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Stefano Mapelli's weblog
May 2019 update of "The Developer’s Guide to Azure" ebook
You can now download the May 2019 updated version of the "The Developer’s Guide to Azure" ebook from...
Date: 06/11/2019
Free Apress ebook "Practical Microsoft Azure IaaS"
Download free the over 300 pages long Apress ebook "Practical Microsoft Azure IaaS: Migrating and...
Date: 06/10/2019
Build your dev skills here - web development, UWP, .NET standard, typescript, node.js, git, visual studio code, azure and more
47 free training courses from LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight and Microsoft on topics such as web...
Date: 02/19/2019
O'reilly's "Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches" free ebook
Want to quickly try your hand at a vast set of Microsoft Azure technologies? Download and read...
Date: 02/19/2019
Packt's "Packt: Principles of Data Science, 2nd edition" free ebook
You can register and download a copy of Patck's "Packt: Principles of Data Science, 2nd edition"...
Date: 02/07/2019
Packt's "Containerize Your Apps with Docker and Kubernetes" free ebook
Go here and register to get you copy of Packt's Containerize Your Apps with Docker and Kubernetes...
Date: 02/07/2019
OneNote 2016 is missing after an update to Office 365 Pro Plus
A few days ago an update to my Office 365 Pro Plus removed OneNote 2016 from my company laptop. If...
Date: 11/23/2018
Download the 5th edition of the C# Language Specification
Get your copy of the 5th edition of the C# Language Specification here.
Date: 11/23/2018
Custom PDF excerpt from book "SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out"
Download here your copy of the custom excerpt created especially for Microsoft of the "SQL Server...
Date: 11/21/2018
Packt's Guide to NoSQL with Azure Cosmos DB...free
Download your PDF copy of Packt's "Guide to NoSQL with Azure Cosmos DB" book here.
Date: 11/20/2018
VSTS/Azure DevOps add-in for Excel for users without Visual Studio installed
If you want to provide users without Visual Studio installed on their machines with the Excel add-in...
Date: 10/26/2018
Get started with DevOps
I'm starting to put my own head into the vast world of DevOps myself and over the next few months...
Date: 07/23/2018
Download your copy of "Cloud Application Architecture Guide" ebook
Download the 300-page Azure architecture e-book to explore best practices, and get access to design...
Date: 07/18/2018
Go Back and Go Forward buttons in Microsoft Outlook to navigate items history like in a browser
If like me you often jump from a mail item to another mail item or to a calendar item and then you...
Date: 07/16/2018
O'reilly's "Designing Distributed Systems" free ebook
Another interesting ebook that describes topics very much related to how you would develop a cloud...
Date: 06/28/2018
Firefox complaining "Your connection is not secure" when using Fiddler
If Firefox won't work when Fiddler is running declaring that "Your connection is not secure", it is...
Date: 06/28/2018
"Azure for Architects" and "Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook" free ebooks
Following a couple of very interesting ebooks from Packt free for you to download: Azure for...
Date: 06/27/2018
Default login domain for the ADFS 3.0 change password page
You might have seen that it is possible to customize the ADFS form-based authentication page to...
Date: 12/19/2017
Outlook's To, Cc, and Bcc autocomplete functionality
Something that annoys me a lot is that once a wrong or mistyped recipient email address is provided...
Date: 11/01/2017
The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed
I recently ran into this problem with my Windows 10 company laptop and instead of doing as Microsoft...
Date: 08/28/2017
Windows 10 Store app error 0x8000FFFF
Today starting the Windows 10 Store app I discovered that it was failing with a 0x8000FFFF error...
Date: 04/07/2017
Visual Studio 2017 offline installer
Currently there seems to be no offline installer for the newly released Visual Studio 2017 but...
Date: 03/13/2017
Missing PowerShell about_* helpfiles
If when running Get-Help about_* you see missing helpfiles such as about_Automatic_Variables and all...
Date: 11/18/2016
Log for MSOnline Azure AD powershell module
At times when working with the MSOnline Azure AD powershell module it might useful to know that it...
Date: 11/17/2016
Understanding Azure for Developers
You are a developer and need to understand better the Azure platform? Start from this short pdf...
Date: 11/16/2016
Windows SDK archive
Here is a quick link to download present and past Windows SDKs:...
Date: 11/05/2016
Create a desktop shortcut to a store app on Windows 10
To place a shortcut to a store app (aka universal windows app) on the desktop of your Windows 10 pc...
Date: 09/13/2016
Great tutorials website: www.tutorialspoint.com
I recently found the tutorialspoint.com website, a technical site with a vast set of great trainings...
Date: 08/16/2016
PowerShell script to enumerate deleted items in a TFS/Visual Studio Online project
I wanted to share the following PowerShell script (zipped script also available at the end of the...
Date: 08/10/2016
Latest free ebooks from Microsoft press
Following is a list of the latest free ebooks available to you from Microsoft press: Windows 10 IT...
Date: 07/12/2016
Signing a VSTO add-in ClickOnce manifest
A couple of things to remember when releasing a VSTO add-in to production: The certificate used to...
Date: 03/08/2016
Preserving original file created date/time in a compressed archive file
Once in a while I scratch and reinstall my laptop as I have done now to migrate to Windows 10 RTM...
Date: 08/05/2015
Using Windows Photo Viewer as default image viewer on Windows 10
Out of the box Windows 10 has Trusted Windows Store apps as default programs for numerous file...
Date: 08/05/2015
Tracing ADFS requests/responses using Fiddler: repeated credentials prompts issue
If when using Fiddler to trace requests and responses to ADFS you keep getting prompted for...
Date: 07/09/2015
ADFS and "The SPN required for this Federation Service is already set on another Active Directory account" error
If while installing ADFS you are facing the "The SPN required for this Federation Service is already...
Date: 07/07/2015
ADFS 3.0 service hangs at startup on a domain controller
If you are facing the situation where the ADFS 3.0 (Active Directory Federation Services) service...
Date: 07/07/2015
Write your Windows Store App or Windows Phone App in 4 steps
Want to write a Windows Store App or a Windows Phone App? Try out Windows App Studio! In 4 easy...
Date: 10/19/2014
Windows Store App crashes after implementing a Background Task
If you are experiencing silent (exception-less) crashes of your application after having implemented...
Date: 05/18/2014
Great set of free short PDF ebooks from Syncfusion
Rush here and get your own copies of a great set of free short PDF ebooks on a vast set of...
Date: 04/20/2014
A whole bunch of free ebooks from Microsoft
There is a huge number ebooks that Microsoft is providing for free and that you might be interested...
Date: 11/07/2013
Debugger.Launch() not displaying JIT debugger selection popup on Windows 8/8.1
If executing an instruction such as Debugger.Launch() inside a Windows Service (session 0 process)...
Date: 11/07/2013
Forcing handle creation in a .NET Windows Forms control
I believe no serious .NET developer has never faced a System.InvalidOperationException with an error...
Date: 04/27/2011
Free "Programming Windows Phone 7" ebook by Charles Petzold
If you are interested in learning about software development on the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7...
Date: 02/24/2011
"Effective Windows PowerShell" free ebook
Keith Hill has turned a set of blog posts into an interesting 61 pages long PowerShell ebook....
Date: 12/20/2010
Want to integrate Bing Maps or Bing searching into your site?
If you need to integrate Bing's searching capabilities or Bing Maps into your web site you should...
Date: 10/22/2010
Quick introduction to Microsoft Expression Studio 4
If you are interested in quickly understanding more about Microsoft Expression Studio 4, on this...
Date: 10/22/2010
Want to learn Microsoft SilverLight?
Are you interested in learning to develop using Microsoft SilverLight and aren't sure where to start...
Date: 10/22/2010
Prototyping and storyboarding with Microsoft SketchFlow
If you are interested in learning about Microsoft SketchFlow, the tool that was first provided as...
Date: 10/22/2010
Training, videos, webcasts and virtual labs on Microsoft products, solutions and technologies
I gathered a list of leaning resources on Microsoft products, solutions and technologies and then...
Date: 09/28/2010