Windows Tools Launch
Your Source on Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006.
Read the highlights from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 on November 7 in San Francisco. Plus, check out our accompanying coverage for the analysis and perspective you need to decide whether and where to use the trio of new tools, and how to get the most out of them. [Read More]
In part 2 of this exclusive interview, Microsoft's S. "Soma" Somasegar talks about messaging and the significance of Visual Studio Team System, including the importance of domain-specific languages for modeling. [Read More]
Integration, performance, and scalability were all hammered home in Steve Ballmer's dynamic keynote yesterday, says Jim Fawcette. Clearly, the target is large enterprises doing big applications. [Read More]
Discover Orcas' .NET Framework 3.0, Visual C# 3.0, and VB 9.0 data management features for Windows Vista and WinFS with two Language Integrated Query (LINQ) Technology Preview add-ins that integrate with .NET 2.0 and VS 2005. [Read More]
Bill McCarthy, a member of Microsoft's software design review team for VB, discusses the imminent release of Visual Studio 2005. The theme of the day: productivity, productivity, and more productivity. [Read More]
In this short video interview, SQL Server Marketing Director Ilya Bukshteyn talks about how developers will benefit from SQL Server and its business intelligence capabilities.
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ASP.NET 2.0 introduces new capabilities that ease Web hosting for developers, says Microsoft's Eric Feagler. These features aim to help you focus more on building solutions and less on building Web plumbing.
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Kirsten Ward, Group Product Manager of SQL Server, explains Microsoft's new "trusted platform" concept. It's not an official initiative, but a new way of presenting Microsoft's platform benefits.
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Steven Martin, Director of Marketing for BizTalk Server, highlights the product's abilities in integrating services and automating business processes, as well as its integration with Visual Studio.
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David Treadwell, Corporate Vice President of Developer Tools at Microsoft, explains the company's shift to a "highly transparent development process," including frequent community technical previews and earlier disclosure.
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Visual Studio 2005 includes new language features and development tools, but do you need it? Delve into this analysis of Microsoft's much-anticipated release. [Read More]
- Update on Visual Studio 2005
- Managing the Software Lifecycle
- New Tools in Visual Studio 2005 Team System
In part 1 of this exclusive interview, S. "Soma" Somasegar, corporate VP of Microsoft's Developer Division, talks about the different skews available to Visual Studio 2005 developers, the design process that led to choosing VS 2005's specific features, and the differences between C# and VB. [Read More]
Visual Studio 2005's new visual data tools and data-bound controls, together with ADO.NET 2.0 data sources, simplify the creation of scalable, data-intensive Smart Client and Web applications. [Read More]
- Create Interoperable Native Web Services
- Take Advantage of New T-SQL Features
- Encrypt and Decrypt Data in Yukon
The latest version of ASP.NET incorporates major structural changes and includes everything from new controls to new subsystems. Everything's aimed at making you more productive. [Read More]
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