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Monday, October 31, 2005 8:08 AM

Transitioning your MSDN Subscription

Via Rob In the Team Foundation Server Chat on Friday, and through numerous e-mails & blog comments, people are asking for information on transitioning their MSDN Subscription to one of the new Team System-based subscriptions. For MSDN Universal ,
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Monday, October 31, 2005 7:52 AM

New Article Posted - Building Speech-Enabled Applications with ASP.NET

Thanks to the folks at Code Magazine - While sleepless the other night, I was channel surfing and ran across a rerun of the 1968 science fiction classic “2001: A Space Odyssey.” If you haven’t seen this movie, it’s definitely a must see. HAL, one of the
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 8:53 PM

New Mobiledevcaster Episode

It’s time again for another Mobiledevcaster episode. In this episode found here , Don and I take a look at the new features of Visual Studio 2005, The Compact Framework 2.0, and SQL Server 2005. Launch is coming and the new features are something else!
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:18 PM

Some great upcoming Webcasts!

With the launch of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 on November 7, 2005, we’ve invited back some of the greatest MSDN webcast speakers to take you on a lap around the new products. Tune in as we
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 2:07 PM

SQL Server 2005 for Developers

Thanks to everyone that attended the recent classes on SQL Server 2005 for the developer. As promised the slides can be downloaded from here . <<Download presentation>>
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Saturday, October 29, 2005 11:44 AM

Beantown November Meeting

In case you haven’t seen it. Martin is coming into to town to present to the Beantown group. Looks like it should be a great presentation. When: Thursday November 3, 2005, 5:30 - 7:30pm Where: Addesso Systems, One Liberty Square , 7th Floor, Boston ,
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Friday, October 28, 2005 1:57 PM

Buffalo Wrap Up

Thanks for everyone who attended the Visual Studio 2005 overview last night sponsored by InfoTec Niagara. As promised here are the slides from my session for download. <<Download Slides>>
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Friday, October 28, 2005 1:05 PM

C# User Group of Greater Boston

C# User Group of Greater Boston http://www.bostoncsharp.org/ Tuesday November 1 st , 2005 C# User Group of Greater Boston Featuring Chris Bowen Presenting Avoiding C# Traps and Pitfalls at MSFT Waltham Meeting Start 6:30 - 7:00 PM At 6:30 there will start
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:17 PM

Power Session Wrap Up

Thanks to all that attended today’s Power Session on “Care and Feeding of Team Foundation Server”. As promised you can download the slides from here .
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Monday, October 24, 2005 10:06 PM

SQL Mini Code Camp

Wow! Another one in the books. Thanks to all that attended the Code Camp. Looking for the slides? They are available – http://www.novicksoftware.com/Presentations/sql-server-programming-from-2000-to-2005/sql-server-programming-from-2000-to-2005.htm or
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Saturday, October 22, 2005 10:56 PM

MCT Group

I understand that Lau is coming back to speak at the upcoming MCT user group. If you are interested in updating your skills or even learning new ones then you should plan on attending. The Acting Skills Workshop that she presented at Code Camp 4 was one
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Friday, October 21, 2005 8:45 PM

New blogger

Congratulations to Laura Blood on joining the blogsphere! In case you don’t know her – Laura is a local .NET developer from Vermont .
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Friday, October 21, 2005 3:28 PM

Refactor! for Visual Basic 2005 Beta 2

Refactor! for Visual Basic 2005 Beta 2 is a free plug-in from Developer Express Inc., in partnership with Microsoft, that enables Visual Basic developers to simplify and re-structure source code inside of Visual Studio 2005, making it easier to read and
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Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:10 PM

Launch 2005 Screencast Contest

Are you a video jockey! Create a screencast starring Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 or Biztalk Server 2006… and you! I am happy to announce that the East Region Evangelism Team and TechSmith have come together
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Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:24 PM

Power Session: Exploring Virtual PC for Beta Environments

As promised you can find Andrew’s power session on Exploring Virtual PC for Beta Environments here for your viewing. <<View Exploring Virtual PC for Beta Environments>>
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:21 PM

Where’s Carl and Richard?

Kind of like where’s Waldo but with .NET! Carl reports you that you can track the road trip on the web! http://www.viavirtualearth.com/myvirtualearth/triptracker.aspx
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005 4:14 PM

It’s Alive - SPS Service Pack 2

Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. Some of the fixes included with SP2 have been previously released as separate updates.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005 4:02 PM

Free Book - Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers

Saw this awhile ago and realized that I hadn’t posted it. Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005 7:48 AM

Launch Tour 2005 Knowledge Center

Help me get the word out about the Knowledge Center . This single page has all the VS05 Web Casts, Virtual Labs and e-learning content in one page. Check it out - http://msdn.microsoft.com/launch2005/
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Sunday, October 16, 2005 5:41 PM

Fellow Podcaster

I definitely wanted to mention that my fellow Podcaste r and good friend Don has been a bit busy with his writing. If you are looking for some great mobile information then check these out! Migrating Applications to the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and
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Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:11 PM

Looking at the Installed Printers

Question : I am writing a Windows forms application using Visual Studio 2003. One of the requirements for the application is that I need to retrieve a list of printers installed on the local machine. How can I do that? I suppose I would need to call an
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Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:07 AM

Looking at Partial Classes

The .NET Framework 2.0 introduces a variety of features and enhancements. One of these is the addition of Partial Classes. This new Framework features enables a single class definition that can be split across multiple physical files. During the compilation
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Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:44 PM

Biztalk Server Beta 1

Via Steve How to get BTS2006 Beta 1: 1. Log into https://beta.microsoft.com using your Microsoft ® Passport Network Account. 2. Click on “Sign in as Guest” and use the Guest ID “BizTalkBetaTeam” 3. On the top navigation under "Enrolled Betas" navigate
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Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:28 PM

Cabana Night Returns!

Cabana Night – Launch Visual Studio/SQL Server Register Monday, November 07, 2005 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Microsoft Waltham Office 201 Jones Road , 6th Floor Waltham , Massachusetts 02451 Join us for a fun evening of discussion to celebrate the countdown to
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Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:20 PM

Windows Workflow Foundation

In case you haven’t seen it – Windows Workflow Foundation is going to be one of the coolest technologies we have. They have a great community site with some of the best resources and code samples. It’s well worth checking it out - http://www.windowsworkflow.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=
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Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:48 PM

In honor of the Road Trip!

Now that’s a great way to win an XBOX 360 - Simply download InnerWorkings Developer™ and complete a series of fun coding tasks to accumulate points on our leader board. Be one of the highest scoring developers and you could get your hands on a new Xbox
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Thursday, October 13, 2005 2:28 PM

Project 2003 Scrum Solution Starter

Ran across this today – Do you have customers who develop their own software? Do you have customers that use the Scrum methodology of Agile project management? Now we have a solution for them! What is Scrum? Scrum is an Agile project management practice
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Monday, October 10, 2005 3:25 PM

Integrating Project and Team System

Very cool and worth checking out! Announcing Project Server Visual Studio Team System Connector Application! We are pleased to announce the general availability of the “Project Server Visual Studio Team System Connector” application. The Project Server
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Monday, October 10, 2005 10:52 AM

The Mobiledevcaster Episode 2: Application Migration

Don and I have just posted the next installment of the Mobiledevcaster show! In this episode we talk about the advantages and challenges surrounding mobile application migration. With the next release of the .NET Compact Framework right around the corner,
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Monday, October 10, 2005 9:45 AM

Another Record your Demo

In this video available here , Rob Daigneau takes a look at how you can process a stored procedure using XQuery, one of the new features available within SQL Server 2005.
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Sunday, October 09, 2005 12:13 AM

The Shutdown Nag

While sitting with Raj during Code Camp we began talking about VPC’s. I tend to spend most of my time within a VPC of some sort. One of the things that I always forget is how to turn off the nag screen that shows up. Raj has a great post on how to turn
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Sunday, October 09, 2005 12:03 AM

Bluetooth Library

Very nice managed Bluetooth library for Windows Mobile that looks to make it extremely easy write Bluetooth apps.
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Sunday, October 09, 2005 12:01 AM

Definitely cool

Just saw this while catching up on some things. Snippy Editor for creating and modifying Visual Studio 2005 Code Snippets
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Saturday, October 08, 2005 10:13 PM

Looking at Code Coverage

In this video available here , we take a look at the new Code Coverage features. In case you don’t know code coverage is used to measure test effectiveness on a line by line basis within an application. Code Coverage information is gathered when application
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Friday, October 07, 2005 6:35 PM

New Hampshire User Group

This month at New Hampshire Dot Net www.NHDN.Co m we’ve got Jesse Liberty Creating Personalized Sites with ASP.NET 2.0 and C# 6 -8:30 PM Boston University Corporate Education Center 72 Tyng Road Tyngsboro , MA 01879 Should be a good one!
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Thursday, October 06, 2005 10:59 PM

ISV Touchdown Briefings – New York

Thanks to all who attended the ISV Touchdown briefings today. As promised I have posted the session decks and they can be downloaded: Session 1: Introducing the Visual Studio 2005 Team System Session 2: Language Update Session 3: What’s new in System.Data:
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005 5:36 PM

NET Rocks Farmington!

Carl & Crew & the DNR RV are coming to Farmington CT ! Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:00 PM -9:00 PM Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:00 PM -9:00 PM More details at the CTDOTNET website here.. That's right, America ! Carl Franklin, Richard Campbell,
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005 8:49 AM

ASP 2.0 Try Out

Via Brian Goldfarb The new ASP.NET 2.0 Virtual Labs are live -- you can go in, walk through the labs, and never have to install bits on your machine -- if you like what you see, then you can download Visual Web Developer Express and get going -- launch
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Saturday, October 01, 2005 8:21 PM

CNY .NET Developer Group

Don’t forget about the next CNY .NET Developer Group meeting is just around the corner! They will be meeting on Wednesday, October 5th at 6:00pm at New Horizons in East Syracuse ( 6711 Towpath Road ). So we can get an estimate of how many attendees we
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Saturday, October 01, 2005 3:21 PM

Introducing the SQL Server 2005 Service Broker

Another Record a Demo - Andy Babiec takes a quick look at the SQL Server 2005 Service Broker available here . This is one of the new features of SQL Server 2005 that which adds reliable, scaleable, distributed, asynchronous functionality to database applications.
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