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Microsoft TechEd North America 2012 is a unique opportunity for you to gain comprehensive knowledge across the breadth of Microsoft products, solutions, and services. The event is in Orlando, FL June 11 –14. Save $200 if you register for TechEd before February 2012. TechEd also offers you...

Now that Office 365 is in Beta, we’ve seen increased demand for information about the service and the platform. TechEd North America 2011 was no exception, with packed sessions that covered both IT Pro and Developer topics on SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online. Below you’ll...

Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) v3.5 Extension for SAML 2.0 Protocol enables .NET developers to build applications for the enterprise and government that require SAML 2.0 Protocol support and interoperate with identity services on a wide variety of platforms. The community preview was announced...

The May service update has been released for SQL Azure that includes Management REST API, multiple servers per subscription, a JDBC driver, and DAC Framework update. Microsoft announced new enhancements and features specifically requested by developers and IT professionals for a future release. These...

Windows Azure AppFabric has released enhancements to Service Bus as part of the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP May release, and an upcoming release of the AppFabric Developer Tools and Application Manager as part of the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP June release. Announcements were made on the team blog...

At Tech·Ed North America Microsoft announced that the next public community preview SQL Server Code Name “Denali” is expected in summer 2011. To be among the first to download the next public CTP, customers can pre-register at www.microsoft.com/sqlserver . Roadmap for SQL Server...

Jason Zander, corporate vice president of Visual Studio, announced a key pillar of the next version of Microsoft Visual Studio at Tech•Ed North America today. He also demonstrated a connector that will improve the interaction between the development and operations teams. vNext ALM For developer...

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Save $200 on your Tech·Ed conference fee. Register by February 28. The 19th annual Microsoft Tech·Ed North America conference provides developers and IT professionals the most comprehensive technical education across Microsoft's current and soon-to-be-released suite of products, solutions...

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Two toolsets that build on the core Visual Studio 2010 platform were announced at TechEd. Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools focus on improved code editing and navigation, along with new ways to work with files and tab behavior. That includes selecting whole lines of code and text, a searchable Add Reference...

New pricing was announced at Tech-Ed for pricing of SQL Azure. SQL Azure today offers two editions with a ceiling of 1GB for web edition and 10GB for business edition. With our next service release. Ceiling sizes for both web and business editions will increase 5x. Even though both editions can...

Microsoft is making several announcements at TechEd this week that developers should be sure to catch, like the introduction of our new Windows Phone Marketplace policies . We’re also providing more details about some developer features, one of which I think is worth exploring more closely; private beta...

Roadmaps for the first service packs (SP1) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Azure, SQL Azure, Windows Server AppFabric, Big Maps, and Microsoft Unified Communication Server, and Windows Client were announced at Tech Ed North America today. Windows Server 2008 R2/Windows 7 SP1 Beta...

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A service pack for Surface developers has been released. Service Pack 1 to allow for faster and easier development of innovative, natural experiences on the Microsoft Surface platform. The SDK supports development on any .NET framework and is optimized for WPF and XNA. SP1 gives users more visual feedback...

The release of Windows 7 is anticipated to be available to customers in time for the holiday shopping season. In addition, Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (RC) is now available with the final product releasing to market in the same timeframe as Windows 7. “Microsoft is committed to ensuring...

TechEd North America today begins in Los Angeles for developers and ITPros. You can expect announcements across several product lines. You can view the keynote this morning online and follow sessions at Microsoft Tech-Ed Online . For example, as the Windows Mobile team has announced on their blog, the...

The release candidate (RC) for Windows 7 is just around the corner. Dates for the Windows 7 RC were announced earlier this week. This blog posting is meant to be a one-stop introduction to next steps for the process of getting your application Windows 7-compatible and then lighting up your application...

Come join developers for TechEd North America held May 11-15 in Los Angeles. Register before March 22 for the $150 discount. Attendees have the unique chance to choose from 22 Technical Tracks with over 750 learning opportunities , hundreds of Breakout sessions , and incredible opportunities to expand...

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SharePoint inventory assessment for the enterprise will be getting easier a SharePoint assessment tool for IT Pros that has entered testing phase of development. This is important for you ISVs building and deploying efficiently to enterprise sites. IT administrators are often responsible for ensuring...

Ok. Show of hands. Who has wanted to build a web application with a custom Session State provider using a distributed cache to spread session objects across a cluster? In other words, provide scalability to your web applications? How about if that same mechanism could be used in thick clients too? ...