Microsoft’s formerly code name “Project Volterra”, now known as the Windows Dev Kit 2023 has arrived. It’s basically a NUC running a quite powerful ARM processor, some kick ass memory and a half TB built-in SSD. Device specifics 32GB LPDDR4x RAM and 512GB fast NVMe storage Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3 […]
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Introduction Continuing from the experience with Visual Studio 2017, the next edition – Visual Studio 2019 has been out for a while now. This edition follows the continuing trend established a few versions ago in providing two channels of licensing – by using a Microsoft Account or by supplying a […]
Today I found myself in an odd situation where I wanted to access the SQL Server instance of a Windows Update Services (WSUS) instance, so I could perform some basic maintenance to reduce the DB’s disk and memory footprint. This instance of WSUS has been running for a few […]
An open letter to the W3C Director, CEO, team and membership CORY DOCTOROWSEPTEMBER 18, 2017https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/open-letter-w3c-director-ceo-team-and-membershipDear Jeff, Tim, and colleagues,In 2013, EFF was disappointed to learn that the W3C had taken on the project of standardizing “Encrypted Media Extensions,” an API whose sole function was to provide a first-class role […]
Introduction Continuing from the experience with Visual Studio 2015, the next edition – Visual Studio 2017 – was officially released to Visual Studio (formerly MSDN) subscribers earlier this month. This edition follows the trend established in the previous edition of providing two channels of licensing – by using a Microsoft […]
Is finally here. Here’s some UI pr0n for you: Finally back to sensible formatting of menus by default! Developers –1, UX People – 0 Here’s the version dialog: New logo New project dialog: Defaults to 4.5.2 for the runtime .Net Core options can be reached through a dedicated template category
Tonight I decided to see what was new on MSDN Subscriptions, which I occasionally do from time to time. Given Microsoft’s Ignite conference was held just last week, I wondered whether it had aligned with any new big releases. When I authenticated to MSDN Subscriptions, I saw the usual […]
It’s been a common practice of mine over the past three decades (yes) to use the Telnet client as a quick and easy way of determining whether a TCP port is open between two computers. As of Windows Server 2012, Telnet Client is not installed by default, which means you […]
Continuing on from the previous article, PowerShell Basics – Consuming a Web API, let’s move on to some slightly deeper scripting. Querying an API in isolation is seldom useful in isolation, as it requires a deal of manual work to keep feeding the script. What if we could programmatically import […]
Over the weekend I decided to do some tinkering with data from my long list of vinyl records. I’ve been trying to ensure that the more valuable LPs are stored away from the hands of my little cohorts – and popular website discogs.com happens to have both marketplace data, and […]
It’s been a while… Those astute enough to skip to the earliest article posted on Sanders Technology may note that it was published almost ten years ago as of next month – on the 17th of October, 2006. – Earliest Article on Sanders Technology That’s actually not quite accurate, some […]
Hi All, Apologies for the lack of articles recently. I’ve been up to my usual design & architecture antics, but it’s not always blog worthy. However, I’m strongly considering publishing some examples of the kinds of architecture and documentation which I build on a regular basis. That is for another […]
Just a quick entry in case you are trying to solve a problem when attempting to install CRM Reporting Extensions. You might encounter a situation where you specify the SQL Server machine or instance name, but proceeding to select the SSRS instance produces a blank list. So you need to […]
A few years ago [1] I wrote about how you could enable Domain Accounts to self-manage their ServicePrincipalNames. This is particularly advantageous when using Kerberos to secure services. We recently needed to set up some service accounts in Active Directory to participate in establishing a Kerberos capability for middleware integration. […]
Introduction As APIs and web services become more and more prevalent, particularly in the Enterprise, there is an increasing need to look at ways to secure the more important interfaces, particularly if they enable access to sensitive data. Recently, I’ve been investigating ways to secure ASP.NET Web APIs using Active […]