Nikos Makris Blog
SQL Server 2012 SP1 released!!!
Check it out here Use SP1 for integrating with the BI features of SQL with SPS 2013. Enjoy
Date: 11/11/2012
SQL Server 2012 RTMed
Download it from https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29066 Check out the...
Date: 03/07/2012
Data Quality Services–Demo
ADD 2011 event (in Athens Greece) is over. I do have, however a leftover from my demo with Data...
Date: 11/02/2011
Excel Services 2010 REST API
Excel services in SharePoint 2010 are accessible via REST API. Assuming you have a File.xlsx under...
Date: 03/26/2011
New SQL Server codename ‘Denali’ CTP 1 is now available
The CTP 1 version of the new SQL Server code name ‘Denali’ is available, you may downloaded it here....
Date: 11/12/2010
JSOM …… not JSON
Yet another acronym, Excel Services JavaScript Object Model. A new way to interact with Sharepoint...
Date: 10/13/2010
Making SQL Server Analysis Services Accessible via HTTP (or HTTPS)
Yes this is possible. It is a scenario –at least is seems appealing to me- suitable for accessing...
Date: 10/09/2010
Transforming Latitude and Longitude into Geography SQL Server Type
SQL Server 2008 provides support for spatial data and many accompanying functions. SQL Server...
Date: 10/09/2010
Change the Service Account of a Sharepoint 2010 Service
This seems (and indeed it is) a trivial task. Just go to Sharepoint Central Administration >>...
Date: 09/12/2010
Windows Server AppFabric Architecture Guide
This has just been released. Windows Server AppFabric is an add-on on windows application platform...
Date: 09/12/2010
New features for Windows Azure ACS
Access Control Service in windows azure will be soon augmented with new features and capabilities....
Date: 09/02/2010
Visual Studio LightSwitch
Do you want to create a data centric –SQL, SharePoint or WCF RIA Services- application for the...
Date: 08/29/2010
Windows Identity Foundation free eBook
Date: 08/02/2010
Windows Azure Appliance
A brand new proposal from Microsoft. Find out more here. Read this interesting article as well.
Date: 07/13/2010
Windows Azure Architecture Guide
Part 1 from Microsoft patterns & practices, get it here
Date: 07/12/2010
Windows Azure Platform AppFabric
Get started here. Enjoy
Date: 07/12/2010
A set of resources for Entity Framework 4.0
Many people in the Visual Studio 2010 launch in Athens asked for EF resources. Here is a good...
Date: 05/15/2010
The “Assign To” field in TFS 2008
A quite common customer’s demand is to narrow the Assign To combo box in work item’s form in TFS. By...
Date: 05/02/2010
Excel Services Compatibility Checker
Check if your excel is suitable for Excel Services with this add-in (beta version)...
Date: 05/02/2010
Visual Studio 2010 & BizTalk Dev. Environment
I’ve recently tried to use Visual Studio 2010 for a BizTalk engagement and guess what.. there is no...
Date: 03/07/2010
TFS 2010 Basic in Windows 7
Yes!!!!!! you can install TFS 2010 Basic in a client OS (see also a nice detailed blog post about...
Date: 02/27/2010
“Project Creation Failed” error after installing VS 2008 SP1
If you install service pack 1 of Visual Studio 2008, in a development machine with BizTalk Server...
Date: 02/15/2010
Μπορώ να κάνω boot από VHD?
Εάν στο VHD έχει εγκατασταθεί το λειτουργικό Windows 7 ή το Windows 2008 R2 η απάντηση είναι ΝΑΙ!!!!...
Date: 12/24/2009
Search Providers in IE8
Simple steps on how to install and extend search providers in IE8. Installation of a Search Provider...
Date: 12/24/2009
VSTS 2010 Training Kit
Από τα πληρέστερα training kits…. enjoy!
Date: 12/24/2009
Feature-complete version of Microsoft Azure Platform
Ανακοινώθηκε στο PDC, περισσότερα εδώ.
Date: 11/18/2009
Public beta release of Office Suite 2010
Μόλις ανακοινώθηκε ….
Date: 11/18/2009
Εγκατάσταση TFS 2008 με SQL 2008
Το Installation Guide του TFS 2008 είναι σαφές: ο TFS 2008 εγκαθίσταται σε SQL 2005 SP2, όχι σε SQL...
Date: 10/12/2009
ASP.NET out of process session state
Αποτελεί ένα από τα δυνατά χαρακτηριστικά του ASP.NET. Πρόκειται για τη δυνατότητα να σώζεις το...
Date: 09/27/2009
C# 4.0 μια πρώτη ματιά
https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2009/03/30/the-c-programming-language-version-40/ Πολύ καλό,...
Date: 09/27/2009
ASP.NET machineKey generator page
Συχνά (όταν π.χ. έχουμε μια NLB φάρμα χωρίς session affinity και out-of-process session state)...
Date: 09/27/2009
A small detail on TransactionScope and LTM
As you probably already know, the Lightweight Transaction manager (LTM) is the first choice of...
Date: 06/21/2009
EntLib logging, with local date time not GMT
Ετικέτες Technorati: Enterprise Library If you use Enterprise Library for logging in your...
Date: 03/08/2009
WCF roundtripping and message relay
In some cases you may need to pass a message to a client, have the client enrich some of it’s data...
Date: 02/21/2009
Where is Hibernate?
Everybody loves this option. In case you don’t have this in your shutdown options in Vista, make...
Date: 02/21/2009