Fix – WP7 AdControl Disappears after Upgrade to 7.1
Last night I cut over a few WP7 7.0 applications using the AdControl to 7.1 (Mango). In the process I lost the AdControl on all the application pages. No error, not complaint just an empty place where the AdControl should have been. If I was paying close attention I could see a brief flicker of the outline of the AdControl as though it was loading. If you search the Internet you will find a few posts,...
December 1st, 2011 by Darrin
Windows Phone 7 SharePoint Social Demo at Conference
SharePoint Conference is a short time away and Todd, Matt, Gary and I just finished up the demo app ( well more than just a demo) that Todd will be using in the “Integrating SharePoint Social features into your Windows Phone 7 Application” session. This session runs at 3:45PM-5PM PT on Monday October 3rd. We put a lot of hours into this demo so stop by Todd’s sessions and check out...
September 14th, 2011 by Darrin
Connecting Windows Phone 7 to SharePoint using Basic Authentication
Todd, Matt and I have been working with SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 a lot lately. There are a lot of great scenarios for connecting Windows Phone 7 to your SharePoint farm. The phone platform provides a great reach scenario for many SharePoint applications. Unfortunately Windows Phone 7 does not support NTLM in custom development scenario and that is the most common authentication scenario we...
September 5th, 2011 by Darrin
SharePoint Enterprise Content Management Implementers’ Course
Working on an Enterprise Content Management project using SharePoint 2010? Then you need to take a look at the new SharePoint Enterprise Content Management Implementers’ Course recently published on TechNet at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepoint/hh126808. This kit was created to provide a “beyond the basic” look and understanding of how to implement key pieces of a ECM system...
August 1st, 2011 by Darrin
SharePoint and Azure Training Course
While I am on a streak pushing new training courses I might as well point out that the SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure Training Course is available as well. Todd Baginiski of Aptillon worked on some of the content in this training course. This training course will get you started with integrating SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure. Download the course from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/SPAzureTrainingCourse. Check...
August 1st, 2011 by Darrin
Reminder– Feed URL is changed
Just a friendly reminder that the feed URL has changed. Some of you are still tracking the old feed which – well doesn’t work so well… Change your feed readers to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/darrinbishoptech
July 28th, 2011 by Darrin
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SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast Tour In Chicago
Next month I will be heading to Chicago to speak at the SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast event. The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place August 8-10. The sessions I will be speaking on are: Building a Windows Phone 7 – SharePoint Application Integrating Azure DataMarket into Your SharePoint Farm The Big SharePoint Push – Integrating Push Notification with SharePoint 2010 There...
July 28th, 2011 by Darrin
SharePoint and Silverlight Training Course
I am playing catch up here… In April Microsoft released the SharePoint and Silverlight Training Course located at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/SharePointAndSilverlightTrainingCourse. Todd Baginiski, David Mann and I from Aptillon worked with Paul Stubbs to create over 30 SharePoint and Silverlight labs. The modules included in the SharePoint and Silverlight Training Course includes: Introduction...
July 28th, 2011 by Darrin
New SharePoint 2010 and Windows Phone 7 Training Course Available
Got WP7? Got SharePoint? Then you need to have a look at the new SharePoint 2010 and Windows Phone 7 Training Course. Microsoft has just released the new course as a few online or downloadable training course. You can find the new course here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/SharePointAndWindowsPhone7TrainingCourse. Todd Baginski, Matthew McDermott and I worked with Paul Stubbs and Dave Pae to...
July 28th, 2011 by Darrin
So Where Did Darrin Go?
I know I have been very quiet lately. Since Aptillon was formed it seemed that every time I was going to have time to post another project came up. It was definitely a crazy first half of the year. So what kept me busy? Well let’s see… Working on a few chapters for a a few different books. Finished up writing SharePoint and Silverlight training modules. Finished up writing SharePoint 2010 and...
July 28th, 2011 by Darrin
Darrin has been around SharePoint since the Tahoe days. For those that have not been working in SharePoint that long, Tahoe was the code name for SharePoint Portal Server 2001.
Lately Darrin has been working with SharePoint with Windows Phone 7 and Azure. His blog is primarily about SharePoint along with some WP7, Azure and other topics such as Data Entity Framework and Silverlight.
Darrin is a founding member of Aptillon along with Todd, Matt, Maurice, Gary, Dan and Dave. We all work together on some really interesting projects along with some of our trusted partners.
Need to contact Darrin? Drop him a line at www.aptillon.com.
