The Office System team is sponsoring in cooperation with HP a contest that I think is a great way to do things. The basic idea is that you develop an application for your favorite charity before August 31st and you and the charity could win some great...

Michael Swanson has an excellent idea for PDC . And by the way - I am going to be at PDC - along with about 20 Icelandic developers. Rumor has it the last tickets are going to be sold over the next few dyas - so register right now! ...

It is amazing how easy it is to get connected while on the road. Right now I am about 1/3 through my American Roadtrip, sitting in a tent near San Fransisco, using my GPRS phone to connect to the internet. Many places I have been able to use wireless...

Scoble just sat down with Steve Ballmer and did a video interview with him on Channel 9. Check it out!

Right now I'm sitting in the speaker's lounge at TechEd 2005 Amsterdam getting ready for my Windows Forms session tomorrow. So far all the demos are running, except for a minor bug that I am still investigating. Hopefully I'll find out what is going wrong...

SQL Server Marketing is offering a Custom Chopper for the best migration from Oracle to SQL Server . The chopper is valued at approximately US $50,000! The award will be presented to the winner at the SQL Server 2005 Launch Event in San Francisco. ...

If you are an ISV that writes Smart Client applications, then this is your chance to get Microsoft to promote it.

I spoke at TechEd Amsterdam back in 2000. I was a Lead Program Manager for Digital Dashboard back then and had a fun time showing that technology off to the crowd there. I had attended various TechEd's in Europe before and spoken at various TechEd's and...

Did you know that SQL Server 2005 June CTP Is now available for general testing at: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2005/productinfo/ctp.mspx There are no restrictions; available to everyone – you don’t need to be in the beta program or have a MSDN...

I got an anouncement on one of my internal email lists that I though might be of interest to you... Microsoft Learning (MSL) has just announced the availability of 16 skills products designed to help you build your Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server...

As a Microsoft Architect , I thought this Architecture Webcast Series may be of interest to you. You're Invited to Attend an Exclusive Architecture Webcast Series. Learn how to apply the latest developments in architecture and make the connection that...

If you care about SOA and how to connect different systems together, don't let this excellent opportunity pass you by. Get the kit totally free (even worldwide shipping is free) at the Connected Systems page.

Did you know that developers who register their copy of Beta 2 will have access to a free developer title from Microsoft Press. After downloading the Beta you receive an email telling you about this benefit. When you complete the registration process...

If you want to learn more about BI in SQL Server 2005, then tune into the webcasts at http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/sqlserverbi.mspx and if you meet the requirements you could even win a portable media center pre-loaded with a selection of the...

If you ever wanted to know more about IIS and how it works I suggest you talk a look at www.iiswebcastseries.com it is a great resource

The Reporting Services team has just released Service Pack 2 of SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services! The service pack is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=502C0D89-1308-4662...

There is a new way for developers to learn at their own pace. It is called eLearning and is part of MSDN. Right now they have a course on 64 bit computing, but you should expect to see more courses become available soon, including one on Smart Clients...

If you have plenty of patience and bandwidth for a large download, then you can get your hands on the Avalon and Indigo Community Technology Preview (CTP) that was released a few weeks ago. It is now available to all Internet users, not just those who...

The SQL Group has put together a number of MSDN webcasts for developers on SQL Server 2005. These webcasts begin April 4th. This webcast series will show you how to design and build applications using the combined power of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio...

If you want to get the newest builds of VS2005 Whidbey or find the newest information then you should be looking here .

Check out this training kit that you can download.

The Smart Client Team at Microsoft patterns & practices needs your feedback to evaluate the need of guidance for devices based Smart Clients (Mobile solution scenarios based on .NET Compact Framework). For further information look at Jonathan's blog...

My old colleagues in the SQL Server team are working hard on getting SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 out the door, but they need your help in making sure it is high quality. So if you want to help out by beta testing SP4 then follow these guidelines. SQL...

Yet again the world proofs to me that it is small. Sitting here at 35000 feet I meet someone I know. It is the smartest non-MS SOA guys I've met Clemens Vasters . We've had the pleasure of hosting two events in Iceland in which he has been a speaker....

I've just spent 10 days in Redmond and on my way back. Since I have couple of meetings in Copenhagen then I'm flying SAS directly from Seattle to Copenhagen. The really cool thing about this flight is that they have wireless internet connection onboard...