Matt Powell
Web Platform and Tools
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 has been out since June 6th and the number of sites that have taken advantage...
Date: 09/22/2008
I've had the opportunity to talk to quite a few Web developers at conferences and so forth, and the...
Date: 02/15/2008
I had the opportunity during Mix07 to hand out posters that map out the capabilities and classes...
Date: 05/09/2007
Tonight we announced the official name of wpfe....Microsoft Silverlight! This is the beginning of a...
Date: 04/16/2007
I'm building the Virtual Machines for a number of the Hands On Labs that will be available at MIX...
Date: 04/13/2007
Scott announced that Microsoft joined the OpenAJAX Alliance today. I think this does a lot for...
Date: 03/20/2007
One of the cooler things about my relatively new position here on the Web Platform and Tools...
Date: 03/12/2007
Is it just me or has this year's daylight savings seemed to effect people more than others? Maybe...
Date: 03/12/2007
Audition #2 in the ongoing effort for my daughter Katie to get into a top notch Musical Theatre...
Date: 02/07/2007
This is very cool. If for some reason you haven't heard of Photosynth yet, you have to check it out....
Date: 11/09/2006
I mentioned in my earlier post that I have been learning about the Commercial Real Estate business...
Date: 10/25/2006
I'm a member of a Masonic Lodge that meets in a lodge building in Edmonds, WA. We don't own the...
Date: 10/19/2006
Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP shipped tonight! Get the download and check out all the details...
Date: 10/19/2006
One of my sons was born on Christmas. There was an abruption (this isn't good) and so it kind of put...
Date: 10/17/2006
Time is getting short for folks to sign-up for ASP.NET Connections from Nov. 6 - 9th in Las Vegas....
Date: 10/02/2006
Scott announced today the future of our Ajax product plans. The stuff that has been code named...
Date: 09/11/2006
Millions of people will be hitting web sites with a new browser in the next few months. Internet...
Date: 09/11/2006
The MSDN Internet Explorer Developer Center has finally come up to speed! As part of the Web...
Date: 09/01/2006
It has been awhile since I've done much Web development. My technical focus for the last few years...
Date: 08/03/2006
After about six years at MSDN, I've moved to a new position on the Web Platform and Tools Marketing...
Date: 08/02/2006
Web service developers are often using virtual servers to setup a virtual netwrk of services. Well...
Date: 04/11/2006
Jeffrey Schlimmer points out that these three specs have been submitted to the W3C. -Matt
Date: 03/15/2006
On March 4, 1991 I arrived at New Employee Orientation here at Microsoft and thus started my first...
Date: 03/08/2006
Mark Fussell discusses a common problem when using WSE 3.0 and Kerberos security. He answers the...
Date: 03/08/2006
Kirill Gavrylyuk and Jorgen Thelin talk about the WCF interop Plug-Fest on Channel 9 where WS-*...
Date: 03/07/2006
William Tay just published the second article in a two part series on WCF over on The...
Date: 03/03/2006
I'm currently looking for a Content Strategist to work on my team here at MSDN. If you want to be...
Date: 01/19/2006
If you haven't already heard, the WinFX January CTP released a couple days ago. You can find more...
Date: 01/19/2006
We just posted an update to the WS-ReliableMessaging sample code that George Copeland wrote that...
Date: 11/14/2005
It's available! Get the final release of WSE 3.0 today. You also want to check out the updated Hands...
Date: 11/07/2005
With the Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 launch, MSDN made a few changes...
Date: 11/07/2005
On Monday, November 7th, Microsoft will launch Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk...
Date: 11/04/2005
The Oasis standards body created a technical committee today to finalize WS-Trust,...
Date: 10/26/2005
At MSDN, we are frantic about getting ready for the upcoming launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL 2005...
Date: 10/13/2005
Jorgen pointed out that Oasis announced the formation of a technical committee on WS-TX yesterday....
Date: 10/13/2005
Yasser Shohoud, Program Manager on the Windows Communication Foundation team, introduces the concept...
Date: 10/13/2005
The latest Community Technology Preview of Web Services Enhancements 3.0 is now available. Yes, it...
Date: 10/05/2005
Richard Turner and Payam Shodjai talk about the Windows Communication Foundation (you know, Indigo)...
Date: 09/26/2005
The single biggest take-away I had from the PDC came from the first keynote. It was the reality that...
Date: 09/21/2005
MSN felt that they reached critical mass with their technologies for developers so during PDC they...
Date: 09/21/2005
If you didn't make it down to PDC in Los Angeles, or if you did and would still like to see the...
Date: 09/21/2005
One of my back teeth needed a crown so I went to the dentist about a month ago where they fitted me...
Date: 09/21/2005
It's always fun to see how Microsoft gears up for the PDC. Here at MSDN we are scrambling like mad...
Date: 08/26/2005
What a mouthful! That's right, we've changed our name, our layout and what we talk about. The MSDN...
Date: 07/22/2005