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Securing access to Cisco routers

by Mario Majčica

A simple best practice for configuring the remote access to a Cisco IOS devices.

Microsoft Indexing Service How-To

by Ilya Verbitskiy

This article describes how to provide full text search using Microsoft Indexing Service in .NET applications.

Account Unknown

by ledtech3

Recently while looking at the the security tab on a file, I found there was a user that was an unknown account. It wasn’t registered with the Windows Vista System. Looking around the system I found several more files, so …Continue reading →

Time is the Simplest Thing...

by Joseph M. Newcomer

Explains misconceptions about timing in Windows.

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Single Database use for both Web and Desktop application with Web Service

by Member 10510822

In this article you can access single database in both desktop and web application with web service

Searching for a reliable hardware ID

by Michael_Haephrati

How a computer can be identified in order to generate a unique ID.

How to install latest Mac OS X Lion Virtual Machine on Windows Server 2008/Windows 7

by Eric Xue (brokensnow)

20 mins installation guide in order to get you with a Mac OS X Lion VM in no time.

A Crontab Linux like Windows Service

by marcominas

A Windows Service that uses interface to work like the Linux Crontab service

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Intermediate

Build Your Own NAS Device

12 Apr 2012 by #realJSOP

How to go about buildingyour own NAS device

All-Topics

Explaining the BizTalk Architecture to your Grandma

12 Apr 2012 by _ABHILASH_MS_

An introduction to BizTalk Server.

Scalable Processor Arrays for Cybernetic Control

10 Apr 2012 by _beauw_

Architecture for scalable arrays of PIC processors; each processor is responsible for all aspects of control in a single dimension, using a PID algorithm.

Pitfalls Encountered and their Workarounds during Development of BizTalk Projects

12 Apr 2012 by Abhijit Mahato

This article discusses the pitfalls encountered and their workarounds during development of BizTalk Projects

Using config file for Custom Assembly in Reporting Services (Step by Step)

12 Apr 2012 by alifaraze

A trick to use config file for Custom assembly in reporting services

Installation of Drupal in Step by Step Manner

12 Apr 2012 by ambatisreedhar

An article on how to install Drupal in a step by step manner

Win2003

PHP

Access proxy / firewall restricted internet sites using tunelling or onion routing

12 Apr 2012 by Anup Shinde

This article is intended for network administrators and internet users. It shows how users can bypass the firewall to get access to the restricted internet sites. This article is just an overview and does not cover the technical details.

SharePoint Object Browser

25 Nov 2011 by Anupam Ranku

This application is a SharePoint site object browser which shows all the contents of a SharePoint site in a tree structure.

How to Debug the Windows OS using USB

12 Apr 2012 by Apriorit Inc, Alex Kolesnyk

This article describes the story of an experiment whose main goal was to perform the Windows OS debugging using the USB bus.

Windows

Architect

Dev

Special Features of Linux Memory Management Mechanism

1 May 2012 by Apriorit Inc, Danil Ishkov

Some general features and some specific ones of the memory management in Linux are discribed; some approaches of memory allocation are proposed

Recover SQL Server 2005 Database from SUSPECT Mode

14 Nov 2011 by Aruna Randeni

Recover SQL server 2005 database from SUSPECT mode

Five Reasons Not to Directly Query SharePoint Databases

12 Apr 2012 by Ayman M. El-Hattab

Direct Queries to SharePoint databases is considered a no-no!!

C#2.0

C#3.0

C#1.0

Logic Inspector in InfoPath 2007 Forms

12 Apr 2012 by Balamurali Balaji

How to use the Logic Inspector tool in Infopath Forms 2007.

Windows

Visual-Studio

Dev

How to Troubleshoot Schemas in BizTalk Server 2006

12 Apr 2012 by briberry

Troubleshooting Schemas, Maps and Pipelines can be difficult, unless you know and understand the wealth of tools available within and without Visual Studio .NET

Windows

Visual-Studio

Dev

Programming with Exchange Server 2007 (EWS) - Part 3

12 Apr 2012 by Brij

This article is the third in a series on EWS, which explores Exchange Web Services.

PortQry Implementation using TcpClient, Socket, and Exception Handling

25 Apr 2012 by C. M. Stephan

Query an endpoint service via TCP and determine if it is available for connection, refusing connectivity, or filtered by a firewall.

SharePoint Workflows for Folder Content Type

12 Apr 2012 by Calin Tatar

This article demonstrates how to start a Workflow from a custom Folder Content Type.

.NET3.0

Windows

Dev

Remotely Unlock a Windows Workstation

12 Apr 2012 by Dan Farino

A tool and code for accessing the console session of a logged-on user who has locked the workstation.

A simple technique to take care of temporary files (Tip: Windows won't do it for you)

12 Apr 2012 by Daniel Cohen Gindi

This is a nice and simple approach that I came up with in order to delete temporary files even long after I forgot about them.

MOSS 2007 Department and People Viewer Part 1/2

25 Nov 2011 by Dietmar Kurok

Showing People grouped by departments in an own style (XSLT) and without limits in count of results and paging. Only intensively using build-in Webparts.

WMI Hardware/Software Enumeration Script

18 Apr 2012 by Dmitry Khudorozhkov

This article presents a JScript/WMI/WSH script - the core of any inventory management application.

MineCraft Server Management

19 Apr 2012 by Ed Nutting

A wrapper application making management of multiple MineCraft servers faster and easier.

Database Export Wizard for ASP.NET and SQL Server

21 Nov 2011 by Evoluteur

A step wizard for ASP.NET to export database objects to CSV, TXT, HTML, XML, or SQL

Database Export Wizard for ASP.NET and SQL Server

25 Nov 2011 by Evoluteur

A step wizard for ASP.NET to export database objects to CSV, TXT, HTML, XML, or SQL

SharePoint File System Replication Tool

12 Apr 2012 by Formation Technology

This tool provides a quick way for SharePoint Administrators to build and populate a portal by replicating a file structure and its contents. It can migrate a large folder structure into a SharePoint website. Each folder appears in SharePoint as an "area"...

10 Measures to Reduce Credit Card Fraud for Internet Merchants

12 Apr 2012 by fraudlabs

solution to prevent chargebacks and to reduce fraud for online merchants

Install and Configure SQL Server for SQLCE replication

12 Apr 2012 by Garth Tissington

After pulling my hair out for several days I finally figured out how to install and configure SQLCE with SQL Server for replication to a Windows CE device. I hope this saves you some pain

Getting started with SharePoint 2007 Web Parts

12 Apr 2012 by Gavin Sinai

Four important aspects of SharePoint 2007 Web Part development

SharePoint OCR image files indexing

25 Nov 2011 by gstolarov

SharePoint OCR image files indexing.

Microsoft Indexing Service How-To

24 Apr 2012 by Ilya Verbitskiy

This article describes how to provide full text search using Microsoft Indexing Service in .NET applications.

How to: Use TreeView in Current Navigation in SharePoint

12 Apr 2012 by Jakob Flygare

This article shows how to use the ASP.NET TreeView control in SharePoint.

Directory Mirroring the way it should work

21 Nov 2011 by Jim Parsells

Create useful directory restore points, quickly and easily.

Automated Data Acquisition Through Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Facilitated Using PowerShell

12 Apr 2012 by jkunken

In this article, we will describe how information generated on data acquisition devices connected to servers running Windows Server 2003 can be efficiently integrated into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using Windows PowerShell.

Custom SharePoint STSADM Commands

25 Nov 2011 by Joerg Brunke

Writing custom commands for the stsadm.exe administration tool in SharePoint.

How to create Microsoft Excel 2007 files on the server

12 Apr 2012 by John Tunnicliffe

Using the Packaging API and Office Open XML to create Excel 2007 files on the server

Time is the Simplest Thing...

12 Apr 2012 by Joseph M. Newcomer

Explains misconceptions about timing in Windows.

How Big Is My Program

12 Apr 2012 by Joseph M. Newcomer

A discussion on the working size of your executable, and why you shouldn't believe those numbers PView or task manager tell you.

Download all the versions of a file from a SharePoint document library

12 Apr 2012 by Junaid Raza

This code snippet can be used to download all the versions (if exists) of a document from within folders and subfolders inside a given document library.

How to Integrate SAP Business Data Into SharePoint 2010 Using Business Connectivity Services and LINQ to SAP

25 Nov 2011 by Jürgen Bäurle

This article describes how to integrate SAP business data like customer data into SharePoint 2010 using Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and LINQ to SAP.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Change Data Capture (CDC)

25 Nov 2011 by Keshav Singh

CDC is a new feature for logging DML changes. In this article, we will see how CDC could be put to use and how efficiently it could serve our purpose.

Application Pools on IIS 6.0

12 Apr 2012 by Kishore Nandagiri

Improve your web application performance using Application Pools.

What's Going Wrong at 3:00 AM?

21 Nov 2011 by knockNrod

Describes one effort to run performance monitor to identify what's wrong with a counter log, then set up an event trace to see who the culprit is.

Thought of the Day Web Part

25 Nov 2011 by Lalith Gallage

Thought of the day web part for SharePoint 2010 server

Drupal on Windows - Easier Done than Said

24 Apr 2012 by Laurence Moroney-MSFT

How to install Drupal on Windows with IIS

Windows

PHP

IIS

Account Unknown

16 Apr 2012 by ledtech3

Windows

SysAdmin

Dev

A Primer of the Windows Architecture

12 Apr 2012 by logicchild

An article to give some insight about the Native API.

Windows

Architect

Dev

Windows Memory Management - Part 2

12 Apr 2012 by logicchild

An extension to the Windows Memory Management article.

All-Topics

Architect

Dev

Cluster Computing

12 Apr 2012 by Lubna Luxmi Chowdhry

Cluster is a term meaning independent computers combined into a unified system through software and networking. Clusters are typically used for High Availability for greater reliability or High Performance Computing to provide greater computational power than a single computer can provide.

Common application data, virtualization, and access control lists

14 Nov 2011 by Luigi Grilli, Michela Carriero - Lyra

Vista: what to do when storing common data is needed?

Check Whether User Exists in Active Directory

12 Apr 2012 by ManasMoharana

Handle Active Directory users in SharePoint

.NET

A Crontab Linux like Windows Service

1 May 2012 by marcominas

A Windows Service that uses interface to work like the Linux Crontab service

Securing access to Cisco routers

19 Apr 2012 by Mario Majčica

A simple best practice for configuring the remote access to a Cisco IOS devices.

Hardware

SysAdmin

Network

Making the most out of IIS compression - Part 1: Configuring IIS 7 compression

8 Apr 2012 by Matt Perdeck

In this two part series, I'll show how to get the most out of the compression features built into IIS 7 and IIS 6. This first article focuses specifically on IIS 7.

Making the most out of IIS compression - Part 2: Configuring IIS 6 compression

10 Apr 2012 by Matt Perdeck

This two part series shows how to get the most out of the compression features built into IIS 7 and IIS 6. This second article focuses specifically on IIS 6 compression.

Round Trip Messaging with SAFMQ

12 Apr 2012 by mattbattey

Describes the process for implementing a round trip, query-response message interaction with SAFMQ.

VC6

MFC

Dev

Using a SQL Adapter in BizTalk Server 2004

12 Apr 2012 by Mauricio Ritter

This article is a how-to guide to using SQL Server adapters in BizTalk Server 2004. It'll show how to configure the ports, messages, and orchestrations to use this BizTalk resource.

Get List of Extended storedProcedures that are Allowed to you for Common Use

12 Apr 2012 by Md. Marufuzzaman

An easy way to get a list of extended storedProcedure allowed to you for common use

An Easy Way to Get a File Name or a File Extension from a User Defined File Path using Transact-SQL

12 Apr 2012 by Md. Marufuzzaman

This article will demonstrate how to get a file name or a file extension as well using Transact-SQL.

An Easy But Effective Way to Split a String using Transact-SQL

12 Apr 2012 by Md. Marufuzzaman

This article will demonstrate how to split a string using Transact-SQL.

Global Variables in SQL Server

12 Apr 2012 by Md. Marufuzzaman

A list of Global variables in SQL Server and their uses in Transact-SQL

Overview of SQL Server database Triggers

12 Apr 2012 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Overview of SQL Server database Triggers

Cannot Alter Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Table Object in Design Mode

12 Apr 2012 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Cannot alter Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Table Object in design mode

Overview of SQL Server Stored Procedure

12 Apr 2012 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Overview of SQL server stored procedure

Single Database use for both Web and Desktop application with Web Service

6 Dec 2012 by Member 10510822

In this article you can access single database in both desktop and web application with web service

Javascript

.NET

ASP.NET

SharePoint – A History

25 Nov 2011 by Mercy Ponnupandy

This article marks the siginificant timelines for SharePoint Product and Technologies.

SharePoint – A History

12 Apr 2012 by Mercy Ponnupandy

This article marks the siginificant timelines for SharePoint Product and Technologies.

Searching for a reliable hardware ID

5 Jun 2012 by Michael_Haephrati

How a computer can be identified in order to generate a unique ID.

C++

Windows

Dev

Multiple Edit Form for Sharepoint List Item

12 Apr 2012 by MJ Ferdous

How to customize New or Edit Form (NewForm.aspx or EditForm.aspx). How to make multiple custom edit form for different item status. How to link those Forms with the list item by creating custom link column

Developing with the Microsoft Business Rule Engine

12 Apr 2012 by mohamad halabi

Explains practically working and developing with the Business Rule Engine (BRE).

.NET

Architect

Dev

SharePoint 2010 Key Features Sneak Peek

25 Nov 2011 by Mohamed Faizal

This article provides a sneak peek display of the key features of SharePoint 2010. The detailed announcement would be released in the SharePoint Conference this October

Office

Setup and Install SharePoint 2007 Server (MOSS) on Virtual PC

12 Apr 2012 by Mohamed Faizal

This article describes how to setup and Install SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) server on Vitrual PC

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Features

12 Apr 2012 by Mohamed Faizal

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is equipped with six key functional areas of features. These areas are 1.) Collaboration, 2.) Portal, 3.) Enterprise Search, 4.) Enterprise Content Management, 5.) Business Process and Forms, and 6.) Business Intelligence

Office

Windows

Architect

Migrating Lotus Notes (Domino) data to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

12 Apr 2012 by Mohamed Faizal

This article discusses Lotus Notes data migration approach and how to use Quest Notes to SharePoint Migrator tool.

SharePoint 2010 Key Features Sneak Peek

12 Apr 2012 by Mohamed Faizal

This article provides a sneak peek display of the key features of SharePoint 2010. The detailed announcement would be released in the SharePoint Conference this October

Office

SharePoint 2010 Key Features Sneak Peek

21 Nov 2011 by Mohamed Faizal

This article provides a sneak peek display of the key features of SharePoint 2010. The detailed announcement would be released in the SharePoint Conference this October

Office

SQL Server Procedures And Functions Encryptions

25 Nov 2011 by Mohammad A Gharakhanlou

this application is answer for ;How to encrypt sql server procedures and functions at a time

Developing Office SharePoint 2007 application

12 Apr 2012 by Moim Hossain

Describes how to develop custom business portal application using WSS 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007

Form Authentication for MOSS 2007 Site

12 Apr 2012 by NagendraGunaga

The purpose of this document is to provide the step by step information about enabling the Form Based Authentication (FBA) for MOSS 2007 site.

MOSS Multilingual Site Configuration

12 Apr 2012 by naveedullah

This article describes the concepts and steps needed to create a multilingual publishing site in MOSS

Get IP Address from Web host name

12 Apr 2012 by nhgiang

Using network classes.

Using SPExport and SPImport: Part 1

25 Nov 2011 by Not Active

Using SPExport and SPImport to copy or move a SharePoint web.

C#3.0

.NET3.5

Dev

SharePoint 2010 Taxonomy Import

25 Nov 2011 by Not Active

Importing taxonomy hierarchy into SharePoint 2010

Architect

Dev

Sharepoint

WSS List and Database Synchronization

25 Nov 2011 by Not Active

Synchronizing external data sources with SharePoint Lists.

10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets

25 Nov 2011 by Omar Al Zabir

10 easy ways to make ASP.NET and AJAX websites faster, more scalable and support more traffic at lower cost

Building High Performance Queue in Database for storing Orders, Notifications, Tasks

25 Nov 2011 by Omar Al Zabir

Building High Performance Queue in Database for storing Orders, Notifications, Tasks

CPUAlert: Save your CPU from Burning Hot and Battery Running Out Quickly

25 Nov 2011 by Omar Al Zabir

CPUAlert monitors CPU and Memory consumption of processes and alerts you when they are taking too much consistently and gives you an option to recycle or terminate

99.99% available ASP.NET and SQL Server SaaS Production Architecture

25 Nov 2011 by Omar Al Zabir

Production Architecture for a SaaS web application built using ASP.NET and SQL Server that guarantees 99.99% availability and super performance

Reverse Proxy in C# .NET v2.0

10 Apr 2012 by Paramesh Gunasekaran

Implementing Reverse Proxy Server in C# .NET v2.0 through HTTP Handler in IIS

Utility to backup your folders fast

12 Apr 2012 by Pascal Ganaye

I use a procedure based on batch files to copy various versions of my project. I was a bit fed up to wait for the batch file to copy hundreads of files and wrote this small utility to speed up the process. I hope some of you will find it useful.

Remote Shutdown or Reboot with Telnet and C#

10 Apr 2012 by Paul J Barrett

Reboot a computer remotely with Telnet on port 50000, written in C#.

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Configure Database Mail - Send Email From SQL Database

25 Nov 2011 by pinaldave

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Configure Database Mail - Send Email From SQL Database

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Creating Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search

25 Nov 2011 by pinaldave

First article on topic - SQL SERVER - 2008 - Creating Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search

SQL Server Report Compress solution (Zip format)

12 Apr 2012 by prabhu.subbiah

To compress a SQL Server report which allows the user to download the report in Zip format.

Adding Validation to a Custom List Control in Sharepoint

25 Nov 2011 by Rajan Bhanot

Validation can be achieved from inside the Sharepoint designer

Architect

Design

Dev

To remove the title column from a Sharepoint list

12 Apr 2012 by Rajan Bhanot

Recently I was given a task that "How we can remove the 'title' column from a sharepoint list".

Architect

Design

Dev

Azure Virtual Network - Connecting Local Database

10 Apr 2012 by Rajasekhar_Pediredla

Windows Azure Virtual Network allows us in establishing IP-based network connectivity between on-premises and Windows Azure resources. In this example we can learn the basics to connect our local SQL Server database with the Cloud application by using TCP port.

Windows

Azure

Designing Physical Architecture to Support Collaborative Development and ALM of SharePoint Foundation 2010 Application

29 Feb 2012 by Ravi Karia