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SQL Server 2008 Express RC0

wisemx — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:01:00 GMT

I'm blogging about SQL Server Express? Oh my! Truth is I would have never done this before...SQL Server 2008 Express This new version is, in a word, Sweet! http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2008/06/10/sql-server-2008-express-rc0.aspx This is...(read more)

SQL Server 2008 rocks!

wisemx — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:58:00 GMT

Goodies from Dan the man, of Channel 9 fame, my favorite person to pick on for using the word "so", even by itself. SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for download SQL Server 2008 RC0 is now available for download! What's new in SQL Server...(read more)

Windows Search 4.0 released!

wisemx — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:33:00 GMT

Great news from Brandon!!! Windows Search 4.0 released! June 3, 2008 at 2:16 pm Desktop Search , Microsoft , News , Search , WDS Development , WS4 , Windows Search Blogs , Windows Shell , Windows Vista Windows Search 4.0 was released this afternoon. This...(read more)

Using Detailed Errors in IIS 7.0

wisemx — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:06:00 GMT

Using IIS 7.0 yet? If you'd like to see more about just how awesome it really is please let me know and I'll mix up some goodies. Some of the things I'm currently working on are IIS 7.0 videos for features like the new IIS Manager. OK, let's...(read more)

Memorial Day 2008

wisemx — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:55:00 GMT

Notes from a Patriot... To all the Men and Women who have fought and died for Freedom. Thank you! To every Military Man and Woman of Valor, Integrity and Honor. Thank you! Men and Women of every nation, fighting for what is right. Thank you! To the Men...(read more)

Scott Guthrie's May 20th kicks for .NET developers

wisemx — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:02:00 GMT

Scott's roundup of links for ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, .NET, Visual Studio, Silverlight and WPF. I haven't pinged his links back before but this one is definitely worth checking out. Note from Scott: Apologies for the sparseness of my posting the...(read more)

Telerik Sitefinity and DiscountASP.NET Provide for .NET User Groups

wisemx — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:45:00 GMT

This is an exciting partnership. Sitefinity and DiscountASP.NET Partner to Provide a Free Website for .NET User Groups May 20, 2008. Newton, MA - Telerik, the publisher of the Sitefinity CMS and a leading vendor of UI components for .NET, and DiscountASP...(read more)

SQL Management Studio Shows All Databases

wisemx — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:05:00 GMT

Looks like I'm not the only one. Jason N. Gaylord Blogged about something today that has bugged me for a long time. It's also something I get asked all the time in the DiscountASP.NET forums. We do our best there to provide helpful answers and...(read more)

Overview of New Features in VS2008

wisemx — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:08:00 GMT

Just finished watching Zain's WebCast on some of the new features for Web developers in Visual Studio 2008. Wow! I'm already using VS2008 Pro but haven't had time to dive into what's new, yet. I do love some of the new features that I...(read more)

Visual Studio SP1 Beta delima

wisemx — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:10:00 GMT

(Insert pain and suffering) Working with betas is risky, indeed. It's something I've referred to as reaching into the Lion's cage to grab candy . When SP1 Beta for VS2008 was released last week I blogged about it. After running into some odd...(read more)

Debunking 15 Myths About Microsoft

wisemx — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:50:00 GMT

From ChannelWeb http://www.crn.com/it-channel/207501463 Debunking 15 Myths About Microsoft 1) Windows Vista Is A Bird That Can't Fly. 2) Microsoft Licensing Is A Nightmare. 3) Anyone Can Make Money Selling SharePoint. 4) Steve Ballmer Is A Wild Man...(read more)

Links for Shutdown day.

wisemx — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:10:00 GMT

Posting these links on Shutdown day is just a coincidence. I'm not a person who is unfriendly to the environment. http://www.shutdownday.org/ Fact : In our house my lovely Brazilian wife, Leticia, and myself do all we can to teach our three children...(read more)

Query a web site with LINQ to XML.

wisemx — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:39:00 GMT

More LINQ goodness. From the Microsoft Coding4Fun site: Scrape that screen with LINQ http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2008/04/29/8439727.aspx You have to admit Beth Massi is really kicking it. http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/ Microsoft just asked...(read more)

Great Espresso on the job

wisemx — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:58:00 GMT

No tricks, this Blog post is about making really good Espresso at work. I've been a developer for several companies where an Espresso machine was not allowed. That always made sense to me, from a safety standpoint, I didn't mind. But what if you can create...(read more)

Beth Massi brings LINQ to the VB Gladiators

wisemx — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:44:00 GMT

Continuing my Microsoft LINQ alerts... This time LINQ to SQL for VB developers. I'm a big fan of the way Beth Massi presents these technical articles and videos. Thanks for all you do for the community Beth. LINQ to SQL N-Tier Smart Client - Part 1 Building...(read more)

ASP.NET Dynamic Data Preview

wisemx — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:02:00 GMT

Oh man! This bit of news Rocks! Scott Guthrie just announced today that the ASP.NET team has released an updated ASP.NET Dynamic Data Preview . http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/04/10/asp-net-dynamic-data-preview-available.aspx Read about the...(read more)

SharePoint SUSHI

wisemx — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:21:00 GMT

Codeplex rocks! SharePoint SUSHI – It’s not raw fish! A Good Clink and a Link about a neat little open source SharePoint Utility out on CodePlex.com. I highly recommend you take a look at this FREE tool and even the source code to get a better understanding...(read more)

Remotely Monitoring Web 2.0 Applications

wisemx — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Microsoft Research members Emre Kiciman , Ben Livshits and Himanshu Sharma have released a handy project... Ajax View The goal of the Ajax View project is to improve developer's visibility into and control over their web applications' behaviors on end...(read more)

Coffee May Reduce Risk of Dementia

wisemx — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:29:00 GMT

I knew it! What took so long long to prove this? Drinking that daily cup of coffee has a new benefit besides jolting you awake in the morning. It could also reduce your risk of dementia; it is being reported by BBC News. According to a study in the Journal...(read more)

Visual LINQ Query Builder

wisemx — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:10:00 GMT

Soups up! Visual LINQ Query Builder http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vlinq Visual LINQ Query Builder is an add-in to Visual Studio 2008 Designer that helps you visually build LINQ to SQL queries. Functionally it provides the same experience as, for instance...(read more)

Additional LINQ resources

wisemx — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:27:00 GMT

Zain, over at Second Life, just posted some of his "fundamental" LINQ learning resources : http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/archive/2008/03/29/collection-of-linq-resources.aspx While you're over there take a look at his Visual Studio 2008 / Framework 3.5...(read more)

Anders Hejlsberg and more

wisemx — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:41:00 GMT

Have you been following my friend Charlie Calvert over the years? He's known Anders for a very long time, on several campuses. Both of these gentlemen amaze me; they have for years. Well, Charlie just posted something I did not expect. Some of you may...(read more)

Big LINQ attack

wisemx — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:12:00 GMT

No, not that kind of attack... But I have to admit "attack" has its own special meaning on the Internet. Today I'm back at blogging here. Yes I did step away for a bit... No excuses but I've been recovering from damage I took to both hands. So, what better...(read more)

Silverlight vs. Moxie?

wisemx — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:26:00 GMT

Open source Showdown. . . Microsoft has been sharing some cool technology with us, and we love MSFT for it, right? U know it baby! Ajax, the .NET 3.0 framework and Silverlight, they're each awesome. Adobe seems to be fighting back and will apparently...(read more)

Microsoft Sued Over .Net Technology

wisemx — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:57:00 GMT

Huh?!! (Sorry...Best word I could come up with to express my thoughts on this.) Article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199200823 Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (Company making the claim.) http://www.vcsy.com/ Anyone...(read more)