Chris Koenig
Developer Evangelist
If you have received a Vista Ultimate with SP1 Promotional Kit - READ HERE!
I've gotten a number of question about the Vista kits that has been given out at some events - if...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/04/2009
Live Services and Mesh at the North Dallas UG
I’ll be presenting a Lap Around Windows Live Services and Mesh at the North Dallas .NET User Group...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/03/2009
Discount Code for MIX ‘09!
If you’re interested in coming to MIX ‘09 (and who isn’t) make sure that you register by February 13...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/28/2009
The Magician of the Wii-mote
I wrote about this guy a while back and the amazing stuff he was doing with the WII remotes. ...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/18/2009
Windows Azure Development Tools Updated
Just in from the Azure Services team: We are excited to announce that we have released an update to...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/15/2009
FREE DEVELOPER CONFERENCE - Houston TechFest
Heere ye, heere ye! Houston TechFest is right around the corner! You’ll remember that...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/14/2009
Get Fit in February Contest
Interested in getting your own Visual Studio Team Suite MSDN Subscription? Don’t have the...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/11/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta
is now available for public download: Enjoy!digg_url =...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/09/2009
User Group Radio | Bringing community leaders together...
Jay Smith, one of the awesome community leaders in Northwest Arkansas, has created a new podcast...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/08/2009
Windows 7 Beta Available This Week!
Just announced at Steve Ballmer’s keynote at CES in Las Vegas, Windows 7 Beta will be available to...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/07/2009
The Return of DevCares!
When I first started as a Developer Evangelist almost 2 years ago (WOW – time flies), the very first...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/07/2009
MDC Experience Video
Some of our friends in Atlanta put this awesome video together of the latest MDC event from...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/05/2009
Vote for Mesh!
Windows Live Mesh was nominated for the Crunchies award for Best Technology...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 12/31/2008
Happy Holidays!
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Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 12/24/2008
Keynote at MDC Detroit, Minneapolis and Dallas
I’ve been invited to participate in the MDC events in Detroit, Minneapolis and Dallas as the Keynote...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 12/23/2008
Microsoft Expression at 50% Off!
Hey friends – I just heard from Renee, the Microsoft Expression Product Manager, that there is a...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 12/19/2008
Come to MDC Dallas and See Me Shave My Head!
That’s right – you heard right! I’m issuing a challenge to all the architects, DBAs,...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 12/18/2008
Deck and Demos from DELL MDC
As promised, here are my deck and demos from the MDC event at Dell on Thursday. I had a really great...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 12/13/2008
Community Contributions: Entity Framework Learning Guide
One of our local area rockstars - Zeeshan Hirani - has released a 500+ page learning guide to Entity...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 12/09/2008
Windows 7 Beta for MDC Attendees!
Breaking news!!! Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 12/02/2008
Upgrading from SQL 2000/2005 to 2008
Still running SQL Server 2000 or 2005? Interested in upgrading to 2008, but not sure how to go...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 12/01/2008
10 Reasons The Zune Beats The iPod. Seriously.
Nice post by fellow DE Jeff Blankenburg on why Zune is WAY better than iPod. I know that for...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/24/2008
Free SharePoint Developer Training
SharePoint is one of the hottest topics around in the world of Microsoft development. Are you...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/24/2008
AT&T Fuze – My New Phone
My new HTC Fuze phone from AT&T is really sweet. I found out about its release on Tuesday...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/19/2008
Upcoming Events
The following is a map of all upcoming events in South Central District
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/07/2008
Upcoming Events in South Central – 11/7/08
Now that the election is over, and gas prices have started to go down ($1.95 a gallon here in...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 11/07/2008
Live Mesh now available for Mac and Mobile!
I just went to the Live Mesh site and noticed that they’ve enabled functionality for Mac and Mobile!...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/30/2008
Windows Live Mesh on Windows 7
For those of you attending PDC and are experimenting with Windows 7, here’s an update you’ll need to...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/30/2008
Java and Ruby SDKs for Microsoft .NET Cloud Services
Look at that – I just noticed that we’re offering a Java and a Ruby SDK for our new Microsoft .NET...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/28/2008
PDC Day 2 – Windows 7, Windows Live, Mesh and Office Online
Today’s big announcements at PDC were around Windows 7, .NET 4/VS2010, Windows Live Mesh and...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/28/2008
Get your .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 right here…
UPDATE: Fixed the links to the bits! Hot off the presses this morning, a VPC containing the first...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/27/2008
PDC Day 1 – Windows Azure
You might have heard rumblings of secret projects at Microsoft called Red Dog, or Strata on various...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/27/2008
New .NET Logos announced today!
.NET is getting a logo facelift! This is not something I had planned to blog about – it just arrived...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/24/2008
MSDN Developer Conference – Bringing PDC Home!
Coming soon to a classy venue near you is the Microsoft MSDN Developer Conference. Modeled...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/24/2008
Get ready for MIX09
I know that PDC starts on Monday, but it’s never too early to start thinking about MIX! Those...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/24/2008
AgileDotNet Conference 2008
I usually start out these posts saying "I don't typically link-blog", but I've said that...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/22/2008
Hard Rock Cafe and Silverlight Deep Zoom
Our friends at Vertigo Software have updated the Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia site with some new...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/21/2008
Robotics Studio at MakerFaire
I spent this past weekend in sunny Austin, TX at the annual Maker Faire event. The best...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/20/2008
Pragmatic Beer - Dallas : Simpable
For those of you who are planning to go to the in.Telligent conference next week, or are just plain...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/16/2008
Silverlight 2 RTW on Oct 14, 2008
https://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=PR&Date=20081013&ID=9263913&Sy...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/13/2008
HHH Launch Update - SQL Server 2008!
For those of you that attended one of the Heroes Happen {Here} Events in the US, I’ve just been told...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/07/2008
Tulsa TechFest, Here I Come!
Hey everyone – I hope you’ve all had a chance to go out to the Tulsa TechFest web site and register...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/07/2008
MSDN TechDays is Coming to Dallas!
Are you ready for a GeekFest? We’re pulling out all the stops to make the next MSDN event a...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 10/06/2008
Pablo’s Day of TDD
The nice folks down in San Antonio and Austin have asked me to make sure and mention their upcoming...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/26/2008
Silverlight 2 RC0 Available Today!
The Silverlight team announced today that Silverlight 2 RC0 was released today for public...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/26/2008
MSDN Unleashed in Austin, TX
I had a great time today participating in the MSDN Unleashed event today in Austin, TX. We had...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 09/26/2008