Art Rask, Don Rubin, and Bill Neumann have put together a great article explaining how to implement this functionality on SQL Server 2005. If you have a need for this type of database security, let us know. -Marc

Yesterday , I talked about the September CTP of the Domain Specific Language Tools. Over the next several days, I'm going to walk through an example of using the tools. I'll try to throw in some tips and tricks along the way. If you follow along, by the...

The folks over at patterns & practices are working on a VB6 to VB.Net Migration Guide. The guide is still a work in progress, but you can get an early look at http://www.gotdotnet.com/codegallery/codegallery.aspx?id=07c69750-9b49-4783-b0fc-94710433a66d...

Step into the Visual Studio 2005 Virtual Lab for Free Visual Studio 2005 Modules · Visual Studio 2005 Click Once Deployment · Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 (C#) New! · Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 (Visual Basic...

Well.. I rolled out of the keynote a few days ago and queued up with the rest of the DVD junkies in order to get the beta software distributed to PDC attendees. Queue was forming fast, but media distribution people (or MDPs) would not start handing...

We're seeing more and more examples everyday of customers and partners either using or wanting to use Microsoft Office 2003 as a Smart Client for business applications that collect, analyze, manipulate, or present information, that uses the power available...

One of the things we are asked repeatedly from our Federal customers is how to ensure web applications are 508 compliant. We have heard you loud and clear and built rich accessibilty support into ASP.Net 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. Have a look at the...

G. Andrew Duthie, one of our DPE counterparts in the Mid-Atlantic area, is running a security code camp on October 29th in Reston, Virginia. You can find more information on his blog . You can register here . -Marc

A: September CTP. These two releases are in sync and work great together! -Marc

September 28th, Federal Developer Dinner Lap around SQL Server 2005...

Last week, the DSL Tools September CTP was made available for download. You can get it here . The official description says: "Using the Microsoft DSL tools you can create your own designer, integrated into Visual Studio, for a visual domain-specific...

Geoff Snowman recently reminded me about the MSDN Flash newsletter. If you aren't already receiving this newsletter, then you might want to subscribe. You can even get local news. Geoff has provided instructions how here . -Marc

Many of you have downloaded the Visual Studio 2005 release candidate that was made available last month. It is exciting to see an almost final version of the product. However, it is important to keep in mind that most of the developer focused beta software...

Welcome to the Microsoft Federal Developer Evangelism Team Blog. The purpose of this blog is to serve as an information resource for software developers using Microsoft development tools and technologies who are building solutions for the US Federal Government...

Together, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 offer a comprehensive data and tools platform that prepares organizations to meet the evolving demands of their business. Using this platform, agencies will be ready to deliver connected...

If there are any 'Federal Developers' here at PDC that want to meet with some of the Microsoft Federal Developer and Platform team, drop us a comment here and we'll try and connect (maybe at lunch or one evening)...hope you're enjoying PDC! --Darryl

ASP.NET “Atlas” is a package of new Web development technologies that integrates an extensive set of client script libraries with the rich, server-based development platform of ASP.NET 2.0. The Atlas site is now live. ScottGu who owns this technology...

You can keep up to date with the latest announcements at http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/ . There are some great videos about the technologies announced at PDC on Channel 9. Also check out PDC Bloggers . PDC Bloggers is a site that is aggregating...

We announced Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF) today at the PDC. You can learn all about WWF through the community site at http://www.windowsworkflow.net/ . -Marc

Looking for resources on building Smart Client Applications with Visual Studio 2005 on the .NET Framework 2.0? Here you go...there's a bunch of great content at: Launch 2005 Smart Client Dev -- http://msdn.microsoft.com/launch2005/smclient/default...

Paul Flessner (Senior VP of Server Applications) announced today in his SQL Server 2005 Update the delivery of the SQL Server 2005 September CTP . You can download Books Online for the September CTP here . -Marc

You can now register for the launch tour at http://www.microsoft.com/events/2005launchevents/default.mspx . -Marc

Visual Studio 2005 RC (Release Candidate) is now available for download for MSDN subscribers --Darryl

SQL Server 2005 September CTP is now available for download from MSDN ...I should have included this in my previous post. --Darryl

On 9/13/05 Virtual Server Standard Edition will be added to MSDN Universal and MSDN Enterprise Subscriptions. Virtual Server 2005 Standard will be added to MSDN Universal & MSDN Enterprise Subscriptions Virtual Server 2005 Standard will be...