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How do I submit a bug to microsoft?

This is definitely a lazy web question (the answer wasn't apparently clear in the first 3 google hits I got). How do I submit a bug report to Microsoft (product is SQL Server 2005, if that matters)? ...

Is the Microsoft Public License viral?

In section 3(d), the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) states: "If you distribute any portion of the software in compiled or object code form, you may only do so under a license that complies with this license". It seems to me that the statement "complies with this license" means that software that contains the Ms-PL-licensed code must al...

Backup tool for Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 ?

I am seeking a backup tool to back-up virtual OS instances run through Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. According to the MS docs, it should be possible to do it live through volume shadow copy service, but I am having trouble finding any tool for any. What are the best solution to back-up MS Virtual Server instances? ...

Odd exception thrown in .NET

Exception Thrown: "System.ComponentModel.ReflectPropertyDescriptor is not marked as Serializable" Does this mean I missed marking something as serializable myself, or is this something beyond my control? ...

What are the BEST resources for learning WPF & .NET?

I'm a longtime C/C++ Unix guy. I recently started work in a new position that's gonna eventually require C# and WPF (and probably some LINQ). What are the best resources to quickly come up to speed on all these Microsoft technologies? Years ago I read Petzold's book and loved it because it was so complete and by the end I really felt lik...

Does the Microsoft JSON object serialization differ from the "normal" serialization?

I recall hearing that the way Microsoft had to implement the JSON serialization for their AJAX framework was different than most other libraries out there. Is this true? And, if so, how is it different? ...

Logparser (Microsoft's one) or similar for Unix?

I've been looking for quite some time for an application that fills the same role as Logparser, an awesome piece of technology, but for Unix. Does anyone know of something this? (I've looked at Splunk but its an overkill, a simple command line is all I really need) Note: Being able to make SQL queries on random logs, is great and much m...

Microsoft online e-learning courses any good?

There's heaps on the Microsoft website, small 2-hour courses or bundled in packs like this Collection 6460: Visual Studio 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation Are they good in terms of knowledge received? Value for money? Do employers approve if they are on the resume? ...

What are the advantages of reaching Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status?

How does a company become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner? What are the advantages to reaching this status? ...

Using Microsoft SMS Sender to send out smses in batch?

I understand that we can use SMS Sender in command line mode. But i been getting this error same as this article http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/10/10/sms.html The smssender.exe will use the last device that was successfully used to send messages in the Windows version of SMS Sender. But I tried it many times, and smssende...

Guidelines for asp.net website loading estimation?

I wonder if there is any good guideline for system administrators to calculate the resources needed to host an ASP.NET website? I want to do some estimates on the processing power needed so I know what kind of VPS/Cloud I need to get. ...

How is your experience with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

I would like to know about your experience with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Strengths, weak points. How good are its features. How hard is to develop some funcionality? How it is perceived by its customers and potential clients? Whatever you think I should know. Please refer to the version you hae work with as it seems to be a lot of r...

Any insight on Microsoft's new M programming language?

Does anyone have any insight on microsoft's new M programming language? Why? What type? When? What? ...

Enterprise Library Database Trace Listener?

Hello, I'm using EntLib v4 for Logging and currently I'm saving the events to the default text file listener. I would like to use MS SQL database as my event sink and I saw that the database listener is already provided, but I don't know how to create logging database and stored procedures? After googling around I saw that in v3 the d...

What is the proper order for installing Microsoft software on a developer workstation?

I've done this a million times ... setting up a developer work station. Is there a best practices, or installation checklist for installing Microsoft development software on a work station? What about applying updates and/or service packs? Is there a specific order for doing this, in hopes of minimizing any install issues. Our curre...

Are Microsoft's Own Implementations of Their OpenSource Counterparts Better, and Why?

Microsoft like implementing their own versions of popular open-source frameworks and assemblies, for example: Microsoft's MVC Framework vs MonoRail Microsoft's Unity IoC container vs Castle Windsor / Spring.net / Ninject etc Microsoft's VS Unit Test framework vs nUnit (and various others) Questions: What else has Microsoft 'borrowed...

MS CA Exit Module Code or Tutorial

Hi I'm struggling to find examples/explanations of coding a MS Certificate Authority exit module. If anybody has any help or resources they can point me at I'd be grateful. Thanks Mark ...

Is there a way to make TFS linkable?

I'm a big fan of TFS, but unfortunately they seem to have omitted any sort of method of linking to individual items (be they work items, documents, or files under version control). This blog post discusses using TSWA Power Tools to link directly to things (which is useful for building linkified notification emails), but that is not suff...

Why exactly isn't MEF a DI/IoC Container?

It's been said on the blogosphere and by MS themselves that MEF isn't another IoC Container. Ok...but why? It seems the same to me. Maybe it's not as good as Unity or castle Windsor, but it still fits the definition, doesn't it? Can anyone explain why MEF isn't an IoC Container like Unity or Castle Windsor? ...

Unknown token received from SQL Server

I got this error when trying to run a query in SQL server query analyzer. What is the reason? ...