July 2007 - Posts
What's next? Channel 8? Yup! Ah those kids!
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You knew them when :) Here they are in all their Beta 2 (.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008) and RC (Silverlight 1.0 - ok a few more days on this) glory. Read Soma's announce , watch the video , get the bits . Downloading now... Are you syndicating with
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Definitely tongue in cheek :) but WCF is fast allowing some very important ways of communicating. Take for instance the new (alpha version) of IBM's Custom WCF channel targeting MQ , as Dino opines: So this channel has the possibility of opening up some
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We have tentatively set the dates for our annual Financial Developers Conference. Right now the thinking is March 12-13, 2008. Save the date! Visit our Financial Services Developer Website for upcoming and new information.
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As I sweep the blogs I read, I'm inspired and in awe of Mr. Walker's Blog . 21 posts in July so far and all of it useful and usable. Good stuff! His pointers to the free MOSS 2007 VHD and the free VSTO HOLs are not to be missed. Have you got them yet
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Interesting, especially when you consider the futures of this project (WPF and AJAX). What do you think? The Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI) provides Design Guidance and Toolkit controls which allow a new generation of safer, more usable
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James Conard and team just realeased the Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit (beta 3). Really nice work, although I think they are trying to make this lowly evangelist redundant :) What is in the kit? Presentations Hands-on labs 1. What's new for
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Windows Home Server, codenamed "Q" RTM'ed! If you like the inside scoop and history, you'll want to check out Charlie Kindel's blog post announcing this great event. Honey, can I get one?
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Nice; just heard that there is now a Silverlight 1.1 client library to Astoria. Read more at the Data Blog . How do you intend to use it?
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Some of us say more than others, and some of us are shy and don't say anything :) http://blogs.msdn.com/jrubino http://blogs.msdn.com/hlsdev/ http://blogs.msdn.com/beaudreaux http://blogs.msdn.com/davedev http://blogs.msdn.com/jcleaver http://blogs.msdn.com/hchoing
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7/16 Update: Soma says VS+Fx coming this year , double Yippee! Update: Daniel ( http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog ) made me think about this post...it is my personal wish for the products to RTM before the launch :) RTM usually comes before the launch (I'm
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Been a while since there was a .NET Security Bulletin, but here is one; please test and then update your systems: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-040 - Critical Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (931212) < http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-040.mspx
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I'll be presenting WCF at the Southern CT .NET User Group tomorrow. In case you miss it, here is my approach: 1. Boil down Justin Smith 's fantastic book on WCF into a few slides 2. Cover all the great content in all Michele's webcasts 3. Deliver the
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I really enjoyed this Channel 9 video - insipirational and informative. A mom (and a VP) talks about developing software; cool stuff. Julie Larson-Green: Leading by Example, Managing the Windows Experience Pasted from < http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=319241
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We've just begun a new fiscal year here at Microsoft. That means a lot of folks - like myself - are scurrying to reflect and write down what we accomplished this past year. But mostly, like all "new years", it is about starting a new, wiping the slate
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