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Last post I talked about finding out that [what I've been doing has a name](https://thesaltykorean.com/building/ai/development/2026/03/03/specdrivendevelopment.html). Specdriven development. Heeki Par…
Specdriven development. Who knew that was a thing? I did, apparently — I just didn't know what to call it. Turns out I've been doing it this whole time, building a whole methodology around it, and all…
While using VSTS, one of the most common questions is how to code sign your application. It’s extremely problematic, because there’s no easy way to import a PFX with a password. Step 1: Add a PowerShe…
(This was originally posted on 01/09/2016 on another site and has been moved here) Yesterday I spent over an hour with John Huang ([Azure SQL Data Warehouse](https://azure.microsoft.com/enus/services/…
Here are Harvest, we’re proud of our partnerships. Last year we were fortunate to help Walmart International bring in Rob Collie who wrote the book on [PowerPivot](https://support.office.com/enus/arti…
[DAX](https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/677.powerbidataanalysisexpressionsdaxlanguage.aspx) is Microsoft’s powerful language behind Excel and [Power BI](https://powerbi.micro…
Recently while cleaning up a bunch of old hard drives and getting ready to sell / give them away, I found a ton of old photos. Unfortunately I found that many of them had the same file names and weren…
Now that the blog is officially announced and released, I thought I’d show you a quick tip in how we were able to update our main website through continuous integration and continuous deployment. Sinc…
Now that the blog is officially announced and released, I thought I'd show you a quick tip in how we were able to update our main website through continuous integration and continuous deployment. Sinc…
Normally April 1st is filled full of practical jokes and funny stuff with Google being the most notorious about the scams they try to pull. This year Google tried to trick us into believing a new prod…
As most of you know, Microsoft gives MVP awardees access to some great benefits. I’ll admit, this is the first time I’ve used it to have access to something fun and nonwork related. While I only had t…
[http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/enus/lightswitch](http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/enus/lightswitch "http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/enus/lightswitch") Finally, I can blog about this…
I made a mental note from earlier in the year. Microsoft literally buys computers by the truckload. From what I understand, it’s a typical practice amongst large software vendors. You plug a few wires…
Here’s another one of my tools in my toolset for deploying software. I’ve used their product for several years with great success. They make use of a PlugIn and web model. So if your software requires…
The Back Story: As a Microsoft MVP awardee, one of the many benefits is free software, books, and various products. Some of the producers/manufacturers ask for reviews in exchange, others just ask for…
I’m proud to announce that two Microsoft employees, Sarika Calla and Kevin Halverson, who works on the Visual Studio Product Team will be visiting various User Groups and Companies in Arkansas and Tex…
I was asked today about how much data an average Retail Link analyst (Walmart vendor) would consume. I thought I would write this small post for future reference. Of course this vastly depends on the …
The catch? Attend the [Ozarks .Net User Group](http://www.odnug.org/) meeting on April 1st. Here’s a list of the other prizes for the event GRAND PRIZE1 iPad (WiFi 16GB) THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS 6 Teler…
I love it when someone else writes up my blog postings for me! Microsoft BizSpark is a global program designed to help accelerate the success of early stage startups. By joining BizSpark, Startups get…
Just received an email that as of Nov 23, 2008 (below), Microsoft will no longer be marketing Windows Live OneCare. It’s unknown what that means, other than them closing the affiliate program (where m…
I occasionally receive letters sent out to the Industry Executives from the top dogs at Microsoft. Here’s the one I just received outlining their newest initiative called Windows Azure, which was just…
Exactly two months ago Microsoft sent me an email introducing it's new branding called "[Microsoft Advertising](http://advertising.microsoft.com/)" (note that the page is presently erroring out). Pers…
Over the past year, Microsoft has broadly touted their partnership with NBC and the video feeds they will provide for the Olympics. So on July 4th, I sat back and while watching their TV broadcast and…
You might want to skip this first paragraph if you are just looking for the RegEx Tools portion. I still find it amazing how the web can create an online social innernetworking that bobs and weaves an…
I've recently come into several Certification Exam Vouchers and have decided to host a giveaway. Just post a comment to the blog, and I'll randomly select a winner. All entries must be in by June 30th…
I've been working with config files for quite some time. I was recently reminded that I needed to finish my original article and share my final findings on my personal best practices for working with …
For those that want your website to render correctly on IE8, the recent newsletter gave a great example for enforcing IE7 compatibility via a Meta tag. (You can see the new IE logo above) Per Site Bas…
While I love Microsoft's developer products, adCenter (Microsoft's search advertising / pay per click) makes me want to hide in shame. See the email I received below. I completely understand the desir…
I have vastly been neglecting my blogging. So as not to be outdone by [Chris Koenig](http://blogs.msdn.com/chkoenig) .... I was able to meetup with the organizers of the event, Jason Pluenneke, Curt W…
Ok, so my announcement is 6 days late. I'm proud to announce that I received the coveted Microsoft MVP award for Visual Basic (currently the only MVP in Arkansas). I'd first like to thank the Academy …
I had come across an article where you can use the following line to read custom section settings from your config file (where SectionName is the name of your section) in .Net. NameValueCollection myD…
Summary: This white paper presents general information, best practices, and tips for designing charts within Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services reports. It provides an overview of some Reporting …
If you're interested in joining Microsoft's beta program for games, you'll be interested in the following email I received. We are gearing up for a year of great betas. To prepare for these upcoming b…
It's hard to believe that SQL injection is still an issue. My friend Zain Naboulsi gave us a great overview of basic security hacks and how to defend against them at our last MSDN Express event. I rec…
After presenting at the [Tulsa SQL Server SIG](http://www.tulsasql.com/) I received the following question: According to all the blogs if you install SSRS on a web server it still burns up another SQL…
Excellent times ... [](http://gwb.blob.core.windows.net/rwalker/Windows…
I ran across an ad today that linked me to where DevExpress is giving away over 40 controls for free. I'm a big fan of two of their products (which unfortunately aren't free), CodeRush and their Excel…
I found this nugget of a tool today. I haven't tried it out yet, but it sounds like one terrific tool. [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8C0F970EC6534C159E516A6CADFCA363&displa…
[Participate in Live, Virtual, or Hosted Events](http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8405375) I received this today via email. You will eventually be able to watch the keynote and other speakers at the of…
As of March 1st, 2008 Microsoft will force you to use the new way to access your MSDN subscription. This is terrific news! Since I have 3 people access MSDN from remote locations (out of my 5 user lic…
For those interested in hearing me speak (or avoiding me altogether ;) I will be speaking at the Tulsa SQL Server Group on March 17th, 2008 and at the Little Rock TechExpo on March 27th, 2008\. [Tulsa…
I received an email (copied below) about Microsoft ending the paid referrals to new subscribers of adCenter. I find this extremely perplexing because of Google's dominance in this area, plus Microsoft…
Great video by Will DePalo on how to securely communicate by digitally signing xml messages. Originally found on [MSDN](http://msdn2.microsoft.com/enus/security/cc178917.aspx). [How Do I: Add Security…
This video will show you how to add Silverlight capabilities to your website. It first shows you via notepad and then via Microsoft Expression Blend software, which was explicitly developed to make Si…
[Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008](http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8215433) Microsoft released a free PowerToy for VS2008. The Source Outliner PowerToy is a Visual Studio 2008 exte…
Microsoft is offering the following free webinars for Microsoft Partners: Web Seminar 1: [Web Development on the Microsoft Platform](http://r.email.microsoft.com/r?2.1.Gb.BJ.1LYWAa.CEdQh4..N.DgxK.21JO…
Microsoft is on their 2nd Small Business Show which features "Solutions for Entrepreneurs". You can view the show [here](http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/show/). I thought it was interesting tha…
Here are some more FREE Partner Partner Training Labs: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Virtual Training (6 parts) [What's New in SQL Server 2008 for Database Administrators](http://r.email.microsoft.com/r/r…
We've scheduled the next MSDN Express event to take place on February 27th, from 1pm5pm. [Zain Naboulsi](http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab) (our MSDN Evangelist) will be presenting topics TBA. Location wi…
This past weekend seems like a dream. That's probably because it was a sleep deprived coding marathon of epic proportions. Some getting more sleep than others. Of course it didn't help that I didn't g…
Thanks to [Josh Ambrose Little](http://dotnettemplar.net) for pointing out that [Scott Guthrie](http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/) has blogged about [how to debug into the .Net Framework Library in Visu…
I'm impressed by the fact that they used Silverlight to highlight Bill Gates keynote and Microsoft at CES. Note that the intro is a bit long before they actually let him speak. If you'll notice at the…
Please come join us at the Charity event "We Are Microsoft". Throughout the weekend, starting this Friday, we will be working on charity software development. Right now [Mark Leon Watson](http://www.m…
As I've mentioned countless number of times, one of the best benefits of the [Partner Program](http://partner.microsoft.com "Microsoft Partner Program") is training. In this case it's free training. T…
Just received information that details the changes of the Microsoft Satisfaction Index. This was one of the easiest ways to buildup Partner points and also receive information from your customers via …
This was originally posted at [http://www.mysoftwarestartup.com](http://www.mysoftwarestartup.com/blogs/general/archive/2007/12/16/freeampdiscountedlogotestingforwindowsserver2008certifications.aspx "…
I've always been a big fan of <span class="skimlinksunlinked"AHASoft.com</span products. I recently received an email telling me that for Christmas I could choose 2 free icons for being registered on …
It's easy to create an application that uses the NotifyIcon control, you simply add the control to your windows form. There are even code examples out there that show how to add a Notify Icon through …
I was very pleasantly surprised when I got this popup while looking for some Vista Power Tools. Low and behold, it does actually use it, however I didn't see anything impressive about their implementa…
As part of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Certification program, the Microsoft Partner Program is offering $150 credit to the first 5000 partners who sign up. You can find out more here: [https://m…
On December 4th, the first inaugural MSDN Express event was a resounding success. We had around 17 in attendance and learned a lot about some of Microsoft's new technologies. A big thank you goes out …
I received this in the Microsoft Partner eNewsletter: [Save 50% on a Partner Telesales Service Campaign](http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7912597) Are you a Gold or Certified ISV partner with an applic…
Microsoft has again offered their Second Shot program. They do it pretty often so keep an eye out. The details of the program are to register on their website before taking your exam. Once you take th…
The MSDN Flash eNewsletter has been updated with a reorganization of the way it is laid out. One of the most surprising things was a familiar mug at the top of the page featuring Zain Naboulsi, our MS…
The Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit includes presentations, handson labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2008 features an…