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Get a PLK or SLK without logging into VSIPMembers.com
23 June 08 11:57 AM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
We know deploying your VS package can be a pain and there are often a lot of pain with getting a PLK. Now getting a PLK is a lot easier with the page we have launched here . Read More...
VS Gallery Gets New Features!
09 June 08 03:14 PM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
I was just going around and talking about the VS Gallery on our European Tour, and on last Friday, we have added several new features. Since Anthony did such a great job in summarizing the new features, let me quote him here: --- Start of Quote --- Today Read More...
Stop 6 (Final Stop): Budapest, Hungary
08 June 08 08:27 AM | jameslau-MS | 2 Comments   
On Thursday, we had our last VSX European Tour event at the Microsoft office in Budapest. It was wasn't just a talk for a user group this time. It was a half day event focused specifically on VSX. Sandor Nacsa from the Budapest office helped us set up Read More...
Stop 5: Prague, Czech Republic
04 June 08 12:34 PM | jameslau-MS | 2 Comments   
Our European Tour has brought us to Prague on Monday. This was the first time for me to visit Prague and I was completely blown away by the beauty of this city. I thought Paris was beautiful; Prague is even more beautiful (to me anyway)! In the afternoon, Read More...
Stop 4: Zurich, Switzerland
30 May 08 02:13 AM | jameslau-MS | 3 Comments   
With the help of Rolf and Susan who organized the event, Jean-Marc and I presented to a user group in Zurich yesterday evening in a 3 hour session. We were somewhat disappointed at the low attendance - we only had about 20 people. But the audience was Read More...
Stop 3: Munich, Germany
27 May 08 03:16 PM | jameslau-MS | 3 Comments   
We are in Deutschland now and we visited the Microsoft Technology Center at Munich yesterday. It was a very nice set of buildings, and the meeting rooms are much more impressive than building 41 back in Redmond. They have multiple projectors and multiple Read More...
Update from Brussels
26 May 08 02:48 PM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
You may have already seen my post about out session at Brussels. Sven Cipido from Ordina has just sent me some more pictures taken during our Brussels section, so I wanted to post them here. Jean-Marc and I in Ordina's office for Vsug.be.   See his Read More...
Stop 2: Amsterdam, Netherlands
23 May 08 03:58 PM | jameslau-MS | 6 Comments   
Bikes, lots of bikes. And trams too. Then there are also motorcycles, scooters, and cars. You better watch where you are walking while you are in Amsterdam! That was my first impression of this spectacularly amazing and energetic city! Jean-Marc and I Read More...
Stop 1: Brussels, Belgium
21 May 08 04:51 PM | jameslau-MS | 8 Comments   
Yesterday in Brussels, we made our first of a series of presentations in our European tour. I met up with Jean-Marc in the morning at the Microsoft office in Brussels. We ran through our preparation work one more time to make sure we have everything ready. Read More...
VS 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta & European Tour Kickoff!
20 May 08 02:27 AM | jameslau-MS | 7 Comments   
Earlier today, we shipped the matching VS 2008 SDK for VS 2008 Sp1 Beta . We are calling this VS 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta, and it is available for download immediately here . Today, Jean-Marc and I are also kicking off the VSX European Tour in Brussels, Belgium! Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and Updates
12 May 08 07:08 PM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
Today, we release the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. This service pack is particularly important for Visual Studio extenders because they can test it and report any compatibility problems with their extensions. You can find the downloads are Read More...
Launch event wrapping up
27 February 08 05:41 PM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
I just finished with my Chalk Talk session , and the launch event is winding down. Folks are heading over to the Launch party at 7 pm, but I will be flying home tonight. My session went well. Typically, chalk talks don't get much attendance, and I was Read More...
Introducing Visual Studio Gallery
27 February 08 05:07 PM | jameslau-MS | 0 Comments   
If you missed Soma's blog post from this morning, we are launching the Visual Studio Gallery today. This is the one-stop shop where you can find all the Visual Studio extensions to install, and you can also publish your own Visual Studio extensions to Read More...
HEROES happen {here}
26 February 08 10:35 PM | jameslau-MS | 2 Comments   
I am in L.A. today and tomorrow, to attend and speak at the Visual Studio, SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 launch event. I feel very lucky to be able to participate in this historical event. This launch wave is the largest one ever for any developer Read More...
Upgrading VS 2005 Packages to VS 2008: A more Advanced Guide
13 February 08 12:40 AM | jameslau-MS | 5 Comments   
Since I made the last blog post on upgrading , I have received some good feedback that it was useful for basic scenarios. Unfortunately, there are some scenarios that sometimes the steps that I presented didn't work because of hard dependency on Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.dll. Read More...
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