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- 4 Simple Steps to Run Go Language in Azure Websites
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- Easy Go Programming Setup for Windows
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- Build a Windows 8 App for Salesforce With No Code Using Project Siena
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- Create an iBeacon Transmitter with the Raspberry Pi
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- Salesforce Did What? How We Built the Salesforce Toolkits for .NET
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- Uploading an Attachment to Salesforce with the SOAP and REST APIs
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- Update Records with Python and the Salesforce Bulk API
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- Announcing the Salesforce Accelerators for Windows Store Apps
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- Announcing the Salesforce Accelerators for Windows Phone 8 Apps
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- Create a Custom Object with .NET using the Force.com Metadata API … and No Proxy Classes!
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- Send a Text Message to Your IoT Thermal Printer? No Problem. (And Print Your Lunch Menu Too!)
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- Support for Refresh Tokens, Async Suffix, and Updated Sample Apps
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- Using the WebAuthenticationBroker for Salesforce Authentication on Windows 8
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- Connecting to Salesforce from a Windows Phone 8 App
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- Better Support for HttpClient in the Salesforce Toolkits for .NET
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- Announcing the Salesforce Toolkits for .NET
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- How to Write Unit Tests to Check Your HTTP Headers (and Other HTTP Request Stuff) in C#
2013
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- Salesforce1 Tutorial for the Dreamforce ‘13 Developer Keynote
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- A Simple Lua Script Token Request with Webscript.io
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- Force.com Token Requests with Python
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- A Command-line Interface for Force.com
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- Preparing for the Salesforce $1 Million Hackathon
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- Joining Salesforce
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- Configuring the Force.com IDE with Eclipse and Using Git
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- Migrated to Jekyll
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- PowerShell Script for Cleaning Up Your Windows Azure Resources
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- Creating Anonymous Apex REST APIs with Force.com
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- A Few Tips on Getting Started with Force.com
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- To The Cloud(s)
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- Using Windows Azure Virtual Machines to Publish and Synchronize a Web Farm
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- Detecting Expired PKI Certificates
2012
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- Getting the Application ID and Hardware ID in Windows Store Applications
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- Generating C# Classes from JSON
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- Early Thoughts on the Windows Azure Announcements
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- Notes from the MEET Windows Azure Keynote
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- Simple Capped Exponential Back-Off for Queues
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- Return Empty Set Instead of ResourceNotFound from Table Storage
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- Joining Aditi Technologies as Chief Technology Officer
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- Leaving Microsoft
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- Cannot create database ‘DevelopmentStorageDb20110816’ for the Windows Azure Storage Emulator
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- Are You Building Mobile + Cloud Applications? Tell Me!
2011
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- How to Handle a Faulted Channel with the Windows Azure Service Bus
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- Unable to find assembly references that are compatible with the target framework ‘Silverlight,Version=v4.0, Profile=WindowsPhone71’
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- Adding Push Notification Support to Your Windows Phone Application
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- Outsourcing User Authentication in a Windows Phone Application
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- Programmatically Installing and Using Your Management Certificate with the New .publishsettings File
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- NuGet Packages for Windows Azure and Windows Phone Developers
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- Aggregating RSS Feeds in C# and ASP.NET MVC 3
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- Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - October Release
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- Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone v1.3.1
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- Windows Azure Platform Training Kit, September 2011 Release
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- Running the Windows Azure Tools & SDK on the Windows Developer Preview
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- Metro Style Apps with Windows Azure
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- Windows Azure Toolkits for Devices - Now With Android!
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- Using ELMAH in Windows Azure with Table Storage
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- Introduction to Windows Azure Marketplace for Applications
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- WA Toolkit for iOS: New Project Experience for Accessing Windows Azure Storage
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- WA Toolkit for iOS: New Project Experience with Windows Azure Access Control Service
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- Using Windows Azure Blob Storage and CDN with WordPress
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- Deploying the Windows Azure ASP.NET MVC 3 Web Role
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- Updates to the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit
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- Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS Now Supports the Access Control Service
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- RELEASED: Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS V1.0.1
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- Deploying Your Services from the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7
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- WPDT 7.1 Beta Support Added to the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7
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- Merged a Pull Request for the iOS Toolkit
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- VB.NET and Bug Fixes for Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 (v1.2.1)
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- NOW AVAILABLE: Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 v1.2
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- Updates Coming Soon to the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7
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- Using Windows Azure for Windows Phone 7 Push Notification Support
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- Getting Started with the Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS
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- Article: Introducing the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching Service
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- Getting Started with the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7
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- Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7
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- Requesting Access to the VM Role Beta
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- Windows Azure Platform Training Kit and Course, February 2011 Update
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- Running Multiple Websites in a Windows Azure Web Role
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- Managing the SecureString in the DataCacheSecurity Constructor
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- Windows Azure AppFabric CTP February, Caching Enhancements, and the New LABS Portal
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- Families and the Oil of Monkeys
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- Windows Azure Platform Training Kit and Course, January 2011 Update
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- Using Expression Encoder 4 in a Windows Azure Worker Role
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- Overlay Text On Video Using Expression Encoder 4
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- Programmatically Changing the AppPool Identity in a Windows Azure Web Role
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- Come Join My Team!
2010
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- Web Deploy with Windows Azure on Restrictive Networks
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- Goodbye lunch for Ryan Dunn
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- Try out the WordPress app for Windows Phone 7
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- Using Web Deploy with Windows Azure for Rapid Development
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- Use the WAPTK to help setup your Windows Azure development environment
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- Windows Azure Platform Training Kit, December 2010 Update
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- Article: Re-Introducing the Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service
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- Programmatically Configuring the Caching Client
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- Setting Up the BidNow Sample Application for Windows Azure
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- Significant Updates Released in the BidNow Sample for Windows Azure
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- Using the SAML CredentialType to Authenticate to the Service Bus
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- Code for the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching demo
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- Hands-On Lab: Building Windows Azure Applications with the Caching Service
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- TechEd EMEA: A Lap Around the Windows Azure AppFabric (ASI205)
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- PDC10: Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric Caching (CS60)
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- New Services and Enhancements with the Windows Azure AppFabric
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- What have I been doing for PDC10?
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- 7 Reasons I’m Excited About IE9
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- Service Bus on the Cloud Cover Show
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- Using the ‘TrustServerCertificate’ Property with SQL Azure and Entity Framework
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- SQL Azure Adds Support for Database Copy
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- AutoStart WCF Services to Expose them as Service Bus Endpoints
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- Configuring an ASP.NET Web Application to Use a Windows Server AppFabric Cache for Session State
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- Getting Started with Windows Server AppFabric Cache
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- Updated Windows Azure AppFabric SDK
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- Using the Expression Encoder SDK to encode lots of videos
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- Article: Tips for Migrating Your Applications to the Cloud
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- Use social web providers in less than 5 minutes
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- Using the default SQL Server instance for Windows Azure development storage
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- How would you describe the Windows Azure AppFabric?
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- My First Week as a Technical Evangelist
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- Real-World Patterns for Cloud Computing at TechEd NA 2010
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- Host WCF Services in IIS with Service Bus Endpoints
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- Using the .NET Framework 4.0 with the Azure AppFabric SDK
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- Release the hounds - Multicasting with Azure AppFabric
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- Jon Box on the Capabilities of Internet Explorer 8
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- What is the Azure AppFabric?
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- New Role: Technical Evangelist for Azure AppFabric
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- Silverlight Customers Light Up the Web
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- Getting Started with XNA Development
2009
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- Significant updates to the SQL Azure Migration Wizard
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- WI Azure User Group – Windows Azure Platform update
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- Preview of “Lessons Learned: Migrating Applications to the Windows Azure Platform”
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- How to Leverage the RoleEntryPoint in an Azure Web Role
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- Chunking BCP output to upload lots of data into SQL Azure
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- Taste of Chicago benefits from Windows Azure and Silverlight
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- Presenting on the Windows Azure Platform at the Day of Cloud
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- SQL Azure Database is Feature Complete!
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- The SQL Azure Migration Wizard will now migrate your data!
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- Webcast: Running an ASP.NET MVC Web Application in Windows Azure
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- Passive Federation with Windows Azure and ADFS v2
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- Windows Azure in the Real World
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- Getting ready for the ‘Race to Market Challenge’
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- SQL Azure Migration Wizard
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- Architecting Your Data Access Layer with the Entity Framework
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- Stratus: Tamer of Clouds
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- .NET Architecture for Enterprises
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- The Commerce Server book is now available!
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- Running a PHP application on Windows Azure
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- The Commerce Server 2007 book lives!
2008
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- Looking to explore the Cloud? Then join your community!
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- Building Multi-Enterprise Business Applications on the Azure Services Platform
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- PDC 2008 is coming …
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- Installing Windows From a Bootable USB Drive
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- Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin User Groups
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- Developing a relationship with Twitter …
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- Installing Windows Server 2008
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- Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN on a Dell D830 running Windows Server 2008 EE x64
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- Update on the Commerce Server book
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- Traveling to Las Vegas tomorrow for MIX08
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- My New Job: Architect Evangelist for Microsoft
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- Using the UpdateProgress to lock down controls in the browser
2007
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- Another Statera blogger - Ryan McCutchen
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- Using the Audit Policy to diagnose security problems
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- Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) posts
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- Donate rice and test your vocabulary
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- Some great blog posts on Commerce Server 2007
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- Architectural resources from MSFT
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- White papers: Migration from Oracle or Sybase to SQL Server 2005
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- Aspiring Architects: Four 100-Level Webcasts
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- Updated Silverlight Hangman Application
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- MSDN Masters Series Event: Silverlight
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- Converting the Commerce Server 2007 MOM 2005 Pack for OpsMgr 2007
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- Windows XP Professional - 96 updates!
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- Commerce Server 2007 and Operational Monitoring
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- Update: Professional Commerce Server 2007
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- A few tips when using WCF with BizTalk Server 2006 R2
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- Setting up a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (beta 2) development environment
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- BizTalk process crashing with eConnect 9 adapter
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- Microsoft Hotfix Request Web Submission Form
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- Simpsonize Us!
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- Deleting Team Project in TFS doesn’t really delete the Team Project
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- Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1
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- Setting up a virtual Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
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- Viewing help files in Windows Vista
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- Adding a printer in Vista with UAC turned off
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- Milestone: 100 feed subscribers
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- Warning about Windows Live Writer
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- System.Net.WebException when issuing more than two concurrent WebRequest’s
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- Warning: the CID values for both test machines are the same
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- Commerce Server 2007 Development Environments
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- More details on the Commerce Server roadmap and CSID
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- Exciting Commerce Server News
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- Commerce Server Staging error: Operation must use an updateable query
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- Setting up a Silverlight development environment
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- Updates to the Hangman application
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- Hangman application built on Silverlight and WPF
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- Silverlight: “Error Invoking Service” when calling a web service
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- Devising a strategy to (consistently) win Hangman: Part I
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- Commerce Server in the headlines: 07/08/2007 - 07/14/2007
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- Google says “We’re sorry …”
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- How to automatically and recursively delete empty directories
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- Sharing photos with family and friends
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- Configuring and Testing a Windows Mobile 5.0 Development Environment
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- Commerce Server in the headlines: 07/01/2007 - 07/07/2007
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- BizTalk Server 2006 eConnect Adapters for Great Plains 9.0
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- Resolving the BizTalk Server 2006 warning that dependencies cannot be found
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- Commerce Server 2007 Upgrade Wizard (post SP1 install) Walkthrough
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- Problem with the Commerce Server 2007 SP1 Installation
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- ClickOnce Deployment and the Commerce Server 2007 Business Management Applications
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- Commerce Server 2007 Starter Site installation error: Error importing object data for Transaction Config
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- Two great blogging widgets: ClustrMap and whos.amung.us
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- Max Akbar has announced his new Commerce Server training company and Web site
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- Add “VS.NET Command Prompt Here” to Windows Explorer
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- Do you Yahoo!? No, can’t say that I do …
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- Script permission updates for Commerce Server 2007
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- Script the creation and assignment of Windows groups for Commerce Server
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- Script the creation of SQL logins and role assignments for Commerce Server 2007
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- Script the creation of local user accounts for Commerce Server 2007
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- The database version (C.0.8.40) does not match your reporting services installation.
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- What’s your Google rank or page position?
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- The project location is not trusted …
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- Oracle for Microsoft Developers, Part I: Installing Oracle 9.2 on Windows Server 2003
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- Oracle for Microsoft Developers, Part II: Setting Up Your Database
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- UNC error: XXXXXXX is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Access is denied.
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- Commerce Server road map and commitment!
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- Troubleshooting with the Sysinternals utilities
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- Commerce Server 2007: BizTalk 2006 Adapter White Papers
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- A new twist to the error: “Unable to enlist in the transaction.”
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- The BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications on Windows Server 2003 64-bit
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- Unable to open shim database version registry key - v2.0.50727.00000.
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- Adding ODBC connections in Windows Server 2003 64-bit
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- Configuring the Adventure Works catalog for Commerce Server 2007
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- BizTalk 2006 XPath expression gotcha!
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- BizTalk deployment errors from Visual Studio 2005
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- New hosting for blog
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- Creating a Universal Data Link (UDL)
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- Commerce Server 2007 - Inventory Catalog
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- Commerce Server 2007 training resources
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- Programming with Commerce Server in two modes: InProc mode and Web Service mode
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- Announcing the release of InfinityGL, by rhythmiQ
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- Max Akbar has agreed to be the technical reviewer!
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- Windows Live Writer (beta)
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- Commerce Server 2007 Webcasts and other valuable links
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- Changing the computer name of a BizTalk 2006 server
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- Taking exam 70-235 tomorrow … [Passed!]
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- How to stop the high-pitched noise emitted by Dell Latitudes [Updated]
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- Professional Commerce Server 2007
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- Using the “ODBC Adapter for Oracle Database” in BizTalk 2006
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- Configuring HTTP as a transport protocol in BizTalk 2006
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- Connecting Directly to the Console via Remote Desktop
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- How to turn off the beep sound in a virtual machine in Virtual Server 2005
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- Configuring and Integrating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Commerce Server 2007
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- Installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 on Windows Vista [Updated]
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- Error “This request requires buffering data to succeed.”
2006