Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
Windows 7 Compatiblity Center
Run, play, explore Win7
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/upgrade-advisor.aspx
More details on this blog:
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/05/07/preparing-for-windows-7-with-the-windows-7-upgrade-advisor.aspx
This is a must read I think before writing apps for Win7
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Win7DeveloperGuide
The Windows 7 App quality cookbook release today. This is a great doc which gives some best practices in writing applications for Windows 7.
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Windows7AppQuality
This is a pretty neat doc:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=129586 for the PDF version
Enjoy!
This is a nice link:
http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/09/13/follow-up-on-high-dpi-resolution.aspx
Register (http://www.microsoftpdc.com/Registration/) for PDC2008 by August 15 at (www.microsoftpdc.com) to save $200!
On December 31, 2007 Microsoft stopped supporting MSJVM:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/default.mspx
Any applications dependent on it should've hopefully been transistioned to other JREs which are not avaliable.
Read the transition doc in the above link for more details.
The next Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC): October 27–30, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
This is a great chance to know more innovations on the Windows Platform!
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: removed filter hooks, receive window auto tuning, dual IPv6 layer architecture for IPv6, compound TCP, ECN support, default strong host model, easier kernel mode programming, extensive protocol offload. Windows Server 2008 is the very first Microsoft server product to have the firewall ON by default. Applications that are not aware of this behavior may have Compatibility issues.
Feb. 27, 2008 date announced for Server 2008 along with SQL 2008 and VS 2008.
Details here.
This is a pretty cool much awaited solution by Microsoft.
A Home Server can bring multiple applications and functionalities to the home network:
More details: http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/
New public release of a preview version of Windows Server 2008, get more details here. 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 cookbook.
New Logo Program launched for Server 2008 during TechEd 07 this year. Please visit Booth 22 in the Yellow TLC area for more information.
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 certified soon to be part of the excitement and next wave in Server business.
Online information and help can be found here: http://www.innovateonwindowsserver.com/
