Katrien's MSDN Blog
REMIX10 – Registrations open and a glimpse at the agenda
This is feeling like a tradition since I started working for Microsoft almost three years ago: we’re...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/17/2010
Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Beta available
The Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Beta version have just been released and are available for...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 07/12/2010
A new lightweight web tool and stack: WebMatrix
Today Scott Guthrie’s blog post announced the availability of the first beta for WebMatrix....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 07/07/2010
Internet Explorer 9 – Platfom Preview 3 available
After the first preview shown and made available at MIX 2010 in March, Internet Explorer 9 Platform...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/24/2010
IIS Media Services 4.0 Beta is out
The IIS Media team is moving fast. Last week the team announced the beta availability of the IIS...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/17/2010
Expression Blend SketchFlow 4 integration with SharePoint
One of the new features that were just announced about Expression Blend SketchFlow 4 is the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/07/2010
Microsoft Expression 4 launched, what’s new and resources
Expression 4 was officially launched today at Internet Week New York. In this post you’ll find...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/07/2010
Join Belgian Umbraco User Group in Brussels – June 10th
Umbraco is an ASP.NET open source CMS that is getting more and more attention. No different in...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/03/2010
Windows Phone 7 Developer Hub event confirmed speakers (31 May)
Next week on May 31st 2010 we'll be holding the first Belgian Windows Phone 7 Developer Hub. If you...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 05/25/2010
Community Day 2010 registration open - 24th June
The Belgian User Groups are again working together to organize the fourth edition of the Community...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 05/25/2010
MSDN Meeting recording & links – MIX 2010 update (Silverlight 4, IE9, Windows Phone 7 dev)
Last week Gill Cleeren and I presented the MSDN live meeting “MIX 2010 Announcements Update”, where...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/29/2010
PHP on Windows Training Kit updated (March 2010)
As you might have noticed, support for running PHP on Windows is growing stronger. With the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/27/2010
Watch the TechDays Developer Keynote with Anders Hejlsberg
Missed TechDays? Good news: the developer keynote delivered by Anders Hejlsberg is already online....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 04/02/2010
TechDays Update: Windows Phone 7, IE9, lunch sessions and community!
Just a few days left before we kick off this year’s TechDays event in Antwerp. Time for a last...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/26/2010
Silverlight Analytics Framework
If you have been building Silverlight applications for public facing sites, chances are you need to...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/17/2010
MIX 2010 Twitter Map, powered by Bing Maps
After reading Chris Pendleton’s post on a new feature for Bing Maps beta, I decided to try it out on...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 03/13/2010
Free Web Application Toolkits – Three extra toolkits released
Web Application Toolkits are a set of ready to use kits with samples and controls that help ASP.NET...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/22/2010
Windows Phone 7 Series revealed – get the lowdown at MIX10
After watching the Mobile World Congress press conference kicked off by Steve Ballmer this afternoon...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/15/2010
Las Vegas MIX’ing at Microsoft Belgium – live keynote watch event
Don’t want to miss any of the announcements from MIX 2010 but can’t make it to Las Vegas in March?...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/15/2010
Event announcement: Leveraging Azure with non-Microsoft Technologies
On Friday March 5th 2010, Josh Holmes will be presenting a session at the Microsoft offices in...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/11/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate is available
Yesterday on the availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Release Candidate was announced. It’s...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/10/2010
TechDays 2010 – Update Four – Agenda published
Just a quick update for those looking for the TechDays 2010 agenda: we have just published the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 02/05/2010
TechDays 2010 – Update Three: .NET 4 Pre-conference
Good news if you are looking for an update on the content for the .NET 4 Pre-conference at TechDays....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/30/2010
TechDays 2010 – Update Two: sessions listing online
TechDays 2010 agenda is filling up quite nicely (Antwerp on 30-31st March and April 1st 2010). This...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/21/2010
Get Ready for the ‘MSDN Get Ready’ training events
Get Ready Sessions are 1 day level 200-300 technical trainings given by top level speakers,...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/14/2010
MSDN Azure Roadshow registration open (January 2010)
Discover Azure Development in this free event, your chance to learn and try out Windows Azure...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/11/2010
The SketchFlow Conversations – Structure of a SketchFlow Project
Also in this series: The SketchFlow Conversations - Overview and Intro SketchFlow projects can be...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 01/05/2010
New update of Windows Azure Platform Training Kit (December)
Just in time to make it for a Christmas present, the Windows Azure team has released a new version...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/24/2009
The SketchFlow Conversations– Overview and Intro
In this Expression Blend SketchFlow series of posts I will be addressing different aspects of...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/23/2009
TechDays Belgium 2010 – First update
Next year on March 30th/31st and April 1st 2010 we will be hosting TechDays 2010 Belgium. Like last...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/22/2009
BeLux Silverlight Contest winners
Our BeLux Silverlight contest ended on December 12th 2009, and we are now happy to announce the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/22/2009
Links for my intervention at Le Podcast High Tech – with Drupal user community Belgium
Last month I joined the folks behind Le Podcast High Tech to talk about Microsoft’s support for...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/16/2009
UX@Vitra November edition – Slides and links from “Experience Continuum” talk
On November 25th we organized another User Experience at Vitra event. (See all the pictures - by...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/28/2009
Come see Scott Guthrie talk on Visual Studio 2010, web development and Silverlight 4
On December 4th we have a top speaker and .NET guru visiting Belgium: Scott Guthrie is doing a full...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/22/2009
Silverlight 4 Beta – Overview of the new features
Yesterday, during the keynote at the Professional Developers Conference the new Silverlight 4 beta...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/19/2009
Microsoft PDC 2009 – the announcements at the keynotes
This year I did not have the opportunity to join the Microsoft PDC event personally but I did manage...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/18/2009
SQL Server Day 2009 – now with a full developer track
The SQL Server Day, taking place on December 3rd in Utopolis Mechelen is a full day dedicated to SQL...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/16/2009
MS Web Platform Installer & Gallery – extensibility for your own non-public apps and products
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a great tool to automate the installation of web...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/02/2009
Celebrate the 1st anniversary of Belgian Silverlight User Group
On November 5th the Belgian Silverlight User Group (BESUG) is already celebrating its 1st year...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/25/2009
Sistr – Free open source rich typography tool for Silverlight
Last week during the ReMix 09 keynote in Belgium, two companies, These Days and Ventigrate...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/25/2009
REMIX 2009 – all recorded sessions now online
ReMix Brussels 2009 was held at the end of September 2009. We had a great day with a general opening...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/25/2009
PHP Benelux event on Oct 28th – Microsoft & PHP
Next week Kevin Dockx and Maarten Balliauw will be presenting a session at the PHP Benelux user...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/20/2009
Start to Silverlight – jumpstart your first project with coaching and training event
Something I thought may be worth a short blog post: the Partner department is organizing a Start to...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/19/2009
Internet Explorer 8 – Webslices and Accelerators Belux Contest is on!
This fall we’re giving you not one but two chances to win a netbook and other prizes! Next to the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/14/2009
BeLux Silverlight 3 Contest – Be creative and win cool prizes
We just launched the BeLux Silverlight 3 Contest, where you have a chance to win a cool HP Mini...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/13/2009
Seen at REMIX: WebsiteSpark and Web Platform Installer 2.0
Yesterday we held REMIX Brussels 2009 at Kinepolis. I had a good time during the keynote and talking...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/30/2009
Another chance to meet two ReMix speakers
If you have not yet registered for the full day free event “ReMix 2009”, taking place on September...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/10/2009
Slides and sample code from my .NET RIA Services webcast
A few weeks back we had an MSDN Live Meeting around .NET RIA Services. During the webcast I was...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/12/2009