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My co-worker Kirk Evans has posted a great walkthrough on how to embed Silverlight 2 into your Office SharePoint Server 2007site. Please check it out at this link . What's very convenient is that the walkthrough uses a VPC available for download so you
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This past weekend I was very excited to present on XNA Game Studio 3.0 beta at a local game developers conference, the Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo (SIEGE). The session was Saturday night right before the live music party, which probably
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Rob Tiffany has a blog post here with links to the download and other required bits like SQL Server Compact 3.5 Service Pack 1 for Windows Mobile and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Synchronization Services for ADO.NET 1.0, which released with Visual Studio 2008,
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Check out TechDays in Atlanta September 23rd - 25th. Registration is now open. Oh, btw, I am speaking on these topics:-) 8:30 AM - Developing Applications for Windows Mobile - Rob Cameron, Microsoft Attend this talk to find out what types
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Windows Vista includes a technology called Windows SideShow® that allows the PC to drive a variety of secondary display devices as well as receive commands from secondary devices. Here is a link to end-user information on Windows SideShow. Here is a link
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IE 8 Beta 1 demonstrated some very interesting features like Web Slices but it was definately a beta. I uninstalled a few weeks ago because I found myself always in compat mode and I had issue debugging with Visual Studio 2008. The uninstall seemed to
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My teammate Michael Scherotter, aka Synergist, is holding a free half-day Silverlight and WPF Workshop in NYC on 9/3/2008. Check out this link for more details.
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In case you were wondering or were not aware, SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 does not ship with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and is only available as a Web download here . SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 for devices Windows Installer (MSI) file contains the CAB
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Interested in learning more about Windows Mobile and Windows CE ? Come ask the experts at the monthly chats listed at this link . Scroll down the list to find the next Windows Mobile and Windows CE focused chats. The Windows Mobile focused dev chat is
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When you download SQL 2008 Express, the version available currently does not have tools like SQL Management Studio. The tools will be available soon but if you are like me and cannot wait for the tools to become available, you can use Visual Studio 2008
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I had an opportunity to attend HostingCon at the Navy Pier in Chicago this week. Microsoft was a Platinum Sponsor and had a pretty large booth that included an XBox 360 setup with Rock Band. The hosting community is a fun bunch of folks so it was a great
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This is a follow-on webcast to part one that covered Visual C++ 2008 located here . In this webcast recorded June 20th, I hosted Bill Dunlap who is a Principal Program Manager for Visual C++. Bill speaks candidly on what's in store for the
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With all of the emphasize on .NET, a C++ developer might not be feeling the love. C++ is still a first class language in Visual Studio 2008. Microsoft is making big investments in C++ starting with the Visual C++ Feature Pack. On June 13th, I hosted a
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I recorded a webcast a while back on what's new in Visual Studio for mobile development. Here's an abstract for the webcast: Learn how the Windows Mobile developer platform and tools help developers build innovative and secure applications and solutions
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Just a quick post before going on vacation... The DevXTra Editor's Blog has an interesting article with the title "Tech Ed 2008---Unifying Everything". First, the article provides a very good and simple explanation on what Tech Ed has for developers versus
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