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Developer

Dictionary Implementation of Hashtable in .NET Framework
Dictionaries try to pair key/value and work with it in order to store and retrieve information. This is the main difference between dictionaries and lists. One widely used dictionary is Hashtable. There are two ways to store information one is by using Add method and another is by the means of indexer.... Read Full Article

ASP.NET and C# Serialization and Deserialization
In the word of distributed systems it’s often important to pass data in the XML format across networks, XML formats are all text and we need to convert XML file into the string of bites for the transmission over the network.... Read Full Article
MCPD

Working with images with the help of System.Drawing.Image
You can work with several types of files in ASP.NET. Here is a list of most widely use .BMP, .JPG, and .TIF files. With the help of .NET we can create pictures, resize, and incorporate watermarks or text.... Read Full Article

Using Unmanaged Code with .NET Framework
We use Platform Invoke or P/Invoke when we want to call on unmanaged Windows API in case we don’t have a wrapper built into the .NET Framework.... Read Full Article
Architect

Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET Framework
Authentication is the process of identifying user with his/her user id/password combination. Authorization is the process of identifying is user has sufficient privileges to access requested resource.... Read Full Article
MS Project
MS Project
Using MS Project with Team Foundation Server
MS Projects allows accessing Team Foundation Server and working with the TFS Work Items. This is advantageous to Project Managers who accustomed to using MS Project and who wants tighter integration between two tools... Read Full Article
Tester

Logging Event with C# and .Net Framework into Event Log
We can use Event log to store any error that our application generates as a result of testing or daily usage by the users. It is very useful when we are trying to log error messages which are events as well. The primary advantage is that we can see very detailed report of errors that occurred.... Read Full Article

Using Performance Counters with C# PerformanceCounter Objects
We need to understand reasons behind performance degradation when we experience performance problems with our application. The most important task before we start looking at application performance is to set performance guidelines for our application that we can use to gage and compare against when running performance counters on actual application.... Read Full Article
Database
Firewall Rules
Firewall Rules
Data Tier of Team Foundation Server
Data Tier of the TFS is primarily used for a backend and uses SQL Server 2005 with several supporting databases installed. Data Tier layer uses several SQL Server 2005 Services.... Read Full Article

Getting first letter of the string with SQL Script
Often times developers need to come up with the alphabet for a very long list of values, so that list can be broken into chunks and then each of those chunks can be retrieved based on the first letter or firts symbol of the text.... Read Full Article
TFS

New Team Build Type Creation Wizard
There is very useful wizard called “New Team Build Type Creation Wizard”. This wizard helps us to create builds for the projects. Wizard takes us through several configuration steps that allow us to configure how build is being executed... Read Full Article

Branching and Merging in Team Foundation Server
Branching allows us to create a replica of existing project by diverging it into its own path. Branching commonly used to create new project from existing project when we require working on two projects at a same time that contain same files at the time of branching. For instance, when we release application to production environment, we need to support it while working on additional functionality... Read Full Article
MSDN

Staring up a Process in C# and .NET Framework
We can always start a process in two different ways; without command-line argument and with command-line arguments. In order to start process you need to call Start method of the Process class.... Read Full Article
Exam

Exam 70-638
For the Exam 70-638 or the Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (TS) exam for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Configuring, the candidates must have at least a year of experience in utilizing Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.... Read Full Article

Exam 70-554
The Exam 70-554 or the “UPGRADE: MCSD Microsoft .NET Skills to MCPD Enterprise Application Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework: Part 2” is one of the two upgrade exams for the professional developers.... Read Full Article
SharePoint

SharePoint stsadm restore operation
stsadm restore operation is used to restore a SharePoint site collection. However, it is much more powerful tool as it allows you to restore... Read Full Article

SharePoint stsadm backup operation
stsadm backup operation is used to backup a site collection. There are several modes that can be used with the stsadm backup command... Read Full Article
WCF
WPF

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Introduction
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is an end user graphical interface developed by Microsoft and release as part of .NET Framework 3.0.... Read Full Article
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