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A look at the Workflow Foundation 4.0 Activity Model
Workflow Activity Model Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) in .NET Framework version 4 changes several...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/01/2010
Running Windows 7 on iPad? You Got It
According to InternetNews, Citrix will be the first to bring Windows 7 to iPad. Users don’t...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/01/2010
Enterprise Library 5.0 and Unity 2.0 Roadmap
Now that the release of Visual Studio 2010 is just around the corner, the next thing to consider is...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/01/2010
Webcast - Visual Studio Tools For Architects
Each month through June 2010, we’ll bring you a 60-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/01/2010
Webcast - How To Architect Killer Apps with Windows 7
February 26, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: How to Architect a Killer App for Windows 7...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/01/2010
Free Windows Azure Training!
The Windows Azure training Kit is a free download that is chock-full of useful training content...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/31/2010
Windows Azure Platform Free with MSDN Premium and BizSpark
If you have an MSDN Premium or BizSpark subscription you should be aware that for the next 8 months...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/31/2010
ARCast.TV - Enabling Architects with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
ARCast.TV - Enabling Architects with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 In this talk, Cameron Skinner,...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/31/2010
Using Open XML SDK 2.0 to Create Office Solutions on Windows 7
With Open XML SDK 2.0, it becomes much easier to create Microsoft Office (2007 and 2010) based...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 01/29/2010
Windows XP Mode: What it takes to uninstall it and to delete the related VHD files
Windows XP mode is an optional add-on to Windows 7 that provides a seamless virtual environment to...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 01/27/2010
Understanding XP Mode in Windows 7
A recent article “Windows 7's XP Mode: what it is, how it works, who it's for” by Peter Bright...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 01/27/2010
Bring Combined Search Experience to Windows 7 Users
With Windows 7 Federated Search users can access and interact with both internal and external...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 01/25/2010
Streamlining Customer Service with Windows 7 and Multi-Touch
How many times have you called your cell phone carrier, or your cable provider and received an...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/25/2010
Windows Azure TCO/ROI Calculator Available Online & Offline
A while back we told you about the Windows Azure TCO/ROI calculator designed to help you measure the...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/25/2010
Updated Tailspin Travel demo shows off ASP.NET MVC 2
An updated version of the Tailspin Travel demo has been released that is focused exclusively on...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/25/2010
Tuning a Parallel LINQ File Search Application
Ever wonder what performance issues you will run into when you attempt to take advantage of the new...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/25/2010
Silverlight LOB Applications: How-To: Implement Field-level Custom Authorization
As Silverlight RIA applications more into the mainstream enterprise business applications, a need...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/25/2010
Bing Maps Moves Forward with Silverlight Innovation
On January 19, the "Beta" tag was removed from the Silverlight version of Bing Maps -...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/25/2010
Silverlight Media Player: Adding Thumbnail Preview Capability
If you like the Netflix Silverlight player’s ability to show thumbnails while fast-forwarding,...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/25/2010
Want to know how Windows Azure is Feeling?
If you want to know the health status of Windows Azure Platform services in each of our data centers...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/25/2010
ARCast.TV - An Overview of MVC4WPF - Part 3 of 3
Brian H. Prince talks with Stephen Giffin and John Hannah about their new open source project called...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/24/2010
Architect Innovation Cafe Webcast-Visual Studio Tools For Architects
Each month through June 2010, we’ll bring you a 60-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/22/2010
Make better sense of your spending and saving decisions
bundle.com is a new service just launched in conjunction with Microsoft Citicorp and Morningstar. It...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/20/2010
ARCast.TV Special - Designing Multi-tenant Applications on Windows Azure
ARCast.TV Special - Designing Multi-tenant Applications on Windows Azure featuring Joseph Hofstader...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/20/2010
Microsoft, Google Debate Cloud Future
Jeffrey Schwartz over at RedmondMag.com covered the inaugural meeting of the New York Technology...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/19/2010
Making Your Windows 7 Applications Colorful
While working on a Windows 7 application that allows users to choose their preferred colors to...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 01/18/2010
Microsoft’s 3 Screens and the Cloud Vision
Microsoft Architect Evangelist Bill Zack spoke about Microsoft’s 3 Screens and the Cloud vision at a...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/18/2010
Windows Azure Blob Storage Walkthrough
In his Cloudy in Seattle blog Jim Nakashima illustrates the “Hello World” of Windows Azure blob...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/18/2010
Gartner RIA Report: Microsoft rates Strong Positive
Need help justifying Silverlight for your developing mission-critical RIA Applications? ...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/18/2010
Channel 9 – Silverlight 4 Training by John Papa
Need to get up-to-speed quickly on the new features in Silverlight 4? Check-out this webcast series...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/18/2010
KODU Game Lab Gets Kids IN the Game
Microsoft Fuse Labs has released KODU a visual programming language made specifically for creating...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/18/2010
Make the move from MySQL to SQL Server with the new Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant
Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) 2008 is a toolkit that dramatically cuts the effort,...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/18/2010
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Just Got Easy
Check out the just-released, free, SEO toolkit extension for IIS that lets you examine and review...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/18/2010
ARCast.TV - An Overview of MVC4WPF - Part 2 of 3
Brian H. Prince meets with Stephen Giffin and John Hannah about their new open source project called...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/17/2010
Connecting PHP to Microsoft Excel and LINQ with PHP
Peter Laudati & Dmitry Lyalin host the edu-taining Connected Show developer podcast on cloud...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/13/2010
ARCast.TV Special - An Architects Perspective on Silverlight 3 featuring Tim Heuer
Many .NET developers are becoming more and more interested in the Rich Internet Application...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/13/2010
Windows Azure Goes Live in January
At long last the wait is over. Windows Azure went live on January 1st, 2010. At Microsoft’s...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/12/2010
Pick your Windows Azure Operating System version!
The Windows Azure Platform is currently based on a modified version of Windows Server 2008 R2. ...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/12/2010
Want to host video on your blog from Windows Azure?
This detailed article describes how to host video for blogs and other web sites using Windows...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/12/2010
How Data, RIA, and Workflow Services all work with WCF
The .NET 4 Framework makes it easier for developers to work with services from their managed code...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/11/2010
Creating Ribbon Applications on Windows 7
The ribbon concept was first introduced with Office 2007 and is now natively supported on Windows 7....
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 01/11/2010
Silverlight 4 – How to Capture Audio and Video from a Web Cam
One of the coolest new features in Silverlight 4 is the ability to capture audio and video input...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/11/2010
Visual Studio Myth Buster
Need help justifying to the boss why you need to explore all the cool new features that are...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/11/2010
SEO Improvements in ASP.NET 4
Looking to increase your web site's "discoverability" on the web to ultimately drive more...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/11/2010
IE8 Accelerator Creation Guide
Ever wanted to see how truly simple it is to configure an accelerator for Internet Explorer 8? ...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/11/2010
ARCast.TV - An Overview of MVC4WPF, Part 1
Brian H. Prince meets with Stephen Griffin and John Hannah about their new open source project...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/08/2010
GodMode for Developers in Windows 7
The so-called "GodMode" settings folder in Windows 7 is just one of many shortcuts...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 01/07/2010
Creating PHP CRUD Apps with SQL Server on-premise or in the Azure Cloud
The SQL CRUD Wizard for PHP is a sample .NET application that can be used to generate a simple...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/07/2010
Interoperability Bridges and Lab Center – Collaboration Improve Interoperability
The Interoperability Bridges and Labs Center is dedicated to technical collaborative work between...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/07/2010
Can’t Touch This…Surface Manipulations and Inertia Sample for Microsoft Silverlight
Multitouch support in Windows 7 allows applications to blur the lines between computers and the real...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/04/2010