Katrien's MSDN Blog
New screencasts by Gregory Renard on Chopsticks
There are now 3 new recordings available on Chopsticks by our Regional Director Gregory Renard. The...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/23/2008
MSDN event recording: Using Team Foundation Server for Version Control: Best Practices for TFS Branching and Merging
Last Wednesday Yves Goeleven presented the MSDN evening session on Team Foundation Server branching...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/13/2008
MSDN Evening "Building setup packages with WiX": recording online
The MSDN evening session from last week has been recorded and can be watched online on our...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/09/2008
Prism: codename for the new guidance for Composite Application development for WPF
Prism is the codename for the new guidance for Composite Application development for WPF. This is...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/03/2008
VSX, VISUG and Multi-mania events
I'm really running behind with my blogging, these have been busy weeks. I was at several community...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 05/30/2008
Watch VISUG session on VSX (Visual Studio Extensibility) online
Last week James Lau and Jean-Marc Prieur from the Visual Studio Extensibility team, visited Belgium...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 05/26/2008
Next BIWUG meeting Thursday 22nd May 2008
The next meeting for the Belgian Information Worker User Group is taking place on May 22nd 2008 at...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 05/19/2008
.NET 3.5 SP1 Beta and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta are out
Today we released the Beta versions of the Service Packs that will be shipping for .NET 3.5 and...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 05/12/2008
Silverlight collaboration demo source code from the MIX essentials keynote
A few people at the MIX essentials event we organized in April requested me to post the source code...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 05/12/2008
MIX essentials 2008 Roundup
Last week on April 24th we had our first MIX essentials event in Belgium. It was a full day with a...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 05/01/2008
Different ways for loading images and files in Silverlight 2 applications
When loading files in Silverlight 2 applications, this can range from images, video, fonts, etc,...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/27/2008
Upcoming MSDN Evening sessions and user group presentations
May and June are busy months, as already posted VISUG is hosting the {Heroes Happen Here} Community...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/25/2008
Chopsticks Noodle: two new videos by Peter Himschoot
After Gregory Renard's "10 minutes with your RD" series, Peter Himschoot, also a Regional...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/21/2008
.NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit (April Content Preview) available
The Visual Studio & .NET Framework evangelism team has just released the .NET Framework 3.5...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/16/2008
MIX essentials micro blog
If you are a user of Twitter you may want to start following the MIX essentials micro blog. We are...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/14/2008
MIX essentials agenda update
We have just uploaded some changes to the MIX essentials agenda, as everything is now getting...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/14/2008
Silverlight and the HTML page: let your Silverlight do the work
One of the things I like with having Silverlight 2 runtime on the browser is that it gives us the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/06/2008
MIX essentials countdown gadget
Here is version 1 of my countdown Vista gadget for the MIX essentials event on April 24th in...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/30/2008
MIX essentials 2008: registration is open for the Belgian event on April 24th
Coming April 24th we are organizing our first edition of MIX essentials: this is a local 1 day event...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/28/2008
{Heroes Happen Here} Community Launch - 6 sessions in May 2008
After a full Launch event on the 10th of March and a sold out TechDays event on 12th and 13th of...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/26/2008
Launch and TechDays in Belgium are over, Luxemburg coming on the 19th of March 2008
TechDays 2008 are over. Overall feedback was very positive. As this was my first big event since...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/17/2008
Silverlight 2: structure of the new .XAP file (Silverlight packaged application)
With Silverlight 2 comes a new file extension for your Silverlight applications: .XAP (pronounced...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/16/2008
Grégory Renard's "10 minutes with your Regional Director" screencast series on Chopsticks
We have published the first of a new screencast series on Chopsticks: it's a new idea launched by...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/09/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 1 - Silverlight Application project
With the release of Beta1 for Silverlight 2 you get two new templates in Visual Studio 2008 for...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/08/2008
MIX08 session recordings are available online
If you could not make it to the MIX event this year you can still follow on a lot of content...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/06/2008
Steve Ballmer at MIX: he just loves Web Developers and we can prove it with this video
Steve Ballmer did the keynote at MIX today and he just does it again: after Guy Kawasaki asks him...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/06/2008
MIX 08 – the beta releases downloads
The keynote at MIX08 in Las Vegas this year was really exciting to follow. I was really looking...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/06/2008
VISUG session by Juval Lowy - Demonstrating WCF – Beyond the Endpoints
The Visual Studio User Group Belgium is hosting an event with Juval Löwy on Thursday 3rd April 2008:...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/29/2008
Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition For Visual Studio 2008
The Microsoft patterns & practices is really keeping busy: after a new release of the Web Client...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/29/2008
New Web Client Software Factory 2.0 Release (February 2008)
The Microsoft patterns & practices team has just released a new version of the Web Client...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/29/2008
VISUG wants you to tell them how they're doing
The Visual Studio User Group Belgium is holding a survey amongst members: tell them how they're...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/28/2008
My academic session on Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5
It was fun doing the sessions at some colleges in Belgium the last two weeks. The session gives an...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/27/2008
Getting ready for MIX08
My MIX08 countdown sidebar gadget says it: 7 days to go! Just one week away I can’t wait to be at...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/26/2008
ScottGu publishes a tutorial on Silverlight 2 Beta1
You may have seen it posted on several blogs: Scott Guthrie has published an overview of Silverlight...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/23/2008
TechDays 2008 agenda is finalized
It’s great to see our agenda for the TechDays getting finalized. If you have not yet registered...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/21/2008
Guidance Automation Extensions (GAT) and Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAX): Final Release February 2008
Microsoft patterns & practices has announced the February 2008 release of the GAT and GAX. This...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/17/2008
Visual Studio User Group meeting - Building Services with the Service Factory: Modeling Edition, on 21 February 2008
Olaf Conijn is coming to the next Belgian Visual Studio User Group (VISUG) for a session on...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/08/2008
New Belgian User Group: XNA-Bug
The website for the new XNA Belgian User Group is live. The user group is geared towards all people...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/01/2008
Channel9 video: Scott Guthrie: What's Coming for Mix, Part 2: Windows, Web, and RIA, Silverlight 2.0
Check out the second and last part of the interview with Scott Guthrie over on Channel9. After...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/01/2008
Channel9 interview: "Scott Guthrie: What's Coming for Mix, Part 1: IIS7 for Developers"
Watch part 1 of the interview with Scott Guthrie where he talks about the new features for...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/31/2008
MSDN Code Gallery - your one-stop shop for code snippets and samples
The MSDN Code Gallery has just been released: a community site where Microsoft and the community...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/31/2008
Get the latest content on Microsoft’s web technologies at MIX08
Next March, MIX08 is taking place in Las Vegas (March 5th to 7th 2008). So, what is it? MIX is THE...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/27/2008
TechDays 2008: new sessions added
Here's an update on yet more sessions that will be added to the final agenda of this year's TechDays...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/22/2008
Preview of the Belgian TechDays 2008 agenda
We've been working hard to finalize the agenda for the TechDays event next March 11th and 12th....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/20/2008
New WPF Starter Kit and SDK released: Syndicated Client Experiences Start Kit & Reader SDK
Ever wanted to build a rich client application with syndicated multimedia content? The SCE Starter...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/16/2008
Silverlight Tools and Resources
Last updated: October 8, 2009 While it is impossible to create an extensive list of all resources...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/10/2008
BIWUG presentation on OpenXML now available
In November 2007 during a meeting of the Belux Information Worker User Group (BIWUG), Wouter van...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/10/2008
Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter video now available through MIX University
MIX University, a section of MIX Online website the has got a new addition: Silverlight 1.0 Fire...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/06/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Launch and TechDays 2008 Belgium: registration is open
This year we are hosting our developer's conference on 12 and 13 March 2008, in the ICC in Ghent....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/02/2008