Global Launch wave date : Feb 27,2008

Having releases of three global products to be launched on the same day .. isn't it some thing different that Microsoft hasn't done in his history .. But yes, things are coming true. Feb, 27,2008 is suppose to be the global launch date of

1. Windows Server 2008 (aka Longhorn)
2. Viusal Studio 2008 (aka ORCAS)
3. SQL Server 2008(aka Katamai)

check out this article http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=8800


wherein Microsoft COO Kevin Turner announced the same at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver. I am waiting for D-Launch Date.

No More OEM Microsoft Office 2003 after June 30th

After June 30, 2007, OEM Microsoft Office 2003 will no longer be available from Microsoft. I do feel that this is really a nice decision on behalf of Microsoft. It has been some time that developers and end users have started working on Office 2k7 , they have given various comments but have appreciated the Office 2k7. This decision will not only give a decent path to say Good Bye to Ok but also invite a lot of professionals to use Office 2k7 who are still sticked with Office 2k3. More information about the same is available by clicking Here

Windows Server 2008 Beta .. Great stability

From one of the blogs post from MS employee about Windows Server 2008 Beta3:
"microsoft.com site is running 100% on Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 "


It shows how stable Windows Server 2008 beta3, already is

To get more updates on Windows Server 2008 , click Here

Have a look on the Microsoft new computing Device called "Surface" aka Project code "Milan". The surface is more kind of PC that runs Vista in the back but rather than working with keyboard and mouse, it works on a touch-sensitive display. image to your right is Bill Gates talks with TODAY tech editor Paul Hochman while demonstrating his company's new computing device, Surface. I am sure that few years down the line, this news inventions gonna change the way people perceive the PC. Its just a wait and watch situation for us

Read more on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18928656/#storyContinued

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2138251,00.asp

Microsoft also came up with a separate site

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Virtual Tech Ed

Greats News !!!
You can attend Tech Ed “virtually” though J. You can easily access Tech·Ed content that include webcasts, virtual labs, podcasts – when you want, where you want.
http://www.virtualteched.com/Pages/default.aspx

TechMela 2007 , Agenda

Moving ahead with my blog entries on TechMela 2007, below is the Agenda for the same on Day 14,15 and 16th Respectively. Click on the below image to get more clearer view

No TechEd 2007 this time in India, TechMela Aka TechED 2007

On 28th April, I have blogged a post about TechEd 2007 dates in which i mention about the techEd, happening in Mumbai from June 13. To know more about that posts, click Here .To get more curious, one of the bad news is that this time, there will be no Tech Ed 2007 across cities in India. The TechEd has been wrapped with a new name called TechMela and this TechMela is happening in only one location in India i.e. Mumbai. It seems Microsoft have done it to make the TechMela a huge success and to bring the Indian IT mass in one location. This TechMela is divided into 2 zones.

1. for Business Users, its on 13th June
2. for Technology users, its on 14,15and 16th June

Click here to register for TechMela

Not sure, if its going to be a good success. For the people, who are living in other locations apart from mumbai, there is something good. Well not good as TechEd alias TechMela, Just keep an eye on my blog. I am going to blog it soon !!!

Hotmail Gets bigger

Now hotmail is as bigger as 2 GB. Though most of the existing hotmail user might be using it from the beta versions, but for the email users, its a news. if you haven't upgraded your account till now, Click here to upgrade

TechEd 2007 Dates

Tech Ed 2007 dates have been published now and its going to happen in May end- June 2007 all over india. The dates for Tech Ed to happen in Mumbai is been revealed to be June 13-16 2007. still the dates on other places of India is yet to be finalized. More information about Tech Ed 2007 can be available by clicking Tech ED

Office 2003 compatibility with Office 2007 docs

As if now, today's generations of IP professionals are working on two versions of Ms Office

1. MS Office 2003
2. MS Office 2007

There are numerous benefits of using office 2007 and you can really experience only when you download and work on office 2007 docs. Now if you see the documents creates using office 2007, they have the extensions of office 2003 docs preceded by "x" character. for e.g. Docx, Xlsx etc. The problems of sending these documents to the Office 2003 camps professionals is that they are unable to open the documents. So generally office 2007 camps professional used to save it in the office 2003 format and then send the docs. Though this is still available a better option is to ask the colleague to download Office compatibility pack that’ll allow you to open these documents in Office 2003.

To Download the compatibility pack , click here

I hope it now saves a life of lot of office 2007 camps

Offline links for WCF webcasts

I am back on the blog and to all the people who are intrested in viewing the offline view of my webcasts that i delivered last week for Microsoft India, here are the link

1. Beginning on WCF
2. Securing services with WCF
3. Programming with WCF
4. Understanding endpoints with WCF
5. Implemention Service Oriented architecture by WCF

It was quite nice to get in touch with lot of passionate developers,who have some familiar and unfamilaiar questions about WCF.

Webcasts on Windows Communication Foundation

I will be delivering webcast series on Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) this month. The webcasts are schedule back to back from 26th march – 30th March 2007 from 4 PM to 5 PM IST

26th - Beginning with WCF
27th - Implementing Service Oriented Architecture through WCF
28th - Understanding Endpoints with WCF
29th - Programming with WCF
30th - Securing services with WCF

All the 5 webcasts are open for registrations on Microsoft site


hope to see many of the blog readers online :)

Orcas Latest CTP

Latest CTP of Orcas delivered today and can be downloaded by clicking here



it contains a lot of cool stuff like

1. WCF/WF designer
2. ATLAS integration
3. and lots of enhanced feature for WCF like templates for authoring WCF service, Enhanced REST/Pox Model etc

and many more