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Check out Bill Gibson's Blog!
Bill's a senior PM on our team and I'm happy that he's finally joined the bandwagon and started...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/12/2005
Macrovision InstallShield and VSTA...
Finally! We just went public with Installsheild as a key strategic partner during the PDC. I've been...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/16/2005
What is an application?
'Application' seems to be one of the most overused terms in the industry today. During our usabilty...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/31/2005
What about "front-end" artifact tie-ins that might precede the Application Designer?
I have not yet seen the “front-end” artifact tie-ins that would precede the Application Design...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/25/2005
WSDL Namespaces
In creating demos, I always need to make sure that we have a realistic scenario. With regards to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/23/2005
New Web services category...
Our group's speciality/expertize is to build Enterprise tools. However, we do this with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/23/2005
Why is VB the default language for my Application?
Customer Question: "Do I really have to change the Language setting of a new Application component...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/19/2005
Making the diagram visible for others to see...
From: https://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=16172 One of the questions we still get...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/16/2005
How do you handle dev/test/prod connection strings when doing an App. Diagram?
This was a question from one of a Microsoft Regional Director. The answer, ala Bill Gibson: Database...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/24/2005
Enteprise Library, Visualizing Project References to Class Libraries, and the Distributed System Designers...
Bernard O'Flynn (Hewlett-Packard) asked a great question. I have a fairly standard app consisting of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/19/2005
Where/How is the ConnectionString information for a External Database stored?
We keep the ConnectionString information in memory while the Application Designer is open. When the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/18/2005
Why am I asked to enter the connection string information for the database every time a connect a new application to an external database?
A database type is designed to be hosted on a Database Server in the host layer. Therefore, it...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/18/2005
Why do ASP.NET WebService and ASP.NET WebApplication look alike on the Application Designer?
Bill Gibson had this great response to a inquiry raised by a customer. I thought I'd post it for the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/16/2005
DSI, SDM and the Distributed System Designers (Show me the SDM!)
While there has been a lot of talk about DSI and SDM, I feel that there is a need to clarify how...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/10/2005
Another cool demo ...
It's amazing how Febuary and March flew by as we tried to get Beta 2 out the door!!!! Well, the good...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/14/2005
Jobs working on the Distributed System Designers at Microsoft
If you've read my blog and want to work on this great product or alternatively think that you could...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/28/2005
Distributed System Designers - Channel 9 Demo Video
Check out the new videos that Dmitriy and I made for Channel 9. 1....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/28/2005
VSTS Dec 04 CTP - Distributed System Designers - Known Issues
I've added a new article that documents the VSTS Dec 04 CTP - Distributed System Designer's Known...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/08/2005
DSD Walkthroughs - Okay I've got the December CTP, now how do I start using the designers again?
If you're trying to use the Distributed System Designers in the December CTP, I must highly...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/27/2005
.NET Developers Journal Article - Distributed System Design Suite
Here’s a good Distributed System Designer overview article in the latest copy of the .NET Developers...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/26/2005
[CHAT] Visual Studio Team Architect - Designing Service Oriented Systems and Logical Datacenters
Chat with Team Architect members of Visual Studio Team System.We'll be answering questions and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/25/2005
CBDI Forum - Supporting SOA Service Lifecycle - Article Feedback
There's a great review that Lawrence Wilkes has published on our designers on the CBDI Forum that's...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/21/2005
New Beta 2 Feature: File-system based web applications are now supported on the Distributed System Designer
A built-in file-sytem based application server is one of the great features in VS 2005. It gives you...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/17/2005
New VS Office Project integration with the Distributed System Designers in Beta 2
Wow! I’m coming back from a meeting where I saw a demo of the Visual Studio Office (code-named...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2005
Talk about a big endpoint!!
Cheers ps. thanks for the pic Robin...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2005
Beta 2 Sneak Preview of the New Visuals for the Distributed System Designers
Okay, I think it’s time we show you guys a preview what our designers will look like in Beta 2....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2005
What pain do you feel in the Application Designer (Distributed System Designer)?
It has been a several months since we shipped Visual Studio 2005 Beta1 with the Distributed System...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/06/2005
We built it and no-one came -> New entry points for the Distributed System Designers
A lot of the customers I talked to about our designers have been surprised that our designers have...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/06/2005
Distributed System Designers - Application Designer
Introduction My name is Ali Pasha, and I’m a Program Manager in the Visual Studio Enterprise Tools...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/06/2005