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Create Eye Catching Controls with Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Expression 2 Tools

(03-31-09)

With the powerful combination of Microsoft Expression tools and Visual Studio 2008, developers are now free to push the limits of user interface design. Learn how developers can build rich interfaces themselves—and/or work closely with designers—to add functionality and business rules to solutions using the skills they already have with Visual Studio. »

Looking at Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 in the Technology Community Preview

(06-05-09)

This on demand series is an early look at the new Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. It includes sessions covering Visual Studio 2010 • .NET 3.0 Framework • ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 • Velocity • Parallel Computing • Test Driven Development • Visual Studio Team System 2010. View these sessions today! »

Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 is the latest release of the Windows Server operating system. Built on the proven foundation of Windows Server technology, the R2 release expands on existing technology and adds a host of new features. In this series of on demand webcasts, you'll get to know Windows Server 2008 R2, learn about what's changed and get a jump start on developing for this new platform.»

XAMLfest Online

If you're a .NET developer and you want to write great client applications, you need to know XAML. XAMLfest Online is an opportunity to quickly get up to speed on XAML and related tools and technologies, through a mix of live sessions and recorded content. The sessions are now available on demand. Register today! »

Web Seminars

Virtual Labs

Linux Vendors Head to the Cloud in Search of Cash

New commercial initiatives for cloud services will see both Red Hat and Ubuntu ramping up their competition.

Test Driven Development

Course Type: Web Seminarbr />Course ID: br />P>Highlights and demonstrates several new features that support a test-driven development (TDD)./P>

My MSDN Magazine Articles

p>I wrote some MSDN magazine articles but never really blogged about them: p>.font size="4">NET Framework Internals: How the strong>CLR/strong> Creates Runtime Objects/font>: a title="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163791.aspx" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163791.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163791.aspx/a> p>font size="4">Build Line-Of-Business Enterprise Apps With Silverlight, Part 1/font>: a href="https://owa.microsoft.com/redir.aspx?C=52e8a10216c849e7bd4926b1347d982e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fmsdn.microsoft.com%2fen-us%2fmagazine%2f2009.01.entslpt1.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.01.entslpt1.aspx/a> p>Code download: a href="https://owa.microsoft.com/redir.aspx?C=52e8a10216c849e7bd4926b1347d982e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fcode.msdn.microsoft.com%2fmag200901Silverlight">http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mag200901Silverlight/a> p>font size="4">Build Line-Of-Business Enterprise Apps With Silverlight, Part /font>2: a href="https://owa.microsoft.com/redir.aspx?C=52e8a10216c849e7bd4926b1347d982e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fmsdn.microsoft.com%2fen-us%2fmagazine%2fdd434653.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd434653.aspx/a> p>Code download: a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mag200902Silverlight">http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mag200902Silverlight/a> p> p>Regards, p>Hanu/p>img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9818083" width="1" height="1">

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