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First discussions are starting to hit the world about the just released Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and .NET Fx 3.5 SP1 Beta. What happened is that instead of just fixing things in the Service Pack, Microsoft decided to add a whole lot of new features and whistle and bells into these SPs. So what happens if you develop applications and start ...

Update to my previous blog ... The information discussed yesterday is now also available on the MSDN website:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx There is an introduction video on Channel 9 with Soma and Scott explaining what Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is all about compared to Beta 1. For one thing... Visual ...

  If you are developing addins for Office 2003 and you are in Vista this may be for you. Quote This update fixes an issue in add-in development for Microsoft Office 2003 using VSTO 2005 SE on Windows Vista.During the development of Windows Vista, several key investments were made to vastly improve overall quality, security, and ...

  Just a quick note to let you know that the VSTO team published four new VSTO Beta hands-on labs to MSDN: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs/aa740390.aspx.   MSDN Virtual Lab: Building Custom Office Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Part 1 - Data Binding with Word Content Controls MSDN Virtual ...

Configure SQL Server to be used in the VPC Today I add the next section in my series to create a SharePoint VPC. In this blogitem we configure SQLServer to be used in the VPC to make it run smoothly as can be. In the SQL Server 2005 Surface Area Configuration Dialog click the Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections link ...

Add SQLServer to the VPC Today I add the next section in my series to create a SharePoint VPC. In this blogitem we add SQLServer to the VPC to make it run as a database server. Run SQL Server Setup from your installation media. Accept the User License Agreement and click Next to continue Click Install to install the Prerequisites. ...

  Today I went to DevDays 2007 here in Amsterdam, the Netherlands where I live to meet Mike Hernandez and talk to him some more about VSTO. Mike was scheduled to do three presentations at the Dutch DevDays 2007 conference: Overview Visual Studio Tools for Office Visual Studio Tools for Office a roadmap for the future Overview ...

Add POP Services to the VPC Today I add the next section in my series to create a SharePoint VPC. In this blogitem we add POP services to the VPC to enable mail actions on the server without installing the full blown Exchange Server. First start the ''Manage Your Server'' console. Click Add or remove a role in the Manage Your Server ...

  In my ongoing process to learn new stuff I use my blog a lot as a `note to self` tool. To remember all the new stuff concerning Orcas I will dedicate a section of my blog to the New Language Features. The first feature I add here is the Automatic Properties feature in C#. Don`t you hate it when you have to write these long sections of ...

Add the Application Server role to the server Today we will, in the series to build a complete VPC, add the Application Server role to the server. By doing this Internet Information Server, ASP.NET and some other services are added that will be needed if you want to install the SharePoint Server. To start adding the role to the server you ...