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Volume 12, Number 12: June 2, 2008
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From the Editor
Microsoft is beginning the process of re-inventing MSDN as a community-driven site where individual developers are at the center of the experience, and social activities enable their success. This means MSDN will include articles, code, and other resources that are created and contributed by customers in addition to resources developed by Microsoft.
Opening the site up to the developer community will be a journey, but this month the MSDN team is delivering on the vision in several big ways:
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Social Bookmarks Preview
: With MSDN Social Bookmarks you can save all your favorites online, see what other developers are bookmarking, find experts, and even get your bookmarks published on the MSDN Web site. Try it out!
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All-new
MSDN Forums
: Forums are a great place for finding answers to tough technical questions. The new Forums site is easier to use, has a totally new UX, and cool new features like Live Update.
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New Profile Page
: Your profile is a key part of the new site experience, and now features a big avatar image and feeds of your MSDN contributions such as forum posts and social bookmarks. Sign in and check it out.
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New Site Design: The MSDN home page and home pages for many of the top Dev Centers (like VB, VC#, and VC++ ) have been updated with a new design that increases the visibility of people and content from the community and other important resources.
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The MSDN team wants your input and feedback on the future of the site. Here are two ways you can get involved:
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Dantr Blog: Read this blog to hear the latest ideas and plans about the future of the MSDN site - straight from Dan Truax, GM for the global MSDN, TechNet, CodePlex, and Expression sites.
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MSDN Futures Forum: Have an idea you think we should be thinking about? Want to give us some feedback? Use this forum to engage directly with the MSDN team.
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On June 11 we are having a SharePoint Web 2.0 Fire Starter event at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA. The whole event is simulcast via Live Meeting. Come join us online at this full-day event and learn more about customizing and building Web pages, Web Parts, Silverlight, and more from a SharePoint context. We have the makers and shakers of the SharePoint world presenting these sessions. Register soon. Thanks for reading,
Editor
MSDN Flash
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Evaluation Center
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Regardless of the size of your organization, you need best-in-class infrastructure. BizTalk Server 2006 R2 delivers enterprise-class infrastructure; delivering the tools to connect both proprietary and standards-based systems.
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Web Resources
New on MSDN:
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Social Bookmarks Preview: With MSDN Social Bookmarks you can save all your favorites online, see what other developers are bookmarking, find experts, and even get your bookmarks published on the MSDN Web site. Try it out!
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All-new MSDN Forums: Forums are a great place for finding answers to tough technical questions. The new Forums site is easier to use, has a totally new UX, and cool new features like Live Update.
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New Profile Page: Your profile is a key part of the new site experience, and now features a big avatar image and feeds of your MSDN contributions, such as forum posts and social bookmarks. Sign in and check it out.
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New Site Design: The MSDN home page and home pages for many of the top Dev Centers (like VB, VC#, and VC++ ) have been updated with a new design that increases the visibility of people and content from the community and other important resources. |
Security for Developers
Training
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Learn Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 with award-winning training from AppDev. Each CD includes three hours of training, including courseware, labs, and sample code, with a retail value of US$115.
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Case Studies
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Don't you wish to accelerate your software development and testing? Read the Hyper-V case study to see how you can take advantage of virtualization to create testing platforms with less time.
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Partner News
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IdeaBlade's free DevForceExpress 3.6.2 adds n-tier persistence capabilities to .NET, providing the infrastructure to build and deploy data-driven RIAs for Windows Forms and WPF.
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The MSDN Flash is full of pointers to in-depth technical information that we encourage subscribers to forward to friends and co-workers. If you've received this issue from someone via e-mail and would like to receive the free MSDN Flash newsletter biweekly, all you have to do is register.
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SharePoint Web 2.0 Fire Starter  See Editorial for Details |
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National and Global Events
]Inbetween[ Weekend
June 7 - 8
Orlando Convention Center
Orlando, FL
Attending Tech·Ed and looking for something to do 'inbetween' the two Tech·Eds? How about .NET code camp plus SQL Saturday plus IT pro camp all rolled into one? And that's just Saturday. On Sunday we've got all day tracked learning in SQL, Office Communication Server, .NET Framework 3.5, BizTalk, SharePoint, Visual Studio Team System, DotNetNuke, and more.
PDC2008: Register Now and Save US$200October 27 - 30
Los Angeles, CA
Unplug and learn about the future of the Microsoft platform and exchange ideas with fellow software developers/architects.
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