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Authenticating with the help of System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement
Share/BookmarkWith the help of System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement (available from .NET Framework 4.0) authenticating users against Microsoft Active Directory has become a lot simpler. Compare...
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ClickOnce and WinForms application – tiny tips
Share/BookmarkThe below are few points that we learned during a recent application developed using WinForms and deployed using ClickOnce. Refracting to use native PC/SC interface The core functionality...
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Working with .NET Boolean and Oracle along with ASP.NET MVC
Share/BookmarkSomethings that are straight forward in MS-SQL and .NET are bit convoluted when using Oracle and .NET. A good example for this case is when trying to map a database Boolean field to a...
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World Backup Day
Share/BookmarkMarch 31st is world backup day! Signup for a cloud based backup service and save yourself a lot of regret later. I am singing up for Backblaze since they are providing an option for...
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Memory Profiling with Chrome DevTools
Share/BookmarkNice discussion on JavaScript memory management: Introduction to JavaScript memory management basics and a deeper dive into the Heap Profiler in Chrome DevTools with John McCutchan and...
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Managed ODP.NET v12.1.0.1.0 released!
Share/BookmarkODP.NET is finally out of Beta and is now synced with the 12c client. Managed ODP.NET client v12.1.0.1.0 can be downloaded from the Oracle’s OTN site. Related OTN sections: - Oracle...
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With the help of System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement (available from .NET Framework 4.0) authenticating users against Microsoft Active Directory has become a lot simpler. Compare the below code...
View Article.Net Runtime Web and Standalone files
Jotting this one down for my own reference: .Net Version Mode Link 3.5 SP1 Online (Web) dotnetfx35setup.exe Offline (Standalone) dotnetfx35.exe 4.0 Online (Web) dotNetFx40_Full_setup.exe Offline –...
View ArticleNostalgic stories from the IT industry
One of the problems Microsoft foresaw was getting new users to join Messenger when so many people already used the other chat programs. The trouble was that the programs, then as now, didn’t talk to...
View ArticleLargest collection of FREE Microsoft eBooks
From Eric Ligman (Microsoft): FREE Microsoft eBooks! Who doesn’t love FREE Microsoft eBooks? Well, for the past few years, I’ve provided posts containing almost 150 FREE Microsoft eBooks and my...
View ArticleCmder and Visual Studio 2013 (Developer Command Prompt)
I am a regular user of Cmder, a very nice command line emulator for Windows. Cmder is internally using ConEmu for the command prompt emulation and has a very beautiful Monokai color scheme. Since Cmder...
View ArticleEvolution of Visual Studio, a lot to love about!
A pleasant thing I noticed in the last few years regarding Visual Studio is it’s attitude towards supporting various open source languages and platforms. You would have felt the same if you were...
View ArticleASP.NET vNext, a quick look into the future
MVC Controllers and WebAPI Controllers are now merged to form single controller class No need for physical folders for Areas, just decorating a Controller with [Area("AreaName")] gets you the desired...
View ArticleMigrating MS-SQL 2008 to 2012
Pre-migration Update the new servers to have the latest updates for both OS and MS-SQL Setup Windows Failsafe cluster Setup Always-On availability group, replicas and listener Setup shared folder for...
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