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Sunday, May 28, 2006 8:25 PM

New England SharePoint User Group

Next Meeting - June 27, 2006: Introducing Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 5:45 - 6:00 Registration 6:00 - 7:15 Topic: Introducing Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 With the introduction of SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft ushered in a new way
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Saturday, May 27, 2006 10:24 PM

Becoming an Architect

Congratulations to Rob for a great ARCcast on ARCast - Becoming an Architect What is an architect? What do they do? What kind of skills do I need to become an architect? These are the questions that are on the minds of so many developers today. Perhaps
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Saturday, May 27, 2006 11:54 AM

Microsoft Windows Vista Security Advancements

A really good white paper that covers some of the Windows Vista security information that someone pointed me to. Well worth the read. http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/2/9/c2935f83-1a10-4e4a-a137-c1db829637f5/windowsvistasecuritywp.doc
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Saturday, May 27, 2006 11:46 AM

Windows SharePoint Services V3: Software Development Kit

Get your Windows SharePoint V3 SDK – The Windows SharePoint Services V3 (Beta) SDK is a preliminary release for solution providers, independent software vendors, value-added resellers, and other developers to learn about the new Windows SharePoint Services
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Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:00 AM

Windows Live Local for Outlook

Today, we announced the online availability of Windows Live Local for Microsoft Outlook, a free downloadable software add-in for Outlook that will incorporate information from Windows Live Local, including maps, driving directions and travel times into
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:38 PM

Got Architecture?

Very cool new site that went live - Skyscrapr is the community for aspiring architects. There are millions of professional developers and aspiring architects looking for a rich, valuable introduction into the world of Architecture. Skyscrapr is the place
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:48 AM

Remote Presentation Stress-Test this Sunday, May 28th at Noon EDT. Free RSS Feed Generator for participants.

Can you give Carl a hand on testing his remote presentation system. From Carl Hey DNR fans, I’m looking for a bunch of geeks to connect to a remote presentation and test the limits of my system. This Sunday at Noon EDT. If you have 30 minutes to spare
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:43 AM

New Jersey Code Camp 2

The second New Jersey Code Camp is coming! Via Scott You can now register for the second New Jersey Code Camp ! The first camp reached the cap very quickly, so if you can make it on June 3th, I would hop over very quickly. As Don mentions , we are still
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Monday, May 22, 2006 10:20 PM

Don’t forget the Flash

Via Andrew If you're not already familiar with it, the MSDN Flash is an email newsletter that's sent out on a bi-weekly basis with lots of interesting info for developers. You can also receive localized information, including local code camps, user groups,
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Monday, May 22, 2006 10:15 PM

Virtual Earth Madness Screencast

The folks at NetBlender have put together a short screencast that shows their winning entry. They highlight the use of Virtual Earth and how it is synchronized with the video. Definitely worth checking out! View the Windows Movie Version View the Flash
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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:46 PM

WinFX is Coming!

The folks at Deitel have a fantastic online resource center for WinFX . Well worth checking out as we get ready for our WinFX Code Jam this week. There is still some room left in case you wanted to attend either in person or virtually! Friday, May 26,
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Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:51 PM

The #Region Directive

Organizing the IDE is one of the most important areas of productivity. The #Region directive allows you to organize your code into collapsible blocks of code which helps to make viewing code easier by displaying only those functions you are working with.
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Friday, May 19, 2006 9:01 PM

BizTalk Server 2006 Tutorials

Ran across what looks like some really interesting BizTalk 2006 tutorials for download from here.
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Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:06 PM

Standalone Device Emulator 1.0 with Windows Mobile OS Images

The Microsoft Device Emulator 1.0 is a standalone version of the same ARM based Device Emulator that ships as part of Visual Studio 2005. The standalone emulator is intended for situations when you want to demonstrate or test your application on a computer
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Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:55 AM

Announcing the Upgrade Your Game Arcade Machine Sweepstakes!

Check out these free game developer learning resources that teach you how to develop your own arcade games on the PC, and enter to win a Ms Pacman/Galaga arcade machine! http://www.upgradeyourgame.com/
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 6:16 PM

Visual Studio 2005 Product Line Overview

Which version of Visual Studio do you use? I ran across this page that has a great comparison of the features of each version - http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:45 AM

Active Directory Federation Services Tech Center

Like Steve this is one of the things that I get asked about frequently and this page has some great resources – http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/adfs/default.mspx This page is designed to help you connect with resources
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:50 PM

Microsoft Career Connections Hiring Event

Register Thursday, May 25 th 10am-4pm, Microsoft New England Headquarters 201 Jones Rd. Waltham , MA . Microsoft along with Partner companies will conduct immediate interviews for Microsoft-Certified technologists, sales engineers, business developers,
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:26 PM

Beta Exam – BizTalk Server 2006

Beta Exam 71-235: TS: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 You are invited to Exam 71-235 in its beta version. As a benefit to you for demonstrating your expertise by passing specific Microsoft certification
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Monday, May 15, 2006 8:34 PM

The Winner Is - Virtual Earth Madness Contest

I am happy to announce the winner of the Virtual Earth Madness contest . It was a tough decision with many of the entries that we received. That was until I received a CD from Denny Breitenfeld from NetBlender . The application was incredible. I have
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Monday, May 15, 2006 10:30 AM

New England Regional SharePoint User Group Meeting

June 27, 2006 New England Regional SharePoint User Group Meeting 5:45 - 6:00 Registration 6:00 - 7:15 Topic: Introducing Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 With the introduction of SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft ushered in a new way of collaborating,
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Monday, May 15, 2006 10:23 AM

Tech Ed 2006 BoF Session

Great BoF session for those attending Teched Via Nick Parker Eric Jacobs and Nick Parker will be holding a BoF session at Tech Ed called ".NET User Group Open Forum" Tuesday night at 7:45. The purpose is to discuss ways to facilitate a .NET user group
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Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:20 PM

TechEd – Attend the INETA Leadership Summit

Announcing the INETA Leadership Summit Register User Group Leaders today faces many challenges such as promoting your group, financing, engaging existing members, recruiting speakers, finding new sources of content, leveraging local Microsoft relationships;
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Saturday, May 13, 2006 11:18 PM

Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 Toolkit: Requirements Authoring Starter Kit

Learn how the Requirements Authoring Starter Kit (RASK) can help software development teams collect, interpret, distribute, and synchronize project requirements in a structured Word document using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office
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Friday, May 12, 2006 8:14 AM

Podcast Studio 16 - Code Camp Panel

Check it out - Had an opportunity to join - Chris Williams , Don XML , Robin Edwards , and Brian Button for a great discussion with the Podcast Studio folks on organizing a code camp. MP3: http://download.podcaststudio.net/file.aspx?ShowNumber=16
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Friday, May 12, 2006 8:05 AM

New England Mega User Group Meeting

New England Mega User Group Meeting Developing with .NET in 2006 -- What's Hot and What's Not Register Now! Monday, June 12, 2006 Boston Convention Center/TechEd 2006, Boston, MA 6:30-9:30 p.m. Room information will be posted here before the event Panel
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Friday, May 12, 2006 7:46 AM

Rhode Island User Group – Building Web Parts

Wednesday June 7 Gabelli School of Business Room SB-223 Roger Williams University - Bristol Campus Social Hour w/ Pizza & Soda 5:00 - 6:00 pm. Presentation 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Click here to RSVP Building Web Parts with Visual Studio 2005 by Mauro Cardarelli
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 11:37 PM

Looking at the Mobile Controls

Mobility is becoming an important part of application development. This falls into either connected or disconnected mobile applications. In this screencast available here we take a look at building connected mobile applications using the ASP.NET Mobile
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 5:24 PM

Net 1.1 to .NET 2.0 Migration

Great post by Peter here on some of the considerations when moving your applications. A definite good read.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:31 PM

XBOX 360 Woes???

I am in the market for an XBOX 360. A leisurely night of destruction is nice. Been looking and watching and just getting ready to take the plunge when I hear from Duane his recent problems and I begin to wonder… XBOX guys – if you’re out there what’s
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Monday, May 08, 2006 8:26 PM

Visual Studio 2005 Team System Design for Operations Integration Kit

Excellent! This is one of the things that I get asked about all the time. Visual Studio 2005 Team System Design for Operations Integration Kit ( link ) Application faults and performance bottlenecks automatically generate work items/trouble tickets in
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Monday, May 08, 2006 12:11 PM

Code Camp 5: Code Frenzy! Wrap Up

Another great Code Camp for New England ! It is absolutely amazing at the people and the content and this was no exception. Congratulations to all the presenters and attendees for an absolutely fantastic experience! As promised I have started to post
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Monday, May 08, 2006 7:31 AM

Vermont.NET Meeting

The next Vermont.NET meeting will be THURSDAY, May 11th. Note also that we are moving to our summer location ! Location: Champlain College , Miller Information Center , 83 Summit Street , Room 308 Time: 6 - 8:30 pm Speaker: Alan Griver, Group Manager,
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 6:34 PM

Mix06 Content online

In case you didn’t get a chance to attend Mix06. The recorded sessions are available online here .
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:23 AM

SQL Server Bootcamp Maine

Register here Friday, May 19, 2006 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM VTEC 50 Foden Road South Portland Maine United States In this free one day class, you will get a broad hands-on overview of SQL server and SQL server BI. Requirements Since portions of this class are
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 7:17 AM

Welcome a New Blogger

In case you don’t know him – Peter Laudati is the Developer Evangelist (DE) for New York . He came over from Microsoft Consulting a couple of months ago and has been doing some fantastic stuff in New York . I wanted to welcome him to the blogger world!
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 8:42 PM

Some Great Team System Web Casts

Wednesday, 17 May 2006 MSDN Webcast: How Requirements Management Can Help Good Development Teams Perform Better (Level 200) Monday, 22 May 2006 Momentum Webcast: Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Level 100) Tuesday,
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 12:16 PM

Microsoft ActiveX Analyzer Tool

Via Steve http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a247f514-5643-494c-81b4-f56ea7412ad6&displaylang=en Overview The ActiveX Analyzer Tool is designed to scan for and identify object, applet, and embed tags in code. The utility will
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:08 AM

Code Camp 5: Code Frenzy Almost Agenda

You asked for it. So here it is. The Code Camp 5: Almost Agenda! Code Camp 5: Almost Agenda Code Camp 5: Session List Code Camp 5: Registration
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Monday, May 01, 2006 5:50 PM

Dynamic controls and event handlers

Question : I am trying to create an ASP.NET 2.0 Web site with dynamic controls. Really what I am looking for is basically to have a label and a button on the page. When the user clicks the button I need to set the text field of the label to some value.
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