If you notice that that the Set as metered connection setting or option is greyed out on your Windows 11/10 computer, and consequently, you’re unable to change the connection, then this post may be ...

While opening an Excel spreadsheet, if you get an error message saying External Data Connections have been disabled, here is how to get rid of it. It appears when ...

Take advantage of connection resiliency in EF Core to detect errors and retry commands and enable your ASP.NET Core application to overcome transient faults. A high-quality application must be stable, ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

Grafana needs data to be useful. Phil Hajjar walks you through the process of using a MySQL database as a source for data visualization in Grafana. Grafana is one of the most widely-used interactive ...

Microsoft is rolling out a Phone Connection setting in Copilot on Windows PC. This setting aims to make the AI assistant more personalized by feeding on your Android phone’s data and allowing you to ...