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.NET, Tools: Framework Configuration Tool (mscorcfg.msc)

Microsoft has removed the .NET Framework Configuration Tool from the standard framework installations. They have decided to remove this tool from the control panel because the average end-user don't need this tool. But me as Developer this tool is a must have.

If you want to use this tool Microsoft has decided to make it part of the SDK version.

Because I'm not happy to install the whole SDK version only for this tool I have found a workaround with an setup.

BizTalk, Tools: Microsoft BizTalk Server Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)

 
This tool created by Microsoft will examine your BizTalk Server deployment and configuration environment and verifies it against deployment and configuration best practices.

The Best Practices Analyzer performs configuration level verification, by reading and reporting only. For example, the Best Practices Analyzer gathers data from Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes, SQL Server databases, registry entries, and other parts of your deployment, and uses the gathered data to determine whether best practices are being followed. The Best Practices Analyzer does not modify any system settings, and is therefore not a self tuning tool.

FxCop: Suppress message generated code

When you make use of FxCop for checking your code on Microsoft coding standards you get messages if you make use of generated code.

Because you do not want to suppres these messages it is possible to configure this within FxCop.