MSDN Dev Center Site Manager At Large

Knowledge Base articles move to TechNet and MSDN

kerby kuykendall — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:46:00 GMT

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...(read more)

MSDN Community Page Updated!

kerby kuykendall — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:26:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New, World-wide Class locator added to MSDN

kerby kuykendall — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:59:00 GMT

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

kerby kuykendall — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:19:00 GMT

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...(read more)

MSDN Homepage Update

kerby kuykendall — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:59:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Bloggers on MSDN updated

kerby kuykendall — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:03:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

kerby kuykendall — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:09:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

kerby kuykendall — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:23:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

kerby kuykendall — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:51:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 3.0 Released!

kerby kuykendall — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:34:00 GMT

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....(read more)

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

kerby kuykendall — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:02:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

kerby kuykendall — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:50:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

kerby kuykendall — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:09:00 GMT

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...(read more)

You Want Code Samples? Want to Share Code Samples?

kerby kuykendall — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:40:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New Visual Basic 2008 Forms over Data Videos from Beth Massi

kerby kuykendall — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:44:00 GMT

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...(read more)