The Day We Fight BackFebruary 11th 2014. All, An international day of action has been called for tomorrow against mass surveillance. If you can join, please add your support to this cause. We are calling for adoption of the necessary and proportionate principles of oversight and privacy protection. More information […]
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Introduction Disclaimer: this article assumes the reader is already familiar with OWIN and OAuth standards. It is published in three parts. Late last year I wanted to implement Open Web Interface for .Net (OWIN) OAuth functionality for an administrative subdomain. As it happened, I wanted to specifically integrate OWIN/OAuth authentication/authorization […]
I originally wrote this article about my now former employer, CGI Solutions and Technologies, back in January 2014 when I was lamenting what appeared to be the apparent demise of the company which I had originally joined in late 2011. Unbeknownst to me at that time, I was to be […]
If you’ve spent any amount of time in the IT industry – and particularly in software development – you’ve probably been asked to forecast the effort associated with some kind of work, outcome or deliverable. Software development is tricky as it involves some degree of guess work – requirements can […]
I found the wording of the Team Foundation Server post-install to be a tad demanding: “The following package installation requires an immediate restart of the machine: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.51.”: R
Intro If you have used or are deciding on using an Azure hosted SQL Server database, you might also want the ability to govern the identities and credentials used to access your data. When you create a SQL Database in SQL Azure, initially credentials are created for you, but they […]
Time for a quick timeout — It recently came to my attention that the Aussie Wine Guy app for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 is doing a pretty decent trade. It’s ranked amongst the top apps in the competitive Food & Dining category in the Windows App Store. This is […]
Introduction Over the weekend, I decided to try and import image metadata using C# and the .NET Framework. Aside from “normal” file attributes such as date modified and size, the Windows Explorer (shell) provides extended file property information which can be quite valuable. The challenge was how to extract this […]
Today I tried to locate the “Desktop Experience” server feature in Windows Server 2012 R2. Problem is, I couldn’t find it! The Desktop Experience feature lets you use normal Windows desktop features like media player and photo viewer, and so forth: It used to be a “top level” feature, but […]
Recently I asked what the Internet Society of Australia’s position was in relation to the distinction between the Coalition’s FTTN-based NBN verses the previous Government’s FTTP-based NBN plans. Here’s an abstract from the response off the member’s list: On the topic of FTTN vs. FTTP: ISOC-AU does not see any […]
Intro If you want to manage your SQL Databases in Azure using tools that you’re a little more familiar and comfortable with – for example – SQL Management Studio, how do you go about connecting? You could read the help article from Microsoft, or you can follow my intuitive screen-based […]
Introduction Recently I began writing a series of articles demonstrating how you could take a blank Database schema and bring it all together with a fully integrated object relational mapping access model (Entity Framework) and then exposing the entire object graph via WCF web services in a completely detached mode. […]
Yesterday saw the release of a number of products from Microsoft. The big news is Windows 8.1, which was revealed to have hit the RTM milestone last week and was released to MSDN and TechNet subscribers yesterday. Included in the mix was the well performing Windows Server 2012 (previously in […]
Introduction Per my introduction article, I’m learning the hard way – with the latest from Microsoft. Yesterday I created a SQL schema from a Twitter archive which was “fun”, but didn’t provide me with a decent enough schema to model a complete end-to-end design for something meaningful. So I’m back […]