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  • The ASP.NET Daily Community Spotlight - How posts get there, and how to make it your Visual Studio Start Page

    - by Jon Galloway
    One really cool part of my job is selecting the articles for the Daily Community Spotlight, on the home page of the ASP.NET website. The spotlight highlights a new post about ASP.NET development every day from a member of the ASP.NET community. You can find it on the home page of the ASP.NET site, at http://asp.net These posts aren't automatically drawn from a pool of RSS feeds or anything - I pick a new post for each day of the year. How I pick the posts I have a few important selection criteria: Interesting to well rounded ASP.NET developers The ASP.NET website has a lot of material for all skill and experience levels, from download / get started to advanced. I try to select community spotlight posts to round that out with fresh and timely information that working ASP.NET developers can really use. Posts highlight solutions to common problems, clever projects and code that helps you leverage ASP.NET, and important announcements about things you can use today. As part of that, I try to mix between ASP.NET MVC, Web Forms, and Web Pages (a.k.a. WebMatrix). As a professional developer, I want to keep on top of all of my options for ASP.NET development, and the common platform base they all share generally means that good ASP.NET code is good ASP.NET code. Exposing new and non-Microsoft community members as much as possible The exercise of selecting good ASP.NET community posts every day of the year has made me think about what the community is. Given the choice, I'll always favor non-Microsoft employees, but since Microsoft often hires ASP.NET community members and MVP's (myself included), I really think that the ASP.NET community includes developers who are using and writing about ASP.NET, both inside and outside of Microsoft. I'm especially excited about the opportunity to highlight new and lesser known bloggers. Usually being featured on the ASP.NET Community Spotlight gives a pretty good traffic bump, and I love being able to both provide great content to the community and encourage lesser known community members by giving them some (much deserved) attention. Announcements only when they're useful to working developers - not marketing Some of the posts are announcements about new releases, such as Scott Hanselman's post on ASP.NET Universal Providers for Session, Memebership, and Roles. I include those when I think they're interesting and of immediate use to you on projects. I occasionally get asked to link to new content from a team at Microsoft; if it's useful and timely content I'll ask them to point me to a blog post by an actual person rather than a faceless team. How the posts are managed This feed used to be managed by an internal spreadsheet on a Sharepoint site, which was painful for a lot of reasons. I took a cue from Jon Udell, who uses of a public Delicious feed feed for his Elm City project, and we moved the management of these posts over to a Delicious feed as well. You can hear more about Jon's use of Delicious in Elm City in our Herding Code interview - still one of my favorite interviews. We ended up with a simpler scenario, but Note: I watched the Yahoo/Delicious news over the past year and was happy to see that Delicious was recently acquired by the founders of YouTube. I investigated several other Delicious competitors, but am happy with Delicious for now. My Delicious feed here: http://www.delicious.com/jon_galloway You can also browse through this past year's ASP.NET Community Spotlight posts using the (pretty cool) Delicious Browse Bar Submitting articles I'm always on the lookout for new articles to feature. The best way to get them to me is to share them via Delicious. It's pretty easy - sign up for an account, then you can add a post and share it to me. Alternatively, you can send them to me via Twitter (@jongalloway) or e-mail (). If you do e-mail me, it helps to include a short description and your full name so I can credit you. Way too many developer blogs don't include names and pictures; if I can't find them I can't feature the post. Subscribing to the Community Spotlight feed The Community Spotlight is available as an RSS feed, so you might want to subscribe to it: http://www.asp.net/rss/spotlight Setting the ASP.NET Community Spotlight feed as your Visual Studio start page If you're an ASP.NET developer, you might consider setting the ASP.NET Community Spotlight as the content for your Visual Studio Start Page. It's really easy - here's how to do it in Visual Studio 2010: Display the Visual Studio Start Page if it's not already showing (View / Start Page) Click on the Latest News tab and enter the following RSS URL: http://www.asp.net/rss/spotlight If you didn't previously have RSS feeds enabled for your start page, click the Enable RSS Feed button Now, every time you start up Visual Studio you'll see great content from members of the ASP.NET community: You can also configure - and disable, if you'd like - the Visual Studio start page in the Tools / Options / Environment / Startup dialog. Credits I'll do a follow-up highlighting some places I commonly find great content for the feed, but I'd like to specifically point out two of them: Elijah Manor posts a lot of great content, which is available in his Twitter feed at @elijahmanor, on his Delicious feed, and on a dedicated website - Web Dev Tweets Chris Alcock's The Morning Brew is a must-read blog which highlights each day's best blog posts across the .NET community. He's an absolute machine, and no matter how obscure the post I find, I can guarantee he'll find it as well if he hasn't already. Did I say must read?

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  • Use Advanced Font Ligatures in Office 2010

    - by Matthew Guay
    Fonts can help your documents stand out and be easier to read, and Office 2010 helps you take your fonts even further with support for OpenType ligatures, stylistic sets, and more.  Here’s a quick look at these new font features in Office 2010. Introduction Starting with Windows 7, Microsoft has made an effort to support more advanced font features across their products.  Windows 7 includes support for advanced OpenType font features and laid the groundwork for advanced font support in programs with the new DirectWrite subsystem.  It also includes the new font Gabriola, which includes an incredible number of beautiful stylistic sets and ligatures. Now, with the upcoming release of Office 2010, Microsoft is bringing advanced typographical features to the Office programs we love.  This includes support for OpenType ligatures, stylistic sets, number forms, contextual alternative characters, and more.  These new features are available in Word, Outlook, and Publisher 2010, and work the same on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Please note that Windows does include several OpenType fonts that include these advanced features.  Calibri, Cambria, Constantia, and Corbel all include multiple number forms, while Consolas, Palatino Linotype, and Gabriola (Windows 7 only) include all the OpenType features.  And, of course, these new features will work great with any other OpenType fonts you have that contain advanced ligatures, stylistic sets, and number forms. Using advanced typography in Word To use the new font features, open a new document, select an OpenType font, and enter some text.  Here we have Word 2010 in Windows 7 with some random text in the Gabriola font.  Click the arrow on the bottom of the Font section of the ribbon to open the font properties. Alternately, select the text and click Font. Now, click on the Advanced tab to see the OpenType features. You can change the ligatures setting… Choose Proportional or Tabular number spacing… And even select Lining or Old-style number forms. Here’s a comparison of Lining and Old-style number forms in Word 2010 with the Calibri font. Finally, you can choose various Stylistic sets for your font.  The dialog always shows 20 styles, whether or not your font includes that many.  Most include only 1 or 2; Gabriola includes 6. Here’s lorem ipsum text, using the Gabriola font with Stylistic set 6. Impressive, huh?  The font ligatures change based on context, so they will automatically change as you are typing.  Watch the transition as we typed the word Microsoft in Word with Gabriola stylistic set 6. Here’s another example, showing the fi and tt ligatures in Calibri. These effects work great in Word 2010 in XP, too. And, since Outlook uses Word as it’s editing engine, you can use the same options in Outlook 2010.  Note that these font effects may not show up the same if the recipient’s email client doesn’t support advanced OpenType typography.  It will, of course, display perfectly if the recipient is using Outlook 2010. Using advanced typography in Publisher 2010 Publisher 2010 includes the same advanced font features.  This is especially nice for those using Publisher for professional layout and design.  Simply insert a text box, enter some text, select it, and click the arrow on the bottom of the font box as in Word to open the font properties. This font options dialog is actually more advanced than Word’s font options.  You can preview your font changes on sample text right in the properties box.  You can also choose to add or remove a swash from your characters.   Conclusion Advanced typographical effects are a welcome addition to Word and Publisher 2010, and they are very impressive when coupled with modern fonts such as Gabriola.  From designing elegant headers to using old-style numbers, these features are very useful and fun. Do you have a favorite OpenType font that includes advanced typographical features?  Let us know in the comments! More Reading Advances in typography in Windows 7 – Engineering 7 Blog New features in Microsoft Word 2010 Similar Articles Productive Geek Tips Change the Default Font in Excel 2007Ask the Readers: Do You Use a Laptop, Desktop, or Both?Keep Websites From Using Tiny Fonts in SafariAdd or Remove Apps from the Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010 SuiteFriday Fun: Desktop Tower Defense Pro TouchFreeze Alternative in AutoHotkey The Icy Undertow Desktop Windows Home Server – Backup to LAN The Clear & Clean Desktop Use This Bookmarklet to Easily Get Albums Use AutoHotkey to Assign a Hotkey to a Specific Window Latest Software Reviews Tinyhacker Random Tips Revo Uninstaller Pro Registry Mechanic 9 for Windows PC Tools Internet Security Suite 2010 PCmover Professional SpeedyFox Claims to Speed up your Firefox Beware Hover Kitties Test Drive Mobile Phones Online With TryPhone Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day, 3/23/10 New Stinger from McAfee Helps Remove ‘FakeAlert’ Threats Google Apps Marketplace: Tools & Services For Google Apps Users

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  • Create Chemistry Equations and Diagrams in Word

    - by Matthew Guay
    Microsoft Word is a great tool for formatting text, but what if you want to insert a chemistry formula or diagram?  Thanks to a new free add-in for Word, you can now insert high-quality chemistry formulas and diagrams directly from the Ribbon in Word. Microsoft’s new Education Labs has recently released the new Chemistry Add-in for Word 2007 and 2010.  This free download adds support for entering and editing chemistry symbols, diagrams, and formulas using the standard XML based Chemical Markup Language.  You can convert any chemical name, such as benzene, or formula, such as H2O, into a chemical diagram, standard name, or formula.  Whether you’re a professional chemist, just taking chemistry in school, or simply curious about the makeup of Citric Acid, this add-in is an exciting way to bring chemistry to your computer. This add-in works great on Word 2007 and 2010, including the 64 bit version of Word 2010.  Please note that the current version is still in beta, so only run it if you are comfortable running beta products. Getting Started Download the Chemistry add-in from Microsoft Education Labs (link below), and unzip the file.  Then, run the ChemistryAddinforWordBeta2.Setup.msi. It may inform you that you need to install the Visual Studio Tools for Office 3.0.  Simply click Yes to download these tools. This will open the download in your default browser.  Simply click run, or save and then run it when it is downloaded. Now, click next to install the Visual Studio Tools for Office as usual. When this is finished, run the ChemistryAddinforWordBeta2.Setup.msi again.  This time, you can easily install it with the default options. Once it’s finished installing, open Word to try out the Chemistry Add-in.  You will be asked if you want to install this customization, so click Install to enable it. Now you will have a new Chemistry tab in your Word ribbon.  Here’s the ribbon in Word 2010… And here it is in Word 2007.   Using the Chemistry Add-in It’s very easy to insert nice chemistry diagrams and formulas in Word with the Chemistry add-in.  You can quickly insert a premade diagram from the Chemistry Gallery: Or you can insert a formula from file.  Simply click “From File” and choose any Chemical Markup Language (.cml) formatted file to insert the chemical formula. You can also convert any chemical name to it’s chemical form.  Simply select the word, right-click, select “Convert to Chemistry Zone” and then click on its name. Now you can see the chemical form in the sidebar if you click the Chemistry Navigator button, and can choose to insert the diagram into the document.  Some chemicals will automatically convert to the diagram in the document, while others simply link to it in the sidebar.  Either way, you can display exactly what you want. You can also convert a chemical formula directly to it’s chemical diagram.  Here we entered H2O and converted it to Chemistry Zone: This directly converted it to the diagram directly in the document. You can click the Edit button on the top, and from there choose to either edit the 2D model of the chemical, or edit the labels. When you click Edit Labels, you may be asked which form you wish to display.  Here’s the options for potassium permanganate: You can then edit the names and formulas, and add or remove any you wish. If you choose to edit the chemical in 2D, you can even edit the individual atoms and change the chemical you’re diagramming.  This 2D editor has a lot of options, so you can get your chemical diagram to look just like you want. And, if you need any help or want to learn more about the Chemistry add-in and its features, simply click the help button in the Chemistry Ribbon.  This will open a Word document containing examples and explanations which can be helpful in mastering all the features of this add-in. All of this works perfectly, whether you’re running it in Word 2007 or 2010, 32 or 64 bit editions. Conclusion Whether you’re using chemistry formulas everyday or simply want to investigate a chemical makeup occasionally, this is a great way to do it with tools you already have on your computer.  It will also help make homework a bit easier if you’re struggling with it in high school or college. Links Download the Chemistry Add-in for Word Introducing Chemistry Add-in for Word – MSDN blogs Chemistry Markup Language – Wikipedia Similar Articles Productive Geek Tips Geek Reviews: Using Dia as a Free Replacement for Microsoft VisioEasily Summarize A Word 2007 DocumentCreate a Hyperlink in a Word 2007 Flow Chart and Hide Annoying ScreenTipsHow To Create and Publish Blog Posts in Word 2010 & 2007Using Word 2007 as a Blogging Tool TouchFreeze Alternative in AutoHotkey The Icy Undertow Desktop Windows Home Server – Backup to LAN The Clear & Clean Desktop Use This Bookmarklet to Easily Get Albums Use AutoHotkey to Assign a Hotkey to a Specific Window Latest Software Reviews Tinyhacker Random Tips Revo Uninstaller Pro Registry Mechanic 9 for Windows PC Tools Internet Security Suite 2010 PCmover Professional Windows 7 Easter Theme YoWindoW, a real time weather screensaver Optimize your computer the Microsoft way Stormpulse provides slick, real time weather data Geek Parents – Did you try Parental Controls in Windows 7? 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  • Backup options in SharePoint 2007

    - by sreejukg
    It is very important to make sure the server farm backup is taking properly, making sure that in case of any disaster, the administrator has the latest backup that can be used to restore. This articles addresses some of the options available for backup/restore in SharePoint 2007 Backup There are two options that can be utilized to take backup of SharePoint sites. Using SharePoint Central Administration website Using SharePoint central administration website, you can do backup/restore from user interface. Using central administration website you can back up the following · Server farm · Web application · Content databases Follow these steps to take backup of the server farm using central administration 1. Open Central administration website 2. Navigate to Operations -> Backup and Restore -> Perform a backup 3. Here you will have options to choose the item to back up. Select Farm (the top most item in the list) 4. Once you select the items to backup, click on “Continue to backup options” 5. Select “Full” as type of backup. 6. In the backup file location, enter the path where you need to store the backup. The path should be according to the UNC, for e.g. for c drive you may use \\server\c$\mybackupFolder 7. Click ok 8. Now you will be redirected to Backup and Restore Status page. This page shows the progress for the backup operation. You can use the refresh button to update the status of backup(this page will automatically refresh in every 30 seconds). Once completed you can find the files in the specified folder. Using STSADM website SharePoint comes with a STSADM command line tool. STSADM provides lot of administrative operations that can be performed on SharePoint 2007 sites. You can find STSADM command from the following location C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft shared\web server extensions\12\bin (You may change the drive letter according to your installation) STSADM provides a method for performing the Office SharePoint Server 2007 administration tasks at the command line or by using batch files or scripts. STSADM provides access to operations not available by using the Central Administration site The general syntax for STSADM is as follows STSADM -operation Operation Name –parameter1 value1 –parameter2 value2 ……….. Using STSADM you can back up the following · Server farm · Web application · Content databases To perform any STSADM, operation you need to be a member of administrators group. Follow these steps to take backup of SharePoint server farm using STSADM tool. Note: make sure you are logged in to the computer where central administration website is installed. 1. Open the Command prompt (You should run command prompt with administrator privileges) 2. Change the working directory to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft shared\web server extensions\12\bin 3. Enter the command, then press enter Stsadm –o backup -directory <UNC path> -backupmethod full 4. You will get success / failure message once the command finishes. How to schedule the backup There is no option to schedule a backup using central administration site. Also there is no operation provided by STSADM to automate the backup. The farm administrators need to take backup in regular intervals. To achieve this, you can write a batch file that includes STSADM command to take full backup of the server. This batch file can be scheduled using windows task scheduler to execute in certain intervals. Sample of the batch file 1. Open notepad(or any other text editor) 2. Enter the following commands @echo off echo =============================================================== echo Back up the farm to <C:\backup> echo =============================================================== cd %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN @echo off stsadm.exe -o backup -directory "<\backup>" -backupmethod full echo completed 3. Save the file with .bat extension You can schedule this batch file as you require. Other Options Using STSADM tool, you will be able to take backup for individual site collection. The syntax for this is stsadm -o backup -url <URL name for site collection> -filename <file name> [-overwrite] The explanations for the parameters are as follows. -url The url of the site collection you need to backup -filename The name of the backup file. E.g. c:\backup.bak -overwrite optional. Indicates if the filename specified exists, whether to overwrite or not. If you are creating the batch file for scheduling the backup for a site collection, you may need to specify the backup filename automatically created. It is an option that you can generate the filename with date so that you can keep backup for each day. e.g. The following commands can be utilized create a site collection backup. @echo off echo =============================================================== echo Back up the farm to <C:\backup> echo =============================================================== echo =============================================================== echo getting todays date to a variable echo =============================================================== @For /F "tokens=1,2,3 delims=/ " %%A in (‘Date /t’) do @( Set Day=%%A Set Month=%%B Set Year=%%C Set todayDate=%%C%%B%%A ) cd %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN @echo off stsadm -o backup -url <sitecollection url> -filename \\ServerName\ShareName\Backup_%todayDate%.bak -overwrite echo completed To read more about backup STSADM operation, read this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263441.aspx

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  • What can a Service do on Windows?

    - by Akemi Iwaya
    If you open up Task Manager or Process Explorer on your system, you will see many services running. But how much of an impact can a service have on your system, especially if it is ‘corrupted’ by malware? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader Forivin wants to know how much impact a service can have on a Windows system, especially if it is ‘corrupted’ by malware: What kind malware/spyware could someone put into a service that does not have its own process on Windows? I mean services that use svchost.exe for example, like this: Could a service spy on my keyboard input? Take screenshots? Send and/or receive data over the internet? Infect other processes or files? Delete files? Kill processes? How much impact could a service have on a Windows installation? Are there any limits to what a malware ‘corrupted’ service could do? The Answer SuperUser contributor Keltari has the answer for us: What is a service? A service is an application, no more, no less. The advantage is that a service can run without a user session. This allows things like databases, backups, the ability to login, etc. to run when needed and without a user logged in. What is svchost? According to Microsoft: “svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries”. Could we have that in English please? Some time ago, Microsoft started moving all of the functionality from internal Windows services into .dll files instead of .exe files. From a programming perspective, this makes more sense for reusability…but the problem is that you can not launch a .dll file directly from Windows, it has to be loaded up from a running executable (exe). Thus the svchost.exe process was born. So, essentially a service which uses svchost is just calling a .dll and can do pretty much anything with the right credentials and/or permissions. If I remember correctly, there are viruses and other malware that do hide behind the svchost process, or name the executable svchost.exe to avoid detection. Have something to add to the explanation? Sound off in the comments. Want to read more answers from other tech-savvy Stack Exchange users? Check out the full discussion thread here.

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  • josso newbie setup problems - can't use tomcat's manager page

    - by opensas
    I'm trying to setup josso on an apache tomcat server running on windows. I've installed Apache Tomcat/6.0.26 fro zip file to c:\tomcat then installed josso following the documentation at http://www.josso.org/confluence/display/JOSSO1/Quick+Start started tomcat with c:\tomcat\bin\startup.bat, and noticed the following warnings ADVERTENCIA: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Realm} Setting property ' debug' to '1' did not find a matching property. 21/03/2010 15:55:03 org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin ADVERTENCIA: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Valve} Setting prope rty 'appName' to 'josso' did not find a matching property. ... ADVERTENCIA: Unable to find required classes (javax.activation.DataHandler and j avax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart). Attachment support is disabled. ... ADVERTENCIA: Bean with key 'josso:type=SSOAuditManager' has been registered as a n MBean but has no exposed attributes or operations ... but then everything seems to work fine, the problem is I can no longer access http://localhost:8080/manager/html using user tomcat /tomcat, as configured in \conf\tomcat-users.xml (before installing josso it worked) I tried with tomcat/tomcatpwd as defined in \lib\josso-credentials.xml and even added tomcat and the manager role to \lib\josso-users.xml, with no luck... Is anybody having the same problem? how can I access tomcat's manager page? Thanks a lot saludos sas This is my config: C:\tomcat\bincatalina version Using CATALINA_BASE: "C:\tomcat" Using CATALINA_HOME: "C:\tomcat" Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: "C:\tomcat\temp" Using JRE_HOME: "c:\java" Using CLASSPATH: "C:\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar" Server version: Apache Tomcat/6.0.26 Server built: March 9 2010 1805 Server number: 6.0.26.0 OS Name: Windows XP OS Version: 5.1 Architecture: x86 JVM Version: 1.5.0_22-b03 JVM Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc ps: moreover, when shutting down, I get a couple of error like this GRAVE: A web application appears to have started a thread named [JOSSOAssertionM onitor] but has failed to stop it. This is very likely to create a memory leak. 21/03/2010 15:57:06 org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferences Threads and then tomcat's shutdown freezes at 21/03/2010 15:57:07 org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol destroy INFO: Parando Coyote AJP/1.3 en ajp-8009 ps: sorry for this lengthy question...

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  • Windows-mobile app won't run after being closed by Task Manager

    - by pithyless
    I've inherited some windows-mobile code that I've been bringing up-to-date. I've come across a weird bug, and I was hoping that even though a bit vague, maybe it will spark someone's memory: Running the app (which is basically a glorified Forms app with P/Invoke gps code), I switch to the task manager, and close the app via End Task. Seems to exit fine (no errors and disappears from Task Manager). Unfortunately, the app refuses to start a second time until I reboot the phone or reinstall the CAB. What's worse: this bug is reproducible on a HTC Diamond, but works fine (ie. can run again after EndTask) on an HTC HD2. The only thing I can think of is some kind of timing race between a Dispose() and the Task Manager. Any ideas? I'm also thinking of a workaround - I do have a working "Exit Application" routine that correctly cleans up the app; can I catch the EndTask event in the c# code in order to complete a proper cleanup? Maybe I'm just missing the pain point... all ideas welcome :)

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  • JPA - Performance with using multiple entity manager

    - by Nguyen Tuan Linh
    My situation is: The code is not mine I have two kinds of database: one is Dad, one is Son. In Dad, I have a table to store JNDI name. I will look up Dad using JNDI, create entity manager, and retrieve this table. From these retrieved JNDI names, I will create multiple entity managers using multiple Son databases. The problem is: Son have thousands of entities. It takes each Son database around 10 minutes to load all entities. If there is 4 Son databases, it will be 40 minutes. My question: Is there any way to load all entities and use them for all entity manager? Please look at the code below For each Son JNDI: Map<String, String> puSonProperties = new HashMap<String, String>(); puSonProperties.put("javax.persistence.jtaDataSource", sonJndi); EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("PUSon", puSonProperties); PUSon - All of them use the same persistence unit log.info("Verify entity manager for son: {0} - {1}", sonCode, emSon.find(Son_configuration.class, 0) != null ? "ok" : "failed!"); This is the actual code where the loading of all entities begins. 10 mins.

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  • Microsoft Business Intelligence Seminar 2011

    - by DavidWimbush
    I was lucky enough to attend the maiden presentation of this at Microsoft Reading yesterday. It was pretty gripping stuff not only because of what was said but also because of what could only be hinted at. Here's what I took away from the day. (Disclaimer: I'm not a BI guru, just a reasonably experienced BI developer, so I may have misunderstood or misinterpreted a few things. Particularly when so much of the talk was about the vision and subtle hints of what is coming. Please comment if you think I've got anything wrong. I'm also not going to even try to cover Master Data Services as I struggled to imagine how you would actually use it.) I was a bit worried when I learned that the whole day was going to be presented by one guy but Rafal Lukawiecki is a very engaging speaker. He's going to be presenting this about 20 times around the world over the coming months. If you get a chance to hear him speak, I say go for it. No doubt some of the hints will become clearer as Denali gets closer to RTM. Firstly, things are definitely happening in the SQL Server Reporting and BI world. Traditionally IT would build a data warehouse, then cubes on top of that, and then publish them in a structured and controlled way. But, just as with many IT projects in general, by the time it's finished the business has moved on and the system no longer meets their requirements. This not sustainable and something more agile is needed but there has to be some control. Apparently we're going to be hearing the catchphrase 'Balancing agility with control' a lot. More users want more access to more data. Can they define what they want? Of course not, but they'll recognise it when they see it. It's estimated that only 28% of potential BI users have meaningful access to the data they need, so there is a real pent-up demand. The answer looks like: give them some self-service tools so they can experiment and see what works, and then IT can help to support the results. It's estimated that 32% of Excel users are comfortable with its analysis tools such as pivot tables. It's the power user's preferred tool. Why fight it? That's why PowerPivot is an Excel add-in and that's why they released a Data Mining add-in for it as well. It does appear that the strategy is going to be to use Reporting Services (in SharePoint mode), PowerPivot, and possibly something new (smiles and hints but no details) to create reports and explore data. Everything will be published and managed in SharePoint which gives users the ability to mash-up, share and socialise what they've found out. SharePoint also gives IT tools to understand what people are looking at and where to concentrate effort. If PowerPivot report X becomes widely used, it's time to check that it shows what they think it does and perhaps get it a bit more under central control. There was more SharePoint detail that went slightly over my head regarding where Excel Services and Excel Web Application fit in, the differences between them, and the suggestion that it is likely they will one day become one (but not in the immediate future). That basic pattern is set to be expanded upon by further exploiting Vertipaq (the columnar indexing engine that enables PowerPivot to store and process a lot of data fast and in a small memory footprint) to provide scalability 'from the desktop to the data centre', and some yet to be detailed advances in 'frictionless deployment' (part of which is about making the difference between local and the cloud pretty much irrelevant). Excel looks like becoming Microsoft's primary BI client. It already has: the ability to consume cubes strong visualisation tools slicers (which are part of Excel not PowerPivot) a data mining add-in PowerPivot A major hurdle for self-service BI is presenting the data in a consumable format. You can't just give users PowerPivot and a server with a copy of the OLTP database(s). Building cubes is labour intensive and doesn't always give the user what they need. This is where the BI Semantic Model (BISM) comes in. I gather it's a layer of metadata you define that can combine multiple data sources (and types of data source) into a clear 'interface' that users can work with. It comes with a new query language called DAX. SSAS cubes are unlikely to go away overnight because, with their pre-calculated results, they are still the most efficient way to work with really big data sets. A few other random titbits that came up: Reporting Services is going to get some good new stuff in Denali. Keep an eye on www.projectbotticelli.com for the slides. You can also view last year's seminar sessions which covered a lot of the same ground as far as the overall strategy is concerned. They plan to add more material as Denali's features are publicly exposed. Check out the PASS keynote address for a showing of Yahoo's SQL BI servers. Apparently they wheeled the rack out on stage still plugged in and running! Check out the Excel 2010 Data Mining Add-Ins. 32 bit only at present but 64 bit is on the way. There are lots of data sets, many of them free, at the Windows Azure Marketplace Data Market (where you can also get ESRI shape files). If you haven't already seen it, have a look at the Silverlight Pivot Viewer (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/06/29/silverlight-pivotviewer-now-available.aspx). The Bing Maps Data Connector is worth a look if you're into spatial stuff (http://www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/maps/archive/2010/07/13/data-connector-sql-server-2008-spatial-amp-bing-maps.aspx).  

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  • AbstractMethodError on org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl

    - by JBristow
    With the following code: private Document transformDoc(Source source) throws TransformerException, IOException { Transformer xslTransformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer(new StreamSource(pdfTransformXslt.getInputStream())); xslTransformer.setParameter("http://apache.org/xml/features/nonvalidating/load-external-dtd", false); xslTransformer.setParameter("http://xml.org/sax/features/validation", false); JDOMResult result = new JDOMResult(); xslTransformer.transform(source, result); return result.getDocument(); } I'm getting the following error: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl.setFeature(Ljava/lang/String;Z)V Why is this? Here's my Maven dependency tree: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Building mc-hub-batch task-segment: [dependency:tree] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snapshot com.billmelater:mc-test-support:2.0.0.11-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from repository.jboss.org [dependency:tree {execution: default-cli}] com.billmelater:mc-hub-batch:jar:2.0.0.11-SNAPSHOT +- com.billmelater:mc-hub-core:jar:2.0.0.11-SNAPSHOT:compile | +- commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.4:compile | +- commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2.1:compile | +- commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.8.0:compile | +- commons-digester:commons-digester:jar:2.0:compile | | +- (commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.8.0:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | \- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile - version managed from 1.0.4; omitted for duplicate) | \- (org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core:jar:2.0.2.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate) +- com.billmelater:mc-test-support:jar:2.0.0.11-SNAPSHOT:test | +- (com.billmelater:mc-hub-core:jar:2.0.0.11-SNAPSHOT:test - omitted for duplicate) | +- (org.springframework:spring:jar:2.5.6:test - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:2.5.6.SEC01:test | | +- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:test - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:2.5.6.SEC01:test - omitted for conflict with 2.5.6) | | +- (org.springframework:spring-context:jar:2.5.6.SEC01:test - omitted for conflict with 2.5.6) | | +- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:2.5.6.SEC01:test - omitted for conflict with 2.5.6) | | \- (org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:2.5.6.SEC01:test - omitted for conflict with 2.5.6) | +- (org.dbunit:dbunit:jar:2.4.5:test - omitted for duplicate) | +- (log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.15:test - omitted for duplicate) | +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6:compile - version managed from 1.5.8; scope updated from test; omitted for duplicate) | +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:jar:1.5.6:test - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.jboss.seam:jboss-seam:jar:2.2.0.GA:test | | +- xstream:xstream:jar:1.1.3:test | | +- (xpp3:xpp3_min:jar:1.1.3.4.O:compile - scope updated from test; omitted for duplicate) | | \- org.jboss.el:jboss-el:jar:1.0_02.CR4:test | +- (org.testng:testng:jar:jdk15:5.8:test - omitted for duplicate) | +- (org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:3.3.2.GA:test - version managed from 3.3.0.SP1; omitted for duplicate) | +- org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:jar:3.4.0.GA:test | | +- (org.hibernate:ejb3-persistence:jar:1.0.2.GA:test - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.hibernate:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:3.1.0.GA:test - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.hibernate:hibernate-annotations:jar:3.4.0.GA:test - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:3.3.2.GA:test - version managed from 3.3.0.SP1; omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6:test - version managed from 1.4.2; omitted for duplicate) | | +- (dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1-jboss:test - version managed from 1.6.1; omitted for duplicate) | | +- (javax.transaction:jta:jar:1.0.1B:test - version managed from 1.1; omitted for duplicate) | | \- javassist:javassist:jar:3.4.GA:test | +- (org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:jar:3.1.0.GA:test - omitted for duplicate) | +- (org.apache.velocity:velocity:jar:1.6.2:test - omitted for duplicate) | \- (ojdbc:ojdbc:jar:14:test - omitted for duplicate) +- org.springframework:spring:jar:2.5.6:compile +- org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core:jar:2.0.2.RELEASE:compile | +- org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-infrastructure:jar:2.0.2.RELEASE:compile | | +- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:2.5.6:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | \- (stax:stax:jar:1.2.0:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.aspectj:aspectjrt:jar:1.5.4:compile | +- org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:jar:1.5.4:compile | +- com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:jar:1.3:compile | | \- xpp3:xpp3_min:jar:1.1.4c:compile | +- org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:jar:1.0:compile | +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:2.5.6:compile | | +- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile | | +- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:2.5.6:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | \- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:2.5.6:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:2.5.6:compile | | +- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | \- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:2.5.6:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:2.5.6:compile | | +- (aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:2.5.6:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | \- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:2.5.6:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:2.5.6:compile | | \- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:2.5.6:compile | | +- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:2.5.6:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.springframework:spring-context:jar:2.5.6:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | \- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:2.5.6:compile - omitted for duplicate) | \- stax:stax:jar:1.2.0:compile | \- stax:stax-api:jar:1.0.1:compile +- commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:jar:1.2.2:compile | \- commons-pool:commons-pool:jar:1.3:compile +- org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:3.3.2.GA:compile | +- antlr:antlr:jar:2.7.7:compile (version managed from 2.7.6) | +- dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1-jboss:compile (version managed from 1.6.1) | +- javax.transaction:jta:jar:1.0.1B:compile (version managed from 1.1) | \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6:compile - version managed from 1.4.2; omitted for duplicate) +- org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:jar:3.1.0.GA:compile | +- (org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:3.3.2.GA:compile - version managed from 3.3.0.SP1; omitted for duplicate) | +- org.hibernate:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:3.1.0.GA:compile | | \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6:compile - version managed from 1.4.2; omitted for duplicate) | \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6:compile - version managed from 1.4.2; omitted for duplicate) +- org.hibernate:hibernate-annotations:jar:3.4.0.GA:compile | +- org.hibernate:ejb3-persistence:jar:1.0.2.GA:compile | +- (org.hibernate:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:3.1.0.GA:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- (org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:3.3.2.GA:compile - version managed from 3.3.0.SP1; omitted for duplicate) | +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6:compile - version managed from 1.4.2; omitted for duplicate) | \- (dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1-jboss:compile - version managed from 1.6.1; omitted for duplicate) +- ojdbc:ojdbc:jar:14:compile +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6:compile +- org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:jar:1.5.6:compile | \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6:compile - version managed from 1.4.2; omitted for duplicate) +- log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.15:compile +- org.apache.velocity:velocity:jar:1.6.2:compile | +- (commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2.1:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- (commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.4:compile - omitted for duplicate) | \- oro:oro:jar:2.0.8:compile +- org.testng:testng:jar:jdk15:5.8:test +- org.dbunit:dbunit:jar:2.4.5:test | +- junit:junit:jar:4.7:test (version managed from 3.8.2) | +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6:test - version managed from 1.4.2; omitted for duplicate) | \- (commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2.1:test - omitted for duplicate) +- hsqldb:hsqldb:jar:1.8.0.7:test +- jboss:javassist:jar:3.3.ga:provided +- org.jdom:jdom:jar:1.1:compile +- jaxen:jaxen:jar:1.1.1:provided +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:fop:jar:0.95:compile | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:xmlgraphics-commons:jar:1.3.1:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-svg-dom:jar:1.7:compile | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-svg-dom:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for cycle) | | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-anim:jar:1.7:compile | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-dom:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-ext:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | \- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-parser:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-css:jar:1.7:compile | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-ext:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | \- (xml-apis:xml-apis-ext:jar:1.3.04:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-dom:jar:1.7:compile | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-css:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-ext:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-xml:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | +- (xalan:xalan:jar:2.6.0:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | \- (xml-apis:xml-apis-ext:jar:1.3.04:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-ext:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-parser:jar:1.7:compile | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | \- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-xml:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile | | \- xml-apis:xml-apis-ext:jar:1.3.04:compile | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-bridge:jar:1.7:compile | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-anim:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-css:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-dom:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-ext:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-bridge:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for cycle) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-gvt:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-parser:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-bridge:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for cycle) | | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-script:jar:1.7:compile | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-svg-dom:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-xml:jar:1.7:compile | | | \- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- xalan:xalan:jar:2.6.0:compile | | \- (xml-apis:xml-apis-ext:jar:1.3.04:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:jar:1.7:compile | | \- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-gvt:jar:1.7:compile | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-gvt:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for cycle) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-bridge:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | \- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-transcoder:jar:1.7:compile | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-bridge:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-dom:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-gvt:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-svg-dom:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-svggen:jar:1.7:compile | | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | | \- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-xml:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | \- (xml-apis:xml-apis-ext:jar:1.3.04:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-extension:jar:1.7:compile | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-bridge:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-css:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-dom:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-ext:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-gvt:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-parser:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-svg-dom:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | +- (org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:jar:1.7:compile - omitted for duplicate) | | \- (xml-apis:xml-apis-ext:jar:1.3.04:compile - omitted for duplicate) | +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-ext:jar:1.7:compile | +- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile | +- commons-io:commons-io:jar:1.3.1:compile | \- org.apache.avalon.framework:avalon-framework-api:jar:4.3.1:compile +- org.apache.xmlgraphics:xmlgraphics-commons:jar:1.3.1:compile | +- (commons-io:commons-io:jar:1.3.1:compile - omitted for duplicate) | \- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile - version managed from 1.0.4; omitted for duplicate) +- org.easymock:easymock:jar:2.0:test \- org.easymock:easymockclassextension:jar:2.2:test +- (org.easymock:easymock:jar:2.2:test - omitted for conflict with 2.0) \- cglib:cglib-nodep:jar:2.2:test (version managed from 2.1_3) Can anyone tell me how to clear out intellij's classpath too?

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  • Delphi and Microsoft ATL security issue

    - by Jens Nordenbro
    My impression is that standard Delphi uses the Win32 API. Recently Microsoft has been communicating a problem regarding ATL that requires application developers to rebuild ATL-using applications after installing an update on their machines. Will this practice be the general case also for Delphi developers, or are they in the clear with the exception of Delphi code using third party ATL COM objects? Sources: Microsoft Security: Protect your computer from the Active Template Library (ATL) security vulnerability MSDN VC++ DevCenter: Active Template Library Security Update for Developers Microsoft Security Advisory (973882): Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) Could Allow Remote Code Execution Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-034 - Critical: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (972260) Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-035 - Moderate: Vulnerabilities in Visual Studio Active Template Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (969706)

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  • Integrating HP Systems Insight Manager into an existing environment

    - by ewwhite
    I'm working with an environment that spans multiple data centers/sites and consists primarily of HP ProLiant servers (G5-G7) running Linux. The mix is 30% RHEL/CentOS, the rest are Gentoo :(. I also have a few dozen virtual machines running back-office and Windows servers on VMWare ESX hosts. I run OpenNMS to pull SNMP data from the various server nodes and networking devices. While OpenNMS works wonderfully for up/down, thresholds and notifications, it's native handling of traps is a little rough and the graphs are not particularly pretty. I use Orca/RRD graphs for performance trending and nice graphs. I'm tasked with inventorying the environment and wanted to come up with a clean way to organize server information. Since my environment is mostly HP, I've been playing with HP Systems Insight Manager as a way to extract server data and to deploy HP health/monitoring packages and firmware. The Gentoo systems eventually have to be converted to CentOS, so getting a quick assessment of what hardware is where would be great. Although I've read through a few hundred pages of HP manuals, I'm having a difficult time understanding how to get HP SIM to do what I want, though. My main problems are: I have about 40 subnets to deal with; 98% connected with private lines to facilities across the globe. I don't want to initiate an HP SIM discovery only to pull back every piece of intermediate networking hardware and equipment from all of the locations. I'd like this to focus on the servers. I have OpenNMS configured to accept traps. I don't want HP SIM to duplicate that effort. It seems like the built-in software deployment tool wants to overwrite the trapsink parameters for the systems it encounters during discovery. I have about 10 administrative username/password combinations in use across this infrastructure. Is there a more efficient way to get HP SIM to do the discovery or break discovery into manageable chunks? In terms of general workflow, do people typically install the HP Management Agents during the initial OS deployment (e.g. kickstart post script) or afterwards from HP SIM? Is HP SIM too thick/fat to be an inventory tool? I can't tell if it's meant to be used standalone or alongside other monitoring products. Since the majority of the systems I'm trying to track are those running Gentoo (in order to plan the move to CentOS), is there any way for HP SIM to extract system model information from them ( like dmidecode)? I have systems here where I may have an SSH key established, but not direct user or login access. Is there a way for me to import an SSH private/public key pair into HP SIM to reach out to the servers that can't accept standard credentials? There are a handful of sites where I have inconsistent access or have a double-NAT situation. I may be able to poke a server, but it may not be able to find its way back to the management system. Is there a workaround for this? The certificate configuration for HP SIM seems complicated. What is the preferred setup for trust between systems? I'd also appreciate any notes or recommendations to using this product. Or if there's a better way to do this, I'd like to know.

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  • XCOPY-deploying Microsoft Sync Framework in a no admin rights scenario (i.e. ClickOnce install)

    - by Mike Bouck
    I'm currently designing a smart client app (WPF) which needs to operate in an "occasionally disconnected" mode. For the offline scenario, I'm looking at using: Disconnected Service Agent Application Block (from the Smart Client Software Factory) Microsoft Sync Framework I should mention that I want my smart client app to be XCOPY-deployable, auto-updating, and installable without administrative privledges -- basically a ClickOnce-deployed app. From what I can tell this means the Microsoft Sync Framework is out because it has some COM in it's implementation that needs to get registered on the client which requires admin rights. Is it possible to XCOPY deploy and run MSF from a ClickOnce app? Any other ideas for data synchronization?

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  • Options to develop professionally with Microsoft tools and Technologies without spending a lot?

    - by iama
    I would like to develop applications for the Windows platform & at the very least I need a server based Windows OS (2008), SQL Server, IIS and Visual Studio. Looks like VS2010 professional alone will cost over $1K. Is there a cheaper option to get hold of Microsoft software? I remember long time ago there was an MSDN subscription option which allowed user access to server based OS and other server applications with restrictive licensing that was cost effective. I don't see that option anymore. Moreover, I am not a student & I understand Microsoft provides software at discounted rates for students. Any pointers? Many thanks.

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  • When the Microsoft's main support phase for .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5 ends?

    - by Martin Vobr from Rebex
    Hello, I'm wondering until when the .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 will be supported by Microsoft. According to Microsoft Support Lifetime page for developers products the mainstream support phase should last for 5 years and extended support phase for another 5 years. I've found a .NET Framework 2.0 entry in the Support Lifetime Index , however I was unable to find any entry for .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5 there (or .NET 4.0). According to the .NET framework 2.0 entry mainstream support phase for .NET 2.0 will end at 4/12/2011. I have two questions: Considering that .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5 depends on .NET 2.0 CLR does it means that mainstream support for .NET 3.x will also end in 4/12/2011? If it's not true what is the end of mainstream support for .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5?

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  • Is there equivalences between Microsoft and Oracle/Sun technologies?

    - by Junior Mayhé
    Hello is it possible to say what are the Microsoft equivalents technologies compared to Sun? For example: Microsoft | Sun --------------------------------------------------------------- Visual Studio | Eclipse? IIS | Apache? ASP.NET | JSP, JSF ? SQL Server | Java DB ? ADO.NET Entity Data Model | ??? ASP.NET MVC | ??? Windows Presentation Foundation | Java FX? Windows Communication Foundation | ??? ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit | ??? Reporting Services/RDLC | ??? LINQ to SQL Classes | ??? Windows Forms | ???

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  • Is there any software made by microsoft using .NET?

    - by SnOrfus
    I've been reading some blogs and articles lately and one thing I noticed a couple of times was authors stating that Microsoft 'doesn't use their own technologies' with respect to developing applications using the .NET framework (specifically, desktop applications). There's not a whole lot of information that I can see as to what platforms their products are developed with. I had heard that Media Center has some .NET code, but not 100%, likewise with SQL Server Management Studio. So the question I ask is, does anyone know of any software, made by Microsoft that is 100% .NET code?

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  • Microsoft expressions ... How its different from visual studio ?

    - by Xinus
    I heard just Microsoft Expressions studio from my project manager and he told me to explore on it and find out if we can do development faster using it as compared to vs2008, I started downloading trial version and started googling about it, but I couldn't find answers to following questions Why Microsoft came out with new IDE when they already have very successful one i.e. the visual studio ? How its different that visual studio ? Does it offer advantages over visual studio ? Can somebody please help me find out these answers ?

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  • Ask How-To Geek: Learning the Office Ribbon, Booting to USB with an Old BIOS, and Snapping Windows

    - by Jason Fitzpatrick
    You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers. Today we highlight how to master the new Office interface, USB boot a computer with outdated BIOS, and snap windows to preset locations. Learning the New Office Ribbon Dear How-To Geek, I feel silly asking this (in light of how long the new Office interface has been out) but my company finally got around to upgrading from Windows XP and Office 2000 so the new interface it totally new to me. Can you recommend any resources for quickly learning the Office ribbon and the new changes? I feel completely lost after two decades of the old Office interface. Help! Sincerely, Where the Hell is Everything? Dear Where the Hell, We think most people were with you at some point in the last few years. “Where the hell is…” could possibly be the slogan for the new ribbon interface. You could browse through some of the dry tutorials online or even get a weighty book on the topic but the best way to learn something new is to get hands on. Ribbon Hero turns learning the new Office features and ribbon layout into a game. It’s no vigorous round of Team Fortress mind you, but it’s significantly more fun than reading a training document. Check out how to install and configure Ribbon Hero here. You’ll be teaching your coworkers new tricks in no time. Boot via USB with an Old BIOS Dear How-To Geek, I’m trying to repurpose some old computers by updating them with lightweight Linux distros but the BIOS on most of the machines is ancient and creaky. How ancient? It doesn’t even support booting from a USB device! I have a large flash drive that I’ve turned into a master installation tool for jobs like this but I can’t use it. The computers in question have USB ports; they just aren’t recognized during the boot process. What can I do? USB Bootin’ in Boise Dear USB Bootin’, It’s great you’re working to breathe life into old hardware! You’ve run into one of the limitations of older BIOSes, USB was around but nobody was thinking about booting off of it. Fortunately if you have a computer old enough to have that kind of BIOS it’s likely to also has a floppy drive or a CDROM drive. While you could make a bootable CDROM for your application we understand that you want to keep using the master USB installer you’ve made. In light of that we recommend PLoP Boot Manager. Think of it like a boot manager for your boot manager. Using it you can create a bootable floppy or CDROM that will enable USB booting of your master USB drive. Make a CD and a floppy version and you’ll have everything in your toolkit you need for future computer refurbishing projects. Read up on creating bootable media with PLoP Boot Manager here. Snapping Windows to Preset Coordinates Dear How-To Geek, Once upon a time I had a company laptop that came with a little utility that snapped windows to preset areas of the screen. This was long before the snap-to-side features in Windows 7. You could essentially configure your screen into a grid pattern of your choosing and then windows would neatly snap into those grids. I have no idea what it was called or if was anymore than a gimmick from the computer manufacturer, but I’d really like to have it on my new computer! Bend and Snap in San Francisco, Dear Bend and Snap, If we had to guess, we’d guess your company must have had a set of laptops from Acer as the program you’re describing sounds exactly like Acer GridVista. Fortunately for you the application was extremely popular and Acer released it independently of their hardware. If, by chance, you’ve since upgraded to a multiple monitor setup the app even supports multiple monitors—many of the configurations are handy for arranging IM windows and other auxiliary communication tools. Check out our guide to installing and configuring Acer GridVista here for more information. Have a question you want to put before the How-To Geek staff? Shoot us an email at [email protected] and then keep an eye out for a solution in the Ask How-To Geek column. Latest Features How-To Geek ETC How to Upgrade Windows 7 Easily (And Understand Whether You Should) The How-To Geek Guide to Audio Editing: Basic Noise Removal Install a Wii Game Loader for Easy Backups and Fast Load Times The Best of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in 2011 The Worst of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in 2011 HTG Projects: How to Create Your Own Custom Papercraft Toy Download the New Year in Japan Windows 7 Theme from Microsoft Once More Unto the Breach – Facebook Apps Can Now Access Your Address and Phone Number Dial Zero Speeds You Through Annoying Customer Service Menus Complete Dropquest 2011 and Receive Free Dropbox Storage Desktop Computer versus Laptop Wallpaper The Kids Have No Idea What Old Tech Is [Video]

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  • SQLAuthority News – Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 Query Optimization & Performance Tuning Training

    - by pinaldave
    Last 3 days to register for the courses. This is one time offer with big discount. The deadline for the course registration is 5th May, 2010. There are two different courses are offered by Solid Quality Mentors 1) Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 Query Optimization & Performance Tuning – Pinal Dave Date: May 12-14, 2010 Price: Rs. 14,000/person for 3 days Discount Code: ‘SQLAuthority.com’ Effective Price: Rs. 11,000/person for 3 days 2) SharePoint 2010 – Joy Rathnayake Date: May 10-11, 2010 Price: Rs. 11,000/person for 3 days Discount Code: ‘SQLAuthority.com’ Effective Price: Rs. 8,000/person for 2 days Download the complete PDF brochure. To register, either send an email to [email protected] or call +91 95940 43399. Feel free to drop me an email at pinal “at” SQLAuthority.com for any additional information and clarification. Training Venue: Abridge Solutions, #90/B/C/3/1, Ganesh GHR & MSY Plaza, Vittalrao Nagar, Near Image Hospital, Madhapur, Hyderabad – 500 081. Additionally there is special program of SolidQ India Insider. This is only available to first few registrants of the courses only. Read more details about the course here. Read my TechEd India 2010 experience here. Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com) Filed under: Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Optimization, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL Training, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology

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  • SharePoint 2010 MSDN Labs

    - by Kelly Jones
    Eric Ligman, from Microsoft, posted a great blog post this week listing all of the SharePoint 2010 Virtual Labs that are available from Microsoft.  His blog entry is here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/03/13/sharepoint-server-2010-msdn-virtual-labs-available-to-you-online-plus-more-sharepoint-2010-resources.aspx He also posted other resources as well. I’ve copied his Virtual Lab links here: SharePoint Server 2010 Virtual Labs MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Introduction MSDN Virtual Lab: Getting Started with SharePoint 2010 MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint 2010 User Interface Advancements MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010 Connectors & Using the Business Data Connectivity (BDC) Service MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Advanced Search Security MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Configuring Search UIs MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Content Processing and Property Extraction MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Developing a Custom Connector MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Fast Search Web Crawler MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Federated Search MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Linguistics MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: People Search Administration and Management MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Relevancy and Ranking MSDN Virtual Lab: Customizing MySites MSDN Virtual Lab: Designing Lists and Schemas MSDN Virtual Lab: Developing a BCS External Content Type with Visual Studio 2010 MSDN Virtual Lab: Developing a Sandboxed Solution with Web Parts MSDN Virtual Lab: Developing a Visual Web Part in Visual Studio 2010 MSDN Virtual Lab: Developing Business Intelligence Applications MSDN Virtual Lab: Enterprise Content Management MSDN Virtual Lab: LINQ to SharePoint 2010 MSDN Virtual Lab: Visual Studio SharePoint Tools MSDN Virtual Lab: Workflow In addition to the SharePoint Server 2010 Virtual Labs, here are a few other SharePoint 2010 resources that I thought you might also be interested in: Technical reference for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 SharePoint 2010: IT Pro Evaluation Guide Connecting SharePoint 2010 to Line-of-Business Systems to Deliver Business-Critical Solutions Configure SharePoint Server 2010 as a Single Server with Microsoft SQL Server: Test Lab Guide Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies 2010 Deploying FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Add or Remove an Index Column Upgrade worksheet for SharePoint Server 2010 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Technical Library in Compiled Help format Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Technical Library in Compiled Help format Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Technical Library in Compiled Help format Microsoft Reseller partner Learning Path Microsoft solutions partners and ISVs Learning Path Microsoft partner Practice Accelerator for SharePoint Microsoft partner SharePoint 2010 Internal Use Licenses SharePoint Case Studies SharePoint MSDN Forums SharePoint TechNet Forums Microsoft SharePoint 2010 page on Microsoft Partner Network portal

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  • Networking is disabled after installing Maverick

    - by Zifre
    I recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). Everything was working fine. Then I just started up the computer again, and the networking doesn't work. The network manager applet says "Networking disabled". The button is disabled, so I can't enable it. This question seems to be basically the same issue I have. managed in was set to false, but changing it to true does not fix the problem. Is there any other way to fix this problem?

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  • Networking is disabled after installing Maverick

    - by Zifre
    I recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). Everything was working fine. Then I just started up the computer again, and the networking doesn't work. The network manager applet says "Networking disabled". The button is disabled, so I can't enable it. This question seems to be basically the same issue I have. managed in was set to false, but changing it to true does not fix the problem. Is there any other way to fix this problem?

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