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I have been trying to parameterise the SQL DB connection string used by nLog when it is defined in a web.config file of a web site being deployed via Release Management and WebDeploy i.e. I wanted to select and edit the bit highlighted of my web.config file 1<configuration> 2 <nlog …

Part One of this series covered the project itself and the overall template structure. Part Two went through how I deploy the Domain Controller in depth. This post will focus on the next server in the chain: The ADFS server that is required to enable authentication in the application which will eventually be installed …

TFS vNext builds do not have a concept of build quality unlike the old XAML based builds. This is an issue for us as we used the changing of the build quality as signal to test a build, or to mark it as released to a client (this was all managed with my TFS Alerts DSL to make sure suitable emails and build retention …

Naomi kindly talked to me about getting more women into the area. She talks to me about how there are lots of areas that women can go into and to not limit yourself Naomi spoke to me about how actually started her career in astrophysics and from then on moved towards computers based on wanting to learn about how things …

Kati spoke to me about the fun things she sees at WPC particularly about how she enjoys seeing all the partners engaging throughout the conference Next Kati spoke to me about how she actually started out at a financial company and accidentally fell into the industry and has had fun ever since. …

Bryan spoke to me about how he thinks we can get more children into the industry with all the opportunities that are available for them. Bryan spoke to us about how he himself got into technology by actually starting as a pianist on cruise ships!! ![](/blogs/Calicowind/image.axd?picture=/2015/WPC Widgets …

Al spoke to me about getting children into programming. As a father of three himself he suggested getting children to get stuck in. It was interesting to hear it from his perspective. Al spoke to us about how he himself got into technology by actually starting with a business degree and continuing from there. …

Marc spoke to us about how he himself got into the industry and how though he doesn’t work necessarily in technology but manages the relationship between Microsoft and Godiva 

Shawn spoke to me about exciting things coming to Visual Studio. As part of his job is to promote visual studio to everyone it was really interesting to get his opinion! Shawn then spoke to me about how he got into the industry. He speaks about how he got into technology quite early and what else encouraged him. …