David Boschmans Weblog

The last 2 to 3 weeks I delivered a number of presentations on the .NET Framework 3.0 . When talking through the different pillars I often receive questions on the business value of some of these technologies. This is especially true for the Windows Presentation...

After a year full of CTP releases Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX is in beta ! Read the announcement and the details on Scott Guthrie's blog . On the http://ajax.asp.net/ there's a lot of information available on this first beta. Especially the migration guide...

It looks like 2 of the Belgian INETA user groups decided to make it a User Group Wednesday on October 25. Both FxUserGroup and VISUG are organizing a free event. The VISUG meeting , with Wim Verhaeghen as guest speaker, will be covering the Security Development...

Today I gave a half-a-day talk on "Managing the Software Development LifeCycle with Visual Studio 2005 Team System" to partners and customers of Microsoft Luxembourg . Though the TDD demo failed the other demos and the rest of the presentation went fairly...

Last week I noticed this post bink.nu : " Getting Started on Microsoft Windows Web Hosting ". " Microsoft Getting Started on Windows Web Hosting is a subset of the complete Web hosting details found in The Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting...

A new collection of 3 2-hour premium clinics that teaches about the new capabilities provided by the .NET Framework 3.0 is now available for free: Collection 5134 : Developing Rich Experiences with Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.0 and Visual Studio® 2005...

I picked this up from the Public Sector DPE Team blog : Microsoft will release in the next few weeks the second version of the Software Development Lifecycle-in-a-Box training kit . The purpose of the 3‐Day SDLC‐in‐a‐Box training program is to provide...

The Belgian Business Innovation Event " Ready for a new day " is approaching quickly. My colleague Arlindo reports on his experiences in preparing this event together with the people of Barco . While I haven't been monitoring this project closely the...

The FxUserGroup - the Belgian French-speaking INETA User Group - is organizing its second event next Wednesday October 25. The announcement from their web site (in French): Vous vous y perdez dans les nouveautés technologiques ? Alors rejoignez le FxUserGroup...

It looks like Windows Desktop Search 3.0 is (finally) available for Windows XP SP2 . Why bother installing this version? Well, if haven't switched to a beta of CTP build of Windows Vista yet, you will probably be using any search engine to enable instant...

Tonight I'll be speaking for the Java Web Applications Study Group of the " Vlaamse Ingenieurskamer " in Antwerp. The study group plans to launch a VIK .NET study group which Microsoft wants to support. Announcement (Dutch) from the VIK site : De studiegroep...

Project Glidepath has been updated. I just noticed through Michael Lehman's Project Glidepath blog that now Windows Presentation Foundation packages have been added. Download it here . Project Glidepath is a Microsoft evangelism initiative. It provides...

A lot of speaking engagements these days. Which results in not a lot of blog reading, let alone blogging ... Last Thursday evening I was asked to do a 2-hour talk on .NET Framework 3.0 for the students of the KH Leuven, department Rega . The talk went...

Cronos , an early-adopter of the to be released 2007 Microsoft Office system have been busy lately with designing and developing a new site based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 . They recently made the site public. Check it out at http://www...

Last Friday we had our quarterly Enterprise Series briefing covering the Microsoft Application Platform . This events is an invitation-only event for Microsoft partners and customers managed by the Enterprise Partner & Customer Group . At the event...

at http://www.clearification.com . Fun stuff. Demetri Martin is coming to a town near you (at least if you live in the US). You can access all of the content of the site quickly through the clearification rss feed at www.clearification.com/rss . Technorati...

Next Wednesday - October 25 - there's Customer First which I won't (unfortunately) be attending because I promised a long time ago (long before Customer First was announced) that I would deliver a presentation for AIESEC , an international association...

Tech·Ed: Developers is now less than two weeks away. While all attendees are already preparing for the conference, this year's Tech·Ed (Developers & IT Forum) team has also thought about providing non-attendees with the best possible experience. And...

Next Wednesday, October 18 , Joris Poelmans , active member of BIWUG and MVP for Windows SharePoint Services will be the host of the MSDN Belux Evening Session on " Developing solutions with Windows SharePoint Services v3 and Office SharePoint Servers...

Join the members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Team Editions for Architects, Developers, Database Pros, and Testers. In addition, discuss what's new in the latest...