One of the biggest challenges I feel that we (Microsoft) face in showcasing the ''value'' of architecting/developing Office Business Applications is providing what I'll call ''solid reference implementations'' along the lines of Duwamish Books, Fitch and Mather, Global Bank, LitwareHR, other many other solutions we've released.  Sure, we have ...

October 16th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) NOTE: Silverlight developers are encouraged to attend.  By attending, you will get a feel for the future design experience for Silverlight in Visual Studio. This session will cover some of the great new features coming soon with the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) designer in Visual ...

Some of the WPF sample applications you have seen probably don't resemble the type applications you plan on building.  Some of these examples are a bit gratuitous in their use of WPF features because they are trying to show what is possible.  Sometimes, after seeing their first WPF presentation, people assume they don't have a ...

As promised, you can get my decks and demos from www.publicsectordeveloper.com (direct link).  The demos are ''as-is'' but feel free to let me know if something doesn't work anymore. A more detailed explanation of the WPF deck and demos can be found here.  If you are interested in WPF, then don't forget to check out the WPF ...

Denis Basaric just let me know that final release of their Wpf-Ribbon control is now available.  Check out his post here. -Marc

I was catching up on some blog reading and came across two posts that I think those of you interested in the 3D feature of WPF will find helpful: Bootcamp Lecture deck from the WPF 3D Team Blog New Lab Posted: Creating 3D Content with Windows Presentation Foundation -Marc

I just finished reading this article over at ars technica.  Developers always ask me ''why Vista if WPF works just fine on XP SP2?''  WPF on Vista is a better experience because of the ''plumbing'' you will read about in this article. I think this article does an excellent job explaining the history of how and why versions of Windows ...

Here's a tidbit I've been meaning to blog about for months... If you install Windows Vista as our guest OS using Virtual PC 2007 (or Virtual Server for that matter), you may initially be disappointed by the fact that you only get the Windows Vista Basic theme: Have no fear, there IS a way to get the Windows Vista Aero theme for your guest ...

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Thanks to everyone who attended.  You can download my deck here.  The demos & code I showed (plus more) are all available from http://wpf.netfx3.com/files/default.aspx.  You can download the New York Times Reader here.  You can download Expression Blend and the Visual Studio 2005 addin for WPF here.  The ...