A few tips to get up and running with the Azure AppFabric Access Contr(fabriccontroller.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 6 months, 25 days ago

If you plan to use the Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) you might bump into some challenges to get everything working correctly. Let me give you an overview of issues that might arise and how you can quickly solve them. read more...

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Belgian eID and .NET - Part 3: Using the eID in Dynamics CRM 2011(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 8 months, 7 days ago

Dynamics CRM 2011 allows you to manage all kinds of data (xRM) but when you start working with actual people it might come in handy to work with eID cards. Especially in healthcare, education, ... where the end user has to work with a lot of people during the day. Instead of manually entering the data over and over again you could use the eID card to automate this process. That's what we'll build today! read more...

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Azure AppFabric ACS - Logon failed due to server configuration(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year ago

While I was playing around with Azure AppFabric ACS I got the following error: Error message 401.2: Unauthorized: Logon failed due to server configuration. Verify that you have permission to view this directory or page based on the credentials you supplied and the authentication methods enabled on the Web server. Contact the Web server's administrator for additional assistance. read more...

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Federated Authentication with Azure AppFabric ACS v2.0: Part 1 - Setup(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 1 month ago

Yesterday and today I've been teaching the Azure introduction training for MIC Belgium. Even though Azure AppFabric ACS wasn't part of this course it was a hot topic. I showed a demo and we did a small exercise all together, but I promised to create a detailed guide that allows you to create your own applications using federated authentication. read more...

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Belgian eID and .NET - Part 2: Modify the middleware(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 1 month ago

In my previous post I talked about how you could build the eID middleware and create a sample application that uses the eID. When you start an application that uses the middleware you'll see the following confirmation dialog that asks the user for permission to access the card. An end user wouldn't want this dialog to pop up all the time while working with eID cards. But since we have the sources we can modify the middleware and suppress the confirmation dialog. Let's get started! read more...

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Belgian eID and .NET - Part 1: Getting Started(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 1 month ago

This article shows how you can get started with the Belgian eID: how you can build the project and create a sample application. read more...

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SharePoint 2010 Ribbon customizations not working as expected(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 2 months ago

Customizing the SharePoint 2010 isn't a walk in the park. Working with the XML files using CustomActions, CommandUIExtensions, CommandUIDefinitions, ... can get a little annoying after a while, especially if you're re-deploying your feature after each change. While customizing the ribbon today I encountered a very frustrating problem with the ribbon customizations. For each change I made in the Elements.xml and deployed to SharePoint it was as if I didn't change a thing. After numerous attempts I even decided to throw away my customizations and use some I found on the web (from Chris O'Brien) for example. read more...

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TechDays Belgium 2011: Follow the speakers!(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 2 months ago

This year's TechDays is filled with big names and great sessions. When you're preparing for the event (choosing which session to go to etc...) you might want to discover some of the speakers. And during the event those speakers will probably be active on twitter. That's why I created a list of all speakers with their blogs, rss feeds and twitter accounts: read more...

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Early binding tips and tricks for Dynamics CRM 2011(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 3 months ago

When you're working with Dynamics CRM 2011 and you need to write plugins or other kinds of integration with .NET code you should make use of early binding. This gives you a context that contains a typed .NET representation of all your entities, relations, ... The fact that you have a 1 on 1 representation of all your entities and relations has a lot of advantages: •You no longer have to work with magic strings when accessing attributes •Every property is typed the correct way. No need to cast attribute values anymore. •When entities or attributes are removed, renamed, ... and you update your context your code won't build and you can fix each problem immediately. No more runtime errors. •Less bugs •Less manual work •... read more...

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DbProviderFactoryRepository: Managing DbProviderFactories in code(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 3 months ago

After creating a small console application with LINQ to SQL and SQL CE 3.5 all worked fine. Based on the How to: Deploy a SQL Server Compact Edition Database with an Application article on MSDN I deployed this small application to Windows XP running on a Virtual Machine with only a few Service Packs installed. Running the application raised an InvalidOperationException: Cannot open 'TestDatabase.sdf'. Provider 'System.Data.SqlServerCe.3.5' not installed. When working with LINQ to SQL it wasn't sufficient to deploy the assemblies to the applciation folder, the application also required a provider for SQL Server CE. After a quick search I found the following topic on the MSDN forum: Can I XCopy SQL CE 3.5? yes and no, see message. In this topic someone described how you can create the provider using the App.config read more...

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CRM 2011 launch: Video of our WP7 demo application(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 4 months ago

This video shows a demo application we created for Windows Phone 7 and it uses Windows Azure to connect to Dynamics CRM 2011 Online. The reason why we used Windows Azure was simple, when you're working with a mobile platform you have to consider data transfer and local resources. In the application you have features like finding the closest contacts or calculating a route to a contact. All these calculations happen in the cloud and only the relevant results are sent over to the phone. read more...

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Azure Remote Desktop: "An error occurred while loading from file *.rdp(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 4 months ago

I tried unlocking the file since it came from the internet (Right click, Properties) and renaming the file to a shorter name but nothing seemed to help. Google didn't return many results on this error except for the following thread: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsazuremanagement/thread/84d8df56-1e2e-490d-a293-21a5fbc5b772 In this thread Allen Chen stated that you had to rename the role instance to something less than 28 characters. Even though the name of my role was only 24 characters I made it shorter and yes... Remote Desktop worked! So to make this work you'll need to rename the project(s) that you linked to the Azure project in Visual Studio 2010. read more...

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My article in MSDN Magazine: Using MEF to Expose Interfaces in Your Si(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 4 months ago

After patiently waiting through the editing process my article finally got published in MSDN Magazine and Visual Studio Magazine. I had the chance to write a long article on integrating MVVM with Silverlight Navigation (Frames) using MEF. read more...

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Cracking a Microsoft contest or why Silverlight-WCF security is import(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 5 months ago

Now there I was playing the game while I was debugging an application with Fiddler when I noticed something... the Silverlight was communicating with a WCF service. Nothing special here, were it not for the fact that after some time I was able to access the list of all high scores, insert my own highscore (which could make me win a Windows Phone or a laptop), ... After doing a few tests I notified Microsoft Belgium, but I guess someone already took advantage of this 'exploit'. The top score is someone who solved the puzzle in a little over 2 sec... sure! Even if you tweak your mouse and have loads of luck it's not possible to drag the 4 balls that quickly. But this is as much the fault of the people who cheated as it is the fault of the people who created this game. read more...

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Slide deck for my session at Belgian Dynamics Community Day(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 5 months ago

Last week I got the opportunity to speak at the Belgian Dynamics Community Connection Day: The Inevitable Cloud 19:30 - 21:00 CRM track - Integrating CRM Online and ERP systems using Windows Azure RealDolmen As of January 2011, Microsoft Dynamics CRM will also be available as a SAAS solution. Organizations are ever more attracted to moving out a vast series of business applications to the cloud. This trend however introduces a new level of complexity when it comes to systems integration. This session will give you step by step guidance on how to integrate an on premise ERP application with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online using the Windows Azure Service Bus. The live demo with Windows Phone 7, Azure AppFabric and CRM Online turned this into a fun session where everything actually worked like we wanted. read more...

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Important event: Cloud Applications with Windows Azure Jump Start(sandrinodimattia.net)

submitted by sandrino(270) 1 year, 5 months ago

After the Silverlight Firestarter online event now it's time for Azure... Microsoft is organizing a 3-day online event on 15-17 december with a single focus: Azure. The teachers: •David S. Platt: http://www.rollthunder.com/ •Manu Cohen-Yasher: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/applisec/ Day 1 (Sign up): Windows Azure Overview Introduction to Compute Windows Azure Lifecycle | Part 1 Windows Azure Lifecycle | Part 2 Day 2 (Sign up): Windows Azure Storage | Part 1 Windows Azure Storage | Part 2 Introduction to SQL Azure Windows Azure Diagnostics Day 3 (Sign up): Windows Azure Security | Part 1 Windows Azure Security | Part 2 Scalability, Caching & Elasticity ASP.NET Hands-On Lab Walkthrough I just hope these sessions will also cover the new Azure features! read more...

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