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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:34 PM

.NET Framework 4: Fixing PIA Pains with Type Equivalence

In this 12-minute video, you'll learn how "type equivalence" in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 addresses the pain points normally associated with Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) and COM Interop. See http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-25-Fixing-PIA-Pains-with-Type-Equivalence
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:34 PM

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2: How to Download and Install

In this 20-minute video, you'll learn how to perform a single-server installation of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server Beta 2, Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 Beta 2, and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Beta 2. See http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-33-Downloading-and-Installing-Visual-Studio-2010-Beta-2
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:41 PM

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework Beta 2 Downloads Now Available

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx . Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 downloads include the following: Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Visual Studio 2010 Premium Visual Studio 2010 Professional Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugger
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:36 PM

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Documentation is Now Available on the MSDN Web Site

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd831853(VS.100).aspx . You can switch between the Classic, Lightweight Beta, and ScriptFree views of the documentation by clicking the orange Switch View button in the lower-right corner of the page in the
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:24 PM

Team Foundation Server 2010: Getting Started in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

Visual Studio General Manager Jason Zander has an excellent post on getting started with Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. This post contains over 50 screen shots and is a great primer for anyone who wants to know
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:28 PM

Visual Studio 2010 Packaging Announced

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Monday, October 19, 2009 7:46 PM

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Announced, and MSDN Gets a New Look

For the announcement of Beta 2 for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4, see http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2009/10/19/announcing-visual-studio-2010-and-net-fx-4-beta-2.aspx . See also http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:53 PM

.NET Framework 4.0: Monitoring Workflow Services

In this 11-minute video, you'll learn how to track workflow service events for health monitoring, troubleshooting and other scenarios like auditing and compliance. See http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-24-Monitoring-Workflow-Services .
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Monday, October 12, 2009 7:08 PM

Visual Studio Team System 2010: An Introduction to Manual Testing

In this 25-minute video, you'll learn about the new features in Visual Studio Team System 2010 for manual testing. See http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-23-An-Introduction-to-Manual-Testing . Highlights: 01:20 Introducing Microsoft Test
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Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:15 PM

Simplifying My Computer: Outlook

I’ve been trying to simplify my computer so that I can work faster and with less distracting visual clutter. Today, I’m taking on Microsoft Outlook. (I’m currently using Outlook 2010 Technical Preview.) Here’s what I did to simplify my Outlook layout:
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Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:01 PM

.NET Framework 4.0: Simplifying Data-Driven Web Applications

In this 21-minute video, you'll learn about some improvements planned for dynamic data in the .NET Framework 4.0, specifically around data model-level metadata and validation. See http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-22-Simplifying-Data-Driven-Web-Applications
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 6:04 PM

Visual Studio 2010: Web Tooling Improvements

In this 16-minute video, you'll learn about some of the new web tooling features in Visual Studio 2010. There is new code snippet support for both HTML and JavaScript. In addition, Visual Studio now has a new dynamic JavaScript IntelliSense engine that
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009 8:30 PM

.NET Framework 4.0: Service Discovery with WCF

In this 24-minute video, you'll learn about how Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) in the .NET Framework 4.0 allows you to build applications and services that can discover other services using UDP multicast messages or a discovery proxy. You'll even
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Monday, October 05, 2009 5:46 PM

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0: Overview of Planned Features

In this two-hour video, you'll get an extensive rundown of some of the features planned for Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0, courtesy of Scott Guthrie. See http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/matthijs/Scott-Guthrie-Visual-Studio-2010-and-NET-Framework-40
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Friday, October 02, 2009 10:24 PM

Visual Studio Team System 2010: Functional UI Testing

In this 17-minute video, you'll look at a new type of test coming in Visual Studio Team System 2010 known as the coded user interface (UI) test. Coded UI tests can be created to automatically navigate through your application's UI, which in turn can be
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