I'm not sure how many of our regular Public Sector readers use PHP at work. Around here, we, obviously, prefer .Net :) If you are using PHP, however, you might be interested in the following announcement . Basically, this is a technical partnership between...

When Nov. 2nd 11:00A-12:30P EST (8:00A-9:30A PST) Where Register at this link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032313216&Culture=en-US Note : Audio will be via the Internet, so your machine will need a speaker. Abstract...

We're doing a lot of webcasts to help you get to know our Developer Platform and Visual Studio Team System tools. Feel free to check out our calendar of events and pick one that would interest you. Attached is an email you can send on to your friends...

For those of you using BizTalk Server 2004, Service Pack 2 has just been released. You can download it here . For a list of fixes, see the Knolwedge Base article 924330 . -David Technorati tags: Microsoft , BizTalk

There are a couple of interesting chats coming up on Visual Studio Team System. On November 1st, the topic will be the new VSTS DB Pro edition. On November 8th, the chat will include information about the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP). For...

Bought Team Foundation Server and now you're wondering where to begin? Team System Implementation Guidance document - Provides an introduction to the Support process during the customers’ adoption of TFS - Outlines the team (us) that can help guide...

We're releasing a version 2.0 of SDLC-in-a-Box Training Kit in the next few weeks, so check the site often. We're including a ton of partner product integration, additional presentations and guides, and more information on Team Foundation Server. As...

Many individuals often ask me what the best options are when purchasing Visual Studio Team System products. There is no "right answer," and I certainly won't suggest the full Visual Studio Team Suite unless the higher SKUs are the right product for you...

Great demonstrations, cold Pizza, warm Soda's and a chance to win a XBox 360. A developers dream! What more can you ask for? (Don't answer that question) :) When Wednesday, Nov. 1st from 6:00P-8:00P Where Microsoft Innovation and Technology Center 12012...

In this post , Ronan Bradley gives Microsoft props for taking a sensible approach to ESB. He writes: "What I found striking was how Microsoft, unlike some of the other major players, seems to understand that SOA requires a different view not only...

Check out Scott Guthrie's announcement here . I'll be digging through what's new and updating my demos and slides over the coming days and weeks. :) -Marc

Do you want to learn how to quickly convert your .NET Applications/Components to Service Oriented Solutions? If so, then that's perfect, because I want to show you how easy it will be with the .NET 3.0 Framework and Windows Communication Foundation. Register...

Thanks to everyone who attended. You can download the deck and demo code (with more samples that what I showed) here . Sorry for the technical difficulties with desktop sharing for the last demo. Here's a link to a channel 9 screencast I did that is pretty...

"This collection of 3 2-hour premium clinics teaches about the new capabilities provided by the .NET Framework 3.0. These clinics are for experienced Developers and Software Architects who are looking to adopt Microsoft's next generation technology within...

Last year , I talked about an early build of DSL tools for Visual Studio and put together a simple example for using them. Recently, DSL Tools Version 1 was officially released as part of the VS 2005 SDK Version 3. Domain Specific Language (DSL) Tools...

When: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Registration and Details available at: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032313206&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US ...

We reached maximum registration capacity for my webcast on this topic last week. I'm doing it again next week. See details below. I want to set appropriate expectations for this presentation. Even though I will use the new branding Scott Guthrie announced...

You will most likely run into an error if you run the AtlasSetup.msi on Windows Vista RC1 or higher. The error happens during the step where the Visual Studio templates are installed. I'm not sure exactly what the root cause is, but there is a workaround...

Joe Stagner just posted a nice summary here . -Marc

The IE team announced that the RTM version of IE7 will be released this month. We've blogged off and on about some of the resources to help you get ready. Friday's post over at IEBlog has a nice summary of resources to help you get ready. -Marc

AMR Research Analayst Dennis Gaughan has written an article called " A Study in Contrasts: The Evolving SOA Strategies of IBM And Microsoft ", in which he says " For Microsoft, simplicity from a product portfolio is a vital strength. The number...

Much noise has been made in recent months about SOA governance and management. Acquisitions, pronouncements, etc. One reason I believe that Microsoft’s SOA story is not well understood by many customers and software architects is that we don’t offer much...

Thanks to everyone who attended! You can download the deck here . This deck has all the updated branding Scott Guthrie explains here . The source code for the demos plus my client-centric demos are here . -Marc

Today, we kicked off the Microsoft SOA/BP Conference. At this conference, we're articulating the Microsoft approach to successful SOA projects. This approach is characterized by 1) choosing smaller high-impact projects vs. the "Big Bang" approach of ...

Have you ever thought to yourself "I'd love to be able to quickly find the raw patterns & practices guidance on [insert your topic here] without having to sift through the verbose documentation and content at http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices?"...