Microsoft Learn – Fantastic!

Microsoft Learn - Fantastic!
Do you know Microsoft Learn? https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/ Honestly if you are new to MS Technology or want to invest in your knowledge you should! Although I‘m using C# and .NET since arround 2002 I never used the site and must say, more than 20 years later, what a blast!!! For example if you want to get into ...

XML is dead – Long live XML

XML is dead - Long live XML
Intro Recently I stumbled again over a need to use and validate XML in a project, as done so many times before. It’s not all JSON yet 😉 So with Visual Studio Code rocking I asked myself if it is possible to support XML in VSCode (sure it can) and if there is a support ...

Multitasking – Get rid of it asap!

Multitasking – Get rid of it asap Extract from the book „Agile Structures: Scaling Agility“ by Angel Medinilla This means that multitasking is a myth, as is the “total productivity.” In his book Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking, Gerald Weinberg measured the performance of an individual  working on several projects: compared to working with a single ...

Alibaba’s ambition to become a global player in cloud computing – Academic Paper

Alibaba’s ambition to become a global player in cloud computing - Academic Paper
What’s it all about During my IEMBA studies a paper regarding cloud computing, with a special focus on the Chinese giant Alibaba, has been created. I’m happy to share those results here with the management summary and the direct download link to the complete paper. The paper has been submitted on 07.12.2017. Management Summary Digitization ...

From China with Love

From China with Love
From China with Love I’ve written a word or two on the blog about my experiences during a study trip to China, Shanghai and Hagzhou. The Chinese have been active too covering some of our visits in PR articles. Here’s one from our visit at Geely: http://wap.yesky.com/dh/air/9/392627509.shtml Translated summary from the beginning: On Oct 24, ...

China – 19th CPC National Congress – Highlights

China - 19th CPC National Congress - Highlights
China – 19th CPC National Congress – Highlights Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai and HSuangzhou. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words ...

Shanghai Study Trip – Discussion with Pascal Nufer

Shanghai Study Trip – Discussion with Pascal Nufer
Shanghai Study Trip – Expert discussion with Pascal Nufer Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words are ...

Shanghai Study Trip – Fosun and CSSC

Shanghai Study Trip – Fosun and CSSC
Shanghai Study Trip – Fosun and CSSC Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words are of course ...

Shanghai Study Trip – Day 2 Learnings

Shanghai Study Trip – Day 2 Learnings
Shanghai Study Trip – Day 2 Learnings Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words are of course ...

Shanghai Study Trip – Day 1 Learnings

Shanghai Study Trip - Day 1 Learnings
Shanghai Study Trip – Day 1 Learnings Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words are of course ...

Nice read: IT’s future value proposition

Nice read: IT’s future value proposition Key messages: IT’s value proposition shifting to integration and innovation Most characterize IT’s performance as somewhat effective; few as very effective CIOs must rewrite their job descriptions: Broader aspirations for growth and innovation and more in regards to customer engagement Integrate technology across enterprise Have a look at this ...

Thimbleweed Park is On

Thimbleweed Park is On
Thimbleweed Park is On Saturday, nice and sunny weather. Perfect day to finally installing Thimbleweed Park and give it a go! As a very big fan of the point & click adventures and especially the old LucasArts Adventures (Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, etc. etc.) I’m really looking forward for this experience. ...

SharePoint Performance – Blob Cache and Image Renditions could be the bad guy

SharePoint Performance – Blob Cache and Image Renditions could be the bad guy The Problem We’re running quite a big SharePoint Environment and using SharePoint 2013 also for Web Content Management. In order to monitor the performance of the system, we have build a couple of web tests with Microsoft Visual Studio and are running ...

Disable an Active Directory Account – Check Attribute userAccountControl

Disable an Active Directory Account – Check Attribute userAccountControl You can Disable an Microsoft Directory Account with the following Power Shell Command: Disable-ADAccount [-Identity] <ADAccount> [-AuthType {<Negotiate> | <Basic>}] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Partition <string>] [-PassThru <switch>] [-Server <string>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>] More Information on the following Technet page. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617197.aspx How to check if it worked? The ...

Micromanagement versus Macromanagement: Nice article with the analogy of a police officer

Micromanagement versus Macromanagement: Nice article with the analogy of a police officer https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140417140436-15219272-micro-management-vs-macro-management-striking-a-balance