This tool slipped out of Redmond with little fanfare, but it looks quite promising. It does for SQL Server databases roughly what FxCop does for .NET Framework applications: specifically, it scans through the database schemas and associated SQL code...

<PublicServiceAnnouncement> It's been quite exciting over the last twelve months to see a number of new .NET user groups spring up in the UK. I've got a high regard for user groups in general - they often provide support (of both social and...

Following on from the last blog entry , when I wrote about creating an Analysis Services cube to work with blog logs, I've been experimenting with doing the same things with Yukon. I hit a few road bumps along the way, which helped me understand some...

Following on from the entry I wrote about analysing blog logs , one or two people have asked me how I set everything up to do this. It's a really good use of Analysis Services, actually, and offers a good example of how Microsoft's business intelligence...

In case you've not seen them, the PDC sessions are now available online .

I recently came across a great post on one of the internal forums describing the strengths and weaknesses of different ASP.NET session state strategies. Its author, J.D. Meier, has graciously given me permission to use it as the basis of a blog entry...

[Apologies for the lack of updates: we've been upgrading the GotDotNet blog server hardware. Normal service should now be resumed, with more stability and performance hopefully.] I wanted to draw attention to the new release of Process Explorer...

Short notice, I know, but I've just found out that Benjamin Mitchell is delivering an evening of presentations on WSE and Indigo tomorrow evening at the Microsoft UK campus  in Reading. Benjamin is very knowledgeable on this topic, as his recent...

After fiddling around with XAML a little bit yesterday, an embryonic idea was floating around in my head about why this was tied directly to Avalon. In other words, if XAML is an XML syntax for constructing Avalon objects and properties and wiring...

If you're based in the UK and couldn't get to the PDC, you might be interested in the next best thing - a one day briefing that highlights the Microsoft developer technology roadmap. A number of us have been putting together a comprehensive day...

As anyone who got the Longhorn developer bits at the PDC should have had well drilled into them - this is a developer preview release. This is the earliest in the product cycle we've ever given out bits without requiring stringent NDAs, to the best...