developer meet server

Application Compatibility - Debugging

Jason Olson — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:37:30 GMT

In this video, we sit down (well, stand up actually) with Chris Jackson and Gov Maharaj to chat about debugging application compatibility issues (and some of the things Microsoft has done to mitigate typical app compat issues we've run into).

Hopefully we'll get a follow-up video with Gov to talk specifically about debugging tips and tricks.

Apologies for the whiteboarding. I didn't get the best angle on it so it can be hard to read.

Enjoy!

Application Compatibility - MSI Installer Issues

Jason Olson — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:35:49 GMT

In this video, we chat with Robert Flaming about application compatibility issues around Windows Installer for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Mark Taylor, from our first Application Compatibility video, sits in as well to fire off some important questions (well, questions that are perhaps more educated than I would ask :P).

So if you work on a product that is using Windows Installer and you are planning on deploying your product to Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, make sure to tune in! This video is almost all audio (very little need for video), so feel free to download the audio file for that next car ride you have if you wish!

Some links of interest:

Enjoy!

Application Compatibility - Overview

Charles — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:05:32 GMT

In this video, our good friend Jason Olson chats with Maarten Van De Bospoort, Mark Taylor, and Pat Altimore about Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility.

We discuss a bunch of topics in this video that are very pertinent to the topic of Application Compatibility on Windows Server 2008, from Session 0 Isolation to IIS 7 to Mandatory Integrity Control, among many others (I will give any of you five geek points if you can work in "Session 0 Isolation" or "Mandatory Integrity Control" into your next dinner party conversation!). Expect to see some deep dives on the various topics mentioned in this video (and others) in the coming weeks and months.

Some links mentioned in the video and others of interest:

http://microsoft.mrmpslc.com/InnovateOnWindowsServer/

http://devreadiness.org/default.aspx

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/default.aspx

Tune in!

Screencast - Transactional NTFS and WCF

Jason Olson — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:46:29 GMT

Welcome back to the "Developer, Meet Server" screencast everybody :).

In this screencast we will dive back into Transactional NTFS and look at how you can use it with WCF to build powerful transactional capabilities into a service-based system.

Sample Code:
This screencast is more PPT-heavy than normal as there are some basics we need to cover as an introduction into the series. Expect future installments to focus a lot more on getting into the nitty gritty of the code itself.

Sample Code: