If you have wondered why we don't ship a Windows CE 5.0 image for the device emulator in Visual Studio 2005 (like we did with the CE 4.1 image in VS.NET 2003), you were not alone ... I've been asking this question, too, also internally here at MS. Of...

Recently a customer called me who was surprised that VS2005 asked for AS 4.x when he was trying to debug a CF project against a Windows Mobile 2003 PPC. Since this requirement does not seem to be officially documented anywhere (send me a link if you have...

At Embedded World, I had a daily 20-minute presentation on Windows CE 5.0 - this necessarily had to be a level 100, introductory thing. Nevertheless, the response was good, our little "cinema" was crowded during my talk, so with so much popularity for...

This week, from Tue to Thu, I had the pleasure to support our OEM/Embedded team in the Microsoft area at " the world's biggest get-together for the embedded scene ", the Embedded World 2006, in Nürnberg. I was responsible for a demo machine (my laptop...

The biggest event in the history of Microsoft Germany, the Visual Studio / SQL Server 2005 / Biztalk 2006 launch, with over 4000 attendees (plus Microsofties, partners, the press, etc.), is over. It was a fantastic experience to present in front of several...

The BOF session on VS + Windows Embedded that we are offering at the German launch event is now officially confirmed and can be found on the agenda for Thursday and Friday . Hope to see a lot of you there & have good discussions.

If you haven't registered yet for our German VS/SQL launch next week, it's too late to think about it now. The additional day that we will provide is sold out too! (And don't ask us to consider extending this to Saturday... :-) Sorry!

For a certain time after the release of Windows Mobile 5.0, I have felt one important piece missing in the usability & security story of all those new devices: the ability to back up your system. With WM 5.0, there is no way to make a backup of your...

Die deutsche Windows-Homepage bei Microsoft Deutschland hat nun endlich einen Verweis auf die seit kurzem verfügbaren deutschen Seiten zu Windows Embedded - s. unter "Weitere Produkte" links.