A nice collection of links, categorised helpfully. eg there are sections for Developers, BI, SQL 2008, etc
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Get it here. I recommend it. I've been using it for ages, the Betas have been good and now it is finally released.
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iTnews reports that Microsoft will remove a 'feature' (yes, feature) from IE. The supposed feature is that really annoying behavior that required users to click on an ActiveX control to enable it, before they could use it. This is most common when trying to activate Flash movies on a site for example. How much did this feature cost? Just a measly $521 million. The mind boggles. Not...
Yes, the race to ship as many different versions of all the different products continues. You thought they were stretching it with Vista and its many flavors. Well, not to be outdone, the upcoming Windows Server 2008 will come in 8 SKUs.
Who's up for buying one of each :-)
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Microsoft has split TechEd 2008 into 2 back-to-back conferences in the US. I hope they don’t do this in Australia. One of the things I loved this year was going to a big mix of sessions, covering both developer and infrastructure topics. Although I’m a developer at heart, in my current role I need to be across a number of areas, and TechEd was a perfect ‘source of truth’...
Mary Jo notes the newly released CTP1 for Microsoft's Sync Framework. The following description comes directly from the download site for Microsoft Sync Framework CTP1: Microsoft Sync Framework is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline scenarios for applications, services and devices. Developers can build sync ecosystems that integrate any...
An overview of how to set up a dev environment for the Office 2007 covering operating system, SharePoint and Visual Studio.
Technorati Tags: VSTO, Development environment
[As an aside to the main point in this post: One of the great things Microsoft does is put new buzzwords and buzz phrases into mainstream use.You'll remember 'Space' (as in 'the developer space'), surface (as in 'the design surface') and experience (as in 'user experience' and UX). Yep, you take them for granted now right? The latest one I've been hearing a...
Simple fix for those experiencing problems running Flash Video on Vista with IE7. Apparently this fixes the problem if it happens on XP as well.
(from Dan Fernandez with thanks to Brian Keller)
Technorati Tags: Flash, Vista, IE7
Old news now I know (from August), but something I don't want to forget about, is the Power Tools for Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. Gert has the details. Here's the download.
(via Brian Harry)
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