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Scott Mauvais' Publications



 

Here is a partial list of my articles and public presentations.


Microsoft Press - Microsoft Press Mastering Series Featured Article

Build Connected Solutions with Windows Server 2003 and XML Web Services   (May, 2003)  

Serving Up ASP.NET Handlers the Easy Way   (April, 2002)  
I am going to walk you through one more interesting and powerful feature of ASP.NET that for some reason has not gotten that much attention: HTTP handlers. You can use handlers to do everything from mapping file extensions to some custom logic all the way up to more complex tasks such as watermarking images and asynchronous processing.

Get Ready for Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6.0   (March, 2003)  
Deploying Web applications with dramatically higher uptime just got easier. Check out what Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 6.0 has in store for developers.

Hosting .NET Applications in Windows 2003 Server   (February, 2003)  
Learn more about the role-based server configuration wizard in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and the new Internet Information Server 6.0 security model, and take advantage of the added robustness of Microsoft's new operating system.

Reduce Development and Deployment Costs with Microsoft Windows Server 2003   (January, 2003)  
Find out how Windows Server 2003 reduces maintainance costs and learn more about building and deploying .NET-based applications in a Windows Server 2003 environment.

Source CodeThink Digital Ink: Developing Applications for the Tablet PC   (December, 2002)  
Take a peak under the hood of the new Tablet PC, peruse its operating system, and learn how its hardware advances make it easier to develop great applications. Find out where to get the best tips and tricks, code samples, and more. You can download the source.

Testing and Monitoring the Performance of Your Web-Based Solutions   (November, 2002)  

Tips for Building Secure Applications and Protecting Confidential Information   (October, 2002)  
Manage your security risk and protect your data against attackers with techniques from Scott Mauvais, Microsoft Consulting Services developer, on safely storing secrets in .NET Framework applications and Win32® programs.

Improve the Performance of Web Apps with New ASP.NET Caching Features   (September, 2002)  
Explore the built-in caching infrastructure in Microsoft ASP.NET, and discover how you can give your Web applications a dramatic performance boost by caching multiple copies of dynamic pages.

Designing State Management with ASP.NET   (August, 2002)  
Unlock the secrets to successful state management in Web development with ASP.NET. Microsoft Consulting Services' developer Scott Mauvais explains how to avoid the pitfalls that can result in an underperforming site.

Embrace the Ease of .NET Remoting   (July, 2002)  
.NET Remoting makes calling remote objects painless and simple—with solutions for platform differences, passing through network firewalls, and XML data formats. Find out what .NET Remoting can do for you.

Start Building Multi-threaded Applications with Visual Basic .NET   (June, 2002)  
Create, utilize, and control threads in Visual Basic .NET, and learn how to affect the performance of multi-threaded applications.

Write Once, Access Everywhere with the Mobile Internet Toolkit   (May, 2002)  
Quick steps to understanding and developing mobile applications with the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit.

Source CodeExplore Inheritance in Visual Basic .NET   (April, 2002)  
This article explains inheritance—a key new object-oriented feature in Visual Basic .NET—and highlights differences between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic .NET. You can download the source. You can see the article as it was origingally published by visitig Microsoft Press.

Assembling Secure, Stable .NET Applications   (March, 2002)  
Use the .NET Framework and Jeffrey Richter's new book Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming to strategize deployment and quickly deliver .NET applications to your customers.

Taking the Sting Out of ADO.NET   (February, 2002)  
Having a hard time wrapping your arms around Microsoft ADO.NET? With these expert pointers from Microsoft Consulting Services developer, Scott Mauvais, you'll be able to pick up ADO.NET in no time. You can see the article as it was origingally published by visitig Microsoft Press.

Source CodeDeveloping Robust Applications Quickly with Microsoft Visual Studio.NET   (January, 2002 )  
It's not a secret anymore—Visual Studio® .NET provides one of the most productive development environments available today. This article explains how to use it to build applications quickly and easily You can download the source.

Source CodeMicrosoft ASP.NET: A Better Way to Build Dynamic Web Applications   (December, 2001 )  
Discover the strengths of the Microsoft .NET Framework over other development environments. This article explains the new Microsoft ASP.NET programming model with an eye toward the productivity boost available on the .NET platform. You can download the source.

Explore Your Options for Enforcing Security in Multi-Tier Applications   (November, 2001 )  
Still undecided whether to enforce security in the business tier or the data store? This article will help you decide where best to enforce detailed security in n-tier applications without sacrificing performance.

Enabling the Next Generation of Software: Getting the .NET mindset   (October, 2001 )  

It’s All About Speed: Improve System Performance in Your Indexing Scheme Using Asynchronous Queries in ADO   (September, 2001 )  

Source CodeMicrosoft Office XP and Smart Tags: Got Bot?   (July, 2001 )  
Learn about the exciting Smart Tags feature in Office XP and how to easily build a Smart Tags-based application for your end-users. You can download the source.

XML Web Services: .NET You Can Use Today   (June 2001 )  
Learn more about Microsoft's XML Web services, how they work, what they can do for you, and how you can start using XML Web Services right now. And get a preview of what XML Web Services are going to look like as the .NET world expands.

Save Debugging Time: An Introduction to .NET with C#   (May 2001 )  
Learn how C#™, Microsoft's new programming language, will revolutionize the way you build applications: away from the monolith, toward a Web-enabled building-block model in which true portability and code reuse will become a reality. You can see the article as it was origingally published by visitig Microsoft Press.

Building and Managing Highly Available SQL Server Applications   (April 2001 )  
A growing number of companies have discovered how to deliver 99.999% uptime from Microsoft® SQL Server 2000 applications. This article outlines the resources you need to integrate technology, people, and process to deliver the same results in your system.

Building and Managing Complex Web Applications with .NET Enterprise Servers   (March, 2001)  
Application developers face huge obstacles as their companies enter the e-commerce arena, including high-volume traffic, huge investments in legacy systems, and a diverse range of customers. Find out how three .NET Enterprise Servers can smooth your transition into the online economy.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reliability: Dressed to the Nines   (February, 2001)  
Windows® 2000 networks are capable of delivering 99.999 percent uptime, making your network applications unbelievably reliable. Those numbers can't be beat. Learn how to use Windows technologies to develop reliable, always available network applications with SQL Server 2000.

Developing for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and the Web Storage Syste   (January, 2001)  
Exchange 2000 Server is a robust development platform for collaborative and message-based applications. See how Exchange 2000 and its database foundation, the Web Storage System, support dynamic, database-driven applications accessible directly through the Web.

BizTalk: The Developer's Tool for Building B2B Exchanges   (December, 2000)  

Designing for Security   (November, 2000)  

Source CodeSQL Server 2000: .NET and the Death and Re-Birth of Triggers   (October, 2000)  
The SQL Server 2000 development team has added two new types of triggers to the arsenal of development tools. Cascading referential integrity (RI) and the new INSTEAD OF and AFTER trigger concepts make a big difference. You can download the source.

Building Distributed Applications with COM+   (September, 2000)  

Leverage Windows 2000 Active Directory Services to Build Distributed Applications   (August, 2000)  

Source CodeDeveloping High Performance Web Sites, Part III   (July, 2000)  
Being fast is all about optimizing your code. Improve the speed and scalability of your Web site with these optimizing techniques, and learn how to use stress-testing tools to verify the performance of your site. Being fast is all about optimizing your code. Improve the speed and scalability of your Web site with these optimizing techniques, and learn how to use stress-testing tools to verify the performance of your site. You can download the source.

Planning High Performance Web Sites   (June, 2000)  

High Performance Web Sites from the Ground Up   (May, 2000)  

MSDN - Active Server Developers Journal

What's new in Internet Information Server 5.0: Part 2   (March, 2001)  

What's new in Internet Information Server 5.0: Part 1   (February, 2001)  
You can see the article as it was origingally published by visitig MSDN.

Installing and Managing COM+ Applications: Part 2   (November, 2000)  

Installing and Managing COM+ Applications: Part 1   (October, 2000)  
You can see the article as it was origingally published by visitig MSDN.

Ziff-Davis Journals - SQL Server Solutions

Source CodeUsing Northwind to Create a Huge Test Database   (June, 2000)  
You can download the source.

Source CodeUnderstanding Parallel Queries in SQL Server   (May, 2000 )  
You can download the source.

Source CodeUsing Heterogeneous Queries with SQL Server   (April, 2000)  
You can download the source.

Using Distributed Queries with SQL Server   (March, 2000)  

Caching SQL Data in the IIS Application Object   (February, 2000)  

Ziff-Davis Journals - Exploring NT

Installing and Managing COM+ Applications: Part 2   (November, 2000)  
You can see the article as it was origingally published by visitig Ziff-Davis Journals.

Installing and Managing COM+ Applications: Part 1   (October, 2000)  
You can see the article as it was origingally published by visitig Ziff-Davis Journals.

Using the New Features in Internet Information Server 5.0: Part 2   (August, 2000)  

Using the New Features in Internet Information Server 5.0, Part 1   (July, 2000)  
You can see the article as it was origingally published by visitig Ziff-Davis Journals.