Brian Goldfarb's Blog
Drinking from the firehose
unofficial active directory provider documentation
Big props to G. Andrew Duthie for pulling together this little post about how to get the AD...
Author: bgold Date: 08/18/2005
We will ship VS2005 and I know you will like it
There has been a lot of commentary about the quality of VS2005 and I could go into a long...
Author: bgold Date: 08/16/2005
More great security content
J.D. Meier and team have been busy at work building awesome ASP.NET 2.0 security content -- I posted...
Author: bgold Date: 08/16/2005
Let's talk about the Web Project system
There has been a lot of chatter going on in the last few days about perceived issues with the new...
Author: bgold Date: 08/14/2005
Great pesonal experience on ASP.NET 2.0
Richard Costall describes his experience with ASP.NET 2.0 and his company's new extranet site --...
Author: bgold Date: 08/12/2005
Awesome security content for ASP.NET 2.0 -- a bunch of HOWTO's
ASP.NET 2.0 How To: Prevent Cross-Site Scripting in ASP.NET:...
Author: bgold Date: 08/12/2005
Help us test the updated Upgrade Wizard features in VS 2005!
We need your help testing the new and improved upgrade experience with Visual Studio 2005 and...
Author: bgold Date: 08/06/2005
Did you miss TechEd? No big deal, get the content now!
That's right -- we've posted all the decks and presentations that the Web Platform and Tools team...
Author: bgold Date: 08/05/2005
Help write about the valule of ASP.NET 2.0
The Channel 9 team has built a brand new Wiki for customers to start talking about where they see...
Author: bgold Date: 08/05/2005
.NET and Java
https://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/archives/000216.htmlThere is a very interesting and insightful...
Author: bgold Date: 08/04/2005
ASP.NET 2.0 Provider Toolkit
The ASP.NET 2.0 Provider Toolkit went live on MSDN today. It contains the source code for the Access...
Author: bgold Date: 08/01/2005
Web Developers will see results in IE7 Beta 2
Today, Chris Wilson spilled the beans I've been wanting to spill for awhile -- The majority of the...
Author: bgold Date: 07/30/2005
That's why it's called a beta
Molly Holzschlag posts some interesting thoughts about the IE 7 Beta -- definitely a good read.
Author: bgold Date: 07/28/2005
User agent strings with IE7
There has been some interesting confusion on how to properly deal with browser sniffing scripts (bad...
Author: bgold Date: 07/28/2005
Who ever said Microsoft wasn't "cool"
Today, the US Subsidiary launched a very cool informational site for VS2005 and SQL Server 2005 --...
Author: bgold Date: 07/27/2005
Learn how to upgrade your ASP.NET 1.x app to ASP.NET 2.0
We have just finished building a very detailed whitepaper that explains common issues, patterns,...
Author: bgold Date: 07/26/2005
Powered by ASP.NET 2.0 logos are here!
Thanks to Kevin Goldman, we now have 3 brand spanking new Powered by ASP.NET 2.0 logs that you can...
Author: bgold Date: 07/21/2005
ASP.NET/Design
We are building a new section of the ASP.NET Dev Center focused on design -- it will consist of...
Author: bgold Date: 07/15/2005
Off to Amsterdam
Heading to the airport to fly to Amsterdam for TechEd Europe -- definitely going to be a great show...
Author: bgold Date: 07/02/2005
"Atlas" has arrived
And will it be ever so cool -- Check out Scott's detailed posting on Atlas at:...
Author: bgold Date: 06/29/2005
On the road, again
I've been AWOL because I've been travelling and heads down on something big... more info on that...
Author: bgold Date: 06/28/2005
beta.asp.net launches
I'm happy to announce that today we are officially launching https://beta.asp.net/, the new online...
Author: bgold Date: 05/24/2005
Learn Visual Web Developer Express and ASP.NET 2.0 Video Series!
Bob Tabor over at LearnvVisualStudio.net built out a great introductory video series to get people...
Author: bgold Date: 05/18/2005
ASP.NET 2.0 and Compat
ScottGu gives the low-down on changes to ASP.NET 2.0 between B2-->RTM to help further improve...
Author: bgold Date: 05/11/2005
ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer Team Blogs!!
I know we are a little late to the game, but now on the ASP.NET Developer Center you can find a...
Author: bgold Date: 05/10/2005
Lots of examples on how to use the GridView
Want some great examples on how to use the GridView? Looking for weird customizations or how to...
Author: bgold Date: 05/05/2005
Extending the Personal Web Site Starter Kit
If the Introduction to the Personal Web Site Starter Kit white paper wasn't enough for you -- we...
Author: bgold Date: 05/04/2005
ASP.NET 2.0 designer templates
I posted about Master Page tempaltes awhile back and they are almost complete -- except for now,...
Author: bgold Date: 05/03/2005
Calling all ASP.NET 2.0 sites!
Have you built a site using ASP.NET 2.0? Did you use a Starter Kit? Is it hosted online? Well if you...
Author: bgold Date: 05/03/2005
GetVWD
https://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/getvwd/ I'm very excited about this "landing page" - -on May 1st...
Author: bgold Date: 04/18/2005
MSDN is Live, go get Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition Beta 2!!
Using a previous version of VS 2005? Beta 1? A CTP – YOU MUST READ BELOW IMPORTANT – please please...
Author: bgold Date: 04/17/2005
Ever wonder how build #'s worked?
I did -- took me months to really undertsand it (meaning to get someone to explain it to me -- Check...
Author: bgold Date: 04/17/2005
Whidbey Beta 2 signoff, ASP.NET style
ScottGu asked me to point folks to his blog entry -- we signed off on Beta 2 a few days ago and he...
Author: bgold Date: 04/17/2005
ASP.NET 2.0 makes 'AJAX' like functionality pretty darn easy :)
Bertrand Le Roy, one of the rock-star developers on the Web Platform and Tools team has been doing a...
Author: bgold Date: 04/10/2005
A very interesting article on the Seattle "social" scene or lack there of
https://seattletimes.nwsource.com/pacificnw/2005/0213/cover.html I think this is the quintessential...
Author: bgold Date: 03/06/2005
one-way hashing and encryption with membership: passwords and secret answers
So I just wrapped up my whilrwind tour through Europe (I'm in Sweden, heading back home to the...
Author: bgold Date: 03/04/2005
European Roadshow -- get the slides and intro code
As I've promised in Madrid and Prague, and will continue to promise :), here is a link to get the...
Author: bgold Date: 02/25/2005
Make your application part of the VS 2005 / .NET F/X 2.0 test suite
Jay Roxe is working to identify 3rd party applications (your applications) to use at tests for...
Author: bgold Date: 02/18/2005
My VSLive Talk, Building Web Applications with Visual Studio 2005
{updated: fixed the link} VSLive was a huge success and I think my presentation there went fairly...
Author: bgold Date: 02/14/2005
ASP.NET Connections
In March, we are sending several members of the product team to lovely Orlando to speak at the...
Author: bgold Date: 01/31/2005
What would you want out of Master Page templates?
I need your help. I've been trying to figure out what a set of master page templates / themes would...
Author: bgold Date: 01/07/2005
Microsoft ASP.NET v1.1 Member Management Component Prototype
I'm ultra excited about what ASP.NET 2.0 has to offer, but we are still a few months away from Beta2...
Author: bgold Date: 12/13/2004
Sure, it isn't ASP.NET, but check out the new Smart Client Developer Center
When something is good, it is good. Sure, I'm the web guy, but I have to give some serious kudos to...
Author: bgold Date: 12/03/2004
Some holiday cheer for Steve and company in Iraq
I thought our care package might never make it, but earlier this week our big box of XBOX stuff...
Author: bgold Date: 12/03/2004
ASP.NET 2.0 product design changes between Beta 1 and Beta 2
Today the Web Platform and Tools Team is proud to announce two product design changes made directly...
Author: bgold Date: 11/15/2004
Blogshares
What the heck?
Author: bgold Date: 10/29/2004