Archive for category .net
MS Tag REST Certificate Issues
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, MSTagLib, Web & Design, Web Services on 28/04/2010
This week I received an email telling me that they got an error while using the MS Tag REST service:
System.ServiceModel.Security.SecurityNegotiationException: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority ‘ws.tag.microsoft.com‘.
As you can see the authority is complaining about the Microsoft domain. The issue was the certificate used by Microsoft’s Tag API was outdated and thus the error was thrown when the REST service communicated with the Microsoft service.
Since the certificate has been renewed and is now valid till somewhere early 2011 this problem should be resolved.
Suddenelfilio.net goes Microsoft BizSpark
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, General on 19/03/2010
Today I got accepted into the Microsoft BizSpark Program. Looking forward to use the excellent Microsoft tools for my benefit.
Now all I need to do is stay committed to the project and see this one through.
Microsoft Tag gets an update to their API?
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, MSTagLib, Visual Studio .Net, Web Services on 12/03/2010
I’ve been reading through the MS Tag support forums over at getsatisfaction.com and noticed that it seems they’ve picked up on adding new features that have been asked as business cases as well as a possible update the TAG API to be released. Note that I have not got any comfimation on all of this but it does make me hopeful!
Microsoft Tag Rest API & Silverlight
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, Asp.net, MSTagLib, Silverlight, Visual Studio .Net, Web Services on 11/03/2010
Recently I was contacted by a developer that was working with my MS Tag REST service. He was was calling the REST API from within silverlight. I helped him out with some questions and in return I got a sample project that I can distribute as reference sample. The sample will allow you to create a vcard Tag from within a silverlight application and then display the generated tag.
Live demo : http://tag.ws.suddenelfilio.net/demo/silverlight/Default.aspx
Source Code: Download
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I would foremost like to thank Brian King for his effort in creating this sample for everyone that is interested in it. If you like it, please leave a comment to thank him!
Outlook Social Connector for LinkedIn
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, Windows on 25/02/2010
The social networking site LinkedIn released their Outlook Social Connector for Microsoft Outlook. Something that was new to me is that OSC is not an office 2010 feature anymore because it is possible to download osc for outlook 2007 and 2003 so you can use the osc connecters in the ‘older’ versions of ms outlook as well. Very nice move I think.
To download the LinkedIn outlook social connector go to: http://www.linkedin.com/outlook
Update: MS Tag REST relocation
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, MSTagLib on 08/02/2010
Today the service has been transferd to the new server. I’ve update the dns settings for the domain tag.ws.suddenelfilio.net so this should be a rather painless transfer if you are using the service. Please feel free to contact me if there are any problems.
http://tag.ws.suddenelfilio.net for more information.
MS Tag REST relocation
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, MSTagLib on 28/01/2010
UPDATE: The service has been relocated.
I will soon be moving the MS Tag REST API to my new server. Currently this is hosted at Windows Azure, but I don’t want to risk an unwanted and unexpected bill being served because I overused the azure service. Since I currently don’t track the usage I decided to move it.
I will announce the move on codeplex, getsatisfaction.com and the tag site at ning.com During the migration I will try to keep this painless as possible and with the minimum amount of download. It will be a matter of DNS propagation.
So if you are using the MS Tag REST API please leave a comment and I will inform you personally when the transfer will happen.
Outlook Social Connector for Twitter
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net on 26/01/2010
I’ve been testing the new version of Office 2010 (or Office 14) for some time now. One of the new features in the Outlook program is the possibility to integrate with social networks through the means of social providers. Currently out-of-the-box there is a provider for Microsoft Sharepoint and a strategic partnership with LinkedIn to provide a provider for their network.
However you are free to develop your own osc (outlook social connector) providers. Currently I’m trying to write one for integrating Twitter. It’s going nicely, but it’s not finished yet. I’ve hit some bumps along the road and with some feedback from the friendly devs over at Microsoft I’m now finishing the first version of an ‘Outlook Social Connector for Twitter’. When it is finished I promise to release the entire code on Codeplex as a real world reference sample for other developers to create osc providers.
What's up with Microsoft TAG?
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, MSTagLib on 25/01/2010
A while ago I made some stuff to support the Microsoft TAG technology using technologies like java and php. For a while I’ve been monitoring their progress, but it seems that besides some fixes and enhances to the reader apps nothing is being done anymore to provide developers with a better API. When following the questions at the getsatisfaction site there is still some room for improvements.
I really hope that they still extend the API, but my feelings are that the project has halted except for some marketing efforts.
Things I would like to see are:
- Getting a list of your existing tags/categories and their status
- Getting reports on the usage statistics of a tag. (times resolved, mobile device types, platforms,…)
- Deleting tags and categories.
Although I prefer to keep all the Tag information in-house there are already solutions available that allow you to monitor a Tag campaign. Check out Microsoft Tag Perfect Metrics over Lunadevelopment.com
If you want more information about this topic check out the links below:
- Support site at Getsatisfaction.com: http://getsatisfaction.com/microsofttag
- Community site at ning.com: http://microsofttag.ning.com/
- Official Microsoft Tag site: http://www.microsoft.com/tag/
If you are a developer using the API I would love to hear which features you would like to see added.
Starting with WF/WCF 4 and the new Windows Server AppFabric
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net on 26/11/2009
Heard of these new things yet? Want to work with them but don’t got the overall picture? No problem after watching a day of PDC sessions you’ll be up to speed and excited to get started just like me!
Watch the following sessions:
- What’s new for Windows Communication Foundation 4
- Spice up your applications with Windows Workflow Foundation 4
- Windows Workflow Foundation 4 from the inside out
- Workflow Services and Windows Server AppFabric
- Scaling your data tier with Windows Server AppFabric
- Application server extensibility with Microsoft .NET 4 and Windows Server AppFabric