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Parsing XML Using IronRuby Wrapper and Sample
Ben Hall writes, "I wanted to use a Ruby library to parse the xml, however I found REXML which comes with Ruby is not yet supported by IronRuby...I decided to use the System.Xml namespace as my base, and then create a wrapper and monkey patch the CLR... more

OCSMigrate.vbs Gotchas and Workarounds
Aaron Tiensivu writes, "...if you are migrating from LCS 2005 SP1 or OCS 2007 R1 using the default settings, read on..." more Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:46:43 GMT ... more

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Parallelising Loops in .NET 4 Example
Daniel Moth writes, "Often the source of performance issues in our code is loops, e.g. while, for, foreach. With .NET 4 it becomes easy to make such code perform better by taking advantage of multiple cores...Let's drill into why the modified code compiles and why it is equivalent in intent..." more

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:50:43 GMT

SOA Isn't Dead But Its Standards Are
Lori MacVittie writes, "If you take a look around at successful web applications today you can clearly see that SOA as a concept is not dead. SOA is clearly alive and well and flourishing in the world of WOA...Services and service-oriented architecture will continue to be an integral - if not obvious - part of cloud computing and WOA applications, but..." more

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:39:33 GMT

Powershell winrm Settings with wsman Provider Code Sample
Jeffrey Snover writes, "You can use winrm.cmd command line tool to query and manage winrm settings. PowerShell V2 CTP3 contains a wsman provider for you to manage winrm settings with the standard *-Item cmdlets . Let’s try it out:" more

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:34:03 GMT

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:27:42 GMT

OCSMigrate.vbs Gotchas and Workarounds
Aaron Tiensivu writes, "...if you are migrating from LCS 2005 SP1 or OCS 2007 R1 using the default settings, read on..." more

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:46:43 GMT

AGPM Least Privileged Scenario for AGPM Service Account
Kurt Roggen writes, "When installing the AGPM 3.0 Server, there are two options when choosing the AGPM Service account: LocalSystem or a domain user account used to run the service....For the AGPM Service to work properly with “Least Privileges”, assign following privileges, rights and/or group membership to the AGPM service account:" more

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:58:31 GMT

SharePoint Tip on Using Data View Web Part
Mauro Cardarelli writes, "What if we created a Promotions list that had a couple of fields, 'Image URL' and 'Redirection URL'? We could create a DVWP...that shows the image and sets the redirection. This way, when the promotion changes the business user simply needs to edit a list. You can repurpose this for many pages...include expiration dates and/or scrolling promotions...the snippet" more

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:35:52 GMT

TFS Installation Troubleshooting Guide
Brian Harry writes, "..new Troubleshooting Installation of Team Foundation Server guide. If you are having a problem installing TFS, this is a good resource to check out..." more

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:31:28 GMT

Tips on Manually Adding a Virtual Machine Configuration File to Hyper-V
Ben Armstrong writes, "People have been asking for a while for a way to add a virtual machine configuration file (.XML) directly to an instance of Hyper-V without first needing to export and import it. Some key things that I want to point out about this approach:" more

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:31:27 GMT

Microsoft Regional Directors 2009 Predictions
Guy Barrette writes, "The Microsoft Regional Directors have posted their 2009 predictions. You can read them here:" more

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:31:25 GMT

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Joel Oleson

Joel is at Quest Software guiding the SharePoint group strategy and is working on new designs for tools to help IT administrators. Joel previously worked at Microsoft as a senior technical product manager for IT professionals around SharePoint. He designed the first Microsoft Intranet global deployment of SharePoint, as well as the extranet collaboration and hosted SharePoint deployments at Microsoft. Leading up through the release of SharePoint 2007, Joel is in Salt Lake City, UT. more

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:02:41 GMT

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