IE 8 makes it simple to create great add on experiences for users. Specifically, a site can provide web slices, accelerators and visual search. If you want to learn more about these features look here . I have heard a number of stories where people have...

The purpose of this blog is to not get into the technical details of Smooth Streaming but to help architects understand what it is, what you need to implement it and its immense benefits. For mor technical details look here . Background For any...

For those of you who could not attend the PDC in person the MSDN Developer Conference is out on the road and coming to a city near you! The following is the schedule: Date City 12/9/08 Houston, TX 12/11...

Introduction It can be challenging to keep up with the new developer tools that Microsoft has either recently released or that are in development. The following blog is a summary of information that I collected from various sources. I hope it helps...

A question I still get asked frequently is how Microsoft can call the Windows Workflow Foundations (WWF) framework a Workflow solution. The short answer is it’s not. It is a framework. Microsoft’s workflow solution is BizTalk Server (BTS). BTS is a complete...

Last week I was asked to elaborate on what the application infrastructure would look like for a brand new MOSS 2007 initiative. Typically I would learn what the clients existing IT infrastructure looked like and would then show how MOSS 2007 would fit...

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So it’s a Monday morning and you find out that your company’s key decision makers had some meetings with a silver tongued Architect Evangelist in the Microsoft D&PE group and they want you to deploy their first SilverLight application in your data...

Hi, my name is Jim Cirone. I have spent the last 10 years working in Microsoft's services division in the New York/New Jersey area but have recently switched over the the Developer and Platform Evangelism group as an Architect Evangelist . I will be out...