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Content Delivery Network Provides Maximum Bandwidth
If you want to deliver content around the world, Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) can deliver Windows Azure Blob content. Windows Azure CDN offers you a global solution for delivering high-bandwidth content. For example, Windows Azure CDN Read More...
Learn How You Can Prototype Your Next Application Using SketchFlow
MSDEV has a new series of free training for developers and Web designers on how to prototype your next application. You can use SketchFlow to help build your application so designers and developers can work together to build out a completed application. Read More...
Extend Web Applications with New Toolkits
You can extend your Web application with a set of samples, templates, and documentation. The extensions are packaged as Web Application Toolkits and are available on MSDN’s Code Gallery. Web Application Toolkits help you get up and running quickly and Read More...
Web Companies Can Get Design, Developer Tools and Support for No Upfront Cost
A new program, WebsiteSpark , launched today provides Web professionals with Microsoft software and solutions, together with related tools, training and support, to help their businesses succeed. The WebsiteSpark Program also helps you get new business Read More...
Scott Guthrie Surveys Features in Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4
Scott Guthrie , corporate vice president of .NET Developer Platform, describes the changes coming in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 in a series of blog postings that promise to last a couple months. For the up-to-date list of postings, see Read More...
DreamSpark Adds Free Design, Developer Tools for Students
Microsoft Dreamspark has recently added new designer and development tools. The program now includes Expression Studio 3 , Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R2 , and XNA Game Studio 3.1 . All are now available as no-cost downloads to all eligible high school Read More...
Join in Person or Online for Silverlight 3 Firestarter Event
Come join Scott Guthrie, Tim Heuer, Brad Abrams, Karl Shifflett and others for a Firestarter on Silverlight 3. A Firestarter gives you places to start in writing your application. The event is Thursday, September 17 in Redmond, WA. You can join in person Read More...
Driver Adds Capabilities on PHP for SQL Server, SQL Azure
New capabilities have been added for building PHP applications with relational data using SQL Server or SQL Azure as your database. The community preview for Version 1.1 of the SQL Server Driver for PHP is available from Microsoft Downloads SQL Server Read More...
Real Life Designers Explore Silverlight
Ever want to see how designers approach Silverlight development in the real world using Macs? Microsoft Partner Mess Marketing is pulling together their experiences as they ramp up on Web and UX technologies. The effort is subtitled The (mis)adventurs Read More...
Embed Huge Pictures Using Seadragon
Huge images on the web just haven't been fun in the past. Microsoft Live Labs has released tools to make it easier for huge images on the Web. Between the downloading, the snapping from scaled to full-size, and navigating around, it's just not the experience Read More...
Deep Zoom Composer Updated, Supports Silverlight 3
Deep Zoom Composer has been updated and is now available to download.  Deep Zoon Composer prepares images for use with the Deep Zoom feature in Silverlight 3. Deep Zoom in Silverlight allows your users to see images on the Web like they never have Read More...
Expression 3 Ships For Designers, Developers
  Expression 3 has launched; see Expression Web site and and download the 60 day trial . Expression 3 supports the new version of Silverlight and incorporates SketchFlow. Microsoft Expression Studio opens up a new world of creative possibility. Its Read More...
Win Windows 7 Coding Contest
You could win a free trip to Los Angeles and a free ticket to Professional Developers Conference (PDC 2009) plus $17,777. Code7 Contest is where your application design ingenuity gives you the opportunity to get millions of eyes on your work. Build an Read More...
Silverlight 3, Expression Blend 3 Offer New Features for Your Rich Internet Applications
S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President, Developer Division, announced the availability of Silverlight 3 and the Release Candidate of Expression Blend 3 and SketchFlow.  In addition, the full family of Expression 3 products will be available within thirty Read More...
Learn Better Design with Expression Videos
Arturo Toledo on the Expression team has developed a series of videos to help you with better user experience design. The first of 13 videos has been published to the Silverlight blog at Principles of Design Series: Learning about Balance using Expression Read More...
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