May 2008 Blog Posts
Joe Healy has setup a great community event for the weekend in between TechEd tracks called ]inbetween[. Everything from the .Net University Tracks of SharePoint, Biztalk, and .Net 3.5 to Code Camps,SQL University, and DotNetNuke University to just name a few. If you're a geek there will be a topic of interest to you here some place! I'll be speaking at the SharePoint .Net University track on the ever exciting topic of SharePoint Installation and Deployment. Anyone who knows me knows I'm heavy on the development side so I got a double take from some friends when I...
Email based communications can often be problematic and a source of frustration for users. With the increased use of spam blockers both at the mail server level and email client level important communications, such as password changes, can often be blocked. One way around this is to use a combination of Question and Answer to provide verification of your user without relying on an email based workflow for password retrieval. The ASP.NET Membership Provider, specifically the SQL Membership Provider, provides a baseline set of functionality and controls for managing and storage of secret question and answer combinations within Forms...
I've had a very close working relationship with B&R for several years now leading many of their development heavy projects including their most recent effort with AMD over at http://developer.amd.com . I'm very happy to announce that ViewFusion Solutions is officially joining the B&R team. In addition to continuing to manage large SharePoint development efforts for B&R I will also be heading up the new products development division, keeping the name of ViewFusion but now under the B&R umbrella. I'm very excited to get some of the product offerings off the ground and I'm also planning to rope them...
Thanks for all who attended my session yesterday at the Charlotte Code Camp. I always look forward to a full crowd in Charlotte and I apologize for those folks who may have had to stand for a bit. Hopefully it worth the discomfort :) As promised I've attached the demo code I used during the presentation to this post. The last couple demos which I spun through pretty quick are also included. Although this is my 4th visit to the Charlotte Code Camp I always seem to forget that the sessions are only 1 hour instead of the...