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MSDN Flash Poll: What Platforms Do You Develop For?
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MSDN Flash Poll: What SQL Server Certification/s do you hold?
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Event: Tech.Days: Visual Studio 11 Online Event, 28th June 2012, 1pm to 3pm
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This event will cover the key new features and capabilities that Visual Studio 11 offers software development teams, and the opportunity to ask questions to the UK Developer Tools team and partners. There’ll be something for almost anyone involved...
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Announcement: Updates to the Visual Studio 11 UI in the RC release
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The Visual Studio team has received lots of feedback on the Visual Studio 11 Beta UI and has implemented some important changes to the UI as a direct response. Check out Jason Zander’s blog and the Visual Studio blog for all the details. Please...
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Article: The Latest SharePoint Tools in Visual Studio 11 Beta
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By Ben Robb SharePoint tools haven't been forgotten in the new wave of developer productivity tooling. The new Visual Studio 11 Beta includes all the familiar tooling from VS 2010, with some additional extensions to: - Create lists and content types...
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Event: Announcing the UK Windows Azure conference
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If you’re building or considering building applications for the cloud, then the 22 nd June is a date for the diary. It’s a big day for Windows Azure as the first full day, multi-track conference supported by Microsoft and London Windows Azure...
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Developing Metro Apps using C++/CX, for C# developers
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by David Britch I recently joined a project developing a Windows 8 Metro application using C++. It had been a while since I’d written any C++ and I subsequently discovered that C++ has changed. A lot. WinRT is the framework and library for...
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How to: Troubleshoot Build Server Failure with Visual Studio 2010
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Ever found yourself in the helpless situation where you think you’ve tried every possible suggestion on the Internet to bring the build server back but it just won't work? Tarun Arora , Visual Studio ALM MVP, has created this video to help you understand...
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Announcement: It’s all about HTML5 in the May issue of the MSDN Magazine
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Before I highlight the content in this month’s issue, a little bird told me (OK, it was Liam Westley ) that the MSDN Magazine is now available on your Kindle, thanks to open source eBook tool, Calibre . Get the full details from Liam’s blog...
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Event: New speakers announced for UK Windows Azure conference 22nd June
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The people behind the official Windows Azure training and development kits are speaking in London on 22 nd June, find out more at http://azureconference2012.eventbrite.com/ . Go on, you know you want to ;)
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Event: Scott Hanselman’s User Group Tour of Scotland
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by Gary Ewan Park . No, really, Scott Hanselman is coming to Scotland I am very happy to announce that Scott Hanselman ( @shanselman ) is doing a User Group tour of Scotland in July. He is going to be over here for 1 week, and while he is here he...
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How to: Using the new HTML5 form input types and properties
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By Ian Haynes . HTML5 brings several new form input types; email, number, url, date etc, and new properties; placeholder, autofocus, required and so on. All of these are ‘fail safe’ in that they are treated as standard text input boxes...
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How to: Dynamic, responsive, best-fit layouts using jQuery Masonry plug-in
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By Ian Haynes . Sometimes simply floating everything ‘left’ (particularly images) in a responsive page layout isn’t the ideal option. You end up having empty spaces with some screen sizes and awkward looking layouts with others. The...
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Article: Get Detailed Build Test Results Using The TFS API
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By Tarun Arora . I recently came across a problem that clients run into when the builds they are working on fail because an associated test failed. But with TFS 2010 there is no way of identifying the failed test error message unless one downloads...
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Event: Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow
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11 months ago
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The Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow is coming to over 20 countries, including the UK in London (14th June) and Edinburgh (15th June), where Microsoft MVPs bring you all you need to know about Windows Server 2012. A Microsoft Windows Server 2012...
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Article: I need to build a SharePoint 2010 Intranet - where do I start?
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By Andy Hodges . So you have been given a project and been told to build your company Intranet, but you have not had experience of SharePoint 2010, where do you start? Capture some requirements, install SharePoint out of the box or undertaking a pilot...
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MSDN Flash Poll: Should we bring back job listings in the Flash?
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CSS3: Font sizing with ‘rem’
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by Ian Haynes . One of the new CSS3 constructs that gets less attention than it deserves is that of ‘root em’ font sizing, normally know as ‘rem’. This makes all font sizes relative to the root <html> element of a page...
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Announcement: Changes to Microsoft’s certification programme
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By Robert Chapman . Microsoft has announced a fundamental change to its certification program, heralding a ‘return’ for the MCSE, MCSA and MCSD certifications. New certifications Microsoft has introduced a set of ‘new’...
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Event Exclusive: DDD Reading Announced
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By Dave Sussman . DDD, the UK's premier community developer day, is usually at the beginning of the year, but due to unforeseen circumstances had to be postponed. The green light has now been given and we can exclusively announce that DDD Reading will...
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Event: Windows 8 Camps Registration Opens in Manchester & Edinburgh
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If you are interested in a hands-on approach to learning Windows 8 app development, the Windows 8 Camp is the opportunity to do so! Registration opens today and spaces are limited so be quick! Manchester, The Studio, Wednesday 23 May 2012 - Click here...
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Competition: Interested in Cinema?
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If you are, this competition could be right up your street. The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) has launched a new competition, the Cinema: Digital Innovation award with an ultimate prize of €5000. Image by atomicjeep (CC License: Attribution )...
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Event: International SharePoint Conference – A Review
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By Ben Robb . Often, developers new to SharePoint can get lost in the new world they encounter – with strange, obscure acronyms and terminology. There is a steep learning curve for developers and team leads starting their first development project...
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Event: Scott Guthrie speaking at UK Windows Azure conference 22nd June
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The keynote speaker for the UK Windows Azure conference on 22 nd in London will be Scott Guthrie, the Microsoft corporate vice president in charge of the development platform for Windows Azure. Find out more and register at http://azureconference2012...
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Article: Cross-Browser Debugging CSS
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By Dave Sussman I first met Alex Homer in 1996/7 when he'd just finished writing his HTML 4 book. Or two books, because there was one for IE and one for Mozilla. Yes, the browser incompatibilities were pronounced even then. Nowadays browser compatibility...
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