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Windows Azure News from MIX11
We announced several updates to the Windows Azure platform today at MIX11 in Las Vegas. These new...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 04/13/2011
TechDays 2011 WP7 App
The official TechDays 2011 WP7 App developed by Realdolmen is now available on the Marketplace. The...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 04/11/2011
TechDays Belgium 2011: Just 3 Weeks Left to Register
In just three weeks from now, you can join more than 1400 other developers and IT...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 04/07/2011
New MVPs for Belgium & Lux announced
Each quarter Microsoft awards passionate technical community leaders with the Microsoft's Most...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 04/05/2011
Get skilled up on Microsoft’s Cloud technologies at you own pace and at no cost with Microsoft Virtual Academy
Looking for a simple, effective way to get the skills and training you needed to take advantage of...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 04/05/2011
Webcast: Lunchbox - Developing a Windows Phone 7 Application at Microsoft leveraging Windows Azure
Register now for the next MSDN Live Meeting (organized by Microsoft Belgium and Luxembourg), hosted...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 03/30/2011
Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7
The Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 is designed to make it easier for you to build mobile...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 03/28/2011
MSDN and TechNet Desktop Gadget
Stay up to date with the latest news from MSDN and TechNet in Belgium and Luxembourg via our new...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 03/25/2011
TechDays 2011 - Check out the sessions and build your own agenda
Check out the live agenda and find out why you should attend TechDays 2011. Review the sessions and...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 03/25/2011
Internet Explorer 9 RTW available for download
Internet Explorer 9 RTW is now available for download. The latest version of IE is strong on speed...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 03/16/2011
Tell your IT story and win a ticket for TechDays 2011
On February 21, 2011 we invited the top 20 winners of the ‘Crack the code’ contest...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 03/09/2011
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - February 2011 Update
The February 2011 update of the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit includes several updates and bug...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 03/04/2011
Vote Microsoft for DataNews Awards for Excellence
The 2011 Data News Awards for Excellence are an important annual ICT contest and event. Microsoft is...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 03/02/2011
HTML5 Web Camp Belgium on April 6 2011 – free event registration now open
HTML5 Web Camp Belgium on April 6th is now open for registration. Enjoy a full afternoon of sessions...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 03/01/2011
New Windows Azure Free Trial Offering Available Today!
As of today a new Windows Azure trial offering is available through June 30th 2011. This offering...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/25/2011
Plans announced to release a non-commercial Kinect for Windows SDK this spring
I’m a huge fan of NUI (Natural User Interface) so I’m delighted Microsoft announced today it will...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/22/2011
TechDays 2011: Final Chance to Register with Early Bird Pricing!
Time is running out to enjoy a special Early Bird pricing and attend this year’s TechDays. With a...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/18/2011
IT in your DNA? ‘Crack the code’ winners announced, share your IT story and win tickets for TechDays 2011
January 31, 2011 was the last day of the ‘Crack the code’ competition on https://www.itinyourdna.be:...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/16/2011
Windows Phone Developer ecosystem picking up in Belgium
Since the introduction of Windows Phone 7 end of October we’ve seen a steady uptake of the platform...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/15/2011
SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course
Today I’m pleased to announce the SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course (a.k.a....
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/11/2011
Dynamics CRM 2011 Developer Training Kit Available
On January 17 we launched Dynamics CRM Online 2011 worldwide, and today we’re making available the...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/10/2011
Link: Internet Explorer 9 RC available for download
Another important step in, the IE team has just announced the availability of Internet Explorer 9...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/10/2011
MSDN webcasts on TFS 2010 and Windows Phone 7
- February 15, 2011: What you should know about Version Control in TFS 2010 Abstract Unlike Visual...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/09/2011
Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update Available Now
We are happy to announce the immediate availability of the Windows Phone Developer Tools January...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/08/2011
ISV Community & Discovery Day – Your chance to win a Kinect & Xbox 360
It’s this time of year again where the Microsoft Belux ISV team organizes the ISV Community &...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/04/2011
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit and Course, January 2011 Update
Today we have released a January 2010 update to the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit &...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 02/03/2011
Register for Microsoft Webcafe on February 17th in Gent
The second edition of Microsoft Webcafe is taking place at Combell in Gent. We are calling it the...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/31/2011
Link: What is Windows Azure AppFabric trying to solve?
Not sure what Windows Azure AppFabric exactly is and what you can do with it? Check out the...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/30/2011
TechDays 2011: Early Bird Pricing Extended Until 28 February 2011
Register now with extended Early Bird pricing Discover new technologies and increase your...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/26/2011
Link: SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit (January 2011 Update)
If you want to understand the key improvements introduced in SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/23/2011
SharePoint Server Productivity Hub 2010
Microsoft has developed the Productivity Hub to help support your ongoing end user training efforts....
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/23/2011
Link: Visual Studio Add-in: Portable Library Tools CTP
The Portable Library Tools Visual Studio add-in may be interesting if you’re writing applications...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/23/2011
Announcing Windows Azure Jump Start Training Videos
Microsoft Learning hosted the second new and exclusive “Jump Start” virtual training event on...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/21/2011
State of Application Security: Immature Practices Fuel Inefficiencies, but Positive ROI Is Attainable
In November 2010, Microsoft commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a survey study of 150 North...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/18/2011
SQL Azure to SQL Server Synchronization
In a previous blogpost I already mentioned that you can move your relational data into the cloud by...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/17/2011
ASP.NET MVC 3, NuGet, IIS Express, SQL CE 4, Web Farm Framework, Orchard, WebMatrix released
Last week, Microsoft released more than six new or upgraded products! All these free products...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/17/2011
Guide For Developing Application using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
With the upcoming release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 (see my previous post here), you may want...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/12/2011
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Launch
As you may already have heard, the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 launch is just around the...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/12/2011
New FabrikamShipping SaaS Release for Windows Azure SDK 1.3
With the release of Windows Azure SDK 1.3 and the December Labs release of ACS, a whole bunch of new...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/11/2011
Web Camp Belgium on January 24 with Scott Hanselman and James Senior
Microsoft Web Camps are free events that allow you to learn and build on the Microsoft Web Platform....
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/07/2011
Link: Windows Azure Security Essentials videos
Check the following blogpost by Alik Levin here for a bunch of interesting videos on Windows Azure...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/07/2011
SQL Azure raises the bar on cloud databases
With the Windows Azure platform, moving your application to the cloud is not an all-or-nothing...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/04/2011
Welcome
With a new year comes a new blog! The purpose of this blog is to provide information that is...
Author: Nick J Trogh Date: 01/04/2011