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The .NET Stopwatch class provides a easy mechanism for measuring code execution time. The stopwatch object uses the highest-resolution timing mechanism which the OS and hardware provides, which is normally less than a microsecond. By way of contrast Environment.TickCount and DateTime.Now have a resolution of approximately 15 microseconds. To use the Stopwatch, simply instantiate a [...]

The .NET System.IO.Compression namespace provides two general purpose compressions streams –  DeflateStream and GZipStream. Both these compressions streams use popular compression algorithm which is similar to that used by the ZIP format. The difference is that GZipStream writes an additional protocol at the start and at the end which includes a CRC to detect  errors. The GZipStream also [...]

FTP is still the standard for online downloads and uploads, but to utilize it in .NET you can just use the System.Net.FtpWebRequest class which exposes all the functionality of FTP without having to know how FTP works. Thus, C# can perform FTP uploads and downloads using the System.Net.FtpWebRequest class. FTP Downloading using.NET FtpWebRequest objects are [...]

Asynchronous programming used to be handled using threading in C#. If you had a process you wished to run asynchronously then you just opened up a thread, ran the process on it and then closed it down once the process was complete. Threading however introduces its own set of problems, managing the threads can be [...]

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This tutorial provides a walkthrough of creating a simple LightSwitch application. [LightSwitchTutorial.com]

Hashing   is a method of one-way encryption which is ideal for storing passwords in a database, as you may never require a decrypted version. To authenticate some data, simply hash what the user input and compare it with the data stored in the database. A hash code will always be a small fixed size [...]

Detailed review of the new Windows Intune administration console [WinServerHelp.com]

Guide on how to optimize the performance of Mailbox Servers on Exchange Server. [ExchangeServerExpert.com]

Detailed tutorial on using SharePoint offline. [SharePointMonitor.com]