April, 2006

OK, so perhaps the title's not entirely intuitive...what is it? It's a roadmap to secure development. You can check it out here .

I've posted a selection of photos from the Richmond Code Camp that happened this past Saturday. If you want to see just how much fun folks can have at a code camp, check them out !

The next meeting of the Microsoft Integration and Connected Systems User Group will be held on Thursday, April 27th at Microsoft's Reston Technology Center . Dave Lawler, a senior consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services, will present Business...

Are you satisfied with the level of security in your applications? Is security an important part of your team's development process? If you're like most folks, the answer is probably "no" to both questions. If so, you may want to take advantage of a free...

A while back I posted about using the Active Directory Membership Provider in Visual Studio 2005, Beta 2 . I finally got around to testing my code and configuration against the RTM bits, and wanted to let folks know that the steps I outline should still...

One of the fun sessions at this weekend's Richmond Code Camp was an AJAX/Atlas chalk talk by Don "DonXML" Demsak and Steve Radich. One of the questions that came up at the session, which I said I'd look into, was whether there was any wizard currently...

Congratulations to the organizers, speakers, and volunteers who pulled off a fantastic code camp in Richmond today. Despite a forecast of some nasty thunderstorms, there was a great turnout, and from what I could gather, everyone had a terrific time....

From my friends at the Capital Area .net User Group : Tuesday, April 25, 2006 (EST) - Windows WorkFlow Foundation Speaker : Vishwas Lele Location : AT&T Building, 1900 Gallows Road, Tysons Corner Come learn how to integrate workflow processing...

From my friends at the Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group : The Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group ( www.novasql.com ) is announcing its next session for 2006 to benefit IT Professionals (DBAs, Developers, Admins, etc.) in the Northern...

It's time to officially announce the next Reston Code Camp. Another code camp is coming to Microsoft's Reston Technology Center on June 10th, 2006. The two Microsoft Regional Directors for Mid-Atlantic, Vishwas Lele and Brian Noyes, have taken on the...

The first Richmond Code Camp is less than one week away! This Saturday, April 22nd, developers from the Richmond area and beyond will gather for a codetastic day of geekiness, code, and prizes. You don't want to miss it, and these events usually fill...

Time for another ASP.NET roundup post...so here goes: The first one is a biggie... the ASP.NET team has released the source code for all of the built-in providers in ASP.NET 2.0! This means that you can download the source, review it to help you...

This has been an FAQ with a lot of folks, so I thought I'd share. If you're testing Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, either via the time-limited trial, or via the workgroup edition, you can convert this to the full version simply by entering...

If you're interested in learning more about testing in Visual Studio Team System, there's an on-demand webcast you can check out.

There's a cool feature of ASP.NET 2.0 that allows you to quickly and easily take a site down for maintenance while sending users a friendly message. Just drop a file called app_offline.htm in the root of your site. However, there's a little-known feature...

Rob Caron : We just published v1.0 of the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider ( updated URL – may not be live right away) to Microsoft Downloads. This release was tested with the following products: Visual Studio .NET 2003...

A big thank you to the folks from WinProTeam for having me out to speak at their Rockville meeting tonight. A nice turnout and good pizza (Armand's, which I haven't had for years)! I mentioned to folks that I'd put up a link to the deck from my talk...

From my friends at the Potomac Area FoxPro Users Group : Next Meeting: Thursday, April 6, 2006 @ 6:30:pm Feature Topic: Building a Centralized Fax Server into your VFP App Presented By: Don Rapp Summary...

From my friends at RVSSUG : The Roanoke Valley SQL Server Users Group ( www.rvssug.org ) is announcing its April meeting to benefit SQL Server Professionals in the Roanoke Valley Region. This session will be focused on Beginning SQL Server 2005...

From my friends at RVNUG : Don't miss the next RV.NUG April Meeting. This month's meeting is Thursday, April 6 - 6:00 pm at the Roanoke County Public Safety Building on Peters Creed Rd (see www.rvnug.org for directions). We welcome Gilbert Armour...

From my friends at BaltoMSDN : April 19th, 2006 Automating Your Development Process with Visual Studio Team System Vishwas Lele, Microsoft's Regional Director for Washington D.C., will be presenting on Visual Studio 2005 Team System. In...

Looking to get up to speed on ASP.NET 2.0, or learn how to transition your skills from JSP, PHP, or ColdFusion? Check out http://www.learn2asp.net/ . Through April 17th, register for and view 3 ASP.NET 2.0 webcasts (either live or on-demand), and you...

Here's a list of the user groups meeting this week in Mid-Atlantic: Tuesday, April 4th - Central Maryland Association of .net Professionals - Columbia, MD Wednesday, April 5th - WinProTeam (Rockville) - Rockville, MD - I'll be speaking on the ASP...

Job Fair - April 4th, Prior to the Main Meeting The Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals 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 people...