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The ADFS Management Pack monitors the health of ADFS components that are available in Windows Server 2003 R2. It includes a set of views, and it provides monitoring for the following core components: Federation Service, Federation Service Proxy,...

Office 2003 Editions: Excel VBA Language Reference contains documentation (such as programming references and technical articles), and may contain tools and sample code designed to help you customize Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and to extend Excel and...

Visual Basic .NET Code Sample: Data Access - Data Entry Form sample demonstrates how to create a data entry form to add, update and delete records from a single table. ADO.NET is used to insert, update and delete records from the Products table in the...

Visual Basic .NET Code Sample: Using the COM Port in VB.NET sample demonstrates how to control a communications port from .NET. Since the .NET Framework does not support direct control of the Comm Port, a separate class is used that provides direct Win32...

Visual Basic .NET Code Samples: Master Set of 101 Samples includes a master set of Visual Basic .NET code samples demonstrating various aspects of the language in the following areas: syntax, data access, Windows Forms, Web development and Web services,...

This is the most current version of the Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server. It contains any changes that were made to the guide since shipping, including updates to support the installation of Visual Studio 2005 SP1. This...

The Shopping Services Architect Patterns Summary presents a systematic method for translating business requirements into an IT implementation that integrates Microsoft products, services, and support. The purpose of this summary is to convey the basic...

This customer service sample application demonstrates the use of the Microsoft .Net Framework, SQL Server 2000 XML functionality, and XSLT documents. It allows customers to view customer, order, and order detail information in a secure environment. The...

The Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification provides a format for text and graphics interchange that can be used with different output devices, operating environments, and operating systems. Version 1.8 of the specification contains the latest updates...

Although real-time graphics techniques are quickly advancing towards realism, the main issues many developers face is still performance. PIX for Windows is a powerful tool you can use to squeeze the most performance out of your game. Learn about the new...