Run InstallShield Setup (InstallScript MSI) with logging

Setup.exe /debuglog"C:\PathToLog\setupexe.log" /V"/L*v c:\PathToLog\SetupMSI.log"

Async Await support for Console Applications

Nito.AsyncEx is the library which can be used to add support for Console application. (not limited to console application.)
Add the nuget package - Nite.AsyncEx

And then call your function as

AsyncContext.Run(() => ExecuteMethodAsync());

private static async Task ExecuteMethodAsync()
{
//do something
}

Happy Coding!

Sample Code to open PDF File in Browser instead of download

public HttpResponseMessage Get(int id)
{
try
{
string filename = "File.pdf";
string filepath = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~") + "/" + filename;
byte[] filedata = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(filepath);
string contentType = MimeMapping.GetMimeMapping(filepath);

HttpResponseMessage result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
result.Content = new ByteArrayContent(filedata); ;
result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue(MimeMapping.GetMimeMapping(filepath));
var cd = new System.Net.Mime.ContentDisposition
{
FileName = filename,
Inline = true,
};

HttpContext.Current.Response.Headers.Add("Content-Disposition", cd.ToString());
return result;

}
catch (Exception)
{
throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError);
}
}

Converting a guest user to member in Azure AD

To convert a guest user into a member in Azure Ad run the following command.


Connect-MsolService
login with Global admin of the AD in which guest user exists.

Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName hpatel#EXT#@yourdomain.onmicrosoft.com -UserType Member

This should convert the user to member.
hpatel#EXT#@yourdomain.onmicrosoft.com is the guest user. remember Microsoft adds #EXT# to the email. so if you get error that says that user not found, run the following command and validate the upn.
Get-MsolUser --UnlicensedUserOnly