Thom Robbins .NET Weblog

If you haven’t seen this already, the Messaging and Security Feature pack for the Verizon Treo 700w is available. The install I just completed was pretty painless and well worth it! http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/treo700wupdater/verizon...

Don’t forget that Code Camp 5 is almost here! Check out the updated session list here . Once again it’s becoming a fantastic line up. The Call for Speakers is still open for those thinking of submitting but the clock is ticking!

New England Groove Usability Research Work with us to shape the future of Groove and Office. The Groove usability group is conducting product research in the New England region. The team is recruiting a mix of IT Administrators with experience...

Via Brad McCabe Early in the BETA period for Visual Studio 2005 we released a free online version of the MS Press book Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Developers . This book received great comments, but was written against BETA 1. We...

I recently did a Webcast with Chris Pels on this very topic sponsored by Ineta . As requested we recorded and made the Live Meeting available here So you want to hold a Code Camp? Code Camps have enjoyed unprecedented success over the past two...

Check out the code from the recent series of Creating a Windows Mobile 5.0 Line of Business Application Sample Code Web casts. Download the code

In case you haven’t seen the upcoming Security Summits they are a great forum. Security is a top priority for you and a top priority for Microsoft. Join us at the 2006 Security Summits to learn about key trends in the Security Industry, how to best...

The sessions for Code Camp keep coming in. You can check them out here . Also there are still a few seats left for registration here . If you are interested in speaking please make sure that you submit you abstract using the form available here . ...

In case you haven’t seen it. Windows Defender Beta 2 has been posted here

Congratulations to the folks at Dotnetslackers for their recent site updates. They are doing some really cool stuff including integration with Community Credit !

Thanks to all that attended the session today at the Financial Developers Conference . Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), formerly code-named "Indigo," is about to radically change the face of distributed programming for developers using the...

Thanks to all that attended the session today at the Financial Developers Conference . Session Description: This presentation starts by defining what a smart client is and delves into the implications and opportunities for Smart Clients application...

Friday, May 26, 2006 8:30 AM - 12:15 PM Microsoft New England District Office: Waltham , MA 201 Jones Rd. , Sixth Floor Waltham Massachusetts 02451 United States WinFX is a brand name for a set of modern technologies, designed to be the...

If you have been thinking about getting your certification for either Microsoft or Cisco take a look at some great discounts being offered by Boston University . Save on Boston University 's popular and effective CCNA, CCNP, MCSE, MCSA boot camps...

Via Scott In the category of cool! In case you haven’t seen it. Today MS released the source code the built-in ASP.NET 2.0 Membership, Role Management, Site Navigation, Session State, Profile, Web Events, and Web Part Personalization providers...

When: Thursday May 4, 2006, 5:30 - 7:30pm Where: Adesso Systems, One Liberty Square , 7th Floor, Boston , MA http://www.adessosystems.com/ Talk Summary: "A Peek at C# 3.0: Lamba Expressions, Extension Methods, Query Expressions and Expression...

Ran across this today while looking for some SQL Server information. Looks like there is some free e-learning classes for SQL Server 2005 being offered. Free* Microsoft E-Learning The following e-learning courses are available for SQL Server 2005...

Thanks to all that attended the recent training that we did in Augusta Maine. As promised here are the decks that I used for download. Introduction to .NET What’s New with ASP 2.0

During the recent SQL Server Boot Camp several people had asked about creating management reports using SQL Server Reporting. Paul was nice enough to email me the link to the article. Server Management Report Samples The Server Management sample...

Thanks to everyone that attended last week’s sessions on developing applications with Speech Server. As promised here are the session’s materials and samples for download. Other important URL’s from the day Speech Server Home Speech Server SDK...

Just published v1.0 of the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider to Microsoft Downloads. This release was tested with the following products: Visual Studio .NET 2003 Visual C++ 6 SP6 Visual Visual Basic 6 SP6 Visual FoxPro...

Next Meeting - April 25, 2006: Building Business Applications on SharePoint Microsoft Waltham 201 Jones Road Waltham , Ma. 5:45 - 6:00 Registration 6:00 - 7:15 Topic: Building Business Applications on SharePoint Eric Baughman, Director of...

Definitely worth attending! New Features in Office InfoPath 2007 Time: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (PST) Presenter: Gray Knowlton, SR. Product Manager - Office Description : This webcast presents an overview of the new features...

A very nice series of Excel hands on labs available for download from here . The labs included in this download provide hands-on practice with developing Microsoft Excel solutions using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office. In these labs you will...

Just a reminder that the next CNY .NET Developer Group meeting is next Wednesday, April 5th at 6:00pm at New Horizons in East Syracuse ( 6711 Towpath Road ). So we can get an estimate of how many attendees we will have, please RSVP by logging into www...