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Join the Beta Experience and get on top of the next generation of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office. Receive access to Beta 2, specialist content newsletters, and additional bonus material.
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Enter to win a Ms Pacman/Galaga arcade machine when you download and register a free version of Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions (free learning resources included).
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We need your input on the next generation of developer tools. Scheduled participants receive free software for participating.
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November 14 - 17, Seattle, WA Join the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) as it brings together the most impressive collection of product experts, technical sessions, and networking opportunities for DBAs, architects, and developers who depend on SQL Server. Take advantage of the Early-Bird rates: register by July 31 for just US$1,395.
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This month, Stanley Lippman reinvents his column to focus on .NET programming using Visual C++.
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The latest version of Internet Information Services (IIS), which ships with Windows Vista, includes a broad collection of features and capabilities that have been anxiously awaited by both developers and IT Pros. Scott Guthrie and Bill Staples describe and demo the new features.
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Stefan Schackow shows how to author your own provider-based features by leveraging the provider model support in the .NET Framework 2.0 to quickly and easily build a pluggable and extensible provider layer.
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Randy Byrne and Ryan Gregg give an overview of the unification, security, performance, and forms improvements in this release. Watch a code demo of three sample add-ins that leverage the new platform capabilities.
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Security for Developers
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SAL is a meta-language that can help static analysis tools, such as the /analyze switch in Visual Studio 2005 Team System and Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Developers, find bugs-including security bugs-in your C or C++ code at compile time. Any bugs found in SAL annotated functions tend to be real bugs, not false positives, which has the benefit of speedier bug triage and code fixes.
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June 12 - 7:45 A.M. Pacific time
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Product-Related Downloads
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Produce high-quality, standard-based Web sites with Expression Web Designer. Explore your creative possibilities.
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Case Studies, KB Articles, & How-tos
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Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System, a small team of developers created a solution that reduces by more than half the time and cost to aggregate and analyze energy usage and weather data used to monitor the performance of energy savings programs.
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By using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, Summit Partners saved on licensing costs, and enjoys performance and productivity benefits, including 50 percent faster report creation and 70 percent faster cube building.
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Recent UGS Teamcenter (product lifecycle management software for manufacturing) benchmarks using SQL Server 2000 and 2005 showed that scalability doubled with SQL Server 2005 as compared to SQL Server 2000 in 1,000-user load tests.
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Training
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7 Development Projects with the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Windows SharePoint Services 2007 is now available for download.
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Did you attend a Visual Studio 2005/SQL Server 2005 launch event? Then dig out your goodie bag, because there was a voucher to take one of five newly released developer exams for free. Redeem your voucher today.
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Get a free skills assessment and learning plan on the latest Visual Studio 2005 topics.
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Live Virtual Classroom deliveries are on a summer hiatus, but please take advantage of the recorded sessions, which cover a variety of topics, including Visual Studio 2005, ASP.NET 2.0, SQL Server 2005, and Developing Applications for Mobile Devices.
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See if you can answer one of the questions from MeasureUp's practice test 70-536VB: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Application Development Foundation - Visual Basic 2005. Then use the 25% discount coupon on any MeasureUp practice test to make sure you're ready to pass the certification exam.
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Attend any MSDN Virtual Lab and submit an evaluation between now and June 30, and you could win a Pocket PC. Offer open to residents of the U.S. and Canada only.
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Microsoft BizTalk Server delivers an integrated, interoperable, modularized, extensible, and security-enhanced e-business solution that enables companies to connect information, systems, people, and processes. The labs in this series build upon each other to give a "top to bottom" experience of Microsoft BizTalk Server.
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Windows Mobile lets you re-use your existing infrastructure, business logic, and desktop code on a mobile device, to innovate and solve new business problems. In these labs you will learn the basics of developing for Pocket PC and Smartphone devices.
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In these hands-on virtual labs, you will get to experience many of the new features in SQL Server 2005, including CLR integration, XML support, and deep business intelligence integration.
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Partner News
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Explore Crystal Vision, new to the Crystal family of products, and dazzle users with the latest dashboard and reporting interfaces.
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International Events
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Christina Wang and her team have localized much of the Coding4Fun content and made it one of the most popular developer centers in all of MSDN China. Take a moment to check it out.
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Through 30 June Microsoft offers you a free second chance at any Microsoft IT Pro, Developer, Academic or Microsoft Dynamics exam if you fail your first.
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6 - 8 June, Nice, France Get the latest on building and bringing to market the next wave of devices, applications, content, and services for the Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded platforms. | |