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Filewatcher in global.asax

I needed to watch for files changing in the root of my site. Specifically I was doing this as I had an XML file with all my routing information defined. So if this XML file changed I needed to reload...

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A bad workman always blames his tools

I complain about being forced to use old computers and small screens all the time. I seem to be the first to shout if the network is slowing down or anti-virus randomly kicks in halfway into the day....

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Azure: Persistent virtual machines and hosting Linux in Azure

Interesting reading an article on zdnet about Microsoft soon to support persisted Virtual Machines in Azure. This means they are opening up the Azure platform as Infrastructure As A Service (IAAS)....

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Windows Azure SQL Reporting being discontinued

Microsoft have announced that Windows Azure SQL Reporting will be discontinued on 31st October 2014. Along with recommending to migrate reporting instances to SSRS running on virtual machines in Azure....

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Azure physical hard drive import

Just discovered a new service offered by Windows Azure. The Windows Azure Import/Export Service. What is it? It allows you to import your data from a hard drive you have with you to Blob Storage, AND...

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Azure Storage Import Export Service Tutorial run through on Channel 9

Episode 130 of The Cloud Cover show over at Channel 9 takes you through the new Import Export Service that Azure provides to us. Channel 9 Cloud Cover show The post Azure Storage Import Export Service...

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Automapper 3.2.1 The call is ambiguous between the following methods or...

Quick error fix for anyone experiencing the same issue, looks like the syntax for ResolveUsing has changed as of 3.2.0. Just updated Automapper on my project to 3.2.1. And getting the following error....

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Tidying up TFS workspaces on the server

Wow, TFS can be a pain at times. View workspaces on server To find all the workspaces that are currently on your TFS server you can fire up “Developer Command Prompt for VS2013″ Get to this by going...

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Setting up web endpoint monitoring in Azure

Services like Pingdom allow you to monitor your websites in case they go down so that you are notified. When the configured endpoint for monitoring returns a HTTP response code greater than or equal to...

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Azure: Crossdomain.xml inside root of blob storage

My recent Azure adventures are working with a Flash client as the front end, which meant the need to implement a crossdomain.xml file to allow the Flash client to connect to my site.   What is...

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