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Finding the Windows Phone 7 apps
I will admit. I haven’t been shy in showing off my Windows Phone 7 to my family and friends. I have...
Date: 11/16/2010
p&p Symposium : Keynotes, Workshops, Sessions and more
Every fall patterns & practices team hosts an annual p&p event at Microsoft Redmond...
Date: 08/16/2010
My “patterns & practices for Application Development” deck from Slovenia NT Konferenca and Sweden Dev Summit
As I mentioned in my last blog post, Don, David, Ade and I are in the road for the NT Konferenca in...
Date: 06/01/2010
Talking to customers and partners around the world about patterns & practices
In about a week and a half, I along with Don, David and Ade from the p&p team will be travelling...
Date: 05/13/2010
VS 2010 Launch and our book on VS 2010 ALM from Wrox
Congratulations to the VS team on the launch of VS 2010 yesterday. If you missed the launch keynote...
Date: 04/13/2010
Application Architecture Guide Layer Diagrams for Visual Studio
We at patterns & practices released the 2nd edition of Application Architecture Guide last year...
Date: 03/15/2010
patterns & practices for Windows Azure
“It's the next step, it's the next phase, it's the next transition,…” – Steve Ballmer said that...
Date: 03/08/2010
p & p приложения архитектуры руководство на русском языке…
and that means, p&p’s Application Architecture Guide 2nd Edition is now available in...
Date: 02/14/2010
p&p Enterprise Library v5.0 and Unity 2.0 BETA 1 now available
The team just released the BETA 1 version of Enterprise Library v5.0 and Unity v2.0 Beta 1. Please...
Date: 02/08/2010
Prism and MEF – what’s the story?
We get questions ranging from “will next version of Prism use MEF?”, “How can we use MEF in the...
Date: 12/09/2009
patterns & practices GAT/GAX and Software Factories for VS 2010
With Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 out, I have seen increase in number of emails I get about GAT/GAX and...
Date: 11/05/2009
Building WPF and Silverlight Applications with a Single Code Base Using Prism - MSDN Magazine Article
Erwin from patterns & practices team wrote an article for MSDN Magazine on "Building WPF...
Date: 08/17/2009
Survey says…
Not yet. We need your input first. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and let us know...
Date: 08/07/2009
Guidance for the Web from p&p
I am writing this blog post from India. I am in Chennai on vacation and having a great time...
Date: 07/20/2009
Become a Fan of p&p summit!
Become a fan of p&p summit on Facebook by clicking here. We have a fan drive going on right now...
Date: 06/24/2009
I am a PC and have Windows 7 RC installed
I got my primary machine loaded with Windows 7 RC this past Friday. Had an issue with multiple...
Date: 05/05/2009
p&p Column in MSDN Magazine
I am sure many of you are regular readers of MSDN Magazine. We are happy to announce the launch of a...
Date: 04/28/2009
What’s in p&p SharePoint Guidance v2?
patterns & practices released SharePoint development guidance v1 back in November of last year....
Date: 04/15/2009
I voted. Have you?
Influence the features that makes it into the next version of Enterprise Library v5.0. Grigori...
Date: 03/29/2009
VB Quick Starts and How-Tos for Prism v2.0
As promised, we are delighted to release quickstarts, How-Tos and HOLs in Visual Basic for Prism...
Date: 03/27/2009
2 more reasons to attend p&p summit…
Brian Harry and Douglas Purdy That’s right. Brian and Doug are now joining the p&p summit as...
Date: 03/19/2009
patterns & practices Summit 2009 is now open for registration.
p&p Summit 2009 will be held in Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, Washington between Oct...
Date: 03/02/2009
p&p Software Factories, GAT/GAX and Visual Studio 2010
My p&p colleague Don Smith posted a blog with our high level plans for Software Factories and...
Date: 02/25/2009
Guidance for building WPF and Silverlight Applications
Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight v2.0 (PRISM) What’s PRISM? The Composite...
Date: 02/18/2009
BillG lets mosquitoes out at a California auditorium
Check out this great talk “How I’m trying to change the world now” by Bill Gates at TED. He brought...
Date: 02/07/2009
Installing Virtual PC 2007 SP1 in Windows 7
I tried to install Virtual PC 2007 in Win 7 beta and the installer crashed. I followed this...
Date: 01/19/2009
My MSDN Magazine article on Agile Planning with VSTS 2010
My first MSDN magazine article is now live. In this article I cover the product backlog and...
Date: 12/22/2008
Composite Application Guidance for WPF – Now in Japanese
We released the first version of Composite Application Guidance in July 2008. The Composite...
Date: 12/19/2008
p&p Application Architecture Guide v2.0 Poster
If you were at PDC 2008 or p&p Summit or TechEd EMEA Developers, you probably saw us handing out...
Date: 12/11/2008
Enterprise Library – A p&p crown jewel
A crown jewel. That is the term we use when referring to EntLib at p&p. With over 1.6 million...
Date: 12/09/2008
pnp Summit videos online
We concluded another great p&p Summit in Redmond between Nov 3rd and 7th. This event garnered...
Date: 12/03/2008
My TechEd EMEA Tech Talks are live now!
While in Barcelona for TechEd EMEA, I did couple of Tech Talks. They are live now. Check it out....
Date: 12/02/2008
Webcasts on p&p Enterprise Library and Unity application Block
I got few people asking about this after my session at TechEd EMEA and p&p summit. Here are the...
Date: 11/17/2008
p&p goes on a release spree!
Microsoft p&p team was busy releasing several projects in the last week. Here is a summary of...
Date: 11/04/2008
PDC 2008 Agile Pre Conference Update
Thanks to those of you that attended the agile pre con at PDC 2008. If you haven’t done so already,...
Date: 10/31/2008
p&p Application Architecture Guide sequel
That’s right. p&p is working on the v2.0 of the Application Architecture Guide. J.D Meier just...
Date: 10/27/2008
Sessions on Agile Development at PDC 2008
PDC 2008 has started already. At least for those of us involved in the pre conferences and the...
Date: 10/26/2008
Yeah. I am going to LA. For PDC.
That's right. If you are going to be at PDC, I look forward to talking to you. Stop by and say...
Date: 10/17/2008
"Tools for Agility" - A panel discussion at p&p Summit
We have been running Microsoft patterns & practices summit for a few years now. The next summit...
Date: 09/29/2008
Channel 9 Video: A peek inside a p&p Team Room
You have heard about the facility at p&p and how it’s built for agile teams. Now get a view...
Date: 09/24/2008
Webcast: Using Scrum with Visual Studio Team System
Mike Azocar (one of the authors of the VSTS Lightweight Scrum template) will be presenting:...
Date: 09/24/2008
New Agile Process Template for Team System from NetObjectives
In an earlier post, I mentioned about NetObjectives "Implementing Agile Development" process...
Date: 09/24/2008
Index cards and Team System
At Microsoft patterns & practices, teams use Visual Studio Team System to manage their agile...
Date: 09/19/2008
p&p Sessions at India Virtual TechDays
India DPE is organizing Virtual TechDays again this year between Sept 18th and 19th. My p&p...
Date: 09/17/2008
Did somebody say Agile Pre Con at PDC 2008?
I sat down with Mary and Grigori during Agile 2008 Conference to talk about their plans for the...
Date: 09/15/2008
Work Item Migration Utility from Conchango
Conchango released version 2 of their Scrum for Team System template several months ago. Simon...
Date: 09/08/2008
Enterprise Library Web Casts
I just posted a blog entry about EntLib and Alex's article. I also wanted to share this list of web...
Date: 09/05/2008
Alex Homer has figured it out
How to write less code and play more golf? For patterns & practices, Enterprise Library is an...
Date: 09/05/2008