Silver Light enabled Microsoft Download site (beta)

Microsoft seem to implement silverlight on downloads site. Now it is in beta stage and available at http://www.microsoft.com/be... Previews of the same included below ......

Posted On Thursday, December 27, 2007 4:46 PM

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 – Learning Portal

Just noticed that Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has its own learning portal on microsoft site at http://www.microsoft.com/le... The following is some of the content to know and learn about Sql Server 2008. Get ready for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 now. Special Offers: * Free e-book offer: Get free excerpts from Introducing SQL Server 2008 by Peter DeBetta. * Free e-learning: • Collection 6187: What's New in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (includes three free clinics) * Classroom training: ......

Posted On Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:27 PM

Free e-book: Team Development with TFS Guide

Another free ebook from Microsoft. This time it is from Microsoft Patterns and Practices Team. All the details are provided at http://www.codeplex.com/TFSGuide. You can read this book online or you can download it in PDF format. 

Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:56 PM

Free e-book on Microsoft LINQ, Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX, and Microsoft Silverlight

This offer is from Microsoft. Get it at http://www.microsoft.com/le... The free e-book includes content from three recent publications from Microsoft Press: • Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo (ISBN: 9780735623910) This practical guide covers Language Integrated Query (LINQ) syntax fundamentals, LINQ to ADO.NET, and LINQ to XML. The e-book includes the entire contents of this printed book! • Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX by Dino Esposito ......

Posted On Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:25 PM

Windows XP Service Pack 3 RC

Microsoft released Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate. This is available at   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=75ed934c-8423-4386-ad98-36b124a720aa&DisplayLang=en

Posted On Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:10 PM

New features of Visual Studio 2008

New features of Visual Studio 2008 are captured at  http://geekswithblogs.net/Sreeblog/articles/117728.aspx

Posted On Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:52 AM

Dynamic Data screencast by David Ebbo

David Ebbo made a screencast which walks through a basic scenario of using ASP.NET Dynamic Data in a simple site using Northwind. You can download this screencast from on his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/davidebb/archive/2007/12/12/dynamic-data-screencast-is-now-available.aspx

Posted On Friday, December 14, 2007 3:08 PM

New Features of SQL Server 2008 - Part 1

I guess, there are too many changes in sql server 2008 to put them in one part, so i am trying to capture them in parts. Here is the part 1. http://geekswithblogs.net/Sreeblog/articles/117576.aspx

Posted On Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:34 PM

Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

A preview of ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions is released by Microsoft. You can download this from http://www.microsoft.com/do... The following are part of this release. ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET MVC provides model-view-controller (MVC) support to the existing ASP.NET 3.5 runtime, which enables developers to more easily take advantage of this design pattern. Benefits include the ability to achieve and maintain a clear separation of ......

Posted On Monday, December 10, 2007 2:27 PM

Introduction & Understanding LINQ (Lanaguage Integrated Query)

While i was going through LINQ, i have tried to capture my understanding and my notes. If you are interested you can check the same at the following URL.

http://geekswithblogs.net/Sreeblog/articles/117518.aspx

Posted On Sunday, December 9, 2007 8:42 PM