A couple of you have experienced a Web service call error (Unauthorized Exception) in Chapter 2. The exception looks like the following: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException was caught Actor="" Lang="" Message=Exception of type...

In this blog-post, I’ll walk through how you can create a custom Azure service and then integrate this service with the Business Connectivity Services (BCS), a new feature in SharePoint 2010. The process you’ll follow is: 1. Create the custom Azure service;...

Getting the VM If you’re looking to get up to speed on SharePoint and Office 2010 development, but don’t necessarily want to install everything on the metal you can download the RTM Demo VM: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=751fa0d1...

With TechEd in our recent wake, the next question is what’s next?  One of the biggest partner events is the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, which will be located in Washginton, D.C. from July 11-15. You can get registration and conference...

This past week not only marked another successful TechEd, it marked the release of a few new SharePoint books and collateral. I was pretty excited to finally see Beginning SharePoint 2010 Development   (Wrox) on the shelves, and so far it’s good...

Well, it’s Day Three at TechEd, New Orleans. The pace has been furious and the conversations plenty—all amidst a balmy 85% humidity and great southern hospitality. It’s been great to catch up with many people I haven’t seen in a while and meet some new...

This past Monday morning at TechEd here in New Orleans, Neil Leslie, GM of Developer & Platform Evangelism, kicked off TechEd 2010 with a mini-keynote (also called a foundational session). The session was called "Extending Productivity into the Cloud...

SharePoint and Azure: How They Play Together? Today, I presented a session on Azure and SharePoint—specifically addressing how to integrate the two technologies. SharePoint is not built on Azure, so this session was about how can you take an...