March, 2008

Today Microsoft announced that MIX attendees will preview Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS), a Web-facing utility-based services designed for businesses and developers that need scalable, highly available, secure and easily programmable on-demand...

I just got back from a 2 week trip to India, taking part in their local launch events. We reached over 1500 people at over 3 launch events,  in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi. V. Somasegar - the Senior VP from the Visual Studio team was the keynote...

It's getting louder If you've been following Microsoft's efforts around data programmability, you'll have inevitably heard a thing or two about "entities". Specifically, the Entity Data Model (EDM) and the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF). These technologies...

Technologies such as SQL Server are only as successful as the applications that are built upon them.  Microsoft’s Metro Early Adoption Program provides a programmatic, consistent and predictable way for longstanding Microsoft ISV partners to...

Exciting news for developers looking to build SQL Server based applications that target mobile devices -- the new Microsoft® Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008 has been released and is now available for download from here ! This...

The Microsoft Sync Framework continues to evolve as the latest CTP2 bits were released last week. This latest build reflects the final API changes that will be used for RTM. The team has done an excellent job with respect to the framework's original design...