Sidharth Sehgal's blog
New technologies, Code samples, Automation examples, best practices.
Windows 8 App Fest live photoblog
Date: 09/21/2012
Windows Phone Emulator frame rate counters
Ever wondered what the red and white colored numbers on the top right side of Windows Phone...
Date: 07/17/2012
Windows Phone code sample: Capturing image from camera and updating live tile
This blog post walks you through an app which captures image from the device camera using the...
Date: 02/03/2012
Windows Phone code sample : showing current location on map and sharing it using Email
In this post, we will create a simple Windows Phone app which uses Bing map control. We will then...
Date: 02/02/2012
Windows Phone Camps resources
<Update: 6 Feb 2012> Code walkthrough for apps shown during my session on “Developing...
Date: 01/27/2012
Windows Phone 7 development : CTD Hyderabad session resources
I just finished my session on Windows Phone 7 Development during CommunityTechDays Hyderabad. I am...
Date: 12/18/2010
Loading April CTP Refresh Windows Phone 7 projects using Developer Tools RTM
With the release of Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools RTM, you may see the below message if you try to...
Date: 10/21/2010
Learn about WCF, watch WCF FireStarter Deep Dive Simulcast
Can’t make it to the New York Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Firestarter? Watch it online :...
Date: 06/17/2010
Bing Twitter Maps for your site
Now you can embed Bing twitter maps on your site and scope a search by @user, location or keyword....
Date: 03/16/2010
Free Technical and Soft skills Webcasts this Fall for students
Are you graduating from college soon and feel ill-prepared to enter the workforce directly out of an...
Date: 02/21/2010
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Dashboard
The Beta release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Dashboard is out. The Configuration...
Date: 02/04/2010
Get more of Scripting Guy!
Addicted to Scripting? The Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog (https://bit.ly/hsgblog) will be publishing seven...
Date: 02/04/2010
7000 Dominoes mark Windows 7 Launch
What comes to your mind when you think about Product Launch: Roadshows? Celebrity performances?...
Date: 10/29/2009
Virtual TechDays is back
Microsoft Virtual TechDays is back – don’t miss on this opportunity to get trained on the latest...
Date: 08/20/2009
Register for PDC ‘09
Registrations for Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is now open. Register before September 15...
Date: 08/07/2009
Pay your tributes to the King of Pop
Pay your tribute to Michael Jackson and watch his memorial live from the Staples Center in Los...
Date: 07/07/2009
India Union Budget 2009 live on net, thanks to Silverlight
You don't need to worry if you want to catch up budget session live and don't have a Television set...
Date: 07/05/2009
Running IIS6 App Pools under a Domain account Identity
Recently we changed the Identity of an App Pool in IIS 6, from Network Service to a Domain account....
Date: 06/23/2009
Securing the Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure & Microsoft Online Services
Microsoft Global Foundation Services and BPOS team has provided the following resources to assist in...
Date: 06/17/2009
Are you ready for Server Quest II ?
The company’s resident IT professional extraordinaire has just returned from a much-deserved...
Date: 06/15/2009
Azure “How Do I” videos
Learn more about Azure with free How Do I videos at...
Date: 06/15/2009
Springboard Virtual Roundtable - Windows 7 Application Compatibility, Part 1
Mark Russinovich will host a virtual roundtable for IT pros worldwide to discuss Windows 7...
Date: 06/04/2009
Configuring Windows services using Command Prompt
Configuring the properties of a Windows Service using command prompt and scripting it in a batch...
Date: 06/01/2009
Bing webcast on June 1 @10 PM pacific time
[Taken from...
Date: 06/01/2009
Automating config file changes : Part 4 – Adding a new element to an XML file
After updating and deleting element from an XML config file, lets see how to add new elements at the...
Date: 05/30/2009
Automating config file changes : Part 3 – Deleting an element from an XML file
This post talks about removing an existing XML element from the config file. Consider a scenario...
Date: 05/29/2009
Automating config file changes : Part 2 – modifying already existing config keys
This post contains the Powershell script to modify already existing config key values in a config...
Date: 05/28/2009
Free Windows 7 Trainings
Microsoft Learning has recently launched free eLearning Clinics targeted towards different...
Date: 05/28/2009
TechNet goes Green
TechNet Magazine published this special online-only Green IT issue for IT Pros earlier this evening....
Date: 04/22/2009
Just Tag It
Tired of typing the phone numbers on a business card to your phone address book? Saw an...
Date: 04/22/2009
Automating config file changes : Part 1 – Installing Microsoft Windows Powershell
In the next few posts, I am going to write about ways to automate configuration file updates using...
Date: 04/12/2009
Restoring IIS7 Configuration snapshots
Forgot to take IIS7 configuration backup, but want to restore back to a recent configuration? IIS7...
Date: 04/04/2009
Passing parameters to SQL script using batch files
SQL Server 2005/2008 provides a command line utility SQLCMD, which can be used to perform basic SQL...
Date: 04/03/2009
Quick Bytes: Configuring XP_cmdshell and Agent XPs in SQL Server 2008
Here are ready to use SQL scripts For Enabling XP_cmdshell: USE master EXECUTE sp_configure 'show...
Date: 03/11/2009
Automating SQL Server 2008 installations
Ever wished you had a way to capture the installation configurations you specify while installing...
Date: 03/10/2009
About this blog
Hi, This is the first blog entry for this blog and if you can see this, it means my blog is already...
Date: 03/07/2009