Recently I went digging for a solution to a problem which has been bugging me on Windows Server 2008. It seems once connected to a virtual private network (via PPTP, peer to peer tunnelling) when you try to authenticate to non-VPN network resources, Windows passes your VPN credentials instead – […]
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So this may not come as a surprise to many, but Microsoft have taken the Windows 7 into a public beta. As I understand it, MSDN and TechNet subscribers already have access, and the general public will too, tomorrow (AEST). Windows version 7 is the next major version of the […]
Over at MSDN there has been published a (1) fairly comprehensive paper on development under Windows 7. Some particular points of interest/new features include: "Windows 7 is designed to run on the same hardware as Windows Vista, and to be compatible with applications and device drivers that work with Windows […]
Hi Everyone, Over the past week I’ve been putting together a new site to practice honing those ASP/.Net 3.5 Skills. It’s a revamp of the Aussie Wine Guy web site, and I’ve chosen Viux [http://www.viux.com/] as the host provider for the new site. The pricing is pretty good, and I’ve […]
In the last entry, we looked at basic querying with a web browser and viewing service metrics. This entry will examine administrative commands and bulk uploading options using the SDS administration utility (st.exe) which is part of the SDS SDK. Migrating Data To SQL Data Services There’s really no fun […]
In the previous entry we reviewed how to create entities, but what do we do now? Before I go into detail on how to interact with SDS directly, let’s take some time to go over the fundamentals of querying with SDS. This entry will focus on some of the techniques […]
In the last entry, we established a way of programmatically creating an SDS Authority and Containers. In this entry we will focus on creating data Entities using the SOAP interface. Review In Part 1, we saw how the relationship is defined between objects in the SQL Data Services world. An […]
In Part 1, we were introduced to the concept of SQL Data Services (SDS) and the fundamental design. In Part 2, we looked at the options for authentication, data access and the SDS SDK (helpful tools). In this entry we will look at using the SOAP interface to create an […]
Yesterday, Part 1 in this series introduced you to the basic fundamentals behind SQL Data Services (SDS). The official definition of SQL Data Services is below. “Microsoft SQL Data Services (SDS) offers highly scalable and Internet-facing distributed database services in the cloud for storing and processing relational queries. SDS can […]
Recently, SQL Data Services (SDS) were published as a Community Technical Preview (CTP). Registering via Microsoft Connect, I’ve been able to start building a sample application which is designed to make use of SDS for online real-time queries. This blog entry forms part of the [MiniProject] documentation – the Mini […]
Nothing gets my blood boiling faster than any product which automatically tries to make a remote connection without you asking it to. Team Explorer is integrated into Visual Studio and will try to make a connection to Team Foundation whenever the tab (if you have docked it so) gets focus. […]
“The rumors are confirmed! Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively-multiplayer game set in the critically acclaimed world of Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) was officially announced this week at a press event held at the LucasArts campus in San Francisco.“ Ugh. Rather than build KOTOR:III which would have […]
This just in from our ‘friends’ at Slashdot – a critical Microsoft patch for all “modern” Windows systems. There’s a bulletin notice located here which is pretty alarming, from the bulletin: “This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution […]
Whilst partaking in my normal stroll through the Interweb I came across this truly interesting little development from Microsoft Research. Detours from Microsoft Research. How nice! This little development allows you to basically proxy calls from an application to DLLs it loads (by way of interception). Here’s the official blurb: […]
Well, I’ve found this link here which explains some of the fixes in the recently released patch for the frequently buggy Madden NFL 2009. Looks like they have adjusted the player progression bug in Franchise mode – and I can officially verify that it takes effect immediately once applied (to […]