Windows Workflow Community Blogs via Syndication

Note to self - how to stop VS 2012 menus being all caps

2013-05-21T20:49:14Z

reg ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\General" /v "SuppressUpperCaseConversion" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 I just thought I'd put this here in case I ever lose the info again. :) Isn't setting up a new machine fun. Blog Post by: tilovell09...(read more)

New Workflow Manager 1.0 Getting Started Tutorial

2013-05-16T14:32:46Z

A new Getting Started Tutorial for Workflow Manager 1.0 has been posted here: Workflow Manager 1.0 Getting Started Tutorial This is a 3 step tutorial which covers creating a custom activity, using it in a workflow, and publishing and invoking the workflow. It covers the use of the HttpSend activity, several of the DynamicValue activities, and also includes troubleshooting steps for common issues related to authoring, publishing, and invoking workflows. There is also a video walkthrough and a download...(read more)

SharePoint 2013 PowerPivot Management Dashboard empty

2013-05-14T11:07:30Z

When you install the SharePoint BI stack, you need to create a PowerPivot Service application that will manage the PowerPivot workbooks via a very nice dashboard which unfortunately was empty in my Central Admin. no error, nothing in the ULS, just an empty page. To fix that, I activated the PowerPivot Administration feature in Central […] Blog Post by: sergeluca...(read more)

Note to self : Moving a SharePoint contentDB from dev to test

2013-05-10T12:41:14Z

How to move a content db from a SharePoint Dev farm to a SharePoint test farm. step 1. backup the dev farm content db step 2. go to your test farm, copy the backup to the SQL Server backup location If you don’t know the default SQL server backup location, start SQL Server Management Studio […] Blog Post by: sergeluca...(read more)

The mystery of the missing URL validation

2013-05-08T22:22:00Z

Further to my adventures with unobtrusive validation of yesterday, I found myself very stuck while implementing a new form for this new editable metadata feature for the NuGet Gallery. And Yet again the cause of all my pain appears to be this evil combination of UnobtrusiveValidation (2.0.30116.0) and JQuery.Validation (1.8.1). (I know it's not meant to be an evil combination, but believe me, it really starts to feel that way.)) For the sake of discussion, a feature I'm trying to add is the...(read more)

Regular expressions are different in javascript! And Unintrusive Validation.

2013-05-08T02:59:29Z

Today while trying to implement some new code, and cutting my teeth on javascript validation, I disbelievingly realized that ALL of our client-side validation had stopped working. Like a month ago. And, nobody had noticed or complained! (As a brief reminder I now work on the NuGet Gallery.) Perhaps that just goes to show how little real value client-side form validation is providing our nuget.org users, who are a smart bunch. Especially when Server side validation is there (it's always going...(read more)

My SharePoint Saturday (Belgium, BIWUG) Slide deck

2013-05-07T19:31:51Z

A week after the SharePoint Summit (Quebec) I had the pleasure last week to present a session on SharePoint 2013 and Business Intelligence with my partner in crime and colleague isabelle Van Campenhoudt (SQL Server MVP); the slide deck can be downloaded here. Blog Post by: sergeluca...(read more)

SharePoint Summit 2013 Quebec : my slide deck (SharePoint 2013 workflows)

2013-05-07T18:53:51Z

les slides de ma session worflow SharePoint 2013; il est très rare que je donne des sessions en français… Blog Post by: sergeluca...(read more)

Announcing the Release of WebMatrix 3

2013-05-01T19:53:06Z

I’m excited to announce the release of WebMatrix 3. WebMatrix is a free, lightweight web development tool we first introduced in 2010 , and which provides a great, focused web development experience for ASP.NET, PHP, and Node.js. Today’s release includes a ton of great new features. You can easily get started by downloading it, and watching an introduction video: Some of the highlights of today’s release include deep Windows Azure integration, source control tooling for Git...(read more)

Announcing the release of Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .NET

2013-04-30T17:37:03Z

This morning we released the v2.0 update of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET. This is a major refresh of the Windows Azure SDK with some really great new features and enhancements. These new capabilities include: Web Sites : Visual Studio Tooling updates for Publishing, Management, and for Diagnostics Cloud Services: Support for new high memory VM sizes, Faster Cloud Service publishing & Visual Studio Tooling for configuring and viewing diagnostics data Storage : Storage Client 2.0 is now...(read more)

Windows Azure: Improvements to Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, Cloud Services and a new Ruby SDK

2013-04-26T18:51:15Z

This morning we released some great enhancements to Windows Azure. These new capabilities include: Virtual Networks : New Point-to-Site Connectivity (very cool!), Software VPN Device and Dynamic DNS Support Virtual Machines: Remote PowerShell and Linux SSH provisioning enhancements Cloud Services : Enable Remote Desktop Support Dynamically on Web/Worker Roles Ruby SDK : A new Windows Azure SDK support for Ruby All of these improvements are now available to start using immediately (note: some services...(read more)

Windows AzureConf this Tuesday

2013-04-22T04:59:11Z

This Tuesday, April 23, we’ll be hosting Windows AzureConf – a free online event for and by the Windows Azure community. It will be streamed online from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST via Channel 9 , and you can watch it all for free. I’ll be kicking off the event with a Windows Azure keynote in the morning (a great way to learn more about Windows Azure if you haven’t used it yet!). Following my talk the rest of the day will be full of excellent presentations from members of the Windows Azure community...(read more)

ASP.NET Web API: CORS support and Attribute Based Routing Improvements

2013-04-19T18:37:38Z

We’ve seen a huge adoption of ASP.NET Web API since its initial release. In February we shipped the ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 Update – which added a number of additional enhancements to both Web API and the other components of ASP.NET. The ASP.NET Team has been hard at work on developing the next set of features (lots of cool stuff coming). One of the great things about this work has been how the team has used the open source development process – which we announced we were adopting...(read more)

Windows Azure: General Availability of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

2013-04-16T13:01:44Z

This morning we announced the general availability release of our Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) support for Windows Azure – including our new Virtual Machine and Virtual Network capabilities. This release is now live in production, backed by an enterprise SLA, supported by Microsoft Support, and is ready to use for production apps. If you don’t already have a Windows Azure account, you can sign-up for a free trial and start using it today. In addition to supporting all of the features...(read more)

Windows Azure Global Bootcamp on April 27th – sign up now

2013-04-13T01:55:53Z

On April 27, something very cool is happening. A bunch of Windows Azure MVP's and community activists are organizing a Global Windows Azure Bootcamp . This is a completely free, one-day training event for Windows Azure, all organized by the community, and presented in person all over the World. I’m not sure if this is the largest community event ever - it is very cool to see how many places this event is happening. Below is the location map as it stands today – and new locations are being...(read more)

Calling the SharePoint 2013 Rest API from a SharePoint Designer Workflow

2013-04-09T10:16:38Z

At the moment you will find many examples illustrating how to call external JSon web services from SharePoint Designer 2013 workflows by using the Call activity, but we should keep in mind that the Call action works very well with the SharePoint REST api and this opens the door to plenty of possibilities. However you [...] Blog Post by: sergeluca...(read more)

Windows Azure: Active Directory Release, New Backup Service + Web Site Monitoring and Log Improvements

2013-04-08T16:07:41Z

Today we released some great enhancements to Windows Azure. These new capabilities include: Active Directory : General Availability release of Windows Azure AD – it is now ready for production use! Backup Service : New Service that enables secure offsite backups of Windows Servers in the cloud Web Sites : Monitoring and Diagnostic Enhancements All of these improvements are now available to start using immediately (note: some services are still in preview). Below are more details on them: Active Directory...(read more)

SharePoint 2013 workflows and content types : forget it

2013-04-08T12:04:31Z

Creating and using content types in SharePoint is often considered as the best practice; however SharePoint workflows created for SharePoint 2013 cannot be associated anymore with content types. This is a very important point to consider if you are moving to the new platform In MSDN you can read “Unlike previous versions, SharePoint 2013 does [...] Blog Post by: sergeluca...(read more)

The Entity Framework Leaking

2013-04-03T04:46:45Z

'Fluent Interfaces' have been a bit of a buzz for probably long enough that I am not justified in buzzing about them. I was pretty excited when first seeing them applied to databases in form of NHibernate and also kind of excited to see all that code-first-ness come to Entity Framework, which had never really convinced me with the whole 'visual design experience' thing it had when I first looked at it way back in EF 2 or whatever. Those were the days. Annnnyway... It went a long time...(read more)

Introducing the new class at the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure

2013-04-01T16:57:31Z

We launched the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure, powered by TechStars , to give early stage startups full access to Windows Azure and to help them succeed by connecting each company to leading technical and business mentors . I’m happy to share that the new spring 2013 class features a healthy mix of exciting solutions and an impressive list of founders whose feedback will directly inform future Windows Azure releases. Today, the ten new teams in the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure...(read more)