Web Development Strategy @ Microsoft : ASP.NET / PHP / Silverlight / Java / UX

In Love with Orchard

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:59:29 GMT

I’m so enamored with Orchard ( http://www.orchardproject.net ) that I’ve decided to make it my primary blogging platform. Come check out my new blog at http://www.philotic.com/blog , written and run on the Orchard platform! All future blog posts will...(read more)

SQL Server Driver for PHP Adds Support for PHP Data Objects

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:49:38 GMT

This week, Microsoft is participating in the DrupalCon San Francisco Conference at the Moscone Center. The event marks an important milestone for Microsoft, as we announced the release of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) for the new SQL Server Driver...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4, ASP.NET 4 Released

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:28:26 GMT

Yesterday, Microsoft launched the final release of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, which includes many of the frameworks, tools and languages utilized when deploying solutions on Microsoft’s Web Platform . As part of this launch, deploying ASP...(read more)

Free training on Microsoft Web Platform in Web Camps

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:24:00 GMT

function webCamps() {
   day1.Learn();
   day2.Build();
}

Interested in learning how new innovations in Microsoft's Web Platform and developer tools like ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 can make you a more productive web developer? If you're currently working with PHP, Ruby, ASP or older versions of ASP.NET and want to hear how you can create amazing websites more easily, then register for a Web Camp near you today!

Microsoft's Web Camps are free, two-day events that allow you to learn and build on the Microsoft Web Platform. At camp, you will hear from Microsoft experts on the latest components of the platform, including ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, Entity Framework, IIS, Visual Studio 2010 and much more.

Web Camps also provide the opportunity to get hands on with labs and get creative by building in teams. All this with Microsoft experts on hand to guide you through.

We look forward to seeing you at camp soon!

www.webcamps.ms

Presenting IIS URL Rewriter 2.0

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:13:22 GMT

Optimizing Windows Server-based Web sites for search just got a lot easier now that the final release of IIS URL Rewriter 2.0 is available for download . The newest version of URL Rewriter takes URL simplification to the next level by enabling developers...(read more)

FastCGI for IIS6 and IIS5.1 has been released.

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:13:04 GMT

Today the IIS team released the FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1. This allows popular application frameworks that support the FastCGI protocol to be hosted on the IIS web server in a high performing and reliable way. FastCGI provides an alternative...(read more)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Just Got Easy

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:14:23 GMT

Today, Microsoft announced a monthly spotlight series, beginning with the SEO Toolkit , an extension for IIS. Start with the free download, review your website, and make changes fast. The SEO Toolkit with its detailed analysis and search engine friendly...(read more)

Microsoft, Open Source and the CODEPLEX Foundation

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:58:56 GMT

Today the CodePlex Foundation announced the addition of the Orchard Project to it’s ASP.NET Gallery . Orchard is a free, open source, community-focused project aimed at delivering applications and reusable components using the ASP.NET platform. It’s first...(read more)

Accelerate PHP Applications on Windows with the new Cache Extension

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:54:18 GMT

What is it? The Windows Cache Extension for PHP is a PHP accelerator that is used to increase the speed of PHP applications running on Windows and Windows Server. Once the Windows Cache Extensions for PHP are enabled and loaded by the PHP engine – PHP...(read more)

Web 2.0 – What’s it all about?

lmoroney[at]microsoft.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:36:48 GMT

Introduction Ask any ten people what Web 2.0 is and you’ll likely get ten different answers. Ask any ten business owners what it is, and you’ll likely get the same variety of answers – but one thing will be in common – they’ll all want to have a part...(read more)