VS 2005 SP1 coming soon (end of year, hopefully).  Will include:2200+ bug fixesBuilt-in Web Application Project supportGDRs are public fixes (patch rollups) that include rollups of QFEs – GDRs are similar to service packs but service packs affect support (Microsoft supports the latest service pack and the previous service pack, but ...

I only mentioned the Made In Express Contest a few minutes ago and now I see there is a contest for Microsoft Atlas, their new AJAX / Web 2.0 framework. You have a chance to win an XBOX 360 premium and Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphones! What is it? This contest is all about creating awesome Mash-up applications using “Atlas” technology. Nothing ...

I gave a presentation on Visual Studio Team System last night to about 30 students at Wayne State University in Detroit.  I don’t think it was one of my better presentations, for a number of reasons, which I’ll lament here and attempt to improve in the future. First off, this was an earlier presentation than most of the INETA ...

The next DevConnections conference will be held April 2-5, 2006 in Orlando, Florida at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort (where it has been a couple of times in recent years -- very nice hotel).  I will be hosting three sessions, and for the first time I'll have two sessions in the Visual Studio Fundamentals Track (normally I'm strictly ...

I've uploaded my presentations from last week's ASP.NET Connections conference in Las Vegas to the ASPAlliance Resource Directory's Presentations area.  Enjoy!

I was lucky enough to attend a few Birds of a Feather sessions at PDC05, including one hosted by Julia Lerman on Going Solo.  At many of these, the time goes by very quickly and many of the attendees have additional questions for the host or for one another that must go unanswered.  Further communication is usually limited to a few ...

I just completed the ASP.NET “Atlas” hands-on lab.  It was very well put-together considering how completely new Atlas is.  I imagine a few members of the ASP.NET team probably lost some sleep the week prior to PDC getting all of this put together in time.  You can complete the lab yourself -- it's available from the ...

Jim Allchin gave the second keynote, which included many demos from a variety of Microsoft teams and a couple of partners.  Most of it centered around new features that will be available in Vista.  For example, their virtual memory system will be able to take advantage of external memory, such as from USB drives.  They ...

Bill Gates gave this morning's first keynote at PDC 05.  As is customary, he had a video to augment his presentation.  These are usually very funny, but this one didn't do much for me (it was about Bill as a recruiter or something, but I didn't think they pulled it off well).  However, he did make a great comment that ...