Microsoft EMEA TechNet : desktop applications

AJAX Web-Apps and ASP.NET - codename "Atlas"

AndreasK — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:40:00 GMT

Here some information from the developer-world that might also be of interest to you. AJAX (short for Async Javascript And XML technologies) allows for very nice interactive web-applications (e.g. check out the beta of Windows Live Mail on http://ideas.live.com/), but in my opinion it's quite hard to implement. This is why I find the "Atlas" news from our msdn-colleagues interesting:

The ASP.NET team has just released the March CTP for ASP.NET codename "Atlas," a set of new Web development technologies that integrate client script libraries with the ASP.NET 2.0 server-based development framework. In addition, "Atlas" offers the same type of development platform for client-based Web pages that ASP.NET offers for server-based pages. And because "Atlas" is an extension of ASP.NET, it is fully integrated with server-based services. "Atlas" makes it possible to easily take advantage of AJAX techniques on the Web, and enables you to create ASP.NET pages with a rich, responsive UI and server communication. However, "Atlas" isn't just for ASP.NET. You can take advantage of the rich client framework to easily build client-centric Web applications that integrate with any back-end data provider.

Andreas

New Microsoft Security Bulletin - Mar 14th, 06

AndreasK — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:44:00 GMT

You find the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March, 2006 here. It contains fixes for 1 critical (Microsoft Office) and 1 important (Microsoft Windows) vulnerability.

Microsoft Security Bulletins - last update Feb 14th, next planned for Mar 14th

AndreasK — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:46:00 GMT

You find the Microsoft Security Bulletin for February, 2006 here, it covers 2 critical and 5 important updates. Read the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification about the March bulletin here.

TCP/UDP Ports behaviour Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

AndreasK — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:29:00 GMT

I like the articles by "The Cable Guy" a lot. E.g. the December edition "Windows TCP/IP Ephemeral, Reserved, and Blocked Port Behavior" is a good explanation how Windows assigns dynamic ("ephemeral") ports and how you can control it.

The Cable Guy gets also translated into German, you find an overview here.

Andreas

Tip - Blake's Page on Free Tools for Microsoft Windows

AndreasK — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:28:00 GMT

Blake, who is a consultant working with Microsoft technologies brought to my attention his amazing overview-page about free add-ons to Microsoft Windows - I think this is very cool, you might have a look at it http://spaces.msn.com/members/bhandler/Blog/cns!1pt1v0Q4vD8jSvNS4lqdAuug!340.entry (OK, now I feel a bit guilty that we at Microsoft don't do a better job ourself about promoting this - anyway, thanks to Blake for sharing this).

Andreas

Microsoft Windows Vista - Resources for IT-Professionals

AndreasK — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:13:00 GMT

Windows Vista work is progressing and generating a lot of interest in the IT-Pro community. Therefore I want to draw your attention to this English-language TechNet site as we just released the WindowsVista December Community preview. A key new feature in this new release is the new advanced security features alongside progress on the new user-interface (Aero). More news about the consumer-side of Windows Vista (Media-Center and Media Player) will become public at the CES trade-show Jan 5-8.

For more Information click here (TechNet resources) or here (December Community preview).

Andreas

P.S.: Some advertising - pls. remember that all Microsoft TechNet subscribers automatically get their Windows Vista Betas (like the Dec. Community preview) shipped as part of their subscription while the Beta will only be available publicly later next year.

New Version of Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP Released

AndreasK — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:33:00 GMT

The Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer is a free “PowerToy” for Microsoft Windows XP that provides the ability to view, organize, and print photos captured in RAW image formats from supported Canon and Nikon digital cameras. Now with support for more new DSLRs.

More information and download here
Read more news about Microsoft Windows XP and professional/enthusiast photography here

Andreas

TechNet Webcast Office Visio Professional: IT Documentation with Visio 2003 and the Visio Resource Kit for IT Professionals

AndreasK — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:19:00 GMT

This GERMAN LANGUAGE webcast shows how you can use Office Visio Professional and the Visio Resource Kit for IT Professionals to efficiently create IT documentations such as Active Directory or server overviews and networking plans.

This webcast was recoreded early December and is available by clicking here.

Note: this is also a test-entry for testing the blogging-components on TechNet websites,

Andreas