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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:49 PM

Start with using Live Services

Do you want to build on Messenger, Live ID…? There’s a bunch of new training content to be found here. http://dev.live.com/training/
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:22 PM

Did you know about this huge list of ISV Online Trainings?

There are so many interesting trainings on the ISV Innovation site ( http://www.isvinnovation.com/Directory/Search.aspx ) it’s hard to pick out just a couple. Let me highlight 2 of the many many courses anyway. The first one is about protecting your source
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Sunday, February 22, 2009 10:03 PM

Learning how to program?

Here’s a nice extension to Visual Studio if you are learning how to program. The Visual Studio Learning Pack 2.0 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0ce3cbbd-7fc7-410b-8c2c-e18d1c60a6cd&displaylang=en The Visual Programming Flowchart
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:12 PM

First series of ‘How do I’ Windows Azure videos available online

#1 | How Do I: Deploy a Windows Azure Application? (7 Minutes 24 seconds) #2 | How Do I: Get Started Developing on Windows Azure? (5 Minutes 29 seconds) #3 | How Do I: Store Blobs in Windows Azure Storage? (20 Minutes 24 seconds) #4 | How Do I: Leverage
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Monday, February 16, 2009 8:50 PM

Technologies to bet on..

Great post by my colleague on Microsoft technologies that are very much in focus. So pretty safe to say these are here for the long run (up to you what ‘the long run means in IT). http://blogs.msdn.com/katriend/archive/2009/02/15/net-developer-technologies-what-s-here-to-stay-what-can-you-focus-on-trends.asp
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Monday, February 16, 2009 7:00 AM

Getting Ready for Azure, SAAS, Cloud Computing (4)

The “Coming of Age with SaaS” ISV Webinar Series Go to: http://www.comingofage-saas.com/ to watch the webcast and register for subsequent webinars in the series!
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Friday, February 13, 2009 7:32 AM

Getting Ready for Azure, SAAS, Cloud Computing (3)

  The S+S Readiness Self-Assessment Tool This detailed online tool gives ISVs a free way to assess and rate their readiness to build and sell hosted software + services.  http://www.splussready.com .
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:17 PM

Partner network

Maybe we should revamp our partner network in Belgium too! Some people have been in one management or sales training too many :-)
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:45 AM

Getting Ready for Azure, SAAS, Cloud Computing (2)

Are you getting ready for S+S, thinking about or already deploying hosted solutions? The Software-plus-Services Roadmap for ISVs A new online portal specifically for your hosted ISV customers, providing easy access to S+S resources across all Microsoft
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:49 PM

Getting Ready for Azure, SAAS, Cloud Computing (1)

I’m going to be posting a series of blog posts about Azure/cloud/saas computing. Here’s a first one. You want to explore Azure? There’s an updated Training Kit. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=413E88F8-5966-4A83-B309-53B7B77EDF78&displaylang=en
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:25 AM

Hyper-veeks are not afraid of VM creep or… Get familiar with Application Virtualization

Virtualization seems like an easy enough concept at a very high level. But as you start thinking about the four (5 if you add profile) types of virtualization (server, application presentation, desktop and profile virtualization) you quickly realize you
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Friday, February 06, 2009 2:59 PM

Belgian ISV’s are still hiring .NET developers, Sharepoint developers, UX designers

Hardly any part of the business is immune to the crisis. That doesn’t mean there is no more work however! Almost every ISV I’m meeting is telling me they are still hiring. In my opinion, an ISV is a great place to work as a developer. Some advantages:
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:36 PM

Live Mesh applications - How to get started

What a great video by Brian Gorbett ! It really explains in an easy to understand way what Mesh Applications are, how you can build and deploy them. Luckily we have some local Mesh champs too. Here’s a great article by Peter Himschoot, Lieven Iliano and
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:34 AM

TechDays Agenda is online (and impressive)

Two days ago I had the pleasure to drive a across our snowy country to meet an ISV near Brugge. We discussed their solution and their development process and tools. It became clear that we have a great agenda for developers at our TechDays. We really
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:24 AM

Windows 7 Ecosystem readiness program

ISV’s, please check out this site. It will be the home of a readiness program supporting you in getting ready for Windows 7. Windows 7 Ecosystem Readiness Program Get access to Windows 7 builds, application testing labs and toolkits that can help you
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