Cirrocumulus Musings : December 2006

31 December 2006 08:33

Cardspace for Firefox

In a great vote of confidence in Microosoft's CardSpace identity system (Part of .Net 3 release and Vista) Kevin Miller published an extension for Mozilla Firefox that enables Firefox to support Windows CardSpace. This move takes CardSpace into the mainstream.

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29 December 2006 08:42

Using BizTalk Server as an Email Alert Bus

Richard Seroter has a great blog article about using BTS as an Email Alerter

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29 December 2006 08:18

Great Map Resource

Found this great Mapping Resource for BizTalk: Minty Fresh

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25 December 2006 20:06

MSDN: BizTalk Samples

Microsoft have released a whole bunch of BizTalk samples. Below I have copied the links from the site so take your pick and getting working. Main link is MSDN BizTalk Samples Publishing and Consuming Web Services with SOAP HeadersThis sample demonstrates

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25 December 2006 19:46

Performance Characteristics of Windows Workflow Foundation

Have a look at this great article on the performance of WF. WF Performance Peaks at 10308 WF Instances Per Second!

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23 December 2006 17:40

Reference Application Pack for Retail

This white paper, along with the sample application, showcases integration using service orientation with BizTalk Server 2006, Windows Communication Foundation, and Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager. Reference Application Pack for Retail

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21 December 2006 11:31

We need you!!!

Solidsoft needs you.......... Solidsoft is growing and growing fast. We are winning new business with major blue chip customers, consolidating business with existing customers and moving into new technology areas but associated with core

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21 December 2006 00:26

MetaStorm and the Workflow Designer

Paul Brown of Solidsoft AKA the Arch BizTalk Hacker has been having some fun developing with WF and the MetaStorm team in the MTC at Microsoft's UK HQ. I mention this because of a reference to the work in Mike Taulty of MS's Blog. Nice one Paul I believe

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19 December 2006 23:43

Vista fix released for Zune!!!!

From Zune Insider: Today (Tuesday the 19th of December) we’re issuing a 22 MB update to make Zune compatible with Windows Vista. The update also improves the Zune software installation process, addressing the issues that some of the

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19 December 2006 12:13

Visual Studio 'Vista' Service Pack

On the 14 December Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio - Service Pack 1. Amongst a number of fixes it also fixes the Vista compatibility issue. Beware though the install can take over an hour!!!

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06 December 2006 08:25