Matt Powell
Web Platform and Tools
When Silverlight 2 Releases, Will You be Ready?
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 has been out since June 6th and the number of sites that have taken advantage...
Author: mattpo Date: 09/22/2008
Want to learn what this Silverlight thing is all about?
I've had the opportunity to talk to quite a few Web developers at conferences and so forth, and the...
Author: mattpo Date: 02/15/2008
Silverlight 1.1 Developer Reference Poster
I had the opportunity during Mix07 to hand out posters that map out the capabilities and classes...
Author: mattpo Date: 05/09/2007
"WPF/E" is now Silverlight!
Tonight we announced the official name of wpfe....Microsoft Silverlight! This is the beginning of a...
Author: mattpo Date: 04/16/2007
Ode to the Progress Bar
I'm building the Virtual Machines for a number of the Hands On Labs that will be available at MIX...
Author: mattpo Date: 04/13/2007
Microsoft and the AJAX Community
Scott announced that Microsoft joined the OpenAJAX Alliance today. I think this does a lot for...
Author: mattpo Date: 03/20/2007
MIX 07 - It's coming!
One of the cooler things about my relatively new position here on the Web Platform and Tools...
Author: mattpo Date: 03/12/2007
Is it just me?
Is it just me or has this year's daylight savings seemed to effect people more than others? Maybe...
Author: mattpo Date: 03/12/2007
Emerson College Musical Theatre Audition
Audition #2 in the ongoing effort for my daughter Katie to get into a top notch Musical Theatre...
Author: mattpo Date: 02/07/2007
Photosynth
This is very cool. If for some reason you haven't heard of Photosynth yet, you have to check it out....
Author: mattpo Date: 11/09/2006
A few Commercial Real Estate Terms
I mentioned in my earlier post that I have been learning about the Commercial Real Estate business...
Author: mattpo Date: 10/25/2006
Commercial Real Estate
I'm a member of a Masonic Lodge that meets in a lodge building in Edmonds, WA. We don't own the...
Author: mattpo Date: 10/19/2006
IE7 Ships!
Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP shipped tonight! Get the download and check out all the details...
Author: mattpo Date: 10/19/2006
Birthdays
One of my sons was born on Christmas. There was an abruption (this isn't good) and so it kind of put...
Author: mattpo Date: 10/17/2006
Sign-up for ASP.NET Connections in Las Vegas
Time is getting short for folks to sign-up for ASP.NET Connections from Nov. 6 - 9th in Las Vegas....
Author: mattpo Date: 10/02/2006
Ajax, Ajax, Ajax
Scott announced today the future of our Ajax product plans. The stuff that has been code named...
Author: mattpo Date: 09/11/2006
Is your web site ready for Internet Explorer 7?
Millions of people will be hitting web sites with a new browser in the next few months. Internet...
Author: mattpo Date: 09/11/2006
New Refresh of the Internet Explorer Developer Center on MSDN
The MSDN Internet Explorer Developer Center has finally come up to speed! As part of the Web...
Author: mattpo Date: 09/01/2006
Web Development
It has been awhile since I've done much Web development. My technical focus for the last few years...
Author: mattpo Date: 08/03/2006
New Team - New Role
After about six years at MSDN, I've moved to a new position on the Web Platform and Tools Marketing...
Author: mattpo Date: 08/02/2006
Free Microsoft Virtual Server
Web service developers are often using virtual servers to setup a virtual netwrk of services. Well...
Author: mattpo Date: 04/11/2006
WS-Transfer, WS-Enumeration and WS-Eventing to W3C
Jeffrey Schlimmer points out that these three specs have been submitted to the W3C. -Matt
Author: mattpo Date: 03/15/2006
Sweet Fifteen
On March 4, 1991 I arrived at New Employee Orientation here at Microsoft and thus started my first...
Author: mattpo Date: 03/08/2006
Common WSE Kerberos Problem
Mark Fussell discusses a common problem when using WSE 3.0 and Kerberos security. He answers the...
Author: mattpo Date: 03/08/2006
Channel 9: WCF Interop Plug-Fest
Kirill Gavrylyuk and Jorgen Thelin talk about the WCF interop Plug-Fest on Channel 9 where WS-*...
Author: mattpo Date: 03/07/2006
William Tay Writes about Securing WCF
William Tay just published the second article in a two part series on WCF over on The...
Author: mattpo Date: 03/03/2006
Content Strategist Wanted!
I'm currently looking for a Content Strategist to work on my team here at MSDN. If you want to be...
Author: mattpo Date: 01/19/2006
Windows Communication Foundation CTP
If you haven't already heard, the WinFX January CTP released a couple days ago. You can find more...
Author: mattpo Date: 01/19/2006
Update to WSERM for WSE 3.0 Available
We just posted an update to the WS-ReliableMessaging sample code that George Copeland wrote that...
Author: mattpo Date: 11/14/2005
WSE 3.0 - Run released WSE on released .NET Framework 2.0
It's available! Get the final release of WSE 3.0 today. You also want to check out the updated Hands...
Author: mattpo Date: 11/07/2005
Launched!
With the Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 launch, MSDN made a few changes...
Author: mattpo Date: 11/07/2005
Almost Monday...
On Monday, November 7th, Microsoft will launch Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk...
Author: mattpo Date: 11/04/2005
Web Services Secure Exchange Technical Committee Created at Oasis
The Oasis standards body created a technical committee today to finalize WS-Trust,...
Author: mattpo Date: 10/26/2005
Are you ready for Launch?
At MSDN, we are frantic about getting ready for the upcoming launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL 2005...
Author: mattpo Date: 10/13/2005
WS-TX to Oasis
Jorgen pointed out that Oasis announced the formation of a technical committee on WS-TX yesterday....
Author: mattpo Date: 10/13/2005
Intro to WCF Channels
Yasser Shohoud, Program Manager on the Windows Communication Foundation team, introduces the concept...
Author: mattpo Date: 10/13/2005
WSE 3.0 October CTP Available!
The latest Community Technology Preview of Web Services Enhancements 3.0 is now available. Yes, it...
Author: mattpo Date: 10/05/2005
GeeksWithBlogs Podcast on Windows Communication Foundation
Richard Turner and Payam Shodjai talk about the Windows Communication Foundation (you know, Indigo)...
Author: mattpo Date: 09/26/2005
I'm Optimistic...What can I Say?
The single biggest take-away I had from the PDC came from the first keynote. It was the reality that...
Author: mattpo Date: 09/21/2005
MSN Web Services
MSN felt that they reached critical mass with their technologies for developers so during PDC they...
Author: mattpo Date: 09/21/2005
PDC Presentation Materials
If you didn't make it down to PDC in Los Angeles, or if you did and would still like to see the...
Author: mattpo Date: 09/21/2005
Fool Me Twice...
One of my back teeth needed a crown so I went to the dentist about a month ago where they fitted me...
Author: mattpo Date: 09/21/2005
It's Starting to Get Exciting...
It's always fun to see how Microsoft gears up for the PDC. Here at MSDN we are scrambling like mad...
Author: mattpo Date: 08/26/2005
Welcome to the MSDN Web Services and Other Distributed Technologies Developer Center
What a mouthful! That's right, we've changed our name, our layout and what we talk about. The MSDN...
Author: mattpo Date: 07/22/2005