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What’s In Windows Server 2008 R2?
Don’t let the “R2” name fool you, there’s a lot packed into Windows Server...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/09/2009
Getting XML Data From a SharePoint List – The Easy Way
Steve Pietrek has a great link blog (Steve Pietrek - Everything SharePoint and Office) that...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/01/2009
Should Evangelists Be Forced to Unit Test During Their Demos?
Last year, my friend DonXML issued a challenge to me: No more Console.WriteLine demos, from now on...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/30/2009
SharePoint for Developers Part 6 – Custom web services
Part 6 of the SharePoint for Developers series is posted to Channel9, this one focusing on creating...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/30/2009
SharePoint for Developers Part 5 – Columns, Content Types, and Lists
Part 5 of the SharePoint for Developers screencast series is posted to Channel9, this session...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/28/2009
SharePoint for Developers Part 4 – Consuming SharePoint Web Services from Silverlight
Part 4 of the SharePoint for Developers screencast series has been posted to Channel9… this one...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/28/2009
SharePoint for Developers Part 3 – Expression Blend and Silverlight
Part 3 of the SharePoint for Developers screencast series is posted to Channel9, “Expression Blend...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/28/2009
AT&T Using Silverlight for Live Streaming of PGA Masters
Watch the Masters on AT&T Fan Zone. The 73rd Masters Tournament will be available live on the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/10/2009
LINQ to SQL and Connection Pooling
I’ve been working with Microsoft’s database connection technologies (ADO.NET, ADO, and ODBC) for...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/09/2009
Disable WCF Service Host
While debugging a WCF project tonight, I was getting frustrated by a 5 second pause every time I...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/07/2009
SharePoint Designer for Free – Interview with Tom Rizzo
Since we announced SharePoint Designer is now free, customers have had various questions or theories...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/04/2009
Patterns and Practices Releases Hands on Labs for EntLib and Unity
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the release of: Hands-on Labs for...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/03/2009
SharePoint Designer – Now Free!
Yep… it’s no longer April 1st, this is no April Fool’s joke. SharePoint Designer...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/02/2009
Working with the Common Feed Store in Windows
I have been trying to find a way to write an addin or utility to make the RSS support in Outlook...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/28/2009
Consuming SharePoint Lists via AJAX
I’ve done a bit of work with customers interested in consuming SharePoint data without using the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/24/2009
Microsoft Marketing is on a Tear!
I’m the first to recognize that it’s easy to complain, but harder to give props. Today, I am...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/23/2009
Some Silverlight 3 Goodness : Using WriteableBitmap
While working on a demo for the upcoming NAB conference, one of the Silverlight product developers...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/20/2009
Using Themes with Visual Studio 2008 and VSeWSS
Sweet! 10 new SharePoint Themes released! Each theme is represented as a Visual Studio...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/20/2009
Export Your OPML from Outlook
Lately I have fallen in love with Office programming, but I’m still a complete n00b at it. I...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/18/2009
Installing VSeWSS 1.3
I’ve seen a few questions asking how to install VSeWSS 1.3. This post walks you through it....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/17/2009
Hotmail Now With POP3
Hotmail now supports POP3! POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995) POP SSL required? Yes User name:...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/17/2009
Free SharePoint Developer Training
Even more free training for SharePoint Developers. Module 1 - Developing Solutions on the SharePoint...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/15/2009
ASP.NET Development Server (“Cassini”) Stops Working
If you are suddenly unable to debug ASP.NET apps using the ASP.NET Development Server (aka...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/14/2009
Convert XElement to XmlNode (and Convert XmlNode to XElement)
This is just way cool. Check out Eric White’s blog for a slick use of extension methods to...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/13/2009
SharePoint Developer Series Part 1: Introducing VSeWSS 1.3
I just posted Part 1 of a series of SharePoint for Developers screencasts that show developers how...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/13/2009
ASP.NET Dynamic Data and Displaying Images with a Custom Field Template
Awhile back, I posted about creating an image handler to render images stored in a database. ...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/12/2009
Welcome Eric Hoffman
Eric Hoffman, a great guy from AOL has joined our team and is starting up a blog… watch this...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/11/2009
Verizon Wireless Goodness
Just got this email from a coworker. Had no idea this was available, I’ll certainly leverage...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/11/2009
The Story of the Ribbon
The more I talk about SharePoint to customers, the more I end up talking about Office 2007 and,...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/11/2009
Calling SharePoint Lists Web Service Using WCF
WCF makes it easy to call the SharePoint web services using WCF. In this post, I’ll show how...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/10/2009
HiSoftware Releases Accessibility Kit for SharePoint (AKS) 2.0
Need WCAG 1.0 compliance for your SharePoint sites? Today, HiSoftware released the Accessibility Kit...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/09/2009
Customizing SharePoint Themes with SharePoint Designer 2007 and IE8
It turns out to be pretty easy to customize the look and feel of a SharePoint site using SharePoint...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/08/2009
Cool Whitepaper: Code Access Security in SharePoint for Administrators
Code Access Security (CAS) can be a difficult concept for developers to wrap their heads around, so...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/08/2009
Social Computing with Microsoft SharePoint 2007
Congratulations Matt and Brendon on the release of the book Social Computing with Microsoft...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/24/2009
Interview with Motus
My friend Keith Brock was interviewed on IT’s Art Mag, talking about what makes Motus unique...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/23/2009
The Content Query Web Part, and Working With Lookup Fields in a Custom Web Part
I am helping work on a proof of concept for a customer, and one of the requirements is to display...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/23/2009
VSTS Webcast Series
There's a fantastic webcast series on Visual Studio Team System that our group is sponsoring. The...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/23/2009
Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, v1.3 February 2009 CTP
The February 2009 Community Tech Preview for VSeWSS 1.3 is now available. Download it here.Community...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/22/2009
Visual Studio 2010: SharePoint Tools
Soma posts on the awesome SharePoint developer support in Visual Studio 2010. It’s almost...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/21/2009
Free SharePoint Developer Resources
I love to learn by watching videos, seeing how someone else accomplishes a task so that I can...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/17/2009
The ROI of Software Made Simple
Josh Holmes has a great post about going the the mattresses to prove ROI for your application. His...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/16/2009
Cloud Services: How Do I videos for developers
I just noticed a free set of “How Do I” videos for Live, Azure, and Microsoft .NET Services. ...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/12/2009
Cool Mobile App: Microsoft Tag
Just found out about Microsoft Tag from Jeff Blankenburg’s blog. Microsoft Tag is a cool...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/08/2009
Integrating External Document Repositories with SharePoint Server 2007
Just saw a great article arrive on MSDN today… Integrating External Document Repositories...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/05/2009
Getting Started with Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 1.3 (VSeWSS)
I have been working with VSeWSS 1.3 a bit, and ran into a few issues that others might face. I...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/02/2009
More Community Love for Windows 7
Love to see the great reactions to the Windows 7 beta. I have been running the beta for about a...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/02/2009
SPDisposeCheck Released for SharePoint Developers
Awesome job, Paul and co., for finally getting this out to the masses! For those who are starting to...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/30/2009
New BizTalk User Group in Atlanta
Just got this from my friend and co-worker, Karl Rissland. What a great opportunity. Finally...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/29/2009
Self Signed Certificates on IIS7
Rob Bagby has a great post on creating self-signed certificates for IIS7, including a screencast...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/24/2009
Google and Time Warner: How YouTube Stole My Friend's Career
I've got a buddy who is a very talented musician. He has talked to several record companies, and...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/22/2009