Brad Abrams at Microsoft has a great blog post that provides step-by-step instructions on how to build a line of business application using Silverlight 4 and RIA Services with Visual Studio 2010. You can find the source code and watch his PDC09 presentation...

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit (October Preview) is available to download here . The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn...

Check out Reed Townsend’s Windows 7 touch deep dive session at PDC. This session is targeted at developers interested in building touch-optimized experiences. You can watch the presentation online or download the presentation file (ppt) and video here...

My colleague Ashish Jaiman will be hosting a one-day event at Reston MTC on Dec. 8, 2009. Agenda: UPDATE on Microsoft technologies fresh form PDC. Opportunity to Network with other ISVs in the area, Microsoft delegates, and Microsoft MVPs Learn about...

Jason Zander put together a reference application “Image Viewer” that shows how to enable some cool Windows 7 features in your XP or Vista applications with relatively little effort and without sacrificing backward compatibility. You can download the...

According to Business Journal, Microsoft will provide 10,500 vouchers for Microsoft Windows and Office online training, 10,500 vouchers for Microsoft business-certification exams and 2,700 for advanced training. Detail here .

At PDC09 ScottGu discussed many new and enhanced features of Silverlight 4 and announced that SL4 beta is available here and rtm available first half of 2010.        

SharePoint Server 2010 Beta provides an extensible platform to rapidly build solutions using familiar tools such as Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010. Beta is available for download here . To learn more about SharePoint 2010, visit Microsoft...

Microsoft Codename “ Dallas ” is Microsoft’s Information Services business, enabling developers and information workers to instantly find, purchase, and manage Web services and datasets to power the next set of killer applications on any platform. More...

You can now download the Tailspin Travel application from Codeplex ( download here ). System Requirements:   Tailspin was built using Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, and there are a few features in use in the demo that require that version (e.g. coded...

At PDC ’s keynote Bob Muglia announced availability of several products and technologies. Some of them will be available for download shortly. a. ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta (for Visual Studio 2008 SP1) ASP.NET MVC 2 is a framework for developing highly testable...

While comparing HTC Pure vs. HTC Tilt, I found by serendipity John’s youtube video on Windows 7. As John said he is a Mac user. But I really appreciated his frank views on Windows 7. Check out the video and let me know what you think.

You don’t have to be a poet to win this grand prize, a Home Theater System including a 52” TV! Check out detail here Whether or not you win the prize, you are entitled to the Free MS Press eBook (pdf file):  Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 .

The Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers includes several sample applications that can help you get started with creating multitouch applications in managed code (C# or VB), native code or MFC. The managed code and native code samples require Visual...

The Windows Identity Foundation helps simplify user access for developers by externalizing user access from applications via claims and reducing development effort with pre-built security logic and integrated .NET tools. You can download WIF here .

The Bing Maps Silverlight Control 1.0 has just been released. You can now use Microsoft Bing Maps in your web application in three different methods. However, before you get started,  you need to download the Silverlight Control SDK and create a...

Microsoft has just released a Facebook SDK that enables .NET developers to quickly and easily leverage the various features of the Facebook Platform. This toolkit has evolved over time with input from the community and from Microsoft. The latest release...

Check out this Channel9 video that reveals life at Microsoft that you haven’t seen. Guaranteed!

A colleague of mine, who I got to know while working out of the Microsoft New England office, decided to start a new chapter after 12 years of service. He is best known as Russ’s  Tool Shed. If you think developing .NET applications can be fun, you...

Thanks to all who attended the launch event this week at Tyson’s Corner. You can find and download the contents of the morning sessions of the Windows Server 2008 R2 track. If you are looking for Windows 7 contents from the launch event, please contact...

Part 1 : Get your questions answered on the most common challenges around application compatibility when coming from a legacy operating system, why changes were made along the way, compatibility technologies inside the OS and methods for getting incompatible...