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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:37 PM

Webcast: Virtual Earth for Location Solutions

Live Webcast, Thu, 01 Jun 2006 2pm Eastern or 19:00:00 GMT Many applications can benefit from location capabilities, such as store locators, data analysis/business intelligence, and fleet solutions. This webcast provides a comprehensive introduction to
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:17 PM

You MUST sign up for the Bi-weekly MSDN Flash

Just check out the latest issue at http://msdn.microsoft.com/Flash/ This a bi-weekly newsletter that can be customized to the topics you are most interested in. Mine arrived this morning and contained info on the redesigned Windows Vista Developer Center
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:12 PM

MIX06 Sessions Available Online

If you are interested in learning about Web technology, but were not able to make it to Mix06 in Vegas a few months back, you can now get all 52 MIX06 session online for your education and enjoyment. These include Bill Gates' keynote, 2 general session,
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:07 PM

Free Training CD from AppDev

AppDev ... you remember them? They are the training partner that keeps giving away all of those great training CDs. They're doing it again. They have just released a new ASP.NET 2.0 "Atlas" training CD . You can download the CD (or get one shipped to
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 5:11 PM

AJAX Enabling ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts with "Atlas"

I posted another Channel 9 screencast covering another feature of ASP.NET “Atlas” yesterday morning. However, I didn’t get around to blogging about it. Here’s the description: “Building on concepts from his previous screencast, Microsoft Federal Developer
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:05 PM

Database Professionals -- welcome to the DevTools fold!

Today we announced the newest member of the Visual Studio Team System family -- Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. We're excited to be able to finally discuss this publicly -- tons of you have told us about the need for a while now.
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Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:37 PM

Momentum for .NET in Federal applications

Someone who works for a federal integrator wrote in a post on Theserverside.com that he's seeing increasing momentum toward the .NET platform for applications in the US Federal Government. The post is here: http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=40611
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Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:19 PM

Attaching client functionality to ASP.NET server controls using ASP.NET "Atlas" (screencast)

The next in my series of screencasts about ASP.NET "Atlas" capabilities is live. Channel 9 description: "  Building on concepts from his previous screencast , Microsoft Federal Developer Evangelist Marc Schweigert demonstrates more AJAX enabling capabilities
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Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:19 AM

The importance of Evaluated Configuration: Windows Server 2003 vs SuSE EAL 4+ evaluations compared

Very often in the world of check list-based decision making, subtlety is lost. The EAL evaluations of Windows Server and SuSE are great examples. Both are evaluated at EAL4+, so advantage: neither right? Not so fast. Have a look at this: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/facts/analyses/eal4compare.mspx
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:14 PM

Introduction to IPv6 Webcast available

We've heard repeatedly that you'd like more info on IPv6 -- here's a recently recorded webcast that you can stream or download for offline viewing: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=919739 [Hal -- please share the wealth :-)] -Darryl Technorati
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:19 AM

Enabling partial page updates with the ASP.NET “Atlas” UpdatePanel (screencast)

As promised, here is the first in a series of short screencasts about specific ASP.NET "Atlas" capabilities. Channel 9 description: "Microsoft Federal Developer Evangelist Marc Schweigert demonstrates the fundamentals of the "server-centric" approach
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:50 AM

Download the 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 software today

Many of you have been asking about getting access to a beta version of Microsoft Office 2007. We are happy to report that Beta 2 is now available for public download. This includes both the client and server components. To download the software, go to
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:23 AM

Virtual Earth Map Control v3 is out

I just read this on the Virtual Earth developer blog . There are some cool new dev features in this release: place/address lookups (geocoding), driving directions/routing and polylines, quick data-binding for GeoRSS, public Collection layers, and Built
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:16 PM

WinFS Beta 2

I recently received a question from a customer asking for "news" on the next beta of WinFS. I didn't have any "news" to share. Now I do! Looks like the WinFS team is Showing off the next release of WinFS at Tech Ed 2006 . -Marc Technorati Tags: Microsoft
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:46 PM

Windows Vista Beta 2 and 2007 Office System Beta 2 for MSDN Subscribers

MSDN subscribers at the Operating Systems level and above can continue to be among the first to download these latest releases from MSDN Subscriber Downloads shortly after release. Can't wait for Windows Vista Beta 2 or 2007 Office System Beta 2? Set
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:39 AM

Requirements Authoring Starter Kit for Team System

Learn how the Requirements Authoring Starter Kit (RASK) can help software development teams collect, interpret, distribute, and synchronize project requirements in a structured Word document using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:52 AM

Developer Dinner: ATLAS (AJAX) for the ASP.NET Developer

Join Robert Shelton & Marc Schweigert – Microsoft Federal Developer Evangelists - for a Developer Dinner Overview of AJAX Programming with Microsoft Atlas There is limited seating for this event, so please register TODAY! http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?culture=en-US&eventid=1032300157
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Monday, May 22, 2006 11:30 PM

Client-centric vs. server-centric programming in ASP.NET "Atlas"

ASP.NET “Atlas” offers developers, primarily, two ways to develop AJAX applications. For the sake of this post I’ll call them the “server-centric” and “client-centric” approach. So which one should you chose? The answer, as with all things software, is
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 4:55 PM

Query over objects using LINQ just like you do tables with SQL

“The LINQ Project is a codename for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that encompass language-integrated query, set, and transform operations. It extends C# and Visual Basic with native language syntax for queries and provides class libraries
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:28 PM

Federal Vista team now blogging

The Microsoft Federal Windows Client Team, aka the Windows Vista team, just starting blogging at: http://blogs.technet.com/federal-vista-team/ Welcome to the blogsphere fedwc! -Darryl
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Monday, May 15, 2006 2:59 PM

Visual Studio 2005 Web Deployment Project Screencast - Change is one thing, progress is another

OK - is all this guy ever going to do is lead into his posts with a quote? Maybe. Here's another one: No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to. As it turns out, Web Deployment
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Friday, May 12, 2006 7:12 AM

Microsoft Federal Architect Forum 06 content

The content for the 2006 Microsoft Federal Architect Forum will be posted on Federaldeveloper.com (link is here: http://tinyurl.com/luawt ) For those who were able to attend, thank you! - Keith
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:53 AM

New Virtual Lab for ASP.NET 2.0

With ASP.NET 2.0 you create richer Web applications with fewer lines of code. These virtual labs teach you about the improvements in ASP.NET 2.0, including new controls and new membership and personalization features. Instantly explore Web development
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Friday, May 05, 2006 3:54 PM

Upcoming Mid-Atlantic Code Camp in Reston, Va

I've been talking to G. Andrew Duthie , Brian Noyes , Vishwas Lele about the upcoming Code Camp in Reston, Va. They're looking for attendees as well as speakers. If you are doing something interesting with .NET and want to share it with your peers at
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Friday, May 05, 2006 3:43 PM

WCF deck from SSTC

As promised, you can find the updated Windows Communication Foundation deck I used at SSTC here . I didn't change anything in the Windows Presentation Foundation deck so the version you received on your attendee CD is the same. Thanks to everyone who
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Friday, May 05, 2006 10:11 AM

"Atlas" Control Toolkit Refresh Released

I was catching up on my blog reading and noticed that Sean Burke announced the release of a refresh of "Atlas" Control Toolkit. Head over to his blog for more details. I haven't installed it yet, but will let you know what I find when I get to it. -Marc
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:44 AM

Team Foundation Server & Visual Studio Team System Live Meeting 5/8 @ 11:00 AM EST

With the recent release of Team Foundation Server, we've been fielding numerous questions in the Federal space regarding the product and on Visual Studio Team System in general. To try and provide guidance and answer your questions in the most efficient
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 5:13 AM

MIX 06 Sessions now available

Folks, 50+ hours of MIX 06 goodness, park your bad self here: http://sessions.mix06.com/ - Keith
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:07 PM

Visual Studio Team System Training -- Reston, VA

Updated: Detailed syllabus available here Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System Training May 24th-25th 2006 This exclusive 2 day technical training seminar is for our Federal Government Customers, Partners, SIs who want to take a closer look at implementing
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:34 PM

Team Foundation in May MVLS Media and now available via MVLS Download

Team Foundation Server is in this month's Volume Licensing Media Kit. The following disks are being shipped: Team Foundation Server Disc 1 Team Foundation Server (MSDN Library for Visual Studio Team System – Disc 1) Team Foundation Server (MSDN Library
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:25 PM

Building Custom Solutions with Excel Services

Folks, an MSDN TV presentation can be found here . Brief Description This presentation covers the reasons behind Excel Services, the benefits of using them, and a demonstration of using a Web service to incorporate Excel-based business logic into your
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Monday, May 01, 2006 2:56 PM

WCF and WPF Briefing Series

The touchdown briefing series is a complimentary, half day event featuring Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). The briefings will be held in cities througout the US, so look for one near you. For those of
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