Microsoft Ireland Blog
GET [snip]System/Web/UI/Page.cs
So I just set up debugging of the .NET framework source code as per the instructions on Shawn...
Author: ronang Date: 01/18/2008
Visual Studio 2008 certification, anyone?
Microsoft Certification for Developers Join the Microsoft Certification team to find out what is...
Author: ronang Date: 01/18/2008
The Lone Server - The last Windows Server 2003 left at Microsoft.com
Check out the video on this page about the life of the last Windows Server 2003 left at...
Author: ronang Date: 01/16/2008
Silverlight on Linux: Big News from the XML 2007 Conference
Miguel de Icaza demoed the Moonlight project at the XML 2007 Conference in Boston this week! He said...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 12/07/2007
Silverlight 2.0 Announced
Silverlight 1.1 2.0 recently highlighted some exciting news! First of all, obviously we have the...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 12/05/2007
Local Microsoft User Groups and Communities
Another great (and fun :) way to learn more about Microsoft technologies is to join a local user...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 12/04/2007
Microsoft Ireland Developer Events
Mix 08 · Date and Time: March 5 - 7, 2008 · Location: The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Las Vegas,...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 12/04/2007
Free 1 day training event for ISVs on VS 2008 in Microsoft Ireland
For those ISVs in Ireland who are using or planning to use Visual Studio 2008, we're running a free...
Author: ronang Date: 12/03/2007
QuMIX! MIX at Queen's University in Belfast
Today I went up to Belfast with Vincent Vergonjeanne and Liam Cronin to present at QuMIX '07. Mike...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 11/28/2007
This Just In: Silverlight 1.1 Tools Alpha for VS 2008 Now Available!
I wasn't kidding about all of the cool stuff happening as soon as I'm gone! On Monday afternoon an...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 11/27/2007
XNA European Tour Hits Dublin
Yesterday in Trinity College something landed. Something big. Something new and fun. Something that...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 11/27/2007
ISVs in Ireland - want to showcase your Office Business Applications (OBAs)?
OBACentral may be of interest to those of you in Ireland who are developing OBAs - i.e....
Author: ronang Date: 11/22/2007
Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit – Now Available to Download
All you ever wanted to know about Visual Studio 2008, in a box :-). Well, downloadable anyway. The...
Author: ronang Date: 11/22/2007
Visual Studio 2008 Case Studies on Microsoft.com
So Visual Studio 2008 has tons of new features which can let you be more productive, produce quality...
Author: ronang Date: 11/22/2007
Visual Studio 2008 Training Workshop Recordings now on channel 9
I like self-training, and a it doesn't get much easier than watching a video! The below videos are...
Author: ronang Date: 11/22/2007
New Visual Studio 2008 Virtual lab
Want to see some of the new features for Web Development in VS 2008? Here's an easy way : The...
Author: ronang Date: 11/22/2007
SQL Server 2008 November CTP now available
SQL Server 2008 November CTP is now available here. This CTP introduces new functionality across all...
Author: ronang Date: 11/22/2007
XNA Game Studio 2.0 Beta Available!
Man, I disappear for a few days and all the excitement happens! Not only did Microsoft ship Visual...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 11/22/2007
Visual Studio 2008 has RTM'd
It's done, officially announced today, so if you have an MSDN subscription you can download the...
Author: ronang Date: 11/19/2007
Mix '08 Registration Open!
Registration is open for Mix 2008 in Las Vegas from March 5th - March 7th at the Venetian:...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 11/19/2007
UCC Students Learn About XNA and Silverlight
On Monday I went to Cork to visit students at UCC. Despite some technical difficulties involving...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 11/16/2007
Windows Live Messenger On Your Blog
One of the coolest new features released with the latest Windows Live Services is the Windows Live...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 11/13/2007
ISVs - interested in Windows Server 2008 Software Certification?
Application testing to achieve Certified for Windows Server 2008 or Works with Windows Server 2008...
Author: ronang Date: 11/02/2007
Another Reminder About Mashup Camp Europe - November 10-12 in Dublin
If you haven't already, check out the Mashup Camp site for the latest details on Mashup Camp. You...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 10/30/2007
Action required: VS 2008 VPCs will expire on Nov 1st 2007
VS 2008 VPCs will expire (prematurely) on Nov 1st 2007. This is much earlier than expected/intended....
Author: ronang Date: 10/26/2007
Hands-on LINQ learning material now available
The good follks at InnerWorkings (http://www.innerworkings.com/) have just released 3 hours of...
Author: ronang Date: 10/25/2007
When to choose...WPF? Winforms? Silverlight? XBAPs?
Are you clear on when to use say WPF instead of Winforms? Or, just as importantly, when to use maybe...
Author: ronang Date: 10/15/2007
Listen to Clare! In Silverlight!
Clare Dillon is starring in a Silverlight application in your browser now! On our Ireland Licensing...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 10/09/2007
Want to see the .NET Framework source code?
Microsoft today announced that coinciding with the final release of Visual Studio 2008 we will...
Author: ronang Date: 10/03/2007
TFS Best Practices Analyzer
Brian Harry announced the release of the Sept 2007 TFS Power Tools which contains the TFS Best...
Author: ronang Date: 10/01/2007
Microsoft Team Foundation Server Branching Guidance
Want to know how Microsoft handles branching and merging? Then take a look at this great guide for...
Author: ronang Date: 09/28/2007
Mashup Camp Rescheduled!
Mashup University & Mashup Camp Dublin have been rescheduled for November. You can find all the...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 09/28/2007
Two More Events - Register Now!
I mentioned in my talk last night at Cineworld that there were a few cool training opportunities...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 09/28/2007
Early adopter information for ISVs in Ireland (VS 2008, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 and more)
We in the Developer & Platform Group in Microsoft Ireland are about to kick off our early...
Author: ronang Date: 09/26/2007
Halo3 Launch in Dublin!
If you haven't heard, Halo3 is launching this coming Tuesday!! In Dublin, they are doing it up right...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 09/23/2007
Microsoft no longer a 'laughingstock' of security
Considering our upcoming security event for developers, this is a very timely Computer World article...
Author: ronang Date: 09/21/2007
Silverlight Sparks!
I mentioned earlier that I would have more details on the upcoming Silverlight event in Dublin and...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 09/19/2007
SQL Server 2008 overview video (built entirely in Silverlight!)
Check out http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/overviewdemo/ for a new video that provides a high level...
Author: ronang Date: 09/19/2007
Cork Event, Monday 24th September : Visual Studio 2008
Martha and I will be making our first trip to Cork on Monday 24th September for a talk on Visual...
Author: ronang Date: 09/19/2007
Always-visible Silverlight Ads in ASP.NET (with example)
This is a simple example of how to ensure that an (animated) ad created with Silverlight (in this...
Author: ronang Date: 09/14/2007
Team System : know what you want your process to be to maximise the benefit
I'm talking to a lot of companies about Team System at the moment, both existing users and potential...
Author: ronang Date: 09/12/2007
LINQ to Entities Beta 2 and CTP of Entity Framework Tools
So far for me LINQ to SQL has been perfectly adequate and has just worked without any intervention...
Author: ronang Date: 09/11/2007
Welcome to Web2Ireland 2007 Week
As I mentioned last week, this week is Web2Ireland 2007 Week. There are lots of activities going on...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 09/10/2007
More upcoming events: Web2Ireland Week, BarCamp Galway, and a September Silverlight Event
Web2Ireland Week: Web2Ireland.org represents Web 2.0 here in Ireland. They are helping to organize a...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 09/06/2007
Net Nuggets Episode 1: Using the Expression Encoder
Welcome to our first episode of Net Nuggets! In this webcast, I will show you how to use (the newly...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 09/06/2007
ISV resources page updated : Innovate On program
Just added details of the Innovate On program to the Microsoft Ireland ISV Resources page. Innovate...
Author: ronang Date: 09/06/2007
Experiences in Upgrading from TFS 2005 to TFS 2008 beta 2
So I use VPCs quite a lot and today I decided that I would test drive the upgrade experience from...
Author: ronang Date: 09/05/2007
Silverlight 1.0 is released!!! Expression Encoder is released! And announcing a big surprise...
Great news for Silverlight fans: the release to web of Silverlight 1.0 was announced this morning!...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 09/05/2007
A Custom Search Engine for the Developer and Platform Group in Microsoft Ireland
Want to create a custom search engine? It's pretty easy! All you need to do is to create a Live...
Author: ronang Date: 09/04/2007
Calling all ISVs in Ireland and Northern Ireland - ISV Page for Resources / Training / FAQs etc.
There is such a role in Microsoft as "ISV Developer Evangelist", and while that's not my official...
Author: ronang Date: 09/03/2007