Redmond Developer News

PDC 2009

• Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 Hits 'Feature Complete' Milestone

  More than 8,000 developers have downloaded the first test build since its release at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference in November. 03/01/2010 read more

• Open Source Starter Kit Builds Runtime Repository for VS 2010 Dotfuscator Suite

  The new Dotfuscator Software Services in Visual Studio 2010 moves beyond obfuscation with the community edition of PreEmptive's Runtime Intelligence Service for .NET. 02/26/2010 read more

• .NET Micro Community Develops

  Developers can contribute extensions, services or even to the code itself, although Microsoft is still driving the core technology implementation. 02/25/2010 read more

• Microsoft's Private Cloud Formation

  As CIOs largely reject the early crop of cloud services for business-critical apps, Redmond readies private and hybrid cloud platforms. 12/17/2009 read more

• Silverlighting 2010

  Microsoft releases the sample code for Silverlight 4 demos in the PDC keynote. 12/17/2009 read more

• Microsoft's Private Cloud Scramble

  Microsoft needs to come up with a solution for enterprise customers, explain how it fits with Windows Azure, and fast. 12/10/2009 read more

• Windows 7 Contest Winner Trades Vacation for $17,777

  The winner of Microsoft’s recent Code 7 contest heard about the competition just three weeks before the deadline. 12/01/2009 read more

• After PDC: Q&A with Stephen Chapman

  I talked with Stephen Chapman, a long-time Microsoft watcher and author of the Microsoft Kitchen blog (formerly UX Evangelist), about his thoughts on the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference last month. 12/01/2009 read more

• Surface Workstation SDK Made Broadly Available at PDC09

  The free SDK enables developers to use a PC, multiple mice, and PC-based simulator tools to build and test apps for Microsoft Surface. 11/20/2009 read more

• PDC09 Final Verdict: Eye on the Prize, Not in the Sky

  What PDC09 lacked in dramatic impact it made up for in actionable guidance and insight. 11/20/2009 read more

• Surface Controls in .NET 4

  Surface was built on WPF so many of the controls offer similar functionality. 11/20/2009 read more

• New DBA Tool Helps Companies Move to Azure Cloud

  In conjunction with Microsoft’s launch announcement of Windows Azure at this week’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Embarcadero Technologies released an Azure-related database administration tool. 11/19/2009 read more

• Pluralsight Launches New .NET Training Content and Subscriptions

  New training content is available on iPhone ASP.NET development, SharePoint services, Silverlight 3, BizTalk 2009 and Managed Services Engine. 11/19/2009 read more

• Microsoft's New AppFabric Serves Up Composite Apps

  Burley Kawasaki, the director of Microsoft's Connected System Division, explains why AppFabric is the next logical step in .NET abstraction. 11/19/2009 read more

• Preview of Reactive Extensions for .NET Available

  Rx is a .NET Framework extension library that developers can use to build applications that can react to changes to the collections in their environment. 11/19/2009 read more

• Early Enterprise Cloud Deployments Likely To Be Hybrid

  Enterprise customers that start to use cloud services will also host applications and/or data on premises. 11/19/2009 read more

• PDC Impressions

  PDC09 was at times redundant and visionary. But on the whole, PDC09 was a valuable bookend to the ambitious PDC08 show last year. 11/19/2009 read more

• PDC Trendspotting 11/19/2009
• Ozzie Quizzed on Cloud Strategy at PDC

  Microsoft officials briefed financial analysts on the company's cloud computing strategy at its Professional Developers Conference on Wednesday. 11/18/2009 read more

• Beta Wave Hits Office and SharePoint Developers at PDC09

  Microsoft releases the 2010 set of betas of its Office productivity software -- Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010 and Office Mobile. 11/18/2009 read more