It is helpful when a big-picture view of a new topic is tied to understood and emerging products/practices. Some of this big-picture presentations are described as "elevator pitches" or the "50,000-foot view" (you can call it the 15,000-meter view if...

First Things First: You might ask: "When is the next quarterly community briefing webcast?" Don't worry: You didn't miss a webcast! The quick answer is: The next briefing webcast will be scheduled when we have new and useful information to share...

With the recent release of the pre-release Beta 3 version of Microsoft Windows Server codename "Longhorn", there are some interesting under-the-cover ways to see first-hand how the Service Modeling Language is used to provide configuration data for the...