You can find more information about the Windows * editions at Windows team blog here http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/04/16/announcing-the-windows-8-editions.aspx

Documentation related to PowerShell CommandLets for Lync Server 2010 administration including Synthetic transactions is available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398867.aspx   You can view the CommandLets organized by category at...

Lync 2010 for Android extends the power of Lync to your mobile device – including rich presence, instant messaging, audio conferencing, and calling features from a single, easy-to-use interface. You can download the client from Android market...

Lync mobile clients enable you to stay connected, communicate and conference on the go . Mobile clients for Microsoft Lync 2010 take the power of unified communications mobile—including rich presence, instant messaging, audio conferencing, and...

In 1995 Windows changed the PC. BUILD will show you that Windows 8 changes everything. Visit http://www.buildwindow s.com/ for more information on how to attend BUILD

CBA deployed Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and experienced 60% adoption rate within 24 hours Commonwealth Bank of Australia, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is the nation’s largest financial institution. CBA decided to deploy Microsoft Lync...

I just posted a blog entry over the Windows SDK blog that gives an insight into several causes and solutions to fix Windows SDK for Windows 7 installation issues. You can read the full entry here . 

The RTM release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is now available for download in both ISO and Web Setup format.  Web setup allows you to install a specific subset of the SDK you select without having to download the entire...

The Windows® API Code Pack for Microsoft® .NET Framework provides a source code library that can be used to access some new Windows 7 features (and some existing features of older versions of Windows operating system) from managed code. These Windows...

The v0.90 release of Windows API Code Pack for Microsoft .NET Framework is now live on Code Gallery . Features added in this release are DirectX – D3D10.1/10.0, D2D 1.0, DirectWrite and Windows Imaging Component Taskbar – Tabbed Thumbnail...

The Windows® API Code Pack for Microsoft® .NET Framework provides a source code library that can be used to access new Windows 7 features (and some related Windows Vista features) from managed code. These features are not available to developers today...

The Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: Release Candidate has been released in both ISO and Web Setup format.  Web setup allows you to install a specific subset of the SDK you select without having to download the entire SDK; whereas...

Windows logo key keyboard shortcuts The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that use the Windows logo key . Press this key To do this Windows logo key Open or close the Start menu Windows logo key +Pause Display the System Properties dialog box...

This post at Ctrl+F5 includes 10 links from all over the web last week that are interesting for Developers, more biased towards web developers. Read more on Ctrl+F5 here .

Developers will not be able to uninstall Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 without having Install Sources available Web Setup: Users who installed using Websetup , will be able to Uninstall if they have network connection available. ISO Install: Users...

There are several other articles describing how to edit Silverlight 2.0 templates shipped with Expression encoder 2.0 SP1. These are some MSDN article explaining this here and here . I am assuming that you have already opened your Encoder media template...

I noticed that my RSS feeds in IE are no longer updating after upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 beta. Thanks for the very helpful blog entry “ Feeds not updating? ” by Walter vonKoch over the RSS team blog, I was able to fix the issue easily by running...

For starters, The Vista Bridge Sample Library contains source code for assemblies that provide managed code developers access to Windows Vista features that are not available in the .NET Framework. Some of the features included in the Vista Bridge...

I recentrly came across this cool installer for web applications. The Web Application Installer is designed to help get you up and running with the most widely used Web Applications freely available for your Windows Server. more information @ http...

Five years in and counting, the battle still rages with no clear victor. However, according to a new survey, .NET appears to be widening its lead over Java EE..... More info @ http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=10250

I saw several questions in MSDN forums asking for how to develop a transparent TextBox or RichTextBox control that is not only ReadOnly but also transparent and does not display a “caret” icon when clicked on it. He is some sample code that can get you...

Installing Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 to a custom location can potentially result in unreadable docs and may also cause some tools to fail. This is because, when the When the Windows SDK is installed...

We are working on next version of the Windows SDK. One of the features in discussion is a PowerShell based build environment for Windows SDK. We would like to know what do you think about this feature. Do you see yourself using this? Any information related...

The Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 includes a new SDK Configuration Tool that sets the Visual Studio include, library and tools directories for you. This tool allows you to switch quickly between the headers, libraries and tools in the installed...

The Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , released in February, 2008, includes a new tool to help you develop more easily with Visual Studio. You can use this tool to set which version of Windows SDK headers, libraries and tools...