MSDN Flash: Volume 15, Number 18 - August 29, 2011
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Partner News
Web Resources
Government Resources
Partner News
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Web Resources
Office 2010
Retrieving Comments from Word 2010 Documents by Using the Open XML SDK 2.0
Use the Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office to retrieve an XML block that contains all the comments from a Word 2010 document, without loading the document into Word.
Article | Sample | Video
Retrieving a List of Hidden Worksheets from Excel 2010 Workbooks by Using the Open XML SDK 2.0
Use the Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office to retrieve a list of hidden worksheets in an Excel 2010 workbook, without loading the document into Excel.
Article | Sample | Video
SharePoint 2010
Using Network Monitor with the Microsoft Office and SharePoint Products Parsers
Learn how to use Network Monitor to view or capture network traffic in real time and analyze it against filters and parsers that you have installed or created.
Save Analytic Report Sample for PerformancePoint Services
Learn how to programmatically save a copy of a navigated analytic report in PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint Server 2010.
Sample: Change Analytic Report Data Source Sample for PerformancePoint Services
Learn how to programmatically change the data source for an analytic report in PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint Server 2010.
Displaying Custom HTML Messages in Visio Services in SharePoint Server 2010
Learn how to display custom HTML content in a Visio Web Access Web Part on a SharePoint Server 2010 Web Parts page by using ECMAScript (JavaScript, JScript) code.
Article | Video
Exchange
Implementing an Exchange ActiveSync Client: The Transport Mechanism
Examine the process of establishing the basic transport mechanism when implementing an Exchange ActiveSync client.
Client Access Server Affinity and Network Load Balancing Considerations for Programmatic Access to Exchange Online (Blog Post)
Network load balancing for Exchange Online as part of Office 365 ensures that tenant client access loads are properly balanced. Learn how both Exchange Web Services and MAPI clients include ways to maintain Client Access server affinity.
Lync 2010
Using Speech Synthesis in UCMA 3.0: Introduction (Part 1 of 4)
Combine the capabilities of UCMA 3.0 Core SDK with Speech Platform SDK to make synthesized speech in your application more natural sounding.
Using Speech Synthesis in UCMA 3.0: UCMA Application (Part 2 of 4)
Part 2 discusses the steps that are required in the Unified Communications Managed API 3.0 application for supported synthesized speech.
Using Speech Synthesis in UCMA 3.0: Working with SSML (Part 3 of 4)
Part 3 discusses how to add SSML markup to normalize text in many ways, add emphasis, play an external audio file, load an external SSML file, or fine-tune pronunciations using Universal Phone Set (UPS) phonemes.
Using Speech Synthesis in UCMA 3.0: Code Listing and Conclusion (Part 4 of 4)
Part 4 contains a listing of the code described in this set of articles, and a conclusion.
Sample: Using Speech Synthesis in UCMA 3.0
Download code that accompanies a four-part series of articles on how to use speech synthesis in a Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) 3.0 application.
Government Resources
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Case Studies
University of Central Florida: University Gains Enterprise Scalability; Saves More Than 50 Percent Per Desktop License
The University of Central Florida (UCF) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2013, and in that short time has become an academic and research leader. One of UCF's biggest IT challenges is to cost-effectively provide all employees with the latest technology, and incorporate cloud services in the future. UCF licenses its Microsoft software under a Microsoft Campus Agreement with separate enrollments for 20 colleges and departments. Those enrollments cover the Microsoft Campus Desktop with the Enterprise Client Access License (CAL), which includes Windows 7 Enterprise, Microsoft Office Enterprise, Microsoft Office for Mac, and the Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite. The university also uses valuable Microsoft Software Assurance training, upgrade, and product support benefits included in the Campus Agreement and can add cloud services when it is ready.
Town of East Hampton New York: East Hampton Police Move CAD/RMS Solution to the Cloud, Reducing Costs and Complexity
Located at the Eastern-most end of Long Island is the Town of East Hampton. It has a year-round population of 25,000 which can swell to 250,000 between the months of April and October. With approximately 65 sworn officers, 12 radio operators and a support staff of 14, the police department plays a vital role in this diverse community. Like many municipalities, the town must do more with less as it navigates a substantial fiscal crunch. In an effort to reduce costs and manage complexity within the police department, the town's police chief, Edward V. Ecker Jr., turned to a solution based on Microsoft's Windows Azure technology and applications developed and maintained by Total Computer Group, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. East Hampton Town Police Department is among the first in the country to run a cloud-based computer-aided dispatch and records management system. |