Welcome to MSDN Blogs Sign in | Join | Help

March 2006 - Posts

Virtual Earth Madness

Starting to get some really great entries in the Virtual Earth Mashup contest ! Don’t forget all code must be submitted by Midnight April1. For more details and a chance to win an Xbox 360 check it out the rules here . Pretty impressive stuff!
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

SQL Server Bootcamp

Register Bentley College 175 Forest Street 401 Jennison Hall Waltham Massachusetts 02452 United States In this one day class, you will get a broad hands-on overview of SQL server and SQL server BI. Please sign up quickly if you plan on attending as there
Posted by trobbins | 2 Comments

Going to the MEDC?

This is always a fantastic conference! For the second year, the Mobile Embedded Division will host the Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference (MEDC) in Las Vegas , May 8-11 . MEDC represents a multi-million $$ investment by MED in the Windows Mobile
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

Do you Scrum?

Conchango Releases Scrum Add-In for Visual Studio Team System Providing additional support for agile development on the Microsoft enterprise development tools platform, Conchango has introduced Scrum for Team System. The new tool lets development teams
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

Free Web Application Hacking Workshop

Boston , MA April 5, 2006 Hyatt Regency Boston Duxbury Room One Avenue de Lafayette Boston , MA 02111 What you will learn: The evolution of Web applications and why they need to be secured Advanced hacking techniques like SQL Injection, Blind SQL Injection,
Posted by trobbins | 2 Comments

Mini Code Camp – Security Edition Wrap up

Thanks to everyone that attended! Of course the special thanks go to both Patrick and Duane for their time effort and energy in putting this together. Remember this is a code camp and without their support and your attendance it would have never happened!
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

Code Camp 5 Sessions

In case you haven’t registered make sure to sign up as space is becoming limited. Also, we have started to post up some of the sessions and they can be found here .
Posted by trobbins | 3 Comments

Check out PWOPCatcher

Very cool Alpha from Carl ! Definitely worth checking out. Here are some of the high points from his post: I am hereby announcing an alpha version at www.pwopcatcher.com . Here are the features in a nutshell: Subscribe to RSS feeds that contain enclosures
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

Visual Studio Team System - Best Practices for the Whole Team

For those attending the special edition VSTS class this week. Richard has posted the agenda and overview of the class here . <<View the Class Agenda>>
Posted by trobbins | 2 Comments

Don't forget about the Mini Code Camp - Security Edition!

T here are still some seats left for this weekend’s event! Register Now Saturday, March 25, 2006 8:30 AM -5:00 PM Eastern Time Microsoft Waltham Office 201 Jones Road , 6th Floor Waltham , Massachusetts 02451 You know the drill- don't code buffer overflows,
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

"Atlas" March CTP with Go Live license, now available

Via Brian in the category of very cool! If you aren't paying attention to MIX06 then you missed some very big news. The "Atlas" March CTP is now available (as of 90 minutes ago) and it now has a Go Live license so you can take applications into production.
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

Got Speech?

Using the power of .NET, Microsoft Speech Server and Visual Studio 2003 can give your application its voice. Used in conjunction with the Microsoft Speech Application Software Development Kit (SASDK), this platform enables developers to write and deploy
Posted by trobbins | 3 Comments

Mobile Web Development – Extensibility

Thanks to all that attended today’s webcast on Mobile Web Development with ASP.NET 2.0 – Extensibility. As promised the slides and demo code that I showed can be downloaded from here . <<Download PPT and Code>>
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

Mobile Web Development – Customization

Thanks to all that attended today’s webcast on Mobile Web Development with ASP.NET 2.0 – Customization. As promised the slides and demo code that I showed can be downloaded from here . <<Download PPT and Code>>
Posted by trobbins | 2 Comments

What happened to GotSpeech.NET?

Congratulations to Marshall and Brandon of Intervoice on the creation of a great community site! I’m excited to announce the launch of www.gotspeech.net – an online community especially for Microsoft Speech Server developers. We hope to make GotSpeech.Net
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

More About Web Parts with ASP 2.0

In Part 1 we looked at the basics of Web Parts with Visual Studio 2005 and ASP 2.0. In this second installment available here we take a look at some of the more advanced customization features. These include how to build a catalog and personalizing a
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

Office Developer Keynote

Sign up today for the Live MSDN Webcast: Microsoft® Office System Developers Conference Keynote Bill Gates and Kurt DelBene http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=63190 Start Time: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:00 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

WNY DNUG Meeting

When: Wednesday, March 15th Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: EDS Suite A 25 NorthPointe Parkway Amherst, NY 14228 Food: Yes - Pizza & Wings Donation: Yes - $5.00 to cover the cost of food RSVP: Yes - please send an email to me with the number of people
Posted by trobbins | 2 Comments

Got More Feedback?

Security is such an important concept for developers to understand and implement. Although what does it take to make that happen? We are conducting a short survey to get some information about how you view security and what kinds of things you would like
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

Philadelphia DE Position

Live in the Philadelphia area? Think you have what it takes to work on one of the best teams at Microsoft? The Philly DE Position is open and looking for people. If you are interested drop me a note here with your resume. Title: Developer Evangelist The
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

What’s the browser?

Question: I was watching you recent Web cast on Developing Mobile Applications with ASP.NET. You mentioned that it was possible to capture information about the incoming browser request to see what types of features it may support. Any chance you could
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

Integrate Business Processes and Streamline Workflow: Microsoft BizTalk 2006 FirstLook

Looks like a great Webcast for anyone looking for Biztalk Server 2006 information. Sponsored by the EMC folks. Integrate Business Processes and Streamline Workflow: Microsoft BizTalk 2006 FirstLook Register Here In this informative hour-long Webcast,
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

WNY DNUG Meeting Announcement

Date: March 15, 2006 Time: 6:30 - 8:30 Location: EDS 25 Northpointe Parkway Introduction to Master Pages, Themes, and Skins in ASP.NET 2.0 Chris Pels, iDevTech ASP.NET 2.0 fills a great need with the addition of master pages, themes, and skins. An all
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

Got Feedback?

Via Brian You can actively influence and shape the next version of Microsoft Visual Studio! To improve our next release, Microsoft wants to connect everyday users of Visual Studio 2005 with our internal engineers – Engineer-to-Engineer. We’re looking
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

Mobile Control Bonanza

Thanks to all that attended the Webcast on the Mobile Control Bonanza for ASP.NET. There are still two left so make sure that you register here for those or check out any of the other upcoming sets of Visual Studio 2005 webcasts As promised the ppt and
Posted by trobbins | 4 Comments

Vista Nominations

What you haven’t had Steve nominate you for the Vista beta? He has only 500 nominations – can we do better than that? Hop over to here and have him nominate you. Click here to have Steve nominate you
Posted by trobbins | 6 Comments

Looking for a cool job?

There are some really great places within Microsoft to work. When you are in the field by far one of the coolest places is at the Technology Centers . These are an incredible center of cool technology and some incredible people. The Boston MTC has a position
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

SQL Server User Group Tonight

Don’t forget that tonight is the SQL Server User Group at the Waltham Office. Hope to see you there!
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

Checkout the Community Credit Site

Check out the Community Credit Site Help spread the word! What a fantastic idea for community participation! Definitely sign up if you are attending Code Camps, User Groups, or just helping with any community activity. Excellent idea!
Posted by trobbins | 3 Comments

Speech Server Day Returns!

Thursday, April 06, 8:30 AM 5:00 PM Eastern Time Register Now Microsoft Waltham Office MPR A & B 201 Jones Road , 6th Floor Waltham , Massachusetts 02451 United States Does your application have something to say? Show me the code! Using the power
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

Next Vermont.NET Meeting

Date: Monday, March 13 Time: 6 - 8:30 pm INETA Sponsored Meeting with Free Pizza for those who rsvp@vtdotnet.org Location: Vermont Technical College , Williston Campus Directions Speaker: Stephen Forte, INETA Speaker, MSDN Regional Director, NYC.NET Dev
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

Announcing Code Camp 5: Code Frenzy!

Register Saturday, May 6,7 2006 May 6 – 8:30 AM – 9PM May 7 – 8:30 AM – 4PM Microsoft Waltham Office 201 Jones Road , 6th Floor Waltham , Massachusetts 02451 United States Call for Speakers Are you a developer interested in improving your .NET skills?
Posted by trobbins | 7 Comments

ASP.NET 2.0 Tips and Tricks Web Cast

Thanks to all that attended this afternoon’s Webcast on ASP.NET 2.0 Tips and Tricks. You can download the slides from here .
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

ADO and SQL Web Services Webcast

Thanks to all that attended this afternoon’s Webcast on ADO and SQL Web Services. The slides that I used today and the sample code are available from here . Also, the 101 samples for VB that I talked about can be downloaded from here .
Posted by trobbins | 2 Comments

VSTS for Everyone: Best Practices for the Whole Team

VSTS for Everyone: Best Practices for the Whole Team Thanks to Richard and Martin for providing this great free class to the New England Community. Sign up now as space is very limited! Register Now Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:30 AM - Friday, March 31,
Posted by trobbins | 2 Comments

New England SQL Server User Group

Announcing a special March 9 Meeting Microsoft Waltham 201 Jones Road Want to see what’s new for SQL Server 2005 and developers? The New England SQL Server User Group is nice enough to host an evening event that we will take a look at this! 6:00 - 6:45:
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

Boston .NET User Group March Meeting

Join us for our informal Technology Cabana discussion from 5:00-6:30 p.m. on the ASP.NET 2.0 Membership system and then our featured speaker will be Michael Stiefel on the Windows Workflow Foundation from 6:30-8:30 p.m. It should be a great evening for
Posted by trobbins | 2 Comments

Mobile Web Development with ASP.NET 2.0 (Part 2 of 5): Data Access and Security

Thanks to all that attended the Webcast session today. As promised I have posted the slides and demo that I used today for download from here . There are still a lot of session left. Check them out here .
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments
Filed under:

Mobile Web Development with ASP.NET 2.0 (Part 1 of 5): Introduction

Thanks to all that attended the Webcast session today. As promised I have posted the slides and demo that I used today for download from here . There are still a lot of session left. Check them out here .
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments
Filed under:

Virtual Earth Madness Session Materials

Thanks to Don for helping make this a great success! I have posted the links to the materials on the http://www.viavirtualearth.com site within the Virtual Earth Madness discussion forum. Also, make sure to check out the Virtual Earth Madness for a chance
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

Virtual Earth Madness Starts

Thanks to all that attended the recent Virtual Earth Madness both in person and virtually. It’s time to start writing your code! This recording contains some of the key information that you need to participate in the Virtual Earth Madness Contest sponsored
Posted by trobbins | 4 Comments

Mini Code Camp Security Edition – Agenda

Mini Code Camp Security Edition – Agenda Agenda Session 1 All you need to know about Membership – Patrick Hynds ASP.Net 2.0 provides the powerful and sometimes mystical Membership API. In this session you will learn everything from how to use and setup
Posted by trobbins | 1 Comments

Welcome to Security March

A great month focused on developing secure applications and security best practices. Mini Code Camp Security Edition Special security focused Fast Tips A month dedicated to writing and understanding secure code!
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

INETA Presents: So You Want to Hold a Code Camp?

INETA Presents: So You Want to Hold a Code Camp? Register Now Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST Powered by Live Meeting United States Code Camps have enjoyed unprecedented success over the past two years as an informal way to bring developers
Posted by trobbins | 3 Comments
Filed under:

Looking at the Word Object Model

Microsoft Word is probably one of the most commonly used software packages. What many people don’t realize is that it exposes a very rich and fully featured object model. The object model is based around three basic objects. This is the top level Application
Posted by trobbins | 2 Comments

CNY .NET Developer Group

Just a reminder that our next CNY .NET Developer Group meeting is Wednesday, March 8th at 6:00pm at New Horizons in East Syracuse ( 6711 Towpath Road ). So we can get an estimate of how many attendees we will have, please RSVP by logging into www.cnydevelopers.net
Posted by trobbins | 0 Comments

Visual Studio Team System Kick Start

This is a no charge class that we are sponsoring along with Northeastern University . Seating is limited so please sign as soon as possible. Register Visual Studio Team System Kick Start March 14 – April 11, 2006 7:00 – 9:00 PM Welcome Time: 6:30 PM Shillman
Posted by trobbins | 3 Comments
 
Page view tracker