Simplifying identity with Microsoft's 'Zermatt' class libraries.
Grad student with a Java dev focus wins the New York City .NET User Group’s Speaker Idol competition, and learns to love .NET in the process.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/15/2008
Windows Vista is still struggling to find a place in dev shops and the enterprise, and its biggest enemy may be Windows XP.
More than just bug fixes, SP1 promises to improve developer productivity.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/15/2008
Microsoft's team developing the Windows 7 operating system has come out with a new blog called "Engineering Windows 7."
Moving from a test to a production environment can be tricky. Here's where the Web Deployment Projects add-on comes in handy.
MessageLabs reports that the number of SQL injection attacks spiked sharply last month.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 08/13/2008
Microsoft released to manufacturing its widely touted first service pack (SP) of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/11/2008
A header menu that expands and contracts as users mouse over it can be easy to create. Dan shows you how.
IT Pros and system administrators will be mighty busy this month as Microsoft announced plans to release 12 patches.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/07/2008
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing and, as an evaluation edition, to subscribers of its Microsoft Development Network and TechNet services
- By Joab Jackson
- 08/06/2008
Peter shows a "code-lite" way to handle exceptions when using DataView to update data.
Can't access the Documents or Reports folder? Mickey shows you the two most common causes for this problem and how to correct them.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 08/02/2008
Embarcadero Technologies releases DB Optimizer, a new toolset designed to help developers optimize SQL code in databases.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/01/2008
Roger weighs in on the reasons behind the controversy surrounding Entity Framework.
- By Roger Jennings
- 08/01/2008
Language features aren't good or bad. The choice of language feature depends on what you're doing. In this issue, we dive into the methods vs. properties debate.
Microsoft’s Virtual Earth and SQL Spatial bring geospatial technology to the enterprise.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/01/2008
Borland expands its ALM suite with Borland Management Solutions,
aimed at improving software-delivery processes.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/01/2008
This month readers weigh in on Mort and switching to C#.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2008
Customize your application startup screen and add log-in functionality; learn how to view derived types in your projects; check for improper GUIDs; and drill down on extension methods.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 08/01/2008