Developing for Office

More than a billion people across the globe use Office applications to get things done. But Office is more than just a great set of productivity tools. It’s also a great platform for app developers to use to extend their app features and reach new users. Whether it’s making it easier for existing users to…

How to move MySql database from AWS RDS to Azure

There are several ways to take mysql backups as shown at Mysql Backup and Recovery. In this post I have shown AWS RDS mysql backup using mysqldump utility. This may not be the ideal way when you want to move very large databases. We need to first have machine where we can execute the mysqldump…

Get Groupmembers’ Memberships

Many of the times, you might need to search the entire forest for a particular set of users, which are of course part of a security group for their group memberships. Here is a quick attempt to create a CSV file out of it. The script picks each member of the group in the parameter…

Family Notes: A UWP Sample App (Ink, Voice, Face recognition)

Family Notes is a UWP sample app that demonstrates many Windows 10 technologies. Features: Speech recognition and speech synthesis by using the SpeechRecognizer and SpeechSynthesizer classes. User detection using the MediaCapture and FaceDetectionEffect classes. User facial recognition using the Microsoft Face API. Activation through Cortana voice commands, defined in VoiceCommands.xml (a VCD file), using VoiceCommands…

Troubleshooting Retrieving Certificates in Azure App Services

You can upload and use Certificates securely in your Azure App Service (Azure Web App, Azure Mobile App etc… ).  If you are having trouble, here are some basic troubleshooting steps. Example error: ”cannot find certificate with thumbprint” Is your certificate loaded in your Resource Group?  You can search for the thumbprint using the Azure…

When you install an updated Visual C++ 2013 redistributable package, binaries for non-target architectures are removed

There is a known issue with Update for Visual C++ 2013 package: When you install an updated Visual C++ 2013 redistributable package, binaries for non-target architectures are removed. For example, after you install an update for an x86-based application, the x64 Visual C++ 2013 runtime libraries are missing. If you install the “Visual C++ Redistributable…

Application Lifecycle Management ‘ALM’ & Developer Operations ‘DevOps’ with Visual Studio Event!

  There are numerous dates and locations for you to choose from throughout the UK, simply click on the event of your choice below to secure your ticket. Full Day EventThe event will run from 9.30am – 4.30pm. It will take you through the end-to-end application lifecycle with Microsoft tooling, taking an application from requirements,…

The week in .NET – 5/3/2016

To read last week’s post, see The week in .NET – 4/27/2016. Evolve conference Xamarin Evolve, the largest cross-platform mobile event in the world, happened last week. The .NET team was there to celebrate all things Xamarin with our good friends, and now colleagues. All the sessions can be watched on YouTube, with an incredible…