Dependency service or group failed to start

I got following error when I tried to start the SQL Server service:

My SQL service is running on my domain user account, and this is the reason I got the error. To be able to run any services using a domain account, the Netlogon service must be started.
For some reason (I blame the windows updates that were installed) this services startup type was changed to Disabled. Reconfiguring the Netlogon service to automatic and start the service solved the problem.

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Netlogon: Maintains a secure channel between this computer and the domain controller for authenticating users

Microsoft Lightswitch coming on July 26

Microsoft’s LightSwitch to Launch on July 26. This program will give developers a simpler and faster way to create high-quality business applications for the desktop and the cloud. LightSwitch is a new addition to the Visual Studio family.

I've already been playing with Lightswitch some time ago + I've seen the presentation on Techdays 2011 in Belgium. The new Visual Studio addition definitely has some promising features, and is easy to use. It could get quite handy for some (smaller) projects.

Lightswitch makes sure you'll get a working program fast with pre-configured screen templates, prewritten code and other reusable components to handle routine application tasks, along with helpful step-by-step guidance.

And afterwards you can of course customize it all in Visual Basic .NET or C#. To finalize, you can deploy to the desktop, browser, or cloud to share your application with others more easily without the cumbersome installation processes.

More info: Lightswitch, a developers tool, will launch on July 26
Videos and tutorials: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/lightswitch

Free E-book: SQL Server Execution Plans

Execution plans show you what's going on behind the scenes in SQL Server. They can provide you with a wealth of information on how your queries are being executed by SQL Server, including:

Which indexes are getting used and where no indexes are being used at all.
How the data is being retrieved, and joined, from the tables defined in your query.
How aggregations in GROUP BY queries are put together.
The anticipated load, and the estimated cost, that all these operations place upon the system.
All this information makes the execution plan a fairly important tool in the tool belt of database administrator, database developers, report writers, developers, and pretty much anyone who writes TSQL to access data in a SQL Server database.

Download link: http://downloads.sqlservercentral.com/Books/dissecting_complete.pdf?utm_source=ssc&utm_medium=weblink&utm_content=Grant&utm_campaign=sqltoolbelt
Source: SQL Server Execution Plans - SQLServerCentral

ESB Toolkit 2.0

Found an interesting read on the ESB Toolkit for BizTalk.

Source: BizTalk :: KOTI REDDY B: ESB Toolkit 2.0

CU 1 voor de BizTalk-Adapter Pack 2010

This cumulative update for Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 contains hotfixes for Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 issues that were resolved after the release of BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010.

It contains following hot fixes:

• FIX: The WCF-SQL adapter from BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0 or from BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 does not write enough useful error information
• FIX: A WCF-based SQL adapter may lock SQL Server resources when the PolledDataAvailableStatement binding property returns a positive result but the actual polling does not return any data
• FIX: Statement in the PollStatement property incorrectly runs if a receive location uses WCF-based BizTalk Adapter for SQL Server
• FIX: An update is available that adds the ClearRfcContext binding property to the WCF-based SAP adapter from BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0 or BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010
• FIX: Multiple grouped IDOCs are processed incorrectly if the WCF-based SAP adapter in BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0 or BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 uses the String setting to connect to an SAP system
• Hotfix to add the "ReceivedIdocRelease" binding property for the WCF-SAP adapter to BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0 and Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010

SOURCE: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2539794/en-us

BizTalk Server 2010 Developer Training Kit

Also a developer kit for the biztalk 2010 is avaible!

This training kit contains a complete set of materials that will enable you to learn the core developer capabilities in BizTalk Server 2010. This kit includes lab manuals, PowerPoint presentations and videos, all designed to help you learn about BizTalk Server 2010. There is also an option below to download a Virtual Machine that is ready for you to use with the training kit.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Work with schemas, maps, and pipelines, and create flat file schemas.
• Configure a new FTP, HTTP and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) adapter for BizTalk Server
• Use BizTalk Orchestration Designer to create and test a simple orchestration.
• Configure orchestration properties and variables, deploy an orchestration, and create and deploy a rule set and execute those rules from within an orchestration.
• Define, deploy, and map a BAM observation model.
• Use the deployment and management features in BizTalk Server
• Build a simple Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service and client and configure BizTalk Server to use a WCF Adapter.
• Create a Microsoft .NET class library project that will contain a WCF Adapter.
• Deploy artifacts needed for processing certain EDI documents and for turning XML messages into EDI.

DOWNLOAD: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=14865

VS2008: web services enumeration components not available

Recently I got following error when trying to add a Web Reference to VS2008:
The web services enumeration components are not available. You need to reinstall Visual Studio to add web references to your application.

I have no idea why this error suddenly appeared.
However, I did find a solution to this issue.

I executed 'devenv /ResetSkipPkgs' from the command line in a VS2008 command prompt.
This did the trick for me.