Free ASP.NET MVC Book

ASP.NET MVC framework brings a lots of easiness for creating MVC applications in ASP.NET. There are already lots of tutorials, documentation for new ASP.NET MVC Framework. If you need the sum of all , do go through the upcoming book called ASP.NET MVC 1.0 of Wrox publication. Scott Guthrie has written one of the chapter and is also available for free download. Click here to download the first chapter written by scott Guthrie

Microsoft Software + Services: The Greater Sum :)

Tech Ed 2009

This year, MS Tech Ed 2009 is happening at Hyderabad from May 13th-15th‏.
What's New this time in Tech Ed , 2009 ?

• 28 Technical tracks
• Technical Learning Center (TLC) : With more than 100 Demo Stations, 24 Instructor-led Hands-on-Lab sessions, 12 Technology Tents (hosted by Microsoft Product Development Teams), product-specific Ask-the-Expert rooms
• Microsoft Certification for free at Tech ED : One of the unique opportunity of its own
• Speakers : Chance to hear from 78 eminient speakers that includes Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft.

How to view Tech Ed online
Click here to view Tech Ed Online

Where to Register ?
Go and get register for Microsoft TechEd India 2009 at www.msteched.in now

Virtual Techdays in back

Virtual techDays is back again. it will be on 24-26 November 2008.
for more information and registration, go on http://www.virtualtechdays.com/

WCF REST Starter Kit Now Available

if you have seen noticed about whats new in .NET 4.0 for WCF. One of the things that have been brought into the attention is the support for creating RESTful Services. So does that mean that in order to create RESTful services via WCF, one need to wait for .NET 4.0. Well.. Not really.. if you are working on .NET 3.5 SP 1, then you got a WCF REST Starter Kit. It is available for download on CodePlex. This kit simplifies the development of REST services by adding new features and guidance tightly integrated with ASP.NET and the existing WCF release in .NET 3.5 SP1. Click here for Learning Resouce on WCF REST Starter Kit

Ramp up- a free, online, community-based program

Recently i have got a chance to got a visit a wonderful site called Ramp Up program (http://www.myrampup.com/) . Ramp Up is a free, online, community-based program that can help users save time in learning Microsoft technology. The easy-to-access content (provided by subject-matter gurus) is specifically tailored to the Ramp Up program, and offered in a variety of forms (whitepaper, v-lab, codecast and slidecast). There are lot of tracks in it SharePoint track, along with the other currently offered tracks (eg, Visual Studio 2008), teaches the important skills in a guided path, making the learning process easier and more efficient. Currently, there are no assessments in the program, so it's quicker than ever to graduate and receive the reward (25% off on certification and 50% off on e-Learning - only for graduates of Ramp Up).

Enterprise Library 4.1 Just Released

Quick Links:
– MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/entlib
– Community Forum: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=119312
– Community Extensions: http://codeplex.com/entlibcontrib
What’s New?
This release of Enterprise Library is a service release that includes the following:
– Unity interception mechanism and integration of the Policy Injection Application Block with the Unity Application Block
– Added support for generics in the Unity Application Block
– Added support for arrays in the Unity Application Block
– Performance improvements
– Usability improvements to the configuration tool
– Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 support
– Bug fixes
For the detailed list of all changes, see About This Release of Enterprise Library.

Eclipse tool for silverlight

The Eclipse Tools for Microsoft Silverlight Project will integrate advancedSilverlight development capabilities into the Eclipse IDE and Eclipse RichClient Platform (RCP). Have a look on http://www.eclipse4sl.org/

Silverlight 2 Released

Silverlight is out now.
Click Here to get Started and Install Silverlight2
Click here for Videos of Silverlight 2

Microsoft Connected Technology Advisors group

So, its been quiet few weeks that i was a dead blogger and there were lots of work happening on my front behind the scene. so let me share some good news. Now , I am also in Microsoft Connected Technology Advisors group. so People who are hearing this word would have brought a "wow" factor but let me tell you who are advisors are Influencers who want to be actively *involved* in Microsoft product planning and validation efforts. I have been in for 'Oslo' and beyond and includes BizTalk Server ‘6’ and updates to the .NET Framework ‘4’ (WF, WCF) amongst other investments. if you have some queries/questions and would like some of your feature to be available in next upcoming versions, pls do share with me and i would take in person with the Product teams in Microsoft

Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint Released to CodePlex

Today Microsoft released the source code for the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint—based on the Silverlight Beta 2 release. The Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint provide a way for developers to better understand how to integrate Silverlight applications with SharePoint
In this release, you’ll find five blueprint samples:

1. Hello World
2. Media Player
3. Slider Control
4. Custom Navigation
5. Colleague Viewer

The links to get to the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint are:

1. http://www.ssblueprints.net/sharepoint/ --or direct at the CodePlex site
2. http://www.codeplex.com/SL4SP

Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint Released to CodePlex

Today Microsoft released the source code for the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint—based on the Silverlight Beta 2 release. The Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint provide a way for developers to better understand how to integrate Silverlight applications with SharePoint
In this release, you’ll find five blueprint samples:

1. Hello World
2. Media Player
3. Slider Control
4. Custom Navigation
5. Colleague Viewer

The links to get to the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint are:

1. http://www.ssblueprints.net/sharepoint/ --or direct at the CodePlex site
2. http://www.codeplex.com/SL4SP

SharePoint Certifications

When we Say SharePoint, we refer to two product of Microsoft (WSS and MOSS). On certifications front also, Microsoft has released 2 certifications each on SharePoint and WSS. One of the certification deals with the application development and others deal with the administration.
Below are the certification details

MOSS certification

1. SharePoint Server 2007 ― Application Development certificationhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-542.mspx
2. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Configuration credentialhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-630.mspx

WSS certification
1. Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Application Development certificationhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-541.mspx
2. MCTS: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Configuration certificationhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-631.mspx