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Developer Articles

Asynchronous Programming in C# and ASP.NET Framework
Asynchronous programming allows you to execute code in threads. Many classes in .NET allow Asynchronous programming methods with the methods that prefixed with BeginXXX and EndXXX.... Read Full Article

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
MCPD Articles

How to Extract Data from the String with Regular Expressions
In order to extract data we need to write up regex and enclose it in parenthesis after that we need to instantiate class called System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match using Regex.Match method and then retrieve data by accessing data in the Match.Group array.... Read Full Article

Passing Data to Thread in C#
We cannot just start thread without any reason so most of the time you will be starting thread with the data and the only way to do it is to start it with ParameterizedStartThread delegate... Read Full Article
Architect Articles

Application Tier of Team Foundation Server
Application Tier is an important part of the Team Foundation Server since it houses ASP.NET web services used to talk to Data Tier and Client Tier.... Read Full Article

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
Tester Articles

.NET Framework Configuration Tool
New version of .NET Framework 2.0 comes with different tools that can be found by opening up Microsoft Management Console snap-in. There are several areas where this tool is the most useful.... Read Full Article

Detecting Management Events via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) technology
.NET Framework allows us to monitor and manage applications, devices, and system via WMI.... Read Full Article
Database Articles
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 Articles

Customizing Iterations and Structure of the TFS Team Project
Classification plug-in is responsible for customization of the iterations and structure of entire Team Project. Its official name is Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.Classifiation.... Read Full Article

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
MSDN Articles

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 Articles

Exam 70-260
Configuring applications included with Windows Vista – the applicants should configure and troubleshoot media applications; configure Windows Mail; configure Windows Meeting Space; configure Windows Calendar; configure Windows Fax and Scan; and configure Windows Sidebar.... Read Full Article

Exam 70-293
This exam is on planning and maintaining Network Infrastructure of the Windows Server 2003 operating platform. Other parts of the exam also include planning, maintaining and implementing network security, server availability and security infrastructures. The understanding on server roles is necessary for this exam.... Read Full Article
SharePoint Articles

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

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