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Friday, March 28, 2008 11:33 AM

UPDATE: New Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper release

One of our team members found a bug.  We fixed it and created a new release today.  Bug details and release download are available at http://www.codeplex.com/VEJS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=12065 . We are ramping up for our next
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Friday, March 28, 2008 12:43 AM

Architecture Journal Reader

I didn't’know that we also had a reader for The Architecture Journal . These readers are way-cool! They showcase our latest UI stuff --> WPF as well as smart-client, zero touch deployment, and so on... The best part is being able (after sync'ing) to
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 5:06 PM

WEBCAST FOLLOW UP: Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET

UPDATE: I have added a recording link for this webcast to My Recorded Webcasts list. Thanks to everyone who attended.  Sorry about the Live Meeting slide animation issue.  Hopefully the webcast was still valuable even with the difficulties. 
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:16 AM

UPDATE: DC Launch Sync Demo

I have updated the code from the DC Launch Sync demo.  Now, when you make changes on the server and then click the Sync button, you will actually see the changes in the client UI without having to restart the app.  The url for the demo code
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:10 AM

Code Snippet Editor for Visual Basic 2008

If you haven't yet downloaded this nifty MSDN tool, you should. "The Visual Basic Snippet Editor is a Windows Forms application with UI for creating, editing, testing VB code snippets. You can specify snippet code and metadata (e.g., title, author,
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:50 PM

Software + Services: Taxonomy

Moving forward within the software-platform continuum inevitably does (and will) involve taking a closer look at the implications of conceiving software as a service both on premise as well as on the cloud.  As a software visionary it means thinking
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:12 AM

DC Launch Follow Up

Thanks to everyone who stuck around for my "Defy Occasionally-Connected Challenges With Smart Client Applications" session at the DC Launch.  The deck and demo files are available here: Deck Workflow Services Demo Sync Services for ADO.NET
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:36 PM

Reading MSDN the WPF Way - Download MSDN Reader Today!

I may have posted about this before, but if you have not yet downloaded this amazing reader do it now... you will be Very Impressed and will find yourself reading MSDN more often than never before. Zero touch deployment makes it a breeze and it is a good
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:57 AM

What's new in Expression Web 2 ?

Is your agency still using FrontPage? Check the latest mind-blowing features of Expression Web 2... <Taken from Expression Web ! unrolled for easy reading...> PHP Open up your PHP websites to the visual world of standards-based design by using advanced
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:43 AM

Virtual Earth: Drawing on the map and storing the result in SQL Server 2008

During my Virtual Earth Workshop at the GIS-T ( www.gis-t.org ) conference, I demo'd how to execute a spatial query in a VE scenario by using JavaScript, WCF, and SQL Server 2008.  The query returned GeoRSS to the browser so the VE map control could
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Friday, March 21, 2008 5:35 PM

WEBCAST: Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET

Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET makes building applications for occasionally connected environments a logical extension of building applications where you can count on a consistent network.  Rather than simply replicating a database
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:54 AM

Microsoft Public Sector Developer Conference - May 15, 2008 - Downers Grove, IL

Conference Title Microsoft Public Sector Developer Conference Venue Microsoft Downers Grove Office 3025 Highland Parkway, Suite 300 Downers Grove IL 60515 Date & Time May 15, 2008 9:00AM – 4:00 PM CST Registration Information: Click here About the
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:44 AM

Microsoft Public Sector Developer Conference - April 2, 2008 - Washington, DC @ FOSE 2008

Conference Title Microsoft Public Sector Developer Conference Venue Washington Convention Center 801 Mount Vernon Place NW Washington DC District of Columbia 20001 United States Date & Time April 2, 2008 9:00AM – 4:00 PM EST Register here today as
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:43 PM

Microsoft Office Open XML SDK - Roadmap

Doug Mahugh posted a good blog on the changes to OOXML SDK here   ( OPEN XML Developer ) Also, here you can find, at the bottom of the page, a video interview with Jean-Christophe Cimetiere discussing the SDK . Joel
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Monday, March 17, 2008 6:50 PM

What level of MSDN subscription does Expression Blend come in?

During my Building WPF Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend webcast on Wednesday I mentioned that Expression Blend is part of your MSDN subscription.  There was some confusion in the Q&A around what level.  According to
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Monday, March 17, 2008 6:31 PM

GIS-T FOLLOW UP: Virtual Earth Workshop

Thanks to everyone who attended my 4 HOUR Virtual Earth workshop at the GIS-T conference.  The files I promised are available below: Slide deck Main Demos Hosting Virtual Earth in WPF demo All my demos require Visual Studio 2008 because I use features
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Monday, March 17, 2008 2:09 PM

The Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008 is Live!

By way of Rob Tiffany - The new Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008 has been released to the web and can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=428E4C3D-64AD-4A3D-85D2-E711ABC87F04&displaylang=en
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Friday, March 14, 2008 9:21 PM

WEBCAST: Silverlight 2 for Business Applications

I am excited to have Pete Brown , WPF & Silverlight MVP, present this Silverlight webcast next week!  Pete is by far the most knowledgeable Silverlight developer I know outside of Microsoft.  He's probably the most active person on our internal
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Friday, March 14, 2008 4:14 PM

WEBCAST FOLLOW UP: Building WPF Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend

Thanks to everyone who attended!  You can download the deck here and the demo code here .  As always, if you missed it, you should be able to view a recording within 24 hours by following the original registration link .  I have also add
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Friday, March 14, 2008 10:18 AM

Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint

Are you interested in using Silverlight in SharePoint?  If so, you will definitely want to check out the Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint .  It's chock full of samples that show you exactly how to do it! There are 6 samples including the
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Friday, March 14, 2008 10:12 AM

FOLLOW UP: Albany Developer Conference

Thanks to everyone who attended!  You can get to the decks and code from here . - Marc
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48 PM

Webcast Schedule for April 2008

Register today for our upcoming webcasts! DATE TIME LOCATION TITLE AND REGISTRATION LINK PRESENTER S OWNER TARGET AUDIENCE April 9 , 2008 14:00 -15:30 EST Webcast Geospatially Enabling SharePoint with IDV Solutions’ Visual Fusion Suite Marc Schweigert
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:32 PM

Windows Mobile 6: Configuration Steps to Test localhost Web-Services

Windows Mobile 6 offers a great developer experience in Visual Studio 2008. The combined features of WM6 SDK + VS2008 provide excellent new ways for testing your applications for reliability and resiliency. Testing WebServices, however, is not an out
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:27 PM

How to videos: ASP.NET MVC

UPDATED: Links fixed...our apologies for the bad URLs on the images. I just ran across some really nice How to videos from Scott Hanselman on the ASP.NET MVC Preview.  They are very much demonstration-oriented and very explanatory. Here are the video's
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Monday, March 10, 2008 3:27 PM

Have you heard of Microsoft Sharedview?

This is a handy little free tool for sharing documents and screen views with your team, close friends and family from anywhere. It is called Microsoft Sharedview ! You can download it here . You can initiate a session directly from Live Messenger or send
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Monday, March 10, 2008 9:57 AM

WEBCAST: Building WPF Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend

NOTE: Even thought this is a WPF session, the focus is on tooling (i.e. VS2008 & Blend).  Silverlight 2 developers who want to understand the future tooling experience for Silverlight should attend this session.  In fact, the UI I created
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:50 PM

RELEASED: Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper

We've officially released! If you've been paying attention to the project, you might have noticed that there was a release on March 3, 2008. I know a few of you have been paying attention because there were 58 downloads before we released the latest version:).
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:35 PM

Free Download: Updated SharePoint (WSS and MOSS) SDK's

Microsoft has just recently released the latest updates to the SharePoint SDK's.  If you are a SharePoint Developer, this is important for you, because there are usually changes/updates in the API documentation and occasionally new Samples. Here
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:45 PM

EVENT POSTPONED!!! HPCPAL Jumpstart Event - March 18, 2008 - Washington, DC

Please note that this event has been postponed. The Windows HPC Server 2008 “Jumpstart” event scheduled for March 18, 2008 in Washington, DC, will be rescheduled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Our intent is to coordinate delivery of this event subsequent
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