Register today to attend this special event!! Venue Microsoft Innovation and Technology Center 12012 Sunset Hills Parkway Reston, VA 20190 Date & Time May 22, 2008 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST Registration Information Click here ...

Thanks to everyone who attended!  Sorry about the demo hiccups / going over.  As I mentioned in the beginning, I had a hard time trying to get everything I wanted to cover into 90 minutes.  As you can see, there's quite a bit in the ASP...

These are two controls I hear people ask for that aren't currently shipping in Silverlight 2 (as of Beta 1).  However, since anyone can build a Silverlight control you have to think someone has built these right?  They have.  Here are the...

The ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview is a new release that provides new functionality being added to ASP.NET 3.5 and ADO.NET in 2008. This release delivers a set of new features that target: Enabling High Productivity Data Scenarios - including MVC, Entity...

"The Microsoft Consolas Font Family is a set of highly legible fonts designed for ClearType. It is intended for use in programming environments and other circumstances where a monospaced font is specified." Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual...

When the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was first introduced in the .NET Framework 3.0, the only way to host a workflow in a client application was to use the WorkflowRuntime class programmatically, start the runtime, and create/start an instance of...

The Software + Service approach is a confluence of multiple industry phenomena including SaaS, SOA, and Web 2.0. While different vendors are evolving their offerings from different starting points, the entire industry is converging on the Software + Service...

Thank you for attending this all-day event. Glad you found it useful. Apparently the material didn't make it to you, the other way, so here it is via the blog... this link will be available for the next 7 days only. Download here --> Writing Secure...

Thanks to everyone who attended!  Here are the download links I promised: Deck: Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2 Code: My Digg Sample The sample app is based on Scott Guthrie's First Look at Silverlight 2 blog series...

The control has been releases / is publicly available.  Chris Pendleton has the details in his post titled New Virtual Earth API Release - Virtual Earth 6.1 .  The Virtual Earth Interactive SDK & full Virtual Earth SDK have not been update...

In this screencast, I show you how easy it is to expose RSS and Atom feeds using the new Web Programming Model (REST) features, classes in the new System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace, and LINQ to SQL in the .NET Framework 3.5.  Then, you will...

A bug has been discovered when using the Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper where JavaScript Intellisense fails to surface in a very common scenario.  The scenario is when you have declared a page level map variable.  You will get...

I am happy to announce that we have a new release of the Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper to bring Intellisense in sync with the new Virtual Earth Map Control 6.1 .  In addition to 6.1 compatibility, we also made the following enhancements...

During my recent Silverlight 2 talks, I have had a handful of questions around building Section 508 compliant applications with Silverlight 2.  I've mentioned that the accessibility features are not in the current beta, but they are coming. ...

One of the topics that comes up often when I give Virtual Earth programming talks is that there is a point where performance degrades when adding shapes (pushpins, polylines, polygons) to the map.  When depends on the complexity of the shapes you...

I have received a few requests looking for the HOLs from the Windows Server 2008 / Visual Studio 2008 / SQL Server 2008 Launch events.  I just found out they are now available at http://heroes.labmanuals.virtualwide.com/ .  - Marc

During the recent Public Sector Developer Conference in Washington, DC, I was asked about tools support, beyond the class designer, for modeling WCF services.  My answer was to use the Service Factory Modeling Edition for Visual Studio 2008 from...

Well, I am not going to try to answer that:).  No seriously, the best way to get this question answered is to watch a MUST SEE video on Channel 9 called Programming the Mesh .  One of the many scenarios I think you'll find interesting is using...

HPCPAL Jumpstart Event - June 18, 2008 Reston , VA Microsoft Office You are invited to participate in our HPCPAL Jumpstart technical training series for IT Pro's and Developers. These are one-day immersion style events that can help you get the...

Venue Microsoft Nashville Office 2555 Meridian Blvd., Suite 300 Franklin, TN 37067 Date & Time June 4, 2008 9:00AM – 4:00 PM EST Registration Information: Click here About the Conference Join us for a day of developer-oriented...

"Open XML formats are useful for developers because they are an open standard and are based on well-known technologies: ZIP and XML. Microsoft provides a library for accessing these files as part of the WinFX technologies in the System.IO.Packaging...

Microsoft Public Sector DPE is looking for a few good API's. Are you aware of any government data that is available via a public API? (Web Services, REST, JSON or other...) If you are please send me a note, or respond via comment on this blog.  My...

The MSDN Flash newsletter can now be personalized to receive content relevant to developers who work for the government (directly or indirectly). Please update your profiles today by selecting ‘Government Resources’ in the Topics of Interest section to...

Rich Internet Applications Dinner Microsoft Silverlight for Designers & Developers May 28, 2008 - 6:00PM – 8:00PM Microsoft Innovation and Technology Center 12012 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190 Register today! http://www...

The following are FREE Developer Events !!! Mobility Metro is a 3 day hands-on lab or 1 day seminar that covers the detailed points about building applications on the Windows Mobile platform. It covers tools such as Visual Studio 2008, the .NET Compact...