Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a COM based technology used to get system-related information. Joydip Kanjilal shows you how to leverage the power of WMI to retrieve system information.


Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a COM based technology used to get system-related information. Joydip Kanjilal shows you how to leverage the power of WMI to retrieve system information.

A developer building messaging solutions with Azure Queuing and Azure Service Bus should follow a Pipeline pattern when processing a significant number of different messages. One approach to building a Pipeline is to layer a message following an Envelope pattern.

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OData protocol allows you to create RESTful data services by exposing URI end points. ASP.NET Web API supports OData queries so that your data can be consumed by the client over HTTP with the help of OData query options. Bipin Joshi illustrates how to work with the OData support provided in the Web API, and how to write OData queries.

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Knowing which version of MS Office is installed on the client computer is vital; unfortunately, many programmers see this as an afterthought. Hannes du Preeze shows you four different ways to determine the Office versions installed so that you don't make this mistake.
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Knowing which version of MS Office is installed on the client computer is vital; unfortunately, many programmers see this as an afterthought. Hannes du Preeze shows you four different ways to determine the Office versions installed so that you don't make this mistake.

A developer building messaging solutions with Azure Queuing and Azure Service Bus should follow a Pipeline pattern when processing a significant number of different messages. One approach to building a Pipeline is to layer a message following an Envelope pattern.