What’s new for a database administrator in SQL Server 2008? MVP Martin Bell attempts to answer this question and provides a tour of the many new features in SQL Server 2008. In Martin’s presentation , he demonstrates some of his favourite SQL Server 2008...

UK MVP Andy Malone recently presented at MCT Summit 2009 in Prague. Andy’s presentation was entitled, “Cybercrime – A journey to the Dark Side!”. His two sessions proved very popular, with over 400 people attending! Take a look at Andy’s video below,...

Italian Internet Explorer MVP Vincenzo Di Russo recently wrote a TechNet Community article entitled, “ How to defend yourself from cybersquatting” . His article looks at how web users can protect themselves against “typo-squatting” or “cybersquatting...

Recently, UK MVP Andrew Westgarth delivered a presentation on Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7.0) for ASP.Net developers. He delivered his presentation at the Scottish Developer User Group Meeting and looked at the architecture behind...

Sweden based MVP Alan Smith recently released version 1.0 of the “Bloggers Guide to Connected Systems”. The guide provides a good overview of the ‘next wave’ of Microsoft technologies including Oslo, WCF/WF 4.0, Dublin and Azure Microsoft technologies...

UK Security developer MVPs, Chris Seary and Barry Dorrans were recently featured in the December edition of Microsoft UK Security TechNet newsletter ! Chris Seary’s article entitled, “ Granular Security with Windows Communication Foundation ”, looks at...

French Word MVP Marina Mathias has just written a new book entitled, “ PowerPoint 2007 professional presentations for experts ”. MVP Marina Mathias is a professional Microsoft Office trainer for over twenty years and is a certified Microsoft Office Specialist...

French Client Application Development MVP, Thomas Lebrun , has just written a new book on Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology entitled, “ WPF par la pratique ”. WPF is a new technology that allows developers to write rich graphical...

French Groove MVP Jean-Michel Davault has co-written a book with Microsoft’s Frédéric Sitbon entitled book, “ Microsoft Office Groove ”. This is the first Groove book published in French! The book offers practical advice for businesses looking to collaborate...

SharePoint MVPs, Stéphane Eyskens and Ludovic Lefort have co-written a book dedicated to SharePoint 2007 – Customization by the development and deployment of components . This SharePoint book is aimed at .NET developers who wish to use their ASP.NET experience...

Italian MVP Ermanno Goletto has recently written a new technical article entitled, “ Configure a VPN for remote access using ISA Server 2006 ”. The article was recently published in Microsoft’s Italy’s TechNet Library. Ermanno’s article looks at the process...

  Italian MVP Alessandro Del Sole has recorded a number of screencasts on his blog covering a number of topics including ADO.NET Data Services, .NET Framework Client Profile and Visual Basic 2008. Alessandro has also created a resource page on the...

  Italian MVP Davide Mauri recently co-wrote a book together with Lynn Langit and MVPs Kevin Goff , Sahil Malik and John Welch for Microsoft Press, entitled “ Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 ”   About The...

MVP and Regional Director Gill Cleeren , together with the community in Belgium has launched www.MScommunity.be . The website is dedicated to bringing the Microsoft technical community in Belgium closer together. It displays the top 10 user groups in...

  This free ebook is written by MVP Granville Barnett and Luca Del Tongo and is part of their drive to provide developers with a core understanding of algorithms that operate on various common and uncommon data structures. Sample code is provided...