I'm registered to attend the highly-anticipated Microsoft BUILD conference, scheduled for September 13-16 in Anaheim, California. But I seem to be one of the lucky ones. According to the registration page , BUILD has already sold out. This, despite the...

In the current (August 2011) issue of MSDN Magazine, Mohammad Jalloul wrote a feature titled " Build a Ticketing System Using Exchange and Team Foundation Server ," which looks at how Team Foundation Server and Exchange can be used together to bridge...

The September issue of MSDN Magazine is on its way out as I write this and includes a trifecta of data-focused features, leading off with Jamie Laflen and Barclay Hill's dive into the SQL Server "Juneau" database project. The new release enables developers...

There's nothing like starting a new job. Like the first day at a new school, suddenly all the hard-won savvy and schoolyard instincts are up to question. You can't even find your locker, much less remember the combination on the lock. I feel a bit like...

Don't look now, but Microsoft is peeling back the layers on Windows 8. In June, developers got back-to-back demos and discussion of Windows 8 at the COMPUTEX partner conference in Tapei, Taiwan, and the All Things Digital event near Los Angeles. These...

I'm just returned from a week-long family trip to the coast of Maine, where we stayed in a seaside cottage near Boothbay Harbor. As with any vacation, a lot depends on the weather, and as it turned out we were pretty fortunate. We had just one rainy day...

As most everyone knows, Hurricane Irene thundered up the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday and Sunday, wreaking havoc across some of the most densely-populated areas of the United States. Some of the worst damage from the storm actually struck closer to home...