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Want great ASP.NET 2.0 information

Brian Goldfarb points to 10 great MSDN articles on ASP.NET 2.0: ASP.NET 2.0 Security Practices at a Glance This module presents a set of consolidated practices designed to address ASP.NET version 2.0...

Redesigned www.asp.net launched!

I'm happy to say that we successfully (ok, we had a few small glitches we've been resolving the last day or two) launched the redesigned version of http://www.asp.net. It was a long time in the making...

Community Server 2.0 Beta 1 now available....

We've released Community Server 2.0 Beta 1! Congratulations to the team - ScottW, Kevin, Dan, Jose, and Ben. CS 2.0 is going to be a hugely important release for the CS team and we're all stoked ...

Bittersweet day yesterday...

I had the great fortune of participating in the "Ask the Expert" (yeah, I don't know what goofball thought I met that criteria either) area of the Visual Studio/SQL Server 2005 launch here locally i...

Why is "Live" a big deal

Is Microsoft's new "Live" initiative a big deal You bet. It's a big deal because Microsoft needs an online presence that captures a significant share of the online audience. Google is so powerful ri...

Time for my monthly blog post....

It's official - I suck at blogging. Well, I mean that I cannot blog as well (certainly from a frequency perspective) as many bloggers. I've accepted this as a fact of life for me and you should p...

IE7 and Acid 2 test.....

Microsoft's IE team recently announced that IE 7 would NOT pass the Acid 2 test. Some bloggers have found this disappointing. While it would be nice for IE7 to pass the Acid 2 test, the test itself is...

Ever thought about writing articles and getting paid

It's a lot easier than you think. Write a decent article, nothing crazy, and you can make money over at ASPAlliance. Steve Smith, owner of ASPAlliance.com, just announced that they've changed their co...

Security MVPs...

Congrats to Robert Hurlbut on his move into the newly formed Application Developer Security MVP group! Having spent a lot more time working the security angle in recent months, I'm glad to see Microso...

Slingbox

From the Slingbox website...... "What is the SlingboxTMThe SlingboxTM Personal Broadcaster is a consumer electronics product that a user connects to their personal TV source (including a TiVo, cable ...

Some cool Community Server Add-ons propping up...

If you are at all interested in Community Server then you should check out some of the add-ons the community is building in our new Add-ons Forum. Many of them are making use of a new architectural ch...

Community Server 1.1 and Single blogs...

First, if you haven't heard...we released Community Server 1.1 this month. Lots of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and a handful of new features. Definitely worth checking out. Second, Ken just p...

CS 1.1 and forums.asp.net

I've been heads down working on Community Server 1.1 and I was able to push an almost Release Candidate out to http://forums.asp.net today. Here is a list of some of the new features:   Here is s...

Deploying .NET Applications

Unleash It is my tool of choice for deploying .NET applications. I like the interface and I always have the little tray icon sitting there so I can do some nifty deployment tricks for skinned sites. T...

RedGate SQL Compare...

Recently, I obtained a copy of RedGate's SQL Bundle suite of tools. I've really only had time to use SQL Compare (but man is that thing slick. The interface is very intuitive and I was able to compare...

Upcoming speaking engagements....

I will be presenting at the Visual Studio 2005 Dev Con here in Detroit, MI on June 16th. I'll be presenting the following session:   Project Initiation: Implementing Process with Visual Studio Te...

IIS6, IE6, Static file caching bug....

Ok, this has to be one of the all time worst bugs I've seen. This bug effects everyone from the people who pay the bandwidth bills to the people using the website. I learned yesterday that IIS6 and IE...

VBRun == More Complaining....

I haven't read the comments on the blogs that are announcing the new VBRun resource on MSDN. Before I do, I want to make a prediction that the announcement of this site will create more complaini...

The MVP program.....

Paschal has an issue with Ireland not having any MVPs. It is probably a fair issue considering that Ireland has almost 4 million people and their are states in the United States with less (like Vermon...

Where does the time go...

Well, I can tell you where the time is going......   A project related to a certain Industry Partner program is taking up some of my time.   We just finished playing 'Designer Eye for the M...

Nice post from VSTS head honcho....

Rick L. (VSTS Head Honcho) has a nice post that clears up my concerns about disclosing the foundation server piece. A must read if you are interested in Team System pricing....

Three nice Community Server Tips...

Here are a few posts on modifying, enhancing, etc. Community Server:   Community Server blog skinning tutorial Enhancing Styles in Community Server [NOTE: enabling styles on something like...

Team System: wading through the blogosphere comments....

Microsoft set out on a track to build lifecycle tools support for large enterprise teams (let's say 10+ developers is a large team). Visual Studio Team System is meant for large enteprise teams. Micro...

Team System Pricing lacking full disclosure....

Hmm, I've looked at the Visual Studio Team System pricing plans and it appears that they've conveniently left out any mention of the Team Foundation Server piece. Softening the psycological effect of ...

Code Generation....

Code generation, like drinking alcohol, is good in moderation. I've seen teams get completely hung up on code generation tools but I've also seen code generation used strategically to speed developmen...

Microsoft must migrate all their applications first....

Kathleen believes Microsoft should migrate everything in their possession before expecting anyone else migrate their applications. I respectfully disagree.   I can certainly understand the notion...

Visual Basic Classic Anonymous...

Since I've posted a few times on the Visual Basic Classic bruhaha , I thought I do something helpful rather than debate the topic. I figured that I would put together a set of links for the ...

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