Rob Bagby has started a new series (blog posts and screencasts) on Patterns-Based Development with Silverlight .  The series illustrates various design patterns while building a sample application (see screenshot below).  The patterns covered...

Researchers continue to challenge Apple’s security by obscurity position and highlights that Windows Vista and Windows 7 are more secure than the recently released Mac OS X Snow Leopard . I always love perspectives like these from top researchers that...

With several successful Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Weeks ( Win7 Boston , Win7 Reston , CRM Reston , CRM Boston , Win 7 Irvine , Mobility Mountain View ,), we are pleased to announce Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Week for Windows Azure at Atlanta, GA...

Windows 7 has broken the Amazon UK pre-order volume record, ousting Harry Potter. Just read this post from Vladislav Savov on engadget.com. Here’s what they said: “Take it from us, your London-based sleuths, when anything sells faster than Harry Potter...

The October Service Update for Microsoft Online Services includes several new features and enhancements designed to improve the service experience for both administrators and users. The Service Update is currently being deployed into production data centers...

Thanks John Wiese for pointing me to this blog. I thought it was hilarious. The pictures tells it all. The blog is supposedly excerpts from Steve Jobs secret diary. Classic… Sounds like there’s some real pain with the upgrade to Snow Leopard for a lot...

I thought this was hilarious, so I had to share… So the hacks are all up in arms about some blogger's claim that when you upgrade to Snow Leopard we downgrade your version of the Adobe Flash player. Now stories are popping up all over, like here on PC...

Jared Bienz ( blog & Ch9 ), one of Microsoft’s ISV Architect Evangelists based out of Houston, created this basic guide to help ISV’s get compatible with Windows 7. ISV Trend - So many ISV’s are worried that their customers will dump them for a competitor...

Today, October 8th, I read on Giles Turnball’s blog, Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg declared that Windows 7 to be a match for OSX and said it it is the best Windows Microsoft has ever produced. People listen to what Walt says, so this I thought this...

Here’s a great HOW TO video on Windows 7 Taskbar from Gunther Lenz, an ISV Architect Evangelist on my team. Title - Update: Windows 7 Taskbar in 5 Minutes URL - http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/GLenz/Update-Windows-7-Taskbar-in-5-Minutes/ This is the first...

NEW MSDN and TechNet Firestarter session recordings are now available on demand! Download the Silverlight Firestarter technical sessions - With Scott Guthrie leading the roster of presenters, learn what's new and noteworthy in the latest releases of Silverlight...

The Microsoft Patterns & Practices team announced a NEW Project in CodePlex : A Guide for Claims Based Identity & Access Control This new Guide introduces developers to the world of claims based authentication and access control. With the introduction...

Microsoft Security Essentials has been released. Check out the formal press release from Microsoft here - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/sep09/09-28securityessentialspr.mspx Check out the post on Network World - http://www.networkworld...

I watched one of Russ Fustino’s demo’s on SketchFlow recently and found it to be very helpful. If you are interested in SketchFlow, it’s worth a look. Your can download the demo script is posted at http://code.msdn.com/toolshed   for Episode 3. Thanks...

Here’s a great list of new Windows Azure related “How Do I” screencasts. Leverage Concurrency in Windows Azure Table Storage? Windows Azure table storage is designed to support many users at the same time. In this session, you’ll learn how Windows Azure...

Here’s a great list of new Azure and cloud related projects on CodePlex. All of these are very helpful tools. Client Cloud Services , Client Cloud Services (CCS) is a set of Windows Azure-based services which help application developers integrate licensing...

I recently had an ISV that took advantage of the new Mastering Silverlight 3 training from Wintellect. They raved about how it took their devs and archs from novice to expert in less than a week. When ever I here that I try to let everyone know about...

Many of my ISVs are ramping up in their adoption of Team System 2010. Many others are finishing or still deep in their rollouts of Team System 2008. Notions Solutions has been critical in helping many of them get up to speed on Team System. Thought I...

I recently had to run down some content and a video on SQL Azure for one of my ISVs. The topic they were looking for more info on was SQL Data Services with TDS / TSQL support. The CTP for SQL Azure is currently available. It become available in August...

I was recently hunting down some good articles where key folks in the industry are talking about Software + Services. Here’s a few of the ones I found very helpful. Is the Cloud Reliable Enough for Business? Outages at a cloud-computing service could...

I was recently hunting down some good articles where Microsoft is talking about S+S. Here’s a few of the ones I found very helpful. Ozzie's Cloud Hangs over Silicon Valley , In a talk at Silicon Valley's Churchill Club on Thursday, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft...

        Today John Stame posted this info on Netflix’ use of Silverlight. “Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, and the re-release by Warner Brothers of an HD version of the movie, Netflix has launched...

Recently one of my Managed ISVs asked how platforming on SharePoint could help reduce their development costs. Here’s some of the information and evidence that I pulled together for that ISV to help support their case for SharePoint and how it reduces...