Beth Massi
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Bootstrapper Package for SQL Server Express 2008 R2
A couple weeks ago my good friend and MVP, Robin Shahan (RobinDotNet), wrote up instructions on how...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/25/2011
The Code Project Virtual Tech Summit Premieres Tomorrow Feb 23rd
I’ll be presenting at the Code Project’s virtual tech summit on LightSwitch. This is a...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/22/2011
LightSwitch Featured in CoDe Magazine March/April Issue
CoDe Magazine released it’s March/April issue a couple days ago and the LightSwitch team is...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/20/2011
Step-by-Step: Installing SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Express after Visual Studio 2010
UPDATE 7/31/2012 - Since this post new versions of SQL Server & Visual Studio have been...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/18/2011
Fun with OData and Windows Phone 7
Tonight I’m speaking in San Francisco on one of my favorite topics, OData. Here’s the info: Creating...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/16/2011
MSDN Presents: SharePoint – Our team is coming to a city near you in March!
The Visual Studio BizApps team has joined forces with the awesome developer evangelists in the West...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/14/2011
How to Send Automated Appointments from a LightSwitch Application
Last article I wrote about how you could automate Outlook to send appointments from a button on a...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/09/2011
dnrTV Show #185: Beth Massi on Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 1
Check it out, I’m on dnrTV talking about LightSwitch: Beth Massi on Visual Studio LightSwitch...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/07/2011
How To Create Outlook Appointments from a LightSwitch Application
Last post I showed how to create email in a couple different ways, one of them being from the...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/03/2011
How To Send HTML Email from a LightSwitch Application
A while back Paul Patterson wrote an awesome step-by-step blog post based on a forum question on how...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/27/2011
Visual Basic Samples, Resources and More!
Yesterday the VB Team posted links to a TON of Visual Basic code samples and resources (see below)...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/11/2011
National GiveCamp coming to San Francisco, February 4-6, 2011
GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/10/2011
Build Business Applications Quickly with Visual Studio LightSwitch
Check it out, the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of CoDe Magazine is out and I’ve got an article in there on...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/06/2011
Happy New Year! (Now get to work)
Happy New Year everyone! I’ve enjoyed a nice long vacation with good friends and family but now it’s...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/06/2011
LightSwitch Community Links and Resources
I’ve been trying to stay on top of the forming LightSwitch community and have been collecting...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/21/2010
New SharePoint Developer Team Blog
To make it easy for developers to make sure they’re getting all the latest technical...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/14/2010
Getting the Most out of LightSwitch Summary Properties
Note: This article has been updated for Beta 2 on 3/17/2011 Summary Properties in LightSwitch are...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/07/2010
This Wednesday Come Ask the Experts about .NET Development, Architecture, Cloud, Mobile and more! (And eat free pizza)
This Wednesday December 8th at EastBay.NET UG in Livermore I’ll be on a panel of Microsoft...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/06/2010
Adding Static Images and Logos to LightSwitch Applications
NOTE: This information applies to LightSwitch Beta 1 ONLY. For V1 release (RTM) please see Adding...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/02/2010
Great Bay.NET User Group Events Coming Up in December!
Bay.NET user groups serve the entire Bay Area with .NET meetings in San Francisco, Silicon Valley,...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 11/24/2010
How to Create a Screen with Multiple Search Parameters in LightSwitch
Note: This article has been updated for Beta 2 on 3/17/2011 A couple weeks ago I posted about how to...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 11/22/2010
LightSwitch Team “How To” Articles and New Developer Center Content
Over on the LightSwitch team blog we’ve been posting a series of “How To” articles that have gotten...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 11/18/2010
Creating a Custom Search Screen in Visual Studio LightSwitch
Note: This article has been updated for Beta 2 on 3/17/2011 While I was on my speaking trip in...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 11/09/2010
Trip Report: DevReach Bulgaria & SDC Netherlands
I’ve been travelling for the last couple weeks around Europe to speak at a couple conferences and...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 10/26/2010
New LightSwitch Video on Deployment Just Released
We just released another new “How Do I” video on the LightSwitch Developer Center: #12 -...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 10/15/2010
LightSwitch Resources & Links from SVCC
Thanks to those folks who came out to Silicon Valley Code Camp this weekend. Peter Kellner and crew...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 10/13/2010
New How Do I Video Released Today on LightSwitch Access Control
If you rather watch videos than read articles, we just released a new How Do I video on the...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 10/12/2010
Implementing Security in a LightSwitch Application
NOTE: This information applies to LightSwitch Beta 1 ONLY. For Beta 2, please read the Beta 2...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 10/06/2010
MSDN Radio on Oct. 11th: LightSwitch with Yours Truly
On Monday, October 11th at 9:00 AM PST I’ll be talking with Mike Benkovich and Mithun Dhar...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 10/01/2010
Deployment Guide: How to Configure a Machine to Host a 3-tier LightSwitch Beta 1 Application
NOTE: This information applies to LightSwitch Beta 1 ONLY. For Beta 2, please read the Beta 2...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 09/23/2010
Silicon Valley Code Camp Session Schedules are up!
All the session schedules are now posted on the Silicon Valley Code Camp web site. SVCC is one of...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 09/22/2010
New LightSwitch “How Do I” Videos Released Today
We just updated the Learn section of the LightSwitch Developer Center with a couple more videos,...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 09/15/2010
Time to Register for Silicon Valley Code Camp!
It’s that time of year again, Silicon Valley Code Camp is one of the biggest there is spanning...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 09/14/2010
More LightSwitch How Do I Videos Released Today
I’m back at it with three more “How Do I” videos on Visual Studio LightSwitch....
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 09/01/2010
Validating Collections of Entities (Sets of Data) in LightSwitch
One of the many challenging things in building n-tier applications is designing a validation system...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/31/2010
Visual Studio LightSwitch How Do I Videos
I’ve done my fair share of How Do I videos over the years, particularly on Visual Basic and...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/24/2010
LightSwitch Public Beta 1 Now Available!
We’ve just released the public Beta 1 of Visual Studio LightSwitch! Yay! Check out Jason Zander’s...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/23/2010
Channel 9 Interview: Visual Studio LightSwitch - Beyond the Basics
Check it out, the LightSwitch team just posted another Channel 9 video. In this one we go a little...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/11/2010
New Videos and More Rolling out on LightSwitch Developer Center
A new video just rolled out on the LightSwitch Developer Center on MSDN in a section that is all...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/10/2010
Rapid Business Application Development with Visual Studio LightSwitch
This morning Jason Zander announced an exciting new product that the Visual Studio BizApps team here...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/03/2010
Multi-line Lambdas in Visual Basic – When is Enough, Enough?
Now that I’ve been writing code for a while with the latest version of Visual Basic in Visual Studio...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/09/2010
Integrate Outlook Appointments with SharePoint 2010 Calendar Lists using Data Services
The other day a good friend of mine asked me if it was possible to send appointments created in...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/28/2010
Programming the Task Bar in Windows 7 with WPF 4 Article Series
Last week we published an article by VB MVP Alessandro Del Sole on how to utilize a cool Windows 7...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/25/2010
Channel 9 Interview: Office Add-in (VSTO) Performance Tips & Tricks
In this interview, I sit down with Stephen Peters, a developer on the Office client tools team in...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/24/2010
Channel 9 Interview: Multi-Targeting Deep Dive
Multi-targeting support in Visual Studio allows you to target your applications onto different...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/22/2010