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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

"Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Dialog" showing made easy

12 Apr 2012 by tanvon malik

This article shows you ways to run Control Panel applets from VC++, even those that don't have a cpl extension file.

C++

Windows

MFC

Visual-Studio

Dev

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

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

11 Important Database designing rules which I follow

12 Apr 2012 by Shivprasad koirala

This article will discuss about 11 important database designing rules.

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

A Crontab Linux like Windows Service

1 May 2012 by marcominas

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

A Primer of the Windows Architecture

12 Apr 2012 by logicchild

An article to give some insight about the Native API.

Windows

Architect

Dev

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.

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.

Account Unknown

16 Apr 2012 by ledtech3

Windows

SysAdmin

Dev

Adding Properties to MOSS Advanced Search

12 Apr 2012 by Sabeer Mohammed

This article explains the steps to create and configure a Managed Property in MOSS 2007 Advanced Search

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

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.

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.

Application Pools on IIS 6.0

12 Apr 2012 by Kishore Nandagiri

Improve your web application performance using Application Pools.

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.

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

BizTalk Mapping - Part I

12 Apr 2012 by Vidhya Rao

This article discuss about functoids that help with Mapping in BizTalk Server

BizUnit Context Tutorial

12 Apr 2012 by Santosh Benjamin

This article explains how to use the Context object, a key part of the BizUnit framework.

Build Your Own NAS Device

12 Apr 2012 by #realJSOP

How to go about buildingyour own NAS device

All-Topics

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

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

Check Whether User Exists in Active Directory

12 Apr 2012 by ManasMoharana

Handle Active Directory users in SharePoint

.NET

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?

Comparison between Windows Workflow Foundation and Biz Talk Server

12 Apr 2012 by Robin_Roy

Comparison between Windows Workflow Foundation and Biz Talk Server in terms of features, application and implementation

Windows

Architect

Dev

Configuring SQL Reporting Services 2005 with Windows SharePoint Services 2003

12 Apr 2012 by Udayakumar Ethirajulu

This article explains how to integrate SQL Reporting Services with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0.

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

Custom SharePoint STSADM Commands

25 Nov 2011 by Joerg Brunke

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

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

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

29 Feb 2012 by Ravi Karia

This article explains physical architecture which fits best in collaborative development and ALM of SharePoint Foundation 2010 application.

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

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

Directory Mirroring the way it should work

21 Nov 2011 by Jim Parsells

Create useful directory restore points, quickly and easily.

Disaster Recovery Plan In MOSS 2007

12 Apr 2012 by Tariq Younas

Article describes how to make backup and recovery plan of MOSS 2007.

Displaying Charts in SharePoint using Excel Services

25 Nov 2011 by Zabiullah Sheik Ismail

An article on how to display charts in SharePoint using Excel Services

Office

Windows

Dev

Displaying Messages and Its Flow from BizTalk Message Tracking Databases

12 Apr 2012 by tiwarivishnu

This document details the use of BAM APIs and message tracking databases used to display the message and its flow.

All-Topics

Dev

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.

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

Enable Gzip compression in IIS 6.0 for ASP.NET 2.0 websites

25 Nov 2011 by ToddHileHoffer

How to enable Gzip compression in IIS6.0 for ASP.NET 2.0 websites.

Encrypt Password Field in SQL Server, Registry Information & Query String

12 Apr 2012 by Syed Adnan Ahmed

How to encrypt the database password field, registry information and query string.

Enumeration of Computer Names and their IP address

12 Apr 2012 by VGirish

Retrieves the Computer names in a network and their corresponding IP addresses

Explaining the BizTalk Architecture to your Grandma

12 Apr 2012 by _ABHILASH_MS_

An introduction to BizTalk Server.

Extending SharePoint Server 2007 by using Features

12 Apr 2012 by Syed Adnan Ahmed

Creating and deploying an Event Handler Feature, which can be activated on Web or Site, Site Collection, Web Application or Farm Level

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

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.

Get IP Address from Web host name

12 Apr 2012 by nhgiang

Using network classes.

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

Getting started with SharePoint 2007 Web Parts

12 Apr 2012 by Gavin Sinai

Four important aspects of SharePoint 2007 Web Part development

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

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.

How to configure PDF iFilter for SharePoint Server 2010 or Search Server 2010

12 Apr 2012 by Syed Adnan Ahmed

Steps to install and configure PDF iFilter on SharePoint Server 2010 or Search Server Express 2010

How to Configure SSL Certificate for the Central Administration Web Site of SharePoint Server 2010

12 Apr 2012 by Syed Adnan Ahmed

In this article, I will explain how to install and configure self-signed SSL certificate for the central administration web site in SharePoint Server 2010. This procedure is also applicable for any other web applications for both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010.

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

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

How to Install and Configure MS Exchange Server 2007 on MS Windows Server 2008

12 Apr 2012 by Syed Adnan Ahmed

How to Install and Configure MS Exchange Server 2007 on MS Windows Server 2008

How to Install and Configure SharePoint Server 2010 RTM

25 Nov 2011 by Syed Adnan Ahmed

This article describes step by step details of how to install and configure SharePoint Server 2010 RTM

How to Install/Uninstall an Application on a Smartphone (in 8 steps)

24 Apr 2012 by Silviu Gologan

Learn how to deploy an application on a Smartphone

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.

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

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.

Import Data to SQL Server from Excel or Access using TSQL Script

12 Apr 2012 by Waynes World

An article on importing data from external data sources to SQL server without using wizards

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

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

Limitations of SharePoint Web Services

12 Apr 2012 by Reghunath Damodaran

Discusses the limitation of SharePoint Web Services compared to SharePoint Object Model

.NET

Windows

Line Printer Daemon in C#

10 Apr 2012 by rob tillaart

A line printer daemon in C#

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

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.

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.

Microsoft Office XML formats, defective by design?

12 Apr 2012 by Stephane Rodriguez.

Case studies why Microsoft Office XML formats are broken.

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.

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.

Migration from Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 to Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007.

12 Apr 2012 by vivekthangaswamy

Migrating Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 applications to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

MineCraft Server Management

19 Apr 2012 by Ed Nutting

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

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.

MOSS 2007 – Enabling Forms Authentication

12 Apr 2012 by vivekthangaswamy

An article about how Forms Authentication is enabled in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

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

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

Network Security for Small and Medium sized Businesses

12 Apr 2012 by slw1234@sbcglobal.net

This article will give beginners in network a simple Security strategy for network security for their small businesses and home use. These ideas were developed for our own small business network.

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

Overview of SQL Server database Triggers

12 Apr 2012 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Overview of SQL Server database Triggers

Overview of SQL Server Stored Procedure

12 Apr 2012 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Overview of SQL server stored procedure

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

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.

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.

Project Life Cycle beyond SDLC

12 Apr 2012 by Shivprasad koirala

Project Life Cycle beyond SDLC

Project Web Access Integration with Outlook

12 Apr 2012 by Tariq Younas

Microsoft Project Server->Project Web Access Integration with Office Outlook

Office

Publishing Reusable Templates as Content Types in Microsoft SharePoint 2007

12 Apr 2012 by vivekthangaswamy

An article that discusses how to use content types to define and manage the metadata and behaviors using SharePoint 2007.

Windows

Dev

Recover SQL Server 2005 Database from SUSPECT Mode

14 Nov 2011 by Aruna Randeni

Recover SQL server 2005 database from SUSPECT mode

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#.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Set Keep-Alive Values

12 Apr 2012 by Tarek Najem

The SetKeepAliveValues method enables or disables the per-connection setting of the TCP keep-alive option which specifies the TCP keep-alive timeout and interval

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

12 Apr 2012 by Mohamed Faizal