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My name is Tom Archer and I'm a Senior MVP Lead. Our team is tasked with recognizes, rewarding and enabling exceptional technical community leaders who foster the free and objective exchange of knowledge by actively sharing their real world Microsoft p

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Date: 10/25/2007

On 25 July 2007, I officially started my new job as a Senior MVP Lead!! While I enjoyed my time as a...

Date: 08/09/2007

The Windows SDK team has now released their September CTP to match the Windows Vista September CTP....

Date: 09/22/2006

From the standpoint of someone working at Microsoft and responsible for the Windows SDK, this is...

Date: 07/18/2006

[28 September 2006 Update] The Windows Vista September CTP has been released to beta members. There...

Date: 07/17/2006

Hot on the heels of last month's public Beta 2 release, we've released a June 2006 CTP for the...

Date: 06/29/2006

Not much to say here except ... "YAY!!!" You can finally download the Vista Beta 2 bits by enrolling...

Date: 06/08/2006

Back in April, I posted a blog entry on the ReadyBoost feature - the Windows Vista feature that...

Date: 06/02/2006

A member of another team here at Microsoft dropped by and chatted with us a bit about a great new...

Date: 06/02/2006

In addition to the launch of the first public Windows Vista Beta since last year's PDC, we have also...

Date: 05/23/2006

While you will hear people state that hash codes generate a unique value for a given input, the fact...

Date: 05/10/2006

One very cool feature of Windows Vista – especially for machines not natively equipped with the kind...

Date: 04/14/2006

From time to time, I get queries like “Why is Microsoft forcing managed code on us?” or “Why is...

Date: 03/26/2006

One of the most exciting things I’ve seen since I started to work at Microsoft is how open the...

Date: 03/22/2006

Sorry for the late notice, but I've just been informed that there's a free Visual C++ 2005...

Date: 01/26/2006

We've released the December CTP (Community Technology Preview) of several interrelated technologies...

Date: 12/19/2005

Earlier this year, the Windows SDK team started working on the "Windows Vista Developer Story". This...

Date: 12/09/2005

I've received a few queries lately as to why MSDN - and Microsoft as a whole - has become more...

Date: 11/21/2005

It's finally here! The WinFX November CTP (Community Technology Preview) is the latest version of...

Date: 11/18/2005

This past Friday, we announced that our Training/Learning division is offering free training on...

Date: 11/06/2005

Raymond Chen has a great one page piece in this month's TechNet magazine about why you should use...

Date: 11/01/2005

In the latest installment of "Microsoft After Dark", the product teams speak of the new innovations...

Date: 10/27/2005

While the official launch is still November 7, you can get Visual Studio 2005 today with an MSDN...

Date: 10/27/2005

Due to the increasing popularity of the TechEd and PDC conferences, most Microsoft employees do not...

Date: 09/28/2005

I think one of the most interesting things I heard all week were the constant remarks along the...

Date: 09/19/2005

Wow! What a first day! Incredible keynotes and a tremendous amount of excitement from developers and...

Date: 09/14/2005

One of the best things about working at Microsoft is being paid to learn. This is especially true in...

Date: 09/12/2005

My name is Tom Archer and I’ve joined Microsoft as a Program Manager for the MSDN Online team. This...

Date: 09/12/2005