MSDN BlogsThe Blogs of MSDNI QUANT IT ALL! (or, TKs for VS2008 exams)- September 17, 2008 You probably saw this note from Gerry about Team Foundation Server. And here are the dates for training kits for VIsual Studio exams with the book reference (ISBN) numbers, if this is something you care about. MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-562): Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - ASP.NET Application Development: April152009. 9780735625624 MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-505): Microsoft&174; .NET Framework 3.5&8212;Windows&174; Forms Application Development Feb 252009,...http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2008/09/17/i-quant-it-all-or-tks-for-vs2008-exams.aspx Sullivan Nicolaides Case Study- September 17, 2008 Folks, for those of you who have not seen this yet, we have just released the Sullivan Nicolaides Case Study, which was produced by one of our Partners working in Healthcare, Productiv. The case study outlines how Productiv used their skills in Microsoft's CRM, Mobility, InfoPath, SharePoint&160; and Office products to build a incident reporting solution for Sullivan Nicolaides. What makes this case study particularly interesting is that it demonstrates how a traditional Microsoft Partner can...http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoftinhealth/archive/2008/09/17/sullivan-nicolaides-case-study.... Announcing the Rochester Code Camp!- September 17, 2008 Great news - Rochester, NY will be getting in on the Code Camp action in 2009!&160; It's early in the planning process, but a core team of volunteers have begun working toward creating the Rochester Code Camp, tentatively planned for the first quarter of 2009. There's a new website up at: &160;&160;&160;&160; www.RochesterCodeCamp.net What is a Code Camp I've described Code Camps a little here, but the quick version is they're free, developer-focused events, driven entirely by the...http://blogs.msdn.com/cbowen/archive/2008/09/17/announcing-the-rochester-code-camp.aspx Congratulations to a Couple of Cool People- September 17, 2008 When I was writing the LINQ to XML documentation, Ralf Lmmel was the program manager for LINQ to XSD, an incubation project in the data programmability group at Microsoft. Ralf really helped me a lot in those days, both with questions on LINQ to XML, and questions around functional programming. It was in email exchanges with Ralf that the lights started going on for me around functional programming. So far, LINQ to XSD hasn't become a supported product (I don't know.http://blogs.msdn.com/ericwhite/archive/2008/09/17/congratulations-to-a-couple-of-cool-peo... Economics of Agile Software Development- September 17, 2008 Dr. Laurie Williams has been a long-time researcher on Agile methods and their impact on software engineering. She and her students have published a number of very interesting papers on varied subjects, particularly on the economics of agile practices, like Test Driven Development (TDD) or Pair Programming. You can find a list of publications here.http://blogs.msdn.com/josealmeida/archive/2008/09/17/economics-of-agile-software-developme... VSTO and the .NET Framework Client Profile (Christin Boyd)- September 17, 2008 One of our loyal blog readers asked if "VSTO officially supports targeting the Client Profile I did a quick check and it seems to be working fine but it is good if we explicitly mention whether it is supported." The answer is yes. Starting in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you can develop 2007 Microsoft Office solutions with .NET Framework version 3.5 or .NET Framework Client Profile. The .NET Framework Client Profile is a subset of the full .NET Framework 3.5 that has a...http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto/archive/2008/09/16/vsto-and-the-net-framework-client-profile-ch... <$100 .NET Micro Framework Development board!- September 17, 2008 Check out this low cost .NET Micro Framework board from GHI Electronics - The GHI web site also contains a video of the board being used to play a .MP3 file from a USB stick - pretty cool! The board is listed at $99, and has the following hardware and software features. Software: Micro Framework 2.5 and 3.0 USB Host (MS, HID, Printer and more) FAT File System Peripherals (SPI, PWM...etc.) Hardware: 72Mhz ARM7 Processor USB HostDevice Plenty of Digital IO Interrupt Inputs SPI...http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2008/09/16/100-net-micro-framework-development-boar... XAML Power Toys v2- September 17, 2008 XAML Power Toy v2 (Hawaii)Windows FormUIXAMLWPFSilverlight 2Silverlight XAMLhttp://blogs.msdn.com/hiroyuk/archive/2008/09/17/8954621.aspx XNA Game Studio 3.0 Beta is GO!- September 17, 2008 That's right! You can download it now! We'll be asking your help to put this baby through her paces as we lead up to the official release later this year. It is your input that makes us stronger, faster and better. Download XNA Game Studio 3.0 Beta at Launch Center If you do find any bugs or just have a suggestion on ways we can make XNA Game Studio 3.0 more awesome head over to Microsoft Connect to submit them to us. xxoo kathleen XNA Community Manager p.s. In case you missed Michael's post...http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/archive/2008/09/16/xna-game-studio-3-0-beta-is-go.aspx |