This is the free version of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) designed to work with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) provides a graphical management tool for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition...

The Web.Config file is a great location in ASP.NET applications for setting, such as Database Connection Strings and application specific information (e.g., paths, and impersonation settings) as well as many other settings for web applications and web...

This is part 3 in a multi-part series. You can find the previous entries here ( part1 , part2 ). Up to this point, we have tested our simple state machine workflow using the .asmx test page. The next step is to build a simple client that can invoke...

Scott Woodgate blogged it http://blogs.msdn.com/scottwoo/archive/2005/11/21/495528.aspx . "Beta 2 had a strong quality bar (production beta for early adopters) so I think you are going to like it." If you are using the beta on a project for a federal...

I just came across this whitepaper from the Web Services and Other Distributed Technologies Center on MSDN. " The Beta 2 release of WinFX includes InfoCard v1.0 as a feature for using digital identities in a user-centric identity framework. Learn how...

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on; While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so...

In my previous post on the Government Computer News article about SQL Server 2005, I mentioned that database mirroring was in the RTM version of the product, but that, since it wasn't supported, it required a trace flag to turn it on. I neglected, however...

Last week, we released the November CTP for WinFX. This CTP works with the RTM versions of Visual Studio 2005 and the .Net Framework 2.0. So, if you have been experimenting with WinFX, you can finally get rid of the beta 2 versions of Visual Studio 2005...

I just read Brian Welcker's blog about the new http://www.gotreportviewer.com/ site. This is a great starting place to learn about the new Report Viewer controls in Visual Studio 2005. If you need to do reporting in your application (who doesn’t), then...

I haven't taken a look at it yet, but wanted to let you know it's available. You can learn about the upcoming release of the Enterprise Library for the .NET Framework 2.0 at http://www.gotdotnet.com/codegallery/CodeGallery.aspx?id=295a464a-6072-4e25-94e2...

In my last screencast titled “Adding Groups (and users to groups) to Active Directory with .NET” (Click here to view it) you saw me programmatically create a group in Active Directory and add users to that group in just a few steps. However, one of the...

There's a bunch of new content on Windows Forms 2.0 available at http://www.windowsforms.net . The Windows Forms 2.0 section is at http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=60 . There are lots of samples on the new features and controls...

An interesting question came up internally that may help you all. The question was this: We have a Team Project which contains 4 Solutions, which are building these during one large Team Build, this works fine. Each of the solutions has its own “.vsmdi...

Props to David Moye and the CCIS folks who built an amazing application. This application allows a range of users from military commanders down to the unit level and even coalition partners to see critical battlefield data. Visual Studio 2005 allowed...

I get asked this all the time. Visual Studio 2005 has many new features that would be helpful for customers who are still targetting the .NET Framework 1.1. However, Visual Studio 2005 only targets the .NET Framework 2.0. John Rivard explains why here...

In the latest MSDN TV episode, Kit and Ari talk about a bunch of new and not yet well known additions to the .NET Framework 2.0 Watch it (stream) or download it from here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20051117NETKG...

Today, Government Computer News posted an article on SQL Server 2005 on their web site . The article contains a quote from me taken in an interview I gave about 7 months ago. When I heard about this, I thought it was pretty cool. It turns out that my...

There's a new section of the patterns & practices site dedicted to Visual Studio 2005 at http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/VS2005/ . I have already blogged about many of the items available in this new section. They currently include: Enterprise...

I just came across this article by way of the Smart Client Data blog. I have had quite a few conversations with customers about building occasionally connected smart client applications. Smart client applications work whether connected to the Internet...

WSE 3.0 has some great new features. We've included turnkey security profiles (making it easier than ever to implement secure web services), additional security features, MTOM support for large amounts of binary data, and Windows Communication Foundation...

There's a great resource DVD available for order from here that includes evaluation versions of many of our Visual Studio Industry Partners products, e.g.: AmberPoint, Borland, ComponentOne, Compuware, Dundas, and Logic Library just to name a few. See...

As a follow up to my earlier screencast on how to Add users to Active Directory using .NET (click here to see it), I've done another short walkthrough/demonstration that shows how to add groups to AD and users to groups programmatically with .NET. I will...

From Brian's blog -- checkout the new ASP.NET 2.0 Security Wiki on Channel9 ...based on the patterns and practices content I blogged a few weeks ago, but now a Wiki on C9...enjoy! --Darryl

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition is a mobile database solution designed for developers who target Microsoft Windows mobile-based devices. This article discusses: Integration with SQL Server 2005, Synchronization Functionality, Reliability...

Microsoft has tapped Ivar Jacobson, known as one of the fathers of the popular Rational Unified Process (RUP), to lead an effort to deliver a lightweight unified process to the Microsoft Solutions Framework. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1886531...