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Quite some confusion around what AppFabric is lately. Probably due to all the name changes. It breaks down in an on premise and cloud variant: 1. Windows Server AppFabric (on premise) It's a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build...

A few days ago I ran into a problem, because I had to alter the QuickLaunch menu for the mySites. Easy as Pie, I thought. I wrote a Feature that was able to add or delete nodes based on it's link name: When using titles there could be a problem when...

In addition to the WCF Best Practices that are already around. WCF Best Practice #6: Know the limits of reliable Messaging with WCF. WCF has an implementation of WS-ReliableMessaging. Due to its name it’s often thrown in as the solution to all reliability...

In addition to the WCF Best Practices that are already around. WCF Best Practice #4: know your tools: Tools from the SDK: The framework sdk comes with quite some tools that are essential for the WCF developer: They are listed here: http://msdn.microsoft...

In addition to the WCF Best Practices that are already around. WCF Best Practice #2: Don't forget XmlNamespace settings: By default WCF puts the “http://tempuri.org/” namespace in your wsdl and contracts. Normally you don’t want...

WCF is already around for a while, though best practices aren’t very well known in the developer community. In my search for resources that summarize them best I can recommend the following ones: - Mehran Nikoo indexed the Microsoft articles that...

Came back from the LEAP 2010 trip to Redmond last weekend. For those who aren’t familiar with LEAP, it stands for Lead Enterprise Architect Program [1]. It’s a program organized by Microsoft in the Netherlands. It starts with five master classes...

Schema versioning in BizTalk is always a difficult thing to do. When small changes are done on a schema (for a new solution), but this schema is already in use by a solution which is currently in production, you have to be very careful. BizTalk defines...