Alina's blog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/feed.xml Software architecture, design, best practices, technical news Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:11:54 GMT en-US hourly 1 My last post https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/my-last-post Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:32:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/11/10/my-last-post/ Hello

I have decided to leave and pursue my career outside of Microsoft Consulting Services. It was a great experience for me to work in this company.

The day after tomorrow it will be my last day, so after that I will not be able to answer to your questions/comments

I will continue to use the Microsoft technologies and perform technological watch. If you wish, you can still follow my new blog at: https://alinad.blog.com/ or contact me by LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/alinadu

Thank you for reading my blog.

Best wishes !

]]> We are getting more and more in the Cloud https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/we-are-getting-more-and-more-in-the-cloud Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:20:32 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/10/26/we-are-getting-more-and-more-in-the-cloud/ Microsoft Office 365 is here. It includes: Office Pro Plus, Exchange, SharePoint and Lync.

See more in the webcast: https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/office/videogallery.aspx?contentID=office365_announce . You can sign up for the Beta version here:  https://office365.microsoft.com/en-US/online-services.aspx

Also the Beta version of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 online service was released. You can sign up for a trial version at:  https://offers.crmchoice.com/CRM2011Beta-Landing

]]> Interesting self-assessment for your company https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/interesting-self-assessment-for-your-company Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:58:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/10/12/interesting-self-assessment-for-your-company/ Not so many people know that Microsoft has an Application Platform Capability Assessment site, where you can do  on-line tests to see if your company is well using the processes and technologies for: ALM, BI, SOA and business process: https://www.microsoft.com/assess/default.aspx

Also, on the right side you have links to Microsoft specialized sites for each subject.

]]> Convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/convert-a-dynamic-disk-to-a-basic-disk Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:20:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/09/25/convert-a-dynamic-disk-to-a-basic-disk/ Yes, I did the “big” mistake and I try to add a 5-th partition to my HDD (I was thinking that there are only 3: C, D and System Bakup) and I click Yes to all the messages without reading… and I end up with a dynamic hard drive…

Initially I had a dual boot Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2.

I did not want to buy any third party software, so I decided to do a backup and erase everything. The problem I had was that in order to convert the unique hard drive I had from a dynamic one to a basic disk, you have to delete all the volumes…. but the boot volume cannot be erased !

Here is the workaround I found:

1.      Backup your disks (C and D)

2.      Create a Windows boot DVD

3.      Reboot from the boot DVD

4.      Go to the command prompt and erase all the volumes:

Diskpart

Select disk 0

Clean

5.      Reboot the computer with the Windows 7 DVD and see that there is only one volume!

]]> Developing Applications for the Cloud https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/developing-applications-for-the-cloud Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:28:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/09/22/developing-applications-for-the-cloud/ Microsoft patterns & practices announcing the release of a new guide: Developing Applications for the Cloud.

You can find it here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx. There are also some very useful code samples.

]]> Windows Phone 7 book https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/windows-phone-7-book Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:32:06 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/09/10/windows-phone-7-book/ An interesting book about Windows Phone 7 (author: Charles Petzold) will be available next months. Right now it is in a draft version which is also free to download:

https://www.charlespetzold.com/phone/index.html

]]> TFS Power Tools September 2010 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/tfs-power-tools-september-2010 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:53:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/09/09/tfs-power-tools-september-2010/ Team Foundation Server Power Tools September 2010 are here !

You can download it from : https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/c255a1e4-04ba-4f68-8f4e-cd473d6b971f

See the new feature: Team Foundation Server Backups

]]> Free resources for learning Visual Studio 2010 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/free-resources-for-learning-visual-studio-2010 Thu, 27 May 2010 14:46:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/05/27/free-resources-for-learning-visual-studio-2010/ Here are couple free resources for learning Visual Studio 2010:


Product overview:
https://download.microsoft.com/download/C/D/3/CD39BB69-35CC-458A-B4EB-2F928B58FB4B/VisualStudio2010_ProductOverview.pdf

Moving to Visual Studio 2010 e-Books:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=560A5365-5C62-488A-91ED-A779E0E33AC4&displaylang=en

How Do I? Videos for Visual Studio 2010
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/vstudio/ff459609.aspx

Visual Studio 2010 Resource Kit
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5688c9ba-5071-4d9d-8794-c164f21a058c

A Lap Around VSTS 2010 (an old one but very good)
https://blogs.msdn.com/controlpanel/blogs/posteditor.aspx?SelectedNavItem=Posts&WeblogID=10928&WeblogPostID=10016587

also:


Team System Café:
https://www.teamsystemcafe.net/Resources.aspx

Programming Windows Phone 7 Series
https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/3/5/E359FC51-1CF5-47F1-9BF3-74AB09D3339B/ProgWinPhonePreview.xps

"How Do I?" Videos for Windows Azure Platform
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/azure/dd439432.aspx

Introducing Windows Azure:
https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/C/0/0C051A30-F863-47DF-BC53-9C3CFA88E3CA/Windows%20Azure%20David%20Chappell%20White%20Paper%20March%2009.pdf

Silverlight Videos
https://www.silverlight.net/learn/videos/silverlight-videos/#cat1


A comprehensive set of labs built by developers for developers, covering all blocks and advanced configuration scenarios
https://blogs.msdn.com/agile/archive/2010/05/24/hands-on-labs-for-enterprise-library-5-0-and-unity-2-0-released.aspx

]]> The 2010 Wave is Here https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/the-2010-wave-is-here Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:55:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/04/16/the-2010-wave-is-here/ Visual Studio 2010 , .NET Framework 4 and Silverlight 4 were released this week !

See more details at : https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-ca/

Here is a training kit for VS2010 : https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=752CB725-969B-4732-A383-ED5740F02E93&displaylang=en

and for Silverlight 4: https://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/Silverlight4/

and for those interested in ALM, here is a virtual machine prepared for TFS 2010: https://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/archive/2010/03/18/now-available-visual-studio-2010-release-candidate-virtual-machines-with-sample-data-and-hands-on-labs.aspx

]]> Des nouvelles de moi https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/alina/des-nouvelles-de-moi Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:05:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alina/2010/02/03/des-nouvelles-de-moi/ Pour les derniers mois j’étais très occupée, avec des affaires non-techniques…  Plus précisément, en janvier 2010 mon chum et moi on a eu notre premier enfant : un adorable petit garçon. Et depuis nous sommes très très occupés (jour et nuit)… et très très heureux !

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