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Running an Agile Team, A Year Later

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:01:02 GMT

Are you holding back on adopting Agile practices? Listen in as Sara Ford, Codeplex Program Manager, explains first hand the benefits of working in an Agile team and why she wouldn't go back to the traditional Microsoft methodology.

Survey Time: What .NET Framework features do you use?

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:33:44 GMT

"Hey folks, as I've said before, one of the things I like to do is take your comments, questions and feedback directly to the right folks inside Microsoft." - Scott Hanselman

Microsoft Strata on Windows Weekly ep. 78

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:43:06 GMT

Windows Strata: Microsoft's cloud computing platform gets a name. It's Mesh?

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Managed Object Model - Poster

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:07:15 GMT

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Managed Object Model - Poster Files in JPG & PDF Format. File Download: infopathobjectmodelmap.pdf (Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the file.)

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010. Developers Respond.

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:01:13 GMT

Microsoft's development environment offers new tools for Agile development, software testing enhancements and improved support for cloud computing. Microsoft showed CIO.com a sneak peek, and the author invited developers to chime in with their feedback.

jQuery to ship with ASP.NET MVC and Visual Studio

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:01:03 GMT

Microsoft is going to make jQuery part of the official dev platform. JQuery will come with Visual Studio in the long term, and in the short term it'll ship with ASP.NET MVC. We'll also ship a version includes Intellisense in Visual Studio.

jQuery and Microsoft

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:01:02 GMT

ScottGu announce that Microsoft will be shipping jQuery with Visual Studio going forward. We will distribute the jQuery JavaScript library as-is, and will not be forking or changing the source from the main jQuery branch. The files will continue to use and ship under the existing jQuery MIT license.

jQuery, Microsoft, and Nokia

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:16:03 GMT

news today: Both Microsoft and Nokia are taking the major step of adopting jQuery as part of their official application development platform. Not only will they be using it for their corporate development but they will be providing it as a core piece of their platform for developers to build with.

Windows Live Wave 3 Beta Programs Released

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:05:10 GMT

Windows Live Wave 3 Beta Programs Released Wave 3 is the new release of the Windows Live Suite of programs, these beta programs are available from download.live.com. The program list includes Messenger Beta, Movie Maker Beta, Live Mail Beta, Windows Live Writer Beta, Photo Gallery Beta and others. These are packaged with a common installer, you can choose which programs you want to install from the list, if you have already have some this programs installed they will get updated.

AMC Online is Registered Partner of Microsoft

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:06:36 GMT

AMC Online is Registered Partner of Microsoft. Visit the blog for more details about the partner. AMC Online is Web Hosting Provider, Broadband Service Provider & all IT related services are provided at Jessore Bangladesh

SQL - Step By Step Installation of SQL Server 2008

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:01:04 GMT

Step by step installation of Microsoft SQL server 2008.

Windows Live Hotmail - Coming Soon

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:29:15 GMT

Windows Live Hotmail - Coming Soon. Faster than ever. It'll be up to 70 percent faster to sign in and see your e-mail.1 Of course, along with more speed, you'll get powerful technology that deflects spam and helps protect you against viruses and scams.Simpler, cleaner design. We're combining the classic and full versions of Hotmail, so you get access to everything Hotmail has to offer. The reading pane will let you check out your e-mail without having to open it up.

Steve Ballmer we love you (sometimes) « team domain.dot.net

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:05:48 GMT

An oldie but always worth another look to remember the insanity that is Steven Ballmer. What are multi-Billion dollar CEOs would act like this? He's a genius for being such an eccentric yet being effective in the 'normal corporate' world. Go Steve. NOTE: We recently got the 'SequenceViz' tool (auto gens sequence diagrams using Cecil for code knowledge) working with SilverLight on the web. It previously only supported SVG in IE using the Adobe viewer. It now does SVG-Xaml Translation.. VERY cool stuff..

Is Microsoft Losing Publicity War?

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:41:50 GMT

Even though Microsoft have many good products, people still condsider anything produced b y Microsoft to be a fauly and unstable software. Vista is a good example of it.

Microsoft and Open Source...A New Love Story

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:31:02 GMT

Brian Prince outlines the latest happenings between Microsoft and the open source community. Including sponsoring the Apache Software Foundation.

I hate Vista. I'm moving to Windows Mojave.

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:31:03 GMT

So I've heard the bad press. I've seen the pc vs. mac ads. I've heard my friends' complaints about crashing, security, and speed. That's why I'm moving to Windows Mojave. It seems Microsoft finally got an OS right.

BREAKING NEWS! Castle Project Lead Hamilton Verissimo Joins Microsoft

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:31:03 GMT

In a strategic move on Microsoft's part that has the open source community buzzing, the well-known and respected founder of the Castle Project Hamilton Verissimo has accepted a position with Microsoft's MEF group.

Will Cloud Computing Rain on Microsoft?

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:53:12 GMT

Virtualization and cloud computing are both disruptions that threaten core Microsoft strengths. Could Hyper-V be a mere attempt to cannibalize virtualization as a way to slow its progress?

Maritz replaces Green at VMware as VMware and Microsoft Square Off

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:22:46 GMT

The recent CEO change at VMware suggests some interesting implications for cloud computing and how the coming battle over the data center will shape up.

Microsoft Download Center beta

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:26:56 GMT

Get a sneak peek at new designs Microsoft is testing for the Download Center home page and category pages. Using Microsoft Silverlight technology to spruce up the site and make it easier to discover and download Microsoft software.

Microsoft Exam Preparation Guides

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:03:24 GMT

Microsoft Exam Preparation Guides provides information and exam study guides for preparation for Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (TS) Exams offered by Microsoft Learning.

Microsoft Usability study

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:59:02 GMT

I've been chatting with Siddhika on Microsoft's User Research program. Right now, immediately, Microsoft is looking for users willing to participate in Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) research group.

Microsoft vs VMware: The New Battleground

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:15:53 GMT

The launch of Hyper-V promises to make the virtualization industry even more interesting and shift the battle from generalized virtualization benefit promotion to feature and capability business case specifics.

Microsoft Exam 70-505 Study Guide

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:24:53 GMT

A new study guide for the Microsoft Exam 70-505 has been started at C# Online.NET. It is a wiki; so, this is a chance for you to help others learn C# and .NET by writing articles for programmers seeking certification.

Microsoft vs VMware: The Squeeze Begins

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:03:23 GMT

Microsoft's recent blog on Hyper-V and a recent trade press interview suggesting their intention to enter the data center market are designed to start putting the squeeze on VMware. Will it work? The ball may be in VMware's court at this point.