Microsoft Virtual lab

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Cross Origin Resource Sharing CORS ASP.net and MVC Web API Integration

C# 4.5 and CLR Revolution

C# Generation Next

CLR Inside

Courtsey Maoni Stephen's White paper
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2012/07/20/the-net-framework-4-5-includes-new-garbage-collector-enhancements-for-client-and-server-apps.aspx


1. Background Server Garbage Collection

Before version 4, the .NET Framework provided a concurrent GC mode that performed full GCs concurrently with user code (vs. blocking, which pauses all user threads), thus reducing pause time for full GCs. This mode was available only for workstation GC.

In the .NET Framework 4, we delivered an improved version called the background workstation garbage collection, which reduced latency but only benefited client apps.

In the .NET Framework 4.5, we have delivered background server garbage collection, which is typically used for server apps. As a result, all apps now have background GC available to them, regardless of which GC they use.

Backgorund GC Operation

They apply only to generation 2 GCs.

They don't compact the heap.

Generation 0 and 1 GCs do not happen concurrently with background GC, but they suspend all user and background GC threads

2. GC Collect Inversely Proportional to Throughoutput Balanced LOH

More GC collect less throughoutput.Vice versa

Common Root Cause for above IMBALANCE GC HEAP

For server GC, GC trigger when heap runs out of allocation.

1 Logical processors have 1 heap.

In one application server there are many worker processors which spuns many threads and these threads in turns consume memory.

In the .net framework 4, small object heap memory allocation is balanced where as LOH is not balanced due to which the GC triggers lot.

In the .net framework 4.5,SOH and LOH are balanced hence it triggers less GC.



3.Support Large Dataset >2GB

We can now able to process array with large dataset. It is configured using .Previously it was throwing OutofMemory exception due to 32 bit nature of OS/Framework.



4. Reuse free available memory after GC collect.

In earlier releases of the .NET Framework, once a memory block was rejected as a candidate for an allocation, it was removed as a candidate for subsequent allocations.

In the .NET Framework 4.5, we now retain free memory blocks as candidates for allocation requests until they are used. The new algorithm uses LOH space much more efficiently, leading to decreased fragmentation and memory use.



5. SustainLowLatency- Avoid Full blocking of GC

While the SustainedLowLatency setting is in effect, generation 0, generation 1, and background generation 2 collections still occur and do not typically cause noticeable pause times. A blocking generation 2 collection happens only if the machine is low in memory or if the app induces a GC by calling GC.Collect().



6. NUMA-Non uniform Memory Access, Black box for me.

Unable to understand the basic fundamentals of it. If someone can flash few reference to help me understand this. Regret for Ignorance on this subject.

IIS 7.5 Architecture Fabrics

Asp.net Pipeline , httpcontext And IIS 7.5 integrated Mode

Asp.net request pipeline mode is something that each asp.net developer must know. Its difficult to memories or understand the concepts because IIS and .net framework is going through radical changes very often. Still we must touch base few basics. All I want one to go through HttpRuntime, Httpcontext, Httpapplication , Httpmodule and HttpHandler. If we clearly understands its flow with respect to IIS handling we will be able to troubleshoot any issues or create any custom pipeline based on this.

For e.g IIS integrated mode support httpcontext.current.request.header.add()...
HttpContext deals with response, server, requests, error, session , application
HttpModule deals with application startup authorization, authentications etc.
HttpHandler based on file extension we can set events to perform.
HttpRuntime decides configuration such as request length, queue length, Querystring and so on.

Decision Analysis and Resolution Matrix Called as DAR

We heard lot of CAR analysis, Causal Analysis and Resolution, like we also have Decision Analysis and Resolution. In CAR we tend to find the root cause and then derive the resolution. Similarly in DAR we evaluates different factors or criterias against options available to derive to best possible solutions or resolutions.

For e.g we want to setup Virtualization so we have many options for us to evaluate before we decide on technology. Say for example..In case of VDI...virtual desktop environment, we have various options available such as Virtual machine based on Virtual pool, Remote desktop session based or virtual machine session based. Now if want to choose the best possible solution then we need to have a all relevant factors or parameter to evaluate against. Here in this case we can evaluate the options against scalability, availability, performance, maintenance, consistency, cost etc...

For any architect , it is very essential that one knows about such tools or methods to evaluate it. At the end steering or management committee needs statistics and full proof solution to support their decision even. What If I say something right? will that make sense to world ? The answer is Big 'NO'. The business is driven based on facts and figure.



Fig 1

DAR Matrix

LET Restrict Block Scope In Javascript.

Courtesy  by Scott K Allen.

IIS 7.5 Load User Profile = true for Registry issue due Windows User Profile service

Today was strange day for me. It all started with trouble in the paradise. We recently did deployment of small changes in MS commerce server 2007 and EPI server. Now wcf service and website hosted in IIS 7.5. With main website having virtual directory pointing EPI server content management system.

Cut Long story short-
We checked the event log viewer for the root cause..And below was the whole script...

In the Application Event log, the following event was logged:

Log Name: Application

Source: Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service

Date: 2010/5/31 13:10:01

Event ID: 1530

Task Category: None

Level: Warning

Keywords:

User: SYSTEM

Computer: ComputerName

Description:

Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards.

The following information was included with the event:

2 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-3837118448-4114559512-2412068830-1006_Classes:

Process 1956 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv\w3wp.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3837118448-4114559512-2412068830-1006_CLASSES

Process 1956 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv\w3wp.exe) has opened key

The problem was due...

If you have other application pools even they will use the same c:\windows\temp folder. If you set the option to load the user profile the temporary directory will be now change to use the profile’s temporary folder C:\Users\apppooluserid\AppData\Local\Temp.

If the profile is loaded you also have access to all the custom environment variables for that user.

Here’s a question what do you think will the temporary folder be when the Application Pool identity is set to Network Service and Load User Profile is set to True ?

It is not C:\Users\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Temp. but C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Temp

This event is letting us know that when the profile was being unloaded w3wp.exe with process id (PID) 1956 had a registry key handle to the profile hive for the user with SID S-1-5-21-2641105361-2081720548-7543625-1000.

According to kb947239, event 1530 occurs because Windows automatically closes any registry handle to a user profile that is left open by an application.

In previous versions of Windows, we need to download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Services (UPHClean) to ensure user sessions are completed terminated when a user logs off. So in Windows 2003 IIS6, UPHClean isn’t downloaded by default.

After Windows Vista, UPHClean utility is built into User Profile service which always runs. On Windows 2008, UPHClean removes access to files or directories data that was cached by the application for the file is lost. This could cause the process to fail because it cannot read from the file. This issue seems to be improved in UPHClean v2.0.

The solution to preventing this problem turns out to be a very simple configuration setting in IIS7's Application Pool Advanced Settings.

Lucky for us, the issue was resolved after enabling Load User Profile in Application Pool setting.

IIS doesn't load the Windows user profile, but certain applications might take advantage of it anyway to store temporary data. What this does is tell IIS to completely load the user profile for the entirety of the execution of the application.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vijaysk/archive/2009/03/08/iis-7-tip-3-you-can-now-load-the-user-profile-of-the-application-pool-identity.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/asiatech/archive/2010/08/05/load-user-profile-in-iis-7.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tijujohn/archive/2012/01/04/quot-503-service-unavailable-quot-and-quot-load-user-profile-quot.aspx

http://www.iis.net/learn/manage/configuring-security/application-pool-identities

Thank God...It just saved my day....

Its all about IIS 7.5 .You must know

We got two important parts in IIS 7.5
Integrated Mode : I called it as Http Module Pipeline
Classic Mode       :       More of ISAPI

Further isolation:

User Mode: IIS Log
Kernel Mode : Refer HTTErr log..in windows/system32/LogFiles/..

One can use log parser to analyse the logs and find the root cause of the problem.

Important App Pool Settings:

1. Request Queue length Limit : Default 1000..
2. Overlap App pool recycle.
3. No of Worker processor.
4. Switch off Asp.net debug mode off..
5. Regular Interval of App Pool Recycle.

applicationHost.config file ( Found in location: C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config)

ApplicationHost.config is the root file of the configuration system when you are using IIS 7 and above. It includes definitions of all sites, applications, virtual directories and application pools, as well as global defaults for the web server settings (similar to machine.config and the root web.config for .NET Framework settings).

IIS Windows Process Activation Service (WAS)

Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) manages application pool configuration and the creation and lifetime of worker processes for HTTP and other protocols. The World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) and other services depend on WAS.

Name	Description
IIS Application Pool	An Internet Information Services (IIS) application pool is a grouping of URLs that is routed to one or more worker processes. Because application pools define a set of Web applications that share one or more worker processes, they provide a convenient way to administer a set of Web sites and applications and their corresponding worker processes. Process boundaries separate each worker process; therefore, a Web site or application in one application pool will not be affected by application problems in other application pools. Application pools significantly increase both the reliability and manageability of a Web infrastructure.
IIS Protocol Adapter	An Internet Information Services (IIS) protocol adapter is a Windows service that receives messages on a specific network protocol and communicates with The Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) to route incoming messages to the correct worker process. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee377050.aspx

JS 1.3 Cheat Sheet

Core

Selector

Attributes

Events

utilities

CSS

Hyper V VDI and APP Virtualization Snapshot

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Windows 2012 Server Hyper-V Virtual Machine Installation and Setup

What we get?

1.  Using virtual machine we can have independent isolated dev environment for each developer. Virtualize in terms of RAM and processor.
2.  Easy to enable new Virtual machine through template or image file i.e VHD.
3.  Easy to manage through system center 2012 i.e remote desktop services web enabled.
4. Factors to be considered.
5.  Windows update.
6.  Anitvirus installation
7.  Software Licencing
8. Security patches
9. Backup strategy
10.  External data storage for developer. External drive to save file

Capacity planning

Primary Server
OS : Windows Server Core 2008 R2
16 GB Ram Processor 4 GHz speed
VM1: 4 GB /1 Processor
VM2: 4 GB/1 Processor
VM3/VM4

Alternative to VDI: Remote Development server Session based RDP.

Is to enable Remote Destop Session based user option. This comes handly and just require to add limit to session users. No installation at all. All users will be having same set of underlying software and feature. Any changes to environment will affect all users and environment. Good in response widely used and opted.

Quick 1 min Walkthrough on HTTP REQUEST HEADER.

Coding Tips and Tricks

Cyclic Constructor in C#
public class Car
    {
        //Private Member
        private int m_CarID=int.MinValue;
        private string m_CarType=string.Empty;
        private string m_CarName=string.Empty;
        private string m_Color=string.Empty;
        private string m_Model=string.Empty;

        //Constructor
        public Car()
        {
            //default Constructor
        }
       
        //Parameterized Constructor
        public Car(int carID, string carName)
        {
            m_CarID = carID;
            m_CarName = carName;
        }

        //Cyclic Constructor
        public Car(int carID, string carName, string carType,string carModel):this(carID,carName)
        {
            m_CarType = carType;
            m_Model = carModel;
        }

        //Cyclic Constructor
        public Car(int carID, string carName, string carType, string carModel,string color)
            : this(carID, carName,carType,carModel)
        {
            m_Color = color;           
        }   
    }

static void main()
{
    Car objCarA=new Car();
    Car objCarB=new Car(1,"matiz");
    Car objCarC=new Car(1,"matiz","SmallCar","2000");
    Car objCarD=new Car(1,"matiz","SmallCar","2000","Dark Green");
}

Validation to Check for Comma separated EmailIDs

Regular Exp Description:

List of Email ids separated with [,] Email ID may contain character set as [._-']

Regular Expression

^((\w+([-_.']\w+)*@\w+([-_.']\w+)*\.\w+([-_.']\w+)*)*([,])*)*$

Regular expression Rules:

Finite automata rule Values should proceed with email Ids with Comma Separated. No comma will precede the email IDs.

Matches:

abc.xyz@anonymous.com
abc.xyz@anonymous.com,abc-xyz@anonymous.com,abc_xyz@anonymous.com
abc.xyz@anonymous.com,com,D'Souza@anonymous.com

Non-Matches:

abc.xyz
,abc.xyz@anonymous.com
abc.xyz@anonymous.com,
abc

Javascript
function CheckForCommaSeperatedEmailIDs( fieldValue )  
       {      
     
         var regex = /^((\w+([-_.']\w+)*@\w+([-_.]\w+)*\.\w+([-_.]\w+)*)*([,])*)*$/;      
         if( !fieldValue.match( regex ) )      
           {         
             alert('The Email IDs Invalid');
            
                     return false;      
                       
            }     
               return true; 
         }



Validation to check UserID with Period/Dot seperated

Regular Expression Rules:

Finite automata rule, Values should precede with characters of set [A-Za-z] and followed with period(.) and character set [A-Za-z]

Regular Expression:

^[a-zA-Z]+(\.[a-zA-Z]+)+$

Matches

1) Ratan.Tata
2) Anil.Dhiru.Ambhani

Non-Matches

Ratan.
1) .Mukesh.
2) Amir.khan.

Regular Expression Logic in Javasctipt

function CheckForPeriodSeperatedUserID( fieldValue ) { var regex = /^[a-zA-Z]+(\.[a-zA-Z]+)+$/; if( !fieldValue.match( regex ) ) { alert('The UserID is not desired format,XXX.YYYY XXX.YYYY.ZZZZ'); return false; } return true; }

Real Time Use Of Static Constructor if you look at above class it is an Utility class and it is consume by Business entity class instance say object Date that has minute component in it. If we have 10 screens that requires minutes to be displayed in dropdownlist in such cases rather then calling 10 calls to database or constructing this collection we prefer calling one instance at the very load of the application which in turns consume by all the pages and across all the users. In the process we have one instance available for all users and across pages. If one see in normal constructor ,one can notice it is invoked after instance is created whereas static constructor is invoked always first and when it is referenced. use System.collection.generics; public class Utility { public static IDictionary m_Minute = null; static Utility() { m_Minute=new IDictionary(); m_Minute.Add(1,"00"); m_Minute.Add(2,"15"); m_Minute.Add(3,"30"); m_Minute.Add(3,"45"); } public static IDictionary GetMinute() { return m_Minute; } } Validation to Check for special Character Description : Below javascript code function returns false for entered special character and true for non special character. function CheckForSpecialCharacter( controlValue ) { var regex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9\s]+$/; if( !controlValue.match( regex ) ) { alert('Special Character is not allowed due potential security threat.'); return false; } Problem Statement: We have scenario where we have data stored in arraylist collection and want to pass this as data as input to Webservice method in string array format. Convert ArrayList() Collection to String [] Array Namespace: System.collections Solution: private string[] ConvertArrayListToStringArray(ArrayList arrList) { for (int iIter=0;iIter<5 br="" iiter=""> { arrList.Add("StringValue"+iIter); } return string[]arrList.ToArray(typeof(string)); }   Iterator,Delegate,Predicates,Anonymous method and Generics C#2.0 A perfect blend of Iterator,Delegate,Predicates,Anonymous method and Generics C#2.0. One can make use of these in real world scenario to save memory and increase performance of an application. Delegates defines signature of any method that takes one input parameter and returns a single object of another type. public delegate Tout Action(Tin element); protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { foreach (string str in GetFormatedCustomerName()) Response.Write(str); } public IEnumerable GetFormatedCustomerName() { List customerList=new List(); customerList.Add(new Customer("001", "Santosh",3552)); customerList.Add(new Customer("002", "Poojari", 42424)); customerList.Add(new Customer("005", "Arjun", 42424)); return BuildFormattedName(customerList, delegate(Customer objCustomer) { return string.Format("{0} - {1} ", objCustomer.CustomerId, objCustomer.CustomerName); }); } public IEnumerable BuildFormattedName(IEnumerable list, Action handler) { foreach (Tin entry in list) yield return handler(entry); }

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