Without much fanfare, I’m back. What brings me from my blogging hiatus? Last week’s Expression Studio 2 launch, of course. My team and I have been working on this release at a breakneck pace this past year and have been deeply focused on launch since MIX 08. Accordingly, it is great to see the fruits...

I am excited to announce the launch of a new, free, 2-hour " Developing Enhanced Web Experiences with Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX Extensions " clinic created by Microsoft E-Learning . The delivery of this clinic helps us reach a major milestone in our content & training roadmap for ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 following...

We have released ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 and it is now available for immediate download on our newly redesigned ASP.NET AJAX Community Site . You can read more about this major milestone on Scott's blog . There are 4 things that excite me the most about this release: Now developers have a fully-supported solution...

For a limited time only (until Windows Vista launches) you can get free training on some of the coolest, new features of .NET Framework 3.0. The three 2-hour e-Clinics offered by Microsoft Learning cover topics including: Windows Presentation Foundation ("Avalon") Windows Workflow Foundation Windows...

Are you a PHP, JSP or ColdFusion developer? Do you want to learn how ASP.NET 2.0 allows you to build richer Web sites more quickly and with less code compared to the tools, technologies and techniques you currently use? The Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Webcast Series is a set of 45 webcasts organized by...

Just released! Eleven 15-20 minute videos that provide an overview of many of the cool, exciting features of ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 and showing how to accomplish many of the common web development tasks (e.g., creating a portal with user login, building a "Contact Us" form that sends email...

You may have already seen this announcment on Brian's or Scott's blog, but, in the event you are stumbling across it for the first time here... Brad McCabe has coordinated with the Microsoft Developer Network & Microsoft Learning groups to offer free training for a limited time. Basically,...