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Wiki Page: Windows Identity Foundation (WIF): How to Utilize the WS-Federation WHR Parameter to Bypass Home Realm Discovery (HRD)

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

There are two ways in which Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) can utilize the WS-Federation passive WHR parameter to bypass home realm discovery (HRD). There are a few questions to ask before deciding which method to implement: 1. Can the WHR parameter remain static for a Relying Party (RP) application...

on26 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Identity Foundation (WIF): How to Utilize the WS-Federation WAUTH Parameter to Specify an Authentication Type

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

There are two ways in which Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) can utilize the WS-Federation passive WAUTH parameter to specify an authentication type. There are a few questions to ask before deciding which method to implement: 1. Can the WAUTH parameter remain static for a Relying Party (RP)...

on26 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Using Schtasks.exe to Create a Scheduled Task to Download the Sysinternals Tools

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

Sysinternals tools have historically been updated with enough frequency that it can be beneficial to periodically check for newer versions. You can use the Schtasks.exe command-line tool that is included in Windows to create a scheduled task to download the latest Sysinternals tools automatically...

on26 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: How to Determine the Arguments of an Arbitrary Activity (WF)

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

Your application may need to interact with an arbitrary activity at design-time or run-time, such as when an activity is dropped into a re-hosted workflow designer. In this case, you may want to determine the arguments that the activity is expecting. Since an activity's arguments are exposed as...

on26 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Providing a default value for an InArgument (WF)

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

If an activity wishes to provide a default value for an InArgument that will be used in case it is not supplied, it will need to be provided programmatically after checking the execution context for the value, rather than using DefaultValueAttribute or setting the value during activity initialization...

on26 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Passing arguments to activities scheduled by NativeActivity (WF)

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

When scheduling activities using the NativeActivityContext.ScheduleActivity method, it isn't immediately obvious how to flow arguments into that activity. Since the scheduled activity doesn't have access to the parent activity's arguments (as a child activity would), it's necessary...

on26 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Change the FSIS Host Controller Service Logging Configuration

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

A variety of settings for the Host Controller Services logging can be modified through its configuration file. This includes the logging level output for both the HostControllerService.log and the Windows Event log. The following procedure explains how to change the log level for the HostController...

on26 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Troubleshooting RCDC Configuration Issues Using FIM Portal Tracing

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

Resource control display configuration (RCDC) resources are user-defined resources that you can use to control how other resources in the Microsoft® Forefront® Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 data store appear in the user interface (UI) to the end user. Each RCDC resource contains an XML configuration...

on26 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: USMT 4.0 Temporary and Working Space Explanations

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

The User State Migration Tool uses temporary files and working space during a migration with scanstate. This article seeks to explain some of the more common questions around the architecture of this usage in order to better estimate free space requirements. Explanation By default, the...

on25 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Embedded Compact 7: How to Exit a Silverlight for WindowsEmbedded Application Gracefully

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

To conserve system resources and maintain overall system stability, it is important for any application to exit gracefully. To ensure that your Silverlight for Windows Embedded application exits gracefully, you use the EndDialog method of the visual host object, IXRVisualHostPtr . In this article...

on25 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: How to Gain Access to Office 365 via PowerShell

Naomi N

Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS C:\Users\soonkok.goh> set-executionpolicy unrestricted Execution Policy Change The execution policy helps protect you from scripts that you do not trust. Changing the execution policy might expose ...

on24 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: How to Apply Registry Setting Changes to Open Instances of Internet Explorer Embedded (Windows Embedded Compact 7)

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

When you develop an application that runs on Windows Embedded Compact 7, you may need your application to programmatically change the Internet Explorer Embedded registry settings. You can apply the new settings without the user having to restart the web browser by adding a couple extra lines of code...

on24 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Handling Concurrency Checking in WCF Data Services when Working with Disconnected Entities

Naomi N

Table of Contents Introduction How timestamps are handled with WCF Data Services The problem Maintaining Etags when using disconnected entities Adding an Etag when attaching the entity Updating the Timestamp after saving changes Final thoughts Introduction A common pattern when using WCF Data Services...

on24 Sep 2013

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Wiki Page: Windows Identity Foundation (WIF): How to Utilize the WS-Federation WHR Parameter to Bypass Home Realm Discovery (HRD)

Wiki Page: Windows Identity Foundation (WIF): How to Utilize the WS-Federation WAUTH Parameter to Specify an Authentication Type

Wiki Page: Using Schtasks.exe to Create a Scheduled Task to Download the Sysinternals Tools

Wiki Page: How to Determine the Arguments of an Arbitrary Activity (WF)

Wiki Page: Providing a default value for an InArgument (WF)

Wiki Page: Passing arguments to activities scheduled by NativeActivity (WF)

Wiki Page: Change the FSIS Host Controller Service Logging Configuration

Wiki Page: Troubleshooting RCDC Configuration Issues Using FIM Portal Tracing

Wiki Page: USMT 4.0 Temporary and Working Space Explanations

Wiki Page: Windows Embedded Compact 7: How to Exit a Silverlight for WindowsEmbedded Application Gracefully

Wiki Page: How to Gain Access to Office 365 via PowerShell

Wiki Page: How to Apply Registry Setting Changes to Open Instances of Internet Explorer Embedded (Windows Embedded Compact 7)

Wiki Page: Handling Concurrency Checking in WCF Data Services when Working with Disconnected Entities