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ReSharper 4.5 Beta


ReSharper 4.5 has gone public beta, and the official release is just a few weeks away. ReSharper 4.5 brings the following set of improvements: Performance and memory consumption: When working on large solutions, you’ll feel a great deal of difference between ReSharper 4.1 and 4.5. New solution-wide warnings and suggestions: Analyze usage of non-private types […]

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March 2009 VSeWSS 1.3 CTP now available


You can download it from Microsoft Downloads site here. NOTE: Previous versions of VSeWSS will need to be uninstalled prior to installing VSeWSS 1.3. Feedback You can submit feedback for this CTP on the SharePoint Community Connect site: https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=428 You can discuss this CTP on the SharePoint Developer MSDN Forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopment/threads/   Technorati Tags: VSeWSS […]

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Windows SharePoint Services Timer Errors – Event ID: 6398, 6482, 7076


If you are getting the following errors repeated in your Application Event Log Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3Event Category: Timer Event ID: 6398Date: 12/03/2009Time: 7:26:12 AMUser: N/AComputer: XXXXXXXXDescription:The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerAdministrationServiceJob (ID 33e027e7-b206-440c-8bde-3a98a74d5760) threw an exception. More information is included below. Attempted to read or write protected memory. This […]

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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Application Development Guidance Whitepaper


VSTS Rangers: This content was created in a VSTS Rangers project. “Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System by delivering out-of-band solutions for missing features or guidance. We work closely with members of Microsoft Services and MVP communities to make sure that their solutions address real-world blockers.” Bijan Javidi, […]

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StyleCop Updates and Run StyleCop as part of your Team Build


Version 4.3.1 contains the following fixes and updates over 4.3.0: Ability to use <include> tags within Xml documentation headers Fixes crash and instability on Web projects Violations can appear within generated code regions Setup slowness when registering with VS2008 Partial methods not handled correctly Documentation rules should understand <include> element Require get accessor before set […]

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Report errors with TFS 2008 and SSRS 2008


  There are issues affecting several built-in reports for TFS 2008 if the TFS Data Tier is using SQL Server 2008. Microsoft is currently working to provide a full, self-installing update package for these reports that will function properly with SQL Server Reporting Services 2008.  In the meantime however, fixed copies of these reports are […]

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Email Reporter: VSTS 2008 Load Test Plug-in


Allows users to send the load test reports to one or more pre-configured email addresses automatically, once a VSTS Load Test is completed.  This open-source load test plug-in also provides support for customization by which you can customize the reported performance data. It is located here in the MSDN code gallery. Technorati Tags: Visual Studio […]

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ToolTask for VSeWSS 1.3 (Feb 2009 CTP) Command-line


I went to the 2009 MVP Global Summit this year and figuring I would have a lot of time to kill aboard the airplane I brought my copy of “Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build”. This book was fantastic, full of great examples and guides you through customizing MSBuild and […]

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QFE (Patch) for Visual Studio Team System Database Edition GDR coming soon


A QFE release date has not been established for this release yet.  The Data Dude team also expects to release the Database Power Tools refresh shortly after the QFE is released.  This service release will be made available to all customers through the Microsoft downloads site where they originally got the GDR. The QFE addresses […]

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stsadm can inadvertently delete a root site collection if erroneous URL path used


This is something you should definitely be aware of while using the restore command.  If you pass an improper URL path to the stsadm –o restore command with the -overwrite parameter and getting an error you notice a site one level up from the site you were trying to restore is deleted.  The root level […]

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