UPDATE: I have updated the msi in the workspace to provide both VB.NET and C# templates. Ever wanted a simpler way to create SoapClient and SoapService classes without having to go look in the online WSE 2.0 documentation or WSE 2.0 Messaging Hands On...

I taught a class on ASMX and WSE 2.0 the other day, and someone asked about a project they are working on involving Word 2003. I usually cringe at the Office automation type questions that are inevitable at training classes like this because they usually...

I have been too head's down to read blogs lately, but I just noticed that Steve Maine swallowed the red pill .

This is really cool... a WSE 2.0 transport for SQL Server 2005 Service Broker .

I was trying to do some work in a VirualPC image today, and each time I tried to load the VPC image, I got a "there is not enough memory" message. This happens on a pretty frequent basis. Instead of lowering the memory required for the VPC, I wanted to...

How often have you written code that accesses a custom database table to manage a user's ID and password, then queries a custom table for roles for the user, and written UI screens to manage the data? What if you could implement a more secure and manageable...

Make Sure the Audience Can Read What You Are Presenting Set Notepad.exe, Visual Studio, code in PowerPoint, the Console window, and anything else you type text into to use Lucida Console 14. Wanna show off prettified XML in the browser? Set the Text Size...

The Communications Sector Developer & Platform Evangelism team is looking for an Architect Evangelist. This person will be based out of Southern California. The most interesting part of the job description was that it doesn't assume Microsoft-only...

Thanks for the injection of buyer's remorse, Vern . Like I wouldn't have had it eventually anyway. :) I will admit, as soon as I got to Microsoft last March and realized I was literally the *only* person in our office that did not have a PocketPC Phone...

I got my new phone today, and it is just so cool. After 1 year at Microsoft, surrounded by people who have Smart Phones and PocketPC phones and being told by countless people, "Dude... you have got to get a real phone", I finally got one. I chose this...