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  • Chewy Chong 11:25 am on March 29, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Preview – Thurs Apr 26 MSDN Connection Evening: Windows Mobile and Embedded Devices (MED) 

    This event will be focused on everything Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded.  If you don’t know the difference… this is most definitely the event you want to attend.  Lots of cool stuff from SideShow to the yet to be released Windows Mobile 6.  Our speakers have put together some short 2 min videos to give you folks a preview.

    (The event has been formally announced on this post: http://verychewy.com/archive/2007/04/04/msdn-connection-evening-windows-mobile-and-embedded-devices-med-thurs-26-apr-07.aspx)

     

    • http:// 7:37 pm on March 30, 2007 Permalink | Reply

      The first video is hilarious. Did you guys staged it beeping or did it really goes off at the magical moment of filming?Videos are a great way to get people excited and rushing to come for the event.

    • http:// 3:59 am on March 31, 2007 Permalink | Reply

      Oddly enough, Chris’s phone did ring right in the middle of the video (not staged). What I found weird is that fact that he even has a drawer full of phones (with some of them are on!?!). The place looked like a SingTel store. Andre, Chris and the rest of the folks on the APAC MED team are loads of fun. You should come check out the event.

  • Chewy Chong 7:57 am on March 29, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    MSDN Connection Evening – Thur 29 Mar 07 (Post Event Resources / Materials) 

    Here at the post event materials for today’s MSDN Connection Evening on Office Business Applications (OBA) and Application Virtualization.

    Session 1: Office Business Applications
    http://verychewy.com/content/Alan-Jocelyn-SOA.pdf

    Fun Break: Preview of Windows Home Server
    http://verychewy.com/archive/2007/03/26/getting-started-with-windows-home-server-beta.aspx

    Session 2: Application Virtualization with Joeie oon
    http://verychewy.com/content/Application Virtualization – Joeie Oon.pdf

     

  • Chewy Chong 9:55 am on March 28, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    .NET 3.0 Framework Community and Support Resources 

    With the recent release of the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, a community has been established to help you get jump start your .NET 3.0 adventure.

    http://www.netfx3.com/

    The best thing about this community is the support for each of the key .NET 3.0 technologies including developer support and code samples. 

    Windows Communication Foundation (Indigo)
    http://wcf.netfx3.com

    Windows Presentation Foundation
    http://wpf.netfx3.com

    Windows Workflow Foundation
    http://wf.netfx3.com

    Windows CardSpace
    http://cardspace.netfx3.com

    Check it out!

     

  • Chewy Chong 10:01 am on March 25, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Getting Started with Windows Home Server (Beta) 

    For those of you who have seen my demos… awesome isn’t it?  For those of you who haven’t… you’ve got to see it.  Windows Home Server and all the cool stuff it can do is seriously going to make a contribution to the future of our digital homes.

    As promised, here are some resources to get you started and supported while playing with Windows Home Server (beta).

    Sign up for the Beta and download the bits to start playing:
    http://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer

    Read up on what’s happening with Windows Home Server in the WHS’s Forums (even get support here)
    http://forums.microsoft.com/windowshomeserver/

    Here’s a Ch9 video about Windows Home Server straight from the product team themselves:
    http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=270965

    The Windows Home Server Team’s Blog
    http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/

    The Windows Home Server Marketing Site
    http://stopdigitalamnesia.com/

    I’ll make sure to make a post to my blog for the next time I do a Windows Home Server demo at one of our events.

     

  • Chewy Chong 4:20 am on March 7, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Visual Studio 2005 SP1 for Vista Now Available 

    During the development of Windows Vista, several key investments were made to vastly improve overall quality, security, and reliability from previous versions of Windows. While we have made tremendous investments in Windows Vista to ensure backwards compatibility, some of the system enhancements, such as User Account Control, changes to the networking stack, and the new graphics model, make Windows Vista behave differently from previous versions of Windows. These investments impact Visual Studio 2005. The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista addresses areas of Visual Studio impacted by Vista enhancements.

    Many of the Windows Vista enhancements are documented at the Windows Vista Development Center.

    This download installs the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista for the following Visual Studio SKUs:

    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
    • Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
    • Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
    • Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
    • Microsoft Visual J# 2005 Express Edition (English Only)
    • Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Load Agent
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Load Controller
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Code Profiler
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer

     

    Download here:
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90E2942D-3AD1-4873-A2EE-4ACC0AACE5B6&displaylang=en

     

  • Chewy Chong 4:08 am on March 7, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Career in Computer Science Message from Microsoft Research 

    Here is a fun video from MSR about their vision for the future.  Interesting how a number of PlayAnywhere tidbits show up in the video. 

    This vision of our future is bright and I do agree with MSR that this all can only happen if we have more people developing Computer Science skills.  Work with your school and if you’re in Singapore, work with Stanley Tan (our Academic Program Manager… blog to the left) to see how you can get more involved with technology even if you’re not getting a degree in it.

    [soapbox:140915d7-b49e-4bed-9e99-c9c36e793225]

    Career in Computer Science – MS Research

     

  • Chewy Chong 3:55 am on March 7, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    More Cool Progress Made with Microsoft Research’s "PlayAnywhere" 

    In a number of my presentations in the past, I’ve showcased a cool technology being developed my Microsoft Research called “PlayAnywhere”.  The original demos were cool but new ones are even better. 

    One of the coolest is the one where you drop your bluetooth enabled phone infront of the UI and it’ll start pulling and showing the photos on your phone.

    Great to know that UI we saw in Minority Report may be coming sooner than we thought! 

    [soapbox: 0163a915-d32c-4b0b-9348-9a1db0496932]

    Playanywhere and Bluetooth Photosynch – MS Research

     

  • Chewy Chong 2:01 pm on March 4, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Sneak Peak Windows Server Virtualization Server (Longhorn) 

    Jeff Woolsey on the Windows Server Virtualization team just released a great 5 min demo of how virtualization will work in the upcoming version of Windows Server (Longhorn). No boring Powerpoint decks… just great demos. Check it out.

    [SoapBox : 5119240c-6579-4827-8338-7f5539930402]
    Video: Longhorn – Windows Server Virtualization

    In this demo, Jeff shows you:

    • Windows Server Virtualization running on a Server Core installation managed remotely from another Windows Server Longhorn box
    • 64-bit and 32-bit virtual machines running concurrently
    • SUSE Linux 10 running in a virtual machine
    • An 8-core virtual machine
    • System Center Virtual Machine Manager
      • Interface and Operations
    • System Center Operations Manager
      • Monitoring the VMs on the Server Core box
      • Fire off a PowerShell script to hot-add another NIC to a SQL VHD Image

    Interested in how I got a Soapbox video into my Community Server blog, check out this CSModule for more details:
    http://joeriksson.com/files/folders/csmodules/entry303.aspx

    If you’re using blogs.msdn.com, this doesn’t apply to you.  Your managed blog should allow you to insert embedded tags directly.

     

  • Chewy Chong 5:18 am on March 3, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    miniTechReady – Wed 7 Mar 07 

    SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Capabilities—Enough Power for the Biggest Enterprise

    Are you ready to take a deep-dive on Microsoft Business Intelligence? Want to know how SQL Server can support high volume Data Warehousing applications? Want to know how to deploy large scale Business Intelligence projects? Want to know how to use Microsoft Front End Business Intelligence tools?

     

    Who should attend? You need to attend this event if you

    · … are a Database/Data Warehouse Architect, Database/ Data Warehouse Administrator, IT Administrator

    · … are Supporting SQL Server mission critical data warehouse and business intelligence applications

    · … are keen to learn about SQL Server scalability to the highest level of application requirements

     

    Date, Time, & Location:

    Date : March 7th, 2007 (Wednesday) – March 8th, 2007 (Thursday)

    Time     : Total One and Half Days
    MARCH 7th : 08:30 am – 05:30 pm
    MARCH 8th : 09:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Location     : Level 21, Microsoft Auditorium
    Microsoft Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    1 Marina Boulevard #22-01
    Singapore 018989

    Registration NOW at:  http://www.avantustraining.com/partners/registration/registerms.aspx

     

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