MSDN Dev Center Site Manager At Large

Knowledge Base articles move to TechNet and MSDN

2009-02-16T22:46:00Z

Microsoft is moving its Developer & IT Professional primary support content (also known as Knowledge Base – or KB - articles) from http://support.microsoft.com Web site to MSDN and TechNet, respectively. This move is to ensure that Developers and IT Professionals will see support information in the places they would most likely to be looking for it – and so that other, relevant or associated information can be more easily exposed alongside it. With this shift, you’ll see a number of changes:...(read more)

MSDN Community Page Updated!

2008-12-11T03:26:00Z

I’m really pleased to announce the last of the MSDN home/hub pages (the tabs) has been re-launched. The previous iteration was long neglected and nearly useless, while the community hub page highlights MSDN mentions via multiple social networks, highlights hand-selected MVP bloggers, and provides links to a mix of Microsoft and 3 rd party community applications and websites. This is just the first refresh for this and the other hub pages so keep checking back as we’ll be adding features and functionality...(read more)

New, World-wide Class locator added to MSDN

2008-12-09T05:59:00Z

I just launched a new Microsoft Learning, class locator at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/bb188199.aspx it works world-wide baby. What do you think?...(read more)

MSDN Hub Page Updates

2008-12-04T20:19:00Z

As part of our ongoing site walk-though process, I’m pleased to announce the re-launch of several key developer entry pages: · Learn · Download · Support Each of these pages has been scrubbed for bad links and content, then laid out in a fashion that better informs and serves our customers. Cheers, kerby...(read more)

MSDN Homepage Update

2008-11-21T23:59:00Z

I’m pleased to announce a refreshed MSDN homepage was launched Wednesday. This is the second significant update to the top-level pages in the last week all of which was made possible by Simon’s uncensored, customer-focused feedback during our first round of site walk-throughs. We are now exposing more important Microsoft bloggers, there is more content above the fold, we’re highlighting downloads that really matter and have freshened the iconography to not only be more helpful, but easier to look...(read more)

Bloggers on MSDN updated

2008-11-16T05:03:00Z

Hey gang, I just pushed a new developer bloggers page up to MSDN last night. Check it out...these are hand-picked by my new Director as frequently updated and alwasy valuable...see the page here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/cc531155.aspx More major revisions are coming soon!...(read more)

New Visual Basic Developer Center, Community Submitted Content (The Power of Custom Workflow Activities)

2008-03-19T01:09:00Z

Today, a new article went live on the MSDN, Visual Basic developer Center . This article: The Power of Custom Workflow Activities (Part 1), was submitted by MVP Maurice de Beijer . Maurice de Beijer is an independent software consultant specializing in Workflow Foundation and .NET in general. He has been awarded the yearly Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award since 2005. . You’ll Find Maurice’s picture and link in rotation in the right column of the homepage and his listing in the community...(read more)

48 New, Visual Basic “How Do I” Videos and Related Downloads

2008-03-17T21:23:00Z

Last week we added 48 How Do I videos (Forms over data, Windows development, Office development and Security) to the Visual Basic developer Center in addition to adding new download formats for 12 others. This includes audio files, and additional videos files to make these videos as accessible as possible. You can go directly to the How Do I video series main page to see the complete list....(read more)

New MSDN Visual C# Developer Center, Community Submitted Content (Calculating with Infinite Sequences in C#)

2008-03-11T21:51:00Z

Last night, a new article went live on the MSDN, Visual C# developer Center . This article: Calculating with Infinite Sequences in C#, was submitted by MVP Tomas Petricek. Tomas is a student and an inspired MVP in Prague. You’ll Find Tomas’ picture and link in rotation in the right column of the homepage and his listing in the community section on the site along with the other Visual C# MVP’s who have submitted articles for inclusion on the site....(read more)

Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 3.0 Released!

2008-02-19T01:34:00Z

Visual Basic Power Packs 3.0 now includes a new DataRepeater control that enables you to use standard Windows Forms controls to display rows of your data in a scrollable container, giving you more flexibility and customization than standard grid controls. Check out the Visual Basic Developer Center for more news and downloads....(read more)

New Visual Basic Developer Center, Community Submitted Content (Workflow Foundation 101), New MVP in Rotation

2008-02-16T06:02:00Z

Tonight, a new article went live on the MSDN, Visual Basic developer Center . This article: Workflow Foundation 101, was submitted by MVP Maurice de Beijer . Maurice de Beijer is an independent software consultant specializing in Workflow Foundation and .NET in general. He has been awarded the yearly Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award since 2005 . You’ll Find Maurice’s picture and link in rotation in the right column of the homepage and his listing in the community section on the site along...(read more)

Silverlight Video Player Launched on the MSDN Visual Basic Developer Center!

2008-02-11T22:50:00Z

I just pushed this out today so please be the first to come and play with it. MSDN will be rolling out a new Silverlight player which embeds in the page and supports full-screen. We’ve re-encoded the videos that needed it and it’s ready to go. You can click on either video on the VB developer homepage or go directly to the VB How Do I Videos page and check out the featured vids or select from any of the videos Beth Massi has produced!...(read more)

New Visual C# Developer Center, Community Submitted Content (Applying LINQ to New Data Type), New MVP in Rotation

2008-02-06T00:09:00Z

Last night, a new article went live on the MSDN, Visual C# developer Center . This article: Applying LINQ to New Data Type , was submitted by MVP Octavio Hernandex. Octavio has been an MVP since 2004 and is the author of the book "C# 3.0 and LINQ" (Krasis Press, 2007). You’ll Find Octavios’ picture and link in rotation in the right column of the homepage and his listing in the community section on the site along with the other Visual C# MVP’s who have submitted articles for inclusion on the site...(read more)

You Want Code Samples? Want to Share Code Samples?

2008-01-29T00:40:00Z

You have got to check out the new MSDN Code Gallery announced today on Soma's blog. Today I added feeds from the MSDN Code Gallery to the Visual Basic and Visual C# Developer Centers. You can see these feeds right above the CodePlex feeds. These feeds are specific to the developer center language. By clicking “more..,” you can go and see the filtered list at the Code Gallery site. From the MSDN Code Gallery homepage you can navigate code samples via the tag cloud. Do you have any cool samples?...(read more)

New Visual Basic 2008 Forms over Data Videos from Beth Massi

2008-01-23T20:44:00Z

Beth is to this Developer center as James Brown was to rock and roll! Just released last week, two new videos in our “How Do I” series on the Visual Basic Developer Center homepage. This week, Beth is focused the Visual Basic 2008 Forms over Data Videos . These videos continue our series on data-based Windows Application development, now for Visual Basic 2008. Most of the previous 2005 videos are the same experience in Visual Basic 2008, but these videos will highlight the differences and new capabilities....(read more)