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The Library Experience (LEX) team is proud to announce the release of " lightweight beta view" for MSDN library ! Please check-out the new library view at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system(lightweight).aspx . We blogged about ScriptFree...

The Library Experience (LEX) team is proud to announce the release of low bandwidth (loband) Beta! Please check-out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library(loband) . Mary Lee from VB team and Beth Massi from VS Community team recently blogged about MSDN...

The Library Experience (LEX) team is proud to announce the release of low bandwidth (loband) Version 1.0 and a new IDE (dev10ide) view! Please check-out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system(loband).aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...

Building and evolving the MSDN site is a challenge. I am not stating this to try to impress you with a “gee that is hard" vibe, but to acknowledge that when you run systems and sites that have histories that span multi-year life cycles (decades wrt MSDN...

This week the team finished up the final UX design, put the backend systems in place and launched the " MSDN and TechNet Labs " project to promote innovation and community involvement with our team. I wanted to outline the goals, charter and how we...

The "buzz" control launched in the MSDN/TechNet Labs today . It leverages cool features available in Microsoft Live Search . Try it with some URL's that have lots pointers like the following... . Net 3.0 Download - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

You can take it with you! The new 1.3 version of version of Package This! Now supports exporting Community Content to .hxs and .chm files. It is also simplified into a single .exe. You can download from CodePlex @ http://www.codeplex.com/packagethis...

The team has launched a rich set of content webserices for interfacing with technical content stored in the MTPS system for MSDN2. Craig Andera has done an excellent job documenting the usage and capabilities in his INSIDE MSDN article for MSDN Magazine...

We have put a facebook group together to aggregate together the folks who want to work with us to provide feedback, usability and ideas for the next generation of the MSDN Library. We call this project Library 3.0 and we will be organizing events and...

Today we are launching the MSDN and TechNet Labs and opening it up to the various teams that I work with. It is the accumulation of a lot of work on dedicated members of our team to provide a means to incubate ideas and offer a framework for projects...

Today Erik and the team launched a new CodePlex project that allows you to package content dynamically from MSDN2 Library Content and build CHM or HxS files for the ultimate in content portability. It allows you to craft libraries specific to a project...

The MSDN Team Launched Tagging across the entire corpus of the MSDN Library (it is present anyplace that Community Content is enabled) and we are ready for your Folksonomies! The MTPS Tagging feature enables customers and authors to add and remove...

MSDN Code Search Preview combines the samples from MSDN Code Gallery , CodePlex content , and MSDN Library . How to Use MSDN Code Search Preview: MSDN Code Search Preview is accessible through MSDN Search as a “filter” when using site search. Just...

Sam makes note on the new Forums 3.0 software launched for the Community 1.0 platform . Lots of hard work here, check it out. Larry W Jordan Jr - Product Unit Manager for MSDN and TechNet Infrastructure Team

Hello MVP's! I invite you to attend our session on our brand new edge-based system and tools that supports the direct contribution of MVP Articles and Technical Documents to MSDN and TechNet Libraries. TITLE : Help - MVP Publishing Opportunities on MSDN...

You have told us in many forums and blog posts over the last year that the continued corpus of documentation and features in the MSDN library has affected the page weights and site performance and we have heard you. In response, we kicked off a project...

We want your feedback! Check out the new Mockups for the MSDN Subscriber Site for the interface for managing your subscription and downloads with MSDN. We value your feedback and you can interact with team directly @ http://blogs.msdn.com...

Soma posted on the MSDN Wiki being one year old . It has been a fun project and we have lots more in store for the coming year!

Soma posted on CodePlex , congrats to the team!

The Telerik Editor is now implemented as the Wiki Annotation Editor across the MSDN and TechNet libraries. You can see a sample by clicking here... Here is the our release status… Community Content: Telerik Editor (replaces inline custom editor...

We have taken a bunch of your feedback and last night we updated the UX for downloads for MSDN, TechNet and Expression subscriptions. You can read the entire update post from Chris Deluca who leads the development team for the Subscriptions site and...

The Library Experience (LEX) team is proud to announce the release of the updated Subscriptions Benefits Portal Manage/My Account user interface. In addition to the user interface changes, the notion of subscription super-setting is now introduced. Super...

Please head on over and join the "Friends of the MSDN Library" facebook group as we will be sending out invitations shortly! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16125221070 We are hosting a Feedback and Garage event on Thursday, July 31st...

Today, MIX 09 was kicked off in Las Vegas. As a part of this launch MSDN sites ( www.msdn.com ) are sporting a new cool MIX look across the sites. We also have information on MIX avaialble on the home page of MSDN. The following technologies...