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While using VSTS, one of the most common questions is how to code sign your application.  It’s extremely...

(This was originally posted on 01/09/2016 on another site and has been moved here)

Here are Harvest, we’re proud of our partnerships.  Last year we were fortunate to help Walmart International bring...

DAX is Microsoft’s powerful language behind Excel and Power BI.  Very few users of Excel know that you...

Recently while cleaning up a bunch of old hard drives and getting ready to sell / give them...

Now that the blog is officially announced and released, I thought I’d show you a quick tip in...

Now that the blog is officially announced and released, I thought I’d show you a quick tip in...

Normally April 1st is filled full of practical jokes and funny stuff with Google being the most notorious...

As most of you know, Microsoft gives MVP awardees access to some great benefits.  I’ll admit, this is...

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/lightswitch

I made a mental note from earlier in the year.  Microsoft literally buys computers by the truckload.  From...

Here’s another one of my tools in my toolset for deploying software.  I’ve used their product for several...

The Back Story:

I was asked today about how much data an average Retail Link analyst (Walmart vendor) would consume.  I...

I’m proud to announce that two Microsoft employees, Sarika Calla and Kevin Halverson, who works on the Visual...

The catch?  Attend the Ozarks .Net User Group meeting on April 1st.

Just received an e-mail that as of Nov 23, 2008 (below), Microsoft will no longer be marketing Windows...

I love it when someone else writes up my blog postings for me!

I occasionally receive letters sent out to the Industry Executives from the top dogs at Microsoft.  Here’s the...

Exactly two months ago Microsoft sent me an email introducing it’s new branding called “Microsoft Advertising” (note that...

Over the past year, Microsoft has broadly touted their partnership with NBC and the video feeds they will...

You might want to skip this first paragraph if you are just looking for the RegEx Tools portion....

I’ve recently come into several Certification Exam Vouchers and have decided to host a giveaway.  Just post a...

I’ve been working with config files for quite some time.  I was recently reminded that I needed to...

For those that want your website to render correctly on IE8, the recent newsletter gave a great example...

While I love Microsoft’s developer products, adCenter (Microsoft’s search advertising / pay per click) makes me want to...

I have vastly been neglecting my blogging.  So as not to be outdone by Chris Koenig ….

Ok, so my announcement is 6 days late.

I had come across an article where you can use the following line to read custom section settings...

Excellent times …

After presenting at the Tulsa SQL Server SIG I received the following question:

It’s hard to believe that SQL injection is still an issue.  My friend Zain Naboulsi gave us a...

If you’re interested in joining Microsoft’s beta program for games, you’ll be interested in the following email I...

Summary: This white paper presents general information, best practices, and tips for designing charts within Microsoft SQL Server...

I ran across an ad today that linked me to where DevExpress is giving away over 40 controls...

I found this nugget of a tool today.  I haven’t tried it out yet, but it sounds like...

For those interested in hearing me speak (or avoiding me altogether ;) I will be speaking at the...

As of March 1st, 2008 Microsoft will force you to use the new way to access your MSDN...

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I received an e-mail (copied below) about Microsoft ending the paid referrals to new subscribers of adCenter.  I...

Great video by Will DePalo on how to securely communicate by digitally signing xml messages.

This video will show you how to add Silverlight capabilities to your website.  It first shows you via...

Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008

We’ve scheduled the next MSDN Express event to take place on February 27th, from 1pm-5pm.  Zain Naboulsi (our...

Here are some more FREE Partner Partner Training Labs:

Microsoft is on their 2nd Small Business Show which features “Solutions for Entrepreneurs”.  You can view the show...

Microsoft is offering the following free webinars for Microsoft Partners:

This past weekend seems like a dream.  That’s probably because it was a sleep deprived coding marathon of...

I’m impressed by the fact that they used Silverlight to highlight Bill Gates keynote and Microsoft at CES. ...

Thanks to Josh Ambrose Little for pointing out that Scott Guthrie has blogged about how to debug into...

Please come join us at the Charity event “We Are Microsoft”.  Throughout the weekend, starting this Friday, we...

As I’ve mentioned countless number of times, one of the best benefits of the Partner Program is training. ...

Just received information that details the changes of the Microsoft Satisfaction Index.  This was one of the easiest...

It’s easy to create an application that uses the NotifyIcon control, you simply add the control to your...

I’ve always been a big fan of AHA-Soft.com products.  I recently received an e-mail telling me that for...

This was originally posted at http://www.mysoftwarestartup.com on 12/16/2007

I was very pleasantly surprised when I got this popup while looking for some Vista Power Tools.  Low...

The Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content...

The MSDN Flash e-Newsletter has been updated with a reorganization of the way it is laid out.  One...

Microsoft has again offered their Second Shot program.  They do it pretty often so keep an eye out....

I received this in the Microsoft Partner e-Newsletter:

On December 4th, the first inaugural MSDN Express event was a resounding success.  We had around 17 in...

As part of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Certification program, the Microsoft Partner Program is offering $150 credit...