Register to attend the Microsoft MVP Virtual Conference

Hi All – I wanted to let you know about a great free event that Microsoft and the MVPs are putting on, May 14^th & 15^th.  Join Microsoft MVPs from the Americas’ region as they share their knowledge and real-world expertise during a free event, the MVP Virtual Conference.

The MVP Virtual Conference will showcase 95 sessions of content for IT Pros, Developers and Consumer experts designed to help you navigate life in a mobile-first, cloud-first world.  Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Developer Platform, Steve Guggenheimer, will be on hand to deliver the opening Key Note Address.

Why attend MVP V-Conf? The conference will have 5 tracks, IT Pro English, Dev English, Consumer English, Portuguese mixed sessions & Spanish mixed sessions, there is something for everyone!

Come learn from the best and brightest in the tech world today. All of the sessions will all be delivered by the Americas’ Region Microsoft MVPs. These MVPs are experts who present at premiere conferences, independent community events and local user groups all over the globe.

This is a technical conference focused on helping attendees to learn and develop skills for everything from everyday technical work to wackier weekend projects. Whether it is on the IT Pro, Dev or Consumer side of things, you can bet that the content of MVP V-Conf will be cutting edge, exciting and relevant.

Be sure to register quickly to hold your spot and tell your friends & colleagues.

The conference will be widely covered on social media, you can join the conversation by following @MVPAward and using the hashtag #MVPvConf.

Debug Knockout

A shout-out to Ryan Niemeyer (https://twitter.com/RPNiemeyer) for a great blog about debug and troubleshooting strategies for Knockout at http://www.knockmeout.net/2013/06/knockout-debugging-strategies-plugin.html

SharePoint dinner i Århus

I forbindelse med Office Camp, i Århus, bliver der også afholdt SPBG SharePoint dinner.

Selv om du ikke deltager til Office Camp, er du mere end velkommen til at deltage til Sharepoint dinner.

SharePoint dinner er den 27/3-2015 kl 18 på The Burger Joint (http://theburgerjoint.dk/).

Hvad SharePoint dinner går ud på, kan du læse om det her:(http://sharepointbrugergruppe.dk/Pages/Hvad%20er%20SharePoint%20dinner.aspx)

Obs! Tilmelding sker ved på http://spdinner20150327.eventbrite.com og seneste den mandag den 23. marts.

A C# thing in PowerShell. String.Format

A PowerShell tips. A feature that I often use in C # is string.Format https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.format(v=vs.110).aspx. This function can also use the PowerShell. This can be done via [string]::Format("template {0}", $varb1) or you can call -f parameter after a string in PowerShell, for example. "template {0}" -f $ varb1

Call Exchange Web servies API through PowerShell

I had to test whether a given user has a given meeting requests in a calendar in Exchange. Therefore, I wrote this little piece of PowerShell script, that’s using Microsoft Exchange Web Services Managed API, to find the Exchange server based on user's email address. Then make a call to the user's calendar, where I could check if there was create meeting request.

Step 1. Download and execute the the Microsoft Exchange Web Services Managed API 2.0 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35371

Step 2. Change the PowerShell script
Change this variable:
$exchangeversion
$pathToExchangeDll
$folderName
$usersmtpadress
$userlogin
$userdomain
$userpassword

Step 3. Run the PowerShell script

 1 $exchangeversion = [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ExchangeVersion]::Exchange2010
 2 $pathToExchangeDll = "c:\ExchangeWebserviceApi\Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.dll"
 3 $folderName = [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.WellKnownFolderName]::Calendar
 4 $usersmtpadress = "user@domain.dk"
 5 $userlogin = "userlogind"
 6 $userdomain = "domain"
 7 $userpassword = "P@ssword!"
 8 
 9 #callback function
10 function AutodiscoverCallback
11 {
12     param (
13         [System.String]
14         $Url
15     )
16     return $true
17 }
18 $callback = ${function:AutodiscoverCallback}
19 $service = new-object "Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ExchangeService" $exchangeversion
20 $principle = new-object "Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.Mailbox" $usersmtpadress
21 $folder = new-object "Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FolderId" $folderName, $principle
22 $connectingIdType = [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ConnectingIdType]::SmtpAddress
23 [system.reflection.assembly]::loadfile($pathToExchangeDll) | Out-Null #e.g. c:\ExchangeWebserviceApi\Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.dll
24 
25 #setup call for Exchange web services
26 $service.Credentials = new-object "System.Net.NetworkCredential" $userlogin, $userpassword, $userdomain
27 $impersonatedUserId = new-object "Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ImpersonatedUserId" $connectingIdType, $usersmtpadress
28 $service.ImpersonatedUserId = $impersonatedUserId
29 $service.AutodiscoverUrl($usersmtpadress, $callback)
30 
31 #calling Exchange web services
32 $principleCalendar = [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.Folder]::Bind($service, $folder)
33 "User {0}'s calendar" -f $userlogin
34 $principleCalendar