This is very cool...if you want to see how the built-in local-only web server from Visual Studio 2005 works, you can get the source, thanks to Dmitry Robsman : Here is the link to Cassini sources for v2 of ASP.NET / .NET Framework. New to Cassini...

For those of you who've been awaiting this, BizTalk Server 2006 has now RTMed, and is available on MSDN subscriber downloads. Want to know what's new in BizTalk 2006? Check out http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/evaluation/overview/default.mspx . If your...

Answers to frequently-asked questions on everything from pricing and licensing, to project methodologies and templates: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/support/faqs/default.aspx

So after having used a number of VPC images with Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server of the Beta and Release Candidate bits, I decided that I'd finally take on actually installing the final (RTM) Team Foundation Server bits on one of...

If you don't know what I'm talking about, you probably don't need to (and get your mind out of the gutter, I'm talking about programming here), but if you're one of the lucky folks who's tried it, you know that it can be tricky getting the signature just...

From my friends at CMAP : Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals Tuesday, March 7th 2006 6:30 PM UMBC Technology Center 1450 South Rolling Road Halethorpe, MD 21227 Main Topic Ajax: Integrating the Client with the Server by Eric Pascarello...

A cool bonus event coming up from the folks at CMAP : CMAP Job Fair April 4th, Prior to Main Meeting CMAP will be having a .NET Developer's Job Fair from 4pm to 6:30pm prior to April's main meeting, at the UMBC Tech Center. This Job Fair is for...

There's a tool available that can help: Authentication and Access Control Diagnostics 1.0 (more commonly known as AuthDiag) is a tool released by Microsoft aimed at aiding IT professionals and developers at more effectively finding the source of...

Some stuff I've been meaning to post on ASP.NET: Scott Guthrie writes about the very cool new RSS Toolkit for ASP.NET 2.0 , written by Dmitry Robsman, which makes consuming and exposing RSS from ASP.NET much easier, and includes a new Data Source...

From our friends at BADNUG : The Butler Area Dot Net User Group will meet on March 9th at Communifax's HQ in Cranberry Township, PA. The main presentation will be a real-world implementation of SQL Server Reporting Services. The meeting will be...

Frank LaVigne is on a tear...first he came up with a couple of very cool promo graphics for the upcoming Richmond Code Camp . Now he's outdone himself with a very cool hot logo for the event: I think I'll keep Frank in mind the next time I need...

Also from MS Research: http://research.microsoft.com/adapt/omm/default.aspx Outlook Mobile Manager works with Outlook and Exchange to prioritize, summarize, and assist in managing the onslaught of information getting pushed to your mobile device...

At the next meeting of the Capital Area .net Users Group , which will be held on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 starting at 7:00pm, Sahil Malik will discuss Transactions in .net, and how to use them to improve your applications' consistency and reliability...

This is very cool... Teamlook (currently in Beta) allows you to connect to Team Foundation Server projects, create and modify work items, and view reports and project status, all directly from Microsoft Outlook. Definitely useful, especially for anyone...

Some good info available on IIS and ASP.NET here: http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/ Among the topics this week: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft.com Operations Introduces Real World Debugging: Determining When You Have a Problem and Beginning the...

Find webcasts of interest, using a dynamic calendar view .

Here's a list of some great free events coming up in the next few weeks that you may want to take advantage of: March 29th, 2006-March 30th, 2006, Malvern, PA (Philly): 2-day Developer Security Training - Learn about the Secure Development Lifecycle...

There are several upcoming free events on Visual Studio 2005 Team System and Team Foundation Server being presented by the Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) team here in the Mid-Atlantic States district. The events are targeted at both business...

Brian Harry reports that his team is planning to release a new version of the MSSCCI provider for TFS next week (the week of April 3rd). For the acronym-challenged reader, the MSSCCI provider enables MSSCCI-compliant clients to access the source control...

To make it easier to find and download, we've put the 180-day trial version of Team Foundation Server on Microsoft.com downloads. You can find it here: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Trial Edition The download is a CD image file (...

Scott Guthrie points to a great series of video tutorials on ASP.NET 2.0 .

Learn how to make your apps shine on Windows Vista: http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/top10/

Another very cool project from MS Research: http://research.microsoft.com/projects/GroupShot/ Makes it easier to get a great photo of a group of people, without having to take one single perfect shot (you know, the one where no one has their eyes...

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Here's another set of ASP.NET-related content: ScottGu writes about some good articles on Membership and Role Management in ASP.NET 2.0 . Also from Scott, a post on upcoming ASP.NET releases in April . Lots of cool stuff coming for Atlas, CSS...