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BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Launch Announced!
Today, over 7,000 organizations rely on BizTalk Server to integrate systems, automate processes and...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 09/11/2007
Boston ReMIX in October. Sign up today with $100 discount!
ReMIX07 Boston – Monday-Tuesday, October 8-9, 2007 Brought to you by Microsoft® Whoever said that...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 09/07/2007
Architect Roundtable – Best Practices in Application Infrastructure Design and Management
Agenda 10:30 - 11:00am11:00 - 12:1512:15 - 12:3012:30 - 1:45pm1:45 - 2:00pm Arrival and...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 09/06/2007
Architect Council aka arcCouncil -- Microsoft Silverlight, Expression and Meeting with Microsoft Certified Architects
Agenda 9:30 - 10:00am10:00 - 11:15 11:15 - 12:30pm12:30 - 12:4512:45 - 1:451:45 - 2:00 Arrival and...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 09/06/2007
Architect Roundtable – Microsoft Mobility Platform Overview
This is the first part of a 4-part series that I will host in the coming months. This discussion...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 09/06/2007
Silverlight 1.0 has been officially released!
The final version of Silverlight 1.0 and Silverlight 1.1 Alpha September Refresh have just been...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 09/05/2007
Photoblog @ MSN.COM
I have not spent much time at the photoblog site of msn.com until tonight. The old saying that "a...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/29/2007
Converting Silverlight Event Handlers in Javascript to .NET Code
Should Silverlight 1.0 RC code just work in Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh? That's my understanding,...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/22/2007
Silverlight Assembly: agclr.dll
Where a Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh project is created with Orcas 2008 beta 2, references are set...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/21/2007
Blogs by Mid-Atlantic Regional MVPs, RDs and Enthusiasts (August 2007)
Over time I have worked with or been introducted to many professionals in the Mid-Atlantic region....
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/21/2007
Top 10 List about Microsoft Silverlight - A CIO Magazine Article
The CIO magazine recently published an article about Silverlight written by Shawn Wildermuth, a...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/20/2007
Silverlight Breaking Changes Between Beta and RC
I converted a few Silverlight beta applications to Silverlight RC, and had to fix quite a few...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/17/2007
Mid-Atlantic MSDN Roadshows - Silverlight and Expression Series
The Mid-Atlantic MSDN Roadshow, aka Andrew, Dani and Dr. Z Roadshow, will debut in a week. Our first...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/17/2007
Boston ReMIX 2007
Microsoft MIX07 this May at Las Vegas was an exciting and successful event. To carry on the...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/15/2007
AJAX Programming and Potential Security Risk
A recent Computerworld article by Jaikumar Vijayan warns potential security risk with AJAX...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/02/2007
Web Development with .NET and Related Technologies
I recently received a request to talk about web development. While preparing for the presentation I...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 07/30/2007
Acropolis - Building tools and pre-built components for .NET Client Applications
July 2007 CTP of Acropolis has just been released. Acropolis builds on the rich capabilities of...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 07/06/2007
StockTrader .NET 3.0 Benchmark Application
Ever since I used a stock trading application written in java applet available at tdameritrade.com...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 07/05/2007
Silverlight Streaming
After working with a few sample Silverlight applications I became curious to see how a silverlight...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 06/26/2007
Content Tagging Feature in MOSS 2007
I have had several customers meetings recently to discuss how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 06/25/2007
ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
An updated version of ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit has been released in June. This release includes...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 06/12/2007
PDC 2007 has been rescheduled
Microsoft is currently in the process of rescheduling this fall's Professional Developer Conference....
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 05/29/2007
Adding Rich Media Content to your Web Applications with Microsoft SilverLight
I have worked with many of my customers on their web applications with .NET, and have personally...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 05/25/2007
SOA Capabilities
My colleagure Keith Pijanowski recently wrote an article at MSDN about capabilities that provide...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 05/21/2007
Enterprise Library 3.0 Has Been Released!
This release of Enterprise Library includes: Caching Application Block, Cryptography Application...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/17/2007
Microsoft and SAP Interoperability
Please join us on April 12th 2007 at Reston MTC, Virginia for the next arcCouncil meeting on...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/03/2007
DinnerNow: An Example of Integrated Use of .NET 3.0 Components
While there are many good examples of .NET 3.0 within the Windows SDK, DinnerNow is a great example...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 03/12/2007
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista Released
It has just been released and is available for download.
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 03/07/2007
Visual Studio .NET 2005 SDK 4.0 RTM Released
You can download it at Microsoft Download Center. To see highlights of the final release, check out...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 03/02/2007
Training for the Microsoft Certified Architect Program?
I have received several inquiries from my customers about the Microsoft Certified Architect Program....
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 03/02/2007
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
It is currently available for download at https://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/support/vs2005sp1/ A...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/15/2006