GuntherB's WebLog

After the EMEA ASP.NET 2.0 on Tour event, lots of devs have been asking me about our plans for an AD/ADAM Membership Provider in ASP.NET 2.0 . Well, instead of just typing & telling the same information over & over again, why don't I just blog...

An interesting post from the MSBLOG.org sources explaining how Windows Live (MSN) Messenger actually works behind the scenes. 1. The user starts the session by double clicking a contact. 2. The user’s Windows Live ID credentials are sent across to...

Yes, finally SQL Server 2005 Express Beta 1 has been released ! SQL Express is the new name for Microsoft's MSDE database, the ( free ) light-weight database version of SQL Server. SQL Express uses the same high-performance database engine as the other...

Well, I've always liked the PayPal thing. Fast, easy online payment and quite secure (if you know what you're doing). The PayPal Web Services comprise of 4 informational and transactional API's enabling developers to create e-commerce applications that...

I recently stumbled across this question from a customer : how can you detect if SQL Express is installed on a local/remote box? Apparantly, the Add/Remove Programs list lists some confusing entries including general "SQL Server" et all, so how do...

Oh heck, I love living on the bleeding edge - although not on my production machines. :-) So here they are - in Tech Preview mode however - the preview versions of the .NET Framework 1.0 SP3 and .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 Though these are unsupported...

Microsoft ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 (English) and Microsoft ProClarity Desktop Professional 6.3 (English) have RTM'ed ! This is the first release by the ProClarity team since Microsoft acquired ProClarity in May, 2006. What is new in Version...

So here it is, v1.0 of the Mono framework , an open source implementation of the .NET framework for use on Linux, Unix, MacOS X and Windows system. Time to widen the gap again, Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 (Whidbey) on your marks! Whidbey has been announced...

Hooray! The Shared Source Initiative has been extended to 7 additional countries in central and eastern Europe ! Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 source code will now be available to eligible enterprises, OEMs, system integrators, MVPs...

Some folks have been sending me email about how to get the code samples we used in the EMEA ASP.NET 2.0 on Tour " Personalization & Membership " session. Well, you can pull them off our servers here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/1/e/e1e86586...

All TechEd 2005 Europe delegates will receive a fully functional copy of SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition once the final version is released. Indeed: no beta, the full release version, not an evaluation version, no time bombs... This means that you won...

Wanna get a great idea in front of a Microsoft developer? Ever wish Windows Server had a feature you thought of, but didn’t know how to let Microsoft know about it? Well, this is your chance. We've set up a dedicated website where you can submit your...

Ever wanted to speak at TechEd Europe 2005? Are you a top-notch technical speaker? Are you really the best amongst the best? :-) Well, here's your chance to speak at Europe's largest technical education event! The way to do this is by submitting a session...

Woow folks. One of my favorite speakers is coming over to Belgium : the one & only Rafal Lukawiecki - guess our local marketing folks do seem to have budget left! :-) Seriously, on March 31st at Kinepolis Brussels , Rafal Lukawiecki will deliver a...

Last week Wednesday, we hosted the EMEA ASP.NET 2.0 on Tour event in Brussels, Belgium. This was our first official public appearance with ASP.NET 2.0 on the Belgian developer market. (Ok, we already did some usergroup & partner presentations about...

So here we are, star date August 11th 2006 Still 4 months to go until TechEd Europe. But only 1 month to get your feedback on the TechEd: Developers SQL Server Track agenda ! Yes, we've been hearing your feedback and made changes to the SQL Server track...

Folks, these are good times to be a SQL Developer! Over the next few days more than 3500 developers will be heading to Barcelona Spain for the TechEd: Developers event. I'm very excited about the strong SQL Server line-up we will have and in addition...

All registered attendees for TechEd 2005 Europe Amsterdam (from 5 till 8 July for those that haven't heard of it yet) will get a free copy of Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise Edition . For the exact terms and conditions, check out this special page on Virtual...

With TechEd 2005 Europe now a fading memory, we're well into the planning for IT Forum 2005 which runs 14th to 17th November. For the first time, we're in Barcelona at the Centre Convencions Internacional. November in the sun certainly sounds good to...

So yes! We released the first CTP of Microsoft Expression Web Designer on Monday. Over the past 2 days I've been receiving a couple of questions on this - weird cause I'm not a designer a all - guess devs & designers are really close after all...

Microsoft.com Download Page http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5C080096-F3A0-4CE4-8830-1489D0215877&displaylang=en Bits http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/1/1/511bc547-dda7-4803-9e32-5f8202c0ef52/Visual Studio 2005 Extensions...

On May 10th, the VB and C# teams issued an integrated CTP release of the Language Integrated Query (LINQ) project. Although some code has been delivered since the PDC, this will be the first major release since the PDC Tech Previews. The release will...

Ok, so here's a first draft of some of the SQL Server sessions that we are planning for TechEd: Developers 2006 Disclaimer : No commitmens, no guarantees, but I'd love your feedback on this :-) SQL Server Error Handling: T-SQL, SQLCLR and Clients...

As you might know by now, TechEd Europe 2006 will be split in 2 events: TechEd: Developers TechEd: IT Forum See http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched Kevin Ashby (Microsoft EMEA) and I will be owning the SQL Server/Database track again...

If you are looking for samples or want to collaborate on Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals samples, we now have a CodePlex project for this, please check-out http://www.codeplex.com/vsdbpro The goal of this project is to share and...