Free Training (Yes Really I Said Free) from CTE Solutions here in Ottawa


While not everyone is guaranteed to be accepted you are eligible if you meet the following requirements: You are currently unemployed You lost your job in the past year (on or after July 1st, 2008) Your previous position was in IT You meet the required course prerequisites (see courses below) The following individual courses will […]

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Change the Visual Studio Team Foundation Build Service Account


You may have picked the Network Service account during the installation of Team Build and now want to modify it to use a Domain Account.  The steps to perform this task are easy enough and I will go through them here: On the Build Computer stop the Visual Studio Team Foundation Build Service Edit the […]

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Microsoft Visual Studio AJAX Profiling Extensions


Provides server-side extensions for profiling JavaScript code executed in a client browser. It does this by modifying the JavaScript as it leaves your server to capture timings when JavaScript functions are called and when they return. The data on function entry/exit timings is then transmitted back up to the server, from where it can be […]

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Rename a stand-alone server (WSS 3.0)


I am referring to this article on TechNet, but where you’ve already renamed your server (like when you’ve cloned a VM) and you are unable to connect to SharePoint. In this case you will be unable to follow the steps in the above article due to the fact that SharePoint cannot access the database.  What […]

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WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Service Pack 2 are now available


  The 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 (SP2) package gives customers the latest updates to the 2007 Office server products. This service pack includes two main categories of fixes: Previously unreleased fixes that were made specifically for this service pack. In addition to providing general product fixes, SP2 includes improvements in stability, in […]

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Zune doesn’t support your current operating system (Windows Server 2008)


The new HDX laptop comes with Windows Vista x64, but of course if you’re a Hyper-V addict like me you will end up paving it and installing Windows Server 2008 x64 and adding the Hyper-V Role. While you stare at the dialog in disbelief, relax and open an explorer window to the temp folder the […]

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SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS 3.0 SDKs – Version 1.5 Available


The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 SDK is designed for solution providers, independent software vendors, value-added resellers, and other developers to learn about the new Office SharePoint Server 2007 enterprise application and platform. It features conceptual and "How to" articles, sample code, and programming references. The Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 SDK contains conceptual […]

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AVIcode application monitoring from the server to the client


Have you ever wondered how your application performs from the users side of things? "74% of end user problems are not detected by IT." – Forrester Research AVIcode’s Intercept uX is the only client-side monitoring solution designed to automatically detect application problems from the end user’s perspective, and enable a definitive root cause diagnosis regardless […]

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Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2 Released


  In addition to providing support for SQL Server 2008 database projects, this release incorporates many previously released Power Tools as well as several new features. The new features include distinct Build and Deploy phases, Static Code Analysis and improved integration with SQL CLR projects.Database Edition no longer requires a Design Database. Therefore, it is […]

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Pex – Automated White box testing for .NET updated


Right from the Visual Studio code editor, Pex finds interesting input-output values of your methods, which you can save as a small test suite with high code coverage. Pex performs a systematic analysis, hunting for boundary conditions, exceptions and assertion failures, which you can debug right away. Pex enables Parameterized Unit Testing, an extension of […]

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