SQL Azure Data Sync Preview
Was reading up on SQL Azure Data Sync and found out these interesting things:At the time of this post, SQL Azure Data Sync (Preview) does not support bigint data...
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Layered Architecture Solution Guidance 1.0.0.5
Finally got the time to post this. Layered Architecture Solution Guidance 1.0.0.5 is now available for download. This version comes with several enhancements and productivity improvements.Delete...
View ArticleNokia Lumia 800 Launch
Three Telcos under the Malaysian skyĀ Seven point five the OS of Windows PhoneĀ Nine Nokia Stores are where to buyĀ One phone each for us to bring homeĀ At the launch of Lumia where the excitement riseĀ One...
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bigint and SQL Azure Data Sync
After attending my presentation on SQL Azure Data Sync, my DBA was a little disappointed when I mentioned that SQL Azure Data Sync does not currently support bigintĀ data type. She kept telling me that...
View ArticlePrinciples of Developing Own Apps
Recently, I have started a pet-project to develop a Windows Phone 7 application - just for the kicks. I needed something to drive me into learning Silverlight and phone programming, so the best way is...
View ArticleHACK@MIND
The Malaysian Independent Developers (MIND)Ā community is organizing a hackathon on June 2-3 at MAP @ Publika. The theme of the event is Metro and the challenge is to develop Windows 8 or Windows Phone...
View ArticleHACK@MIND Guide #2
In my previous post, I gave some tips on how you can get a fully functional WCF Service back-end up in a flash to compete in the upcoming HACK@MIND competition. If you follow the advice of that post,...
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Windows Azure Virtual Machines
In the recent June 2012 update, we can now provision Virtual Machines (VM) on Windows Azure via a new feature called Windows Azure Virtual Machines. This is Microsoft's entry into the Infrastructure as...
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SQL Azure Spatial Data
I found out something interesting. When dealing with Spatial data, SQL Server Management Studio will provide us with a tab that looks like the following to show our spatial query results:The results...
View ArticleWindows 8 Enterprise Activation
Windows 8 RTM has been released to MSDN Subscribers and along with it, is also the Enterprise Edition that comes with several additions that is more suited for organizational environments. However, you...
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Using Windows 8
If you have installed Windows 8 (RTM), you will immediately notice that the user interface is slightly different with a new Start Screen (similar to the one in Windows Phone and XBOX).The first...
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Disabling VS 2012 ALL CAPS Menu
If you find the ALL CAPS menu in Visual Studio 2012 irritating, it turns out that there is a way to revert it back to normal caps.Open up Regedit and navigate...
View ArticleOpen GAX/GAT
When I heard that the Microsoft Patterns & Practices group was going to stop working on the Guidance Automation Extension (GAX) and Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAT), my heart nearly stopped. After...
View ArticleTeam Foundation Server Backups
I had always felt that the procedures to completely backup a Team Foundation Server 2010 to be a hassle. Almost every friend of mine who used TFS will just tell me to 'just backup the databases' but I...
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LASG 1.0.0.6 for VS 2012 and 2010
After several weeks of stabilizing the builds, Layered Architecture Solution Guidance 1.0.0.6 is finally available for both Visual Studio 2012 and 2010. Let's take a while to run through some of the...
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Bringing Life Back To Visual Studio 2012
Some people have noticed that my Visual Studio 2012 had nicer colors instead of the default light/dark themes and have asked me how I got it. Well, it is all thanks to the Visual Studio 2012 Color...
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Windows Server 2012 Desktop Experience
If you are using Windows Server as your primary development OS like me and was wondering where is the Desktop Experience feature in Windows Server 2012, it is actually hidden under the User Interfaces...
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Windows Azure Co-Administrator
Windows Azure allows us to assign multiple co-administrators to manage the resources in our subscription. To access the screen in the new portal, simply click on the SETTINGS tab on the left-navigation...
View ArticleManipulating Failed Workflow Instances
Often, when we work with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), we may encounter scenarios where our workflows may end up in an erroneousĀ suspended state. This usually happens during development ... and...
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Custom Workflow Messaging Activities
When designing Workflow Services, we can use the Receive or ReceiveAndSendReply out-of-the-box messaging activities to expose our workflow functionalities as WCF services methods (a.k.a. Operation...
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