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November 2009 - Posts

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:09 AM

Measure TCO and ROI of your solution on Windows Azure

Windows Azure is here and it reshapes the IT landscape. Even if technology will ultimately make the on-premise and  cloud offerings symmetrical from a technological point of view, it will remain a challenge to calculate and compare the total cost
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Sunday, November 22, 2009 5:05 PM

How to color email in Inbox based on sender

I find this very useful. This is how you can do that in Office 2010 beta 2. For instance: - Blue: I’m on the To line - Red: It’s from Luc - Black regular email You can follow the procedure underneath. Enjoy! BTW, Luc is my manager :-)
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:54 PM

Installing VS2010 Beta 2, Silverlight 4 and Azure Tools (November 2009)

  So I’m updating my developer tools. This is what I install today (and since I’m not a real developer anymore, I install everything directly on my machine and not in a VM): 1. Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition Beta 2: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-gb/try/default.mspx#download
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:10 PM

New resources for Microsoft Surface announced at PDC

Microsoft Surface at the Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas Get the Surface SDK today and start playing! http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3db8987b-47c8-46ca-aafb-9c3b36f43bcc Surface Web site ( http://www.surface.com
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:50 PM

The Cloud: Windows Server AppFabric will bring Azure to your servers

This was by far the number 1 request I got when talking about the Windows Azure Platform. Will I get a version of the Fabric that I can run on my own servers so I can very easily move applications from my datacenter to the cloud and back? The answer is
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:59 AM

It’s true! Scot Guthrie will be presenting in Belgium on the 4th of December

http://msdn.microsoft.com/nl-be/ee815840.aspx At this free event on December 4th in the Kinepolis Brussels , Scott will be speaking about Visual Studio 2010, .NET 4 as well as about the latest on web development with ASP.NET 4.0 and the next version of
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:45 PM

SQL Server Day 2009 – now with a full developer track

Copying from Katrien :   The SQL Server Day , taking place on December 3rd in Utopolis Mechelen is a full day dedicated to SQL Server 2008 content. Driven by the SQL UG , they have now added a full developer-focused track. When: December 3rd 2010,
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:31 PM

Belgian Microsoft site for ISV’s

Just in case you don’t know our website yet.. http://www.microsoft.be/isv
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:56 PM

How to access data today: ORM

ORM, Workflow, Modelling. What do they have in common? Well they are three areas that seem to have been in transition for ever. Especially in the Microsoft world. So I decided to take a closer look and I’m starting with ORM, Object Relational Mapping
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:59 PM

At Tech Ed Europe 2009

Day 3 at Tech Ed Europe 2009. No vacation day here like at home in Belgium. You can follow live comments here: http://search.twitter.com/search?max_id=5618541733&page=5&q=%23tee09
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:22 AM

Details on the Microsoft Courier

Is it real? http://gizmodo.com/5381011/microsoft-couriers-swipes-snips-and-scribbles-the-leaked-interface I don’t know. It sure is intriguing. What’s clear is that NUI’s are starting to be implemented. The Microsoft Surface is just scratching the, well…,
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 2:26 PM

This is the time to get your MSDN Premium

Because, if you have this today, you will get more when VS2010 arrives: Here’s how subscription levels will transition : If you have this active subscription on March 22, 2010: …then your subscription will become this: …and you’ll get everything you had
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Monday, November 02, 2009 12:15 PM

Watch Remix09 sessions online

All content is available online in case you missed it. 1. Watch the sessions here: http://www.microsoft.com/belux/remix09/#agenda 2. Download the tools announced at reMIX here: http://www.microsoft.com/belux/remix09/#resources 3. Follow us here: Twitter
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Monday, November 02, 2009 11:09 AM

XRM: Interesting session for ISV’s

  Overview of the possibilities of Dynamics xRM xRM (Anything Relationship Management) is the natural evolution of CRM (Customer Relationship Management). In today’s dynamic business environment companies demand the ability to manage anything (X=anything),
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