Back at work, I had a requirement to set item level permission in a SharePoint Document Library. What does this mean? Below is a ‘diagram’ Diagram 1 It is very simple to explain in simple words – I want to set unique permissions on each file in my document library. And the sam... [More]

Thanks to all who came along to my presentation today :) You can download the presentation below : Hello World Sample :  

Windows Azure provides simple data storage services like blobs, tables and queues to store your data in the cloud. They are called as Storage Account Using Table Storage is one of the simplest way to start exploring the Windows Azure Storage. The tables are accessed using a Uri which is: http://... [More]

If you want to take your applications to the ‘cloud’ from the local storage, that is, from http://127.0.0.1:10002 to http://{application-name}.table.core.windows.net/ , all you need to do is edit your ServiceConfiguration.csfg file of your Web Role with the proper values! <?xml v... [More]

If you have started working on the newly released WPF Ribbon, you would have noticed that you can use ApplicationMenuItem and ApplicationSplitMenuItem to create menus. What is the basic difference between them? To start with, let me show you via some screenshots: Below is an ApplicationMenuItem ... [More]

My last post on WPF Ribbon had a working sample with Menus and Submenus in the Office Button, but something was wrong there. If you had downloaded the sample, sure you would have noticed it. Below is a screenshot: You can see that the submenu isn’t showing the full list as in the below scre... [More]

If you want to use CardSpace authentication in your .Net services, then all you need to do is don’t add any authentication type to your binding ;) Confused? Well, .Net Services by default uses CardSpace Authentication. So, all you need to supply is just your solution name and automatically yo... [More]

If you are not familiar with Microsoft .Net Services, do read my earlier post So, are you ready to start programming .Net Services ? Not so fast, there are still certain things that you need to know before you start coding ;) Microsoft .Net Services Account First you need a Microsoft .Net Service... [More]

Microsoft .Net Services is a part of the recently announced Microsoft Azure Platform. What does Microsoft .Net Services provide ? Microsoft .Net Services consists of three main components: Service Bus Access Control Workflow Services They provide a hosting platform where you can develop con... [More]

After downloading the Windows Azure SDK (October 2008 CTP), I wanted to create a simple application which can make use of Azure Tables. Using the Development Storage tool, Azure SDK simulates the Azure Tables in your local machine than in the cloud. But, when I started the Development Storage tool, ... [More]