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DataAdapter for Active Directory/LDAP?

I'm writing a bunch of AD code for adding users, groups, etc. and I got to thinking, “Wouldn't it be cool if there was an AD DataAdapter for managing AD objects using DataSets?” You can, of course, load AD data into DataSets through linked servers , but AFAIK, there's no DataAdapter for automatically...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2004 1:44 PM by Brendan Tompkins

Filed under: .NET General
Cool Tool: Reflector for .NET

This thing's pretty neat, Lutz Roeder's Reflector for .NET . Reflector is a class browser for .NET components (assemblies). It supports assembly and namespace views, type and member search, C# XML documentation viewer, reference search, IL disassembler, VB and C# decompiler, dependency trees, supertype...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2004 8:14 AM by Brendan Tompkins

Filed under: .NET General
Windows Server 2003 AD Schema Refresh Issue - Fix

We recently deployed a web application here on our intranet which uses Windows authentication. During development, on an XP machine, the application worked fine. When we pushed it into production on a 2003 server machine, we started getting this error: The directory datatype cannot be converted to/from...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2004 6:05 AM by Brendan Tompkins
Going Direct 101 : Getting Your Ducks in a Row

Here's part II of Going Direct 101. Start here for background and also to have a look at my questionnaire to find out if you're able to go direct. If you think you can do it, here are some tips that worked for me: Plan ahead: Start talking to key people months in advance, testing the waters to see if...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2004 11:33 AM by Brendan Tompkins

Filed under: Consulting
Going Direct 101

As we're going through this off-shoring trend, our jobs are getting less and less secure. If you're a contractor/software engineer, you may be analyzing your long-term career options. Perhaps you've decided to fight this trend by writing letters to the government. Perhaps you've looked into working for...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2004 6:22 AM by Brendan Tompkins

Filed under: Consulting
Active Directory Schema Cache Refresh Issue?

Does anyone know anything about how to get the AD Schema to refresh under IIS6 on Windows Server 2003 using Windows Authentication? Specifically, we get the error when using the following code to get the properties of an AD User: We've been struggling for days on this, and the problem seems to be somehow...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2004 2:44 PM by Brendan Tompkins
What to do About Bad KB Code?

I'd rather have bad KB code than none at all, but the following article's code is terrible! Stuff is commented out, like someone's in mid thought. There's stale comments that don't have anything to do with the code that's obviously from some other sample code. It's driving me crazy! http://support.microsoft...

Published Mon, Mar 22 2004 12:26 PM by Brendan Tompkins
Off-Topic : "Bassing"

This guy's post on “Bassing“ is really funny. Most of all it's funny because I secretly love bassing. I don't have a good subwoofer in my car or anything, but I still get enormous amounts of pleasure rolling up to pick up my 6-year old from his snooty elementary school with a good Jurassic...

Published Thu, Mar 18 2004 5:43 PM by Brendan Tompkins
Support No IntelliSense Day...

This is a good idea. Kind of like when Yoda forced Luke to fight blindfolded. http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive/2004/03/17/91622.aspx

Published Thu, Mar 18 2004 8:28 AM by Brendan Tompkins
Offshore Outsourcing : I Quit.

Today, I tendered my resignation with my consulting firm. I had a bunch of excellent reasons for doing this, but the process has been accelerated over the last couple of weeks primarily because of this offshore outsourcing issue. See, a couple of weeks ago, I received an email from our CEO stating that...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2004 6:36 AM by Brendan Tompkins

Filed under: Offshore Outsourcing
Computerworld Article : Google's Offshore R&D

An article in COMPUTERWORLD (March 1, 2004) talks about offshoring of R&D to India. Specifically, they mention Google's offshoring of some of it's R&D. There's a quote from a guy at Google . He says: “Bangalore is the so-called Silicon Valley of India, and there is a large pool of talented...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2004 1:39 PM by Brendan Tompkins

Filed under: Offshore Outsourcing
A Scalable ASP.NET Expanded User Properties Model

OBSOLETE CONTENT The author of this post has determined that this content is obsolete. Use at your own risk! Blog posts are a point-in-time snapshot of the blogger's thinking and should not be assumed to represent this blogger's current opinions. This post was left up for historical purposes. Like most...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2004 10:11 AM by Brendan Tompkins

Filed under: ASP.NET Tutorials
Even my Grandmother thinks Offshore Outsourcing is Bad...

I had dinner with my family last night. Well, it was a special occasion and my grandmother was there. Getting her out of the nursing home is a task, and well, anyway, let's just say she doesn't get out much. Well, the funny thing is that what she does do is watch CNN practically 24 hours a day. She never...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2004 8:27 AM by Brendan Tompkins

Filed under: Offshore Outsourcing
Info World Cover Story - .NET Gets a Good Report Card...

Well, I'm so proud. I picked up a copy of InfoWorld at work today, and the cover story is titled “.NET Report Card” In case you can't get your copy, here's how .NET did: Advancing the state of the Windows programming Art: B Software deployment: A- Security: B- Richness, reach and next-generation...

Published Wed, Mar 10 2004 10:59 AM by Brendan Tompkins
Offshore Outsourcing Continued - I need to call Michael Moore...

4/22/04 UPDATE : Before you read this, you may want to see my post here . It looks like Michael Moore may not be the one to call, after all. So, I'm still trying to wrap my hands around this offshore outsourcing issue. I've gotten more information about my company's plans for their PAC. Indeed, they...

Published Wed, Mar 10 2004 7:36 AM by Brendan Tompkins

Filed under: Offshore Outsourcing

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DataAdapter for Active Directory/LDAP?

Cool Tool: Reflector for .NET

Windows Server 2003 AD Schema Refresh Issue - Fix

Going Direct 101 : Getting Your Ducks in a Row

Going Direct 101

Active Directory Schema Cache Refresh Issue?

What to do About Bad KB Code?

Off-Topic : "Bassing"

Support No IntelliSense Day...

Offshore Outsourcing : I Quit.

Computerworld Article : Google's Offshore R&D

A Scalable ASP.NET Expanded User Properties Model

Even my Grandmother thinks Offshore Outsourcing is Bad...

Info World Cover Story - .NET Gets a Good Report Card...

Offshore Outsourcing Continued - I need to call Michael Moore...