As I go around the country talking to customers about the benefits of the Microsoft platform and our dedication to interoperability, I inevitably hear questions around accessing JMS from .NET as well as accessing MQ/Series from WCF. I am posting the answers...

The very first time I saw Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), I slapped together some InvokeWebServiceActivities onto a Workflow design surface and did a slight little smile at how easy it was to execute web services in a sequential fashion. Next, I started...

Visual Studio 2008 (formerly known as Visual Studio code name "Orcas") delivers on Microsoft's vision of enabling developers and development teams to rapidly create connected applications with compelling user experiences for Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft...

(note: sample code is attached to this post). As I stated before, Darma's excellent book finally gave me the a-ha moment for Windows Workflow Foundation beyond building simple Hello, World demos and making activities pretty. I finally get how to do...

If you haven't seen Justin's Smith's presentation on the CLR Garbage Collector , schedule an hour to watch. In the first few moments of the presentation, Justin hits it on the head. People see the GC as "an old topic", not nearly as flashy and sexy...