TF30063: You are not authorized to access …

When working with more than one account, you frequently get an error trying to connect to a TFS server. This happens both in the on premises or int the TFSPREVIEW.COM service. The most painful process, suggests you clear all your ached credentials, but this is a real pain, and you'll have to do it every …

Quick tip: where is IISAPP?

IISAPP.vbs was a nice script that listed the applcation pools running in a box. This information is quite usefull, namely for debugging processes. The command is no longer available in the most recent versions of the OS, bu there is a work around: appcmd. open a command prompt and run "c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd List WP" and you'll …

A day in the field: my usual tools and the new goodies

A day in the field is not complete without your set of tools. Here is a revised list of my current and future tools (just in doubt if things that make you grin can be called tools...).

Popup that doesn’t go away: please wait while the installer finishes determining your disk space requirements

Recently, while preparing a fresh set of development virtual machines, I started getting a popup window with the message "please wait while the installer finishes determining your disk space requirements". This happened every time I tried to install a msi. apparently this is a bug with the msi engine. A workaround that did the trick was to on …

Technical magazines

Finding good technical magazines is not allways a simple task. I'm sharing here 3 of my favourite mags distributed freely online in pdf format: The Architecture Journal MSDN Magazine TechNet Magazine Enjoy.

Integrating SPDisposeCheck with your visual studio

I don't know about you, but I like to have my tools handy 🙂 With this in mind I suggest the approach described here: http://www.sharepointdevwiki.com/display/public/How+to+integrate+SP+Dispose+Check+into+Visual+Studio+Solutions. Simple and neet.

Project Catharsis or the story of a blank line

This post may come to you in many formats: Surprise as my posts are usually less verbose As a major pain in you bally (due to a huge laughing crisis) if you were part of the team involved in the situation As a major heads up to everyone who think that working beyond your limit is …

New Whitepaper Published on MSDN – Deploying Information Management Policy Using Feature Activation in SharePoint Server 2007

This whitepaper by Craig Schwandt has been published on MSDN.  Learn how to operationally deploy policies through Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by using feature activation event handlers and the SharePoint Server object model.  It also includes code samples that demonstrate the topics covered in the article.  You can access the content here.

VSTS: recording a test

During a stress test project creation, I came accross a problem which was the fact that the test recorder toolbar wouldn't appear on the IE. As it happens, you have to add the site to be tested to your trusted sites connections on the browser... Cheers..

Extend your Visual Studio

If you are developing for Sharepoint, chances are that you are using Visual Studio J. So do I. Having a couple of free time, I was looking for some addins to help me get rid of some boring or repetitive tasks. Take a look at codeplex (www.codeplex.com) and to http://www.visualstudiogallery.com. You will find some valuable …