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Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:15 PM

Federal Architect Forum -- May 10-11, 2006

The Microsoft Federal Architect Forum is scheduled to take place Wednesday, May 10 and Thursday May 11, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA. The Federal Architect Forum is our team's annual gathering of Architects and Technology Officers
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:11 AM

We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything - New VSTF Screencast teaches all

We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything. I knew that. I learned this lesson early in life just after picking myself up off the floor. I had just finished informing my mother how much I knew about life, and it seemed
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:08 AM

3 New Documents on Upgrading Your Team Foundation Server

The documents are Team Foundation Server Upgrade Types , How to: Upgrade from Team Foundation Server Trial Edition , and How to: Upgrade from Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition . Remember that Team Foundation Server (TFS) will be available for purchase
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:27 AM

IE7 Beta 2 is available

Keith just blogged about IE7 Readiness Toolkit here . You can now download the full IE7 Beta 2 (not the beta 2 preview) from the IE site . Make sure you review the beta 2 checklist here before installing. We will be providing support of IE7 Beta 2. Find
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Monday, April 24, 2006 7:45 PM

IE 7 Readiness Toolkit

Folks, the IE 7 Readiness Toolkit is...ready! The Internet Explorer 7 Readiness Toolkit provides an easy way for any audience that is involved in the development, test, deployment or support of web sites, extensions, and/or applications to prepare for
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Monday, April 24, 2006 9:44 AM

Mashup 101: Virtual Earth and ASP.NET Atlas (Part II)

As promised, here's the Part II screencast . In this one I build the same solution using ASP.NET Atlas. I show you how ASP.NET Atlas abstracts the complexities of AJAX programming and provides a new set of tools to your developer toolbox to build richer,
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Friday, April 21, 2006 9:53 AM

More JavaScript debugging goodness (with ASP.NET)

So in my haste to share this little gem here I forgot to mention some of the quirks that aren't obvious when you try to do this with JavaScript in an .aspx file. I am a big fan of not explaining something someone else has already explained. You can learn
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Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:14 PM

400+ Reasons to Upgrade to Visual Studio 2005

Why should you upgrade to Visual Studio 2005? Check out this interactive website on 400+ product improvements in Visual Studio 2005. http://www.400plusdifferences.com/ -- Jeff O Technorati Tags: Microsoft , .NET , Team Foundation Server , VSTS , MSDN
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Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:31 AM

You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft - Visual Studio Express makes you feel the same way

"You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft", Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn BTW, Visual Studio Express editions are free, too. Check this out while you drift all lazy like down the Big Muddy, fishin' for bullheads with a bent pin, WiFi adapter
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 9:53 PM

Developer Dinner (Windows Workflow Foundation) - Win a Portable Media Player

Join us for a Developer Dinner in Reston , VA on Tuesday, April 25 th from 6:00-8:00P Here’s the registration link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?culture=en-US&eventid=1032294576 Register quickly, as we have limited space! Presenter:
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 8:45 PM

Cryptograpy API: Next Generation (CNG)

This just in from our Federal Security Program Manager Bill Billings: We recently posted new information on Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG) API within MSDN. CNG is the long-term replacement for the CryptoAPI and is designed to be extensible at
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 8:15 PM

SQL Server 2005 SP1 has been released

Just caught wind of this on Euan Garden's blog . Euan talks about what's new here . Download available here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cb6c71ea-d649-47ff-9176-e7cac58fd4bc&DisplayLang=en -Marc
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:16 PM

Fir Yew I Pine and Balsam too - C++ devs take heart, Visual Studio Team System still loves yew

Just when you thought that we didn't care for C++ devs anymore. Rob Caron does a fantastic job pulling together a plethora, a gaggle, a cocophony even (Snaggle Puss inflection if you please) of resources for C++ developers using Visual Studio Team System
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 7:18 PM

Upcoming Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group meeting

I just noticed the latest announcement and figured I would share. Here are the highlights: Title – Best Practices for Securing and Auditing SQL Server 2005 http://www.novasql.com/presentations.htm Speaker – Jeremy Gaige, Systems Engineer of Idera Date
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:49 PM

So, did you ever wish that you had a spell checker built into ASP.NET?

Well, if you are like me, you do! When building web applications and switching between code and UI text, you may occasionally find a spelling mistake in the final product UI. Typically, I like to consider my end-users as my personal built-in spell checker;
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:39 PM

4/19 Team System Dev & Test Team holds Public Chat

Team System Developer & Test SKUs Public Chat Join the Team System Developer & Test product teams to discuss the Profiler, Test Tools (Unit, Generic, Manual), Web Load Testing, and Code Analysis (FxCop & PREFast). They have questions for you,
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Friday, April 14, 2006 4:39 PM

Debug JavaScript using Visual Studio 2005 & IE6+

I am always delighted when sharing little nuggets of knowledge proves to have impact on customers. I don't know how many times I have seen a surprised smile on a web developers face when I mention that you can debug JavaScript in Visual Studio 2005. You
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Friday, April 14, 2006 3:33 PM

The source code for the shipping ASP.NET 2.0 providers has been released

That's right. Scott Guthrie just blogged it here . You get to see exactly how the product team wrote the providers that ship with ASP.NET 2.0. So if you want to build your own providers to plug in, much of the work is done for you. In many scenarios,
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Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:35 PM

Mashup 101: Virtual Earth Map Control and AJAX (Part I)

Ah, we live in an industry of over used buzzwords. The one I seem to be hearing alot is "mashup." What the heck is this thing? Wikipedia says "A mashup is a website or web application that seamlessly combines content from more than one source into an
Posted by FederalDev | 9 Comments
Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:35 AM

Save Thousands $$$ on Team Suite before June 30th 2006

Volume License Customers If you have any of the following licenses under a Microsoft Volume License enrollment—you qualify for our special Team Suite Step Up promotional pricing that runs through June 30th 2006: » Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software
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Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:31 AM

Do more "cool AJAX stuff" with the "Atlas" Control Toolkit

I just saw this announcement. If you have been working with Atlas, you've probably said to yourself "It would be nice if they shipped a [insert need here] control with Atlas." Enter the toolkit... The "Atlas" Control Toolkit is a set of nine great controls
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:12 PM

Migrating web applications from VS 2003 to VS 2005?

Marc blogged about this last week ( here ), but I wanted to add a little more detail to what he said and why it's a "big deal" for you, if you are migrating ASP.NET Web Applications. Among other things this add-in has templates that will make migrating
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:56 AM

BizTalk 2006 Best Practices Analyzer

Before I joined the Federal D&PE team as a Developer Evangelist, I was a BizTalk and SQL Server Technology Specialist. Therefore, any time I see something about BizTalk or SQL that gets me excited I try to blog it. That is, of course, if David doesn’t
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:20 PM

Just Released! Access Team Foundation Server from other platforms with Teamprise

Version 1.0 of Teamprise just released. The Teamprise client allows you to access Team Foundation Server from other platforms, including Linux and Mac OS X, and from within the Eclipse IDE. http://www.teamprise.com/ -- Jeff O
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:25 PM

Team Foundation Server - how can I get it?

If you aren't already aware, Team Foundation Server (TFS) released to manufacturing earlier this month. If you want a nice PDF on Team Foundation Server, I've put one here on our Federal Developer website: http://www.federaldeveloper.com/Shared%20Documents/Presentations%20by%20Others/TFS_Brochure_098-105324.pdf
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:18 PM

New VSTS Training Portal

Learn about the power of Visual Studio Team Suite or just get an overview of the product at the just launched VSTS Training Portal. Materials run from introduction to expert. If you want to tackle our new SDLC tools, or help justify adding them to your
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:41 AM

Using WinFX to find an Xbox 360

Have you been looking at this WinFX thing and scratching your head when envisioning how to us it all in a real world example? Thanks to Craig McMurty , your problems are solved. He has a REALLY COOL sample app inspired by the Xbox 360 Inventory Tracker
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:02 AM

ASP.NET "Atlas" April CTP released

This one is a minor update with primarily bug fixes and a few slight changes. For all the details of what's new/changed go to the ASP.NET Atlas Announcements blog. -Marc Technorati Tags: Atlas , AJAX , Web 2.0 , Microsoft
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:19 AM

MSDN & TechNet Virtual Labs

We've blogged about the Virtual Labs before, but the content keeps growing. I figured a friendly reminder wouldn't hurt. You'll find labs on ASP.NET 2.0, Visual Studio 2005 (including Team System), SQL Server 2005, BizTalk Server 2006, Window Communication
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:12 AM

MSSCCI for TFS - Back to the Future

Just a quick note from the field; you now have far fewer excuses for not using TFS source control. And even teams of one should use source control, IMHO. Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider 1.0 We just published v1.0 of the Visual Studio Team Foundation
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Monday, April 10, 2006 8:39 PM

Two new Blog/RSS newsletters to keep you up to date

Brian Goldfarb just blogged about the ClientFX and ServerFX newsletters. I just read both newsletters. They talk about Acropolis, Crossbow, Occasionally Connected Smart Clients, Atlas, and the ASP.NET "How do I?' series. Don't know what those are? Well,
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Monday, April 10, 2006 4:34 PM

Usability Toolbar & IE Spell-Checker

Sara Ford informed me about this post . I haven't tried either of the tools. There seems to be some overlap in functionality with the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar , but what craftsman doesn't like additional tools in their toolbox? -Marc Technorati
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Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:55 AM

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar

This little gem is an invaluable tool for any web developer. "The Microsoft Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages." Here's a list of the features from the download
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Friday, April 07, 2006 4:37 PM

patterns and practices Mobile Baseline Architecture Toolkit

http://www.gotdotnet.com/codegallery/codegallery.aspx?id=5bef2b5f-476a-488c-8d55-9d41666a36f3 "A new patterns & practices Guidance offering to help you build end to end solutions on the Mobile platform. It includes a port of the Composite UI Application
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Friday, April 07, 2006 11:23 AM

Welcome back to the "old school"

Are you using Visual Web Developer and finding yourself missing the "old school" project system for ASP.NET? IT'S BACK!!!! The Release Candidate (RC) is available. There are a plethora new features in this release. Take a trip over to Scott Guthrie's
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Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:21 PM

SQL Server Everywhere Edition

In his SQL Server 2005 Update letter , Paul Flessner announced a new addition to the SQL Server family. SQL Server Everywhere Edition is a light weight version of SQL Server that you can embed inside of your applications. It will have the ability to synchronize
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Tuesday, April 04, 2006 8:44 AM

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.

New Visual Studio Training Site Launched Hey brother, can a spare a neuron? I'm always looking for good learning opportunities, and here's my pearl o'the day for you all. We just launched a new Visual Studio learning site and there is a bunch of new content
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Monday, April 03, 2006 4:34 PM

Virtual Server 2005 R2 for Software Test and Development

Today, we announced that Virtual Server 2005 R2 is now available as a free download . You may think that virtualization technology primarily benefits administrators as part of server consolidation scenarios. However, it is also incredibly useful in setting
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Monday, April 03, 2006 4:23 PM

Exploring Live Clipboard

Folks, many of you may be aware that Ray Ozzie has been thinking creatively about improving the web experience. One such bit of creative thinking is the idea that you can have clipboard functionality on the web. (see http://spaces.msn.com/rayozzie/blog/cns!FB3017FBB9B2E142!285.entry
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