The MSDN and TechNet teams recently helped to launch VORT - EX08 (Virtual Online Remix- Total Experience), an online “virtual” conference for IT professionals, developers, and designers in the Europe. There are cool virtual booths for both MSDN and TechNet. To see them, sign in to the Vortex site...

Thousands of technical professionals worldwide are now using MSDN and TechNet Social and Forums to bookmark and tag online resources. And it's easy to create customized and dynamic feeds from our social platform to publish social content by person, tag, language, time period, popularity, and more. ...

Microsoft is opening up the MSDN , TechNet , and Expression sites to the worldwide technical community. Social bookmarking is an important element of our vision , enabling technical professionals to easily share their web favorites, find and connect with each other, and publish community-generated content...

Building on the new designs that were launched in May , the MSDN team is beginning to release a new round of Dev Center design updates - starting with the Visual Basic Developer Center . Developer Centers are mini-sites on MSDN focused on specific developer tools and technologies. ...

Yesterday, I had a chance to talk with John Bristowe (Developer Advisor, Microsoft Canada) about the changes we are making to MSDN, including our social vision and platform. He recorded our chat and now its a podcast you can get from his blog . Have a listen - if you have any suggestions or feedback...

Today, Dan Truax, GM of Server & Tools Online, the group that runs the global MSDN , TechNet , Expression , and CodePlex sites, blogged about the high-level investment themes for our Social Platform and web sites... *************************** The Major Themes for Our Social Platform Investments...

Great new videos about MSDN and TechNet's social vision, new social apps, and site redesign are now online on Channel 9! Meet the people behind the sites... MSDN/TechNet Social Platform: Social Bookmarking, User Profile, Enhanced Forums MSDN/TechNet Site Redesign: More Useful, Better Experience...