... from the Microsoft Download Center . Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office System, and the Web. Visual Studio code name “Orcas” delivers on Microsoft’s vision of smart...

Over on the InfoQ web site Ted Neward has published a new article on Rich Office Client Applications . " Rich Internet Applications (RIA's)" vs " rich client " or " smart client ": the user experience is driving the adoption of a hybrid client, using...

Last week I blogged about " How Adobe Products (Not) Support Windows Vista ". I posted this because I had some trouble installing an older version of Acrobat Reader on Windows Vista. But after a quick search I found out about this .pdf file where you...

A couple of weeks ago I posted a list of cool WPF applications . This list of applications published on the Channel9 WPF Wiki is updated daily. And the list is growing. Check it out! Three of the applications added this week were all amazing news reading...

During last TechEd in Barcelona , Jan and Patrick delivered a session " Building Web Parts the Smart Way ", where they showed the power of the SmartPart . As we launched ASP.NET AJAX during the conference - which resulted in an AJAX pre-conference and...

[Via Brad Abrams ] In the Microsoft e-learning developer catalog ( web section ) a new online course on " Developing Enhanced Web Experiences with Microsoft® ASP.NET AJAX Extensions " is available for free. I have been playing around with ASP.NET AJAX...

A number of partners have contacted me over the last couple of weeks to provide them with an overview of the .NET Framework 3.0 and Visual Studio 2005, as the IDE to develop these type of solutions. I like to point you to some free Microsoft e-learning...

MIX is Microsoft’s premiere conference for web developers , designers and business professionals . MIX07 will explore the next generation web technologies that help consumer-oriented, web-based businesses unlock new revenue opportunities and lower development...

From June 11th 2007 on Europeans will have another option to pick a daily direct flight from central Europe to Seattle, Washington. Air France today announced they will be having a daily direct flight from Paris Charles De Gaulle to Seattle Tacoma. The...

Due to a busy travel schedule and working on the agenda of Dev & IT-Pro Days 2007 , I haven't been able to read all the posts from the blogs I'm subscribed to. But this week I've a couple of days of holidays, which allows me to catch up on "unread...

Over the last editions of Developer & IT-Pro Days we received feedback from some attendees that - even though they were (lead) developers - they wanted to see some more "architect" content on the agenda of the event. Until this year the agenda was...

Cara Cassidy on the Adobe Creative Solutions PR blog points to a newly released FAQ - posted by Adobe - highlighting Adobe product support for Windows Vista . Have a look at the .pdf file to check if the Adobe product you're using has support for Windows...

On February 27th Microsoft Belux organizes a Microsoft Hosting Day . This Microsoft Hosting Day is an annual event that offers a great opportunity to meet Microsoft professionals and partners of the hosting ecosystem. Register now for the Belgian Microsoft...

If you're looking for some evidence on the ROI of deploying Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server than these 2 case studies on VSTS are some great evidence from and for customers, showing the high return customers can get by deploying VSTS...

While working on the agenda for the developer sessions at Dev & IT-Pro Days 2007 , I had some trouble on finding a good and knowledgeable speaker on IIS7 . IIS7 or the new Internet Information Services is already available on Windows Vista but will...

At Designertopia a couple of weeks ago I had some informal talks with people from McCann-Erickson on how the web might evolve in the next couple of years. I told them a little bit about the upcoming Microsoft platform technologies and how this can create...

Today I received a couple of questions from a journalist who was looking for some information on Web 2.0 , and the business and technology drivers behind it. After pointing him to the well-known resources on the net, I suggested it would make sense to...

Gianpaolo Carraro and Fred Chong from the Microsoft Corp Architecture Strategy team have released the first Software as a Service sample application : LitwareHR . LitwareHR is a fictitious HR application providing recruitment-management software delivered...

A couple of months ago my colleague Alain Leroy - at that time still blogging on the MSDN Blogs - decided it was time to move into a new role within Microsoft Belux . From January 2007 on, he officially became Partner Manager for Windows Live in the Online...

I'm in Seattle, WA this week attending a Microsoft internal training event. While traveling to the US I've been working hard on the agenda of our upcoming Belgian Developer & IT-Pro Days 2007 . This annual primary developer event on Microsoft technologies...

The Microsoft Belux DPE team has a new manager: Luc Van de Velde . Luc - a Microsoft veteran - only started yesterday as DPE Lead but he was definitely already in the "evangelism" mood since the end of January. He immediately decided to start blogging...

It's been a while since the last meeting of the Belgian Information Worker Group (BIWUG) but now they're ready to move forward at full speed. On the web site the upcoming meetings are being announced. The first meeting is taking place next week February...

While I'm currently in London, attending Designertopia, the VISUG / MSDN meeting with Scott Guthrie in Belgium was a success! 250+ attendees saw Scott deliver two excellent sessions on the newest ASP.NET technologies: First Look at Visual Studio and ASP...