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Using Azure Event Grid To Generate and Consume Events

byMunib Butt
In today’s article we will look at how we can use Azure’s Event Grid to pass events from one application or resource to another. Unlike queues or service bus, the Event Grid will push the events once generated to the subscriber. The subscriber does not have to poll or pull these events.
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Load, Compile, Run, and Interact With C# Code Dynamically

byMunib Butt
Today, we will look into how we can dynamically load C# code into our solution, compile this code, run it, and then interact with it to call methods etc. This might be useful when we want to add plugin code etc.
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Azure Clear Environment Specific Data

byDorababu M
Recently I got a requirement asking to develop an utility to clear environment specific data such as clearing blobs, cleaning up entities from azure table and clearing service bus messages from topics.
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New features in .NET 8

byMunib Butt
Today, we will look into some new features that are expected in .NET 8. .NET 8 will be the next version of the .NET framework after .NET 7. It will be an LTS (Long-term support) release.
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Run Multiple Tasks In Parallel In C# 11

byMunib Butt
Today, we will see how we can run multiple tasks in parallel and collect the results once done in C# 11. This technique can help us use the multi-processors we have on our hardware and improve performance and efficiency of our applications.
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Ahead Of Time (AOT) compilation to native code using C#

byMunib Butt
Microsoft has just released .NET 7 on 14th November 2022. One of the cool feature introduced with .NET 7/C# 11 is the Ahead of Time (AOT) compilation to native code feature. It allows us to directly compile and publish our code in the native version. Hence, no Just in Time (JIT) compilation.
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Parallel execution of tasks in C#

byMunib Butt
Today we will see how we can run different tasks in parallel in C#. With the current hardware strength, we have machines with multiple processors. Hence, we certainly have the ability to utilize these and run our tasks in parallel to improve performance. But are we really doing this.
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Records vs Struct Records in C#

byMunib Butt
When C# 9 was introduced, one of the main features was a new type called Records. which were reference types. Then with C# 10 came struct based records which were value based with the same properties. Today, we will see what the performance difference between them is.
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What to use? ORM vs Stored Procedures

byMunib Butt
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Today we will look at a very common debate while developing the data access layer. This is to decide if we want to use stored procedures and keep our logic in the database or do we want to use an ORM like Entity Framework and keep all logic in our middle tier C# code and use the database as a store.
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How to create custom attributes in .NET

byMunib Butt
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Today we will look at creating custom attributes in .NET. Attributes provide metadata for our elements in our code. These can then be read via reflection and used to handle different conditional logic. The process to create and use them is simple and we will work through an example.
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Logical Expressions in .NET

byit_saige
For many programmers something like: if (someState != someOtherState && someState == someOtherOtherState || someState == someOtherOtherOtherState) { .... } Is a common pattern. I am here to discuss alternatives to this pattern which will reduce *code smells* within code analyzers.
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Async and Multi-Threading in C# in Plain English

bygr8gonzo
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A lot of developers have the wrong ideas about async code and multi-threading and how it all works, or how to use it. Here, you'll learn the differences between the two concepts and implement each one in C#.
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How to load JSON's data into SQL Server in different ways

byRyan Chong
Data can be kept in different media, Sometimes, the data need to be extracted, transformed or loaded in different ways. For this article, I'm going to demonstrate some of the popular ways of importing JSON data into MS SQL Server.
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How to load Excel's data into SQL Server in different ways

How to load Excel's data into SQL Server in different ways

byRyan Chong
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Data can be kept in different media, Sometimes, the data need to be extracted, transformed or loaded in different ways. For this article, I'm going to demonstrate some of the popular ways of importing Excel data into MS SQL Server.
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ADCycleGroups - Multi-Level GPO Phase-In Tool

byShaun Vermaak
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ADCycleGroups is a multilevel GPO phase-in tool I developed to automate the moving of computers and users from one GPO version to the next, until it finally gets to the latest GPO policy. This allows me to gradually move computers and users from one version of a policy to the next.
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Use Active Directory Images Anywhere

byShaun Vermaak
This is a simple web application that allows you to use Active Directory photos anywhere that you can use a HTML tag
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.NET Windows Service Template using Timer, Topshelf and Log4Net

byShaun Vermaak
I have personally never liked the standard Windows Service template that comes with Visual Studio. This article describes how I created a Visual Studio template build on the Topshelf library that I use to develop stable Windows Services.
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Automatic logoff at schedule

byShaun Vermaak
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Over time I have seen a number of questions asking how to logoff users at a specific time. I personally haven't required this but decided to develop a little Windows service that manages this via schedule and not a legacy scheduled task running shutdown /l or via AD logon hours
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Pre Server 2016 Group Membership Expiration Tool

byShaun Vermaak
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Group membership expiration is a superb new feature included with Active Directory 2016 functional level. But what if you want this functionality but you haven't upgraded yet? Since I have many clients that cannot yet leverage this new feature, I have developed a custom tool.
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Google Elevation API

How Google Elevation works and how to create a simple C# App?

byMolnár István
The article's main focus is , to create a C# console application using Google's Elevation API. For more detailed information about this topic, use the attached links.

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