All things related to the Microsoft Application Development Platform

My ramblings as it relates to my experiences with the Microsoft Application Development Platform and other things...

Accidentally deleted all my production data in Azure Table Storage!!! What now?

So you moved to the Cloud and you fully understand Azure Storage and all the greatness that comes...

Author: rickcau Date: 04/25/2018

MS11-0811–some drop-down lists and combo boxes not appearing in IE 7– Fix Released Last night

Many IE7 users have been impacted by this issue as documented in...

Author: rickcau Date: 11/03/2011

Offshore/outsourcing woes? Are you concerned with code quality?

Many businesses place all the burdens of code quality, efficient ALM practices and other very...

Author: rickcau Date: 02/09/2011

How Frameworks Can Kill Your Projects, and Patterns Can Prevent You from Getting Killed...

Today it is common place for many projects to leverage frameworks to help expedite development and...

Author: rickcau Date: 02/09/2011

Need training for your team or would like it for free???

I have been getting several requests for “free” training over the past months, so I...

Author: rickcau Date: 02/07/2011

Lessons Learned - MS IT SharePoint 2010 upgrade project and FAST search deployment

For those of you in the process or planning to upgrade to SharePoint 2010, here are some important...

Author: rickcau Date: 02/03/2011

Free Training Resources available via Software Assurance...

I have been getting several requests for “free” training over the past months. One of...

Author: rickcau Date: 02/02/2011

Top Customer Misconceptions about Software Problems

I have a close friend and co-worker that wrote a nice blog post on this topic. I would highly...

Author: rickcau Date: 02/01/2011

Make sure not to miss the upcoming free Windows Azure Webinars...

I would like to share some useful and informative Webinars that cover the benefits, implications of...

Author: rickcau Date: 01/04/2011

Didn't get a chance to attend the ALM Summit, here are the online sessions...

For those of you that are practicing ALM and did not get a chance to attend the ALM Summit, here is...

Author: rickcau Date: 12/13/2010

.Net 3.0 and 3.5 out of support April 12th, 2011

If you have any applications that target .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 you need to start making plans...

Author: rickcau Date: 12/13/2010

How to enumerate all VB6 applications that exist on a server

One of my coworkers sent out a email to my team asking if anyone knew of a tool that would find any...

Author: rickcau Date: 12/08/2008

Moss 2007 dispose issues, don't be a the victim

SPDisposeCheck tool officially announced Last year I leveraged a good friend and coworker (Roger...

Author: rickcau Date: 11/13/2008