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BizTalk Server General announcements

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    Updated product roadmap, start of new BizTalk Server vNext project
    Paul Larsen (Microsoft)

    We have some great news to share! We've updated our Microsoft Integration Product Roadmap. See our BizTalk Team Blog, at https://aka.ms/btsblog. We are starting our new BizTalk Server vNext project. Let us know what you want and need in BizTalk Server vNext.

    Paul Larsen [MS]
    Microsoft BizTalk Server Team

     

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    Updated product roadmap, start of new BizTalk Server vNext project
    Paul Larsen (Microsoft)

    We have some great news to share! We've updated our Microsoft Integration Product Roadmap. See our BizTalk Team Blog, at https://aka.ms/btsblog. We are starting our new BizTalk Server vNext project. Let us know what you want and need in BizTalk Server vNext.

    Paul Larsen [MS]
    Microsoft BizTalk Server Team

     

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    Announcing the availability of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 3
    Paul Larsen (Microsoft)

    Available now is Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 3. This update to BizTalk Server 2016 contains new and improved capabilities for integrating BizTalk Server workloads with Office 365 Outlook Email, Calendar, and Contact resources.

    Office 365 Adapters

    Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud-based subscription service that brings together the best tools for the way people work today. By combining best-in-class apps like Excel and Outlook with powerful cloud services like OneDrive and Microsoft Teams, Office 365 lets anyone create and share anywhere on any device.

    Microsoft BizTalk Server Adapters for Office 365 enable IT professionals and enterprise developers to integrate Outlook mail, contacts, and schedules with new solutions based on BizTalk Server 2016.

    Office 365 Mail Adapter

    Using the BizTalk Adapter for Office 365 Mail, you can read, mark as read or delete, Outlook e-mail messages through one-way BizTalk Server receive locations. Using the Office 365 Mail Adapter, you can write e-mail message, including setting message priority, through one-way static or dynamic BizTalk Server send ports.

    Office 365 Calendar Adapter

    Using the BizTalk Adapter for Office 365 Calendar, you can get future calendar events through one-way BizTalk Server receive locations. Using the Office 365 Calendar Adapter, you can create calendar events, including specifying required and optional attendees, through one-way static or dynamic BizTalk Server send ports.

    Office 365 Contact Adapter

    Using the BizTalk Adapter for Office 365 Contact, you can create contacts, by specifying all settings, through one-way static or dynamic BizTalk Server send ports.

    Licensing

    • Microsoft customers with Software Assurance or Azure Enterprise Agreements are licensed to use Feature Pack 3.
    • BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 3 can be installed on Enterprise and Developer editions only.

    Software

    • BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 3 contains all the functionality of Feature Packs 1 and 2, plus all the fixes in Cumulative Update 5.
    • You can install Feature Pack 3 on BizTalk Server 2016 Enterprise and Developer Edition (retail, CU1, CU2, CU3, CU4, FP1, FP2).
    • Download the software now from the Microsoft Download Center.

    Documentation

    You can learn more about Feature Pack 3 by reading the documentation articles. Please contribute to improving our documentation, by joining our BizTalk Server community on GitHub.

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    Announcing the availability of BizTalk Server 2016 Cumulative Update 5
    Paul Larsen (Microsoft)
    Microsoft BizTalk Server product team has released Cumulative Update 5 for BizTalk Server 2016. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledgebase Article 4132957, posted to https://support.microsoft.com/help/4132957.
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    Announcing availability of BizTalk Server 2013 R2 Cumulative Update 8
    Paul Larsen (Microsoft)

    Microsoft BizTalk Server product team has released Cumulative Update 8 for BizTalk Server 2013 R2. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledgebase Article 4052527, posted to https://support.microsoft.com/help/4052527.

    Microsoft BizTalk Server Product Team

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    Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2
    Paul Larsen (Microsoft)

    Available now is Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2. This update to BizTalk Server 2016 contains new and improved capabilities for modernizing BizTalk Server workloads in the areas of deployment, runtime and analytics.

    Deployment and Administration

    • Application Lifecycle Management with VSTS
      • Using Visual Studio Team Services, you can define multi-server deployments of BizTalk Server 2016, and then maintain those systems throughout the application lifecycle.
    • Backup to Azure Blob Storage
      • When deploying BizTalk Server to Azure VMs, you can backup BizTalk Server databases to Azure blob storage.

    Server Runtime

    • Adapter for Service Bus v2
      • When using the Service Bus Adapter, you can utilize Azure Service Bus Premium for enterprise-scale workloads.
    • Transport Layer Security 1.2
      • Securely deploy BizTalk Server using industry-standard TLS 1.2 authentication and encryption.
    • API Management
      • Publish Orchestration endpoints using Azure API Management, enabling organizations to publish APIs to external, partner and internal developers to unlock the potential of their data and services.
    • Event Hubs
      • Using the new Event Hub Adapter, BizTalk Server can send and receive messages with Azure Event Hubs, where BizTalk Server can function as both an event publisher and subscriber, as part of a new Azure cloud-based event-driven application.

    Analytics and Reporting

    • Event Hubs
      • Send BizTalk Server tracking data to Azure Event Hubs, a hyper-scale telemetry ingestion service that collects, transforms, and stores millions of events.
    • Application Insights
      • When preparing BizTalk Server to send tracking data to Application Insights, released in FP1, you can use the new Azure sign-in dialog to simplify configuration and named instances of SQL Server.

    Licensing

    • Microsoft customers with Software Assurance or Azure Enterprise Agreements are licensed to use Feature Pack 2.
    • BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2 can be installed on Enterprise and Developer editions only.

    Software

    • BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Pack 2 contains all the functionality of Feature Pack 1, plus all the fixes in Cumulative Update 3.
    • You can install Feature Pack 2 on BizTalk Server 2016 Enterprise and Developer Edition (retail, CU1, CU2, CU3, FP1).
    • Download the software now from the Microsoft Download Center.

    Documentation

    You can learn more about FP2 by reading the documentation articles. Please contribute to improving our documentation, by joining our BizTalk Server community on GitHub.

    Feedback

    Contribute to the community by participating in our forum, reading our blog, following us on Twitter (@BizTalk_Server), as well as providing product input using our BizTalk User Voice.

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    Announcing availability of BizTalk Server 2013 R2 Cumulative Update 7
    Paul Larsen (Microsoft)
    Microsoft BizTalk Server product team has released Cumulative Update 7 for BizTalk Server 2013 R2. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledgebase Article 4038891, posted to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4038891.

    BizTalk Server Team
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    Announcing availability of BizTalk Server 2016 Cumulative Update 3
    Paul Larsen (Microsoft)

    Microsoft BizTalk Server product team has released Cumulative Update 3 for BizTalk Server 2016. For more information, see https://support.microsoft.com/help/4039664.

    BizTalk Server Team

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    BizTalk SalesForce Integration: Login authentication
    Steef-Jan Wiggers
    Sample based on integration with SalesForce using SOAP is available in code gallery through this link.
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    List of Errors and Warnings, Causes and Solutions on TechNet Wiki
    Sandro Pereira

    This article is intended to be a knowledge base of all Errors and Warnings, Causes and Solutions documented, by community members, in all stages/components of BizTalk: different stages of development, deployment, adapters, runtime, setup and configuration… Read more here

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    BizTalk Server Resources on the TechNet Wiki
    Steef-Jan Wiggers
    You will find many BizTalk Server related article on TechNet Wiki. Best entry point is BizTalk Server Resources on the TechNet Wiki.
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    BizTalk Server 2010 - Tools Wiki Article
    Steef-Jan Wiggers
    Through the internet you can find numerous tools that can help you for instance in automating deployment, analyze your BizTalk environment or identify performance issues. You will find these tools on Operating System, Codeplex or Microsoft Download Center. Read more here.

BizTalk Server Adapters and Adapter Pack announcements

BizTalk Server EDI and AS2 announcements

BizTalk Server RFID announcements

BizTalk ESB Toolkit announcements

ADO.NET Managed Providers announcements

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    Annual SQL Connectivity Customer Survey
    Luiz Fernando Santos

    We view your organization as a key stakeholder in the process that we have to identify areas for future investments for SQL Connectivity components that address major development platforms, including ODBC, ADO.NET, JDBC and PHP. The feedback you provide is valuable and each response will be read and will be treated with utmost confidence. The survey can be found in the link below and will be available until 9th September, 2011 5:00 PM PST. http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CS45XT9FE/.

    Thanks

     

    Raghu Ram

    SQL Connectivity Group Program Manager

WCF Data Services announcements

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    Latest Releases for WCF Data Services
    Matt Meehan - MSFT

    RTW: 5.4.0

    Prerelease: Coming soon


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    Important: ASP.NET Security Vulnerability
    Andrew Conrad

    Over the weekend the ASP.NET team released a Microsoft Security Advisory about a security vulnerability found in ASP.NET:

     

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2416728.mspx

    The WCF Data Services team looked into the issue and don’t believe there is any additional exposure to the vulnerability beyond what is exposed by ASP.NET.   However, if the WCF Data Service is hosted in ASP.NET, it is quite possible that the vulnerability is present.  If any users use the ASP.Net encryption logic to hide sensitive information from the client and use that encrypted data to make decisions in the WCF Data Service, they can run into this issue. Below are few examples:

     

    ·         If you use an encrypted cookie to make decisions to which database to connect in CreateDataSource method

    ·         If you use an encrypted cookie to figure out whether the user is an admin rather than using RoleManager in the server

    ·         If you use an encrypted cookie to apply business logic in change/query interceptors

     

    For a complete description of the vulnerability, please read Scottgu’s post on the subject:

     

    http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/09/18/important-asp-net-security-vulnerability.aspx

     

    Andrew Conrad

    WCF Data Services Development Lead

    Microsoft Corp

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    Learn all about the Open Data Protocol (OData) -- the protocol used by WCF Data Services
    Mike Flasko 2

    New to OData?  Go to http://odata.org to learn the nuts and bolts of the protocol, see who is using it today, and learn the scenarios that drove the creation of the protocol. 

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    WCF Data Services Voting Site Now Available!
    Shayne Burgess - MSFT

    The WCF Data Services team is beginning to explore improvements and new features for our next release.  As part of this process, it’s critical that we hear your feedback, as it helps us ensure that what we build actually meets your requirements in real-world scenarios.  To enable this we’ve launched a new site that will allow you to interact more directly with the development team and provide input: http://dataservices.mswish.net .

    The site’s pretty simple and self-explanatory – you can add a new feature request or vote for feature requests that are already there. We hope you’ll try it out and vote on the features you most want to see added.  Finally, as features move from ideas into actual development we’ll post our thoughts and ideas to the team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam

     

    -Mike Flasko

    Lead Program Manager, Microsoft

ADO.NET DataSet announcements

LINQ to SQL announcements

Reactive Extensions (Rx) announcements

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    Rx tutorials at YOW!
    head.in.the.box

    Has your interest in Rx piqued because of the recent open sourcing (http://rx.codeplex.com/)?
    Do you want to want a first-person account of the history and design philosophy of Rx?
    What about some pair programming with Dr Rebcabin http://rebcabin.wordpress.com/?
    Or hear about using Rx in the real world from our special guest TheMechanicalBride (http://themechanicalbride.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-rx-linq-to-events.html, http://www.yowconference.com.au/general/details.html?speakerId=3541), the longest living Rx user on the planet?
    .....

    Then, sign up for the Rx tutorials at YOW!
    http://www.yowconference.com.au/general/registration.html

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    Rx tutorial with @headinthebox and @xpaulbettsx at QCON
    head.in.the.box

    Here is your chance to learn Rx and interact with @headinthebox and@xpaulbettsx (the co-author of the gentle Category Theory-free introduction to Rx and LINQ) http://qconsf.com/sf2012/presentations/show_presentation.jsp?oid=4602. We'll make the course super hands-on and try to answer all your questions.

    If you sign up using discount code "meij100", we will take you out for drinks afterwards so you can even ask more questions.

    Looking forward to see many of the Rx users in person.


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    Welcome to the Reactive Extensions (Rx) forum
    Rx team

    Reactive Extensions (Rx) is a library available for .NET and developers, used to compose event-based programs using observable sequences and LINQ-style query operators. Visit the Rx product website to download the bits, read more details and watch in depth videos about the technology.

    Feel free to post any questions regarding Rx on this forum.



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    Download Reactive Extensions v2.0
    Rx team

    We're thrilled to announce the availability of Reactive Extensions v2.0 for the following platforms:

    • .NET Framework 4
    • .NET Framework 4.5
    • .NET Framework 4.5 for Windows Store apps
    • Silverlight 5
    • Windows Phone 7.5

    You can download the SDK installer from the Download Center or use NuGet to install the packages.

    More information about the release can be found in this blog post.

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    Download Reactive Extensions v1.x
    Bart De Smet [MSFT]

    We're happy to announce the first official release of Reactive Extensions v1.0 Stable and the latest release of v1.1 Experimental:


The Forum of Sho announcements

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    Welcome to the Forum of Sho!
    Sho Team

    Hello and welcome to the Forum of Sho!

     

    This forum is meant to be a community for Sho users where you can share knowledge, get questions answered, and learn from others using Sho. Feel free to post questions about any and all aspects of Sho, and we (as well as other community members) will do our best to get you some answers. We hope that as your expertise in Sho grows, you'll also take the time to answer questions from folks who could benefit from your knowledge and experience.

     

    For more information about Sho, including the latest installer and documentation, check out http://research.microsoft.com/sho

TPL Dataflow announcements

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    TPL Dataflow in .NET 4.5 RC on NuGet
    Stephen Toub - MSFT
    In .NET 4.5 RC, TPL Dataflow is delivered via NuGet at https://nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Tpl.Dataflow and is supported everywhere that .NET 4.5 runs, including desktop, server, and .NET for Metro style apps. The simplest way to install the package in Visual Studio is to highlight the target project, select Tools > Library Package Manager > Package Manager Console, and at the prompt enter:
        Install-Package Microsoft.Tpl.Dataflow -Pre
    The -Pre flag is needed because these are marked as prerelease versions. You can use the GUI Manage NuGet Packages dialog for this task as well, but when searching make sure to select Include Prerelease from the appropriate drop-down list.  For details about this release, please refer to the blog post at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bclteam/archive/2012/05/30/mef-and-tpl-dataflow-nuget-packages-for-net-framework-4-5-rc.aspx.
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    Welcome to the TPL Dataflow forum!
    Stephen Toub - MSFT

    "TPL Dataflow" is a new .NET library for building concurrent, parallel, and asynchronous applications.  It enables building systems based on dataflow concepts, on in-process message passing, and on asynchronous pipelines.  This library, System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll, is heavily inspired by the Visual C++ Asynchronous Agents Library, by the CCR from Microsoft Robotics, by the Axum language, and more; it’s built on top of a multitude of constructs introduced in .NET 4, internally using types like Task and ConcurrentQueue<T>, in order to provide solutions for buffering and processing data, for building systems that need high-throughput and low-latency processing of data, and for building agent/actor-based systems.  TPL Dataflow was also designed to integrate very well with the new language support for tasks, such that you can easily use TPL Dataflow constructs within asynchronous methods, and such that you can harness asynchronous methods within “dataflow blocks.”

    You can download a Community Technology Preview release from the TC Labs site on MSDN DevLabs at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/gg585582.  A previous preview release of the DLL is also available as part of the Microsoft Visual Studio Async CTP, available at http://msdn.com/vstudio/async.

    Please use this forum to ask questions about TPL Dataflow, to provide feedback on the library, to let us know about your successes and to let us know about your stumbling blocks.  We look forward to hearing from and conversing with you.

Microsoft Solver Foundation announcements

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    The Future of Microsoft Solver Foundation
    Mary Beth Hribar

    As users have pointed out, Microsoft has not been active on the Solver Foundation forums since Nate left.   We have been quiet while we have gone through restructuring and planning.  Some would say we have been too quiet.  We know we have very loyal and enthusiastic users who want to know the future of Solver Foundation.  So, here is a long overdue statement about our plans for Solver Foundation. 

    The current 3.1 release of MSF will be the last release as a standalone install.  We are working hard on integrating Microsoft Solver Foundation into a larger analytics framework that will help users build both prescriptive and predictive analytics.  We look forward to releasing this new product for your use as soon as we are able to do so.  This new product will provide a migration path for current Solver Foundation users and partners.   

    We would like to continue to keep the current forum open to the community to discuss MSF until the release of the new product. However, Microsoft will be providing limited support of MSF in terms of monitoring the forums and providing bug fixes during this transition time.                                                                                                                                

    We have been responding to email and will continue to do so.  If you have feedback on issues/bugs/improvements, we welcome your feedback via msfsupport@microsoft.com.  Please check back on the forum for future announcements with regards to the new analytics product.

    Thanks for your support.

    The Solver Foundation Team

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    Solver Foundation 3.1 released
    Nate Brixius

    We are pleased to announce the availability of Microsoft Solver Foundation 3.1. You can download the Express version here, and you can read more about it by checking out the Solver Foundation team blog.

    Thanks, Nathan

     

     

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    Mosek connector for Solver Foundation
    Nate Brixius

    We are pleased to announce an updated Solver Foundation connector to the popular MOSEK solver. The connector is available as a free download:

    The zip file contains a dll and installation instructions. Also consult this blog post for more information. Using the connector requires the installation of the MOSEK solver - visit mosek.com for details.

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    Welcome!
    Nate Brixius

    Welcome to the Solver Foundation Forum! This is a great place to ask questions about Solver Foundation, talk about how you are using Solver Foundation, and connect with other users. You may also find the following resources helpful:

    Enjoy!

Debugger Canvas announcements

Microsoft Robotics - Community announcements

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    RDS 4 & Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 + Windows 8 Release Preview + Visual Studio 2012
    Gershon Parent

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    RDS 4 & Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 + Windows 8 Release Preview + Visual Studio 2012

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    Three new technologies that impact RDS4 have been released recently:

    1. Kinect for Windows SDK version 1.5
    2. Windows 8 Release Preview
    3. Visual Studio 2012 RC

    All of these have been tested with RDS 4 and there are a few issues to be aware of when using them with RDS 4.

    Kinect for Windows SDK version 1.5

    Version 1.5 is 100% compatible with RDS 4 on Windows 7 with Visual Studio 2010.  The built-in services as well as the user-built samples will continue to work as they have before.  The new features such as Near Mode, Seated Mode, and Facial Tracking will not automatically be exposed, but the sample code for the RDS4 Kinect service is provided and can be used as an example of how to add the new features.  If someone out there in the RDS community creates an updated service that exposes new features, we invite you to share it with the RDS community by posting a link in the RDS Community Forum http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/roboticscommunity/threads.

    Windows 8 Release Preview

    RDS 4 has been tested on Windows 8 Release Preview and while all the services can be built and run for  Windows 8, there are a couple issues to be aware of:

    • When building some of the samples, you may see a the following warning: “warning MSB3270: There was a mismatch between the processor architecture of the project being built…”.  This is an innocuous warning.  You can eliminate the warning for any service by editing the project file and explicitly setting the target architecture.
    • The setup and building of some samples may report errors indicating that Silverlight 4 Toolkit is required.  The Silverlight 4 Toolkit will not install on Windows 8.  The workaround is to install the Silverlight 5 Toolkit from here: http://silverlight.codeplex.com/releases/view/78435

    Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate

    The Express version of Visual Studio 2012 will only open Windows 8 Metro Style app projects.  You can build the RDS samples from the command-line using the DSS Command Prompt, but you will not be able to open the projects.

    • The Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate is a free download.  It will eventually expire, but it is the best choice to try Visual Studio 2012 with RDS 4 at this time.  Complete Beta Readme can be found here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=237568
    • Installing VS 2012 upgrades the .NET runtime to 4.5.  The pre-built Kinect RDS4 service samples will no longer run because they specifically targeted .NET 4.0, however the source code for the Kinect samples is included and they can be built with VS 2012 RC and these user-built versions will work.
      • Samples built by the user are referred to as “User” version of the services and if they have partner requirements on other samples they will expect the “User” versions of partners as well.
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    Announcing Robotics Developer Studio 4
    Trevor Taylor
     

    Announcing Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4

    Today (8th March) we’re announcing the general availability of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4 (RDS 4). The package can be downloaded for free. It was just over five months ago that we announced the availability of RDS 4 Beta and since then, the Microsoft Robotics team has been hard at work putting the final touches on RDS 4 to give developers access to the software they need to build robotics applications.

    Since the Beta, our number one focus has been on improving the overall quality and stability of RDS 4. We’ve fixed a number of important issues in the product as well as made improvements to existing samples. Additionally, we updated RDS 4 to work with the release version of the Kinect for Windows SDK.

    It is our goal to deliver a great product that meets the needs of the developer and hobbyist communities. We are already seeing RDS 4 being utilized to develop some interesting applications. Speaking of which, last fall, we announced the Robotics @ Home competition, and are thrilled with the submissions we’ve received. Today, we’re excited to reveal the competition’s 10 finalists. Visit the Robotics @ Home Finalists page to read more about the finalists, including how they think robotics will change the world and what they would do with the prize winnings. We look forward to announcing the grand prize winner in May of this year.

    We have tested RDS 4 on Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Visual Studio 11 Beta. However, these are beta products so RDS 4 is not officially supported for use with them, but we know it works.

    Also, our team has been using RDS 4 for a while now and we’ve come up with a few cool and unique applications. Check out the video of the Follow Me robot, created by our team.

    From all of us on the Microsoft Robotics team, we’d like to thank you for your continued support and your feedback on RDS 4, which helped get us to where we are today. As always, you can use the Robotics Forums to send us any additional questions and suggestions.

    NOTE: Please install Visual Studio 2010 and the Kinect for Windows SDK V1 before you install RDS 4.

Microsoft Robotics - Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR) announcements

Microsoft Robotics - Decentralized Software Services (DSS) announcements

Microsoft Robotics - Simulation announcements

Microsoft Robotics - Hardware Configuration and Troubleshooting announcements

Windows Embedded Compact Managed Application Development announcements

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    Welcome
    Olivier Bloch

    Welcome to this new forum.

    Here you will be given the opportunity to interact with a great community of developers and discuss about Managed development for devices running Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Embedded CE, Windows CE operating systems.

    While the forum is new, the technologies discussed here can be as diverse as the latest and greatest version of the .Net Compact Framework, running on the latest version of Windows CE (a.k.a. Windows Embedded Compact 7) or older version of the .Net Compact framework that you might stil be using daily.

    You might have noticed that 2 other forums just opened at the same time, one for CE native applications development and another one for CE platform development, so if your question is more related to building a CE OS or a driver, go here, and if your question is about native application development on CE, go here.

    I am sure you will bookmark this place really rapidly.

    -Olivier

Windows Embedded Compact Native Application Development announcements

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    Welcome
    Olivier Bloch

    Welcome almighty native CE developers!

    This new forum is dedicated to all topics related to native applications development on Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Embedded CE and Windows CE, whether you are using the latest Visual Studio 2008 or the older eVC++, this forum is all yours! If you are coming from Newsgroup, I really think you will love the forums format.

    You might have noticed that 2 other forums just opened at the same time, one for CE managed applications development and another one for CE platform development, so if your question is more related to building a CE OS or a driver, go here, and if your question is about managed application development on CE, go here.

    I look forward to read your first questions and to see our community jumping in.

    -Olivier

Windows Embedded Compact Platform Development announcements

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    Welcome
    Olivier Bloch

    Welcome brave CE platform developers.

    You are developing a Windows Embedded Compact image, a Windows Embedded CE BSP, a Windows CE driver? then you are at the right place.

    This forum will host discussions about using Platform Builder to build Windows CE images, drivers, BSPs. You might have been rerouted here from NewsGroups, and I am sure you will love the format of forums.

    You might have noticed that 2 other forums just opened at the same time, one for CE native applications development and another one for CE managed applications development, so if your question is more related to developing a native application for CE, go here, and if your question is about managed application development on CE, go here.

    I am sure you will bookmark this place really rapidly.

    -Olivier

Speech Service for Developers announcements

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    Bing Voice Service Guidelines
    Bing Speech Service

    Please take a moment to review our Bing Voice Service Forum Guidelines.

    1. Forums are moderated and if you feel that a post is in violation please “Report As Abuse”

    2. Suggest or mark posts as answered so that others know your issue was resolved by the feedback given

    3. Create a new post and don’t take over an older thread that may not be applicable.

                    • Link to other threads if you want to expand discussion on the topic discussed in the older thread.

    4. Posts must be on-topic for the forum.

    5. No personal attacks allowed. Likewise, no racial, ethnic, national, or other slurs are tolerated.

    6. Constructive criticism of Bing Voice Recognition Service, API and the sample code is allowed. Wandering into criticism of Microsoft for other reasons is not. Repeated harping on the same issue is not.

    7. If someone posts incorrect information, post a correction, and link to the docs that show the correct answer.

    The official guidelines are found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1034.moderating-microsoft-forums.aspx

    Thank you and please continue to assist us in improving our forums and community.

WebsitePanel - Discussions announcements

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    Welcome to WebsitePanel forums!
    Feodor Fitsner

    Dear friends,

    Welcome to WebsitePanel community forums! These forums provide you an opportunity to join WebsitePanel users and share knowledge, get questions answered and learn from other WebsitePanel cutomers. Start by posting WebsitePanel related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.

    If you have any suggestions or feedbacks to WebsitePanel, please feel free to post in our forums.

    -Feodor Fitsner

WebsitePanel - Support announcements

WebsitePanel - Enterprise Modules Support announcements

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    Welcome to WebsitePanel forums!
    Feodor Fitsner
    Dear friends,

    Welcome to WebsitePanel community forums! These forums provide you an opportunity to join WebsitePanel users and share knowledge, get questions answered and learn from other WebsitePanel cutomers. Start by posting WebsitePanel related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.

    If you have any suggestions or feedbacks to WebsitePanel, please feel free to post in our forums.

WebsitePanel - Development announcements

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    Welcome to WebsitePanel Forums!
    Feodor Fitsner

    Dear friends,

    Welcome to WebsitePanel community forums! These forums provide you an opportunity to join WebsitePanel users and share knowledge, get questions answered and learn from other WebsitePanel cutomers. Start by posting WebsitePanel related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.

    If you have any suggestions or feedbacks to WebsitePanel, please feel free to post in our forums.

Bing Maps General announcements

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    Bing Maps Time Zone API now available!
    IoTGirl

    The Reverse Geocoder team is pleased to announce the general availability of Bing Maps Time Zone API!

     

    Unlike other Time Zone APIs, that only work with a location coordinate (lat, long),  the Bing Maps Time Zone API allows developers to directly pass their location names and the service returns the relevant timezone(s). 

     

    For more info please check out:

    • The blog post announcing the Time Zone API, it calls out main features with examples.
    • The MSDN link for complete reference.

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    Bing Maps Location Recognition API Now Generally Available
    Erik_Lindeman

    Today, we are pleased to announce the general availability release of the Bing Maps Location Recognition API that we previewed in last month’s blog post. Supercharge your applications to provide users with more context about what is nearby. Given a location (latitude, longitude) the Bing Maps Location Recognition API returns a list of entities at the location. The different components of the API response provide a comprehensive description of the location. The API response consists of:

     

    • Business entities situated at the location. A wide variety of entity types are supported (e.g. restaurants, hotels, parks, gym, shopping malls and more).
    • Natural entities at the location (e.g. beaches, island, lakes and 9 other types).
    • Reverse geocoded address of the input location, with neighborhood and street intersection information where available.
    • Type of property (e.g. residential, commercial) situated at the location.

     

    For more details on the entities returned please see the Bing Maps Location Recognition Entity Types documentation.

    The Bing Maps Location Recognition API is a high-powered reverse geocoding service that is great for use cases where you want to provide users with insightful details about what is at or near a specified lat/long. The Bing Maps Location Recognition API helps answer questions such as what are the businesses and points of interest near a real estate property that I am interested in buying? What is the address associated with a given lat/long? Is it a private residence? What neighborhood am I in?

     

    Get Started:

    We encourage you to try the Bing Maps Location Recognition API using your Bing Maps API key and explore the useful location data it provides for use in your applications.

    For more information about the Bing Maps Platform, how to get licensed, and frequently asked questions, visit our website.

     

    - Bing Maps Team


Windows Protocols announcements

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    MSDN Windows Protocols Overview Release - November 2018
    Kris Haugseth

    This release contains updated Overview Documents in the Open Specifications library on MSDN. These documents were updated on November 5, 2018 for Windows Server and Windows 10 operating systems to reflect content updates. To see details, click the Diff link on the landing pages to view the changes associated with each document.

    Technical changes have been made in the following overview:

    * [MS-RDSOD]: Remote Desktop Services Protocols

    The following overviews have been updated to reflect the latest products.

    * [MS-ADFSOD]: Active Directory Federated Services Protocols

    * [MS-ADOD]: Active Directory Protocols

    * [MS-AUTHSOD]: Authentication Services Protocols

    * [MS-AZOD]: Authorization Protocols

    * [MS-CCROD]: Content Caching and Retrieval Protocols

    * [MS-CERSOD]: Certificate Services Protocols

    * [MS-DOCO]: Windows Protocols Documentation Roadmap

    * [MS-FASOD]: File Access Services Protocols

    * [MS-FSMOD]: File Services Management Protocols

    * [MS-GPOD]: Group Policy Protocols

    * [MS-MQOD]: Message Queuing Protocols

    * [MS-MSSOD]: Media Streaming Services Protocols

    * [MS-PRSOD]: Print Services Protocol

    * [MS-RMSOD]: Rights Management Services Protocols

    * [MS-STOROD]: Storage Services Protocols

    * [MS-TPSOD]: Transaction Processing Services Protocols

    * [MS-VSOD]: Virtual Storage Protocols

    * [MS-WMOD]: Windows Management Protocols

    * [MS-WPO]: Windows Protocols Overview

    * [MS-WSUSOD]: Windows Server Update

     

    The RSS functionality found on the first page of each document on MSDN is supported by Internet Explorer. You can also install an RSS Reader application to get notifications.


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    MSDN Windows Protocols RTM Release - September 2018
    Kris Haugseth

    The September 2018 release contains updated Windows protocol documents for the MSDN release on Open Specifications.

    The following documents are new to Windows Protocols:

    ·       [MS-RDPECAM]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Video Capture Virtual Channel Extension

    ·       [MS-RDPEUDP2]: Remote Desktop Protocol: UDP Transport Extension Version 2

     

    The following documents have been updated with new product content for this release:

    • [MS-ADFSPIP]: Active Directory Federation Services and Proxy Integration Protocol
    • [MS-ADTS]: Active Directory Technical Specification
    • [MS-CDP]: Connected Devices Platform Protocol Version 3
    • [MS-CMRP]: Failover Cluster: Management API (ClusAPI) Protocol
    • [MS-CSRA]: Certificate Services Remote Administration Protocol
    • [MS-FASP]: Firewall and Advanced Security Protocol
    • [MS-GPFAS]: Group Policy: Firewall and Advanced Security Data Structure
    • [MS-HGSA]: Host Guardian Service: Attestation Protocol
    • [MS-MDE2]: Mobile Device Enrollment Protocol Version 2
    • [MS-MICE]: Miracast over Infrastructure Connection Establishment Protocol
    • [MS-NCNBI]: Network Controller Northbound Interface
    • [MS-OAPX]: OAuth 2.0 Protocol Extensions
    • [MS-OIDCE]: OpenID Connect 1.0 Protocol Extensions
    • [MS-RDPBCGR]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Basic Connectivity and Graphics Remoting
    • [MS-RDPEGFX]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Graphics Pipeline Extension
    • [MS-RDPERP]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Remote Programs Virtual Channel Extension
    • [MS-RDPEUDP]: Remote Desktop Protocol: UDP Transport Extension

     

    The following documents contain technical updates for this release.

    ·       [MS-CIFS]: Common Internet File System (CIFS) Protocol

    ·       [MS-SMB2]:Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol Versions 2 and 3

    ·       [MS-TDS]: Windows Client Certificate Enrollment Protocol

    The following document contains protocols removed from Windows products.

    ·       [MS-BDSRR]: Business Document Scanning: Scan Repository Capabilities and Status Retrieval Protocol

    The RSS functionality found on the first page of each document on MSDN is supported by Internet Explorer. You can also install an RSS Reader application to get notifications.

    Note that previous versions of protocol documents are available in PDF and DOCX format. Due to production processes, the release date for older documents might not exactly match the date in the document’s footer.

     

     


Open Specifications Questions announcements

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    Windows Protocols Overview Release- May 2019
    Kris Haugseth

    Windows Protocols Overview Documents (ODs) support the technical specifications by illustrating how Windows protocols that are functionally related work together, with practical examples for implementers that demonstrate common usage scenarios.

    The 6 ODs listed below were updated and published on DMC - docs.microsoft.com.

     

    [MS-ADOD]: Active Directory Protocols Overview

    [MS-CERSOD]: Certificate Services Protocols Overview

    [MS-DOCO]: Windows Protocols Documentation Roadmap

    [MS-FASOD]: File Access Services Protocols Overview

    [MS-NETOD]: Microsoft .NET Framework Protocols Overview

    [MS-RDSOD]: Remote Desktop Services Protocols Overview

      

    This release also includes updated, annotated network captures - open sourced on GitHub – for MS-ADOD and MS-FASOD (in both WireShark and Microsoft Message Analyzer formats), and MS-CERSOD and MS-RDSOD (in Microsoft Message Analyzer format).

     

     

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    SQL Server Release Notes - June 2017
    SQLOpenSpecsPM

    This release contains updates made to protocol documents since the last release.

    The following known issues exist in the June 2017 release:

    • Underscore characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files, depending on the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in printed versions of the PDF.
    • Information in a table row may split across two pages.
    • Table borders are not always visible, depending upon the magnification selected by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
    • Cross-protocol links are functional only when the PDF files for all the cross-referenced protocols are in the same folder.

    Note: Links in the PDFs do not resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access such links, perform the following procedure:

    • In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.
    • In the Categories list, click Documents.
    • Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

    Additional details on changing the setting are located on the Adobe help site: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

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    MSDN Office Release Notes - September 2015
    Michelle Hammond

    The September 4, 2015 release contains updates made to the Microsoft Office Protocols documents in relation to the release of Office Desktop 2016 and Skype for Business 2016.

    Microsoft Office File Formats links:

    Microsoft Office Protocols links:

    Word, Excel and PowerPoint Standards Support links:

    The following new specifications have been added:

    • None.

    The following protocols have been archived:

    • None.

    The following known issues exist in this release:

    • None.
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    MSDN Exchange Server Release Notes - June 2015
    Neil Ma - MSFT

    The June 30, 2015 preview release contains updates made to Microsoft Exchange Server Protocol and Standards documents to include support for Windows 10. 

    Microsoft Open Specifications Preview

    Exchange Server Protocol Documents links

    Exchange Server and Outlook Standards links

      

    The following new specifications have been added:

    • None.

    The following protocols have been archived:

    • None.

    The following known issues exist in this release:

    • None.

SharePoint Server Protocols announcements

Windows File Sharing Protocols announcements

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    MSDN Windows Protocols Overview Release - November 2018
    Kris Haugseth

    This release contains updated Overview Documents in the Open Specifications library on MSDN. These documents were updated on November 5, 2018 for Windows Server and Windows 10 operating systems to reflect content updates. To see details, click the Diff link on the landing pages to view the changes associated with each document.

    Technical changes have been made in the following overview:

    * [MS-RDSOD]: Remote Desktop Services Protocols

    The following overviews have been updated to reflect the latest products.

    * [MS-ADFSOD]: Active Directory Federated Services Protocols

    * [MS-ADOD]: Active Directory Protocols

    * [MS-AUTHSOD]: Authentication Services Protocols

    * [MS-AZOD]: Authorization Protocols

    * [MS-CCROD]: Content Caching and Retrieval Protocols

    * [MS-CERSOD]: Certificate Services Protocols

    * [MS-DOCO]: Windows Protocols Documentation Roadmap

    * [MS-FASOD]: File Access Services Protocols

    * [MS-FSMOD]: File Services Management Protocols

    * [MS-GPOD]: Group Policy Protocols

    * [MS-MQOD]: Message Queuing Protocols

    * [MS-MSSOD]: Media Streaming Services Protocols

    * [MS-PRSOD]: Print Services Protocol

    * [MS-RMSOD]: Rights Management Services Protocols

    * [MS-STOROD]: Storage Services Protocols

    * [MS-TPSOD]: Transaction Processing Services Protocols

    * [MS-VSOD]: Virtual Storage Protocols

    * [MS-WMOD]: Windows Management Protocols

    * [MS-WPO]: Windows Protocols Overview

    * [MS-WSUSOD]: Windows Server Update

     

    The RSS functionality found on the first page of each document on MSDN is supported by Internet Explorer. You can also install an RSS Reader application to get notifications.

    ;
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    MSDN Windows Protocols RTM Release - September 2018
    Kris Haugseth

    The September 2018 release contains updated Windows protocol documents for the MSDN release on Open Specifications.

    The following documents are new to Windows Protocols:

    ·       [MS-RDPECAM]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Video Capture Virtual Channel Extension

    ·       [MS-RDPEUDP2]: Remote Desktop Protocol: UDP Transport Extension Version 2

     

    The following documents have been updated with new product content for this release:

    • [MS-ADFSPIP]: Active Directory Federation Services and Proxy Integration Protocol
    • [MS-ADTS]: Active Directory Technical Specification
    • [MS-CDP]: Connected Devices Platform Protocol Version 3
    • [MS-CMRP]: Failover Cluster: Management API (ClusAPI) Protocol
    • [MS-CSRA]: Certificate Services Remote Administration Protocol
    • [MS-FASP]: Firewall and Advanced Security Protocol
    • [MS-GPFAS]: Group Policy: Firewall and Advanced Security Data Structure
    • [MS-HGSA]: Host Guardian Service: Attestation Protocol
    • [MS-MDE2]: Mobile Device Enrollment Protocol Version 2
    • [MS-MICE]: Miracast over Infrastructure Connection Establishment Protocol
    • [MS-NCNBI]: Network Controller Northbound Interface
    • [MS-OAPX]: OAuth 2.0 Protocol Extensions
    • [MS-OIDCE]: OpenID Connect 1.0 Protocol Extensions
    • [MS-RDPBCGR]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Basic Connectivity and Graphics Remoting
    • [MS-RDPEGFX]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Graphics Pipeline Extension
    • [MS-RDPERP]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Remote Programs Virtual Channel Extension
    • [MS-RDPEUDP]: Remote Desktop Protocol: UDP Transport Extension

     

    The following documents contain technical updates for this release.

    ·       [MS-CIFS]: Common Internet File System (CIFS) Protocol

    ·       [MS-SMB2]:Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol Versions 2 and 3

    ·       [MS-TDS]: Windows Client Certificate Enrollment Protocol

    The following document contains protocols removed from Windows products.

    ·       [MS-BDSRR]: Business Document Scanning: Scan Repository Capabilities and Status Retrieval Protocol

    The RSS functionality found on the first page of each document on MSDN is supported by Internet Explorer. You can also install an RSS Reader application to get notifications.

    Note that previous versions of protocol documents are available in PDF and DOCX format. Due to production processes, the release date for older documents might not exactly match the date in the document’s footer.

     

     


Exchange Server Protocols announcements

Office Protocols announcements

Office XML, ODF, and Binary File Formats announcements

Project Server General Questions and Answers announcements

Project Customization and Programming announcements

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    How to request features, changes or enhancements in the Project family of products?
    Brian Smith - MSFT

    If you want to directly tell the product team, what features, changes or enhancements you want to see in the Project family of products (Project Desktop client, Project Server or Project Online), please submit your ideas (or vote for existing ones) at the Project UserVoice channel.

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    Project 2013 SDK - March 2013 update
    Jim Corbin

    The Project 2013 SDK download is updated. The conceptual, how-to, and reference documentation in the download closely matches the Project 2013 developer documentation online content published on MSDN.

    The Project2013SDK.msi download file now installs properly on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.

    The Project 2013 SDK download contains:

    • The on-premises Reporting database schema reference, ProjectServer2013_ReportingDB.chm, and the OLAP cube schema reference. 
    • Updated VBA Help for local use. Objects such as Chart, Report, Series, and Shape now show correct members tables, properties, and methods topics.
    • Basic reference topics for the JavaScript client-side object model (JSOM), which includes REST endpoints and HTTP request syntax. You can use the JSOM for development of Project Online solutions for cross-browser web apps and for non-Windows platforms.
    • Sixteen complete code solutions, including two task pane apps (with minor updates) for Project, the QuickStatus app sample for Project Server and Project Online, eight client-side object model (CSOM) solutions, two solutions for querying the ProjectData service for reporting, and three updated legacy PSI solutions.
    • DLLs and a license for redistribution of the Project Server CSOM assemblies, JavaScript files for the CSOM, the Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Library assembly, and the Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Events.Receivers library for on-premises development.
      Notes:   1. The REDIST.zip file that is attached to the Project_Programmability blog post contains the RTM build
                       15.0.4420.1017 of the Project Server assemblies for redistribution, including the
                       Microsoft.Office.Project.Schema.dll assembly, for developing event handlers.
                   2. Project CSOM solutions also require the redistributable DLLs for the SharePoint 2013 CSOM,
                       which are at SharePoint Server 2013 Client Components SDK.
    • Updated Intellisense files for the PSI and CSOM, source code for creating a PSI proxy assembly, and instructions on how to update the PSI proxy files.
    • XML schemas for the Project client, AppProvisioning, and the Statusing PSI.

    The top-level online landing page for the Project SDK is Project for developers (http://msdn.microsoft.com/project).

    For additional Project-related SDK content, see Office for developers (http://msdn.microsoft.com/office), SharePoint for developers (http://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint), and Build apps for Office and SharePoint (http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/apps/). The two articles on Task pane apps for Project are in the Apps for Office and SharePoint SDK, and the JavaScript API for Office reference includes information specific for Project, the ProjectDocument object with eleven methods and three events, and four enumerations for Project.

    Want to try out Project 2013?

    1. Sign up for Project Online and Project Pro for Office 365
    2. Download Project Professional 2013 and Project Server 2013

    --Jim













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    Please specify the version you are using when you ask your question
    Gary Chefetz, MCITP, MCT, MVP
    It makes a big difference in answering your questions

Project Server - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation announcements

Windows Performance Toolkit announcements

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    Please keep your posts specific to performance analysis
    Michael Milirud
    Please keep your posts specific to performance analysis. All unrelated posts will be moved to http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/threads, without warning. Repeated off-topic posts will be reported as abuse of this forum. Please use your favorite search engine to find the right forum for your question. If your question isn't about Windows performance, then you shouldn't post here.

    Let's build a performance analysis community here :)

    Cheers,
    Michael
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    Windows Performance Analysis using WPT Kit video session on the WinHEC 2008 DVD
    Michael Milirud
    FYI, the WinHEC 2008 DVD is now available for purchase at
    http://shop.ecompanystore.com/mseventdvd/MSD_productdetail.asp?EventID=70882&TYPE=WinHEC%202008     (down to just $79 from the standard price of $495!).

    There is a very good session on how to use XPerf on this DVD called Windows Performance Analysis: Using Windows Performance Tools [WinHEC 2008; 5.3 MB]. Slides are available to download for free at the above hyper link.

    Keep on tracing,
    Michael

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    Welcome to the Windows Performance Toolkit forum!
    Michael Milirud
    Welcome to the Windows Performance Toolkit forum!

    As part of Microsoft's initiative to help its partners and customers improve the performance of their Windows systems, Windows group has released in Feb'08 the Windows Performance Toolkit. Version 4.1 of this toolkit has shipped in the Windows Server 2008 SDK and subsequent v.4.1.1 update has been made available on WHDC at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/perftools.mspx.

    This toolkit isn't for everyone - to use it effectively, you need to have a grasp of the basic OS internals such as processes, threads, DPCs (deferred procedure calls), ISRs (interrupt service routines), I/O subsystem, registry, etc. Yet one need not be a system developer to use it either. First level triage (e.g. which component is responsible for system slowdown?, is it a CPU or a disk usage issue?, etc.) can often be done with only the basic understanding of the above mentioned concepts, something people usually cover in an introductory 101 OS course. An expert in that area, can then use the same toolkit to dig deeper into the issue, root-cause it, and work on providing a fix for it. A great reference for understanding OS Internals is the Microsoft Windows Internals (4th edition) book from Mark Russinovich and David Solomon. We highly recommend you get a copy if you plan on using this toolkit routinely.

    You can use this forum to ask questions about the toolkit, as well as share tips and tricks with other users on how you've used it successfully in the past. We are hoping that this forum will help build a vibrant environment of performance analyst hobbists and professionals alike, where you can find support from both the Microsoft team shipping these tools to you as well as the MVPs using it on a daily basis.

    The toolkit comes with MSDN documentation available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa139734.aspx. We recommend you consult it before asking questions on this forum. We would also like to hear feedback from you on our documentation - what are we missing, is something incorrect in the documentation, etc. You can provide it by sending email to wptkdocf@microsoft.com.

    Happy tracing!
    -WPT Team

HealthVault Developer announcements

Surface Application Design and Development announcements

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    New Microsoft Surface controls available from Infragistics
    AdamW - Surface

    Infragistics*, a Microsoft Surface partner, has developed and released a set of controls that it has released to the Microsoft Surface community of partners and customers. These controls are optimized to run on Microsoft Surface and help create engaging multitouch applications. They include the following:

    • The xamSurfaceMap control allowss users to rotate, zoom, and pan the map using contact-hand gestures. It also allows the end user to select and drag elements from the map.
    • The xamSurfaceChart control is a 2-D and 3-D chart control which supports more than 50 variations of charts.
    • The xamSurfaceCarouselPanel, xamSurfaceCarouselListBox, xamSurfaceDataCarousel controls include read-only grid views of data along a carousel path and carousel scrolling.

    You can find these controls and more information about them on the Infragistics Web site.

    *Infragistics is providing these controls at no cost to Microsoft Surface customers and is responsible for any support of these controls. Microsoft is not responsible for these controls, and is providing a link to this resource for the benefit of the Microsoft Surface community. Downloading and using these controls is at your own risk.

Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) announcements

Visual Studio Report Controls announcements

.NET Framework 4 Application Compatibility - Release Candidate announcements

.NET Framework 4 Release Candidate – General announcements

.NET Framework 4 setup & deployment (Pre-Release versions) announcements

.NET Framework 4: Windows Communication Foundation - Release Candidate announcements

.NET Framework Networking and Communication announcements

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    This Forum Has Been Retired
    John Boylan

    This forum has been retired. It is locked; it is still available for review in the Archived Forums folder. Any future posts on this topic should be put in the Windows Communication Foundation, Serialization, and Networking forum.




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    System.Net, System.Uri, WCF, and ASP.NET specific topics belong elsewhere
    Aaron Oneal [Media Platform]
    If your topic pertains primarily to one of these technology areas, we can assist you better when you post to a more specific forum.

    Please post all System.Net or System.Uri topics to the Network Class Library (NCL) forum:
    http://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/ncl/threads/.

    Please post all WCF topics to the WCF forum:
    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/wcf/threads/.

    Please post all ASP topics to the ASP.NET forum:
    http://forums.asp.net/
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    Forum Tips and Valid Topics
    Aaron Oneal [Media Platform]


    Is this the right forum?

    This forum is a general purpose networking and communication forum. If your question pertains to NCL (System.Net), WCF, or ASP.NET, you may receive a better response posting directly to the forums for those technologies.


    General Forum Tips

    Here are a few suggestions (in this order of relevance) that will help you to get the best answer to your question as quickly as possible:


    1.    Search for your question on the forums or in Visual Studio's help system first -- it's likely someone may have already answered your question, and you won't have to waste time waiting for it to be answered again

    2.   Post in the correct forum (see below) -- since the experts in various subject matters tend to stick to the set of forums that focus on those topics, a question about the C# yield keyword posted in the Common Language Runtime forum will likely take a lot longer to be answered than the same question in the C# Language forum.

    3.   Give details about your problem --  rather than "When I call Process.Start I get an exception, please help", provide the exception type, message, and call stack. Many times it helps if you attach a snippet of the network trace/sniff of the error that shows the error. For getting network sniffs use Network Monitor and for network traces use the built in System.Net tracing according to this blog.
        If possible, provide a succinct code snippet that demonstrates the problem.  This lets us reproduce the problem on our end and allows us to come up with an answer where just a general question may not have had enough details.  Having this information means we can answer your question more quickly, without having to ask you for these details and wait for your response. If you have a big code sample please trim it down to the relevant parts that will help us understand the problem better.

    4.   Try to pinpoint the location of your error – This will help us get to the root of the issue quickly. Saying something like “My application cannot read from server” is less likely to find a quick solution as compared to “My application gets a 505 not found even though file is present since the trace shows that FtpWebRequest does not handle a 505 error for an xyz command”

    5.   Make sure your title summarizes the specific problem you have --  since we try to answer the maximum number of questions we can with our time, we often skim through question subjects to quickly find the ones that we know the answers to.  A question with a title of "Urgent! Help needed!" is not as likely to get answered as a question with a title of "How to define a sealed class using CodeDOM".  A more specific, detailed title is far more likely to get a response than a general one. 

    6.   Once you've received a correct answer to your question, either from a Microsoft employee, an MVP, or the community in general, please mark the post as answered.  You can do this with the "Mark as correct answer" button that appears on the entry containing your answer.  This step is important, since it lets the Visual Studio search engine know that there is an answer in that thread for others who may also have your problem.  It also lets people scanning the forums know that they can find an answer to that question by reading the thread.

    7.   Report bugs through Microsoft Connect, instead of on the forums -- this site allows us to see the bugs in our bug tracking database and get them assigned to the correct person.  It also allows you to follow the problem through to its resolution, and is a much better way for us to handle issues you find than a bug report posted on the forums.

    8.   Use the report button -- as moderators we try to keep spam and inflammatory comments out of the forums.  However if you do catch something that we missed, don't hesitate to use the report button so that we can keep the forums on-topic and a friendly place to go for help with your .NET questions!


    Related Forums

    When trying to figure out which forum is right for your question, here are some good candidates:

    Network Class Library (System.Net) - for managed networking issues like HTTP, SMTP, Uri, FTP, Sockets etc.
    Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) - for managed networking issues relating to WCF and SOA
    .NET Framework Networking - for managed networking issues not relating to System.Net or WCF.
    Common Language Runtime - for questions related to the runtime engine itself
    .NET Development General - a general catchall for questions related to the BCL libraries, questions regarding the design of your code, etc.
    Visual C# Language - for questions about the C# programming language, not the CLR or managed libraries
    Visual Basic Language - same as above, but for VB
    Visual C++ Language - same as above, but for C++ (both native and C++/CLI)
    Windows Forms General - for questions about creating applications using the System.Windows.Forms libraries
    ASP.NET Forums - for questions about writing web applications using ASP.NET
    Development Forums - list of forums

    Of course there are dozens of other forums available if your question doesn't fit into one of those categories.     You can ask here where you should post if you have not yet found the right place.

.NET Platform Architecture Development Discussions announcements

.NET Remoting and Runtime Serialization announcements

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    This Forum Has Been Retired
    John Boylan

    This forum has been retired. It is locked, but is still available for review in the Archived Forums folder. Any future posts on this topic should be put in the Windows Communication Foundation, Serialization, and Networking forum.


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    Where to post your questons
    edhickey
    Hi all,

    We are upgrading our Forums from the 2.x platform to the 3.x platform over the next few months.  This particular Forum is on the new 3.x platform, and you will see that there are some great improvements over the previous platform, including some AJAX enhancements to improve performance, especially for those that are in lower bandwidth area.  Unfortunately, the platforms do not mesh yet, so if you do not see a particular subject area, have a look at the list located at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/default.aspx?siteid=1 for a more appropriate Forum.  Thanks for your patience, and I will post an update when there is more news about further migration.

    Thanks,

    Ed
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    Please Indicate "Mark as Answer" if a Post has Answered the Question
    edhickey
     

    While reading a reply to your question, you will notice a button with an icon that says "Mark as Answer."   Please select this button when a reply answers your question.

     

    There are several reasons to do this:

    • Our search engine weights Answered questions more highly. By marking Answers you increase the chances that others searching this forum will find the answer directly rather than re-posting the question.
    • You give credit to the hard working folks who answer your questions. This is peer to peer support, so recognition is our only reward. (Check out the Top Answerers on the right side of the page to see who is currently answering questions.)
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    • Additionally, there is a new feature in these Forums.  If you post a reply to the Forum, and you think you have answered the question, you can mark the "Propose as Answer" button.  This will give the original poster an idea that you think you have answered the question.  This does not mark the question as answered.

     

    You can also vote "Yes" or "No" if the reply was helpful.

     

    Thank you!

     

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.NET StockTrader Sample Application announcements

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    StockTrader 6.0 Available Now
    Gregory Leake

    The new 6.0 version, which can live side-by-side with the 5.5 version, is now live. Visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/stocktrader to download the source code with automated setup wizard.

    You can read the technical whitepaper about it, including the mobile client architecture, and support for SQL Database Federation here. 

    You can view the application running live on Windows Azure (new HTML 5/MVC client) at https://azurestocktrader6.cloudapp.net; or the classic ASP.NET Web Forms client at https://azurestocktrader6classic.cloudapp.net.

    The download also includes Configuration Service 6.0, which adds support for Azure Service Bus.  You can access ConfigWeb 6.0 to explore the live deployment at https://azureconfigweb6.cloudapp.net.

    -Greg



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    StockTrader 5.5 Download Available: Supports both On-Premises and Azure Deployments
    Gregory Leake

    The updated StockTrader 5.5 sample is now available for download and setup.  This replaces the 5.0 release of StockTrader. The installer can be downloaded from https://azurestocktrader.cloudapp.net or http://msdn.microsoft.com/stocktrader. 

    This new download includes the new Configuration Service 5.5 assemblies and ConfigWeb 5.5. Configuration Service 5.5 is backward compatible with 5.0 configuration repositories.  You will want to rebuild solutions implementing Configuration Service 5.0 with the new 5.5 shared libraries.

    StockTrader 5.5 What's New

    The big change is support for Windows Azure SQL Database Federations.  Federations allows horizontal partitioning, also called sharding, of the Azure SQL Database data tier.  You will note that we have also split the previously single database into two separate physical databases: a QuoteDB and an AccountDB. By default after install, neither will be federated.  You can use the new \stocktrader\builds\SQL_Loader\TradeSQLLoader.exe to create new QuoteDB/AccountDB databases, and choose the number of federation members when creating the initial databases.  You can then deploy (to Azure) and then use the \stocktrader\databaseloaders\TradeSQLAzureLoader application to load data into the federated databases.

    The single DAL layer works now against on-premises SQL Server (including SQL Server running in an Azure Virtual Machine); non-federated Windows Azure SQL Database, and federated Azure SQL Databases.

    Configuration Service 5.5 What's New

    Configuration Service 5.5 has various bug fixes, and especially enhancements to the SQL retry logic in the SQLHelper Class. Solutions using Configuration Service 5.0 should be upgraded to the new 5.5 assemblies, as well minor updates have been made to ConfigWeb. 

    Coming Soon: StockTrader 6.0

    Within the next few weeks, a new version of StockTrader will also be available: StockTrader 6.0.  StockTrader 6.0 does not replace StockTrader 5.5; but rather is a new Azure-only implementation, and it is not backward compatible with 5.5.  You will be able to do side-by-side installs. Both will remain on the MSDN site.  The coming Config Service 6.0 version adds support for Windows Azure Service Bus bindings, and StockTrader 6.0 can optionally be configured to use Service Bus and reliable messaging for order processing.  In addition, RESTFUL web services are used in the new Business Logic layer, and the service can serve as the cloud-based backend for new StockTrader 6.0 clients that will be included in the download:  Windows 8 Modern UI client; HTML5 ASP.NET/MVC client, Windows Phone client, Android client, and IPhone client.

    If you have setup issues, or questions about the sample once it is installed this is the place to post them.  Thank you!

     -Greg

Casablanca announcements

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    This Forum is Closed
    John Boylan

    In order to respond to questions as quickly as possible and to centralize all discussions, the Casablanca team has retired the Casablanca DevLabs forum. You can still access existing posts, but cannot post any new questions.

    Please post any new questions or discussions to the C++ REST SDK discussion board on CodePlex.


CAT.NET announcements

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    Hello and welcome to the CAT.NET CTP forums!
    degroves
     

    Hello and welcome to the CAT.NET CTP forums!

     

    The CAT.NET CTP forums provide you an opportunity to join a community of CAT.NET customers where you can share knowledge, get questions answered, and learn from others. Start by posting CAT.NET CTP related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.

     

    If you have any suggestions or feedbacks to CAT.NET CTP, please feel free to post in our forums.


    Thank you,

    Dennis Groves // PM - CAT.NET CTP

Charts & Reports in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcements

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    Walkthrough: Adding a Chart to ASP.NET Web and Windows Forms Applications
    StellaC - MSFT
    Hi All,

    Welcome to the forum.

    My name is Stella Chan.  I am a Lead Program Manager in the SQL Server Reporting Services Team.  My team owns the Charting Controls in .NET Framework 4.0.

    In this forum, we will be seeking feedback regarding the following walk through:

    Walkthrough:  Adding a Chart to ASP.NET Web and Windows Forms Applications

    In this walkthrough, you will learn how to add a chart to an ASP.NET Web site by using the new Chart control. You will bind the chart to some data that represents hobby expenses. The resulting chart will provide a visual way to examine the expense data. You will also configure the chart to show the data in different ways.

    My team will be actively monitoring this forum.  Please send us any questions/comments/suggestions on programmability of the Charting controls.

    Thank you and welcome to the forum.

    Thanks.

    Stella Chan
    Lead Program Manager, SQL Server Reporting Services

CHESS – Find and Reproduce Concurrency Heisenbugs announcements

Core Coding Experience in Visual Basic and Visual C# in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcements

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    Welcome to the Code Coding Experience forum for C# and VB
    Charlie Calvert
    Hi,
     
    I'm Charlie Calvert, the C# Community PM. I'll be one of the moderators on this forum. We want you to use this forum to provide feedback on the scenarios described in the walkthroughs that are part of the Visual Studio 10 CTP. In this forum we want to stay focused on the design of those features, and not on the stability of the release as a whole. Please tell us if you think we have included the right features, and if they are correctly designed. This is your chance to give the PM's driving these your features your feedback on their designs. The October 2008, Visual Studio CTP is meant primarily to allow you to use these new features in the manner described in the walkthroughs; other parts of this pre-beta release may not be working correctly at this time. This is not the place to submit bugs; if want to report bugs, you should use connect.

    Thank you

    - Charlie

Core Coding Experience in Visual C++ in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcements

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    Welome to Core Coding Experience in Visual C++
    Vikas_Bhatia _MSFT_

    Hi,
     
    I'm Vikas Bhatia, a Visual C++ Program Manager. I'll be one of the moderators on this forum.

    We want to hear from you! We want your feedback on the features that have been provided in this Visual Studio 2010 CTP release. Please use the walkthroughs as a hand-held guide to use this release. You can use the Connect website to report bugs.

    This forum has the following walkthroughs:
    - What’s New in Visual C++ (CTP)

    - Walkthrough: Using MSBuild to Create a Visual C++ Project
    - How to: Add a Build Event to an MSBuild Project
    - How to: Add a Custom Build Step to an MSBuild Project
    - How to: Add Custom Build Tools to an MSBuild Project
    - How to: Create a Project-to-Project Reference
    - Walkthrough: How to Create a Custom Platform
    - Walkthrough: How to Create Custom Property Pages
    - Walkthrough: How to Use the C++ MSBuild Project System
    - How to: Upgrade from Earlier Versions to Visual C++ 10

    - Walkthrough: Adding a Task Dialog to an Application
    - How to: Add Support for the Restart Manager

    - Walkthrough: Deploying a Visual C++ Application


    Thank you,
    Vikas Bhatia
    Microsoft Corporation
    http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/

Deep Zoom Composer announcements

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    Welcome to the Deep Zoom Compose Forum
    kirupa

    Hi everyone,
    Welcome to the Deep Zoom Composer (DZC) forum. DZC is a small powertoy that allows you to create the really cool Deep Zoom images and collections that you may have heard about, and this is the place where you can talk to the DZC team, share your knowledge with others, get your questions answered, suggest ideas for improving the product, or just kick back and relax.

    The following links should help you get started:

    Learn how to use the Forums
    If you are new to our forums, take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with at all of the things you can do here.


    Download the Deep Zoom Composer Preview
    It’s quick. It’s painless. It allows you to easily create Deep Zoom content.

    User Guide
    Quickly get up to speed on what DZC is and how you can use it.

    Static Composition Example
    See how easy it is to take your DZC output and create a working Silverlight 2 app.

    Collections Example
    Create Deep Zoom collections and see how to programmatically control the layout of the individual images.

    Your friendly hosts are Janete and Kirupa, and we are more than happy to help answer your questions or just chat about Deep Zoom Composer in general. Please drop by. These forums are open 24/7.

    Cheers!
    Janete & Kirupa

Developer Documentation and Help System announcements

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    This Forum Has Been Retired
    John Boylan
    This forum has been locked; it is still available for review in the Archived Forums folder. Any future posts on this topic should be put in the Visual Studio General Questions forum.


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    Blogs Related to MTPS and Visual Studio 2010 Help Viewer
    Anand Raman - MSFT

    Kimberley Wolk, Product Unit Manager for the Library Experience team, will be blogging regularly about Microsoft TechNet Publishing System (MTPS) and Visual Studio 2010 Help Viewer at http://blogs.msdn.com/kwolk/


    MSDN TechNet Publishing System

    MTPS is a publishing solution that: Hosts global sites such as msdn.microsoft.com, technet.microsoft.com, expression.microsoft.com and help.outlook.com
    Provides public access to help content through web services and enables community tools like Publish This! and msdnman
    Delivers connected in-product help experiences for products like Visual Studio 2008, Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008
    Packages content that can be installed locally for offline use

    MSDN & TechNet Libraries

    The libraries contain reference and conceptual material that help developers and ITPro's use Microsoft technologies.  You can see these sites at:

    Visual Studio 2010 Help Viewer

    The Help Viewer is a new offline viewer releasing as part of Visual Studio 2010. The new architecture provides a level of openness that allows customers and partners to innovate on the experience and capabilities and drive offline Help forward to meet their needs.  For this release, our key tenets were:

    • View online and offline content in a familiar, browser-based experience
    • Ensure your local help is relevant and up-to-date
    • Get fast and relevant search results using F1 and full text searches
    • Benefit from a simple-standards-based architecture

    Anand..

Doloto announcements

Dryad, DSC, and DryadLINQ CTP Release on HPC Server 2008 R2 SP1 announcements

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    This forum has been archived_06/10th,2012
    Pan Zhang
    Thank you to everyone who participated in this forum.  It has been retired, but
    it will remain available as read-only.
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    Welcome to the DryadLINQ, Dryad and DSC forum!
    John Dunagan - TC

    Hello and welcome! We are delighted that you are interested in DryadLINQ, Dryad and DSC. This forum provides an opportunity to share knowledge, get questions answered, and convey feedback on these technologies. As of 1-26-2011, we have only released a CTP version, and we know the product is not yet finished. However, by trying the product and providing us with feedback, you can proudly say "DryadLINQ, Dryad and DSC were my idea!" when we hit RTM.

    Sincerely,

    John Dunagan

Dynamic Languages on .NET announcements

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    This Forum Has Been Retired
    John Boylan

    This forum has been retired. It is locked, but is available for review in the Archived Forums folder.

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    READ FIRST BEFORE POSTING
    Jimmy Schementi

    Please only post questions relating to "dynamic programming languages"; this includes IronRuby, IronPython, the Dynamic Language Runtime, or other dynamic languages that run on .NET. And questions about VB, C#, and other non programming language specific technologies (like SQLServer) should be asked on their specific forum. Any ASP/ASP.NET related questions, regardless of programming language, should be asked on http://forums.asp.net.

    Any question/post that is off-topic will be deleted.

    Thanks for your cooperation ~Jimmy Schementi

DNS and Traffic Manager announcements

Expression Community Site Feedback announcements

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    Welcome to the Site Feedback Forum!
    Lori Dirks

    Having an issue with the website?  Have a suggestion to make it better? You’ve come to the right place.  We want to hear what you have to say about the website—good and bad, ideas, suggestions, and gripes—it’s all fair game.

     

    I can’t promise that we’ll be able to address every issue or act on every idea, but I can assure you we’re interested and listening.

     

    Thank you for helping to shape our community and the website.

     

    Cheers,
    Lori Dirks, Community Website Manager
    Patrick O'Neill, Site Manager

Feedback for Visual Basic Bug Submission Pilot announcements

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    Bug Submission Pilot is currently closed
    Jeremy Kelley
    Hello everyone, first of all I want to say thank you to everyone who submitted a bug using the forums while the program was running.  When the Visual Basic forums were migrated to our new platform we were unfortunately unable to keep the pilot going.  We learned some valuable lessons and you should see the results of those appear in the future in our product feedback channels.

    At this time the Bug Submission Pilot forum will be locked, if you have bugs to report, we encourage you to head over to the Visual Studio Connect page to provide your feedback.

    Thank you again,

    -Jeremy Kelley

General Troubleshooting & Support for the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcements

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    General Troubleshooting & Support
    Othmane Rahmouni
    Please use this forum for general questions regarding the CTP such as Download Issues, Virtual PC configurations.... For specific walkthrough issues, please post those in the walkthrough specific thread in the appropriate forum.

    please make sure to review the CTP FAQ. For more information on the CTP and to get a link to the download, please visit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129231

    Thanks,
    Othmane Rahmouni
    Program Manager for Product Feedback
    Microsoft Developer Division

General Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK Discussion announcements

Getting Started With Visual Studio Team System announcements

Face Tracking – Kinect for Windows SDK announcements

Git, Mercurial and Dropbox Deployment to Azure announcements

Innovate on Office announcements

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    Annoucement of the Innovate on Office forum archivement
    Ji.Zhou

    Hello forum users,

     

    This forum was created for the Innovate on Office 2007 program in Dec. 2007. The original purpose of the program is listening to the feedbacks and suggestions about Office 2007 so that we can improve our product.

     

    The program has ended in Nov. 2009, which Chaitanya-MSFT has announced in the following thread, http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/innovateonoffice/thread/4fc4c293-513d-495e-907e-e3f59d02e716.

     

    However, there are still many questions/topics raised everyday about the Office general programming in this forum. So, in order to meet this need of the community, we are creating a new forum titled “General Office Development” that will round out the Microsoft Office for Developers Category on MSDN.  As part of this change, we will archive the old “Innovate on Office” forum so that it is read-only, though moderators will be able to move particularly helpful/relevant threads and any new unanswered threads from the old forum to the new.

     

    For general Office development questions and/or questions that don’t fit in the current Access, Excel, Outlook, Word, Open XML, or Visual Studio Tools for Office forums, please use this new General Office Development forum going forward.

Installing and Registering Visual Studio Express Editions announcements

LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012 RC announcements

LINQ to SQL (Pre-Release) announcements

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    LINQ to SQL changes in .NET 4.0
    Damien Guard

    Performance

    • Query plans are reused more often by specifically defining text parameter lengths
    • Identity cache lookups for primary key with single result now includes query.Where(predicate).Single()/SingleOrDefault/First/FirstOrDefault
    • Reduced query execution overhead when DataLoadOptions specified (cache lookup considers DataLoadOptions value equivalency – post beta 1)

    Usability

    • ITable<T> interface for additional mocking possibilities
    • Contains with enums automatically casts to int or string depending on column type
    • Associations can now specify non-primary-key columns on the other end of the association
    • Support list initialization syntax for queries
    • LinqDataSource now supports inherited entities
    • LinqDataSource support for Dynamic Data query extenders added

    Query stability

    • Contains now detects self-referencing IQueryable and doesn't cause a stack overflow
    • Skip(0) no longer prevents eager loading
    • GetCommand operates within SQL Compact transactions
    • Exposing Link<T> on a property/field is detected and reported correctly
    • Compiled queries now correctly detect a change in mapping source and throw
    • String.StartsWith, EndsWith and Contains now correctly handles ~ in the search string
    • Now detects multiple active result sets (MARS) better
    • Associations are properly created between entities when using eager loading with Table-Valued Functions (TVFs)
    • Queries that contain sub-queries with scalar projections now work better

    Update stability

    • SubmitChanges no longer silently consumes transaction rollback exceptions
    • SubmitChanges deals with timestamps in a change conflict scenario properly
    • IsDbGenerated now honors renamed properties that don't match underlying column name
    • Server-generated columns and SQL replication/triggers now work instead of throwing SQL exception 

    General stability

    • Binary types equate correctly after deserialization
    • EntitySet.ListChanged fired when adding items to an unloaded entity set
    • Dispose our connections upon context disposal (ones passed in are untouched)

    SQL Metal

    • Foreign key property setter now checks all affected associations not just the first
    • Improved error handling when primary key type not supported
    • Now skips stored procedures containing table-valued parameters instead of aborting process
    • Can now be used against connections that use AttachDbFilename syntax
    • No longer crashes when unexpected data types are encountered

    LINQ to SQL class designer

    • Now handles a single anonymously named column in SQL result set
    • Improved error message for associations to nullable unique columns
    • No longer fails when using clauses are added to the partial user class
    • VarChar(1) now correctly maps to string and not char
    • Decimal precision and scale are now emitted correctly in the DbType attributes for stored procedures
    • Foreign key changes will be picked up when bringing tables back into the designer without a restart 

    Code generation (SQL Metal + LINQ to SQL class designer)

    • Stored procedures using original values now compiles when the entity and context namespaces differ
    • Virtual internal now generates correct syntax
    • Mapping attributes are now fully qualified to prevent conflicts with user types
    • KnownTypeAttributes are now emitted for DataContractSerializer with inheritance
    • Delay-loaded foreign keys now have the correct, compilable, code generated
    • Using stored procedures with concurrency no longer gets confused if entities in different namespace to context
    • ForeignKeyReferenceAlreadyHasValueException is now thrown if any association is loaded not just the first

LightSwitch HTML Client Preview announcements

Managed Extensibility Framework announcements

Microsoft adCenter: Development announcements

Microsoft ESP Platform Development (Archived) announcements

Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) - Threat Modeling announcements

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    SDL Threat Modeling Tool v3.1.6 beta now available for download
    Dana Epp [Security MVP]

    Hey guys,

    The latest beta of the Threat Modeling tool is now available for download at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a48cccb1-814b-47b6-9d17-1e273f65ae19&displaylang=en

    Many bugs previously reported have been fixed, along with support for Visio 2010.

    Please give the beta a download and check it out if you have open bugs. Let me know if you have any problems and I'll send it back up the chain within Microsoft!

    Happy threat modeling!

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    Announcing Elevation of Privilege: The Threat Modeling Game
    Dana Epp [Security MVP]
    I have had the pleasure over the past few months to spend some time playing with an early rendition of " Elevation of Privilege: The Threat Modeling Game". According to Adam, "Elevation of Privilege is the easiest way to get started threat modeling".  I couldn't agree more. If you have a team that is new to the whole process of threat modeling, you will want to check it out. If you are at RSA this week, drop by the Microsoft booth and pick the game up for free. If you aren't, you can download it here.

    EoP is a card game for 3-6 players. The deck contains 74 playing cards in 6 suits: one suit for each of the STRIDE threats (Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information disclosure, Denial of Service and Elevation of Privilege). Each card has a more specific threat on it.  You can see a short video on how to play and some more information about the game by checking our Adam's post here. In the end, it is a game that makes it possible to have more fun when thinking about threats. And that's a good thing.

    Even more impressive is that they have released the game under Creative Commons Attribution license which gives you freedom to share, adapt and remix the game. So you if you feel you can improve up this, step up and let everyone know!!   

    Congratulations to the SDL team for creating an innovative way to approach the concept of threat modeling.

Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) - Tools announcements

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    Attend the upcoming MSDN Webcast "Using the Attack Surface Analyzer" on April 7, 2011
    SDL Team

    The recently released Attack Surface Analyzer tool helps developers review attack surface during the verification phase of the SDL. Additionally, Attack Surface Analyzer allows IT professionals to identify security changes as the result of installing applications on the Windows platform. By taking snapshots before and after an application is installed, Attack Surface Analyzer highlights weaknesses and security misconfigurations as issues and generates an Attack Surface report listing changes to securable objects and the computers attack surface.

     

    This webcast will walk you through how to run Attack Surface Analyzer and how to do basic analysis of the generated report.

    To register for the webcast, click here: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032480502&Culture=en-US

     

    To download Attack Surface Analyzer, click here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9758398

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    Workaround for MSF-Agile+SDL v5.0 install error
    SDL Team

    Hi everyone,

    We've talked with some people experiencing problems when trying to install the MSF-Agile+SDL v5.0 process template. We believe these problems are a result of an incompatibility with certain configurations of Sharepoint, and we are working to correct the issue for the next release of the MSF-Agile+SDL template. In the meantime, you should be able to work around the problem by following these instructions to disable the Sharepoint features of the template:

    1. Uninstall the template if you've already installed it.
    2. Reinstall the template files, and uncheck the Additional Sharepoint Components feature during the installation process.
    3. Using your XML editor of choice, open the file <template install dir>\Process Template\Windows SharePoint Services\wsstasks.xml.
    4. Near the bottom of the file, you will see the lines:

    <!--TfsDashboardSDLAgile -->

    <feature featureId="3F6F501A-5DFF-4359-8ED8-232784DFF47E" />

    5. Comment out the second line, ie:

    <!--TfsDashboardSDLAgile -->

    <!-- <feature featureId="3F6F501A-5DFF-4359-8ED8-232784DFF47E" /> -->

    6. Save the file and close

    7. Open the Process Template Manager in Visual Studio

    8. Delete the existing "MSF for Agile Software Development plus Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) v5.0" process template.

    9. Upload the process template again, browse for <template install dir>\Process Template\process template.xml.

    10. Close the Process Template Manager.

    You should now be able to create MSF-A+SDL projects. If you're experiencing the install bug, please let us know if this helps workaround the problem (or if it doesn't).

    Thanks,

    Bryan

Model-Based Testing with Spec Explorer announcements

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    This Forum Has Been Retired
    John Boylan

    This forum has been locked; it will still be available for review in the Archived Forums folder. Any future posts on this topic should be put in the Test Tools in Visual Studio 2010 and 2012 forum.


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    Brand New Release! Spec Explorer 2010 3.5 now available
    Xiang Li

    Hello!  We are delighted to announce the newest version of Spec Explorer 2010, Release 3.5.

    Spec Explorer 2010 Release 3.5 contains new features, improved documentation, plus over 60 bug fixes. Please consult the Release Notes and our Home Page to access this release.

     

     

    This release contains new / enhanced features including:

     

    ·        Model change detecting: The model change detecting feature detects all model changes and decides if Spec Explorer needs to re-explore the model. For specific machines, if Spec Explorer detects any change in the model code, cord script files, or other inputs, or detects a tool version change, Spec Explorer will start a new exploration; otherwise, Spec Explorer will use existing exploration result files for current exploration viewing, test code generation, and user customized post processing. The UI has been updated to allow you to force Spec Explorer to re-explore the machines. This feature greatly improves the user experience by preventing unneeded lengthy validation and exploration events, which frequently happened in previous versions.

    ·        Multiple machine processing: Now you can select multiple machines in Exploration Manager and explore, generate test code, or perform post processing tasks on them. For multiple machine processing, Spec Explorer generates a summary including all information of the batch-processing.

    ·        Cord context menu: Spec Explorer adds a new context menu item “Go To Definition” in the Cord editor, which enables users to navigate to specific configurations and machines. This is part of an ongoing effort to improve the Cord editing user experience and the general integration of the tool with Visual Studio.

    We hope you enjoy this release and look forward to hearing feedback from the Spec Explorer community.

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    Have your say with the Spec Explorer User Survey!
    Rob DuWors
    Hello Spec Explorers: We seek to gain a better idea of the Spec Explorer community and who is using the tool for what. We aim to bring you the best tool ever and your help will greatly appreciated if you could take a minute to fill in the Spec Explorer User Survey.  With thanks, The Spec Explorer Team.

MS-Build, Multi-Targeting and WiX in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcements

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    Welcome to the "Building and Deploying Applications" forum
    kenwat
     Hi - I'm Ken Watson, the Release Manager for Visual Studio Platform. I'll be one of the moderators on this forum.

    We have provided this forum to gather your feedback on the scenarios described in the walkthroughs that shipped with Visual Studio 2010 CTP. At this stage in the release, we are interested in hearing your thoughts on the design of features presented in these walkthrough. We'll be taking more general feedback on the product when we get to the beta.

    We'll be discussing the following walkthroughs in this forum:

    - How to Create a Custom Platform
    - How to Create an Inline Task
    - How to Create Custom Property Pages
    - How to Use the C++ MSBuild Project System
    - How to Deploy an Application by Using WiX.
    - How to Prepare a Package for Non-Registry Deployment

    We look forward to hearing from you!

    thanks,
    Ken Watson
    Release Manager
    Visual Studio Platform

Multimap API Development Forum announcements

Monitor, Alert and Auto scale in Azure announcements

Network Class Library (System.Net) announcements

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    This Forum Has Been Retired
    John Boylan

    This forum has been retired. It is locked, but is still available for review in the Archived Forums folder. Any future posts on this topic should be put in the Windows Communication Foundation, Serialization, and Networking forum.


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    Forum Tips and Valid Topics
    Aaron Oneal [Media Platform]


    Is this the right forum?

    This forum is monitored on a regular basis by the Network Class Library (NCL) team. It is dedicated to questions about the System.Net namespace and the System.Uri class. If your question falls into this category, then you have come to the right place.

    To ensure a timely response, we can only actively monitor questions that fall within the category above. Non-related questions will be locked or moved to the most appropriate forum.


    General Forum Tips

    Here are a few suggestions (in this order of relevance) that will help you to get the best answer to your question as quickly as possible:


    1.    Search for your question on the forums or in Visual Studio's help system first -- it's likely someone may have already answered your question, and you won't have to waste time waiting for it to be answered again

    2.   Post in the correct forum (see below) -- since the experts in various subject matters tend to stick to the set of forums that focus on those topics, a question about the C# yield keyword posted in the Common Language Runtime forum will likely take a lot longer to be answered than the same question in the C# Language forum.

    3.   Give details about your problem --  rather than "When I call Process.Start I get an exception, please help", provide the exception type, message, and call stack. Many times it helps if you attach a snippet of the network trace/sniff of the error that shows the error. For getting network sniffs use Network Monitor and for network traces use the built in System.Net tracing according to this blog.
        If possible, provide a succinct code snippet that demonstrates the problem.  This lets us reproduce the problem on our end and allows us to come up with an answer where just a general question may not have had enough details.  Having this information means we can answer your question more quickly, without having to ask you for these details and wait for your response. If you have a big code sample please trim it down to the relevant parts that will help us understand the problem better.

    4.   Try to pinpoint the location of your error – This will help us get to the root of the issue quickly. Saying something like “My application cannot read from server” is less likely to find a quick solution as compared to “My application gets a 505 not found even though file is present since the trace shows that FtpWebRequest does not handle a 505 error for an xyz command”

    5.   Make sure your title summarizes the specific problem you have --  since we try to answer the maximum number of questions we can with our time, we often skim through question subjects to quickly find the ones that we know the answers to.  A question with a title of "Urgent! Help needed!" is not as likely to get answered as a question with a title of "How to define a sealed class using CodeDOM".  A more specific, detailed title is far more likely to get a response than a general one. 

    6.   Once you've received a correct answer to your question, either from a Microsoft employee, an MVP, or the community in general, please mark the post as answered.  You can do this with the "Mark as correct answer" button that appears on the entry containing your answer.  This step is important, since it lets the Visual Studio search engine know that there is an answer in that thread for others who may also have your problem.  It also lets people scanning the forums know that they can find an answer to that question by reading the thread.

    7.   Report bugs through Microsoft Connect, instead of on the forums -- this site allows us to see the bugs in our bug tracking database and get them assigned to the correct person.  It also allows you to follow the problem through to its resolution, and is a much better way for us to handle issues you find than a bug report posted on the forums.

    8.   Use the report button -- as moderators we try to keep spam and inflammatory comments out of the forums.  However if you do catch something that we missed, don't hesitate to use the report button so that we can keep the forums on-topic and a friendly place to go for help with your .NET questions!


    Related Forums

    When trying to figure out which forum is right for your question, here are some good candidates:

    Network Class Library (System.Net) - for managed networking issues like HTTP, SMTP, Uri, FTP, Sockets etc.
    Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) - for managed networking issues relating to WCF and SOA
    .NET Framework Networking - for managed networking issues not relating to System.Net or WCF.
    Common Language Runtime - for questions related to the runtime engine itself
    .NET Development General - a general catchall for questions related to the BCL libraries, questions regarding the design of your code, etc.
    Visual C# Language - for questions about the C# programming language, not the CLR or managed libraries
    Visual Basic Language - same as above, but for VB
    Visual C++ Language - same as above, but for C++ (both native and C++/CLI)
    Windows Forms General - for questions about creating applications using the System.Windows.Forms libraries
    ASP.NET Forums - for questions about writing web applications using ASP.NET
    Development Forums - list of forums

    Of course there are dozens of other forums available if your question doesn't fit into one of those categories.     You can ask here where you should post if you have not yet found the right place.

Office Development with Visual Studio 2010 CTP announcements

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    This Forum is for Visual Studio 2010 early adopters. If you're using VS 2008 or '05, then you're in the wrong forum.
    Christin Boyd
    Thank you for bravely downloading this early build of Visual Studio 2010!  We are proud of all the work we've done to bring you this build.  We hope you will create Office 2007 projects with Visual Studio 2010 and send us feedback, suggestions and bug reports. 

    In a future release of VS 2010, we will bring you many more features and the ability to create solutions for the next version of Office.  For now, please use the Walkthroughs to help you get started building Office Addins, Spreadsheet solutions, and Word document solutions. 

    The Walkthroughs are designed to help you discover features and lead you through the areas where we need the most feedback.  

    Walkthrough: Creating Your First Document-Level Customization for Word

    Walkthrough: Creating Your First Application-Level Add-in for Excel

    Walkthrough: Creating Your First Application-Level Add-in for Outlook

    Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Tab by Using the Ribbon Designer



    If you are using Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008, then please post your questions in this other forum:
    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsto/threads/


    Sincerely,

    Christin Boyd, Program Manager, Microsoft Visual Studio

Office Live Small Business - Business Applications announcements

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    FAQs, Tips, and Links - Start here!
    JohnCh

    If you haven’t already done so, please join the Microsoft Office Live Small Business Community for Designers & Developers at dev.officelive.com. Not only will you gain access to training and technical resources, but you can get a free Developer Account!

    This forum is designed to help support developers and designers who are writing applications that work with Microsoft Office Live Small Business. Please read the below Q&A's before posting questions to the forum. It may help save you some time, and also helps us focus in on the main purpose of this forum, helping developers.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Q. I need help with Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, Excel, Access, Word, InfoPath, PowerPoint, VBA, etc. etc. Can you help me?

    This forum is for developers working on solutions for Microsoft Office Live subscriptions, either Basics, Essentials or Premium. If your question pertains to how Office Live interacts with any of the Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 apps, yes, please post the question here.

    If your question does *not* have to do with Office Live, please do not post the question here. There are newsgroups for Microsoft Office suites. Please post your questions there, as this will be the fastest way for you to get help for your issue.

    Q. I am having a problem with my Office Live subscription. Can you help me troubleshoot this problem?

    A. The fastest way to get support with your subscription is to contact the Office Live support team. They have tools that allow them to see the properties of your subscription and determine if something is wrong with it. So, if you are having problems seeing your website, getting your email, billing, etc. etc. please work with support.

    Q. I am trying to use the 3rd Party Design tools feature to manage my web site on Windows Vista, but the web folder doesn't work. Is there a fix for this issue?

    A. There are a couple problems you may be running into:

    1. You may be hitting one of several known issues with Vista and Office 2007. There is a series of patches that has been bundled together for Office Live Workspaces to address these issues. This thread contains a work around, plus a link to the patch with more explanation. Here's a direct link to the installer. NOTE: This has not yet been verified to solve the problem, so we cannot guarantee the web folder will start working. However, we don't want to keep you waiting if there is a possible solution.

    2. You may have cached Windows Live ID credentials in your Windows OS, and the Web Folder is attempting to log you in with the wrong credentials and thus fails. This thread has steps for clearing those out.

    Q. I'm not a developer, but I want to learn more about the cool stuff you can do on Office Live. Is there a good resource I should start with?

    A. Yes! The Microsoft Office Live Community is designed to help folks who are not necessarily highly technical, but who want to learn what can be done in Office Live and see what others have done. There is a wealth of information on customizing your web site, business applications, working with your email accounts and much more. We highly recommend checking out these community bulletin boards, even for our developers to get more ideas of what is possible.

    Q. I can't log into my Business Applications using SharePoint Designer 2007. It says I have the wrong version.

    A. This is usually caused by having multiple Office Live subscriptions and accounts. Sometimes Windows will cache those credentials and SharePoint Designer will attempt to use them without offering you the chance to change accounts. See this discussion for additional details and a solution to the problem.

    Q. Can I write a Windows App that talks to the Office Live Business Applications?

    A. Yes! Using the Windows Live ID Client SDK, you can authenticate against the Live ID authority, determine which subscription(s) the user has access to and then start interacting with the Business Applications associated with that account. This could range from adding/updating/retrieving contacts, reviewing project milestones & tasks, or working with files stored in a document library. It's up to you and your imagination.

    Q. Linked 'external' javascript files are not working as I expected. Are there known issues and workarounds?

    A. There are two known issues with using javascript in Office Live when you use the SRC attribute of the <SCRIPT> tag to link to an 'external' javascript file.

    1. JS files are cached for improved performance - Our platform caches JS files so that we can serve them up faster to your customers' browser. The downside of this is that during the development/test process, your changes are delayed. There are a few simple work-arounds. See this thread for more information.

    2. If you use an external JS file inside of the web site's HTML module, it may lock up or crash IE. This is a known issue in IE, which you may work around using the "defer" attribute of the <SCRIPT> tag. For more information, see this thread.

    Helpful links

  • Link
    Microsoft Office Live Small Business—General Topics Forum
    JohnCh
    Visit the Microsoft Office Live Small Business—General Topics Forum to learn about authentication, user management, solution packaging, and other technologies that span Office Live Small Business services.
  • Link
    Microsoft Office Live Small Business—Web Site Forum
    JohnCh
    Visit the Microsoft Office Live Small Business - Web Site Forum to learn about Web Site Designer. Plus, discussions on key technology: HTML, DHTML, CSS, XSLT, JavaScript, Silverlight, and more.

Office Live Small Business - General Topics announcements

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    FAQs, Tips, and Links - Start here!
    JohnCh

    If you haven’t already done so, please join the Microsoft Office Live Small Business Community for Designers & Developers at dev.officelive.com. Not only will you gain access to training and technical resources, but you can get a free Developer Account!

    This forum is designed to help support developers and designers who are writing applications that work with Microsoft Office Live Small Business. Please read the below Q&A's before posting questions to the forum. It may help save you some time, and also helps us focus in on the main purpose of this forum, helping developers.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Q. I need help with Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, Excel, Access, Word, InfoPath, PowerPoint, VBA, etc. etc. Can you help me?

    This forum is for developers working on solutions for Microsoft Office Live subscriptions, either Basics, Essentials or Premium. If your question pertains to how Office Live interacts with any of the Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 apps, yes, please post the question here.

    If your question does *not* have to do with Office Live, please do not post the question here. There are newsgroups for Microsoft Office suites. Please post your questions there, as this will be the fastest way for you to get help for your issue.

    Q. I am having a problem with my Office Live subscription. Can you help me troubleshoot this problem?

    A. The fastest way to get support with your subscription is to contact the Office Live support team. They have tools that allow them to see the properties of your subscription and determine if something is wrong with it. So, if you are having problems seeing your website, getting your email, billing, etc. etc. please work with support.

    Q. I am trying to use the 3rd Party Design tools feature to manage my web site on Windows Vista, but the web folder doesn't work. Is there a fix for this issue?

    A. There are a couple problems you may be running into:

    1. You may be hitting one of several known issues with Vista and Office 2007. There is a series of patches that has been bundled together for Office Live Workspaces to address these issues. This thread contains a work around, plus a link to the patch with more explanation. Here's a direct link to the installer. NOTE: This has not yet been verified to solve the problem, so we cannot guarantee the web folder will start working. However, we don't want to keep you waiting if there is a possible solution.

    2. You may have cached Windows Live ID credentials in your Windows OS, and the Web Folder is attempting to log you in with the wrong credentials and thus fails. This thread has steps for clearing those out.

    Q. I'm not a developer, but I want to learn more about the cool stuff you can do on Office Live. Is there a good resource I should start with?

    A. Yes! The Microsoft Office Live Community is designed to help folks who are not necessarily highly technical, but who want to learn what can be done in Office Live and see what others have done. There is a wealth of information on customizing your web site, business applications, working with your email accounts and much more. We highly recommend checking out these community bulletin boards, even for our developers to get more ideas of what is possible.

    Q. I can't log into my Business Applications using SharePoint Designer 2007. It says I have the wrong version.

    A. This is usually caused by having multiple Office Live subscriptions and accounts. Sometimes Windows will cache those credentials and SharePoint Designer will attempt to use them without offering you the chance to change accounts. See this discussion for additional details and a solution to the problem.

    Q. Can I write a Windows App that talks to the Office Live Business Applications?

    A. Yes! Using the Windows Live ID Client SDK, you can authenticate against the Live ID authority, determine which subscription(s) the user has access to and then start interacting with the Business Applications associated with that account. This could range from adding/updating/retrieving contacts, reviewing project milestones & tasks, or working with files stored in a document library. It's up to you and your imagination.

    Q. Linked 'external' javascript files are not working as I expected. Are there known issues and workarounds?

    A. There are two known issues with using javascript in Office Live when you use the SRC attribute of the <SCRIPT> tag to link to an 'external' javascript file.

    1. JS files are cached for improved performance - Our platform caches JS files so that we can serve them up faster to your customers' browser. The downside of this is that during the development/test process, your changes are delayed. There are a few simple work-arounds. See this thread for more information.

    2. If you use an external JS file inside of the web site's HTML module, it may lock up or crash IE. This is a known issue in IE, which you may work around using the "defer" attribute of the <SCRIPT> tag. For more information, see this thread.

    Helpful links

  • Link
    Microsoft Office Live Small Business—Business Applications Forum
    JohnCh
    Visit the Microsoft Office Live Small Business—Business Applications Forum for tips on effectively using Business Applications: how to configure lists, views, workflow, and web parts; using SharePoint and Contact Manager; creating custom applications with SharePoint Designer; and more.
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    Office Live Small Business - Web Site Forum
    JohnCh

    Visit the Microsoft Office Live Small Business - Web Site Forum to learn about Web Site Designer. Plus, discussions on key technology: HTML, DHTML, CSS, XSLT, JavaScript, Silverlight, and more.

Office Live Small Business - Web Site announcements

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    FAQs, Tips, and Links -- Start Here!
    JohnCh

    If you haven’t already done so, please join the Microsoft Office Live Small Business Community for Designers & Developers at dev.officelive.com. Not only will you gain access to training and technical resources, but you can get a free Developer Account!


    This forum is designed to help support developers and designers who are writing applications that work with Microsoft Office Live Small Business. Please read the below Q&A's before posting questions to the forum. It may help save you some time, and also helps us focus in on the main purpose of this forum, helping developers.


    Frequently Asked Questions

    Q. I need help with Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, Excel, Access, Word, InfoPath, PowerPoint, VBA, etc. etc. Can you help me?

    This forum is for developers working on solutions for Microsoft Office Live subscriptions, either Basics, Essentials or Premium. If your question pertains to how Office Live interacts with any of the Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 apps, yes, please post the question here.

    If your question does *not* have to do with Office Live, please do not post the question here. There are newsgroups for Microsoft Office suites. Please post your questions there, as this will be the fastest way for you to get help for your issue.

    Q. I am having a problem with my Office Live subscription. Can you help me troubleshoot this problem?

    A. The fastest way to get support with your subscription is to contact the Office Live support team. They have tools that allow them to see the properties of your subscription and determine if something is wrong with it. So, if you are having problems seeing your website, getting your email, billing, etc. etc. please work with support.

    Q. I am trying to use the 3rd Party Design tools feature to manage my web site on Windows Vista, but the web folder doesn't work. Is there a fix for this issue?

    A. There are a couple problems you may be running into:

    1. You may be hitting one of several known issues with Vista and Office 2007. There is a series of patches that has been bundled together for Office Live Workspaces to address these issues. This thread contains a work around, plus a link to the patch with more explanation. Here's a direct link to the installer. NOTE: This has not yet been verified to solve the problem, so we cannot guarantee the web folder will start working. However, we don't want to keep you waiting if there is a possible solution.

    2. You may have cached Windows Live ID credentials in your Windows OS, and the Web Folder is attempting to log you in with the wrong credentials and thus fails. This thread has steps for clearing those out.

    Q. I'm not a developer, but I want to learn more about the cool stuff you can do on Office Live. Is there a good resource I should start with?

    A. Yes! The Microsoft Office Live Community is designed to help folks who are not necessarily highly technical, but who want to learn what can be done in Office Live and see what others have done. There is a wealth of information on customizing your web site, business applications, working with your email accounts and much more. We highly recommend checking out these community bulletin boards, even for our developers to get more ideas of what is possible.

    Q. I can't log into my Business Applications using SharePoint Designer 2007. It says I have the wrong version.

    A. This is usually caused by having multiple Office Live subscriptions and accounts. Sometimes Windows will cache those credentials and SharePoint Designer will attempt to use them without offering you the chance to change accounts. See this discussion for additional details and a solution to the problem.

    Q. Can I write a Windows App that talks to the Office Live Business Applications?

    A. Yes! Using the Windows Live ID Client SDK, you can authenticate against the Live ID authority, determine which subscription(s) the user has access to and then start interacting with the Business Applications associated with that account. This could range from adding/updating/retrieving contacts, reviewing project milestones & tasks, or working with files stored in a document library. It's up to you and your imagination.

    Q. Linked 'external' javascript files are not working as I expected. Are there known issues and workarounds?

    A. There are two known issues with using javascript in Office Live when you use the SRC attribute of the <SCRIPT> tag to link to an 'external' javascript file.

    1. JS files are cached for improved performance - Our platform caches JS files so that we can serve them up faster to your customers' browser. The downside of this is that during the development/test process, your changes are delayed. There are a few simple work-arounds. See this thread for more information.

    2. If you use an external JS file inside of the web site's HTML module, it may lock up or crash IE. This is a known issue in IE, which you may work around using the "defer" attribute of the <SCRIPT> tag. For more information, see this thread.

    Helpful links

  • Link
    MIcrosoft Office Live Small Business - General Topics Forum
    JohnCh
    Visit the Microsoft Office Live Small Business - General Topics Forum to learn about authentication, user management, solution packaging, and other technologies that span Office Live Small Business services.
  • Link
    Microsoft Office Live Small Business—Business Applications Forum
    JohnCh
    Visit the Microsoft Office Live Small Business—Business Applications Forum for tips on effectively using Business Applications: how to configure lists, views, workflow, and web parts; using SharePoint and Contact Manager; creating custom applications with SharePoint Designer; and more.

Parallel Computing General announcements

Parallel Computing Platform in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcements

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    Welcome to the CTP Forum for the Parallel Computing Platform!
    Stephen Toub - MSFT
    Hi, all,

    My name is Stephen Toub, and I'm the lead Program Manager for the Parallel Computing Platform team at Microsoft.

    Visual Studio 2010 includes programming models for concisely expressing concurrency.  This includes new .NET Framework libraries, such as the Task Parallel Library and Parallel LINQ, as well as the Parallel Pattern Library and the Concurrency Runtime, which enable the development of native applications with C++ that execute efficiently on parallel hardware.  Visual Studio 2010 also includes parallel debugging and profiling experiences. Parallel debugging toolwindows provide the user with a view of tasks running in the application and a graphical view of parallel call stacks, while the parallel profiling views give the user an understanding of their application’s core utilization, thread behavior and contention blocking, and more.

    For more in-depth information on these technologies, a key resource is the Parallel Computing Developer Center on MSDN.  In addition, for this CTP we've created several walkthroughs to provide a glimpse into the capabilities being provided: 

    - Parallel Programming with the .NET Framework 4.0
    - Parallel Programming with the Parallel Pattern Library
    - Parallel Debugging Toolwindows in Visual Studio 2010
    - Parallel Profiling Views in Visual Studio 2010

    You can download these walkthroughs and the CTP from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129231.  

    Thank you very much for your interest in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP! We look forward to hearing your feedback.

    Stephen Toub
    Program Manager Lead
    Parallel Computing Platform

Patterns & practices: Roadmap Discussion announcements

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    It's the perfect time for a roadmap discussion
    LockSmithDon

    This is THE time of the year we start giving a lot more thought to our plans for the coming 12 months. We spend this time talking to many executives around the company and are acutely listening to our customers, you, about the guidance you need most to be successful with your .NET development.

    What helps us most is to understand your scenarios. Sure technology is important, but if we understand what you're trying to do, we can help apply the appropriate technology.

    As we learn more about our plans, we actually have another brainstorming session today, we'll post them here to keep you in the loop. Until then, we'd like to hear from you about what you need most.

    Thanks,
    DonS

Pex and Moles PowerTool announcements

Regular Expressions announcements

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    This Forum Has Been Retired
    John Boylan

    This forum is locked; it is still available for review in the Archived Forums folder. Any future posts on this topic should be put in the  .NET Framework Class Libraries forum.



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    Regex Meets Linq
    OmegaMan
    If you love Regex...then Regex and Linq is a match made in Heaven. Here are two scenarios where Regex and linq can be used together.



    Here is a quick example where this input "123abcd3" will tokenized into digits or characters and placed into an IEnumerable array with values of "123", "abcd" and "3".

    The tokenization will occur and the named match Tokens will contain sub captures. Those captures will be enumerated and placed into an IEnumerable <string> array.

    string input = "123abcd3"; 
    string pattern = @"(?<Tokens>\d+|[a-zA-Z]+)+"; 
     
    var items = from Match m in Regex.Matches( input, pattern ) 
                from Capture cpt in m.Groups["Tokens"].Captures 
                select cpt.Value; 
     
     
    Console.WriteLine( string.Join( ",", items.ToArray() ) ); 
    // Outputs  
    // 123,abcd,3 





    This should get you started in using Linq with Regex. GL HTH

NUI API and Programming—Kinect for Windows SDK announcements

Oracle on Azure announcements

POS for .NET announcements

Server Core Developers announcements

Sharepoint Development with Visual Studio - Archive announcements

Security for Azure announcements

Service Bus EAI & EDI Labs Release announcements

Share your How to samples (archive) announcements

Software Transactional Memory DevLab announcements

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    STM.NET Incubation Complete
    Dana Groff

    I would like to thank everyone who downloaded and participated in the MSDN DevLab and tried our .NET 4.0 Framework enabled to use Software Transactional Memory (STM.NET). The incubation is now concluded. 

     

    We appreciate all the feedback we have received since STM.NET was released; it truly helps us define our product decisions and technology investments. STM provides ease-of-use and safe, compositional synchronization. Both MSR and the parallel-programming team in Microsoft will continue to research and incubate various technologies to help the developer safely and easily scale their application; your input is important.

     

    You can follow future efforts at the Parallel Computing Developer Center. We will continue to this blog but our STM.NET forum will be locked.  Of course, you can still participate in the Parallel Extensions to .NET Forum.

     

    While the .NET download and samples have been removed, you can still download the STM Programmer’s Guide.

    Thank you!

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    Hello and welcome to the STM.NET Forum!
    Dana Groff

    This forum is to discuss the .NET Framework Enabled to Use Software Transactional Memory (STM.NET).  Software transactional memory (STM) is a promising technology to help users synchronize access to shared memory.  STM.NET is available from MSDN Devlabs. 

    Use this forum to:

    • Ask questions about using STM.NET
    • Report bugs and
    • Report how you are using
    • Give us feedback

    We are looking to discover if the programming model and feature set exposed by this experimental .NET Framework help you develop applications that can take advantage of today’s multi-core and many-core processors.

    To set expectations, we are a very small team and we will endeavor to answer your questions and help workaround any bugs and limitations in this release.  The .NET Framework we based this release on is the same as shipped with Beta1 of Visual Studio 2010. 

    Please feel free to look over our Programming Guide.  This will give you a good introduction to STM and how to use our implantation of STM in the .NET Framework.

SyncFx - Feedback [ReadOnly] announcements

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    This forums is moving Jan 23, 2010
    Liam Cavanagh - MSFT

    One piece of feedback we receive fairly frequently is that given the number of Sync Framework forums, it is confusing, where to best find answers and ask questions relating to specific components of the Sync Framework.  For that reason, we have created a new single (unified) forum for you to use for anything relating to the Microsoft Sync Framework:

     

    SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Developer Discussions

    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/syncdevdiscussions/threads

    As a result, as of Jan 23rd, 2010 this forum will be locked and will only be available in read mode to allow you to search and read archived questions.  Any questions that were submitted since Jan 1, 2010 in the below forums will be moved to this new location and will continue to be active in their new location.  So please start tracking them in their new location.
     

    SyncFx - General

    SyncFx - Technical Discussion

    SyncFx – Feedback

    SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Database Providers

     

    Liam Cavanagh

SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Database Providers [ReadOnly] announcements

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    This forums is moving Jan 23, 2010
    Liam Cavanagh - MSFT

    One piece of feedback we receive fairly frequently is that given the number of Sync Framework forums, it is confusing, where to best find answers and ask questions relating to specific components of the Sync Framework.  For that reason, we have created a new single (unified) forum for you to use for anything relating to the Microsoft Sync Framework:

     

    SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Developer Discussions

    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/syncdevdiscussions/threads

    As a result, as of Jan 23rd, 2010 this forum will be locked and will only be available in read mode to allow you to search and read archived questions.  Any questions that were submitted since Jan 1, 2010 in the below forums will be moved to this new location and will continue to be active in their new location.  So please start tracking them in their new location.
     

    SyncFx - General

    SyncFx - Technical Discussion

    SyncFx – Feedback

    SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Database Providers

     

    Liam Cavanagh

SyncFx - Technical Discussion [ReadOnly] announcements

  • Link
    This forums is moving Jan 23, 2010
    Liam Cavanagh - MSFT

    One piece of feedback we receive fairly frequently is that given the number of Sync Framework forums, it is confusing, where to best find answers and ask questions relating to specific components of the Sync Framework.  For that reason, we have created a new single (unified) forum for you to use for anything relating to the Microsoft Sync Framework:

     

    SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Developer Discussions

    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/syncdevdiscussions/threads

    As a result, as of Jan 23rd, 2010 this forum will be locked and will only be available in read mode to allow you to search and read archived questions.  Any questions that were submitted since Jan 1, 2010 in the below forums will be moved to this new location and will continue to be active in their new location.  So please start tracking them in their new location.
     

    SyncFx - General

    SyncFx - Technical Discussion

    SyncFx – Feedback

    SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Database Providers

     

    Liam Cavanagh

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    Metadata Store Error Messages
    Liam Cavanagh - MSFT

    This post provides error codes and descriptions for the lightweight database that is used by the Sync Framework metadata storage service. If the metadata storage service returns an error code, you can search for that code in this post and identify the cause of the error.

    25001 Either the cursor is not on a row or there are no rows left.
    25002 The specified buffer size is not valid.
    25003 The specified length is too long for the column type.
    25004 The column cannot be modified.
    25005 The column cannot contain null values.
    25008 The parameter is not valid.
    25009 The path is not valid. Check the directory for the database.
    25010 The file name is not valid. Check the file name for the database.
    25011 The file that is being referenced is not a metadata store database file format.
    25012 The record was not prepared for update.
    25014 Access to the system column is denied.
    25016 A duplicate value cannot be inserted into a unique index.
    25017 The database file may be corrupted. Run the repair utility to check the database file.
    25018 Failed to obtain a lock for a write operation.
    25020 Failed to obtain a lock for a commit.
    25022 Null values are not allowed in indexes.
    25025 The primary key value cannot be deleted because references to this key still exist.
    25026 A foreign key value cannot be inserted because a corresponding primary key value does not exist.
    25027 The table definition or the row size exceeds the maximum row size of 8060 bytes.
    25028 The specified password does not match the database password.
    25030 A duplicate key value was found as a result of referential integrity action.
    25033 The specified locale is not supported on this operating system.
    25034 There is a file locking violation. Close any external application that uses the database file.
    25035 There is a file sharing violation. A different process might be using the file.
    25037 There is not enough disk space left for the database.
    25038 There is not enough disk space left for the temporary database.
    25039 Access to the database file is not allowed.
    25044 OS Error: The OS limit of open files has been exceeded. Other applications will need to be shut down to free up available open files.
    25046 The database file cannot be found. Check the path to the database.
    25047 OS Error: The metadata store encountered a premature EOF for the database file. Running the repair utility might help recover some data.
    25048 OS Error: The OS is reporting that no more file handles can be created. In order to proceed, try closing other applications.
    25049 OS Error: The OS storage system (RAM, CF, SD, or IPSM) is not responding. Retry the operation.
    25050 OS Error: The OS will not allow sharing of any more files. In order to proceed, try closing other applications.
    25051 Internal error: Unable to successfully execute disk IO on the file system.
    25053 Internal error: A serious error has occurred when trying to create a key.
    25054 The limit of 16 columns for the multi-column index was exceeded.
    25056 The size of the Unicode text column is not even.
    25058 Internal error: Invalid operation without a current index.
    25059 Long value data type cannot be indexed.
    25060 The foreign key constraint does not exist.
    25064 Only one ROWGUID, autoincrement, and version are allowed for each column in a table.
    25065 The limit of 249 indexes per tables has been exceeded.
    25066 The limit of 1024 columns for a table has been exceeded.
    25067 Internal error: The internal transactions for the metadata store have exceeded the nesting limit.
    25070 The definition of referring columns (such as number of columns or data types) in referential relationships must match the referred columns.
    25072 Primary keys cannot be created on columns that support null values.
    25073 Tables must contain at least one column.
    25074 The expression string for the default value cannot be longer than 4000 characters.
    25075 Nullable columns cannot be identity columns.
    25077 The constraint cannot be removed because it is referenced by another constraint.
    25078 The index cannot be removed because it is being used to enforce a constraint.
    25081 The new value generated for the inserted row is outside the range for an INTEGER or BIGINT data type.
    25083 The referential relationship will result in a cyclical reference that is not allowed.
    25084 The data types of the columns in the relationship do not match.
    25085 The table already has a primary key.
    25086 The identity column contains an increment value that is not valid.
    25087 Internal error: A new GUID cannot be generated for the new row.
    25090 The metadata store timed out waiting for a lock. The default lock time is 2000ms. The default lock timeout can be increased in the connection string using the ssce: default lock timeout property.
    25091 The lock manager has run out of space for additional locks. This can be caused by large transactions, by large sort operations, or by operations where the metadata store creates temporary tables. You cannot increase the lock space.
    25092 The path specified for the temp database is not valid.
    25100 Unable to create Command object because query processor is not present on the device or not located in the same directory as the storage engine.
    25101 The metadata store has exceeded the buffer size. The default size is 640kb, but can be increased on initialization by modifying the ssce: max buffer size property.
    25102 Another user has opened the database with different instance-level initialization properties.
    25103 The metadata store could not be loaded.
    25104 The database file is larger than the configured maximum database size. This setting takes effect on the first concurrent database connection only.
    25105 Internal error: Invalid Security Descriptor was specified.
    25106 The limit of 249 contstraints per table has been exceeded.
    25107 Internal error: The specified constraint does not define the requested type of key.
    25108 Another cursor on the same table has a pending operation on the same row.
    25109 The database password cannot exceed 40 characters.
    25110 The table and column name is part of a reserved name. Table and column names cannot begin with '__Sys'.
    25111 Internal error: Compressed columns do not support the stream interface(s).
    25112 Invalid use of compressed flag for non-long value column.
    25113 Cannot change compression status for a database.
    25114 File already exists. Try using a different database name.
    25115 Wrong page (potential database corruption). Try running the repair utility.
    25116 Internal error: Access to the system table is denied.
    25117 Database already opened by a different user.
    25118 Internal error: Cannot open the shared memory region.
    25119 Cannot alter a column that is part of a key or an index.
    25120 Opening a database as read-only requires a temp path to be specified.
    25122 Internal error: Fatal failure of the lock susbsytem for this database.
    25123 The metadata store could not be loaded.
    25124 The long value was changed by another transaction.
    25125 Internal error: Invalid statistics creation options.
    25127 Invalid provider type.
    25128 The metadata store has encountered two different versions of the product accessing the same database file. Ensure that each application accessing the same database file is using the same version of the metadata store.
    25129 The string value that has been assigned to the LIKE clause in the SELECT statement exceeds the limit for the metadata store. The limit for single byte character set is 256 characters but can be smaller for double byte character set.
    25130 The specified locale is not installed on this machine. Make sure you install the appropriate language pack.
    25131 The metadata store could not be loaded.
    25132 This version of the metadata store is not licensed for production use.
    25133 Inernal error: The metadata store made an unsupported request to the host operating system.
    25134 Database file had invalid encryption.
    25135   Internal Error while opening share memory, cancelled the open.
    25200 The column cannot have NULL values.
    25201 The data was truncated. Try passing down a larger buffer.
    25206 Additional records were updated as a result of referential integrity actions.
    25207 Additional records were deleted as a result of referential integrity actions.
    25210 This column already had a default.
    27000 Too many sessions are open.
    27001 The new column cannot be set as the PRIMARY KEY constraint. Create a table-level constraint instead.
    27002 The new column cannot be set as a UNIQUE constraint. Create a table-level constraint instead.
    27003 Column nullability cannot be changed after the column is created.
    27004 The column cannot become an identity column after it is created.
    27005 The column property is not valid.
    27500 An overflow occurred while setting decimal data.
    27501 Decimal data was truncated.
    27502 The parameter is not valid.
    27506 Internal Error: Unexpected value for SEPREPAREMODE.
    27781 After the form '@name = value' has been used, all subsequent parameters must be passed in the form '@name = value'.
    27782   The application thread has not been initialized for COM interop because COM threading model has not been set. Please check documentation for System.STAThreadAttribute or System.MTAThreadAttribute classes.
    27751 The specified assembly already exists in this database.
    27752 The assembly with this name is already registered. The version number does not match the expected value. 
    27753 SQL assembly name and .NET assembly name do not match.
    27754 Circular assembly references were detected. Operation has been canceled.
    27755 The ReferenceAssemblyList of the assembly being dropped is not empty.
    27756 The ReferenceRoutineList of the assembly being dropped is not empty.
    27757 .NET assembly with the specified name does not exist.
    27758 One or more assemblies is missing in the assembly_bits specifier.
    27759 Assembly specified more than once in the assembly_bits specifier.
    27760 Unable to access/read the specified assembly.
    27761 The specified binary literal is not a valid assembly file.
    27762 Trigger with the specified name already exists in this database.
    27763 The specified table does not exist.
    27764 The specified trigger does not exist in this database.
    27765 The calling convention of the specified method does not match the expected value. The method should be defined as public static (Shared in Visual Basic).
    27766 The actual number of arguments in the specified method does not match the expected value.
    27767 The argument types in the specified method do not match the expected values.
    27768 The specified type was not found in this .NET assembly.
    27769 The method with the specified name was not found in the class definition.
    27770 The return type of the specified method does not match the expected value.
    27771 A critical error occured while invoking .NET trigger.
    27772 A .NET exception has been thrown during trigger execution.
    27773 The action caused an INSTEAD OF trigger to fire.
    27774 INSTEAD OF DELETE/UPDATE trigger cannot be defined on a table that has a foreign key with a CASCADE on DELETE/UPDATE action defined.
    27775 Recursive trigger invocation exceeded the maximum allowed nesting level.
    27776 The current transaction has been aborted during trigger invocation. No operation has been performed.
    27777 Could not load the metadata store. Operation has been aborted.
    27778 Unable to load .NET assembly with the specified name. This is because the assembly does not exist or because your trigger/stored procedure has been compiled against an assembly with different strong name.
    27779 Procedure with the specified name already exists in this database.
    27780 Cannot drop the procedure because it does not exist, or you do not have permission.
    27992 The metadata store does not support distributed transactions. The command is currently enlisted in a transaction. You can not change the database in use until that transaction is committed or aborted.
    27993 Cannot drop the database because it does not exist, or you do not have permission.
    27994 Nested transactions are not supported.
    27995 The command is not enlisted in a transaction.
    27996 The metadata store is not responding, potentially waiting for a lock timeout. The current connection will be closed.
    27997 The size of the executed script has exceeded its maximum value. Use [GO] statements to reduce the size of submitted SQL batches.
    27998 There is not enough memory on the device running the metadata store to complete this operation.
    27999 The metadata store is either not installed or the installation has been corrupted.
    28000 Internal error: The table was unexpectedly opened.
    28002 A write operation to the Internet wrote an incorrect number of bytes.
    28008 Internal error: The transport failed due to incorrect message format or content.
    28012 Authentication failed on the proxy server.
    28015 A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection is required to access this site.
    28030 Internal error: Compression failed. Try again.
    28031 Internal error: Decompression failed. Try again.
    28032 The call to InternetOpen failed. Check the major error for more information.
    28041 Internal error: Unexpected resend request.
    28519 The value specified for DBDROPOPTION is not valid. Valid values are 0 and 1.
    28523 Internal error: Initializing an internal object failed.
    28527 Internal error: The column ordinal cannot be found.
    28528 Internal error: A nickname was not generated.
    28530 Internal error: The metadata store was unable to read the generated machine ID from the registry. If a network device is installed on the device, a generated machine ID will not be necessary.
    28531 Internal error: The metadata store was unable to write the generated machine ID from the registry. If a network device is installed on the device, a generated machine ID will not be necessary.
    28537 Internal error: The identity range was not established.
    28539 Internal error: The database is already initialized.
    28540 Internal error: The database is not initialized.
    28546 The specified connection string is not valid.
    28547 The metadata store database cannot be compacted because it is open.
    28548 A specified parameter is too large.
    28552 Internal error: This table does not have a ROWGUID column.
    28553 Internal error: This table does not have a ROWGUID column nor an Identity range.
    28554 The number of rows at the client does not match the number of rows at the server. Retry the operation.
    28558 The metadata store encountered problems when creating the database.
    28559 The metadata store encountered problems when opening the database.
    28561 Internal error: Failed to roll back changes.
    28562 Internal error: The delete message for the server was not created.
    28563 The device does not have sufficient memory. The metadata store cannot allocate more space on the device. There also might not be enough contiguous memory space. Try closing other applications.
    28565 The insert action failed.
    28566 The update action failed.
    28567 Internal error: The table cannot be opened.
    28569 Internal error: The index cannot be set on the ROWGUID column.
    28570 Internal error: The data row cannot be accessed.
    28571 Internal error: The column data for a row cannot be accessed.
    28572 Internal error: Row data cannot be set.
    28573 The LocalTableName parameter is already specified.
    28574 An internal error occurred.
    28576 Internal error: Could not bind to column.
    28578 The data type is not valid.
    28580 The specified parameter is not valid.
    28581 Internal error: The message cannot be built. The Make Message failed.
    28582 The parameter is either not specified or not valid.
    28586 The parameter is either not specified or not valid.
    28599 The referenced table must have a primary or candidate key.
    28601 Internal error: Stream access denied.
    28602 Internal error: When trying to add a GUID tracking column, the metadata store could not create the column because the column did not contain the uniqueidentifier attribute.
    28604 Internal error: This table is read-only. The internal system objects and system lock tables are not updateable.
    28605 Internal error: DDL operations are not allowed on system tables.
    28607 The table does not exist.
    28608 Internal error: Cannot modify the column type.
    28610 This operation requires the database to be opened in a single user mode and the database is currently in a multi-user mode.
    28611 The file resolves to a path that is too long. The maximum length is 260 characters.
    28613 Internal error: Failure converting string to GUID.
    28614 Internal error: Internal error: Failed to get the minor error code.
    28615 Internal error: Failed to get the index on the row GUID.
    28616 Internal error: Failure checking existance of local table.
    28618 Internal error: QueryInterface failed.
    28619 Internal error: Failure reading from SequentialStream.
    28620 Internal error: Opening of the rowset failed.
    28621 Internal error: Failure setting up bindings, possibly caused by insufficient permissions.
    28622 Internal error: Failure setting up a non parameterized query, possible incorrect SQL query.
    28624 Internal error: Failure closing a cursor.
    28625 Internal error: Failure getting column information.
    28626 Internal error: Failure setting column value.
    28627 Failure to open the metadata store with the given connect string.
    28628 Internal error: Closing the database failed.
    28629 Deleting the database failed. Ensure that other applications do not have the database open.
    28630 Starting the transaction failed. Try to reduce the number of other open transactions in the application.
    28633 Internal error: Failure opening the message file. This occurs when processing the message fails on the client side.
    28634 Failure writing to a message file on the device. The error typically comes from running out of memory. While there might appear to be plenty of available memory on the device, there might not be enough contiguous memory. Try closing other applications or warm booting the device.
    28635 Failure reading from a message file. The error typically comes from running out of memory. While there might appear to be plenty of available memory on the device, there might not be enough contiguous memory. Try closing other applications or warm booting the device.
    28636 Internal error: Failure closing the transport.
    28642 Internal error: Unable to create error table row because corresponding base table row has been deleted.
    28644 A required property is not specified.
    28645 An invalid value was supplied for a property.
    29001 Internal error: An unexpected state was encountered when processing inserts or updates.
    29004 The OLE DB provider for the metadata store cannot be initialized.
    29007 The query cannot be tracked. There might not be a primary key, or the query might involve multiple tables.
    29010 The table does not have a primary key.
    29011 The table contains a timestamp or another row versioning column.
    29018 No columns were found. Either the table name is missing or the permissions are not valid.
    29029 Internal error: The column metadata information does not match with the OLEDB provider.
    29030 The query cannot be tracked because one or more columns of the primary key are missing.
    29031 The query cannot be tracked because the table includes a computed column that cannot be pulled.
    29032 The query cannot be tracked because it is a multi-table query.
    29050 Internal error: Failure getting a rowset.
    29051 Internal error: Failure getting columns.
    29062 The SQLSelectString parameter is not specified.
    29500 Internal error: The transport read operation returned an incorrect data length.
    29501 Internal error: The write message failed.
    29503 The column cannot be found.
    29504 Internal error: The names buffer is too small.
    29506 Internal error: Failure getting column information. Retry the operation.
    29507 Internal error: Failure getting column length. Retry the operation.
    29508 Internal error: Failure getting column data. Retry the operation.
    29509 Internal error:  Failure setting column data. Retry the operation.
    29510 BLOB data could not be completely read. Retry the operation.
    29511 Internal error: The message received from the server cannot be decoded.
    25500 Internal error: The execution plan cannot be generated.
    25501 There was an error parsing the query.
    25502 The count of column names and source expressions do not match.
    25503 The column name is not valid.
    25505 The constraint specified is not valid.
    25506 There is not enough memory to complete the operation.
    25507 There is an unclosed comment block in the SQL statement. Ensure that there are balanced '/*' and '*/' comment markers in the SQL statement.
    25508 The token specified is too long. The maximum length is 128 characters.
    25509 A conversion from string to float data failed.
    25510 A conversion from string to numeric data failed.
    25511 A quotation mark delimiter is missing from the end of the query.
    25512 Conversion from string to money data failed.
    25513 Null values are not valid identifiers.
    25514 The identifier cannot be an empty string.
    25515 In aggregate and grouping expressions, the SELECT clause can contain only aggregates and grouping expressions.
    25516 Nested aggregate expressions are not allowed.
    25517 In aggregate and grouping expressions, the HAVING clause can contain only aggregate functions and grouping expressions.
    25518 In aggregate and grouping expressions, the ORDER BY clause can contain only aggregate functions and grouping expressions.
    25519 Expressions in the GROUP BY list cannot contain aggregate functions.
    25520 Expressions in the ORDER BY list cannot contain aggregate functions.
    25521 The ORDER BY list cannot have duplicate expressions.
    25522 The table aliases must be unique.
    25523 The column aliases must be unique.
    25524 A HAVING clause must have a GROUP BY clause (implicit or explicit).
    25525 The WHERE clause cannot refer to aggregate expressions.
    25526 Duplicate constraints cannot be specified.
    25527 A function with the same signature already exists.
    25530 A column with the same name has already been specified.
    25531 The column name cannot be resolved to a table. Specify the table to which the column belongs.
    25532 The float precision is not valid.
    25533 The identifier/column name is too long. The maximum length is 128 characters.
    25534 Large objects (ntext and image) cannot be used in ORDER BY clauses.
    25536 Length, precision or scale cannot be specified for NTEXT or IMAGE data types. Remove these attributes from the IMAGE or NTEXT data types in the DDL statement.
    25537 The columns in the subquery do not match.
    25539 The escape character for the LIKE predicate is not valid.
    25540 The datepart is not valid.
    25541 The identifier is not valid.
    25542 Data cannot be added to a system table or a schema information view.
    25543 Data cannot be updated in a system table or a schema information view.
    25544 Data cannot be deleted from a system table or a schema information view.
    25545 A value must be provided for the INSERT statement into <table_name>.
    25546 The column cannot be modified because it is an identity column or a system column.
    25547 ORDER BY <column number> not supported.
    25548 DISTINCT cannot be used with  ntext and image data.
    25549 GROUP BY cannot be used with ntext and image data.
    25550 Too many identity columns are specified for the table. Only one identity column for each table is allowed.
    25551 The identity column must be either an integer or big integer data type and cannot be NULL.
    25552 Elements in the GROUP BY clause must reference columns in the select list.
    25553 A foreign key constraint that has an UPDATE or a DELETE CASCADE rule, and self-references a column in the same table, is not allowed.
    25554 Defaults cannot be created on identity columns.
    25555 Subquery columns cannot be ntext or image data types.
    25556 The number sign (#) is reserved and cannot be used as the first character of an identifier.
    25557 Expressions combined by a UNION operator must have the same number of columns.
    25558 The number of columns in the query and the table must match.
    25559 Invalid index ordinal in index hint specification.
    25560 Invalid index name in index hint specification.
    25561 Invalid query hint specification.
    25562 Percentage of rows to be sampled should be an integer between 1 and 100.
    25563 There are already statistics existing on this index.
    25565 Statistics on this index do not exist.
    25567 Table has too few rows to build statistics.
    25568 Invalid statistics creation option.
    25569 Invalid set option.
    25571 ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if SELECT DISTINCT is specified.
    25572 The SET SHOWPLAN statements must be the only statements in the batch.
    25573 Query cannot use both named and unnamed parameters at the same time.
    25574 Duplicated parameter names are not allowed.
    25575 Index hints are only allowed in a FROM clause.
    25576 Unrecognized LOCK HINTS option.
    25577 The NOLOCK lock hint is only allowed in a SELECT statement.
    25578 Conflicting locking hints specified.
    25579 Unrecognized SET statement.
    25580 Identity seed or increment value is invalid.
    25582 Alter table only allows columns to be added which can contain null values. The column cannot be added to the table because it does not allow null values.
    25584 The column could not be modified because one or more objects access this column.
    25585 Cannot generate a keyset cursor for the query because there is no reference to base table.
    25586 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is a DISTINCT operator.
    25587 Cursor is not updatable.
    25588 Column is not updatable.
    25589 Internal error: This is not a base table long value column.
    25590 The combination of cursor options is not valid. For instance, updateable and insensitive is an invalid option.
    25591 Internal error: The storage interface for long value is invalid or unsupported.
    25592 SetColumn cannot be called during delete operation.
    25593 Bookmark is not supported for this cursor.
    25594 Cannot alter column of type NTEXT or IMAGE
    25595 Cannot generate a keyset cursor for the query because there is a DISTINCT operator.
    25596 Cannot generate a keyset cursor for the query because there is an explicit or implicit GROUP BY operator.
    25597 Cannot generate a keyset cursor for the query because there is a OUTER JOIN operator.
    25599 Cannot generate a keyset cursor for the query because there is a UNION operator.
    25600 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is an explicit or implicit GROUP BY operator.
    25601 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is an OUTER JOIN operator.
    25602 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is a SPOOL/SORT operator.
    25603 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is a UNION operator.
    25604 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is a non-standard join expression.
    25605 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is a cycle in join graph.
    25606 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because a one-to-one join must compare columns in the same order as declared in unique indexes.
    25607 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is a many-to-many relationship.
    25608 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there are one or more non-updatable relationships among base tables.
    25609 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because one or more tables are not explicitly joined together.
    25610 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is a self join.
    25611 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because updatable tables are not joined on the same columns.
    25612 Cannot generate an updatable cursor for the query because there is no updatable column.
    25613 A conversion from float to string data failed.
    25614 Procedure expects parameter, which was not supplied.
    25615 The table schema has changed since the query was last compiled. Recompile the query.
    25616 Statistics not supported on system tables.
    25617 Invalid option specified in CREATE INDEX statement.
    25618 Invalid stored procedure name.
    25619 FULLSCAN option is required for CREATE/UPDATE STATISTICS.
    25620 Named Constraint is not supported for this type of constraint.
    25621 The specified argument value for the procedure is not valid.
    25622 The table name is not valid.
    25623 The global variable name is not valid.
    25624 Invalid CREATE DATABASE option.
    25900 The query processor encountered an error evaluating the expression.
    25901 Expression evaluation caused an overflow.
    25902 The data types in the IN expression do not match.
    25903 There was an error in a part of the date format.
    25904 There was an error in the date format.
    25905 There was a syntax error in the date format.
    25906 There was a syntax error while converting from one data type to another.
    25907 An overflow occurred while converting the string data type to money.
    25909 Default values cannot have column references.
    25910 Default values cannot have aggregate functions.
    25911 Aggregate value expressions cannot have ntext or image data.
    25912 The original data is truncated and cannot be converted.
    25913 The arithmetic operator is not supported for the data type.
    25914 Modulo is not supported on real, float, money, and numeric data types.
    25916 An operator on the result data type from a subquery is not valid.
    25917 Bit operators (&,|,^,~) are not supported on real, float, money, and numeric data types.
    25918 The data type is not valid for the arithmetic operation.
    25920 The data was truncated while converting from one data type to another.
    25921 The function is not recognized by the metadata store.
    25922 The specified argument value for the function is not valid.
    25923 The ntext and image data types cannot be used in WHERE, HAVING, GROUP BY, ON, or IN clauses, except when these data types are used with the LIKE or IS NULL predicates.
    25924 An overflow might have occurred while converting binary to datetime.
    25925 An overflow might have occurred while converting numeric to datetime.
    25926 An overflow might have occurred while converting money to datetime.
    25927 An overflow might have occurred while converting bigint to datetime.
    25928 There are too many arguments specified for the procedure or function.
    25929 A unary minus can be performed only on tinyint, smallint, int, bigint, money, and numeric data types.
    25930 The operation cannot be performed because the precision of the numeric data types do not match.
    25931 The operation cannot be performed because the scale of the numeric data types do not match.
    25932 The data types cannot be converted implicitly.
    25933 An overflow occurred while converting to datetime.
    25935 Dividing by zero is not allowed.
    25937 A time datepart must be specified to convert a string to datetime.
    25938 The specified hour in the time datepart is not valid.
    25939 The specified minute in the time datepart is not valid.
    25940 The specified second in the time datepart is not valid.
    25941 The specified millisecond in the time datepart is not valid.
    25942 The specified date or time datepart is not valid.
    25943 The format of the specified date or time datepart is not valid.
    25944 The order of the specified date or time datepart is not valid.
    25945 The escape sequence used in the LIKE predicate is not valid.
    25946 The number of arguments specified for the function is not correct.
    25947 The conversion is not supported.
    25948 The specified argument value for the function is not valid.
    25949 The expressions in UNION are not compatible.
    25950 A parameter is missing.
    25951 A parameter is not allowed in this location. Ensure that the '@' sign is in a valid location or that parameters are valid at all in this SQL statement.
    25953 Expression evaluation caused a sign mismatch.
    25954 Cannot alter column because it has a default value.
    25955 The data type is not valid for the boolean operation.
    26100 The table name is not valid.
    26302 The specified data type is not valid.
    26303 Internal error: A query processor error occurred.
    26305 The DDL statement contains invalid parameters associated with the column definition.
    26306 Data conversion failed.
    26307 Syntax error in query.

     

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    Team Foundation Server 2010 CTP now available!
    Matthew Mitrik

    Hello, and Welcome to the TFS 2010 CTP feedback forum!

    If you haven't heard yet, the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) is available for Visual Studio 2010 which includes the VSTS and TFS CTP features.  You can get all of the details for the CTP on the Feedback Site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129231).

    Included with this CTP is a great list of walkthroughs designed to guide you through all of the great new features and scenarios.  There are a total of 21 detailed walkthroughs that cover everything from design and planning to development, debugging, and testing.  Jeff Beehler has a great post on his blog that overviews these walkthroughs (http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffbe/archive/2008/10/27/check-out-the-new-team-system-2010-ctp.aspx), which are shown below for your convenience: 

    • Formal 1 - Design, Planning, and Implementation.
      • Walkthrough: Designing Your Application at a Logical Level - Application Requirements
      • Walkthrough: Designing Your Application at a Logical Level - Application Behavior and Structure 
      • Walkthrough: Setting Goals and Creating a Project Plan.
      • Walkthrough: Exploring Your Existing Application.
      • Walkthrough: Validating Code Changes with the Layer Design.
    • Sprint 1 - Checkpoint Review.
      • Walkthrough: Reviewing the Sprint
      • Walkthrough: Finishing the Sprint
      • Walkthrough: Do Deeper Analysis of Bugs and Progress
      • Walkthrough: Holding a Great Sprint Retrospective.
    • Sprint 2 - Agile Planning.
      • Walkthrough: Agile Iteration Planning.
    • Sprint 2 - Agile Construction.
      • Walkthrough: Generating Interaction Sequences from Existing Code.
      • Walkthrough: Test-Driven Development
      • Walkthrough: Configuring Code Analysis Using Rule Sets
      • Walkthrough: Preventing Code Defects using Test Impact Analysis
      • Walkthrough: Creating Manual Test Cases and Adding to a Test Suite.
      • Walkthrough: Connecting Test Cases to User Stories
      • Walkthrough: Branch Visualization.
      • Walkthrough: Checking In With Build Validation.
    • Sprint 2 - Agile Testing.
      • Walkthrough: Executing Manual Tests
      • Walkthrough: Using the Historical Debugger to Diagnose Test Failures
      • Walkthrough: Running Tests to Verify a Fix.

    So if you're interseted in the CTP, or have already started looking at it, please let us know what you think!  We'd love to get your feedback so we can make the next release even better.  Thanks for the help!

    Matt Mitrik
    Program Manager
    Team Foundation Server

Transactions Programming announcements

Using Visual Round Trip Analyzer announcements

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    Welcome to the VRTA forum!
    Jim Pierson
    Hello and welcome to the Visual Round Trip Analyzer (VRTA) forum.

    We've created this forum so that users of the VRTA tool can share questions and answers about the tool as well as to discuss Performance Best Practices. If you haven't already, please read the MSDN Article announcing VRTA's release to the public.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd188562.aspx


    My name is Jim Pierson. I'm one of the creators fo the VRTA tool. I'll be checking in often with the forum and will try to answer any of the tough questions that come up.

TFS Deployment to Azure announcements

Visual Basic Express Edition announcements

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Language Specification announcements

Visual Basic IDE announcements

Visual Basic Interop and Upgrade announcements

Visual Basic Language announcements

Visual Basic Power Packs announcements

Visual C# Express Edition announcements

Visual C# IDE announcements

Visual C# Language announcements

Visual C++ Express Edition announcements

Visual C++ MFC and ATL announcements

Visual Studio Async CTP announcements

Visual Studio Team Services announcements

Team Foundation Server - Setup and Administration announcements

Team Foundation Server - General announcements

Team Foundation Server - Source and Version Control announcements

Team Foundation Server - Build and release management announcements

Team Foundation Server - Reporting & Warehouse announcements

Team Foundation Server - Project Management & Work Item announcements

Team Foundation Server - Process Templates announcements

Team Foundation Server – Migration and Integration announcements

Team Foundation Server - Eclipse and Cross Platform announcements

Visual Studio Class Designer announcements

Visual Studio Code Analysis and Code Metrics announcements

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    This Forum Has Been Retired
    John Boylan

    This forum has been locked; it will still be available for review in the Archived Forums folder. Any future posts on this topic should be put in the Visual Studio Debugger forum.


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    FxCop Version 10.0 is available
    Duke Kamstra

    Version 10.0 of FxCop is the version that ships with Visual Studio 2010 Premium. FxCop 10.0 is part of Version 7.1 of the Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4.

    Instructions

    If you require FxCop 1.36 please download and install the Windows SDK version 7.0.
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    What's new in Code Analysis for Visual Studio 2010
    Duke Kamstra
    Please see our blog for a description of the new Code Analysis functionality available in Visual Studio 2010: http://blogs.msdn.com/codeanalysis/archive/2010/03/22/what-s-new-in-code-analysis-for-visual-studio-2010.aspx
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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
    Duke Kamstra

    Following is a collection of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding PreFAST, FxCop, Managed Code Analysis and Code Metrics.

    Visual Studio 2010 Rule Sets

    Question:  How do I ensure that the same code analysis rule set is used for all the projects developed by my team(s)?

    Answer:    See JB Browns blog post on this topic.

    Rule Behavior

    Question:  Why does FxCop generate violations against itself?

    Answer:    Answered on the FxCop blog.

    Question:  Why do some sources recommend extending ApplicationException while FxCop does not?

    Answer:    Answered on the FxCop blog.

    Question:  Why does FxCop ignore my in-code (SuppressMessageAttribute) suppressions?

    Answer:    Answered on the FxCop blog.

    Question:  Why does DoNotExposeGenericLists recommend that I expose Collection<T> instead of List<T>?

    Answer:    Answered on the FxCop blog.

    Question:  How do I indicate to DoNotDeclareReadOnlyMutableReferenceTypes that a type is immutable?

    Answer:    Answered on the FxCop blog.

    Custom Rule Development

    Question: How do I integrate my custom FxCop rules into Visual Studio 2010?

    Answer: Answered on the FxCop blog. 

    Question:  Where is the official FxCop custom rules SDK?

    Answer:    There is currently no official custom rules SDK developed by Microsoft. The primary reason is that we are currently rewriting key components of the FxCop metadata reader and data flow analysis engine. This work guarantees that rules written today will need to be modified or entirely re-written in the future. Rules developers who have been working in FxCop for the past few years can attest to the fact that every release has involved some churn in the custom rules API. Each release readme contains detailed information about porting existing rules to the latest architecture.

    As soon as the FxCop metadata and other relevant API stabilize sufficiently, we will develop an official FxCop custom rules SDK with samples demonstrating common patterns written in several languages. Until then, there are several resources available to custom rules developers:

    ·     This forum. Post your rules development questions here.

    ·     Rules samples uploaded to the MSDN Code Gallery. Search for 'FxCop'.

    ·     Rules samples developed externally. Search the web for 'fxcop' and 'rules'

    ·     Visit the custom rules category on the FxCop blog

    Question:  How do I integrate custom rules with Visual Studio?

    Answer:    Answered on the FxCop blog.

    Question:  How do I access the locals for a method?

    Answer:    Answered on the FxCop blog.

     

Visual Studio Database Development Tools (Formerly "Database Edition Forum") announcements

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    Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools CTP4 bit available now!
    Barclay Hill

    Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools ...

    ...provides an integrated environment for database developers to carry out all their database design work for any SQL Server platform (both on and off premise) within Visual Studio. Database developers can use the SQL Server Object Explorer in VS to easily create or edit database objects and data, or execute queries.

    Get it
    Get it    		 Get Started
    Beginner's Guide    		 Learn more
    Learn more    		 Forum
    Forum

    Developers will also appreciate the familiar VS tools we bring to database development, specifically; code navigation, IntelliSense, language support that parallels what is available for C# and VB, platform-specific validation, debugging and declarative editing in the TSQL Editor, as well as a visual Table Designer for both database projects and online database instances.

     

Visual Studio Editor in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcements

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    Welcome to Visual Studio 2010 Editor
    Selma Ikiz - MSFT
     

    Hi,

    my name is Selma Ikiz and I am a PM for the New Code Editor in Visual Studio.

    We have devised a set of walkthroughs for you in this Visual Studio 10 release. Please use the walkthroughs as a hand-held guide to use this release. Given that this is the first release of Code Editor in Visual Studio, we are excited to hear your feedback. 

    You can use the Connect website to report bugs.

    This forum will cover the Code Editor Walkthroughs: 

    How to Use a Shell Command to Add a Comment Adornment in the Visual Studio 2010 Editor

    You can implement features in the Visual Studio 2010 editor from a typical VSPackage. This walkthrough shows how to add a comment adornment to a text view in the Visual Studio 2010 editor by invoking a Visual Studio shell command.

    How to Add Syntax Coloring in the Visual Studio 2010 Editor

    You can add many different visual effects to the Visual Studio 2010 editor by creating Managed Extensions Framework (MEF) components. This walkthrough shows how to add syntax coloring.

    How to Highlight Text in the Visual Studio 2010 Editor

    You can add many different visual effects to the Visual Studio 2010 editor by creating Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) components. This walkthrough shows how to highlight every occurrence of a string in a text file at the same time. For example, if a word occurs more than one time in a text file, and you position the cursor in one occurrence, every occurrence is highlighted.

    How to Provide IntelliSense in the Visual Studio 2010 Editor

    You can implement IntelliSense in the Visual Studio 2010 editor by creating a Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) component.

    This walkthrough shows how to implement two IntelliSense controllers, one for method signature descriptions and one for statement completion. IntelliSense controllers are responsible for listening to the events that trigger completion, displaying the appropriate list, and removing the display when it is committed (that is, when a selection has been made) or dismissed. This walkthrough also shows how to implement IntelliSense controller providers, which create the IntelliSense controllers for individual text views.

    When you run the sample code, pressing CTRL+J or "." shows the list of methods; you can dismiss the list by pressing ESC. Pressing CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR or "(" shows the list of parameters; you can dismiss the list by pressing ESC. The displayed lists of methods and parameters are static lists that are defined in the Helpers class.

    How to Adapt to the Visual Studio 2010 Editor

    The Visual Studio 2010 editor offers many features that you can use from your existing code components. These instructions show how to consume editor services directly from a Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) component or a non-MEF component, for example a VSPackage. It also shows how to use adapters, or shims, to get the services of the Visual Studio 2010 editor in both managed and unmanaged code.

     

    If you have not downloaded or would like more information about the CTP, please visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129231.  

    You can find the walkthroughs  on the VPC disk: C:\users\Public\documents\CTPWalkthroughs\Visual Studio.

     

    Thanks!

    Selma Ikiz

    Code Editor PM

     

Visual Studio Gallery Feedback announcements

Visual Studio Guidance Automation Toolkit announcements

Visual Studio Lab Management announcements

Visual Studio LightSwitch - General (Beta) announcements

Visual Studio Performance Tools (Profiler) announcements

Visual Studio Source Control and SourceSafe announcements

Visual Studio Team System - Testing announcements

Visual Studio UI Automation Testing (includes Coded UI tests) announcements

Visual Studio Web Performance and Load Testing announcements

Visual Studio WPF/SL Designer announcements

Visual Studio Online "Monaco" announcements

WCF Data Services (Pre-Release) announcements

Web Development in Visual Studio in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcements

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    Welcome to the Web Development in Visual Studio Forum!
    Bradley Millington
    Hi - I'm Bradley Millington, Lead Program Manager for the Visual Web Developer ("Web Tools") team. I'll be one of the moderators on this forum.

    We have provided this forum to gather your feedback on the scenarios described in the walkthroughs that shipped with Visual Studio 2010 CTP. At this stage in the release, we are interested in hearing your thoughts on the design of features presented in these walkthroughs. We'll be taking more general feedback on the product when we get to the Beta release.

    We will be discussing the following walkthroughs:

    - Using HTML Code Snippets
    - Packaging & Deploying a Web Application which uses IIS
    - Packaging & Deploying a Web Application which uses VS Development Web Server (Cassini)
    - Transforming Web.Config for Deployment
    - Targeting Multiple Versions of ASP.NET

    You can go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129231 to download the CTP and walkthroughs.

    We look forward to hearing your feedback!

Web Sandbox - General announcements

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    What's New...
    Scott Isaacs

    August 11, 2010

    This update focuses on a few performance issues.

    • Only initialize the window once, not for each sandbox instance.
    • Fix to work-around WebKit's CSS DOM performance issues (huge performance improvement).
    • Fix global stylesheet clean-up.
    • Fix to more accurately test that a method is natively implemented versus defined by the Host Page (reduces potential for conflict between the sandbox and outer page).

    July 21, 2010

    This is a fairly large update to improve support for common web frameworks and libraries. Below highlights a few of the fixes

    • Fixes for input elements including <button type="..."> support and IE's document.createElement("<tag property='value'>") syntax.
    • Added support for getComputedStyle(element,null).getPropertyValue.memberName.
    • NamedNodeMaps can access members by member name (similar to the fix for getComputedStyle above).
    • Fixed support for cancelling a hyperlinks default action by returning false to the event.
    • Executing a regular expression against a regular expression type now works.
    • Fixed issues with prototype inheritance. This should fix the extend pattern used by most frameworks.
    • Event object fixes including relatedTarget and added custom property support to the event object.
    • Support for hasOwnProperty method.
    • Default value of calculated opacity is now 1 in all browsers.
    • Support for getBoundingClientRect.
    • Fixed a dynamic script loading timing issue to support YUI's dynamic loader.
    • Support for invoking document.all() as a method in addition to the traditional [] notation.
    • Fix bug in the scoping of Array.forEach.
    • Support for HSL and HSLA colors (passes through to the browser so assumes browser support)
    • Support for more CSS3 background properties.
    • Support for textContent and getElementsByClassName on browsers that have native support.
    • A number of other minor bug fixes.

    June 29, 2010

    This update focuses on the CSS.

    • CSS2 attribute selectors are now parsed.
    • RGB and RGBa values are now parsed.
    • Rounded corners and box-shadows (including the webkit and mozilla proprietary equivalents) are now enabled.
    • In Internet Explorer, all samples are run in the latest browser mode (Sandboxed Canvas not working in IE9 is a known issue).

    June 25, 2010

    We are working on improving the fidelity of the original document structure. This update includes the following changes:

    • We are working on properly supporting the DOM for head elements. This update supports the TITLE, META, and SCRIPT elements. Script elements are properly represented relative to their document location.
    • The scripts collection as well as attributes on individual SCRIPT elements are properly exposed. We now ignore SCRIPT elements are specified via the TYPE attribute to not contain JavaScript.
    • The document anchors and lists collections are now properly supported.
    • Line-breaks in TEXTAREA and PRE elements are fixed.
    • For the media attribute on LINK and STYLE elements, only sheets that target the screen or all media types are supported. Print stylesheets are on our TODO list.
    • Other small bug-fixes in prototype chain handling.

    May 25, 2010

    Today we released a refactored Sandbox script. This update has a much cleaner, more optimized policy file that uses 20K less code, signficantly less JavaScript closures, and enforces more consistency through a prescribed definition pattern. We also keep expanding support for more API's, have started on some of the HTML 5 features, and are focusing on supporting the various framework libraries.

    Below are some of the highlights:

    • Every method by definition exposes its corresponding property.
    • Enable Firefox'es funky if (documennt.all) // return false test even though document.all is supported.
    • Better support for routing keyboard events to the document.
    • Fixes to support JQuery better (still a work in progress).
    • Improved inner/outerHTML, regular expression, and mouse positioning support.
    • Support for Canvas (requires browser support).
    • Support for hyperlink javascript-based URL's in the initial HTML.

     

    March 1, 2010 - Catching Up!

    Over the past few months, we have been quietly updating the Sandbox script. Below highlights some of the more significant changes:

    • Lots of bug fixes (e.g., getVarDate, NaN.toString(), regular expression issues, prototype inheritance, styling input elements, and more).
    • Added better host integration events (onbeforeqos, onxmlrequest, onerror, onformsubmit, and more). We are working on the host integration documentation.
    • Introduced a new isolate policy that matches the IFrame behavior providing full isolation of content from the surrounding page.
    • Basic support for the IFrame element. IFrame contents are now generated and encapsulated in their own sandbox.
    • Enable support for dynamically loading the sandbox library.
    • Huge performance improvements for processing stylesheets and the initial HTML.
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    Web Sandbox available under the Open Source Apache License 2.0
    Dragos Manolescu
     Today, we are announcing that we are making much of the source code for the Web Sandbox project available under the Open Source Apache License 2.0.

    Since the initial release of Web Sandbox we have received a great deal of feedback from the web security community. We have also been collaborating with a number of customers, partners and the standards communities that would like to adopt the technology when it is ready. Our goal is to achieve widespread adoption of Web Sandbox and to help foster interoperability with complementary technologies like script frameworks.

    See the Web Sandbox site for additional licensing details. Thank you for your input to the project so far, and we are excited to continue our collaboration with you.

    (Note: While we are using an Apache License, the Web Sandbox project is not sponsored or endorsed by the Apache Software Foundation and is not an ASF project.)

     

    -Dragos

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    Work items and current limitations
    Dragos Manolescu
    The following items represent work in progress. Consequently until we check them off they could be regarded as current limitations. They are due to our implementation rather than the sandbox architecture.

    1. The gadget's HTML must be well-formed.
    2. document.write is partially implemented and not fully debugged.
    3. JavaScript's with statement is unsupported.
    4. The XML proxy allowing gadgets to invoke back-end services is not enabled (now supported!).
    5. The Dynamic loading of script is unsupported (now supported!).
    6. Silverlight and Flash objects are unsupported.
    7. Depending on operations, the performance overhead varies between 1.5 and 4 times.

    Should you run into other unexpected surprises we either missed something from the above list or you discovered a bug. Keep us posted.

    -Dragos

Windows Developer Preview: General OS questions (Locked) announcements

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    Forum Notice: This forum is now locked
    Brent Serbus
    With the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the Windows General OS Forum is no longer the supported destination for general questions related to Windows 8. For Developer related questions please continue to select from the list of forums under the MSDN Windows Metro app style category. IT Pros can now select from a list of dedicated TechNet forums under the Windows 8 IT Pro category. General consumers can get support from our Microsoft Answers community. This forum will remain as a read-only resource but we encourage you to leverage our other community support resources for new questions. 

Windows Events announcements

Windows Live Search: Development announcements

Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK Bugs and Suggestions announcements

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    Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK 1.5 Released!
    Nima Mojgani
    We are happy to announce that Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK v1.5 is now Live! Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK 1.5 offers several improvements over the old Microsoft MultiPoint SDK 1.1 including: 
    • Now supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
    • Now supports 32 bit and 64 bit applications and operating systems by leveraging AnyCPU Intermediate Language (IL).
    • New cursor capabilities were added: you can specify a cursor color, assign a custom image to a cursor, or hide cursors.
    • New templates for Visual Studio 2008 were added to simplify the creation of MultiPoint Mouse applications.
    • The namespace changed from Microsoft.MultiPoint to Microsoft.Multipoint to comply with capitalization conventions for .NET
    • The number of DLLs was reduced from five to two (Microsoft.Multipoint.Sdk.dll and Microsoft.Multipoint.Sdk.Controls.dll)
    • The object model was simplified, reducing the number of exposed classes, methods, and properties.
    • The sample code was simplified and made to be compliant with good coding practices, such as FxCop guidelines to help further reduce programming errors.
    • The sample code for allocating mouse cursors and the number and quality of cursor icons was improved making it easier to allocate custom cursors when creating an application.

    Visit our brand new website today www.microsoft.com/multipointmouse and download the new Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK today!

Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK Troubleshoot announcements