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Outlook password change not picked up by iPhone client
I recently changed my outlook 365 password - and was unable to get my iPhone mail client to pick up the new password. Here are a few things I Step…
TFS Build without a build servers
Ideally, your builds should be taking place on a configured build server – which pulls the latest code (from a specified branch) and then tries to compile it. In a…
When to consider SQL Server Enterprise
The crux of the matter lies in Scalability – and security (encryption of data at rest). Here are a few things that you will get with SQL Enterprise that you…
High Availability versus Disaster Recovery–The Cloud Advantage
As one transitions from application architecture to infrastructure (mainly cloud) architecture, you start hearing the terms High Availability and Disaster Recovery thrown around a lot (and thrown around interchangeably!). While…
Converting from DD-MM-YYYY to YYYY only in excel
Lately, I needed to go through a column full of dates – in the format MM-DD-YYYY. The thing is , I didn’t care for the day or the month of…
Safe(r) Domain Search
I was underwhelmed at the 'safe' domain search agents available. I particular encountered trust issues with some of the bigger registrars out there - including and hostgator. Two options that…
Privacy and Security for consumer laptops
Those free WIFI connections in cafes do not encrypt network traffic. This implies that anyone on the same WIFI network as you is able to ‘sniff’ your traffic and possibly…
Windows 10 Wifi
Just when I was getting used to Windows 10 (DEFINITELY an improvement on Windows 8), I started encountering frequent disconnects and dropped connections. Here are a few things to try:…
TOGAF versus Zachman versus FEA
Zachman tells you how to categorize your artifacts. TOGAF gives you a process for creating them. TOGAF complements Zachman - and isn’t in competition with it. TOGAF views the enterprise…
GroupBy in LINQ
The group clause enables you to group your results based on a key that you specify. For example you could specify that the results should be grouped by the City…