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Innovate on Windows Vista

Innovate on Windows Vista helps fast-track solutions to success, by qualifying for a logo that tells everyone your existing application works with Windows Vista, and by providing plenty of assistance as you develop new solutions on this advanced platform to gain the Certified for Windows Vista logo.

Introducing the Office Developer How-to Center

Discover task-based samples to help you learn the new features of the 2007 Microsoft Office system programs, servers, services, tools and technologies.

Visual How-to: Building Word 2007 Document Templates Using Content Controls

Content controls are bounded and potentially labeled regions in a document for specific types of content. Watch a short video, read about it, and then learn how to write code.

Visual How-to: Build Word 2007 Documents Using the Office Open XML Formats

The new file format in Microsoft Office Word 2007 divides the file into document parts. Watch a short video, read about it, and learn how to build a document from scratch.

Visio 2007 SDK (Updated for RTM)

Find conceptual overviews, programming tasks, samples, and references (Automation, Save as Web Page, ShapeSheet, and XML) to guide you in developing solutions based on Visio.

Microsoft Office Live Developer's Guide Updated

An updated version of the Office Live Developer's Guide is now available. This guide describes the core concepts, requirements, and development guidelines for Office Live.

SharePoint Server 2007 Code Sample: Item-Level Auditing

Learn how to create an item-level auditing view programmatically in three different ways.

SharePoint Server 2007 Code Sample: Item-Level Auditing

Learn how to create an item-level auditing view programmatically in three different ways.

Microsoft Office Live Code Sample: Contact Map

Download a sample code mashup for Microsoft Office Live, which is designed to map the addresses of all contacts included in an Office Live Business Contact Manager application.

VSTO 2005 SE Sample: Managing Task Panes in Word 2007 and InfoPath 2007 Using VSTO 2005 SE

Download code examples for the management of task panes in Word 2007 and InfoPath 2007.

Integrating Visio 2007 and SharePoint Products and Technologies

Learn about enhanced features for integrating Visio 2007 with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007.

Managing Task Panes in Multiple Word and InfoPath Documents

Custom task panes in Word 2007 and InfoPath 2007 are attached to each open document individually. Learn how to manage custom task panes when the user has multiple documents open.

Integrating Visio 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Learn how you can integrate Visio 2007 with Microsoft SQL Server 2005, to create data-driven diagrams from stored SQL data.

Best Practices: Writing SQL Syntax Queries for Relevant Results in Enterprise Search

Learn to write SQL syntax queries to return the most relevant results for Enterprise Search in SharePoint Server 2007.

Adding Resource Links to the Office Fluent Ribbon Using COM Add-Ins

Walk through the process of creating an add-in that adds a custom tab to the existing Microsoft Office Fluent Ribbon in Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, and Word 2007.

Data Type Handling with Excel Services User-Defined Functions

Learn how to handle data types when working with Excel Services user-defined functions (UDFs).

Upgrading to .NET with Visual Basic 2005

Upgrade your skills from Visual Basic 6 to Visual Basic 2005 and the .NET 2.0 platform. In two days, we'll cover topics like Windows Forms applications, Windows Services, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, interoperability, and deployment. Register today!

Free Web Development Kit: Updated Microsoft Web Development Learning Series

The newly revised and expanded Web Development Learning Series <http://www.learn2asp.net/> contains over 80 learning modules, including virtual labs, on-demand and live webcasts, how-tos on ASP.NET AJAX and Expression, plus an e-learning workshop specifically for PHP devs. Participate in two learning modules and you get a free Web Development Kit <http://www.learn2asp.net/>.

Windows Vista is Ready - Are You?

MSDN Magazine has up-to-the-minute Windows Vista coverage. Check it out!

The Back Room - Exclusively for System Builders

Building boxes is a different kind of business. We provide a place to find relevant information and help you maintain and grow your business.

Please Do Not Use the .NET 2.0 HMACSHA512 and HMACSHA384 Classes

We've recently discovered a bug in the HMACSHA512 and HMACSHA384 classes that shipped in the .NET Framework 2.0. This bug will cause these algorithms to produce incorrect results that are not consistent with other implementations of HMAC-SHA-512 and HMAC-SHA-384.

Team Foundation Server Compliance with JTF-GNO Task Order 06-02 Update #3: Please Provide Feedback

IE7 Phishing Filter Performance Update Is Now Available

Security Features vs. Convenience

Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK (Updated for RTM)

Experience conceptual overviews, programming tasks, code samples, references, and an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) starter kit to guide you in developing solutions based on SharePoint Server 2007.

Developer & IT Pro Days

Webcasts & Online Events

Interactive Developer Webcast Calendar
Choose your time zone and filter webcasts by series, product or topic, and presenter.

Office Developer Live: Master Office Application Development
Tune in and get pain relief for your application development. This series shows you how to build forms that are quick to write and easy to manage, maintain, and deploy. Learn how to design and write smart client applications, access the Microsoft .NET Framework, debug, and more.

Also, take part in our 2007 Microsoft Office system virtual labs and apply what you've learned in a guided, hands-on environment.

Visual Basic 2005: Accelerate Developer Productivity
Each webcast in this series highlights features in Visual Basic 2005 that streamline the development process and enable developers to accomplish more. Tune in as we discuss productivity-enhancing language innovations, including generics, unsigned types, and operator overloading.

Visual Studio Team System 
Learn how to create applications, test units, and enable code coverage testing in our full range of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System virtual labs. You can complete these free guided, hands-on labs in 90 minutes or less and walk away with a better understanding of how these tools provide support for the entire software development team.

Also, watch our live and on-demand Visual Studio Team System webcasts.

ASP.NET 2.0 &nbsp;
Create richer Web applications with fewer lines of code with ASP.NET 2.0. These virtual labs teach you about the improvements in ASP.NET 2.0, including new controls and new membership and personalization features. Also coming soon are the ASP.NET AJAX virtual labs, a free framework for quickly creating a new generation of more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers.

Also, watch our live and on-demand ASP.NET 2.0 webcasts.

Internet Information Services (IIS)
Learn how to take advantage of key features for Microsoft's enterprise Web platform in these virtual labs. Get started with key concepts, tips, and techniques using Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6.0. You can also test drive IIS 7.0 software in a sandbox environment without formatting hard drives or dedicating one or more computers to the project.

Also, watch our live and on-demand IIS webcasts.

Visual Basic .NET Soup to Nuts: Program Structure
February 20 - 6:00 P.M.

Microsoft Visual C 2005 (Part 2 of 4): ASP.NET 2.0 User Interface Elements
February 20 - 7:00 P.M.

Authentication and Authorization with ASP.NET 2.0
February 20 - 8:00 P.M.

Introduction to ASP.NET for Java Developers (Part 1 of 4): Welcome to ASP.NET
February 20 - 9:00 P.M.

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Part 2 of 4): ASP.NET 2.0 User Interface Elements
February 20 - 10:00 P.M.

Comparing PHP with ASP.NET 2.0
February 21 - 6:00 P.M.

Microsoft Visual C 2005 (Part 3 of 4): ASP.NET 2.0 Data Binding
February 21 - 7:00 P.M.

Introduction to ASP.NET for Java Developers (Part 2 of 4): Building Applications
February 21 - 9:00 P.M.

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Part 3 of 4): ASP.NET 2.0 Data Binding
February 21 - 10:00 P.M.

Discover ASP.NET Orcas
February 22 - 6:00 P.M.

Microsoft Visual C 2005 (Part 4 of 4): ASP.NET 2.0 Configuration and Deployment
February 22 - 7:00 P.M.

Input Validation in ASP.NET
February 22 - 8:00 P.M.

Introduction to ASP.NET for Java Developers (Part 3 of 4): Architecture Deep-Dive
February 22 - 9:00 P.M.

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Part 4 of 4): ASP.NET 2.0 Configuration and Deployment
February 22 - 10:00 P.M.

Storing Secrets with ASP.NET
February 23 - 7:00 P.M.

Using Caching in ASP.NET 2.0
February 23 - 8:00 P.M.

Introduction to ASP.NET for Java Developers (Part 4 of 4): Migrating to ASP.NET
February 23 - 9:00 P.M.

Introduction to the Authentication and Membership Controls of ASP.NET 2.0
February 23 - 10:00 P.M.

Visual C Soup to Nuts: Inheritance and Polymorphism
February 26 - 6:00 P.M.

Creating Customizable Applications Using Web Parts with Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0
February 26 - 7:00 P.M.

Interoperability Between ASP.NET and ColdFusion (Part 1 of 2)
February 26 - 8:00 P.M.

Building Custom Controls in ASP.NET 2.0
February 26 - 9:00 P.M.

Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 for Struts Developers
February 26 - 10:00 P.M.

Building Master Pages and Themes with ASP.NET 2.0
February 27 - 7:00 P.M.

ASP.NET 2.0 User and Custom Control Development for JSP Tag Library Developers
February 27 - 10:00 P.M.

Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 Web Part Framework
February 28 - 6:00 P.M.

Managing PHP and PHP Applications with Internet Information Services
February 28 - 7:00 P.M.

Writing Power-Efficient Applications for Windows Mobile
February 28 - 8:00 P.M.

MSDN geekSpeak: Windows Presentation Foundation with Todd Fine
February 28 - 9:00 P.M.

Using the AJAX Library with PHP
February 28 - 10:00 P.M.

ASP.NET AJAX Client Component Development
March 1 - 6:00 P.M.

Working With the GridView and DetailsView Controls in ASP.NET 2.0
March 1 - 7:00 P.M.

Interoperability Between ASP.NET and ColdFusion (Part 2 of 2)
March 1 - 9:00 P.M.

Building Data-Driven Web Applications with SQL Server Express (Part 1 of 3)
March 1 - 10:00 P.M.

Taking Advantage of the Enterprise Library in Your Site
March 2 - 7:00 P.M.

Interoperability Between PHP and the Windows Platform (Part 1 of 2)
March 2 - 7:00 P.M.

Interoperability Between PHP and the Windows Platform (Part 2 of 2)
March 2 - 9:00 P.M.

Customizing ASP.NET 2.0 Authentication and Membership
March 2 - 10:00 P.M.