Windows Vista Beta 1 is now available on the MSDN subscriber downloads site. Yet another example of why MSDN subscriptions rock! And if you're a developer, check out the Windows Vista Developer Center .

Wow, someone had a lot of time on their hands! http://www.escapeyesterworld.com/ One of the more humorous ways I've yet seen to promote the benefits of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.

Become part of the BizTalk Server 2006 Beta Team and get BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 1. BizTalk Server 2006 builds on the core architecture of BizTalk Server 2004 and makes strides in all dimensions of business process automation including application-to...

You’ve heard the buzz about Indigo , Microsoft’s unified programming model for building distributed applications. Attend this FREE event and learn how Indigo technology will simplify your life. With Indigo, you use the tools and language you’re familiar...

The Philadelphia SQL Server User Group, Philly.NET User Group, and Microsoft are delighted to together host a special Philadelphia Development Community event with world renowned SQL Server expert Itzik Ben Gan. This event is free but requires advanced...

This is great! Now you don't have to install the tools to do a test drive. Maybe the developer community could develop custom scripts for hands-on labs that can be shared with others since a standard base VPC image is now available. That would be a great...

Join the Philadelphia SQL Server User Group August meeting on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 from 5:00 to 8:30 at the Unisys office at 2476 Swedesford Road, Malvern PA 19355 Do your ETL processes require complex workflow management ? Have you encountered...

We had a great turnout for the PhillyDotnet User Group tonight, with over 100 members watching some cool ASP.NET presentations. We started off with a topical presentation on Ajax ( Asyncronous Java and XML ), also referencing upcoming technology in...

Thanks to all that attended the mini-session webcast that I presented today on Language Enhancements . As promised here is a link to the recording and the slides/demos .