Anith Gopal

For all deliverables & details: http://webservicestesting.codeplex.com Authors Raj Kamal ( rajkamal@microsoft.com ) , Vipul Mehta ( vmehta@microsoft.com ) , Ranjit Gupta ( rankumar@microsoft.com ) Gunjan Jain ( gunjain@microsoft.com ) Microsoft Services – Global Delivery, India     Objective This artifact will provide Web Services Automation guidance for Functional & Performance Testing leveraging VS 2010 .

This post is a little deviation from my Cloud related focus on this blog but I also own the Windows Client Track at Tech Ed Middle East 2011 – Tech Ed is a premier technical education event that takes place once a year at only handful locations around the world. Having it in Dubai for the second year in a row brings a tremendous advantage and value to the region.   My selection of this content is very pragmatic.

Local Overview Join the Microsoft Australia Cloud Power Forum   Local Windows Azure Discovery Packs ready for rollout (2 days training, 1 day consulting,  1 PoC & 6 months Azure!!!) Ping me, your local Microsoft contact or partner for more information…. Readiness & Resources: Reading: Windows Azure Windows Azure Blob MD5 Overview The Future of WCF Services and Windows Azure Using Windows Azure AppFabric Cache (CTP) ArcGIS geospatial viewer – Very cool SQL Azure Top 5 things to know about sql azure for developers (presentation) Liam Cavanagh on SQL Azure Data Sync Watch: ZDNet Video: eBay’s Chief Security Information Officer talks private cloud (using Windows Azure) Case Study Learning Content Provider Enhances Content Delivery Tools: Download the Microsoft JDBC Driver 3.0 for SQL Server and SQL Azure Architecture: The Saga pattern on Azure with NServiceBus Guidance: Walkthrough: Custom Azure NLog Integration with Azure Diagnostics SDK 1.3 using NuGet Design Choosing between SQL Azure and Azure Storage In the news: General news: Cloud Computing From "Agile Cloud Integration" to "Zero Latency" Big Data, Big Demand: Navigating the Cloud Storage Landscape Microsoft Why Nokia, Microsoft Tie-Up is Good For Developers Windows Azure Figlo powered by Microsoft Azure cloud Figlo design software to manage personal finances, that allows the advisor to offer client centric advice Events: Local: CloudCamp Sydney 2011, Feb 25, 2011 – See you there

This document describes how to install a HealthVault certificate in the Windows certificate store and running the corresponding HealthVault application in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. If the certificate is not installed correctly in the local computer certificate store or if the password is not specified for a password-protected certificate then we will get the following exception: Exception: System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: An internal error occurred

Please note the important support transitions happening for Windows XP Embedded. Support for Windows XP Embedded Platforms on Service Pack 2 Support for Windows XP Embedded SP2 ended January 11, 2011—the date established upon the release of Windows XP Embedded SP3 in November, 2008. Support for both Windows XP Embedded Feature Pack 2007 and Windows XP Embedded Update Rollup 1.0 on SP2 also retired on that date

I suppose I could start with a bad pun by saying that you’ve had your hols, and now it’s time for some HOLs instead! Of course, this assumes you understand that “hols” is English shorthand for “holidays” and that “HOLs” is IT guidance shorthand for “Hands-On-Labs” (I wonder if people in the US have a shorthand word for “vacations”, or if – seeing they are typed rather than written by hand these days – that should be a shorttype word, or even just a shortword).

We’re excited to announce that Microsoft Excel 2010: Data Analysis and Business Modeling , by Wayne L.

Over the next few weeks, besides me running around with Imagine Cup workshops all over New York and the game camps I’ve mentioned previously, we’ll be running several Game Design live meetings to discuss the competition, the industry and what we’re looking for.

The patterns & practices group is writing a new guide that will introduce Visual C++ programmers to patterns for including parallelism in their applications . Examples of these patterns are parallel loops, parallel tasks and data aggregation with map-reduce

This question bubbled up over on the social group : "What is the keyboard combination for centering the text in a OneNote 2010 table cell or column? In previous versions of OneNote I was able to center text in a table cell or column using the Ctrl+E keyboard combination. In OneNote 2010 that same keyboard combination now runs the Search function." Good question and exposes some really nice tweaking you can perform to customize OneNote for your preferences

ACS Error Codes page is invaluable resource when you need to troubleshoot and fix errors related to Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2. It is designed to concentrate in one place the following information: Error number, Error Message, and How To Fix columns

One of the last weeks of the year!  The office has been very slow this week and there haven’t been content updates or releases due to the limited people working. That said, I have a few reminders and recommendations for content that might be helpful for budding and experienced programmers: The Beginner Developer Learning Center  - A great developer resource for beginners, this will get you from having zero programming experience to understanding the fundamentals Windows Developer Center – Learn the latest features and best practices while programming for Windows. MSDEV – Microsoft sponsored developer learning resources MSDN.com -  The new home and hub resources for Microsoft developers Windows Developer Forums – Get answers and recommendations from experts at Microsoft and others Stackoverflow – See ranked answers to common developer questions The OId New Thing (some humor, lots of deep dives) – Raymond Chen’s blog about the development architecture of Windows and some internal stories from over the years Scott Guthrie’s Blog – ASP.NET, Silverlight, and related articles from an industry leader Slashdot (humor) - How can a non-techie learn programming?