As many people know I am a huge fan of Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle. There are a set of guides which are well worth knowing about one of which deals with Health
The paper is designed for anybody developing Software and Software Interfaces in Health (specifically HIPPA) in the US but it is just as …
Read MoreMany years ago Black Marble undertook to help people to program, not with the aim of turning out large numbers of developer minions but to show how learning to program teaches people how to break down and solve problems.
Lynn Lagit and LLewellyn Falco have produced a series of videos based on the workshops they are …
Read More- By default the TFS server uses http://localhost:8080/tfs as it’s Server URL, this is the URL used for internal communication, whereas the Notification Url is the one TFS tells client to communicate to it via. Both these Urls can be changed via the Team Foundation Server Console, but I find you do not usually need to …
Read More - I have been discussing Windows 8 development with several developer groups this month and it seems that only a few developers were aware that in November update to the Windows App Certification Kit (ACK) was posted, it offers several bug fixes and more importantly new tests which came into force in the middle of …
Read More Just before Christmas a number of enhancements were released, the continual growth combined with the short release cadence is showing Azure to be an amazing platform for development and delivery.
Included in the update:
- Mobile Services
- CRON – a well built job scheduler for routine maintenance (tutorial here)
- CLI …
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This is a relatively quick post, largely because I was not able to record the details of the error messages we saw in the farm before we fixed them.
On a recent engagement we were investigating problems with a SharePoint 2013 farm that had been installed for our customer by a third party. There were a number of issues …
Read MoreIt’s the start of a new year and my engagement diary is filling rapidly. Once again I am covering a wide range of topics for an equally broad audience which is something I really enjoy.
- January 15th will find me in Manchester at a Microsoft event for Fire Services. I’m giving an overview of Windows Azure PaaS and IaaS …
Read More- Brian Harry posted last week about a hotfix for TFS 2012 QU1 (KB2795609). This should not be needed by most people, but as his post points out does fix issues for a few customers. Well we were one of those customers. When upgrading from 2012 RTM to 2012 QU1 we had attempted what with hindsight was an over ambitious …
Read More There has been a hot fix that fixes some issues in Update 1 some from the RTM.
Issues Addressed
- Collections that are attached to a server that is running TFS 2012 Update 1 may lose permissions
- Group scopes may incorrectly cause permission errors
- Severe decrease in performance after TFS 2012 Update 1 is installed …
Read MoreI have had a Nokia 920 with Windows Phone 8 for several months and I thought it worth the effort to put some notes down
Good Bits
The screen is large and clear, pinning apps in small and large format allows me all of the configuration I need.
Nokia Drive + is just awesome, maps for the whole world, all available …
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