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WCF error "No end point listening at net.pipe://server name:port/service name that could accept the message

2009-09-15T09:08:00Z

Often, While having client and server communication via WCF, there are some errors that one get quiet frequently. I am blogging the error and resolution for the benefits of all blog readers Error : There was no endpoint listening at net.pipe://servername:portnumber/ that could accept the message.This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details. Resolution: If you get above error, ensure to follow the below steps Step 1. Ensure you are pinging...(read more)

MOSS Service Pack 2 Released

2009-04-30T22:46:00Z

Microsoft have released Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) Service Pack 2. This can be download from here . This service pack include all the unreleased fixes, security updates etx. It is strongly recommend to go through the link Service Pack 2 Improvements to know about the improvements in SP2...(read more)

Free ASP.NET MVC Book

2009-04-25T07:24:00Z

ASP.NET MVC framework brings a lots of easiness for creating MVC applications in ASP.NET. There are already lots of tutorials, documentation for new ASP.NET MVC Framework. If you need the sum of all , do go through the upcoming book called ASP.NET MVC 1.0 of Wrox publication. Scott Guthrie has written one of the chapter and is also available for free download. Click here to download the first chapter written by scott Guthrie...(read more)

Microsoft Software + Services: The Greater Sum :)

2009-04-20T05:03:00Z

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Tech Ed 2009

2009-04-18T19:45:00Z

This year, MS Tech Ed 2009 is happening at Hyderabad from May 13th-15th‏. What's New this time in Tech Ed , 2009 ? 28 Technical tracks Technical Learning Center (TLC) : With more than 100 Demo Stations, 24 Instructor-led Hands-on-Lab sessions, 12 Technology Tents (hosted by Microsoft Product Development Teams), product-specific Ask-the-Expert rooms Microsoft Certification for free at Tech ED : One of the unique opportunity of its own Speakers : Chance to hear from 78 eminient speakers that includes...(read more)

Virtual Techdays in back

2008-11-14T03:47:00Z

Virtual techDays is back again. it will be on 24-26 November 2008. for more information and registration, go on http://www.virtualtechdays.com/...(read more)

WCF REST Starter Kit Now Available

2008-11-11T20:44:00Z

if you have seen noticed about whats new in .NET 4.0 for WCF. One of the things that have been brought into the attention is the support for creating RESTful Services. So does that mean that in order to create RESTful services via WCF, one need to wait for .NET 4.0. Well.. Not really.. if you are working on .NET 3.5 SP 1, then you got a WCF REST Starter Kit. It is available for download on CodePlex. This kit simplifies the development of REST services by adding new features and guidance tightly integrated...(read more)

Ramp up- a free, online, community-based program

2008-11-10T23:11:00Z

Recently i have got a chance to got a visit a wonderful site called Ramp Up program ( http://www.myrampup.com/ ) . Ramp Up is a free, online, community-based program that can help users save time in learning Microsoft technology. The easy-to-access content (provided by subject-matter gurus) is specifically tailored to the Ramp Up program, and offered in a variety of forms (whitepaper, v-lab, codecast and slidecast). There are lot of tracks in it SharePoint track, along with the other currently offered...(read more)

Enterprise Library 4.1 Just Released

2008-10-31T10:38:00Z

Quick Links: – MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/entlib – Community Forum: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=119312 – Community Extensions: http://codeplex.com/entlibcontrib What’s New? This release of Enterprise Library is a service release that includes the following: – Unity interception mechanism and integration of the Policy Injection Application Block with the Unity Application Block – Added support for generics in the Unity Application Block – Added support for arrays in the Unity...(read more)

Eclipse tool for silverlight

2008-10-17T05:31:00Z

The Eclipse Tools for Microsoft Silverlight Project will integrate advancedSilverlight development capabilities into the Eclipse IDE and Eclipse RichClient Platform (RCP). Have a look on http://www.eclipse4sl.org/...(read more)

Silverlight 2 Released

2008-10-14T10:26:00Z

Silverlight is out now. Click Here to get Started and Install Silverlight2 Click here for Videos of Silverlight 2...(read more)

Microsoft Connected Technology Advisors group

2008-09-23T07:35:00Z

So, its been quiet few weeks that i was a dead blogger and there were lots of work happening on my front behind the scene. so let me share some good news. Now , I am also in Microsoft Connected Technology Advisors group. so People who are hearing this word would have brought a "wow" factor but let me tell you who are advisors are Influencers who want to be actively *involved* in Microsoft product planning and validation efforts. I have been in for 'Oslo' and beyond and includes...(read more)

Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint Released to CodePlex

2008-08-22T08:13:00Z

Today Microsoft released the source code for the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint—based on the Silverlight Beta 2 release. The Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint provide a way for developers to better understand how to integrate Silverlight applications with SharePoint In this release, you’ll find five blueprint samples: 1. Hello World 2. Media Player 3. Slider Control 4. Custom Navigation 5. Colleague Viewer The links to get to the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint are: 1. http://www...(read more)

SharePoint Certifications

2008-07-03T09:33:00Z

When we Say SharePoint, we refer to two product of Microsoft (WSS and MOSS). On certifications front also, Microsoft has released 2 certifications each on SharePoint and WSS. One of the certification deals with the application development and others deal with the administration. Below are the certification details MOSS certification 1. SharePoint Server 2007 ― Application Development certification http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-542.mspx 2. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007...(read more)

Silverlight Beta 2

2008-06-09T14:29:00Z

Silverlight Beta 2 is been released last week. if you would like to download silverlight, click here . If you would like to explore more on Silverlight Beta 2 and some of the new features, please go ahead and visit the blog of very famous scott guthie by clicking here . Also i would recommend you to go ahead and view this video from tim heuer by clicking here...(read more)

Web Page Error Toolkit

2008-06-09T14:18:00Z

Anyone who has developed couple of web applications , they are very much aware of what 404 error page is .. well this error page is from IIS that comes when we type incorrect URL. well, this might happen due to variety of reasons like Pages deleted/moved or even the links in other pages have not been updated. well , this error page always look very strange to the end user who got no clue as to why and what was the mistake. Perhaps, even the developers were not having any way to handle this situation...(read more)

StyleCop : Source Analysis Tool for C#

2008-06-06T07:07:00Z

Every solution based and product driven companies requires some set of best practices for coding guidelines and also for layout, readability and documentation. Developers have their own style of writing and since most of us as a developer used to write code as a part of team creates a sort of inconsistencies. if you have gone to MSDN or technet, you would observed a clearly readibility and consistency in the code. well, the reason behind is a Source analysis tool called StyleCop which is been matured...(read more)

IE 8 Betas

2008-06-04T05:33:00Z

Gone are those days where browser just recognizes plain HTML. Browsers have getting intelligent day by day. IE 8 Beta 1 is already released and have some of the good features like Activities, web slices etc to name a few. Also, this beta version also supports 5 languages and have full support of CSS 2.1 . To know more about the feature, click here . To download , IE 8 Beta 1 , click here . Going forward, IE 8 Beta 2 , expected to be released in coming months (Probably August) will support atleast...(read more)

Sharepoint Web 2.0 Starter

2008-06-03T02:50:00Z

Microsoft is coming up with great speaker on sharepoint on "Sharepoint web 2.0 starter". Though this event will happen on June 11th event at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA. If you happen to be in Redmond, get registered by clicking here . The whole event is also getting simulcasted via Live Meeting. You can join online at this full-day event and learn more about customizing and building Web pages, Web Parts, Silverlight, and more from a SharePoint context. if you want to...(read more)

Working with VS 2008 SP1 in VISTA

2008-05-20T07:06:00Z

1. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is already in a beta and can be downloaded from here 2. if you just want to download .NET 3.5 SP1 beta, it can be downloaded from here 3. Lot of enhancements and bugs fixes have been done. Overview of the same can be seen at here 4. There is a dedicated Microsoft forum for VS 2008 SP1 beta and can be visited at here If you are one of the Vista users using VS 2008, and want to download the VS 2008 SP1. There are some issues related to installing .NET 3.5 SP1 on Vista RTM...(read more)