In a previous post , I described how I format code for my blog (i.e. by copying it from Visual Studio or SQL Server Management Studio and then running a simple console application to convert the RTF clipboard text to HTML). I recently started doing...
When using the "DR.DADA" approach to SharePoint development , I often find myself deleting sites (in DEV and TEST environments) and subsequently re-activating features or running some migration utility to recreate the site hierarchy. In fact, a few...
The dust has mostly settled after the upgrade of the MSDN blog platform. Consequently, I have re-added my custom CSS rules to make my blog posts look much like they did before the upgrade. Kudos to Sean Jenkin and his team for tirelessly working through...
By now you've undoubtedly noticed that the MSDN blogs have been cut over to the upgraded system. Things are obviously a little unstable right now, but hopefully over the next several hours, things will calm down and we'll get back to normal. So far...
This is an update to the beta version that was released last December. It "provides developers with advanced guidance on how to develop for SharePoint." Here's the overview from the download page : The SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Kit provides...
When upgrading Team Foundation Server (TFS) -- or, really, any application that utilizes SQL Server Reporting Services -- you might choose to restore your data to a new environment (for example, to migrate to new hardware, or to validate the upgrade in...
Regardless of whether you call it a "mulligan", a "do over", or whatever, the fact is you may encounter errors during your upgrade to Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 -- hopefully in your Development or Test environment first, not when upgrading your...
In my post earlier this month on upgrading to Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 , I forgot to include the steps to change the Warn on Refresh setting of the trusted file location for the Excel Services Application. If you...
In one of my posts last month , I provided the following steps to "reghost" all of the pages in a Team Foundation Server (TFS) project site: Browse to the Site Settings page for the site (e.g. http://cyclops/sites/Demo/_layouts/settings.aspx )....
Update (2010-05-20) I made some changes to correct a few issues and also to include the final version of the XML input file that I used to update my TFS project sites. In my previous post , I showed how you can use PowerShell to export the quick...