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Monday, November 24, 2008 6:57 PM

Part 2 of my Interview with Pat Helland

I had such a great time with Pat talking about the future of computing. In Part 2 of my interview with Pat Helland he talks about the framing of unreliability and eventual consistency of transactions. Check it out on the Channel9 ARCast! http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/ARCast.TV/ARCastTV-Pat-Helland-on-Memories-Guesses-and-Apologies/
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:49 PM

MISSED THE PDC? Catch the content live at the MSDN Developer Conference

We’re bringing the PDC to you! For just $99 you’ll get the best of the PDC in your own backyard and hear all of the exciting announcements around the Azure Services Platform and Windows 7. Other sessions include the latest developments in .NET, Silverlight,
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:59 PM

Microsoft Public Sector Technology Conference - December 4, 2008, Reston, VA

I am pleased to announce the agenda and details for the Public Sector Technology Conference in Reston, VA to be held on December 4, 2008. ACTION REQUESTED: Please register today as space is limited!!! Event Date & Time: December 4, 2008 , 9:00 – 17:00
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:28 PM

Webcast Schedule for December 2008

Register today for our upcoming webcasts! Date Time Location Title and Registration Presenter Audience December 12, 2008 14:00 - 15:00 EST Webcast Cloud Services for State and Local Government Joel Reyes Developers December 17, 2008 14:00 - 15:00 EST
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Friday, November 14, 2008 11:38 AM

ATTENTION WEB DEVELOPERS WCAG 2.0 Moves to Last Stage in W3C Approval Process

For those of you (like me) who are interested in Accessibility and/or need to ensure your websites remain in compliance with section 508 you'll be interested to know that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 was published as a W3C Proposed Recommendation
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:44 PM

CloudCamp Federal 08 (Washington, DC)

Just wanted to inform our readers that Vlad Vinogradsky, Marc Schweigert and myself will attend CloudCamp Federal 08 that takes place on November 12 between 15:00 - 21:00. "CloudCamp is an unconference where early adapters of Cloud Computing technologies
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Monday, November 10, 2008 5:39 PM

HOT: 30% DISCOUNT on Visual Studio

For anyone considering an upgrade to Visual Studio Team System 2008 we've just announced a promotion (shall we say an economic stimulus package for developers ;) Details are available at - http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/promotions/overview.mspx
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Sunday, November 09, 2008 9:26 PM

ANNOUNCING: Developer Dinner On Demand

My team delivers a monthly Developer Dinner for US Public Sector Partners in Reston, Virginia.  At the dinners, we give 90-120 minute developer focused presentations on recently released / future developer technologies.  We have had great success
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Sunday, November 09, 2008 9:25 PM

DevDinnerOnDemand: Overview of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

With the .NET Framework 3.5 (the version native to Visual Studio 2008) coming up on its first anniversary, Microsoft is poised to release the first update to the framework in the form of Service Pack (SP1).  This Service Pack is unlike your standard
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Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:24 AM

ESB guidance

A new set of ESB guidance has been released by the Patterns and Practices team. Details below: Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the latest addition to the p&p library of software architecture guidance: ESB Guidance 2.0 CTP
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:26 PM

Improve WPF application deployment with the Client Profile Designer

Sorry for repurposing content, but this one is easy to miss so I think it is worth it “The Client Profile Configuration Designer is the designer for the .NET Framework Client Profile. It will allow developers to customize the end-user deployment experience.
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:45 PM

Helpful walkthroughs, labs, and Expression Blend support for the WPF Toolkit

I’ve already blog’d about the WPF Toolkit & the WPF Ribbon Preview .  One of the things that may not be obvious, is how to get started with the new controls.  Buried inside the October 2008 Release page is a set of links for control walkthroughs,
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:26 PM

Microsoft launches BizSpark program for early stage software startups

We are proud to announce that Microsoft today launched BizSpark, an exciting new offering that will enable software startups to leverage Microsoft development and platform technologies to deliver Next Generation Web and Software + Services applications.
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:33 PM

New SharePoint Guidance from the Patterns and Practices group

The P&P group released a new set of SharePoint Guidance today...Links below Quick Links – MSDN site: SharePoint Guidance – Future friendly url: http://microsoft.com/spg – Download: SharePoint Guidance – November 2008 – Codeplex site: http://codeplex.com/spg
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:39 PM

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Microsoft Technical Training: Live Platform Jumpstart 2009 Join us for a 2-day, free technical in-depth training being offered on Microsoft Live Platform . Live Platform is a cutting-edge, Web platform designed to enable you to build compelling consumer
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:20 AM

Free Coding Assistance Add-in for Visual Studio Developers

Here’s a little tidbit I picked up after watching the Microsoft Visual C# IDE: Tips and Tricks session at PDC .  DevExpress hass released CodeRush Xpress for Visual Studio.  From their site: “CodeRush Xpress is freely available to all Visual
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