The best all-up run-down of all the features (WPF, ASP.NET, WinForms, VS etc.) can as ever be found on Scott Guthrie’s blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/05/12/visual-studio-2008-and-net-framework-3-5-service-pack-1-beta.aspx Pretty comprehensive write-up of the WPF-specific features here...
Yup, you read it right. XP SP3 is RTMed to the OEM and Enterprise customer. Read the thread here . Interestingly as much as people are thinking on Vista deployment people are asking whether Windows XP Professional with SP3 is good enough that they can forgo deploying the Windows Vista operating system...
Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers includes a host of new features, enhancements, and other improvements driven from real world scenarios and customer desires that puts the Web at your service. This document will give you more information and examples on how to create rich user experiences...
Are you interested in evaluating latest of Microsoft products? I would like to include esp: Windows Server 2008 - AD, Virtualization, Virtualization, IIS 7 System Center SQL Server 2008 Feel free to drop me a line and secondly, you must be from India because I will be able to help you then only :) ....
This release extends LitwareHR, reference S+S application, and provide guidance on the full spectrum of S+S (Client, Server, Service). Based on frequent requests, also included in the release is a new Multi-Tenant Database Performance Guide, which provides tests results and guidance to compare the performance...
Nice to see 3 MS certifications feature here. And most importantly, read the SQL 2005 certification comment. Yup, it is hot and lot of enterprises are looking to move towards it. With SQL 2008 round-the-corner and bulding heavily on the SQL 2005 base. It is getting better day by day. Catch the story...
Not sure to how many are keeping track on this. We just released on the CTP4 build about 3-4 hrs back and you can catch all the action at: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/futureversion/default.mspx . Click on the top link and it will take you to the connect site for the July CTP downloads … Things...
Not sure to how many had a chance to bump into this practical guidance for Performance testing. I have done perf testing for close to year and half to learn tons and tons about SQL Server in particular. So worth a look at this that too from the patterns and practices team ...
Will be interesting to see how Bill's vision will become reality. More on the same here .