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Most of us at Microsoft spend most of our time in Outlook and the flow of email sometimes can get overwhelming. Categories, Rules and Alerts are one way to prioritize the flow. You can take this one step further and color code your inbox as such:

Outlook 2010 moved the location for Automatic Formatting. Here are the steps to set up Conditional Formatting to color code your Inbox.

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It’s going to be a day-long total geekfest with12 tracks, 6 sessions in each tracks.

Agenda: http://www.fladotnet.com/codecamp/AgendaSL.aspx.

South Florida Code Camp site: http://www.fladotnet.com/codecamp/Default.aspx

My session is “How to be more productive by using VS 2010”

Want to know how you can be a more productive developer? In this session we’ll take a look at a typical day in the life of an application developer, who just happens to have VS 2010 Ultimate on his machine. First we’ll use a couple of the slick new tools to figure out how the app works. Then we’ll debug the app using IntelliTrace (historical debugging), perform some performance analysis to make sure the app rocks, fix some bugs, determine which unit tests to run using test impact analysis, create a Coded UI test to automate a regression test, then check the working code into Team Foundation Server. Get ready for a demo-packed session!

Be there or be square!

bliz

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Sometime ago we run into the problem when using Workflow. Every time when we opened Workflow configuration for “Purchase requisition requisition” we run into error:

Where xxx in our case was EmplTable.

When we look dipper into problem it happens that we were able to create new configuration which was working correctly

We looked into AOT in Workflow \ Workflow Templates \ Purch Req Approval as only for this template Workflow configuration form was not working.

We found out this template is based on PurchReqDocument query (Document property) which was lately modified and EmplTable was added into root DataSource.

The root cause of this behavior was - every time Workflow configuration form is accessed, the data is built dynamically based on saved data and tries matching it with the existing data in ExpressionTable. The data exists in the ExpressionTable as XML field Projection.

Deleting the previous configuration solves the issue, since it builds a new templates (Expression table) or changes in existing templates (Expression table).

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As always whenever I find something which is small but useful, I do end up blogging about it. Yesterday, I had a strange issue with my BCS metadata model. I created an IdEnumerator against AdventureWorks database and written a query to get SalesOrders using SQL. Everything looked ok but when I was crawling the content, i got an error “Column with Name ‘SalesOrderID’ does not exist.”. I was not able to figure out what can be the reason as query was running fine in query analyzer.

Tarkan Sevilimis provided me with the info that the problem is about case sensitive column name. My model was referring to the column name SalesOrderID whereas the select query was referring to SalesOrderId (notice the letter ‘d’). BCS is case sensitive as there can be scenarios where the backend systems which are case sensitive and may fail when the arguments passed are case sensitive. Make sure that whenever you model an entity, use the same case for arguments/columns as are defined in external system.

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The SQL Server Evangelism Team has released the SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download center.

Download the kit from SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit. You can download SQL Server 2008
R2 Community Preview at Get the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP.

SQL Server 2008 R2 offers an impressive array of capabilities for developers that build upon key innovations introduced in SQL Server 2008. The SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit is ideal for developers who want to understand how to take advantage of the key improvements introduced in SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 in their applications, as well as for developers who are new to SQL Server.

Overview and Benefits

The training kit offers the following benefits:

• Learn how to build applications that exploit the unique features and capabilities of SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2.
• Provides a comprehensive set of videos, presentations, demos and hands-on labs.
• Contains new content for developers who are new to SQL Server.
• Contains new content for SQL Server 2008 R2.
• Contains all of the existing content from the SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit.
• Easy to download and install.

Contents

The training kit includes the following content:

• Videos (8)
  • SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Overview Part I - SQL Server 2008 Review
  • SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Overview Part II - Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
  • Demo: Real Time Analytics with SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
  • Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 Application and Multi-Server Management
  • Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
  • Introduction To SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight and Complex Event Processing
  • Introducing PowerPivot for Excel 2010 and SharePoint 2010
• Presentations (8)
  • SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Overview Part I - SQL Server 2008 Review
  • SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Overview Part II - Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2
  • SQL Server 2008 Filestream
  • SQL Server 2008 Spatial
  • SQL Server 2008 T-SQL
  • SQL Server 2008 Date and Time Types
  • SQL SErver 2008 SQLCLR
  • SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
• Demos (13)
  • AdventureWorks Racing All-Up SQL Server 2008 Demo
  • SQL Server 2008 All-Up Spatial Demo
  • SQL Server 2008 Spatial Types Demo
  • Intro to SQL Server 2008 Filestream Demo
  • SQL Server 2008 SQL CLR Nullable Types Demo
  • Programming with SQL Server 2008 Filestream Demo
  • SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Web Application Integration Demo
  • Date and Time Support in SQL Server 2008 Demo
  • SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Table-Valued Parameters Demo
  • SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Row Constructors Demo
  • SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Grouping Sets Demo
  • SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Merge Demo
• Hands-on Labs (8)
  • How to build your first Web Application with SQL Server and ASP.NET
  • Using SQL Server 2008 Spatial Data in TSQL
  • Using SQL Server 2008 Spatial Data in Managed Code
  • Using SQL CLR in SQL Server 2008
  • PowerPivot in SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Using the New Features of Reporting Services 2008 R2
  • Introduction To SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight and Complex Event Processing
  • Data-tier Applications in SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010

The training kit is brought to you by Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism.

Bruce D. Kyle
ISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation

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本日英語版 MSDN オンラインサイトやブログ等で発表しました通り、Visual Studio 2010 Release Cendidate (RC) のダウンロード提供が、MSDN サブスクリプション会員様向けのサブスクライバー ダウンロードから開始されました。

• Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate のページ (英語)

ダウンロードセンターからの一般公開は、日本時間 2 月 11 日 (木) からを予定しています。もう少しお待ちください。

今回の RC は、その名が示す通り最終製品直前の品質を持ったバージョンです。ただ残念ながら、最終製品版のコードをフィックスするスケジュールとの都合により、英語版のみのリリースとなりましたので、日本語版 RC 提供の予定は現在ありません。

そのため日本語版 Beta 2 を評価いただいた皆さまには、ぜひこの英語版 RC をお試しいただきたいと思います。

セットアップを含め、ユーザー インターフェース、メッセージ等は英語となりますが、日本語 OS へのインストールは可能ですし、フォントや IME 対応等、アプリケーションの開発時、および実行時に日本語を扱うために必要な機能はすべて入っています。英語があまり得意でない方でも、日本語 Beta 2 のセットアップを経験されていれば、インストールは問題なくできると思います。

RC の特徴としては、まず Beta 2 に比較して、全般的に大きく品質向上が図られている点が挙げられます。とりわけ Beta 2 の動作パフォーマンスで多く不満の声をいただいた部分について、集中的に改善を試みています。それによって、事前に一部のお客様に評価いただいた結果も、かなり良好に出ています。

可能であれば、過去に Visual Studio 2010 の Beta を評価いただいた皆さま全員に、この RC をご評価いただきたいと思います。

またすでに日本語のフィードバック窓口 (https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudioJapan/) も RC 対応になりました。

フィードバックの対象製品は英語版 RC ですが、フィードバックは通常通り日本語でお送り下さい。また日本語版 Beta 2 を対象としたフィードバックも引き続き受け付けています。

最後に今回サブスクライバー ダウンロードから利用可能な RC の一覧をご紹介します。

• Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate RC (x86) - DVD (English)


• Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 RC (x86 and x64) - DVD (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 Premium RC (x86) - DVD (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 Professional RC (x86) - DVD (English)


• Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010 RC (x86) - DVD (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 FSharp 2.0 Runtime RC (x86) - (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 Integrated Shell RC (x86) - (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 Isolated Shell RC (x86) - (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugger RC (ia64) - (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugger RC (x64) - (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugger RC (x86) - (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 SDK RC (x86) - (English)


• Visual Studio 2010 Visualization & Modeling SDK RC (x86) - (English)


• Visual Studio Agents 2010 RC (x86) - DVD (English)


• .NET Framework 4 Client Profile RC (x86 and x64) - (English)


• .NET Framework 4 Client Profile RC (x86) - (English)


• .NET Framework 4 Full RC (x86 and ia64) - (English)


• .NET Framework 4 Full RC (x86 and x64) - (English)


• .NET Framework 4 Full RC (x86) - (English)

Depuis hier les Techdays ont débuté pour 3 jours. Si malheureusement vous ne pouvez y assister, il est possible de suivre en live les plénières sur le site des Techdays. La dernière aura lieu demain de 9h30 à 10h30. Vous pouvez dès à présent revivre la plénière de Lundi sur le Blog des Techdays.

Les plénières c’est un peu un condensé des Techdays avec beaucoup de démonstrations. Nous vous les recommandons donc fortement.

Bon Techdays !

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OK so maybe you’re not using Windows 7 at school yet but I’ll bet a lot of your students are running it at home. Do they know it was well as they think they do? Maybe they’d like to find out just what they know. The certification game at www.areyoucertifiable.com has now been updated to include Windows 7. You may want to point a few in that direction. And if you are running Windows 7 at school, at home, at some other place test yourself as well. From the announcement:

New Windows 7 Track on Microsoft’s Certification Game!

Want to test your Window 7 savvy? Try the new Win 7 track on www.areyoucertifiable.com. Who knows…maybe you’ll learn something!

You may be a Tech Whiz…but ‘Are You Certifiable?’

Test your technical prowess against other IT Professionals and Developers from around the world.  Show them who’s in command and fight for your right to stay in the coveted top spot on the leaderboard!

Don’t delay…hundreds of questions await you along with the new Windows 7 track! www.areyoucertifiable.com

Windows 7 Track launches on “Are You Certifiable?”

Pit your technology acumen against other IT Professionals & Developers from around the world in a battle for bragging rights and leader board domination! Don’t delay…new Windows 7 track just launched! Test your tech IQ and to find out: Are YOU Certifiable?!? www.areyoucertifiable.com

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Its out, its live! Eric Nelson and David Gristwood, in our all new Monthly Azure podcast.

We discuss the work of Microsoft UK around Azure, along with a 15 minute interview with Azure early adopter Active Web Solutions who make great use of Windows Azure and AppFabric.

Full show notes and an article on the same topic can be found at http://bit.ly/msdnpodcast020

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Its out, its live! Eric Nelson and I, in our all new Monthly Azure podcast.

Eric and I discuss the work of Microsoft UK around Azure, along with a 15 minute interview with Azure early adopter Active Web Solutions who make great use of Windows Azure and AppFabric.

Full show notes and an article on the same topic can be found at http://bit.ly/msdnpodcast020

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