Toni Pohl

TheVerge has collected (inofficial) information about the next version of Microsoft Windows – which is expected to be named Windows 9 (AKA “Threshold”) and planned to come to market next spring (2015), see the details here: Windows 9 will kill Microsoft’s awkward Charms menu, introduce virtual desktops (I like this nice dummy image from https://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/windows-9.jpg.) Sources of the TheVerge-article are Winbeta (Windows 9 Threshold…), ZDNet (Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft’s Windows ‘Threshold’ expected to add virtual desktops, drop charms) and Neowin (Windows Threshold: Here come the virtual desktops). ...

Ganz frisch gibt es ein neues kostenfreies eBook für Developer im Microsoft Press Blog downzuladen: Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure von Scott Guthrie, Mark Simms, Tom Dykstra, Rick Anderson und Mike Wasson. Das eBook behandelt die Themen Apps mit Azure, Best practices for DevOps, data storage, high availability und vieles mehr. Dabei werden auch wichtige Bereiche von Azure wie Automation, Web Development, Continuous integration and delivery, Source Control, Caching, Queues, Monitoring und weitere Features behandelt. ...

Manchmal entwickelt man eine App, äh, Code, auf Basis des .NET Frameworks um dann festzustellen, dass auf der Zielmaschine das entsprechende Microsoft .NET Framework nicht installiert ist. So ist es mir vor kurzem passiert, dass die Voraussetzungen für eine .NET 4.5 App am Zielrechner des Kunden nicht vorhanden waren. Dann hilft nur die App mit einer kleineren Version neu zu kompilieren oder das benötigte .NET Framework auf dem Zielrechner zu installieren. ...

Sommerzeit ist Ferienzeit. Und Fortbildungszeit! Für IT-Pro´s, die sich um Migrationen von Windows-Server-Systemen (und um virtuelle Maschinen und Netzwerke) kümmern, gibt es in Kürze ein cooles Training aus der Microsoft Jump Start-Reihe: Am 24. Juli findet ein Online-Training mit dem Thema “Migrating Legacy Windows Server to 2012 R2 & Microsoft Azure” statt. In diesem (englischsprachigen) Training wird gezeigt, wie von früheren Windows Server-Versionen auf die letzte Windows Server 2012 R2 Version aktualisiert und alle wichtigen Dienste übernommen werden können, von Windows Server 2003 bis hin zu Windows Clustern. ...

Delegate365 changelog version 2.5. There´s a new feature concerning distribution lists built in. We got the request that it would be useful to integrate existing distribution lists into other distribution lists (DL) in D365, so that all members of a DL automatically receive emails if their DL is member of one or more other DL(´s). So now in D365 v2.5 it is possible to put existing DL´s as member into another DL. This feature is handy and reduces potential synchronization steps and eases the organizational tasks for the admins. ...

Delegate365 changelog version 2.4. We optimized some changes in the SMS notification service. New feature SMS-notification. Each customer can define if he wants to use SMS notifications in D365 or not. With SMS there are additional costs for the SMS provider. To ensure that a customer is aware of that function we can completely switch the SMS sending on or off. Admins: If yes, admins can define if they want to receive a notification via email and/or SMS: When editing the admin you can define each channel: email and/or SMS. The format of the phone number must be like this sample: ...

There´s a cool made video “Look Up” by Gary Turk about our confusion with #socialmedia. Update: Thanks Stefan Bauer from www.n8d.at for the tip that this video is originally made by Gary Turk with the title “Look Up” and viral since May. The previous version I posted here is only a repost by James Ellis on facebook. So I changed the author and the link to the original video on YouTube. Watch the video here! ...

Sometimes it´s good to check if the desired version of the Microsoft .NET Framework is installed on the target machine where you want to run your code, ah, app. Fortunately, this is easy to figure out. See MSDN article How to: Determine Which .NET Framework Versions Are Installed for .NET versions and How to determine which versions and service pack levels of the Microsoft .NET Framework are installed. To check the version open a command prompt, and start ...

John Montgomery, Director of Program Management Visual Studio Platform, announced the availability of Update 3 Release Candidate for Visual Studio 2013. The download of release candidate (RC) for Visual Studio 2013.3 was published on June 30th and consists of a very small online-installer. RC3 Update is still pre-release. An Upgrade from Update 3 RC to Update 3 RTM is supported. Find it here: Download. See the original blog post for information about the new features of RC3!

Since we put our App “Like for Outlook” in the Microsoft Office Store recently here´s some information how to install Apps for Outlook as an IT-administrator. What is deployed As an App for Office consists of an App manifest XML file and a webpage (which can be Provider-Hosted or SharePoint-Hosted) the Exchange admin needs to “install” (only) the App manifest file in the Exchange system for his company. In the manifest there´s specified where the App is hosted (the URL) as well as the permissions the app needs from the Host system (Outlook). See the relevant parts here: ...