Windows 10 Virtual Desktops – Quick guide and shortcut keys

When you have dozens of apps open and working across different tasks, then Windows 10 Virtual Desktops can help. By using virtual desktops you can open or move the right apps and browsers for a particular task to it’s own desktop.

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Unit Test Class ReSharper Template and Snippets for nUnit and MS Test

Quick helper boiler plates for setting up your Unit Test.

I have included ReSharper Template here that you can import directly Resharper Templates. Also thanks you to Alessandro Aeberli for making the these Visual Studio Snippets

After importing the ReSharper Templates then you can use ‘uTestBoiler’ or ‘uTestnUnitBoiler’ shortcuts to add the code below into any test class.

If you want to make your own snippets you can use the Visual Studios Snippet Manager by following the instructions here https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165394.aspx

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My Microsoft Azure Certification Revision Sheets

I finally successfully passed the three exams necessary to certify as a Microsoft MCSD: Azure Solution Architect (now becoming the MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure). \o/

  • Exam 70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
  • Exam 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
  • Exam 70-534: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions

It was no easy feat, not least because of the absolutely massive number of topics that you need to learn, but also that Microsoft decided to update the syllabus’s of all three exams just as I was ready to take them (Nov/Dec 2016). Continue reading “My Microsoft Azure Certification Revision Sheets”

How to delete an Azure Active Directory (ADD) Tenant

You may have discovered that deleting an Azure Active Directory is a particularly frustrating experience that ultimately ends in failure. The new portal have improved things a bit, by running through a series of check before the delete button is enabled.

You may need to go back to the Classic portal (https://manage.windowsazure.com) to see some of the objects/resources to delete.

However, although this will help you remove ‘most’ of what you need to, unfortunately NOT all!

In this case I got a “Unable to delete directory

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Comparison of Caffeine content in Coca Cola Coke products

I was just curious as to what and how the caffeine content of the various Coca-Cola coke products differed. Especially the difference between ‘Diet Coke‘ and ‘Coke Zero‘. So I did some research and put together this little chart. Continue reading “Comparison of Caffeine content in Coca Cola Coke products”

How to add Open Source License to your GitHub repository

When you first create a new repository in GitHub, you get a very handy drop down of Open Source Licenses options to add. This is really useful and saves you trying to find the standard copy somewhere.

If you don’t choose one when you create the repo, then there is a sneaky way to get that drop down back and easily add a standard license file later. Continue reading “How to add Open Source License to your GitHub repository”