A new set of ESB guidance has been released by the Patterns and Practices team. Details below: Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the latest addition to the p&p library of software architecture guidance...

With the .NET Framework 3.5 (the version native to Visual Studio 2008) coming up on its first anniversary, Microsoft is poised to release the first update to the framework in the form of Service Pack (SP1).  This Service Pack is unlike your standard...

Here’s a little tidbit I picked up after watching the Microsoft Visual C# IDE: Tips and Tricks session at PDC .  DevExpress hass released CodeRush Xpress for Visual Studio.  From their site: “CodeRush Xpress is freely available to all Visual...

For anyone considering an upgrade to Visual Studio Team System 2008 we've just announced a promotion (shall we say an economic stimulus package for developers ;) Details are available at - http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/promotions/overview.mspx...

I’ve already blog’d about the WPF Toolkit & the WPF Ribbon Preview .  One of the things that may not be obvious, is how to get started with the new controls.  Buried inside the October 2008 Release page is a set of links for control walkthroughs...

I am pleased to announce the agenda and details for the Public Sector Technology Conference in Reston, VA to be held on December 4, 2008. ACTION REQUESTED: Please register today as space is limited!!! Event Date & Time: December 4, 2008...

Sorry for repurposing content, but this one is easy to miss so I think it is worth it “The Client Profile Configuration Designer is the designer for the .NET Framework Client Profile. It will allow developers to customize the end-user deployment experience...

For those of you (like me) who are interested in Accessibility and/or need to ensure your websites remain in compliance with section 508 you'll be interested to know that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 was published as a W3C Proposed Recommendation...

I had such a great time with Pat talking about the future of computing. In Part 2 of my interview with Pat Helland he talks about the framing of unreliability and eventual consistency of transactions. Check it out on the Channel9 ARCast! ...

My team delivers a monthly Developer Dinner for US Public Sector Partners in Reston, Virginia.  At the dinners, we give 90-120 minute developer focused presentations on recently released / future developer technologies.  We have had great success...

Register today for our upcoming webcasts! Date Time Location Title and Registration Presenter Audience December 12, 2008 14:00 - 15:00 EST Webcast Cloud Services for State and...

We’re bringing the PDC to you! For just $99 you’ll get the best of the PDC in your own backyard and hear all of the exciting announcements around the Azure Services Platform and Windows 7. Other sessions include the latest developments in .NET, Silverlight...

We are proud to announce that Microsoft today launched BizSpark, an exciting new offering that will enable software startups to leverage Microsoft development and platform technologies to deliver Next Generation Web and Software + Services applications...

The P&P group released a new set of SharePoint Guidance today...Links below Quick Links – MSDN site: SharePoint Guidance – Future friendly url: http://microsoft.com/spg – Download: SharePoint Guidance – November 2008 – Codeplex site...

Just wanted to inform our readers that Vlad Vinogradsky, Marc Schweigert and myself will attend CloudCamp Federal 08 that takes place on November 12 between 15:00 - 21:00. "CloudCamp is an unconference where early adapters of Cloud Computing technologies...

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