Monthly Archives: February 2013
Windows 8 Metro App deployment – Create Cert (pfx)
Creating the cert for Windows 8 Apps The following howto was taken from the following website: https://bytescout.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=296 Changes must be made to the makecert args, otherwise the Metro app won’t accept the pfx file! INFO: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa386968(v=vs.85).aspx .PFX file (Personal Information Exchange format) is the file containing both a public (.cer file) and a private (.pvk […]
TFS includes git support
I find it very exciting that TFS is starting to support git at last… Here’s some links. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/microsoft-embraces-git-with-new-tfs-support-visual-studio-integration/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/01/30/git-init-vs.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2013/01/30/getting-started-with-git-in-visual-studio-and-team-foundation-service.aspx
MS SQL 2012 FileTable with new DB instance
Here’s a simple example which helps setup the new FileTable feature in a new database. EXEC sp_configure filestream_access_level, 2 RECONFIGURE GO — Create Database CREATE DATABASE FileTableDB ON PRIMARY (Name = FileTableDB, FILENAME = ‘D:\FileTable\FTDB.mdf’), FILEGROUP FTFG CONTAINS FILESTREAM (NAME = FileTableFS, FILENAME=’D:\FileTable\FS’) LOG ON (Name = FileTableDBLog, FILENAME = ‘D:\FileTable\FTDBLog.ldf’) WITH FILESTREAM (NON_TRANSACTED_ACCESS = […]
MS SQL 2012 FileTable for Existing Instance
In order to use FileTables, the following four steps must be completed, in order: 1. Enable FileStream at the instance Level 2. Provide a FileStream Filegroup 3. Enable Non-Transactional access and specify FileTable directory at the Database Level 4. Create a FileTable ALTER DATABASE ADD FILEGROUP CONTAINS FILESTREAM GO — D:FileTableContainedTestDb must exist ALTER DATABASE […]
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