePoint_Config', schema 'dbo'….(more)

Consumer

Introduction to Excel 2013 Data Model & Relationships

By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 07-01-2013

Every day, millions of analysts and managers enter VLOOKUP hell and suffer. They connect table 1 with table 2 so that all the data needed….(more)

SkyDrive in Windows 8.1

By Nirmal TV published on 07-01-2013

SkyDrive is one of the most popular cloud storage service from Microsoft with millions of users using it as their primary….(more)

Data Analytics : Good data vs Bad data

By Dr. Nitin Paranjape published on 07-02-2013

Why do we spend so much time in cleaning up and creating reports? The primary reason is because the source data is not in an optimal….(more)

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Slide Show View

By Geetesh Bajaj published on 07-04-2013

Have you created all your slides -- and now you want to show it in front of an audience? Or you just want to use this slide deck in a webinar, or even see them yourself….(more)

Developers

Using IOperationInvoker in WCF for Global exception handling and logging

By Amit Choudhary published on 06-24-2013

There are several ways to implement the Global Exception handling in WCF for e.g. using a  IErrorHandler (The best way to handle the uncaught exceptions) or creating your own….(more)

SharePoint 2013 Programmatically read list items using Java Script

By Sundararajan Narasiman published on 06-25-2013

Yesterday, I saw a question in MSDN forums on how to programmatically read SharePoint List items using JavaScript. Here is the full workable code….(more)

What is difference between First and FirstOrDefault in LINQ?

By Dhananjay Kumar published on 06-26-2013

While writing query a question raised that what is difference between First and FirstOrDefault….(more)

An Interesting LINQ Exercise

By Brij Dammani published on 06-27-2013

It looks interesting to combine each person first record to all other records using LINQ. So I decided to write….(more)

Migrate SharePoint sites using Content Migration APIs

By Sundararajan Narasiman published on 06-28-2013

The export/import method provides the flexibility to migrate a site/sub-site from one web application to another web application (in a different content database) within….(more)

IE10 jquery ajax post not working, data not posted to server

By Raghav Khunger published on 06-28-2013

After upgrading IE to IE10 on my machine (Windows 7 64 bit) I was facing weird issues with ajax "POST" calls. We had a problem with posting messages in our product….(more)

The new Auto Scaling Service in Windows Azure

By Shiju Varghese published on 06-28-2013

One of the key features of the Cloud is the on-demand scalability, which lets the cloud application developers to scale up or scale down….(more)

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Exchange connection error on Lync

By Balasaheb Ilag published on 06-23-2013

Lync is experiencing connection issues with the Exchange server. Lync will attempt to repair the connection….(more)

Step by Step Using “DecrementBy” in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Workflow

By Mahender Pal published on 06-23-2013

Did you ever get a requirement to decrease your product’s quantity on hand value by 1 using OOB workflow….(more)

Cannot open the excel files in Sharepoint 2010

By Pratik Vyas published on 06-24-2013

Users cannot open excel files in SharePoint 2010 from the Library and get an error….(more)

USB drive stopped working in Windows Server 2012

By Amol Ghuge published on 06-25-2013

I recently installed Windows Server 2012 Enterprises Edition my machine. I kept it connected to internet with automatic download and install….(more)

How to convert the DateTime in Local and UTC Date Time format

By Roohi Shaikh on 06-27-2013

While working with the plug-ins or with Custom Workflows Assemblies, we get the Datetime from CRM which doesn’t match with user’s Local….(more)

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Fix: Folders / Explorer going transparent while dragging in Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP

By Shantanu Kaushik published on 06-23-2013

This post will help you fix an issue with your Windows based Computer, where, when you try to resize your folder view or even your Internet browser….(more)

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Notes Page View

By Geetesh Bajaj published on 06-24-2013

The Notes Page is one of ten views available in PowerPoint 2013, this shows you how your printed notes will appear -- in this tutorial, we'll explore this specific view….(more)

Introduction to Structural References

By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 06-26-2013

Ever seen a formula like =SUMIFS(Sheet1!B2:B3923, Sheet1!C2:C3923, A1, Sheet1!D2:D3923, A2) and wondered what it is really doing….(more)

Few things to note before upgrading to Windows 8.1 Preview

By Vasudev Gurumurthy published on 06-26-2013

Everyone is excited and waiting for Windows 8.1 Preview release later today. Windows 8.1 Preview will be released at Microsoft's BUILD….(more)

Internet Explorer 11 Features: A Complete Rundown

By Anand Khanse published on 06-27-2013

The new browser claims to be faster than its predecessor with better touch performance, faster page loads, and an integrated browsing experience….(more)

Install Windows 8.1 on separate partition & Dual Boot it with another OS

By Anand Khanse published on 06-28-2013

I did not want to upgrade my existing working Windows 8 installation to Windows 8.1 Preview, and yet wanted to check out Microsoft’s….(more)

How to create a short version of a long presentation

By Dr. Nitin Paranjape published on 06-28-2013

Presentations can be long, very long. Yet we are often forced to cut down our presentations. Customers are pulled into other meetings….(more)