Express 2010 RTM Download summary Any one who really knows me , knows that my 2nd passion is the Express toolset :) Now, that Visual Studio 2010 has RTM-ed a few days (weeks) a go I have decided to build a small collection of relevant URLs : from http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/ Visual Basic 2010 Express Visual C# 2010 Express Visual C++ 2010 Express Visual Web Developer 2010 Express ( Part of the WebPI Toolkit ) All - Offline Install ISO image file And the SqlServer Express 2008 R2 –...

SqlServer Express 2008 Profiler If you didn't know , the Express Environment is one of my favorites ;) So, when I come across an “AddOn” I run to test it – Well here’s  a nice one SqlExpressProfiler - The profiler for Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 Express Enjoy

Report Viewer for Visual Web Developer Express The Visual Web Developer Express is one of my favorites , both the previous 2005 & 2008 versions as well as the new and shining all around fully functional – Visual Web Developer 2008 SP1 Express Edition ( which has support for ClassLibrary & Silverlight 2.0 projects as part of the Solution – Single Environment ! ) It seems that only a few days a go the Microsoft Report Viewer Add-on for Visual Web Developer 2008 Express has been released Microsoft...

Patterns & Practices Application Architecture Guide - v2.0 (Beta 2 Release) After the patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide - v2.0 (Beta 1 Release) , as expected the beta 2 version is now released from the Key Changes in Beta 2 Beta 2 is a significant overhaul of the entire guide. We carried the good forward. We made some key additions: Added a foreword by S. Somasegar. Added technology considerations throughout the guide. Added technology matrixes for choosing technologies...

Windows 7 Developer Guide Ok, so we all know about The Windows 7 Blog for Developers = yochay , and we wish him all the best in his new job ( and blog ) … so in a related matter here’s Windows 7 Developer Guide available as a DOCX

Microsoft Enterprise Library 4.1 – October 2008 Great news ! Enterprise Library 4.1 is now available. This is a twin release of Microsoft Enterprise Library 4.1 and Unity 1.2 . What’s New in Enterprise Library v4.1? This release of Enterprise Library is a service release that includes the following: Unity interception mechanism and integration of the Policy Injection Application Block with the Unity Application Block. Performance improvements. Usability improvements to the configuration tool. Visual...

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP on VPC Download from Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP) For other VPCs VPC Images ( + Related Testing ) And also related Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP Feedback & C# Future

Microsoft Modeling Platform (code named "Oslo") "M" Sounds almost like “Bond, James Bond” ( the M part ), But not exactly. Microsoft Oslo , which is Microsoft’s “Microsoft Modeling Platform (code named "Oslo")” has already updated in the MSDN and has two sub-sections: Models and Metadata SDK Microsoft Oslo Technical Articles As well as it’s own “webSite” : Oslo Developer Center , a downloadable Oslo SDK … and much more. for more information look at: The "Oslo"...

REAL WORLD SOA happens {HERE} The PDC is just around the corner, and from the PDC 08 Timeline we should have noticed just but a few Foundation s: WF 4.0: A First Look , Kenny Wolf WCF 4.0: Building WCF Services with WF in Microsoft .NET 4.0 , Ed Pinto WF 4.0: Extending with Custom Activities , Matt Winkler WCF: Developing RESTful Services , Steve Maine Microsoft .NET Framework: Declarative Programming Using XAML , Rob Relyea/Daniel Roth WCF: Zen of Performance and Scale , Nicholas Allen In the end...

Dublin + .NET Framework 4.0 = "BizTalk/SOA Express Framework" ! (part 4) Finally I have a name for what I was talking about – DUBLIN ! With the announcement of Riding the Next Platform Wave: .NET Framework 4.0 and Windows Server " Dublin " , and the attached overview of WCF 4.0, WF 4.0, and Windows Server " Dublin " specifications we understand that the unification of “ Dublin ” and the version of Biztalk that would come after BizTalk 2009 is unavoidable ! Microsoft...