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PowerShell Happy from Windows 7 to Windows Azure
eek! Say hello to the Windows Management Framework starring our dear friend PowerShell 2.0. Read more here . Why is this cool/important? You now have the power with PowerShell to manage all your favorite Windows flavors (XP to 7 to Server 2008 R2) and Read More...
WPF 4 making Windows 7 Applications shine!
eek! I really dig Scott Guthrie’s latest blog post on the WPF 4 Improvements and Lighting Up Windows 7 applications planned for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4. With all the excitement around Windows 7, its time to jumpstart that killer application and Read More...
Customers make it real! Notes from our Innovation Showcase
eek! A personal thank you to Iconics for showing off their very cool Windows 7 application at our Innovation Showcase over the past few weeks. Iconics’s application was designed to exploit several features of Windows 7 – the Taskbar, Jump Lists, Windows Read More...
The New Efficiency Resources for Windows Server 2008 R2 Developer Sessions
eek! To the attendees at our New Efficiency launch events in Boston and New York – thank you for your time and attention. Here are the slides from the sessions and a brief recap: Windows Server 2008 R2, Build Solutions that Scale Beyond 64 Processors Read More...
The New Efficiency – Meet the Windows Server 2008 R2 Developer Training Kit
eek! Welcome to the new efficiency and our launch party for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. If you are like me and want to get your head around what’s new from a software developer’s perspective, look no further than the recent Windows Server 2008 Read More...
Join us for the New Efficiency Kickoff on September 29, 2009
eek! Join in the conversation to see top technology leaders and Microsoft’s CEO debate the role of IT during this economic reset. Can cost savings, productivity and innovation come together to drive business growth? I don’t know :) so I’ll be there tomorrow Read More...
Last call for Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Week in Boston
eek! You’ve heard the buzz, now its time to act. The doors are closing on nominations for the Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Week in Boston (October 5 – 9, 2009). The focus is Windows 7 and all its compelling features . If you are a start up or have a Read More...
Windows 7 and your MSDN Subscription
eek! Make your MSDN subscription work for you! Tomorrow, you’ll be one of the first to get the released version of Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2)! Read more . And for all your PowerShell fans, 2.0 is in box ! Building applications for Windows Read More...
Windows 7 RC Developer Training Kit
eek! I submit that one of the best blog posts that I’ve read on Windows 7 for Developers is Mike Taulty’s Windows 7: What’s there for Developers? Cool stuff from Mike. If you are looking to get a handle on some of the cool new features that Windows 7 Read More...
April Cool
eek! Bucking the trend on April Fool by doing an April Cool post. Here are some of the things I talked about in March. Hope you get a resource or link that saves you time... Girl Geeks Rule Downloading IE8 Get Silverlight 3 Beta with eyes wide open Say Read More...
Windows 7 and VB6 – the Microsoft Commitment
eek! This is good news for all those organizations that have an investment in VB6. The VB6 IDE is out of support but Microsoft has formalized its support statement for Windows 7 (and “Windows 7 Server” which is Windows Server 2008 R2). The key phrase Read More...
Happy Groundhog Day!
eek! In the category of – I’ve seen that before, I’m republishing my January posts in case you missed it. Happy Groundhog Day! The Joy of SxS Jumping in to .NET from ColdFusion? I’m not going to be a fool this April 1 Need more Business Intelligence? Read More...
Windows 7 for Developers
eek! If you are looking to get some early views and insight into the developer experience for Windows 7, try the relatively new Windows 7 Blog for Developers . New content on the Taskbar API and Design just showed up. Check it out. P.S. For a good read Read More...
Ooo, Windows 7 Beta on MSDN Subscriptions
eek!   Downloading now... P.S. Wow, you can still download Windows 3.1. Memories... var addthis_pub = 'allandcp'; Read More...
Windows 7 Developer Guide - updated
eek! If you missed it in October, they just updated the Windows 7 Developer Guide last week. The themes? Solid Foundation, Richer Application Experiences, The Best of Windows and the Web. The abstract: Building applications that are easy to use, visually Read More...
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