Random Musings of Jeremy Jameson
Disable Pinging of Your Application Pool Worker Process in IIS
Yesterday I was doing another "Knowledge Transfer" session and before I started walking through some...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/21/2010
New Blog Template and Styling
Last Thursday, I mentioned a problem that would occasionally occur with the formatting on my blog...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/19/2010
Stagger the Startup of Your Virtual Machines
I've mentioned before how I run two Hyper-V servers in the "Jameson Datacenter" (each one hosting a...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/17/2010
Blog Post Formatting Issues
Earlier this week, a colleague of mine was building out his own version of the Jameson Datacenter...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/15/2010
Test-Driven Development (TDD) in the Real World, Part 3 (a.k.a. the EncryptionService)
In my previous post, I provided a walkthrough of Test-Driven Development (TDD), based on a very...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/15/2010
Test Driven Development (TDD) in the Real World, Part 2
In part 1 of this post, I provided my high-level thoughts on doing Test Driven Development (TDD) in...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/09/2010
TDD in the Real World, Part 1
Earlier today I presented a "Knowledge Transfer" session to a team of developers on my current...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/08/2010
Automated Deployments to DEV from the Latest Build Folder
Last month I wrote a post detailing how to increment the assembly version for each build. However,...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/07/2010
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Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/06/2010
Running Domain Controllers in Hyper-V
In a previous post, I noted how the "Jameson Datacenter" (a.k.a. my home lab) currently runs two...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/05/2010
Narrowing Search Results to a Specific Site (e.g. My Blog)
A colleague asked me today if there was a way to search my blog for something specific. In my...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/05/2010
Creating a VM/VHD Library
Last week a colleague was asking me how I manage my various VMs. More specifically, he wanted to...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/02/2010
Unit Tests for ICloneable
A few years ago I developed a class (SharePointSearchUrlBuilder) for working with SharePoint Search...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 04/01/2010
Waiting for SharePoint Web.config Modifications to Finish
This week I finally got around to fixing a bug that would occasionally occur when deploying our...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/31/2010
SharePoint Features Activated by Default
Here's something interesting I discovered only recently about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/31/2010
You'll Have to Pry That Money from My Cold Dead Hands
I've been using Microsoft Money for as long as I can remember. Well, actually I can remember using...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/28/2010
Incrementing the Assembly Version for Each Build
Last summer I wrote a post about best practices for .NET assembly versioning and made the following...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/25/2010
AJAX in MOSS 2007 -- The Easy Way, Part 2
In my previous post, I showed how you can quickly create an AJAX-enabled Web application in...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/24/2010
AJAX in MOSS 2007 -- The Easy Way, Part 1
In my previous post, I showed how you can quickly create a Web application in Microsoft Office...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/23/2010
Forms-Based Authentication in MOSS 2007 -- The Easy Way
In one of Saturday's posts, I demonstrated how to implement a custom error page on an Internet site...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/23/2010
Introducing the SharePointWebConfigHelper Class
Here is another helper class that I developed that you may find useful when building solutions for...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/23/2010
Logging Exceptions in .NET Applications
Last summer I wrote a post introducing my simple, but highly effective approach to logging --...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/20/2010
Hyper-V: Getting Host Information from the Guest VM
While working on some documentation today, I wanted to know the names of the Hyper-V servers running...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/18/2010
Avoiding Problems with the Using Statement and WCF Service Proxies
I encountered a rather nasty issue yesterday on my current project -- a customer portal built on...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 03/18/2010
Lessons Learned Moving TFS to Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008
I've been a bad blogger this month. Almost a month ago, I wrote a post about using Web standards...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 02/28/2010
Web Standards Design with MOSS 2007, Part 1
I've mentioned before that I became somewhat of a Web standards zealot several years ago....
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 01/30/2010
Lessons Learned Integrating Silverlight in MOSS 2007, Part 3
Yesterday I continued building upon part 1 in a series of posts regarding the use of Silverlight in...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 01/30/2010
Lessons Learned Integrating Silverlight in MOSS 2007, Part 2
This is a continuation of yesterday's post detailing some lessons learned while integrating a...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 01/29/2010
Lessons Learned Integrating Silverlight in MOSS 2007, Part 1
The November 2008 edition of MSDN magazine contained the following article: Light Up SharePoint With...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 01/28/2010
Deploying SharePoint Solutions with the "-force" Option
In a previous post, I provided sample "DR.DADA" scripts that I use for deploying solutions based on...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 01/13/2010
Bug: HTTP 403 (Forbidden) with FBA SharePoint Site
We recently encountered a bug when trying to access a SharePoint site configured with Forms-Based...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 01/07/2010
Managing Email Effectively
First of all, Happy New Year! This morning I'm back from a not-so-relaxing four weeks off --...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 01/04/2010
Bug Deploying SQL Server Database Using VSDBCMD.EXE
Yesterday we encountered a bug while trying to deploy a new SQL Server database from a Visual Studio...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 12/09/2009
Forced to Decline KB948014 and KB972493 in WSUS
In last night's post, I discussed the solution for an issue I encountered installing KB 970892 on...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 12/08/2009
Error Installing KB 970892 When Reporting Services Configured with Domain Account
For a little over a month, Windows Update was failing on one of the servers in the "Jameson...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 12/07/2009
Database Default Locations in SQL Server
I've mentioned before the importance of using multiple "spindles" when working with large SQL Server...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 12/03/2009
Bug with Duplicate Field Names in MOSS 2007
I encountered a rather nasty bug in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 yesterday that...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 12/01/2009
Building SharePoint WSPs with Team Foundation Build
As I noted in my previous post, I recently discovered that my approach for building Web Solution...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/18/2009
The "Copy Local" Bug in Visual Studio
If you've ever worked with me on a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 project -- or if...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/18/2009
SketchPath - The XPath Tool
I added another tool to my Toolbox yesterday: SketchPath. The SketchPath site labels it as "The...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/18/2009
SharePoint Web Part to Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS
Yesterday, I detailed the steps I recommend for configuring SSL on sites built on Microsoft Office...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/10/2009
Configuring SSL on SharePoint Sites
If you are using Basic Authentication or Forms-Based Authentication (FBA) with Microsoft Office...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/09/2009
A Simple Backup Solution
As I've mentioned before, I don't spend much money or time maintaining the "Jameson Datacenter"...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/09/2009
AutoEventWireup Issue in MOSS 2007
I recently promised to finish this blog post that has been sitting in "unpublished" status since...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/08/2009
Compiling C++ Projects with Team Foundation Build
As I mentioned in my previous post, this week I incorporated Password Minder into my "Toolbox"...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/07/2009
Using Password Minder to Manage Your Passwords
I started using Password Minder almost immediately after reading about it in the July 2004 edition...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/07/2009