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Hi Everyone! Our Architecture Patterns and Practices team just announced the latest revision for Enterprise Library! Quick Links: – MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/entlib – Community Forum: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=119312...

To keep track of all the announcements at Microsoft PDC 2008, here it is: http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/pdcnews.announcements//   Joel Reyes

Windows Live ID Commits to Support OpenID Beginning today, Windows Live ID is publicly committing to support the OpenID digital identity framework with the announcement of the public availability of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows...

Good news for WPF developers, the WPF Control Toolkit is evolving rapidly.  The kit is available from the WPF codeplex site ( http://www.codeplex.com/wpf ).  There’s a brand new release available with v1 of the DataGrid.  There’s also a...

Highlights from the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008, October 27-30, Los Angeles Convention Center. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/pdc/default.mspx   Joel Reyes Technorati Tags: PDC2008 Keynotes

It is the newly announce Microsoft' Services Platform -> Azure Services Platform ! The Azure™ Services Platform (Azure) is an Internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides an operating system and a set...

Thinking about profiling your WPF applications to find out where the performance bottlenecks are? Check out the newly improved WPF Performance Profiling tool at http://windowsclient.net/wpf/perf/wpf-perf-tool.aspx if you haven’t had the chance,...

Part of the survey result was overwhelming feedback about hands on experiences during our dev events. I know that trying to do these at work is nearly impossible because of all the other work priorities and interruptions, but with the Virtual labs you...

Per our promise below is all material from the conference: Building WPF Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend - deck , code Overview of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 – deck, code, links Building RIAs with Silverlight 2 Additional...

Interested in learning about new technology opportunities that Software + Services presents for State & Local Government? Join us today at 3PM EST to learn more! Access this link to attend the session: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/join...

Sync Framework Highlights Add sync support to new and existing applications, services, and devices Enable collaboration and offline capabilities for any application Roam and share information from any data store, over any protocol, and over any network...

UPDATE: I had technical difficulties with the recording yesterday.  Therefore, we were unable to record the dinner.  However, I do plan on recording both last night’s presentation and the 3.5 SP1 presentation from the last dinner.  I hope...

Silverlight 1 + Support for Visual Basic.NET and C#; Common Language Runtime (CLR) based languages • Support for IronPython, IronRuby, Managed JScript, and other Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) based languages • Rich Core Framework (e.g. Generics...

The Microsoft Web Platform includes the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (WebPI), and the Microsoft Web Application Installer (WebAI) . Microsoft Web Platform Installer (WebPI): simplifies the setup and acquisition of the products that make up the Microsoft...

I am pleased to announce the agenda and details for the Public Sector Technology Conference in Tallahassee, FL to be held on November 19, 2008. ACTION REQUESTED: Please register today as space is limited!!! Event Date & Time: November...

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 uses familiar components such as Web Service endpoints, Windows Workflow Foundation, SSRS reporting, and more; making it a general purpose platform for any line-of-business applications. Developers can use their existing .NET...

Depending on how many blogs you read, you’ll be seeing a barrage of “Silverlight 2 released” posts today.  If you haven’t seen it already, make sure you check Scott Guthrie’s post about the release at http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/10...

Register today for our upcoming webcasts! DATE TIME LOCATION TITLE AND REGISTRATION LINK PRESENTER S OWNER TARGET AUDIENCE November 8, 2008 14:00 -15:00 EST Webcast Windows...

A: Our goal is to enhance the default security settings for users. We have decided to enable DEP for Internet Explorer 8, starting with the Windows Vista SP1. DEP helps foil attacks by preventing code from running in memory that is marked non-executable...

Microsoft Developer Dinner Series for Partners Presenting Introduction to ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC) The "Same Event" on different days in DC and Virginia, pick one! Where Date/Time Registration Link Address DC Wed. October 15 th (6...

To gain a better understanding of compatibility in Internet Explorer 8, below is a list of resources. · NEW: IE8 Compatibility – Meta tags, HTTP headers, User Agent Strings on from Mike Ormond's (DPE) Blog · Website Compatibility in Internet...

If you are using IE 8, I encourage you to hit http://www.ca.gov . Notice the web slice? Also, on the left, there’s a link to the Accelerators that California is creating: http://www.ca.gov/accelerators Terrific! Jeet Jagasia on my team worked...

A: One of the new features for Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Vista only) is ability to install ActiveX controls on a per-user basis. You can find more information at the Internet Explorer Blog here: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/05/07/ie8-security...

A: No, it is not possible to have more than a single version of Internet Explorer installed at the same time on any Windows platform. People who want to run Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 side-by-side have several options: 1. Download...