Zip(Archive) API’s in .NET Framework 4.5 – ZipArchive Class

With release of .NET Framework 4.5, Microsoft has introduced new classes in to System.IO.Compression namespace. These classes will add the necessary programming support for Zipping(Achiving), and Extracting support for Zip Files in your .NET Source Code. Below are the newly introduced classes as part of .NET Framework 4.5: ZipArchive – Represents a package of compressed […]

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Download – Microsoft Web Deploy v3.0 for IIS

The Web Deployment Tool simplifies the migration, management and deployment of IIS Web servers, Web applications and Web sites. Administrators can use command-line scripting with the Web Deployment Tool to synchronize IIS 6.0, IIS 7.0 and IIS 8.0 servers or to migrate an IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0 servers to IIS 8.0. The Web Deployment […]

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Lazy Request Validation in ASPDotNET 4.5 and AntiXSS

Lazy Request Validation is an interesting feature included as part of .NET Framework 4.5 and ASP.NET 4.5. By default all request data is subject to request validation. However, you can configure the application to defer request validation until you actually access request data. You can configure the application to use deferred validation in the Web.config […]

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Visual Studio 2012 Update 4–Released

Microsoft has today released the final RTW(Release-To-Web) version of Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 .  This update is the latest in a cumulative series of feature additions and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2012. Download:  Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 ( Web Install | Offline ISO ) Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 with Update […]

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Visual Studio 2012.4 RC 3 Available

Microsoft has released the Visual Studio 2012.4 RC3 Update for Visual studio 2012.  This update includes lots of bug fixes and improvements. Here are some informative links for you: Download – Visual Studio 2012.4 RC3 Update Visual Studio 2012.4 RC3 Update – KB Article

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Windows 8.1 RTM and Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM are available for MSDN/TechNet subscribers

Today, Microsoft has released the Windows 8 RTM and Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM bits for MSDN/TechNet Subscribers. As rumoured earlier final build version is  6.3.9600.16384. If you are an MSDN/TechNet Subscriber you can download the latest build from: MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442898  TechNet: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442904.aspx Related blogs for reference: Download Windows 8.1 RTM, Visual Studio 2013 RC […]

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