Category Archives: Tooling

Power plan and Visual Studio builds

Posted on April 8, 2015 by erictummers

Our Visual Studio 2013 solution holds 283 projects. The build and load times are long. Reading some tips on the internet about speeding things up I found that the power plan of my laptop directly influences the build time. Operation … Continue reading →

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Preview Azure Portal Easter special

Posted on April 6, 2015 by erictummers

Today I’ve tried the Azure portal preview. The experience is different from the normal portal, but I see why Microsoft wants us to use it. Information is displayed on blades and not hidden on tabs. I’ve created a wordpress site. … Continue reading →

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Renew Certificate with SHA256

Posted on March 30, 2015 by erictummers

Just like my renewal in 2014 I acted on receiving an email about my certificates expiring. The free certificate’s default Secure Hash Algorithm used to be of type SHA1. Microsoft is deprecating SHA1. Also Google posted about sunsetting SHA1. Browsers … Continue reading →

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Excel conditional formatting calendar

Posted on March 25, 2015 by erictummers

Excel has some magic formatting options. With conditional formatting I’ve created my own little calendar with highlighted current day / month / date. Full sample for download below this post. The screenshot is from March 16, but you’ve already seen … Continue reading →

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Call custom .NET code from powershell

Posted on March 18, 2015 by erictummers

Consider the following code in HelloWorld.API.dll. Make the API available with the Add-Type cmdlet. This makes all the types in a .NET assembly available in the current session. Now the static method can be called by using the :: (two … Continue reading →

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