Posted in Avanade, Code, Development, Microsoft, Technology, tagged Avanade, Microsoft, MOSS, MSDN, patterns & practices, SharePoint, SharePoint guidance, SPG on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft patterns & practices SharePoint Guidance has been released to MSDN!
http://www.microsoft.com/spg
Here are a few of the topics you will find inside:
Architectural decisions about patterns, feature factoring, and packaging
Design tradeoffs for decisions many developers encounter, such as whether to use SharePoint lists or a database to store information
Implementation examples that are demonstrated in the Training Management [...]
Posted in Avanade, Development, Microsoft, tagged Avanade, Microsoft, Ops Manager, SCOM, SLA on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Avanade, tagged .NET, Avanade, MCP, MCTS, Microsoft, MOSS, SharePoint on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is what Avanade calls your time between projects. Last week I rolled off my first major project and started my bench time. This time is meant for training and getting certified. So I did just that.
The first four days of this week I spent training on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 where I utilized [...]
Posted in Avanade, Code, Development, Microsoft, Technology, tagged Avanade, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server, T-SQL on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The other day out at Microsoft I ran into some interesting behavior in SQL Server regarding the difference between running a query in a table-valued function versus running it in a stored procedure.
This particular query I was trying to run selects columns from an existing view that is part a database of the Microsoft product [...]
Posted in Avanade, Development, Microsoft, tagged .NET, ASP.NET, Avanade, C#, Microsoft, Redmond, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, SSRS on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, the training was finally over and the start of March brought the start of my first project as a consultant at Avanade.
After a little bit of networking with a fellow WWU grad, I got onto my first project, and wouldn’t you know it, it’s at Microsoft. I am currently working in a small team [...]
Posted in Avanade, Microsoft, tagged .NET, Avanade, training on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been a while since my last post so I thought I would recap how the training course turned out.
The training program at Avanade for new college hires is awesome. Two words… free food! But seriously… Avanade offers, not only a mix of learning techniques and material, but the dedication of smart, passionate people to [...]
Posted in Avanade, Seattle, tagged .NET, Anthony's, Avanade, seafood, Seattle on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today was the mark of my first two weeks at Avanade and I have to say that each day gets better and better.
I was fortunate enough today to go out to lunch with one of our directors, a few of our recruiters, and some of my fellow new Seattle hires. It was an hour filled with good [...]
Posted in Avanade, Seattle, tagged Avanade, Seattle on January 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today was my first day at Avanade in Seattle. The day started with a walk to work, which was just a bit over a mile down Elliott Ave and only took about 20 minutes. I arrived right on time and after a short greeting, was taken up stairs to get my badge and an office [...]
