| Volume 13, Number 14: July 6, 2009 | | Top News | | Pre-order your Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional upgrade and pay half of the regular retail price. Available while supplies last through participating retailers. | Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 Launch Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 will be unveiled at a virtual launch event on July 10, 2009. Attend the event at www.seethelight.com on July 10 to watch the keynote sessions and see new in-depth sessions. Stroll through the customer and partner pavilions in the Exhibition Hall or stop by 'The Visual Kitchen' TV show and watch the chefs as they dish up digital designs and development entrees as part of this exclusively produced online experience. | | Bing and Gnomedex are sponsoring a Will Code for Green developer contest. Make the world a little better, win US$10,000, plus be featured at Gnomedex. Create a green app using the Live Search API with any tech platform or language. | | | Learn from industry leaders and community developers who are sharing their top recession survival strategies. Thrive for developers is a new one-stop community hub where you can find training resources, career advice, and job postings to help you tackle the economy head-on. | |
Your Featured Content | | Ensure that the content most relevant to you is presented in this section. | | | The R2 release focuses on quality and usability. In addition to new features, a deep test pass was performed to improve the quality of the code and documentation. RDS is available in Standard, Academic, and a free Express Edition. Watch the video on Channel 9. | | | Learn how to use the Open XML Formats to load information stored in Excel worksheets into generic lists that support LINQ. | | | Step into virtual labs and watch videos to learn how the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) introduces security and privacy early on in the development process and throughout the development process to reduce the number of vulnerabilities in your code. | | | After completing this lab you will be better able to target your client projects to the .NET Framework 3.5 Client Profile and verify which assembly references are not included in the Client Profile subset. | | | After completing this lab you will be better able to enable code analysis for managed code and suppress warnings for classes. | | | After completing this lab, you will be better able to understand the steps required to build a voice response application using Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server, create and work with dynamic grammars in voice response applications, and build applications that support dynamic navigation of line-of-business data. | SQL Server Videos Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2005, and Visual Studio .NET KB Articles SQL Server and Data Access KB Articles ASP.NET and ASP KB Articles
Web Resources | | In this episode of geekSpeak, we explore how to write accessible applications using Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Microsoft Silverlight with Robert Altland. | | | In this webcast we examine how we can take a new look at spatial data with the Microsoft Virtual Earth Silverlight control. | | | Take your workflows to the next level by creating custom actions in Visual Studio and configuring them to work inside SharePoint Designer. | | | We have added lots of new video tutorials to our series on Visual Web Developer Express 2008. These tutorials cover a wide range of topics from getting started using Visual Web Developer Express and ASP.NET to incorporating ASP.NET AJAX and Membership Providers in Web applications. | | | In this series of on-demand webcasts, you'll get to know Windows Server 2008 R2, learn about what's changed, and get a jump start on developing for this new platform. | Security for Developers | | Software development is a complex business, and anything you can do to make the process more repeatable, predictable, and reduce friction, is a big win. | Training & Books Learning Snacks Offer Training for Busy People
If you do not have much time, these bite-sized snacks about Microsoft products and technologies are easy to watch and digest: | | Due to popular demand, this offer has been extended to September 30, 2009. Enroll in and attend any one of the eight linked Microsoft SQL Server 2008 courses and you will receive a fully licensed copy of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition. | Case Studies | | Visual Studio 2008 helps developers accelerate solution development and deliver breakthrough user experiences. It provides an integrated development environment for Windows, Office, .NET, SQL Server, and Windows Mobile with integrated drag-and-drop designers. | | | With ASTRA, you can easily customize, manage, and distribute reports throughout your organization. Our consultants can tailor the solution to your specific requirements to expand the functionality of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. | | | The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) needed a flexible system to calculate the gross domestic product (GDP) faster so that it could incorporate the latest data submissions from external sources while giving economists more time to analyze and validate results. BEA developed a solution using SQL Server 2005. | Partner News | | AMD CodeAnalyst Performance Analyzer integrates into Visual Studio, can analyze multiple threads, pinpoint hotspots, and much more. Download it today. | | | A LEADing imaging vendor will show you how to centralize image processing and OCR with WCF services. Download free trial. | | | August 18 - 20, Redmond, WA
Attend Devscovery Redmond 2009 and get 33 in-depth technical sessions from industry experts like Jeffrey Richter, Jeff Prosise, and John Robbins. | | | Comprehensive, free, online course provides an introduction to XBRL that takes users step-by-step through XBRL-related tasks using the Altova MissionKit. | | | Visual WebGui offers extremely fast and low-cost porting solutions to the Web and Windows Azure cloud. Download free now or see demos at WPC09. | | | The MSDN Flash is full of pointers to in-depth technical information that we encourage subscribers to forward to friends and co-workers. If you've received this issue from someone via e-mail and would like to receive the free MSDN Flash newsletter biweekly, all you have to do is register. | | |  | ____________  | | Webcasts & Online Events All times Pacific Time Internet Explorer 8 for Developers (Level 200) July 23, 10:00 A.M. In this webcast, we provide an overview of Internet Explorer 8 application compatibility features, and we include practical examples of using Web Slices and Accelerators to increase the stickiness and usefulness of an existing site. | | National and Global Events Partnering Power at Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 July 13 - 16 New Orleans, LA Get the latest information and insights about Microsoft strategies and technologies directly from Microsoft leadership. Connect with other partners to explore opportunities and share best practices, and learn about the tools and resources to grow your business. | | |
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