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Import SharePoint Projects from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010
I was working on a project for a customer today and needed to build a custom field control. ...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/16/2010
Embedding Flash Video in SharePoint Blogs
For SharePoint 2007, there was a nice project called Enhanced Rich Text for SharePoint Extended....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/15/2010
Windows Workflow 4.0 Activity Pack CTPs
Go check out the recently released WF State Machine Activity Pack CTP 1 and ADO.NET Activity Pack...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/06/2010
The SharePoint Exchange 2010 Conference – Sacramento, CA, June 2-3 2010
I was working with the folks at Kiefer to speak at this event, but unfortunately couldn’t because of...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/30/2010
ListBoxes in Silverlight
I’ve seen this question in my email inbox 3 separate times this week, so I thought others might...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/24/2010
SharePoint 2010 RTM Now Available to MSDN Subscribers
Oh yeah! SharePoint 2010 RTM is now available for download to MSDN subscribers!...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/22/2010
Creating a Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller
I have a confession... I am a developer, a true developer. I am infrastructure illiterate, meaning I...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/17/2010
Got Oracle? You Want to Read This!!!
For the past 18 months, a few members of our team have been begging working to convince the data...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/09/2010
Preview Code Files in Windows 7
The Windows 7 preview pane allows you to preview contents of files easily. Out of the box, I...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/28/2010
Steal This Presentation!
I just ran across a PowerPoint presentation by a colleague, David Chou, that is just plain awesome....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/27/2010
Techniques in Advanced .NET Debugging with John Robbins
My colleague Glen Gordon just forwarded this to me. If you haven’t seen John speak before, you...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/26/2010
Looking for Training on SharePoint 2010?
I have a lot of customers looking for training on SharePoint 2010. Good news, I just got an email...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/26/2010
Deck from SharePointPro 2010 Summit – Developer Best Practices
Thanks to everyone who attended the SharePoint 2010 Developer Best Practices talk at the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/18/2010
My Presentation from the SharePointPro 2010 Summit and Expo on ALM
Thanks to everyone who attended my talk on ALM with SharePoint 2010 and Visual Studio 2010. It was a...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/18/2010
Microsoft Shows Off Single Game Running on Windows, Windows Phone, and XBox
This made my jaw drop....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/06/2010
SharePoint as a Composite Application Platform
I had the pleasure of speaking at the SharePoint TechFest 2010 event today in Dallas, Texas. Over...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/02/2010
I Am on the Thirsty Developer Podcast!
I had a great time talking with Dave Bost and Clark Sell on the Thirsty Developer Podcast about...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/01/2010
WCF Data Services, SharePoint 2010, and DataServiceVersion
I am putting together some demos for SharePoint 2010, and one of the demos I really wanted to show...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/28/2010
Cloud Cover Show on Channel9
I just ran across a show on Channel9 called Cloud Cover. The show covers Windows Azure and the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/27/2010
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: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/19/2010
SharePoint Developer Resources
Almost daily I see people excited about getting started with SharePoint development, but then...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/06/2010
Presence in SharePoint 2010
One of the cool new features of SharePoint 2010 is the integration with Exchange 2010 and Office...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/28/2010
SharePoint Live Virtual Conference & Expo
Register today for the free SharePoint Live Virtual Conference & Expo! Hard to get out of the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/04/2009
Water Cooler Interviews with Arpan Shah and Tom Rizzo
At the SharePoint Conference 2009, I had the privilege to interview both Tom Rizzo, Senior Director...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/21/2009
2 Coolest Things: Boot to VHD, and TFS Basic
This is an email that I sent to my co-workers, and decided that it's something I should share with...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/17/2009
Showing a List of Today’s Birthdays in SharePoint
A customer pinged me with an interesting request: given a SharePoint list called “Birthdays”...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/12/2009
Getting Friends From Twitter With WCF
Today, we’ll show off a bit of WCF for working with Twitter. The last time I posted on using...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/03/2009
Water Cooler Interview – Shane Young
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing SharePoint MVP Shane Young on The Water Cooler...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/12/2009
Unity Lifetime Managers and WCF Integration
My friend Drew, a Disney cast member in Orlando, started a blog. Drew is focused on connected...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/30/2009
SharePoint and Workflow Resources
This post provides a list of resources for SharePoint, Windows Workflow Foundation, and using WF...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/29/2009
Water Cooler Demo: SharePoint state machine workflows
I’ve posted a new video to Channel9… SharePoint Visual Studio state machine workflows for...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/28/2009
Connecting to Oracle from Visual Studio
Man, I am spoiled. I am spoiled by how simple the free edition of SQL Server 2008, SQL 2008...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/18/2009
Using the intrinsic SharePoint Controls
I’ve built application pages plenty of times, but admit that they never look like other...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/12/2009
Expression Encoder 3 – Screen Capture
I have been doing a lot of screen cast production lately (I promise I’ll they’ll be...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/11/2009
SharePoint Saturday Dallas is Filling Up Fast
The first ever SharePoint Saturday Dallas event is filling up fast! We’ve announced the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/09/2009
SharePoint and Web Content Management: Using SharePoint for Public Sites
I was fortunate last fall to attend a week long training class by the amazing Mr. Todd Baginski that...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/06/2009
SharePoint Social Computing – NewsGator Social Sites
I just posted a new Channel9 interview about NewsGator Social Sites. I had the pleasure...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/01/2009
CriticalPath SharePoint Administrators Survival Camp Training – Day 2
Today was day 2 of the SharePoint Administrators Survival Camp training class that I am attending by...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/17/2009
Announcing SharePoint Saturday Dallas, July 25th 2009
Eric Shupps did such a great job with the first SharePoint Saturday Dallas announcement that I am...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/16/2009
CriticalPath SharePoint Administrators Survival Camp Training – Day 1
I am fortunate to be attending the SharePoint Administrators Survival Camp training class by...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/15/2009
Democratization of IT: Creating WebParts for SharePoint Without IT Operations
I've had several conversations with customers lately about creating some type of gadget gallery for...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/15/2009
Trying and Buying BPOS - It couldn't be easier!
There’s a very cool blog post over at The Amazing Adventures of Geek Girl : Trying and Buying...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/12/2009
Bytes by MSDN
Looks like there is a really cool interview series called Bytes by MSDN where interviews with...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/12/2009
Bing Maps World Tour
This is really cool. Just got an email about an app that lets you see the updates to Bing Maps....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/05/2009
Intro to Data View Web Part by Laura Rogers
Laura Rogers has posted some great screencasts to introduce you to the Data View Web Part, showing...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/28/2009
Excel 2007 Productivity Secrets
I love blog posts that show features of a product that I use frequently that I didn’t know...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/27/2009
WS-Discovery in WCF - .NET 4.0
Back in the early beta days of “Indigo”, before WCF, I saw an early demo using WS-Discovery. ...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/14/2009