Public Sector Developer Weblog

Microsoft Public Sector Developer and Platform Evangelism Team Blog.
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Microsoft Developer Dinner for Partners: Parallel Computing for Managed Developers

This event has been rescheduled for March 3, 2010 at the same location - see details below. We look...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/26/2010

“Test Scribe” Test Plan Tool Released for VSTS 2010

This tool allows users of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Beta 2 to generate a Word 2007-compatible Test...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/25/2010

FOLLOW UP: DevDinner – Silverlight 4, WCF RIA Services, MVVM

NOTE: This was cross posted from here. Ok, this is a first!  I have always had good intentions...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/20/2010

NEW Government Developer website - LAUNCHED!

I am pleased to announce the launch of our new website that provides information and resources for...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/18/2010

Nandita Pinisetti

Senior Audience Marketing Manager

Author: PubSec Date: 01/15/2010

Brian Jordan

Principal Developer Technology Specialist

Author: PubSec Date: 01/15/2010

David Baliles

I currently work in Public Sector DPE (Developer Platform Evangelism) as a Developer Tools Solutions...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/15/2010

Mike Gresley

Senior Developer Technology Specialist

Author: PubSec Date: 01/15/2010

City of Edmonton, Canada uses Windows Azure/Microsoft Open Government Data Initiative for publishing government data

The City of Edmonton today launched https://data.edmonton.ca - an Open Data catalogue that increases...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/13/2010

Announcing the Microsoft Azure Application Development contest for U.S. state and local government partners!

If you are a Microsoft U. S. partner, here is your opportunity to show off your development skills...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/13/2010

City of Lakewood, CO delivering richer user-experience with WPF and Silverlight applications

Here is some information on some amazing government-centric applications built by City of Lakewood,...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/11/2010

Patrick Svenburg

Senior Evangelism Manager

Author: PubSec Date: 01/08/2010

Gill Gluck

Solution Specialist Manager

Author: PubSec Date: 01/08/2010

Claiming Azure benefits from an MSDN Subscription

Recently we announced that Azure services would be made available to MSDN Subscribers. I’ve created...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/07/2010

Bing Maps 3D, WPF, and Windows 7 MultiTouch

NOTE: This was cross posted from here. Have you seen the Microsoft Surface Globe application in the...

Author: PubSec Date: 01/04/2010

Dan Kasun

Dan Kasun is the Sr. Director of Developer and Platform evangelism for U.S. Public Sector. He, and...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

Keith Hurwitz

Title: Director State & Local Customer evangelism, Microsoft Developer & Platform Evangelism...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

James Chittenden

Coming from both the design and development community working as an interaction designer, James has...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

Pat Weikle

Architect Evangelist by day....Dj by night I've worked with Microsoft tools and technologies for...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

Joel Reyes

Back in the days as a GW-Basic-Kid (GBK), it never crossed my mind the possibility of working for...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

Jeet Jagasia

Principal Architect

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

Vlad Vinogradsky

Senior Principal Architect Evangelist Vlad Vinogradsky is a senior technical architect supporting...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

Marc Schweigert

Marc Schweigert is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft Corporation, covering the US Public Sector....

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

Brian Hurst

I am a Developer Solution Specialist (DSS) in Public Sector covering Civilian and DHS/Intel...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

Jeff Ogorek

I cover Developer Tools for the US Department of Defense and Federal Systems Integrators.

Author: PubSec Date: 12/30/2009

Government Mapping solution built with Silverlight 3 and Windows Azure + SQL Azure

Almost every single government entity is looking to deliver contextual information on maps, so this...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/28/2009

Microsoft Developer Dinner Series for Partners: More Than Pretty Colors: Building Business Apps with Silverlight 4 & WCF RIA Services

REGISTER TODAY! Click the link above, visit...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/23/2009

Microsoft Public Sector Technology Conference - Olympia, WA

REGISTER TODAY! Click the link above, visit...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/23/2009

Microsoft Public Sector Technology Conference – Denver, CO

REGISTER TODAY! Click the link above, visit...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/23/2009

SharePoint 2010 – the Status Bar, Notifications & Dialogs

One of the new & useful features in SharePoint Server 2010 is the enhancements to events &...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/14/2009

Simple Prototyping: PowerPoint and SketchFlow

NOTE: This was cross posted from here In chatting with customers, often times I see all types of...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/08/2009

WEBCAST: Visual Source Safe to TFS 2010: Strategies for Adoption

During this event, we will discuss: • Strategies for TFS 2010 Adoption • Implementing TFS 2010 in a...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/07/2009

SharePoint 2010 – Configure it for SharePoint Designer 2010

If you’ve used SharePoint Designer for SharePoint 2007, it seemed pretty much like a standard web...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/07/2009

QuickStart: Using Hyper-V 2008 R2 for Developer Virtualization

So I embarked on setting up a new server to run my Windows Virtual images and decided to use the...

Author: PubSec Date: 12/07/2009

Bing Maps roadshow in Reston

NOTE: This was cross posted from here. Want to get up to speed on the latest release of Bing Maps...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/30/2009

Microsoft Public Sector Technology Conference - Sacramento, CA

Microsoft Public Sector Technology Conference - Sacramento, CA REGISTER TODAY! Click the link above...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/25/2009

EventToCommand + DataStateBehavior eases MVVM pain

NOTE: This was cross posted from here. MVVM is a pattern.  There are all sorts of MVVM...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/25/2009

Interview with David Chappell from the 2009 Microsoft Windows Azure Tour in Reston, VA on 9/23/2009

Thank you for attending the 2009 Microsoft Windows Azure Tour in Reston, VA on 9/23/2009. To view an...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/25/2009

PDC 09 content & learning resources

PDC 09 (premier Professional Developers Conference) was held in Los Angeles, CA from Nov. 15th-19th...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/23/2009

Microsoft PDC 2009 – The Videos

  I know it isn't the norm for Public Sector developers to travel to conferences and such, so...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/23/2009

Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch

NOTE: This was cross posted from here. Robert Levy from the Surface team and Anson Tsao from the WPF...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/21/2009

Great PDC session on SharePoint 2010 sandbox solutions

NOTE: This was cross posted from here. https://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/PR10 I missed this session...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/20/2009

Silverlight touch just got easier

NOTE: This was cross posted from here. I’ve been waiting for this to happen!  The Surface team...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/20/2009

VSTS 2010’s Project Types for SharePoint 2010

With the same behavior as the many other project types developers are familiar with in Visual...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/17/2009

VSTS 2010’s SharePoint Explorer

Included in VSTS 2010 is a new Server Explorer enhancement that lets you work with SharePoint 2010...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/17/2009

SharePoint as-a Platform Event : Content

Thanks to everyone who attended the SharePoint as-a Platform events in DC/Reston and Online. Below...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/13/2009

ADO.NET Data Services for Java and PHP developers

NOTE: This was cross posted from here. Every time I talk about ADO.NET Data Services, I mention that...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/12/2009

FOLLOW UP: Developer Dinner on SharePoint 2010

NOTE: This was cross posted from here. Thanks to everyone for coming out.  As I mentioned at...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/11/2009

SQL Azure and SSMS: happy together

NOTE: This was cross posted from here.   SQL Server Management Studio Support for SQL Azure...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/11/2009

Public Sector/Healthcare & Life Sciences Dinner and Cloud Computing Showcase

An Invitation for partners in the LA area or those that are attending PDC: if you are a Public...

Author: PubSec Date: 11/11/2009

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