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A Guide to Attending TechEd or PDC

Rob Windsor — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:20:29 GMT

Rob Windsor writes "Good job dude! Putting out a guide to attending TechEd days after the conference is over. Yes, this was poor planning on my part but there will be other TechEds and PDCs and hopefully this will help people attending those conferences..."

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SDC Sessions - THE CODE

Michele Leroux Bustamante — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:25:01 GMT

Michele Leroux Bustamante writes "Yes, at last, I am posting my code for my SDC conference sessions. I am quite sorry about this delay, but I have been travelling non-stop since the conference, and I had at least one million other deadlines upon me and Internet issues during the week following when I had promised to post. So, hopefully apology accepted...here is the code references for all 4 of my sessions!!!! How ASP.NET 2.0 Processes Requests - Handlers, Modules, Caching, Session and other fun objects involved in the round-trip ... "

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Strikers Block Busses!!! Police Called In!

Scott Ladewig — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:14:04 GMT

Scott Ladewig writes "Smooth ride on the bus again this morning. New driver though. The bus drivers went on strike, so managers are... "

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Shared Source Development Contest!!!

Port 25 — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:05:59 GMT

Port 25 writes "The Windows CE team has launched a Shared Source Development Contest... From the link: "WindowsForDevices.com and Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices (MED) Group are teaming up to invite developers worldwide to compete, using Microsoft's Windows CE Shared Source, in an exciting real-world project. The contest's theme is 'Show-It-Off at the Shared Source Project Competition.'" Hank took some time to interview the person responsible for the contest, Nic Sages, to discuss the contest and Windows CE's Shared Source efforts.... "

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MSDN Wiki at Tech*Ed -- Day 3 with Video!

msdnwiki — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:04:19 GMT

msdnwiki writes "...Check out this video from yesterday of ~80 MSDN Wiki T-shirts being snapped up in less than 5 minutes: "

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TechEd: MS using "mobile ads" in Boston - Very Hip!!

Bret Fisher — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:50:30 GMT

Bret Fisher writes "Never seen this before: we walked out of a bar at near midnight, and a mini-van covered in Microsoft CCS (Compute Cluster Server 2003) was parked right in front and projecting a huge video ad on the building across the street with the sound pumpin out of the pimped ride. Very cool and urban-esq. I tried..."

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Microsoft Unifies Anti-Malware Under Forefront Brand

Windows Connected — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:37:12 GMT

Windows Connected writes "At last night’s TechEd 2006 keynote Microsoft announced that they will be rebranding its business oriented anti-malware technologies under a new unified name Microsoft “Forefront”. This new brand will encompass server and client apps including the now in beta Microsoft Client Protection which is Microsoft entry into the corporate anti-virus/anti-malware business. Also rebranded under the Forefront name will be the Microsoft Antigen products covering SharePoint, Exchange, and Instant Messaging. The Forefront product line will eventually consist of the following: "

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Mix06 Sessions Online

Doug Holland — Tue, 30 May 2006 23:12:27 GMT

Doug Holland writes "If you're interested in seeing where the future of web-based applications will take you then I would recommend you check out some of the sessions from the recent Mix06 conference, these sessions are now available online at ..."

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Bill Gates - SharePoint Conference 2006 - May 15, 2006

Mark Kruger — Fri, 26 May 2006 21:11:00 GMT

Mark Kruger writes "On-Demand Web Cast:... Summary: Bill Gates' Top 5 1. Wikis, Blogs and RSS capabilities 2. Excel Services 3. Client Integration 4. Search 5. Business Data Catalog Extracts:..."

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Wrox AJAX book coming soon

Jeff Julian — Fri, 26 May 2006 20:56:14 GMT

Jeff Julian writes "For those of you who attended Tim's presentation on AJAX this month, this book is going to be good for you. I have always been a fan of Wrox books, and ..."

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Book News

Marc Mercuri — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:43:46 GMT

Marc Mercuri writes "I'm happy to report that the Windows Communication Foundation: Hands On book will be out in just a couple of weeks, and that I've just signed on to do another one. This next book is tentatively titled “Understanding Infocard“ and will be written for APress. This will hit bookstores in ..."

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ASP.NET MVP Hacks

Scott Hanselman — Tue, 02 May 2006 04:07:00 GMT

Scott Hanselman writes "David Yack got a bunch of folks together and assembled ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks from Wrox. Take a look at the picture on the right, totally looks like we're all in the same room with our twelve-sided dice, no? ;) Seriously though... "

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Microsoft Financial Services

Paul Mooney — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:11:57 GMT

Paul Mooney writes "Today and tomorrow I'm at the annual Microsoft Financial Services Developer Conference. Now in its 4th year, it is the leading event for developers and architects in the financial services industry. The conference offers developers the opportunity to gain insight into Microsoft’s latest and upcoming technologies for the banking, insurance and capital markets industries. You will walk away with ..."

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Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C#

Tad Anderson — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 03:11:23 GMT

Tad Anderson writes "...I look foward to re-reading the C# version. What it covers and covers great is: Agile principles, and the fourteen practices of... "

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Dev Connections Orlando - The Code

Michele Leroux Bustamante — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:05:02 GMT

Michele Leroux Bustamante writes "Yet another awesome Dev Connections conference has come and gone, in Orlando last week...and if you missed out, make sure you hit the next one in Las Vegas later this year... For those who attended my sessions this past week, you will be looking for the code I'm sure, and here is all the magic, listed by session: "

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SharePoint: Dev Connections Presentations

Shane Perran — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:36:09 GMT

Shane Perran writes "If you were like me and were unable to get down to Orlando for the recent Dev Connections conference, you are not completely left out. People are starting to put together their demo's and slide-decks for us to go through. It's not quite as good as seeing it in person but it's a great consolation prize..."

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Updated VB Book Available

trobbins — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:25:41 GMT

trobbins writes "Early in the BETA period for Visual Studio 2005 we released a free online version of the MS Press book Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Developers. This book received great comments, but was written against BETA 1. We have had the authors update and enhance this book for the final release for Visual Studio 2005 and it now available at ... "

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WCF Track

Paul Mooney — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:13:25 GMT

Paul Mooney writes "...So, I kept my seat for Juval's WCF Operations and Calls talk, then after lunch I listened intently to Shy's WCF Writing Reliable and Transacted Distributed Applications. Some great resources include Shy's blog, Juval's Idesign where he will be posting the slides and demo's from todays talks. The Windows Communications Foundation Dev Center is the place to go for downloads and news about the growing community... "

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Devscovery NYC

Paul Mooney — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:10:07 GMT

Paul Mooney writes "Devscovery New York April 11-13 Devscovery is going to be in New York City at Microsoft's office April 11 - 13. Join John Robbins, Jeffrey Richter, Jeff Prosise to learn the insides and outs of development. Geared toward the intermediate to advanced developer, this three day event will provide you with know how you can use the next day. I had the link to the early bird $100 off the price of the conference, now there is a last minute chance to sign up and recieve $..."

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Expert VB 2005 Business Objects beta ebook online

Rockford Lhotka — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:19:38 GMT

Rockford Lhotka writes "Apress has made the beta ebook of my VB book available at ..."

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