In a recent project we had a test server with an internal DNS name (something like portal_uat and portal_test). Forms authentication is enabled and it works fine in Chrome and FireFox, but Internet Explorer did not get pass the authentication page because the cookie was not set. It appeared that our DNS name contained a [...]
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Windows Azure Platform Appliance announced
Microsoft is building cloud hosting data centers all over the place, but if you don’t want to share you data with other tenants or want more control over your data, then this is good news for you: WASHINGTON — July 12, 2010 — During its annual Worldwide Partner Conference, top executives from Microsoft Corp. talked with more [...]
Web installer cannot contain a folder called filters
In a recent project we use the standard VS 2008 Web Installer Project to create a MSI to setup a web application. This worked fine before but after some recent changes the installer stopped at almost 100% and rolled back. After creating a log (by executing msiexec from the command line and specifying the /lv [...]
New Azure Tools and SDK released
Microsoft has released new Visual Studio 2010 tool support for Azure: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jnak/archive/2010/06/07/june-2010-release-of-the-windows-azure-tools-sdk.aspx Direct download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2274a0a8-5d37-4eac-b50a-e197dc340f6f&displaylang=en New for version 1.2: Visual Studio 2010 RTM Support: Full support for Visual Studio 2010 RTM. .NET 4 support: Choose to build services targeting either the .NET 3.5 or .NET 4 framework. Cloud storage explorer: Displays a read-only view of [...]
Introduction to SQL Azure TechNet article published
Last month my colleague Joachim Farla and I wrote an article for Microsoft TechNet Magazine about SQL Azure. This week the article was published. You can get a free subscription from the TechNet website. The article itself can also be found online at the weblog of Joachim. It is written in Dutch, but Google translate gives [...]
Update to Windows AppFabric Server available
There is a minor update available for the Windows AppFabric Server (not to be confused with the Windows Azure AppFabric). The beta 2 refresh supports the just released .NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 versions. Download link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8197ad8d-673f-4efb-b165-82710f2648c3#filelist Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and [...]
Saving JQGrid parameters in cookie
In a recent ASP.NET MVC project we used jqGrid. An excellent jquery plugin to display a grid. We added some filter possibilities and with jquery updated the url where we had to fetch the data from. Worked nice, however, when the user selected a certain filtering or a certain page and clicked on one of [...]
Create a UCMA application with presence aware workflow
In a webcast which I did together with Joachim Farla about Unified Communications Development For Non Professional Developers I talked about creating a UCMA workflow. It is based on the inbound/outbound sample which you can download from GotUC.net. It is a pretty simple application; it starts a collaboration platform, registers an OCS endpoint and begins [...]
Using Exchange Web Services
A while back I did a webcast together with Joachim Farla about Unified Communications Development For Non Professional Developers. One of the items I talked about was the Exchange Web Services in Exchange 2010. The Exchange Web Services aren’t new. Introduced in Exchange 2007 and enhanced in SP 1 and 2010, they now have a [...]
Update to Google Docs
As Microsoft is working hard to get their Office apps to the web, Google is also improving their existing online text editor, spreadsheet and drawing apps. Improvements in the UI, performance and the collaboration part. See this nice video of some of the new features: It is primary based on HTML5 and if you can [...]