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ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview


  The ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview is a preview of new functionality being added to ASP.NET 3.5 and ADO.NET. The release includes an ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, Silverlight controls for ASP.NET, ADO.NET Data Services, Entity Framework runtime, and new features for ASP.NET AJAX. Information and Download Technorati Tags: Visual Studio 2008, ASP.NET 3.5

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ASP.NET Web.config Editor (Free)


  Check out this utility from ASPhere.  I found out about it from Robert Shelton’s blog post.

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Visual Studio 2005/2008 Compatibility Matrix


  Check out Grant Holliday’s blog post.

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Windows Server 2008 RC1 Available


  You can download a feature complete version of Windows Server 2008 here.  If you already have a key for Beta 2, Beta 3 or RC0 you can extend the trial to the end of June ’08.  How exciting! NOTE: A Customer Technology Preview version of Windows Server virtualization, a key feature of Windows Server […]

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Load SharePoint 2007 List into DataTable


  I have been playing around with the Web Services provided by SharePoint and thought this code example might help someone else as it took me a bit to track down. private ListService.Lists listService = new ListService.Lists();private void LoadList(string listName) {    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();   doc.LoadXml("<Document><Query/><ViewFields/><QueryOptions/></Document>");   XmlNode listQuery = doc.SelectSingleNode("//Query");   XmlNode listViewFields = […]

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Visual Studio 2008 Training Videos on Channel 9


  You can find all of the Visual Studio 2008 Training recordings on Channel 9 here.  Microsoft has released days 1 and 2 of the 5 day training so far. Technorati Tags: Visual Studio 2008 Training

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Team Foundation Server 2008 Documentation Links


  Team Foundation Server 2008 Installation Guide Team Foundation Server 2008 Administrator Guide Team Foundation Server 2008 Readme Technorati Tags: Team Foundation Server 2008

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.NET Framework Service Packs Released


  Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86) Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x64) Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 provides cumulative roll-up updates for customer reported issues found after the release of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. In addition, this release provides security improvements, and prerequisite feature […]

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No TFS CAL required for defect tracking!


This is amazing news!  Adam Gallant has posted the details in this blog entry. Microsoft has made one licensing change with the release of TFS 2008.  The change is as follows: You do not need a CAL to access work item tracking functionality, to create new work items or view and update work items you […]

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Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit Available


Now that you have downloaded Visual Studio 2008 you can grab the training kit from Microsoft. The Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2008 features and a variety of framework technologies including: LINQ, C# 3.0, […]

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