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Basics on security every developer must know!

2008-01-04T17:49:00Z

Here's everything you need to know on security!

So go on check out these links & stay abreast with the latest tips & tools on building secure applications

So go ahead Get Clicking!

©2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Review our Privacy Statement: Protect Your PC: Three steps to help ensure your PC is protected. Microsoft wants to help ensure your PC is protected from viruses and worms, and from other future threats.Please go to http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx and follow these steps today. 1. Use an Internet Firewall, 2. Update Your Computer, 3. Use Up-to-Date Antivirus Software To get more information and resources about how to help protect your PC, go to www.microsoft.com/protect

Write a story about your development work and win prizes!!(Only India)

2007-12-27T13:31:00Z

Show the world your achievements.

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All across India, software is transforming the way we do business. But you know the secret driving these successes. They’re not just applications, they’re genuine masterpieces. They’re the product of creativity, hard work, and analytical rigor from developers like you.

Microsoft acknowledges the amazing work that you do. That’s why we’re launching HeroesHappenHere.co.in: a platform for software developers to share how they overcame real-life software challenges.

Have you created beautiful code? Changed the course of your business? Found the bugs that saved the day? Tell us your tale and find even more applause.

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	Top 10 Stories - Dell laptop
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Attend Live Webcasts on ASP.Net and more...

2007-11-26T16:24:00Z

Register Now for Free (limited seats available) and mark you calendar for three webcast series on Secure Data Access, Visual Studio Team System series and ASP.Net.

1. Secure Data Access

We explore the new Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs, technical guidance and deployment tools that help you plan and implement EFS and BitLocker™ throughout your enterprise, with lower cost and extended centralized management and control.

Speaker: Steve Riley
Senior Strategist and Worldwide Security Evangelist,
Trustworthy Computing Group, Microsoft Corp.

Date & Time	Title of Webcast
29 Nov 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	It's 11:00 PM, do you know where your data is?

2. Visual Studio Team System Series

3. ASP.NET Series

Learn about the software lifecycle tools of Visual Studio Team System that help you tackle the challenges of global teams working in different locations and different time-zones

Speaker: Nahas Mohammed
Technology Advisor, Microsoft India

This ASP.NET Developer Series focuses on ASP.NET 2.0 as well as the upcoming version (ASP.NET 3.5) that help you write better applications.

Speakers: Harish Ranganathan, Pandurang Nayak, Vinod Kumar
Technology Evangelists , Microsoft India

Date & Time	Title of Webcast
11th Dec 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Visual Studio Team System: Software lifecycle tools with Team suite
12th Dec 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Visual Studio Team System: Get in control with Team foundation server
13th Dec 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Visual Studio Team System: Building robust and reliable software with VSTS
18th Dec 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Visual Studio Team System: Enterprise testing with VS Test Edition
19th Dec 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Visual Studio Team System: Manage your database just like source code
20th Dec 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Visual Studio Team System: Source Control built for the enterprise

Date & Time	Title of Webcast
26th Nov 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	ASP.NET 2.0 – Building Enterprise Web Applications
27th Nov 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	ASP.NET 3.5 – What this web platform has to offer in the next version
28th Nov 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Best practices in developing Web based applications
30th Nov 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	IIS 7 for Web Developers
4th Dec 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	ASP.NET and Silverlight

Register Now for Free. Limited seats available.

Please Note:

Each Webcast / Live Meeting Session has a limited capacity. You are advised to join in the Live Meeting Session 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time to ensure your participation.
You need to register for each Webcast that you intend to attend. Registering for one Webcast does not register you for all webcasts in the series.
The audio for this webcast is broadcast over the internet. Please ensure that you have Windows Media Player 9 or higher installed in order to ensure a smooth transmission.
First-time users: Click here to install the Windows-based Live Meeting Console before your meeting.

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Security Summit 2007

2007-11-13T17:02:00Z



	Improper code security, SQL Injection, compromised web applications are just some of the ways for hackers to attack. As a software professional, it is imperative that you have the skills and knowledge about developing secure software products and applications. That’s exactly why you need to be a part of the Microsoft Security Summit 2007! To be held in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, and Chennai, this summit presents itself as a fabulous opportunity to know all there is to know in the Developer Security world.



	Software developers, Analysts, Architects, Project Managers


•	To gain understanding of the overall software security threats and challenges.
•	Learn about the Security Development Lifecycle.
•	Understand the challenges faced and how Microsoft is trying to address them.
•	Make this an interactive platform where feedback can be shared with Microsoft on its Security initiatives.

21st November, 2007

23rd November, 2007

6th December, 2007

14th December, 2007

Grand Hyatt, Mumbai

Taj Blue Diamond, Pune

Taj Bengal, Kolkata

The Park, Chennai

If you have any questions, please send an email to - securitysummit@erfolgcs.com

Be amongst the first 200 to register at the venue on the day of the event and walk away with a free copy of “The Security Development Lifecycle” by Michael Howard, worth Rs. 395/-

In addition to this, you could also receive Certification Discount vouchers. This limited period Second Shot Offer provides upto 25% discount on certification exams, in addition to a second shot at the exam at no additional cost.

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Protect Your PC: Three steps to help ensure your PC is protected. Microsoft wants to help ensure your PC is protected from viruses and worms, and from other future threats.

Please go to http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx and follow these steps today.

1. Use an Internet Firewall,
2. Update Your Computer,
3. Use Up-to-Date Antivirus Software To get more information and resources about how to help protect your PC, go to www.microsoft.com/protect

Built in MVC framework for ASP.Net

2007-10-26T18:32:00Z

Microsoft is releasing a built-in version of MVC architecture framework in future.

Some details about MVC framework from Scott,

MVC is a framework methodology that divides an application's implementation into three component roles: models, views, and controllers.

"Models" in a MVC based application are the components of the application that are responsible for maintaining state. Often this state is persisted inside a database (for example: we might have a Product class that is used to represent order data from the Products table inside SQL).

"Views" in a MVC based application are the components responsible for displaying the application's user interface. Typically this UI is created off of the model data (for example: we might create an Product "Edit" view that surfaces textboxes, dropdowns and checkboxes based on the current state of a Product object).

"Controllers" in a MVC based application are the components responsible for handling end user interaction, manipulating the model, and ultimately choosing a view to render to display UI. In a MVC application the view is only about displaying information - it is the controller that handles and responds to user input and interaction.

Some highlight about MVC framework from Scott,

It enables clean separation of concerns, testability, and TDD by default. All core contracts within the MVC framework are interface based and easily mockable (it includes interface based IHttpRequest/IHttpResponse intrinsics). You can unit test the application without having to run the Controllers within an ASP.NET process (making unit testing fast). You can use any unit testing framework you want to-do this testing (including NUnit, MBUnit, MS Test, etc).

It is highly extensible and pluggable. Everything in the MVC framework is designed so that it can be easily replaced/customized (for example: you can optionally plug-in your own view engine, routing policy, parameter serialization, etc). It also supports using existing dependency injection and IOC container models (Windsor, Spring.Net, NHibernate, etc).

It includes a very powerful URL mapping component that enables you to build applications with clean URLs. URLs do not need to have extensions within them, and are designed to easily support SEO and REST-friendly naming patterns. For example, I could easily map the /products/edit/4 URL to the "Edit" action of the ProductsController class in my project above, or map the /Blogs/scottgu/10-10-2007/SomeTopic/ URL to a "DisplayPost" action of a BlogEngineController class.

The MVC framework supports using the existing ASP.NET .ASPX, .ASCX, and .Master markup files as "view templates" (meaning you can easily use existing ASP.NET features like nested master pages, <%= %> snippets, declarative server controls, templates, data-binding, localization, etc). It does not, however, use the existing post-back model for interactions back to the server. Instead, you'll route all end-user interactions to a Controller class instead - which helps ensure clean separation of concerns and testability (it also means no viewstate or page lifecycle with MVC based views).

The ASP.NET MVC framework fully supports existing ASP.NET features like forms/windows authentication, URL authorization, membership/roles, output and data caching, session/profile state management, health monitoring, configuration system, the provider architecture, etc.

Read the post here,

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/10/14/asp-net-mvc-framework.aspx

Popfly beta Release - Open to all

2007-10-25T17:59:00Z

Popfly beta Release - Open to all

All we need is a live id to get started.

The new features include,

Gadgets. Popfly can create both Windows Vista Sidebar gadgets and Windows Live gadgets.
Tweaking and Properties. Last iteration, we added “tweaking,” but many blocks didn’t have a lot of properties to tweak, so we added properties to a host of our output blocks including Photoshow, Virtual Earth, PhotoSphere, Gauge, and Page Turner.
Tweaking and the color picker. When you tweak a mashup you now have a color picker so you don’t have to remember the alphanumeric codes for colors.
New and updated blocks. Popfly has a category for new and updated blocks.
New screencasts. Updated videos explaining how to use Popfly.
New blocks. Notably one we did for the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Summit.
Updated block documentation. Courtesy Andy, our resident block program manager.
Privacy statement. We’ve also slightly modified our Privacy Statement, so check it out.

New Features in Visual Studio 2008 (code-named Orcas)

2007-10-23T16:58:00Z

Visual Studio 2008 (code-named Orcas)

Visual Studio 2008 (code-named Orcas) is scheduled to be officially launched on February 27, 2008 . It is focused on development of Windows Vista, 2007 Office system, and Web applications.

The new features that is gping to be packed with this is,

LINQ (Language Integrated Query) new versions of C# and VB languages ,
WPF(Windows Presentation Foundation) visual designer ,
A new HTML/CSS editor influenced by Microsoft Expression Web
Default configures compiled assemblies to run on .NET Framework 3.5
XAML based designer (codenamed Cider)
Workflow designer
LINQ to SQL designer
XSLT debugger
XSD designer
JavaScript Intellisense support
JavaScript Debugging support
support for UAC manifests
An enhanced set of UI widgets, both for WinForms and WPF
J# will not be included

Hope this list is really exciting.

Word Viewer 2007 is released

2007-10-14T17:13:00Z

Word Viewer 2007 is released
if you don't have Office 2007 and have started to receive docx files from individuals, you can now read the same using the newly released Word Viewer 2007..

The word viewer replaces all earlier releases... true to its name, the viewer let's you view the Word documents but don't let you edit the same... the Word Viewer enables free viewing of .docx and .docm with the same visual fidelity as the full version of Word 2003.

Download here,

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3657CE88-7CFA-457A-9AEC-F4F827F20CAC&displaylang=en

Microsoft Launches "Cool Hotmail" in India.

2007-10-05T18:02:00Z

Cool Hotmail!!!

Microsoft has launched (27-9-2007) a unique service in India, where users can get unique customized Live Hotmail id's numbering over 141 ! The options range from xyz@delhirocks.in to xyz@iamcrazy.in , and are divided and listed under the following categories:

Where I Live

Who I Like

who i am

what i like

i dont fit

http://www.coolhotmail.com/

Get your unique ID soon!!!

Attend Microsoft Webcasts on ASP.NET and .NET Framework 3.0

2007-08-20T16:53:00Z

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Attend Live Webcasts by Microsoft Experts on ASP.NET and .NET Framework 3.0

Register Now for Free. Limited seats available.

Register Now to build and deploy powerful ASP.NET applications for the Web.

ASP.NET Developer Series by Harish Ranganathan

A series for Web Developers to understand some of the key concepts like ASP.NET 2.0 Deployment, Upgrading ASP.NET 2.0 Applications to AJAX and also understand some of the Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Patterns. It also provides a sneak preview onto the features that are part of the next version of ASP.NET and what is in Visual Studio 2008 for web developers and how it can help develop next generation web applications.

Date & Time	Webcast
Aug 27, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	ASP.NET 2.0 Deployment - Tips and Tricks
Aug 28, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	AJAX Enabling your ASP.NET 2.0 Applications Tips and Tricks
Aug 29, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	Advanced ASP.NET AJAX
Aug 30, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	ASP.NET "Futures" - a peep into what is coming up in vNext
Aug 31, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	What is new in Visual Studio 2008 for Web Developers

Making the most out of .NET Framework 3.0 by Bijoy Singhal

Objective of the series is to help Developers understand the basic to advanced concepts of the .NET platform, how it is different from the WIN32 and how to leverage its capabilities to the maximum.

Date & Time	Webcast
Sept 03, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	Understanding differences of the Native and Managed worlds
Sept 04, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	Understanding components of .NET
Sept 05, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	Understanding the structure of a .NET assembly using common tools
Sept 06, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	Designing performant applications for .NET + tips and tricks
Sept 07, 4:00 - 5:30 pm	Basics of debugging .NET applications

Harish Ranganathan and Bijoy Singhal are Technology Evangelists with Microsoft India.

Register Now for Free. Limited seats available.

Please Note:

Each Webcast / Live Meeting Session has a limited capacity. You are advised to join in the Live Meeting Session 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time to ensure your participation.
You need to register for each Webcast that you intend to attend. Registering for one Webcast does not register you for all webcasts in the series.
The audio for this webcast is broadcast over the internet. Please ensure that you have Windows Media Player 9 or higher installed in order to ensure a smooth transmission.
First-time users: Click here to install the Windows-based Live Meeting Console before your meeting.

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Hands on lab for microsoft products

2007-07-30T16:31:00Z

Hands on lab

Visit the following link for hands on lab

ASP.NET 2.0
ASP.NET
BizTalk Server
Commerce Server
Connected Systems
Data Access and Storage
Internet Information Services (IIS)
JPlusN (J+N)
Microsoft Expression
.NET Framework 3.0
Office
Security
Smart Client
Soup to Nuts
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2005 Upgrade
TechNet Virtual Labs
Visual Basic
Visual C#
Visual C++
Visual J#
Visual SourceSafe
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio Team System
Web Services
Windows Embedded CE 6.0
Windows Mobile
Windows Vista
Windows XP Embedded

What's New in Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008

2007-07-02T13:15:00Z

Title: Clinic 7045: What's New in Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008

Course Type: Self-paced Course

Available Offline: Yes

Estimated Time of Completion: 2 Hours

Language: English

Description:
In this clinic, you will learn about the new and enhanced features included in SQL Server 2008. You will explore the new data types and the data management features. Additionally, you will learn about the enhanced Integration Services, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services included in SQL Server 2008. This online clinic is composed of a rich multimedia experience.

To get the most out of this clinic, it is recommended that you have:

Knowledge of general SQL database concepts that are largely independent of a specific version of SQL Server.
Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 features.
Knowledge of deploying and upgrading database solutions.
Knowledge of how to solve performance issues related to SQL Server hardware.
Performed the job role of a SQL Server 2005 database administrator or database developer.
Product or technology experience in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005.

Objectives:
At the end of the course, students will be able to:

Describe the features of SQL Server 2008 and their benefits.
Describe the features of enterprise data platform that help you to secure data in applications.
Describe the dynamic development features that facilitate the development of database applications.
Describe the features of SQL Server 2008 that provide data storage solutions beyond relational databases.
Describe the enhanced features in SSIS that help you to integrate data effectively.
Describe the enhanced features in SSAS that help you to improve the BI infrastructure.
Describe the enhanced features in SSRS that help you to improve the scalability of the reporting engine.

Visit,

https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/courseDetail.aspx?courseId=78337

TechMela Webcast

2007-06-12T16:52:00Z


	Microsoft TechMela goes live with the Online Curtain-Raiser Webcast and the Win-a-Minute Mega Contest on June 13, Wednesday (5pm - 9pm) Watch LIVE! the biggest names from the industry, discuss about how technology is connecting experiences – and also WIN yourself some exciting prizes!

www.techmela.com

Develop NextGen Web Applications Using ASP.NET AJAX

2007-05-27T14:25:00Z

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The Ultimate Online Training Environment - With the Developer Virtual Classrooms, you'll enjoy the benefits of live human interaction from the comforts of your desktop.

And with the virtual classroom's interactive functionality participants can:

•	Gain valuable knowledge quickly and easily through a combination of lecture and demonstrations presented by a technical expert.
•	Take online course evaluations.
•	Based on a 80% correctness in your evaluation score, you stand to earn yourself a certificate of participation from Microsoft.

There are no upcoming LIVE Virtual Classroom sessions. Please check back later.

Develop Next Gen Web Applications Using ASP.NET AJAX

This classroom will take you through the key concepts in ASP.NET AJAX. By attending this classroom you would be able to create better, faster and more user friendly web applications. The instructor will also take you through live demos to ensure a better understanding of the technology.

Classrooms Details

Date & Time	Title
June 04, 07 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Chapter 1: Introduction to ASP.NET AJAX This session introduces the concept of partial page updates. It provides an introduction to AJAX and also overview of Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX which consists of different components that help in quickly developing AJAX Enabled Applications.
June 05, 07 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Chapter 2: Microsoft AJAX Library The Microsoft AJAX Library includes a rich framework to simplify client programming. This sessions talks on the Microsoft AJAX Library namespaces and how you can utilize the rich client library for Ajax enabling web applications.
June 06, 07 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Chapter 3: ASP.NET AJAX Extensions ASP.NET AJAX Extensions provide some of the robust controls such as the UpdatePanel, Update Progress and other server side controls which can provide a seamless way of enabling partial page updates for your web applications.
June 07, 07 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Chapter 4: ASP.NET AJAX Extensibility This session talks about the ASP.NET AJAX Extensibility, the Application Services as well as how you can interact with Web Services and retrieve data using the AJAX Library scripts.
June 08, 07 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Chapter 5: AJAX Control Toolkit The AJAX Control Toolkit is a comprehensive set of controls which can be handy while providing extender features for the existing client controls. It provides more than 30 useful controls which help in adding behaviours to existing server controls to provide rich user experience.

Speaker: Harish Ranganathan

Please Note:

•	The audio for this classroom is broadcast over the internet. Please ensure that you have Windows Media Player 9 or higher installed in order to ensure a smooth transmission.
•	First-time users: Click here to install the Windows-based Live Meeting Console before your session.
•	All timings are in IST (Indian Standard Time).
•	Limited seats available. Please join 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time to ensure your participation.

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Longhorn and SQL Webcasts

2007-05-19T17:40:00Z

Webcast Schedule this May

Webcasts on Windows Server Longhorn and SQL Sever 2005

Attend a series of LIVE Webcasts by experts from Microsoft on upcoming technologies and get on to the edge of the steep-learning curve.

Register Now!

Webcast on Windows Server Longhorn

Date & Time	Title	Speaker
May 21, 2007 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Windows Server Codenamed "Longhorn" Server - Technical Overview-Part 1	Ranjana Jain
May 22, 2007 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Windows Server Codenamed "Longhorn" Server - Technical Overview-Part 2	Ranjana Jain
May 23, 2007 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Server Role Management in Windows Server longhorn	Ranjana Jain
May 24, 2007 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Windows Server "Longhorn" Terminal Services Technical Overview	Ranjana Jain
May 25, 2007 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server Longhorn Technical Overview	Ranjana Jain

Webcast on SQL Sever 2005

Date & Time	Title	Speaker
June 20, 2007 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Capacity Planning Considerations – SQL Server 2005	Vinod Kumar
June 21, 2007 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Understanding IO and Storage system with SQL Server 2005	Vinod Kumar
June 22, 2007 02:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting – SQL Server 2005	Vinod Kumar

Register Now!

Please Note:
Each Webcast / Live Meeting Session has a Maximum Capacity of 200 participants. You are advised to join in the Live Meeting Session 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time to ensure your participation. You need to register for each Webcast that you intend to attend. Registering for one Webcast does not register you for all webcasts in the series. The audio for this webcast is broadcast over the internet. Please ensure that you have Windows Media Player 9 or higher installed in order to ensure a smooth transmission. First-time users: Click here to install the Windows-based Live Meeting Console before your meeting.

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Microsoft SharedView Beta [Code Name : Tahiti]

2007-05-17T17:15:00Z

Microsoft SharedView Beta is a fast, easy way to share documents and screen views with small groups of friends or coworkers; anytime, anywhere. Use SharedView to put your heads together and collaborate.

Free download is available here,
http://www.connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=94

Features:

It works across firewalls.
Integrates into office 2007
Integrates with Windows Live Messenger
It has an option to Track changes in Word
Can share the desktop
Each participant can have his own mouse pointer

Download the beta available at the above link..