Tools to test Exchange connectivity
The following two tools enable testing of connection to an Exchange server Microsoft Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer http://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/ Exchange ActiveSync MD by MobilityDojo.net http://mobilitydojo.net/2010/03/30/rolling-your-own-exchange-activesync-client/ The first one is Microsoft’s own, the second one can be run on any computer so its easy to rule out any firewalls and gateways that might mess with the traffic. Unfortunately the MobilityDojo one …
Read MoreHow not to provide “cloud” services
When providing cloud services to customers, it might seem as a good idea to have all information securely tucked away somewhere within the providers servers and storage devices. If, for instance, your phone is lost and all data is stored on a server somewhere its quite easy to just disable the phones access to the data and get a new …
Read MoreSharePoint and BI seminar in Stockholm
I’m presenting at the Itera Consulting Groups breakfast seminar on SharePoint and BI on September 24th (in Swedish). My presentation will focus on hands on examples of efficient, easy to use, interactive ways to access and analyze information in SharePoint and SQL Server. By combining the power of data processing from SQL Server with the possibilities to personalize and focus …
Read MoreMachine translations, still not a good idea
Installed Adobe Flash Player 10 and found “Nära nedladdningchef” as the Swedish translation for the “close download manager” original English version… Both close and manager have more than one possible translation to Swedish, and Adobe managed to not get it right, at all…
Read MoreIE8 RC1 released
Microsoft has now released the RC1 of the new version 8 of Internet Explorer more information here http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/01/26/internet-explorer-8-release-candidate-now-available.aspx
Read MoreAviary out of private beta
One of my favourite examples of what can be done with RIA’s, Aviary, is now out of private beta. Their new website is www.aviary.com. My favourite app is Peacock, a pattern generation tool that makes it really easy to create complex structures based on images, such as this one: http://aviary.com/artists/mpeutz/images/coffee_3 or perhaps all generated, like this: http://aviary.com/creation?fguid=c1bc6fec-5aae-102b-a5ee-0030488e168c I can also …
Read MoreHow to access Windows Live SkyDrive from Explorer
With the recent introduction of 25 GB online storage available through the Windows Live SkyDrive service, I became interested in trying it out again. However, the standard interface is through a web interface and I prefer to also have the option to access it through a standard explorer interface or through something like Outlook. While snooping around for options, I …
Read MoreWindows 7 development
The MSDN Windows 7 developer guide has been released here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Win7DeveloperGuide includes more general information on the upcoming release, including screenshots…
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