.NET Framework


Is LINQ to SQL Dead?

Developers are angered by Microsoft's shift to Entity Framework.

Pursuing Yahoo!

Microsoft needs to move toward a more robust Web presence and enable a compelling -- and increasingly necessary -- Web-Windows integration offering.

Understand What Your App Does

Peter takes a look at Compuware's DevPartner Studio.

Connect to the Cloud

In this special interview, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Robert Wahbe discusses the Azure Services Platform and Software plus Services applications with 1105 Media's Jeffrey Schwartz and Michael Desmond.

Is Agile Rock or Disco?

Billy Hollis ponders agile's long-term fate.

DXperience v2008 Volume 3; Isolator and Racer; and TeamCity 4.0

New products for .NET developers.

CA Modeling Tool Supports WCF

CA's Plex rapid application development environment creates .NETbased services based on Windows Communication Foundation.

BizTalk Server 2009 Beta Advances SOA

Microsoft releases the first public beta of BizTalk Server 2009, its integration platform based on service-oriented architecture.

Will SOA Fly in 2009?

Despite progress by Microsoft, the economy could put projects lacking quick ROI at risk.

SQL Injection Hits Amid the Holidays

Redmond continues to investigate a new zero-day bug affecting popular database application SQL Server.

New CA Modeling Tool Supports WCF

CA's latest release of its Plex rapid application development environment now lets developers model and generate Microsoft .NET-based services based on Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

Microsoft Opens Its ODF Documentation for Office 2007 SP2

Microsoft released documentation on Tuesday designed to help developers create applications compatible with Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2, particularly if they need to understand how Office 2007 implements the OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server Security Tools

Microsoft released a beta version of its Code Analysis Tool and Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library for developers.

Microsoft Delivers SQL Server 2005 SP3

Microsoft ratcheted up its product support for SQL Server 2005 by releasing Service Pack 3 (SP3) on Monday, along with SP3 Cumulative Update 1.

JavaFX Faces off Against Adobe, Microsoft

Sun Microsystems joins Microsoft and Adobe in the RIA race with the launch of its JavaFX runtime, platform and development tools.

Build and Share

Where should Microsoft draw the line between adopting outside standards and technology, and building its own technologies?

Web PI Gains XP, Windows 2003 Support

Release candidate of Redmond’s Web Platform Installer now supports Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

The Query Optimizer

David DeWitt talks about building parallel processing into SQL Server.

Microsoft Upgrades Robotics Tools

Microsoft’s Robotics Developer Studio 2008 comes with increased runtime performance and improved tooling.

UPDATE: SQL Server Tools CTP To Begin in January

The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) on Monday unveiled a limited private community technology preview (CTP) of "SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management [tools], as part of the SQL Server codename 'Kilimanjaro,'" according to a PASS spokesperson.

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