I've been a fan of the Dark Side of Visual Studio for a couple of years now.  Like many others, I've been unable to find a dark side that was compatible with ReSharper. Unlike many others, I've created my own Like the sharing developer I am, you can download a copy of... [More]

I'm on hiatus for a bit. Why? Read more... Enjoy!

I'm compiling a web site in Visual Studio 2008 and have an unsuccessful build. OK, nothing unusual yet; compile errors seem to follow me around more often than not. The Error List window presents a number of errors, but two things are out of the ordinary: The Error List does not show an... [More]

The other day I attended the live webcast "Cram for Exams! 70-536: Visual Studio 2008." During the webcast the presenter put up a poll and I was a bit surprised at the results. Are you? Poll: Which language will you choose when taking the exam (Exam 70-536: Visual Studio 2008)? S... [More]

The other day I was laying out the framework, wire-frame if you will, of a few SharePoint Site Collections. During the planning process I was doing my god-like role of determining which divisions would have their own Site Collection and which divisions would share a Site Collection. As part of the... [More]

In addition to my SharePoint responsibilities, I spend a fair amount of time developing web-based applications. With that in mind, I thought I'd share an email that our company's Microsoft technical representative sent us today: IE8 Site Compatibility Customer Ready E-mail. Ensuring yo... [More]

Unless you change the settings for your Remote Desktop Connection, Windows key combinations will always be sent to your local machine when not in full-screen mode. What's the alternative? Alternative Key Combination: CTRL+ALT+END Alternative Menu Option: St... [More]

As I'm working in my virtual MOSS environment using the stsadm.exe utility I am suddenly presented with an error: C:\Program Files\...\STSADM.EXE is not a valid Win32 application. Huh? After several more attempts at using the stsadm.exe utility and receiving the same error ea... [More]

As our SharePoint environments scale in size, so does the complexity of maintaining sites. I believe MS is taking a proactive approach with SharePoint by listening to us, their customers. The more of us who send requests to MS, the more MS will be able to release future updates to the Administrati... [More]

One of the more powerful features about SharePoint from the end-user experience is its tight integration with Office 2007. However, migrating from an older version of Office to 2007 can be a daunting process for some. Functional changes? Has the overall functionality changed all that much ... [More]