Service Level Dashboard for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Earlier this year I worked on a project with the Microsoft Solution Accelerator Team to develop what was released as the Service Level Dashboard for System Center Operations Manager 2007.
The dashboard is a report that is installed into Operations Manager 2007 and is used to display availability and performance metrics related to SLA thresholds set [...]

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MCTS: WSS 3.0 – Application Development

Last Saturday I was able to pass the 70-541 exam to earn the MCTS: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Application Development certification. Not only will I be working on my MCPD certification this year, but also the WSS/MOSS certifications. Check my About page to see a list of my current certifications.

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New Xbox Live Gamertag

I updated my Xbox Live gamertag tonight from “alex00110101″ to “NewGuid”, something a little more… globally… unique…
Appending binary to my name didn’t really gel with all of those non-technical folks out there. Hmmm… I guess they won’t be very familiar with the whole Guid concept either… oh well… at least it’s easier to tell people.

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Dynamic Cascading Drop Down Lists

Recently, I have been doing a lot of ASP.NET development inside of SharePoint. Once area that I have found to be quite tricky, although not SharePoint-specific, is dynamic ASP.NET controls. In particular, managing postbacks when you have dynamic ASP.NET controls.
Here is a link to the source code for a Visual Studio 2008 solution, which demonstrates [...]

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