"Assigned To" SharePoint 2010 Question

Any thoughts about how to implement an "Assigned To" column within a SharePoint 2010 list that would consist of "Person or Group" items and allow the default value for this column to be set to a defined SharePoint group?

Please use People Picker (Person or Group) for it, In Sharepiont object model it is SPFieldType.Userfield.
SPList list = web.Lists.TryGetList("Tasks");
                    if (list != null)
                        // get the SharePoint group
                        SPUser user = web.EnsureUser(@"domainName\userName");
                        // Create a new task item
                        SPListItem task = list.Items.Add();
                        SPFieldUserValue assignToGroup = new SPFieldUserValue(web, user.ID, user.Name);
                        task["AssignedTo"] = assignToGroup;
                        task["Title"] = "Testing";
                        task["Description"] = "Testing";                      
                        task.Update();
check the below articles
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Blogs/10457/programmatically-create-a-task-item-and-assign-to-a-user-in.aspx
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/54db21/create-peoplegroup-field-in-sharepoint-2010-programmatically/

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    Margriet Bruggeman: "Good discussion of announcements feature."
    Anthony Caragol
    Backing Up and Restoring Lync 2013 Contacts
    Margriet Bruggeman: "Short & Sweet"
    GO: "Great article, but I'm missing, examples, images, definitions etc for a huge section like "backup and restore""
    TGN: "Very good, Lync has eaten up the market and is a key product in most companies, articles like this is very valuable. Great work Anthony!"
     SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Geetanjali Arora
    SharePoint Online : Working with People Search and User Profiles
    Benoît Jester: "A very good article, a must-read for those interested by SharePoint Online and the use of search and user profile API."
    Jinchun Chen: "Excellent. Just a tip, if you would like to improve the performance, please use the Search Service to search user profiles"
    Craig Lussier: "Good walkthrough and code example for getting started with People Search!"
    Margriet Bruggeman: "Good starter for working with search and profiles"
    Jaydeep Mungalpara
    Creating Bookmarks in Wiki Pages - SharePoint Rich Text Editor Extension
    Margriet Bruggeman: "Really cool! In the past, I was actually looking for this and its a nice implementation of this functionality. This article gets my vote!"
    Craig Lussier: "Great solution for extending out of the box functionality. I like the synergy between the TechNet Wiki and TechNet Gallery!"
    GO: "Simple but powerfull. We should all take an example about how this article has been written. This article has a TOC, headings and even a code! Well done!"
    Jinchun Chen: "Nice. "
    Benoît Jester: "A simple button which can save a lot of time!"
    Dan Christian
    PowerShell to copy or update list items across SharePoint sites and farms
    GO: "The best artice for June! Thanks Dan, you deserve the GOLD medal!"
    Benoît Jester: "A good article with useful scripts, as they can be used fior many scenarios (data refresh, migration tests, ...)"
    Jinchun Chen: "Good and low-cost solution. To be automatic, we can use EventHandle instead. "
    Craig Lussier: "Nice PowerShell script solution and explanation of the scenario. Consider using functions with parameters for easier reuse so input parameters are not hard coded."
    Margriet Bruggeman: "This script can be useful, although typically migration scenarios are more complex than this. Having said that, I probably end up using this script some time in in the future"
     Small Basic Technical Guru - June 2014  
    litdev
    Small Basic: Sprite Arrays
    Ed Price: "An important topic that's well described with fantastic examples! Great article!"
    Michiel Van Hoorn: "Great starter for Sprite Fundamentals and how to handle them. Briljant start point for greating you 2D shooter"
    Jibba Jabba
    Small Basic - Monthly Challenge Statistics
    Ed Price: "Jibba Jabba brings us astonishing insights and data about LitDev's Small Basic Monthly Challenges!"
    RZ: "This is very nicely done and showed all the statistics visually"
    Nonki Takahashi
    Small Basic: Challenge of the Month
    RZ: "This is very nicely done and organized all challenges of the month in one place"
    Ed Price: "Although this is very basic, it's incredibly helpful to get all these in one list and to access all the great challenges!"
    Michiel Van Hoorn: "Good explainer on  fundamental structures."
     SQL BI and Power BI Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Anil Maharjan
    Using Power Query to tell your story form your Facebook Data
    Jinchun Chen: "Interesting. I liked this best"
    PT: "Plenty to like here" 
    Ed Price: "Great! I love to see Power Query articles like this! Great formatting and use of images!"
    Tim Pacl
    SSRS Expressions: Part 1 - Program Flow
    PT: "A very comprehensive article about program flow expressions. Nice job. I'm sure many will benefit from this article. Just a little feedback about some terminology that could be more clear: The entire statement that
    is typically used to set a property value for an object in an SSRS report is an "expression". Each of the three programming constructs you've mentioned (e.g. IIF, SWITCH & CHOOSE) are "functions" and not expressions or statements."
    Jinchun Chen: "Perfect! Good article for SSRS newbie." 
    Ed Price: "The table and images help bring it more value. Great job!"
    Anil Maharjan
    How to Schedule and Automate backups of all the SSAS catalogs within the
    Server Instance
    PT: "This is a very useful article about automating multiple Analysis Services database backups using an SSIS package and the SQL Server Agent. Nice job."
    Jinchun Chen: "Good." 
    Ed Price: "Good use of images. Could be improved with better code formatting. Good job!"
     SQL Server General and Database Engine Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Shanky
    SQL Server: What does Column Compressed Page Count Value Signify
    in DMV Sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats ?
    DB: "Interesting and detailed"
    DRC: "• This is a good article and provides details of each and every step and the output with explanation. Very well formed and great information. • We can modify the create table query with “DEFAULT VALUES". CREATE TABLE [dbo].[INDEXCOMPRESSION](
    [C1] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [C2] [char](50) NULL DEFAULT 'DEFAULT TEST DATA' ) ON [PRIMARY]"
    GO: "Very informative and well formed article as Said says.. Thanks for that great ressource. "
    Durval Ramos
    How to get row counts for all Tables
    GO: "As usual Durva has one of the best articles about SQL Server General and Database Engine articles! Thanks, buddy!" "
    Jinchun Chen: "Another great tip!"
    PT: "Nice tip" 
    Ed Price: "Good topic, formatting, and use of images. This would be far better if the examples didn't require the black bars in the images. So it would be better to scrub the data before taking the screenshots. Still a good article. Thank
    you!"
     System Center Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Prajwal Desai
    Deploying SCCM 2012 R2 Clients Using Group Policy
    Ed Price: "Great depth on this article! Valuable topic. Good use of images."
    Mr X
    How to introduce monitoring and automatic recovery of IIS application
    pools using Orchestrator
    MA: "Good job Mr X, However I would like to see this runbook integrated as a recovery task with Operations Manager IISapppools Monitors in order to maintain a standard way of notifications and availability reporting."
    Ed Price: "Good formatting on the images, and great scenario!"
    Prajwal Desai
    How to deploy lync 2010 using SCCM 2012 R2
    Ed Price: "Great job documenting the entire process!!!"
     Transact-SQL Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Saeid Hasani
    T-SQL: How to Generate Random Passwords
    JS: "I loved the article, well structured, to the point. Not missing any caveats that might occur, really good in the end. I would suggest changing the function to accept a whitelist / blacklist as well as a length of
    the password to be created. This would be the cherry on the pie :-)"
    Samuel Lester: "Very nice writeup for a real world problem!"
    Richard Mueller: "Clever and apparently well researched. I liked the detailed step by step explanations."
    Jinchun Chen: "Excellent!"
    Manoj Pandey: "A good and handy utility TSQL that I can use and levarage if I have to use similar feature in future."
    Hasham Niaz
    T-SQL : Average Interval Length
    Richard Mueller: "A good article, but I need more explanation of the concepts."
    Manoj Pandey: "A handy TSQL script that I can use and levarage if I have to use similar feature in future."
    Visakh16
    T-SQL: Retrieve Connectionstring Details from SSIS Package
    Manoj Pandey: "Good shortcut by using TSQL with XML to read metadata information from SSIS XML file."
    Samuel Lester: "Handy trick, thanks for posting!"
    Richard Mueller: "Good code, but more explanation needed. Could use a See Also section."
     Visual Basic Technical Guru - June 2014  
    The Thinker
    Better to Ask for forgiveness then permission
    Richard Mueller: "Good use of images and code. The humorous title might be better in a blog."
    MR: "Great topic!"
    GO: "Well, to be honnest, many people worked on that article, but still, the owner "the thinker" should receive the credits! muchos gracias "The Thinker" for the Most Revised Article"
     Visual C# Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Jaliya Udagedara
    Entity Framework Code First - Defining Foreign Keys using Data Annotations
    and Fluent API
    Ed Price: "Wow. Good descriptions, great code snippets, and great job highlighting sections on your images!"
    GO: "Thank you."
     Wiki and Portals Technical Guru - June 2014  
    XAML guy
    History and Technology Behind the TechNet Wiki Ninja Belt Calculator
    Ed Price: "It's amazing to see all the details of what this tool does. Great job on the descriptions and formatting the images and text!"
    Richard Mueller: "Great documentation. Good links to explain everything."
    GO: "I love your articles XAML guy! Always clear and always a pleasure to read! Thanks for you help and commitment for this tool."
    Durval Ramos
    HTML5 Portal
    Ed Price: "This is great to see this HTML5 resource!"
    Richard Mueller: "A great contribution to our collection of portals"
    GO: "The HTML5 Portal is A-W-E-S-O-M-E !"
    João Sousa
    ASP.NET Portal
    Ed Price: "Good job on this portal! The Return to top links are helpful!"
    Richard Mueller: "More should be done to distinguish this portal from
    here."
    GO: "Thanks Joao!"
     Windows Phone and Windows Store Apps Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Dave Smits
    Theming of your application
    Peter Laker: "Another great article from the mighty Dave. Very useful. Not sure if MS like us want us to work around the accents so much though ;)"
    Ed Price: "Very useful topic and great formatting on the code! Could benefit from more explanation on the code toward the bottom and a See Also section. Great article!"
    saramgsilva
    Creating Windows Phone and Window 8.1 applications using Microsoft App Studio
    Peter Laker: "A great introduction! Nice walkthrough, and plenty to look at!"  
    Ed Price: "This is good. I love the narrative and use of images! Good conclusion!"
    Carmelo La Monica
    Create Universal Application with Windows Phone App Studio (en-US).
    Peter Laker: "Sensational article. A real attention grabber and written very clearly."  
    Ed Price: "Fantastic job on the narrative and images. Some amazing articles this month!"
     Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Magnus (MM8)
    WPF: How To Tab Between Items In a ListBox
    KJ: "This article seemed very useful to me. The kind of thing that I might need and here's the answer."
    GO: "Thanks for that great article!."
    Ed Price: "Another amazing article from Magnus! Great job on the topic choice (very needed scenario), formatting, code, explanations, and See Also section. Fantastic article!"
    Sugumar Pannerselvam
    Lets forget about limitations and temprorary fix... Think about 4.5 features
    KJ: "Wish there were code samples and more flushed out scenarios"
    GO: "Why second place? the layout and way to explain didn't convince me. Doesn't mean that the article is bad. The article is awesome; but it's missing something."
    Ed Price: "Short and sweet. Could benefit from adding in some code snippet examples and images. Good topic choice."
     Windows Server Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Mr X
    DHCP on Windows Servers – Why are the expired IP addresses not getting re-assigned?
    JM: "This is an excellent article, thanks for your contribution."
    Richard Mueller: "Important information with good explanation. Needs a See Also section."
    Philippe Levesque: "Good article ! I like how it's explained versus Windows Server. An image with the DHCP's process could be a good addition for reference. (DHCP OFFER, DHCP ACK, etc..)"
    Mr X
    How to force a DHCP database cleanup for expired leases in a specific scope
    GO: "I'm actually thinking that nobody can defaut you Mr.X"
    Philippe Levesque: "Good article ! I would add that changing the lease time to be shorted could help too."
    JM: "A very good article, however you might consider adding this content as a section in your article about expired IP addresses in DHCP"
    Richard Mueller: "More good information. Should be linked to the other DHCP article."
    GL: "This is OK but a better solution for a highly utilized DHCP scope would be to shorten the lease time and/or configure a superscope."
    Hicham KADIRI
    Windows Server Core 2012 R2 - Initial configuration
    GL: "This is good required information. I would really like to see information added about how to add a server role. You might consider providing PowerShell alternatives to the netsh and other commands."  
    JM: "This is a great to-the-point article on how to configure a Core install of Windows Server, nice work."
    Richard Mueller: "A great collection of useful tools. Some could use images, more detail, or examples. The example sections could be added to the Table of Contents."
    GO: "Well, our new french MVP! Well written Hicham! Do not forget to pray attention for the layout! It's capital for readers and judges!"
    Philippe Levesque: "I like the article, a good resumé of the command you need to do to configure a server."
    Don't forget the full version, with runners up is available
    here.
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    Congrats to Geetanjali, Jaydeep, and Dan! Great articles from all the contributors!
     SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Technical Guru - June 2014  
    Geetanjali Arora
    SharePoint Online : Working with People Search and User Profiles
    Benoît Jester: "A very good article, a must-read for those interested by SharePoint Online and the use of search and user profile API."
    Jinchun Chen: "Excellent. Just a tip, if you would like to improve the performance, please use the Search Service to search user profiles"
    Craig Lussier: "Good walkthrough and code example for getting started with People Search!"
    Margriet Bruggeman: "Good starter for working with search and profiles"
    Jaydeep Mungalpara
    Creating Bookmarks in Wiki Pages - SharePoint Rich Text Editor Extension
    Margriet Bruggeman: "Really cool! In the past, I was actually looking for this and its a nice implementation of this functionality. This article gets my vote!"
    Craig Lussier: "Great solution for extending out of the box functionality. I like the synergy between the TechNet Wiki and TechNet Gallery!"
    GO: "Simple but powerfull. We should all take an example about how this article has been written. This article has a TOC, headings and even a code! Well done!"
    Jinchun Chen: "Nice. "
    Benoît Jester: "A simple button which can save a lot of time!"
    Dan Christian
    PowerShell to copy or update list items across SharePoint sites and farms
    GO: "The best artice for June! Thanks Dan, you deserve the GOLD medal!"
    Benoît Jester: "A good article with useful scripts, as they can be used fior many scenarios (data refresh, migration tests, ...)"
    Jinchun Chen: "Good and low-cost solution. To be automatic, we can use EventHandle instead. "
    Craig Lussier: "Nice PowerShell script solution and explanation of the scenario. Consider using functions with parameters for easier reuse so input parameters are not hard coded."
    Margriet Bruggeman: "This script can be useful, although typically migration scenarios are more complex than this. Having said that, I probably end up using this script some time in in the future"
    Also worth a mention were the other entries this month:
    Social Data Timer Job is not running, Recycle warning in progress, job will
    not be run immediately by
    Waqas Sarwar
    Margriet Bruggeman: "Nice problem description and solution, very clear"
    GO: "Thanks buddy!"
    Benoît Jester: "Thanks for the tip!"
    Craig Lussier: "Thanks for the troubleshooting tip - I am sure this will help others in the field."
    Ed Price, Azure & Power BI Customer Program Manager (Blog,
    Small Basic,
    Wiki Ninjas,
    Wiki)
    Answer an interesting question?
    Create a wiki article about it!

  • More Guru Winners for February 2015 in the SharePoint 2010 category and many others!

    It's been a busy week that also saw the
    TECHNET WIKI SUMMIT 2015
    Then we had the results for
    February's TechNet Guru competition ALSO posted!
    http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2015/03/19/technet-guru-february-2015.aspx
    Below is a summary of the medal winners for December. The last column being a few of the comments from the judges.
    Unfortunately, runners up and their judge feedback comments had to be trimmed from THIS post, to fit into the forum's 60,000 character limit, however the full version is available on TechNet Wiki in the link above.
    Some articles only just missed out, so we may be returning to discuss those too, in future blogs.
     BizTalk Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Steef-Jan Wiggers
    BizTalk Server 2013 R2 Instrumenting a custom pipeline component with ETW
    Mandi Ohlinger: "Always a fan of helping our custom pipeline users. Great addition to this group."
    Sandro Pereira: "Images, format, descriptions, code and topic are excellent once again good work Steef-Jan."
    Vignesh Sukumar
    BizTalk BAM (Business Activity Monitoring)
    Sandro Pereira: "Great job on this article! Well explained and nice pictures, however the article format need to be improved and some proofreading is need"
    Mandi Ohlinger: "Welcome to the 'I heart BAM' fan club. Nice job on this topic. A MUST read for new-to-BAM users. "
    Steef-Jan Wiggers
    BizTalk Server 2013 R2 Instrumenting BAM Activity Tracking with ETW
    Sandro Pereira: "Images, format, descriptions, code and topic are excellent once again good work Steef-Jan."
    Mandi Ohlinger: "ETW for BAM Activities - LOVE it. Nice use of the Framework. "
     Forefront Identity Manager Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Wim Beck
    FIM2010: Filter objects on export
    PG: "Simple, targeted but nice article, nice layout. "
    Søren Granfeldt: "Nice. Would be perfect with a complete code sample."
     Microsoft Azure Technical Guru - February 2015  
    saramgsilva
    Azure Mobile Services: How to see the log files in server
    JH: "Log files are one of the most important things in a production environment. This article shows hows you can do that for the Azure Mobile Services in a nice and easy way."
    Alan Carlos: "Great article!"
    Ed Price: "Very useful topic! These are a great set of articles!"
    saramgsilva
    Azure Mobile Services: How to see the WebConfig file published
    Ed Price: "Great detail and fantastic use of images! I love all the in-line links!"
    JH: "Sometimes it is hard to tell when working in a multi-environment what configuration was published to the Server. The article shows short and easy how to do that for the Azure Mobile Services."
     Miscellaneous Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Arleta Wanat
    Retrieve all site mailboxes in your Office 365 tenant
    Durval Ramos: "This article has a well content, images and code that help to understand the solution. It has References and was Translated into more two languages. Good job!"
    Richard Mueller: "Good links. A great tutorial."
    Andy ONeill
    Silverlight: No Need to BringIntoView
    Durval Ramos: "A well formatted article is easier and more pleasant to read. This script is useful"
    Richard Mueller: "Good demonstration of a new feature."
    Chen V
    PowerShell : Enable Auto Reply for Shared Mail Box
    Durval Ramos: " A good solution originated of TechNet Forum. The script and images make it easy to understand and ensure you get the best interest to reader."
    Richard Mueller: "Good documentation of this feature."
     SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Geetanjali Arora
    SharePoint Online : Performing Batch Operations using REST API
    KB: "Very well explained article on a new and much awaited feature. Although Andrew Connell already explained this topic in several posts, this article still contains added value."
    Ed Price: "I love the History section. The formatting is amazing. And the References and See Also sections at the bottom are great icing on the cake. This is an important topic that's done incredibly well!"
    Matthew Yarlett
    Using the SpellCheck Webservice with the TinyMCE Richtext Editor and
    AngularJS in Office 365
    KB: "I read this article with growing interest, it contains a lot of added value. Very well and in-depth explanation. "
    Ed Price: "Great scenario! Good use of images, code, detail, and References! Could possibly use a greater breakdown and explanation of the code. This article just gets more and more interesting and valuable as you read it! Great job!"
    Arleta Wanat
    SharePoint Online: Turn on support for multiple content types
    in a list or library using Powershell
    KB: "Really nice, interesting and detailed article!"
    Ed Price: "The Content Types section helps explain this a lot! I also love the downloads at the end. What a fantastic resource!"
     Small Basic Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Nonki Takahashi
    Small Basic: Key Input
    Michiel Van Hoorn: "Great improvement."
    RZ: "Very nice explanation and examples of key input handling"
    Ed Price - MSFT
    Small Basic: The History of the Logo Turtle
    RZ: "Turtle (Logo) was the first programming language for many, including perhaps some of the Small Basic prorammers. Nice article explaining the history."
    Michiel Van Hoorn: "A nice background article and hopefull inspiration for those who want to start in robotics"
    Nonki Takahashi
    Small Basic: TechNet Wiki Article List
    Michiel Van Hoorn: "This is great! Perfect as a local cache of the articles. "
    RZ: "A good example"
     SQL BI and Power BI Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Sylvain PONTOREAU
    PowerBI API in .Net
    RB: "Great walkthrough. Looking forward for the WP8 version of the app ;)"
    PT: "Sylvain, very nice job with this. This is a timely topic about an emerging product that has great potential. This is a very good example of a well-written post on an interesting subject with enough information to be valuable to a
    solution developer. I will personally take time to explore the Power BI API and use your examples. "
     SQL Server General and Database Engine Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Ronen Ariely
    SQL Server Books Online
    AM: "Thank you for sharing this with us. It is quite informative and let us get familiar with BOL after the change from previous versins."
    Ed Price: "Nice! A very helpful introduction to Books Online! It also tells my technical writer friends that their hard work is appreciated! =^)"
    Durval Ramos
    How to Collect Events and Errors on SQL Server
    Ed Price: "Fantastic solution! A great resource that's amazingly well written with formatting, clear parameters, images, References, and a See Also section! And it even comes in Portuguese! Great article!"
    AM: "Thank you for sharing this with us. A good source to learn about our SQL Server instances. "
     System Center Technical Guru - February 2015  
    MarkusEliasson
    Troubleshoot ID 32008: DPM cannot
    protect this SharePoint farm...
    Ed Price: "An important topic that's very clear with great formatting and a good use of an image!"
    t.c.rich
    Managing Priorities of Client Polices and A/V Policies in SCCM
    Ed Price: "I love the descriptions, breakdown of sections, and code formatting! Great article!" 
    Mr X
    How to copy SMSTS.log when a Task Sequence fails in SCCM
    Ed Price: "A very helpful table and a good contribution to the community! Mr X again thinks of important content gaps to fill!"
     Transact-SQL Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Saeid Hasani
    T-SQL: How the Order of Elements in the ORDER BY Clause Implemented in the Output Result
    Durval Ramos: "Very well structured and with examples that clarify how a T-SQL statement can change the data output order."
    Richard Mueller: "Good use of Wiki guidelines and great examples."
    Ronen Ariely
    Free E-Books about SQL and Transact-SQL languages
    Richard Mueller: "An excellent collection and a great idea."
    Durval Ramos: "A good initiative. Very useful !!!"
    Ricardo Lacerda
    Declare Cursor (Transact-SQL) versus Window with Over - Running Totals
    - Accumulated Earnings
    Durval Ramos: "The "Window function" sample was well presented, but it was unclear how the chart was generated."
    Richard Mueller: "A new idea that can be very useful. Grammar needs work"
     Visual Basic Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Emiliano Musso
    Genetic algorithm to solve 2D Mazes in Visual Basic
    MR: "Great article! Love to see an application for AI in a simple game"
    Durval Ramos: "This article is well documented with images and your code clarifying important details. It also has References, a very useful video and your project available for download in "MSDN Code" !"
    Richard Mueller: "Incredible concept and code. Grammar needs work."
    Paul Ishak
    MultiHeadedTrackBar Control
    Durval Ramos: "Very interesting article, with methods and properties well documented. Your project was available in "MSDN Code" which facilitates the understanding of solution."
    Richard Mueller: "Amazing work. Extensive code but with lots of comments. Needs a TOC"
    tommytwotrain
    Using Trigonometry to draw graphic curves in VB.NET part 2.
    MR: "Great continuation. Love the usage of the code for circle text"
    Durval Ramos: "The article is interesting, but It's need to work better commenting about assemblies referenced on project and also structure your content into sections."
    Richard Mueller: "Good tutorial and example code demonstrating basic concepts. Avoid first person."
     Visual C# Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Magnus (MM8)
    C#: Enumerating collections that change
    Jaliya Udagedara: "Great article. Has a thorough and to the point explanation of problem and the solution with code samples. Loved it!"
    Carmelo La Monica: "Very useful and exhaustive about errors at runtime in these circumstances. Congratulations"
    Andy ONeill
    c#: Practical Poly
    Carmelo La Monica: "Fantastic artcle. Very detailed and exhaustive, congratulations ."
    Jaliya Udagedara: "Definitely worth reading this. Explains somewhat advance topic along with a fundamental concept of programming. "
     Wiki and Portals Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Durval Ramos
    Wiki: Microsoft Short URLs Personalized by SXP
    PG: "Nice idea, lots of potential to grow, really needs some more community attention."
    Richard Mueller: "An excellent idea. Good use of Wiki guidelines."
     Windows Phone and Windows Store Apps Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Carmelo La Monica
    Windows Phone 8: control Nokia Maps (Part 3)
    JH: "Part 3 of the series how to work with the Nokia maps control. As the previous articles this one contains a lot of code snippets and some pictures. Good work!"
    Ed Price: "A great topic, a fantastic breakdown of sections with clear descriptions, and a nice mix of code formatting and helpful images! Another stellar article from Carmelo! Great job including the link back at the end to the portal
    article!"
     Windows PowerShell Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Richard Mueller
    Document Your Active Directory Organization
    Alan Carlos: "Wow! Great article, congratulations!!! Very detailed!"
    Chen V: "Excellent Article - I liked return to top as well."
    Ed Price: "Wow! It's like a professional whitepaper! It's a valuable topic that's done with intricate detail! I love the images, diagrams, code blocks, and it ends very well with more resources and Wiki articles! The article just keeps
    digging deeper and deeper! Awesome job on this!"
    DexterPOSH
    PowerShell + REST API : Invoke-RestMethod Gotcha
    Chen V: "Good Article. TOC might have made this more rich! "
    Ed Price: "This is a good topic with some great content. It could benefit from sections and a TOC, as well as a References and See Also sections at the end. The inline links are helpful. Could "
    DexterPOSH
    PowerShell Trick : Search & highlight text in MS Word
    Ed Price: "This is a great solution, with some helpful Q&A in the comments!"
     Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Andy ONeill
    Lookless Controls
    KJ: "WPF can definitely be confusing when devs first encounter it. Like the way you break it down."
    Ed Price: "Wow! Fantastic explanations that are very clear and deep! The images and code bring it to life!"
    Andy ONeill
    Only One Parent
    KJ: "Same iwith this one, good 101 intro"
    Ed Price: "Another great tip! I love the detail here as well! Those snippets help a lot!"
    Andy ONeill
    Bind to Current Item of Collection
    KJ: "Feel like this topic has a lot of coverage out there, but it can't hurt to hammer on databinding yet one more time :) "
    Ed Price: "Fantastic topic with great execution! Although these could benefit from References and See Also wiki sections at the end, the Inline links help a lot!"
     Windows Server Technical Guru - February 2015  
    Mr X
    Ping for Beginners
    Mark Parris: "A good introduction with additional content."
    JM: "Great article idea and an excellent article that will be useful to many, thanks for your contribution."
    Philippe Levesque: "Good article that show a usefull utility for basic troubleshooting"
    Richard Mueller
    Active Directory: Get-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy Default and Extended Properties
    Mark Parris: "An Interesting insight on FGPP and their extended properties."
    JM: "This is a good piece of detailed information about this PowerShell cmdlet, thanks for sharing."
    Philippe Levesque: "Great article ! Illustrating some cmdlet's output when a user got assigned policy versus a user with the default domain policy could be a good idea."
    Richard Mueller
    Active Directory: Get-ADServiceAccount Default and Extended Properties
    Mark Parris: "A useful nugget of information."
    JM: "More very useful information about an AD cmdlet, thanks!"
    Philippe Levesque: "Good article !"
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