With the .NET Framework 3.5 (the version native to Visual Studio 2008) coming up on its first anniversary, Microsoft is poised to release the first update to the framework in the form of Service Pack (SP1).  This Service Pack is unlike your standard Service Pack, in that it will introduce new features/capabilities to the .NET ...

Sorry for repurposing content, but this one is easy to miss so I think it is worth it “The Client Profile Configuration Designer is the designer for the .NET Framework Client Profile. It will allow developers to customize the end-user deployment experience. The customizations allowed using the Client Profile Configuration Designer are: ...

I’ve already blog’d about the WPF Toolkit & the WPF Ribbon Preview.  One of the things that may not be obvious, is how to get started with the new controls.  Buried inside the October 2008 Release page is a set of links for control walkthroughs, a nice Hands-in-Lab, and a helpful blog post explaining how to turn on Visual State ...

  I am pleased to announce the agenda and details for the Public Sector Technology Conference in Austin, TX to be held on October 22, 2008.   ACTION REQUESTED: Please register today as space is limited!!!   Event Date & Time: October 22, 2008, 9:00 – 16:00 Central Time   Event Location Microsoft ...

Thanks to everyone who attended!  You can download the deck and links to the code here: Normally, I make my actual demo code available for download.  However, this time around, my demo code was based on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit.  I blogged about it ...

Looking for free introductory training on the .NET 3.5 SP1 & ASP.NET MVC?  Head over to Jonathan Carter's blog to get all the details on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit RTM.  What will you find?  Information and links to download a kit that has presentations, demos, and labs covering what's new in ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET ...

I am pleased to announce the agenda and details for the Public Sector Technology Conference in Denver, CO to be held on September 17, 2008.   ACTION REQUESTED: Please register today as space is limited!!!   Event Date & Time: September 17, 2008, 9:00 – 16:00 Event Location Microsoft Corporation 7595 Technology Way, ...

http://vs2008sp1docs.msdn.microsoft.com I've found the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services Framework, and ASP.NET Dynamic Data sections very helpful lately. -Marc Technorati Tags: .net framework,visual studio

First, let me apologize since I promised to make this recording available almost two months ago.  I was trying to get the recording uploaded to the same Live Meeting servers as my other webcasts.  Needless to say, I had some challenges.  I decided to upload it to Silverlight Streaming.  I had to split the presentation into two ...

I've been having some issues getting my VPC updated to SQL Server 2008 RC0 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta so I can record a couple screencasts on using Virtual Earth with SQL Server 2008.  I swear I read through the readme docs:).  However, I could not get Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to install.  I'm in the process of building a new ...