Communications Sector Conversations

Windows Vista includes a technology called Windows SideShow® that allows the PC to drive a variety of secondary display devices as well as receive commands from secondary devices. Here is a link to end-user information on Windows SideShow. Here is a link...

Download the toolkit here . It is available in six languages for both the the Professional and Standard platforms. It includes the device emulators (details here ) as well as new documentation, sample code, header and library files for Visual Studio....

As I mentioned in my initial blog post, I am a Developer Evangelist focused on the Communications Sector at Microsoft, which includes telecommunications companies as well as media & entertainment companies. Interactive Media Manager (IMM) was announced...

My role at Microsoft is to talk with Communications Sector customers (Media & Entertainment, print, telco, cable, wireless, etc.) about Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework. We have a lot of excitement around the development platform and I am...

A quick post to introduce myself. My name is Rob Cameron. I have worked at Microsoft since January 2001 in Microsoft Services as an Application Development Consultant in the Communications Sector consisting of Telecommunications and Media & Entertainment...

I got this question recently so I thought I would post the steps. I am assuming that you already installed ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0. If not, you can get find out how to get it here . The ASP.NET AJAX Web Site template that is available in Visual...

When you download SQL 2008 Express, the version available currently does not have tools like SQL Management Studio. The tools will be available soon but if you are like me and cannot wait for the tools to become available, you can use Visual Studio 2008...

So I have been doing a lot of work with Virtual Earth and Windows Mobile, incorporating GPS as well.  FakeGPS is an excellent tool to help GPS development but with one challenge:  How do you change the reported locations? The FakeGPS tool reads...

Check out how DiscountASP extended the IIS 7 management console to allow remote administration of customer sites via the IIS 7 Management Console.  In addition to enabling remote administration, DiscountASP also extended the IIS 7 manager by adding...

Quick Facts from links below: You can register for the marketplace now, application submissions will open up soon. The application fee for submission of an application is $99. This applies to both paid and free apps. To lower the cost, we are...

There is a walkthrough here on how to create a Sync Services for Devices application on MSDN but it doesn’t quite work, at least I had to modify it to make things work. Note: You can download the Northwind database here . Best bet with SQL Server 2008...

Koush has posted his sensor API to CodePlex here . The Windows Mobile Unified Sensor API allows Windows Mobile developers to easily access the hardware sensors that are available on various phones. Sensors: Light Sensor Capacitive Touch Pad Accelerometer...

Today as part of Microsoft tech days 2009 , there is a session that provides a sneak peak at the new widget framework that will be available in Windows Mobile 6.5. Here is the title and abstract: MBL302 Windows Mobile Web and Widgets: Leveraging...

A lot of customers are asking this question: “ What’s the future for Windows Phone 6.5 that just shipped a few months ago, given how different Windows Phone 7 looks and feels in the videos an demos? “ Well, here are some good indicators that Microsoft...

If you have not tried out Live Search for Mobile you are definitely missing out. I have been using it for several months. There is a versions available for all flavors of Windows Mobile (2003 and later). There is a version for BlackBerry 4.0 or later...

In my last blog post , I listed a pointer to a walkthrough to help learn Silverlight and Expression Blend located here . The walkthrough is for Silverlight 1.0, with the code in JavaScript. If you have not had a chance to play with Silverlight or Expression...

“Zune HD is the first portable media player that combines a built-in HD Radio receiver, high-definition (HD) video output capabilities, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) touch screen, Wi-Fi and an Internet browser.” http://www.zune.net/en-us/mp3players...

  Jit and I worked hard on updating this for Silverlight 3.  We added many new recipes that cover Silverlight 3 features.   If you happen to purchase it, please let us know if you like the format, the topics and any thoughts on how...

If you are not sure what XNA is, XNA Game Studio enables hobbyists, academics, and independent game developers to easily create video games for Windows, Xbox 360, and the Zune digital media player by using optimized cross-platform gaming libraries based...

There is a ton of information and resources available on the Internet to get up to speed on Windows Mobile development.  However, it can be daunting to know where to dive in, even for a seasoned developer.  That’s where the Windows Mobile RampUp...

Visual Studio 2008 (formerly codename "Orcas") has been in Beta 2 for a month or so. I have been spending a good amount of time with it. It is great to have the ability to target multiple versions (.NET Framework 2.0 and.NET Framework 3.5) of the .NET...

This demonstration really shows the advantages of Silverlight over plain-ole DHTML. It provides a very smooth experience when zooming and panning by leveraging Silverlight capabilities. Read about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/greg_schechter/archive...

We often see questions from customers about how the parallel activity is not multi-threaded. If I had to suggest a different name for the parallel activity, it would be “Safely Wait for All Branches to Complete Before Proceeding” Activity. That's a bit...

Questions on Windows and IIS around identity and impersonation come up quite a bit when talking with folks who don’t work on Windows on a regular basis. The question most often asked is "I want to use Integrated Windows Authentication in IIS but I want...

I'm not hanging out with hosters today but I was a week or so back. I attended the LTPact conference presented by Layered Technology and partly sponsored by Microsoft. The conference was attended by many of Layered Technology's partners as well. Layered...