Microsoft have provided the first look at the next version of its developer tools and platform, which will be named Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0.
Microsoft described the next release through the following five focus areas: riding the next-generation platform wave, inspiring developer delight, powering breakthrough departmental applications, enabling emerging trends such as cloud computing, and democratizing application life-cycle management (ALM).
Press Release
Monday, September 29, 2008
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 announced
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Halo - prepare to drop
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Enable Sleep / Hibernate with Hyper-V
From Virtual PC ...
I am now using Windows Server 2008 as my primary laptop with Hyper-V (Link ) ... I now have a partial solution to this problem.
You can have Hyper-V installed but not started by the following registry setting:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\hvboot]"Start"=dword:00000003
Now, when I start my laptop i have full access to the power management fucntionality.
If I need to demo a VM, I can start Hyper-V with the command
net start hvboot
Power management is then disabled again until the next reboot.
Sleep command line tool: sleep by Greg Wittmeyer
When you enable the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2008 support for sleep /
hibernate will be disabled.
Q. Is there some way that I can "hack" the system to re-enable sleep /
hibernate with Hyper-V? A. No.
I am now using Windows Server 2008 as my primary laptop with Hyper-V (Link ) ... I now have a partial solution to this problem.
You can have Hyper-V installed but not started by the following registry setting:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\hvboot]"Start"=dword:00000003
Now, when I start my laptop i have full access to the power management fucntionality.
If I need to demo a VM, I can start Hyper-V with the command
net start hvboot
Power management is then disabled again until the next reboot.
Sleep command line tool: sleep by Greg Wittmeyer
Sunday, September 21, 2008
New XBOX Experience - Avatars
I'm a PC
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Content Management Interoperability Services
EMC, IBM and Microsoft have announced a jointly developed specification that uses Web Services and Web 2.0 interfaces to enable applications to interoperate with multiple Enterprise Content Management repositories by different vendors.
The companies intend to submit the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) for advancement through its rigorous standards development process.
Press Release
ECM Blog
The companies intend to submit the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) for advancement through its rigorous standards development process.
Press Release
ECM Blog
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Hyper-V and SSD
Just replaced my primary hard disk with a SSD (OCZ 128Gb) - big performance improvements.
These are the timings to start a SharePoint VM from scratch to displaying the first portal page.
Machine is a Dell Latitude D830 4Gb RAM.
SSD disk : Time: 2.13 mins
7200rpm disk : Time: 6.30 mins
These are the timings to start a SharePoint VM from scratch to displaying the first portal page.
Machine is a Dell Latitude D830 4Gb RAM.
SSD disk : Time: 2.13 mins
7200rpm disk : Time: 6.30 mins
getVirtualnow - keynote clips
On September 8, 2008 Microsoft kicked off its Virtualization Launch wave with a major event in Bellevue, Washington that showcased the latest virtualization products and solutions from Microsoft and its partners, highlighted customer successes and demonstrated our vision for the future of virtualization.
videos
videos
BizTalk Server 2009 roadmap
An update on how BizTalk has fared in the marketplace and progress the team has made on the next version of the product :
Press Release
Roadmap
Press Release
Roadmap
Zune update
Monday, September 08, 2008
Applications, coming soon to a Mesh near you
Istartedsomething blogger Long Zheng posted over the weekend a preview of what a Live Mesh application might look and act like.
If you think Live Mesh is just about syncing some files across a couple of computers and maybe a mobile phone then you're missing the big picture.
Applications, coming soon to a Mesh near you
If you think Live Mesh is just about syncing some files across a couple of computers and maybe a mobile phone then you're missing the big picture.
Applications, coming soon to a Mesh near you
Thursday, September 04, 2008
SharePoint Best Practices Series
From Arpan ...
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Today, I'm happy to announce the SharePoint Best Practices Series. These consumable and actionable guidelines are based on real-world experience from Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) and the product team. They are aimed to help our SharePoint customers and partners avoid some of the common SharePoint deployment pitfalls and keep their SharePoint environments available and performing well. The SharePoint Customer Team, part of the core product team dedicated to providing real-world feedback inwardly and outwardly, has put this guidance together working with a number of teams within Microsoft.
The SharePoint Best Practices Resource Center on TechNet highlights the different best practices for IT Professionals and Developers and helps you navigate through the resources. IT Professional topics include Operational Excellence, Team Collaboration Sites, Publishing Portals, Search and My Sites. Developer topics include Common Coding Issues, Using Disposable Objects, Search SQL Syntax Queries and Customization Best Practices. We will continue updating and publishing new Best Practices based on real-world experience.
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Introducing the Citizen Service Platform
Microsoft's Citizen Service Platform enables government organisations to transform their delivery of services through greater use of ICT more quickly and cost-effectively. Many governments worldwide at all levels - local, regional and national - are facing challenges in modernizing their services as citizen expectations increase and service delivery demands become more complex.
The Platform provides Microsoft partners and customers with an easier way to build and deploy modern solutions by providing "building block" templates that are designed to meet many government application needs. Microsoft partners can provide many more compatible applications which integrate easily with the Citizen Service Platform to meet more specialised, complex or country-specific requirements.
Microsoft's Citizen Service Platform
The Platform provides Microsoft partners and customers with an easier way to build and deploy modern solutions by providing "building block" templates that are designed to meet many government application needs. Microsoft partners can provide many more compatible applications which integrate easily with the Citizen Service Platform to meet more specialised, complex or country-specific requirements.
Microsoft's Citizen Service Platform
MOSS SDK 1.4 / WSS SDK 1.4 Download
Latest updates to the SDKs for both MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.
SharePoint Server 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Software Development Kit
SharePoint Server 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Software Development Kit
Microsoft AutoCollage 2008
Microsoft Research presents AutoCollage, an advanced computer vision and image processing program which automatically create collages of your pictures.AutoCollage