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Book Review: Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook

Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook is a book targeted at developers with at least some basic experience of Windows Azure. You wont find long chapters explaining how the Cloud works so this s...

Montreal event: Back from //Build/

Curious about last weeks announcements at the Microsoft //Build/ conference? Want to learn more about Windows 8, WinRT and Metro?  Want to see Windows 8 running on the Samsung tablet?  Ton...

Montreal Event: Samedi .NET Azure

The Montreal .NET Community next .NET Saturday will be on Azure and the Cloud and will take place on Saturday Oct 15th 2011 from 9AM to 4:30PM.  Both Canadian Azure MVPs will be present (me and...

The unofficial BUILD precon

If you planned your Build trip so that you can attend the Monday pre-cons, well you know now that they have been cancelled.  I guess that MS feared that they would steal thunder from their keynot...

Build is sold out!

The Microsoft Build conference is now sold out!  If you cant attend, dont despair.  Looks like the keynotes will be streamed live and all the sessions will be available 48 hours after the ...

Better Wi-Fi coverage with the D-Link ANT24-0230 Antenna

I was getting a somewhat OK wireless signal from my D-Link DIR-655 router in my backyard but I wanted a stronger signal.  I looked at a few possibilities and ended up trying the D-Link Xtreme N 2...

DevTeach for the 1st time in Ottawa

DevTeach recently announced that their next conference will be held for the first time in Ottawa on Nov 2-4 2011. From the Website: For the first time, DevTeach will be presenting a conference ...

Build

Microsoft will unveil its Windows 8 development strategy at the Build conference this September in Anaheim.  Microsoft already said that HTML5 and JavaScript will be used for developing apps but ...

Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS, Android and Windows Phone

Microsoft announced the release of Windows Azure Toolkits for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Official MS Blog announcement Windows Phone info Wade Wegners blog Windows Azure team blog iOS ...

AzureFest Montreal

What's AzureFest About? Welcome to AzureFest! Windows Azure is Microsofts cloud operating system. Developing for Azure leverages your existing ASP.NET Development Experience and provides develo...

MUST READ announcement from 3 Microsoft VPs

Microsoft published minutes ago an announcement in the Silverlight Team blog.  Whats unusual is that it is signed by 3 Microsoft VPs: Walid Abu-Hadba, Corporate Vice President, Developer &am...

A new RD in town!

Im pleased to say that Montreal will have a second Microsoft Regional Director.  Laurent Duveau is a world wide Silverlight expert and superstar working at RunAtServer (Read his bio here). ...

Windows Phone 7 App Challenge

Build a cool Windows Phone 7 app and you could be going to L.A. this July to showcase your app at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference! Contest info var addthis_pub="guybarrette";...

Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7

The Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 is now available.  All the info can be found here. var addthis_pub="guybarrette";...

EF 4.1 RC available

Entity Framework 4.1 Release Candidate is now available.  All the info can be found on the ADO.NET team blog. var addthis_pub="guybarrette";...

Windows Phone 7 - Lack of interest?

We usually have between 40 and 80 people attending our regular meeting at the Montreal .NET Community.  This week, we had a special Windows Phone 7 blitz with 2 meetings. The topics were very goo...

Japan earthquake and tsunami - How to donate

You can help with the relief efforts by contributing to the Red Cross: Canada: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=2372&tid=032 USA: http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=nt...

VS 2010 SP1 and other cool stuff

Visual Studio SP1 is now available along with these other VS enhancements/benefits: TFS-Project Server integration VS Load Test has now unlimited virtual users for load testing Availabilit...

Friends dont let friends use Internet Explorer 6

MS has put an IE 6 Countdown site to help educate and get the usage of this 10 years old browser down to 1%.  Theres even a short script that you can use in your site that displays this banne...

TFS 2010Bridging the gap between developers and testers

Last fall, the Montreal .NET Community presented a full day on ALM with a session called Bridging the gap between developers and testers. It was a huge success. TFS experts Etienne Tremblay and Vin...

CES 2011Microsoft Keynote Impressions

Microsoft has been kicking off the CES for a number of years by doing a keynote the evening of the event first day.  This year, SteveB talked about Xbox, Kinect, Windows 7 new laptops, Surface 2 ...

Montreal Web Camp

The first Montreal Web Camp will take place on Saturday February 5th from 9AM to 4:30PM.  This event is organized by Microsoft Canada in collaboration with the Montreal .NET Community. You wan...

How Kinect Works

Heres a great blog post from the Xbox engineering team explaining how the Kinect sensor works. var addthis_pub="guybarrette";...

Future of Silverlight - Montreal Event

You can watch Scott Guthries keynote live from the Microsoft Montreal office.  It will be followed by a discussion period. When: Thursday December 2nd from noon to 2PM. Where: Microsoft, 2000...

Future of Silverlight

I told you to... ...Oh surprise! Make sure to watch this keynote  http://www.silverlight.net/news/events/firestarter/ var addthis_pub="guybarrette";...

Silverlight Strategy Shift

and read ScottGus Silverlight Questions blog post Note: steal and post this poster var addthis_pub="guybarrette";...

Samedi .NET: La collaboration entre les dveloppeurs et les testeurs avec Microsoft TFS 2010

The Montreal .NET Community is having its second Samedi .NET of the fall.  This time, the topic is about dev/tester collaboration with TFS 2010. Info and registration: http://samedidotnet11201...

VS 2010 crashes after unlocking PC - Win XP SP3

Each time I unlocked Win XP SP3 and Visual Studio 2010 was already running, VS would crash.  A quick search lead me to this Connect page and a fix:  simply disable hardware acceleration in V...

Crystal Reports 2010 Beta 2 for Visual Studio Runtime Error

I was doing a proof of concept with Crystal Reports 2010 Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2010 and got this error at runtime: Could not load file or assembly file:///C:\\Program Files\\SAP BusinessObjects...

Security Update for ASP.NET

Following the discovery of a security flaw in ASP.NET, Microsoft has been working day and night to release a security update thru Windows Update. Read all about it and apply the update ASAP. ScottGu...

Windows Phone 7 Montreal events (Sept 29-30 2010)

Here are a few Windows Phone 7 events that will take place in Montreal. Wednesday Sept 29th 2010 (TODAY!) Coffee and Code Come take a look at an actual Windows Phone 7 device and talk about ...

XAML Clipart and Icons

Last week, I was doing a proof of concept Windows Forms screen and I wanted a little bit more punch so I went looking for some free icons.  I found a great site called OpenClipArt.org that has a ...

Seagate Momentus XT SSD for the common man

I recently had a discussion with my good friend Eric Moreau about solid state drives (SSD).  I was saying that although Id love have the performance boost of a SSD drive, the thought of having a ...

Serious ASP.NET Security Flaw

Looks like a serious ASP.NET security flaw was published yesterday (Friday Sept 17 2010). Check Steve Smiths blog for more details and how to apply a workaround.http://stevesmithblog.com/blog/asp-net-...

Speaker Idol

The Montreal .NET Communitys Speaker Idol contest will take place on Monday October 25th 2010.  The grand prize is a copy of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate.  Here are the info (in French): V...

Windows Phone 7 Montreal Events

For those looking at Windows Phone 7 development, Microsoft Canada will hold two events in Montreal next week (Sept 9 and 10, 2010)  where youll be able to see a real Windows Phone 7 device. ...

Azure Security Resources

If your looking for security guidance for Windows or SQL Azure, this page lists a series of interesting resources: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff934690.aspx This one also: http://ww...

VB.NET and C# language syntactical comparison

Heres a nice VB and C# reference page that does a syntactical comparison of both languages.  Useful for someone fluent in one language but needs to understand or code in the other one. http://ww...

Expression Encoder US Price Jump

Dan posted a comment on my blog asking me about the Expression Encoder Pro price.   Looks like the US price for Expression Encoder Pro on the MS US online store went from $50 to $199.  ...

Visual Studio Talk Show #122 is now online - Les nouveauts du langage C++ (French)

http://www.visualstudiotalkshow.com Andre Vachon: Les nouveauts du langage C++ dans Visual Studio 2010 Nous discutons avec Andr Vachon des nouveauts du langage C++ dans Visual Studio 2010. Le C++ est...

iOS 4 vs Exchange

If youre experiencing problems with your iOS 4 device and your Exchange server, be advised that theres a bug in iOS4.  Heres the email I received from my hosted Exchange provider: There is cu...

Expression Encoder 4 Great FAQ

Eric Juteau has published a great Expression Encoder 4 FAQ.  A must read is youre interested by this tool. Read it here var addthis_pub="guybarrette";...

Expression Encoder 4 Identity Crisis

I started to play around with Expression Encoder 4 Screen Capture doing some recordings when the software showed me this dialog: Strange, this is the version I installed from my Ultimate Super Ext...

Windows Azure Platform Appliance WPC Announcement

Microsoft announced at the Worldwide Partners Conference a new member in the Azure family: the Windows Azure Platform Appliance. You can watch Bob Muglias keynote announcing the Azure Appliance: h...

Microsoft ALM Summit

Just heard about this one from my good friend Mario Cardinal. The Microsoft ALM Summit will take place on November 16-18, 2010 in Redmond. The conference Website is up but theres not much info so fa...

Congrats to Vincent Grondin

Congrats to Vincent Grondin who was awarded MVP C# on July 1st.  Vincent has been involved in the Montreal .NET Community for about a year now.  He is also an excellent speaker. Vin...

Visual Studio Talk Show #121 is now online - Silverlight dans la grande entreprise (French)

http://www.visualstudiotalkshow.com Dominic Sevigny: Silverlight dans la grande entreprise Nous discutons avec Dominic Sevigny de l'adoption de Silverlight dans la grande entreprise. Silverlight e...

WPF performance for Remote Desktop

I was wondering how WPF would perform when running in Remote Desktop and found this great article from Jossef Goldberg. Basically, WPF apps can run smoothly inside Remote Desktop.  You need to t...

SQL Azure news at TechEd 2010

More Azure news from TechEd US 2010.  This time, its from the SQL Azure team: 50GB databases available on June 28th Support for Spatial Data Data Sync Service for SQL Azure Micros...

Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - June Update

Microsoft released an update to its Azure training kit. Here is what is new in the kit: Introduction to Windows Azure - VS2010 version Introduction To SQL Azure - VS2010 version Introduc...

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