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SharePoint user profile properties now writable with CSOM
(Vesa Juvonen) One of the highly requested capabilities for the SharePoint client side object model (CSOM) has been the capability to update user profile properties.
Putting sp_ at the beginning of your stored procedure.
(Kenneth Fisher) Every now and again you see articles and posts about putting sp_ at the beginning of a stored procedure. So what does that do and why should we care? The primary effect is that if you put a stored procedure starting with sp_ in master you can call it directly from any database.
Combining Data From Multiple Excel Workbooks With Power Query–The Easy Way!
(Chris Webb) If there’s one feature of Power Query that’s guaranteed to get Excel users very, very excited indeed it’s the ability to combine data from multiple workbooks into a single table.
Questions About T-SQL Transaction Isolation Levels You Were Too Shy to Ask
(Robert Sheldon) Every time you access a relational database to make a query, you have an important decision to make: What is the appropriate isolation level for your query? If you get this wrong, the consequences can be serious. Deadlocks, Dirty reads, Non-repeatable reads, or poor performance.
Utilize HTML5 DataList And JQuery Ajax To Create Autocomplete In ASP.NET MVC
(Bipin Joshi) In data entry forms involving textboxes with predictable values one can use autocomplete to assist user pick an existing value. HTML5 introduces element that can come handy while implementing autocomplete.
Creating And Extending A Lodash / Underscore Service In AngularJS
(Ben Nadel) This is a really minor post, but it represents a pattern for including 3rd-party libraries in an AngularJS application. In this example, I happen to be using Lodash; but, this could just as easily apply to any other external JavaScript library.
N-Layered App with Entity Framework, Autofac, ASP.NET MVC and Unit Testing
(Brij Mohan Dammani) In my recent post, I explained how to implement a decoupled, unit-testable, N tier architecture based on Generic Repository Pattern with Entity Framework, IoC Container and Dependency Injection in ASP.NET MVC, then I got feedback against the repository/Unit of Work pattern.
Secure ASP.NET Web API using API Key Authentication – HMAC Authentication
(Taiseer Joudeh) Recently I was working on securing ASP.NET Web API HTTP service that will be consumed by a large number of terminal devices installed securely in different physical locations, the main requirement was to authenticate calls originating from those terminal devices to the HTTP service
Adding AJAX HTMLEditorExtender control to a webform
(Vivek Goyal) Here are the steps to add ajax HMTLEditorExtender control in webform.1. In VS 2013 open Tools > Library Package Manager > Package Manager Console.2. Enter command : PM> Install-Package AjaxControlToolkit .

