Stanley Tan's Blog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/feed.xml Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:25:38 GMT en-US hourly 1 Silverlight 2 is Ready! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/silverlight-2-is-ready Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:48:41 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/10/14/silverlight-2-is-ready/ Silverlight 2 is here.  Press release here.  Learn more about it in Singapore here.

]]> Singapore TechFEST 2008 - Oct 23-24 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/singapore-techfest-2008-oct-23-24 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:02:38 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/09/30/singapore-techfest-2008-oct-23-24/ Okay, so here's the low-down on the TechFEST event I blogged about in my previous post. 

October 23-24 will mark “THE” event to be at for developers and IT professionals in Singapore.  Named TechFEST 2008, this event will feature 12 breakout sessions, free access to hands-on-labs, ask-the-expert clinics, and much more.  Each attendee will receive their own set of MS Press books (Silverlight 2, SQL Server, Windows Server) and other goodies from Microsoft and our sponsors.  And for the first 100 registrations, you will also receive a TechEd DVD set worth US$195, so I want you to reserve your seat today!

]]> TechFest 2008 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/techfest-2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:58:27 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/09/16/techfest-2008/ Mark October 23-24 on your calendars.  We'll be having Singapore's largest developer and IT pro event named TechFest.  Details to follow soon...

]]> Project Rosetta https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/project-rosetta Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:22:17 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/09/10/project-rosetta/ Came across this interesting site that's aim is to help developers and designers build sites in Silverlight leveraging skills they may already have.  You can add ideas of what you'd like to see by participating in the discussion thread.

https://projectrosetta.com/

]]> Join us at the Next Singapore Mix-It-Up Event https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/join-us-at-the-next-singapore-mix-it-up-event Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:09:14 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/09/10/join-us-at-the-next-singapore-mix-it-up-event/ We're discussing Rich Internet Applications at the upcoming Mix-It-Up event on September 25.  The first session should be quite exciting where we discuss how Microsoft and a partner company built the SingTel F1 Grid Girls site in 4 weeks time.

Check it out: https://mssg.earth9.com/singapore/edm/2008/09/10/Design-it-up.html

AGENDA

  • Keynote: Microsoft and Rich Internet Applications
  • Mix 01: Building Singtel F1 Grid Girls Site With Silverlight
  • Inspiration to Innovation: Commontown - Silverlight
    From An Open Source Developer Perspective
  • Mix 02: Creating Deep Zoom - A Walk Through
]]> Mix-It-Up August https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/mix-it-up-august Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:42:39 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/08/22/mix-it-up-august/ Another Mix-It-Up event coming up next Tuesday, August 26.  The agenda is:

Developing Next Generation Websites with Microsoft Tools
·  Keynote: Overview of Microsoft Tools for the Web
·  Mix 01: XAML: Enabling Designer and Developer collaboration
·  Mix 02: Visual Studio 2008: The Swiss Army Knife for Web
                 Development

Register here.

Hope to see you there.  As always, I'm open to feedback.  Get me through this blog or ping me at the event itself.

]]> Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 has been officially released to manufacturing! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/visual-studio-2008-sp1-and-net-framework-3-5-sp1-has-been-officially-released-to-manufacturing Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:33:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/08/13/visual-studio-2008-sp1-and-net-framework-3-5-sp1-has-been-officially-released-to-manufacturing/ I'm sure most of you have heard already - but thought I'd add it here for completeness.  We've just released VS2008 SP1 and along with it the .NET Framework v3.5 SP1.  Some of my personal favorite highlights are:

  • Performance increases between 20-45% for WPF-based applications - without having to change any code
  • Improvements in the area of data platform, such as the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services  and extensive support for SQL Server 2008’s new features
  • How big was the .NET Framework 3.5 full redistributable package?
    197 MB
  • How big was the .NET Framework 3.5 bootstrapper?
    2.7 MB
  • How big is the .NET Framework Client Profile full redistributable package?
    26.5MB.  That is an 86.5% reduction in the size of the package.
  • How big is the .NET Framework Client Profile bootstrapper?
    Approximately 0.5MB.  That is approximately 20% of the size of the .NET Framework 3.5 bootstrapper.

Pretty, cool, eh?  Check it out.

]]> SQL Server 2008 RTM'd https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/sql-server-2008-rtmd Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:14:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/08/07/sql-server-2008-rtmd/ It's official - SQL Server 2008 has RTM'd and is now available for MSDN subscribers.  I guess that means Yizhe (our MIC Specialist) should be very happy.

 

]]> Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RTM Now Available for Download https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/windows-server-2008-hyper-v-rtm-now-available-for-download Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:34:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/06/29/windows-server-2008-hyper-v-rtm-now-available-for-download/ Hyper-V has arrived and is now available for MSDN Subscribers... go grab it today...

 

]]> PDC 2008 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/stanley/pdc-2008 Wed, 28 May 2008 04:10:51 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stanley/2008/05/28/pdc-2008/ PDC is up and coming - in fact, registration opens tomorrow.  I'm pretty excited and hope to attend myself.

https://www.microsoftpdc.com/

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