MSDN Ireland News

We have trickled out guidance on ASP.NET 2.0 security over time - but Brian Goldfarb just sent through a list of the full library which you might find useful.... ASP.NET 2.0 Security Guidance Library Key Recommendations/Guidelines: ASP...

Last year many of you may have participated in the Visual Studio 2005 Beta Experience program. This year, the Microsoft EMEA team are running another Beta Experience program for Vista and Office 12 - so if you want to be the first to know about all the...

Just got a note in from Brian Goldfarb to let us know about his new ASP.NET 2.0 - the How Do I video series - looks like it's well worth a look! It covers many common tasks in short 15 minute videos - looks like the MSDN nugget idea has also been a...

Just in case you haven't spotted them yet, you should check out the MSDN nuggets on the MSDN UK site . If you don't have the time to read a 10-page how-to article or watch a full length webcast - then this might be the solution for you! MSDN nuggets are...

Just spotted the following on Visual Basic Developer Center - I know a lot of folks at the community events have said they found applications blocks like these helpful in the past... so just in case you haven't spotted this new one... The patterns...

I was out talking to a web developer today and we got on to discussing Visual Web Developer - the new free version of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. He mentioned that a lot of web developers probably aren't aware of all the free...

If you are a developer or an IT Pro in Northern Ireland then hopefully you are already a member of NIMTUG - but if not, check out their newly updated site and sign up. Damien has just updated it from DotNetNuke to community server and it now offers ...

It turns out I missed out on the best reason for attending Bill' s Architect Forum in my first post about it... the speakers! For those of you who were lucky enough to hear Ingo Rammer at the INDA event last year, you'll be delighted to hear that he is...

Many of you will have received free certification exam vouchers for the MCP exams at the Visual Studio 2005 launch before Christmas. The new exams related to the 2005 wave of technology are coming out in the middle of this year. If you want to know...

We have had quite a number of requests in regarding Windows Hosted Messaging and Collaboration. If you are interested, you should check out the following pages for more information. Read about what's new in Exchange 3.5 here . Let me know if you are in...

Bill's Architect Forum is running this year on March 1st. If you have an interest in Software Factories - you should definitely check it out... For those of you more interested in databases than software architecture, you should make sure to check...

it@cork is due to start a new podcasting project. Tom Raftery will be recording interviews with thought leaders in the it@cork member companies. The interviews will involve senior management telling compelling stories around their businesses - the story...

Perhaps not related to developer activities - but an excellent article by Jesper Johansson for any of you who ever have to give a presentation (and if you fancy giving some presentations for the Irish .NET community, do let me know ;). Jesper is one of...

Busy day for blogs posts - but I know this one is of interest to a lot of folks out there. We have just got word that the recorded sessions from our Web Hosting seminar in December are now available for viewing on IT's showtime. Check out the sessions...

My colleagues in the Partner Group are sponsoring a one-day sales training course with leading author & consultant Harry Brelsford on March 3rd. It's designed specifically for Irish channel partners focused on delivering Small Business solutions,...

If you are interested in getting your hands on a free CMS - you should check out one of the following free offerings: AxCMS.net which I just saw posted on Scott Guthrie's blog . Scott lists a number of customers already deployed on it, including...

I am delighted to tell you that we have had a new member join the Developer and Platform Group here in Microsoft Ireland -- Ciara Murphy is on-board as a Partner Account Manager for local ISVs. Ciara is an oracle of information on all the intricacies...

There are loads of events coming up over the next while in Ireland and Northern Ireland, with a lot of new speakers as well. INDA has talks lined up in Dublin and Waterford on .NET debugging and Agile programming. IrishDev have teamed up with the Irish...