Using the latest NuGet in your build
NuGet (both the command-line tool and the accompanying tools built into Visual Studio) continues to iterate rapidly and add support for new .NET Core and .NET Standard target frameworks, among other...
View ArticleExperiencing Data Access and Latency Issues for Many Data Types in North...
Update: Friday, 29 September 2017 19:02 UTCRoot cause has been isolated to issues with back end storage service. The storage issue has been mitigated and customers should no longer see data access...
View ArticleNew URL tracking parameters for ad extensions & locations
Using tracking parameters in your URLs is a great way to gain additional insight about the source of an ad click. You can reach more customers when you use this valuable data to improve the performance...
View ArticleLast (Few) Weeks on DirectX Shader Compiler (2017-09-29)
On the HLSL side, we've kept on adding support for float16, improving coverage, and fixing bugs. We've also been helping partners get their downstream implementations correct and stable. The compiler...
View ArticleRelease: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v7.6
Overview SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for Oracle, MySQL, SAP ASE (formerly SAP Sybase ASE), DB2, and Access allows users to convert a database schema to a Microsoft SQL Server schema, upload...
View ArticleGit and Visual Studio 2017 part 4
In this article, I will dig into branching. Branch in Git Branching can be considered a copy of entire repository. You typically use branch when you add some changes but keep the original project...
View ArticleHow Do I Catch Globalization Biases?
Last time I mentioned that we all have biases ingrained into our subconscious by our cultures, but I didn’t address how we avoid being tripped up by those problems in the first place. Unfortunately, it...
View ArticleHow HITS Solutions Is Using Xamarin.Forms To Offer A Productivity App That...
HITS is a company specialized in developing Human Resources and People Management Business-to-Business Systems. Over the course of 17 years, HITS has evolved from a small regional enterprise into a...
View ArticleHow HITS Solutions Is Using Xamarin.Forms To Offer A Productivity App That...
HITS is a company specialized in developing Human Resources and People Management Business-to-Business Systems. Over the course of 17 years, HITS has evolved from a small regional enterprise into a...
View ArticleSkype for Business 2016 で、UCMAPI.exe がクラッシュします。
Japan Skype/Lync サポート チームの久保です。 Skype for Business 2016 で UcMapi.exe がクラッシュする事象が確認されております。 この問題は、 2017年9月18日以降に利用可能となりました、Microsoft Office...
View ArticleGit and Visual Studio 2017 part 5 : Merging the changes
We did branching in the previous article, therefore we do merge in this article, as that’s the main reason for branching. I was planning to do re-basing in this article, but I realized it is too much....
View ArticleProactive obsolescence
Technology changes quickly. As fast as hardware, biotech, genomics, nanotech, quantum computing, 3D printing, and robotics are advancing, they are snails compared to software. UI frameworks, machine...
View ArticleChange SharePoint Service Account
Normally, changing the SharePoint service accounts should not be a big deal. However, in our case we had to do this using PowerShell, as we could not access the managed accounts page (Central...
View ArticleParts of LCIDs are a Bad Idea
I just posted a couple things about how We're all Naïve and Catching Globalization Biases, where I mentioned that platform and industry thinking has evolved over the years. And then today I ran into...
View ArticleSharePoint Workflow Auto Cleanup
I am not sure if this blog is really needed/helpful for someone or not, but we keep getting cases about workflow tasks being deleted, vanished, or deleted. Also, workflow status is gone! For...
View ArticleExploring Data Visualisation in Mixed Reality using the Microsoft Hololens
Guest post by Lucas Valtl, M.Sc Student at UCL. About Me My name is Lucas and I recently completed my master thesis (which is the topic of this post) for my M.Sc in Computer Science at University...
View ArticleHow can I detect that my window is on the current virtual desktop?
Virtual desktops are a feature added in Windows 10 blah blah exposition. Here is how virtual desktops work, from a programmatic standpoint: To switch to a virtual desktop, the system shows the windows...
View ArticleMIEE Spotlight- Rebekah Clarke
Today's MIEE Spotlight looks at Rebekah Clarke, Year 3/4 Class Teacher at St Joseph's RC & CofE Nursery and Primary School in Derbyshire, UK. Rebekah uses Office 365 tools daily in her classroom...
View Article12-13 ноября. Москва. Конференция .NET-разработчиков DotNext 2017 Moscow
На этот раз DotNext, по аналогии с питерским, пройдёт в течение двух дней: будет не только больше крутых докладов, но и больше времени на общение с докладчиками и коллегами в перерывах. Мы учли фидбэки...
View Article12 октября. Москва. 400+ сортов Microsoft Azure
Компания COMPAREX совместно с Microsoft приглашают Вас на встречу с экспертами, посвященную возможностям платформы Microsoft Azure для разработчиков. 12 октября 2017, с 14:30 до 19:00 (регистрация с...
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