Katrien's MSDN Blog
Quick tip [link]: Expression Encoder 4 SP1 released
Expression Encoder team has released a service pack to Expression Encoder 4 Pro. One feature that...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/01/2011
Web Camp Belgium on ASP.NET MVC 3, NuGet, HTML5, jQuery and OData: videos and slides online
The first Web Camp Belgium was a success: we welcomed Scott Hanselman to keynote for a packed room...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/01/2011
MIX 2011: register with early bird and vote for Belgian sessions
In just over two months the biggest Microsoft web and UX conference is taking place in Las Vegas:...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/31/2011
Microsoft Webcafe 2 on February 17th: join us at Combell Café
Update 14 Feb 2011: OrbitOne will join us to talk about Umbraco, Open Source CMS Our second edition...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/31/2011
Slides and links from my ‘HTML5 Today’ talk at Web Camp Belgium
Recorded content from our first Belgian Web Camp will be coming online on Channel9 Web Camp Belgium...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/26/2011
TechDays 2011: Early bird extended and first confirmed speakers
TechDays 2011 is taking place on April 26 to 28th 2011, again at the Metropolis in Antwerp. April...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/26/2011
Announcing Windows Azure Jump Start Training Videos
Microsoft Learning hosted the second new and exclusive “Jump Start” virtual training event on...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/21/2011
Quick tip [link]: Native Extensions 1.0 for Microsoft Silverlight
As has just been announced on the official Silverlight Team Blog, Native Extensions 1.0 for...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/20/2011
Final update: get ready for Web Camp Belgium - 24 January 2011
We’re almost there: next Monday we are welcoming Scott Hanselman, Drew Robbins and Gill Cleeren for...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/20/2011
ASP.NET MVC 3, NuGet, IIS Express, SQL CE 4, Web Farm Framework, Orchard, WebMatrix released
Last week, Microsoft released more than six new or upgraded products! All these products enhance...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/17/2011
Silverlight 4 named Best Rich Internet Application (RIA) Platform by InfoWorld
Some great news to share. Yesterday InfoWorld published “InfoWorld’s 2011 Technology of the Year...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/13/2011
Web Camp Belgium: join online and breakfast is on us!
Can’t make it to the Web Camp Belgium in-person (Monday January 24th)? Hurry up and you might get a...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/06/2011
Web Camp Belgium update: new speaker and more of Scott Hanselman!
On January 24th 2011 we are organizing the first Web Camp Belgium event. Scott Hanselman has...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/06/2011
Surface 2.0 Experience unveiled at CES
Yesterday Steve Ballmer did the keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/06/2011
Register for the next MSDN Live Meetings in January and February
On January 18 and February 1 the first two MSDN Live Meetings of 2011 will take place, both focusing...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/05/2011
Web Camp Belgium on 24 January with Scott Hanselman and James Senior: attend or watch online
Microsoft Web Camps are free events that allow you to learn and build on the Microsoft Web Platform....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/15/2010
Quick tip [link]: Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide now available
Last week the Patterns & Practices team announced the availability of the Windows Phone 7...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/14/2010
Quick tip [link]: Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Beta has been announced
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta has been announced by Jason Zander and S. Somasegar. SP1...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/08/2010
Silverlight 5 features, firestarter keynote and sessions resources
Last week folks from all around the world attended the online or in-person keynote during the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/06/2010
Windows Azure SDK 1.3 and the new Windows Azure Management Portal Now Available
At PDC10 last month, we announced a host of enhancements for Windows Azure designed to make it...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/01/2010
Quick tip [link]: Azure Accelerator for Umbraco
Umbraco is an open source ASP.NET CMS framework, becoming very popular since it’s creation a few...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/29/2010
Quick tip [link]: Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developers tools now available
Today the Windows Phone team launched the Visual Basic add-on for Windows Phone tools. Visual Basic...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/29/2010
Microsoft Webcafe #1 – Resources and notes
Yesterday we organized the first Microsoft Webcafe at the Palm Breweries in Steenhuffel. I was...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/26/2010
See the next version of Silverlight – live streaming event on December 2, 2010
During the Silverlight Firestarter event on December 2nd 2010, Scott Guthrie is set to deliver the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/16/2010
Web professional? Join our new Microsoft Webcafe on November 25th
Register for our new informal get-together for web professionals on November 25th 2010 in the Palm...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/16/2010
Quick tip [link]: Enabling IE9 Beta UI features in Platform Preview 6
As I blogged earlier, Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 6 is out. As with previous editions, the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/07/2010
Windows Phone 7 Project call at the MIC (Mons)
Need assistance in getting around your Windows Phone 7 project? The Microsoft Innovation Center in...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/06/2010
IIS Media Services 4.0 released, support for multiple devices
Earlier this week, the media team released Internet Information Services (IIS) Media Services 4.0....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/04/2010
Quick tip [link]: Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit November 2010 (Windows Phone 7)
Delay has a post up on his blog announcing the second release of the Silverlight for Windows Phone...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/03/2010
Creating a Tile using theme’s color as background (Windows Phone 7)
The Windows Phone 7 Start screen default tiles like e-mail and agenda use the current Theme color...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/01/2010
Quick tip [link]: WCF RIA Services SP1 and WCF RIA Services Toolkit October 2010
Yesterday WCF RIA Services V1.0 SP1 Beta along with WCF RIA Services October toolkit were released....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/29/2010
Internet Explorer 9 - Platform Preview 6 is out
IE9 Platform Previews have been out since March 2010, with a new version hitting the site every...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/29/2010
Quick tip: using the WP Connect utility instead of Zune client (Windows Phone 7)
Deploying and debugging your Windows Phone 7 applications on a device requires Zune client software...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/26/2010
REMIX10: (r)Experience the conference with full recorded content online
REMIX10 Belgium took place at the end of September 2010 in De Montil, Affligem. We managed to bring...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/26/2010
Quick tip: Changing document and browser mode with developer toolbar (Internet Explorer 9)
The Developer Toolbar in Internet Explorer 9 Beta, which you can call by pressing F12, allows you to...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/24/2010
Quick tip [link]: the PerformanceProgressBar (Windows Phone 7)
The ProgressBar control available in Windows Phone 7 has a poor performance when in ‘indeterminate’...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/24/2010
TechEd Africa: slides and resources from my Windows Phone 7 sessions
Thanks for all who attended my sessions during TechEd Africa in Durban this past week. In this post...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/24/2010
Silverlight Media Framework 2.2 released with Windows Phone 7 Support
Silverlight Media Framework (SMF) is an open source framework that allows developers to build great...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/13/2010
SQL Server Day 2010 registrations open
For the third year in a row the Belgian SQL Server User Group is organizing SQL Server Day, together...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/13/2010
Are you ready for Windows Phone 7?
Well, I hope you are because Windows Phone 7 is here! Yesterday was the official announcement around...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/12/2010
REMIX10 – Update and final chance to register
This is it, next Tuesday 28th of September 2010 we will be hosting REMIX10 in De Montil, Affligem....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/24/2010
Our team is looking for an ISV Developer Evangelist, maybe you?
Want to join a great team at Microsoft: DPE (Developer & Platform Evangelism) in Belgium &...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/20/2010
Mobile Advertising SDK for Windows Phone 7 announced
Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone 7 is available for download as of today (note: currently...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/16/2010
Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools released (RTM)
Today developers can start with the final migration of their Beta Windows Phone 7 code to RTM, as...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/16/2010
Script Junkie – a resource on scripting, HTML and CSS
The tagline for this Microsoft resource says a lot, Script Junkie: “Essential cross-browser code,...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/16/2010
Internet Explorer 9 Beta is here: download and experiment
Internet Explorer 9 Beta is here, and it’s here for you to try out. Yesterday we had the official...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/16/2010
Windows Phone 7 - Developer Roadmap and a Belgian Contest
Today the Windows Phone 7 Developer team blogged about the roadmap for the RTM version of the tools....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/23/2010