April 2008 - Posts
With the upcoming release of SQL Server 2008, a refresh of BizTalk 2006 will be released to support SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, and the .NET Framework 3.5. This is not a new release of BizTalk Server per se ... it will be built on the existing
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Some of you may recall I was very excited last year about a new project within Microsoft called Acropolis. Unfortunately Acropolis didn't make it past the research phase, but many of the things we learned from it are being applied to CAB and to Prism
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It was great to see many of you last week in Atlantic City, attending Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference 2008 and thank you for joining me in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Platform session. · Derek Pollock from Proscape
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The Ingenuity Point ( http://www.theingenuitypoint.com/main/default.aspx ) is our effort to highlight ISVs who make products and/or provide services that have a measureable positive effect on the world's healthcare, education, and clean technology initiatives.
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If you're looking to get you started on developing RIAs with the Silverlight 2 stack, you should check out Bob Familiar's series of articles on topic. Bob makes use of SL 2 XAML, WCF, controls, templates, data binding, and (yes) deep zoom in his sample,
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I mentioned in a previous post that I would post again when I updated my screencast series on Workflow Foundation. Today I submitted the third (and probably final) screencast in this series titled Service Enabling Workflows . Many don't realize that the
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A number of ISVs with healthcare related products have asked me questions about user interface guidelines (both in general and specific to healthcare.) I was pleased to find that we've done some significant work on this, and that the results are freely
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Have you wanted a great font that is really visible, yet monospaced so it is to work with in Visual Studio? Well, we've added Microsoft Consolas Font Family to the mix. I downloaded and installed it from Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio
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RoboChamps is a simulated robotics league that is open to academics, hobbyists, and developers from around the world. RoboChamps demonstrates the power of the Microsoft platform to enable a broad range of developers to explore new ways to use .NET for
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Live Mesh is an implementation of Microsoft’s Software+ Services strategy. Software+Service mean that you can leverage the new world of cloud computing and compliment your application software that runs on PC or any device to provide a better solution,
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The Dynamics CRM 4.0 Exams will be available from April 25th. Read more here. http://blogs.msdn.com/jodonnell/archive/2008/04/24/microsoft-dynamics-crm-4-0-exam-availability.aspx
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Live Mesh technical preview has been announced and is offered by invitation only to participants in the US. The preview is designed to provide feedback about the platform. To learn more about Live Mesh and sign up for the wait list, visit www.mesh.com
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Service Pack 3 has shipped to manufacturing for Microsoft Windows XP. Bits will be available for download and through Windows Update on April 29. Users will be able to update Windows XP to SP3 at that time, but you will have to select the optional download
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Security has become one of the core requirements for software products; secure products increase software reliability and reduce software maintenance costs by minimizing software security vulnerabilities. The need to protect critical data, infrastructures,
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Today we announced the general availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, an on-demand customer relationship management service hosted and managed by Microsoft. The new Internet service delivers a full suite of marketing, sales and service capabilities
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Why software factories? This is a question that I frequently get asked when introducing the Software Factories paradigm. While it seems obvious that increased reuse, higher level of abstraction, and increased automation provide advantages to today's text-based
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I know of a few ISVs who work with robotics and are fasinated by the toolkits that are coming. So I wanted to be sure to let you know that the first community technology preview (CTP) of Robotics Developer Studio 2008 has been released. This is the third
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Have you been considering adding Software as a Service (SaaS) to your software offering? The on-demand model for remotely accessing hosted applications isn't new nor particularly complex. There's geen a lot of hype and analyst chatter about SaaS. Will
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Now that the Open XML is an international standard, work continues on our contributions to make the it accessable to developers. No longer called Microsoft SDK for Office Open XML , the new SDK is called Open XML Format SDK to reflect that Microsoft is
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There are some great enhancements coming to .NET 3.5 with the SP1 release scheduled for later this year. If you'd like to get started with these new enhancements early, and want some great training on them this is the way to do it. All you need to do
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Today I published another new screencast for Office developers. This somewhat brief (14 minute) screencast will introduce you to the recently released VSTO Power Tools. These tools will help you build Office application quicker and provide some great
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The Second Life event will celebrate the launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. The event will bring together IT Pros and Developers to get an in-depth, up-close look at the new products and will give attendees an opportunity
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If you'd like to get some free SQL 2008 training and are based near our Redmond, Washington headquarters, you have a great opportunity to do so. Just follow the instructions below... Hope to see you there! jmp OVERVIEW: Business Intelligence Development
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Microsoft released more open protocol specifications this week ( http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/apr08/04-08ProtocolPR.mspx ). We’re talking 14,000 more pages of documentation involving Office client and server products (including SharePoint
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Visual Studio Team System code name "Rosario" April 2008 CTP is now available here . The download is a VPC image that previews the next major release of Visual Studio Team System. The VPC includes a number of samples and walkthroughs to demonstrate some
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April 22-24, 2008 Sheraton Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ I am presenting a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 session along with our two Dynamics CRM ISVs ( Proscape and Brimstone ) on Thu 04/24/2008 at 11am ET. See here for more details. See you there!!! Sanjay Jain
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I would guess, that as an architect the answer to such a general question would be "it depends" . Obviously Software Factories are no "silver bullet", but they might have the potential to elevate software development to the next maturity level, at least
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Ever wonder what the new syntax is in C#? Or how you might go about learning what is new in the .NET language? Stuart Celarier of CheckFree and I explore the new languages features in C# in a series of screencasts. It's a whirlwind tour of the important
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Craig Mundie, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer, used his keynote address at RSA Conference 2008 to introduce End to End Trust , a concept built around authenticating identities and securing Web-based transactions and communications. The Trust
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The final release of the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack is now available for download. This release provides several exciting features for C++ developers, such as a major update to MFC and an implementation of TR1. These features are fully covered under
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a We delivered our 1 st in-person Dynamics Discovery Day event at Mountain View, CA on Thu 4/3. These in-person events are part of 2 nd wave ( 1 st wave was via web) to educate ISV community on platform aspects of Dynamics. We started with nice lunch,
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You can build SharePoint Web Parts to take advantage of Silverlight user interface components. You can find out how in the Silverlight Blueprint. The Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint is source code and guidance for developers describing how to use
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Windows Mobile 6.1 announced Announcements made at CTIA Wireless 2008 this week point to improving smartphones for your users for both Windows Mobile 6.1 and Internet Explorer Mobile. Partners from around the globe are committed to updating or expanding
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I've been talking more and more with ISVs and developers who are interested in using Office as a UI platform. And now that Visual Studio 2008 comes with Visual Studio Tools for Office installed, developing Office Business Applications (OBAs) are much
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