http://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/atom.xmlCommunity Server2007-06-07T07:53:00Zhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2009/10/23/its-good-to-give.aspx2009-10-23T16:58:00Z2009-10-23T16:58:00Z<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A href="http://www.hopemongers.org/Widget/HMWidget.aspx?projid=36" mce_href="http://www.hopemongers.org/Widget/HMWidget.aspx?projid=36"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.hopemongers.org/Widget/HMWidget.aspx?projid=36</FONT></A></SPAN><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9912144" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2009/10/22/tools-with-launch-of-win7-for-compatiblity.aspx2009-10-22T19:31:00Z2009-10-22T19:31:00Z<P><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15">Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor</A></P> <P><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/en-us/default.aspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/en-us/default.aspx">Windows 7 Compatiblity Center</A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9911632" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2009/05/08/windows-7-upgrade-advisor-beta-released.aspx2009-05-08T21:48:00Z2009-05-08T21:48:00Z<P>Run, play, explore Win7 </P> <P><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/upgrade-advisor.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/upgrade-advisor.aspx</A></P> <P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P> <P>More details on this blog:</P> <P><A href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/05/07/preparing-for-windows-7-with-the-windows-7-upgrade-advisor.aspx">http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/05/07/preparing-for-windows-7-with-the-windows-7-upgrade-advisor.aspx</A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9597524" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2009/01/09/win7-developer-guide.aspx2009-01-09T21:33:00Z2009-01-09T21:33:00Z<P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P> <P>This is a must read I think before writing apps for Win7</P> <P><A href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Win7DeveloperGuide">http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Win7DeveloperGuide</A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9302354" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2008/11/03/win-7-appquality-cookbook.aspx2008-11-04T05:09:00Z2008-11-04T05:09:00Z<P>The Windows 7 App quality cookbook release today. This is a great doc which gives some best practices in writing applications for Windows 7.</P> <P><A href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Windows7AppQuality">http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Windows7AppQuality</A></P> <P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9036662" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2008/10/02/writing-high-dpi-aware-apps.aspx2008-10-02T22:50:00Z2008-10-02T22:50:00Z<P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">This is a pretty neat doc:</SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><A href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=129586">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=129586</A> for the PDF version</SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Enjoy!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8974461" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2008/09/19/compat-and-high-dpi.aspx2008-09-19T21:57:00Z2008-09-19T21:57:00Z<P>This is a nice link:</P> <P><A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/09/13/follow-up-on-high-dpi-resolution.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/09/13/follow-up-on-high-dpi-resolution.aspx</A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8959276" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2008/07/31/pdc-this-october.aspx2008-08-01T00:15:00Z2008-08-01T00:15:00Z<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 13.5pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 13.5pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Register (<A href="http://www.microsoftpdc.com/Registration/"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.microsoftpdc.com/Registration/</FONT></A>) for PDC2008 by August 15 at (<A href="http://www.microsoftpdc.com/"><FONT color=#0000ff>www.microsoftpdc.com</FONT></A>) to save $200! <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8795055" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2008/03/27/ms-jvm-support-ended.aspx2008-03-28T03:09:00Z2008-03-28T03:09:00Z<P>On December 31, 2007 Microsoft stopped supporting MSJVM:</P> <P><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/default.mspx</A></P> <P>Any applications dependent on it should've hopefully been transistioned to other JREs which are not avaliable.</P> <P>Read the transition doc in the above link for more details.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8340638" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2008/03/17/pdc-in-october.aspx2008-03-18T02:53:00Z2008-03-18T02:53:00Z<P>The next Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC): October 27–30, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.</P> <P>This is a great chance to know more innovations on the Windows Platform!</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8298699" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2007/09/26/networking-with-windows-server-2008.aspx2007-09-26T18:26:00Z2007-09-26T18:26:00Z<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>&nbsp;We would like to make sure that the community is aware and ready for the changes that WS08 will incorporate. For example, the networking stack in WS08 has been completely re-written (as compared with WS03 and XP). The new features that may pose potential compatibility issues include: </FONT><A href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480152.aspx#appcomp_topic13"><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3>removed filter hooks</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri size=3>, </FONT><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/01/CableGuy/"><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3>receive window auto tuning</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri size=3>, </FONT><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg1005.mspx"><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3>dual IPv6 layer architecture for IPv6</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri size=3>, </FONT><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx"><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3>compound TCP, ECN support, default strong host model, easier kernel mode programming, extensive protocol offload</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri size=3>. Windows Server 2008 is the very first Microsoft server product to have the </FONT><A href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb736286.aspx"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>firewall ON by default</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri size=3>. Applications that are not aware of this behavior may have Compatibility issues.&nbsp; </FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5145786" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2007/07/17/windows-server-2008-launch-date.aspx2007-07-17T21:53:00Z2007-07-17T21:53:00Z<P>Feb. 27, 2008 date announced for Server 2008 along with SQL 2008 and VS 2008.</P> <P>Details <A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx">here</A>.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3921739" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2007/07/16/windows-home-server-has-released-to-manufacture.aspx2007-07-16T19:18:00Z2007-07-16T19:18:00Z<P>This is a pretty cool much awaited solution by Microsoft.</P> <P>A Home Server can bring multiple applications and functionalities to the home network:</P> <P>More details: <A href="http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/">http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/</A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3897728" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2007/06/28/new-bits-to-pre-release-version-of-windows-server-2008.aspx2007-06-28T23:14:00Z2007-06-28T23:14:00Z<P>New public release of a preview version of Windows Server 2008, get more details <A class="" href="http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007/06/26/summer-s-here-and-so-is-the-june-2007-ctp.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007/06/26/summer-s-here-and-so-is-the-june-2007-ctp.aspx">here</A>. If you have a server app this is a good time to start testing on the Windows Server 08 pre-release bits, look out for compat issues enlisted in the&nbsp;<A class="" href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/En-US/library/aa480152.aspx" mce_href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/En-US/library/aa480152.aspx">cookbook</A>.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3590227" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/vishalsi/archive/2007/06/07/new-logo-program-launched-for-server-2008.aspx2007-06-07T17:53:00Z2007-06-07T17:53:00Z<P><A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/jun07/06-05WinServer08.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/jun07/06-05WinServer08.mspx">New Logo Program</A> launched for Server 2008 during TechEd 07 this year. Please visit Booth 22 in the Yellow TLC area for more information.</P> <P>Server 2008 beta 3 was out last month for you to try out your applications for compatibility and be ready by RTM. Be part of the above program and get&nbsp; certified soon to be part of the excitement and next wave in Server business.</P> <P>Online information and help can be found here: <A href="http://www.innovateonwindowsserver.com/">http://www.innovateonwindowsserver.com/</A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3142948" width="1" height="1">VishalSihttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/VishalSi.aspx