| Volume 13, Number 5: March 2, 2009 | | Top News | | Get access to Windows 7 builds, application testing labs and toolkits that can help you ensure that your existing applications and devices will be compatible with Windows 7. | New Content to Get You up to Speed on IE8 | | | | What's your creativity worth? Build, shape and code your game concepts, and you stand to win US$5,000. Through April 15, Microsoft is asking game developers to dust off their best game ideas and bring them to life using Silverlight 2, the flexible new platform for delivering rich online content to your audience. | |
Your Featured Content | | Ensure that the content most relevant to you is presented in this section. | | | The patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 can improve your effectiveness building reliable, scalable, and secure applications on the Microsoft platform. The guide provides design-level guidance for integrating security and other quality attributes into the architecture and design of applications built on the .NET Framework. |
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Learn at your own pace, on your own schedule. These three free e-book offers are a great way to stay up to date on the latest Microsoft technologies. Certification 101: Getting Started with Microsoft Certification March 10, 7:30 A.M. Pacific Time (Live Meeting) March 10, 5:30 P.M. Pacific Time (Live Meeting) Join the Microsoft Certified Professional team for a Live Meeting to learn about the value, benefits, and process of getting certified: choosing a certification path, preparing for your first exam, taking an exam, and what to expect after that. Case Studies | | Read or listen to this CIO interview with Break.com, focused on building Web 2.0 apps on Windows vs. Linux. "Microsoft has created a platform that simply lets me architect and build applications in a way that I can't on LAMP." | Partner News | | Designbox for Visual Studio lets you easily capture and reapply finished control designs using the Designbox Gallery. Works with all WinForm Controls. Download the free trial. | | | The MSDN Flash is full of pointers to in-depth technical information that we encourage subscribers to forward to friends and co-workers. If you've received this issue from someone via e-mail and would like to receive the free MSDN Flash newsletter biweekly, all you have to do is register. | | |  | ____________  | | Webcasts & Online Events All times Pacific Time AJAX Applications: A Blueprint for Disaster March 11, 10:00 A.M. How secure is your average AJAX application? In this session, Bryan Sullivan will build a sample AJAX application using design patterns, advice, and code samples from respected resources in the AJAX community; then the glaring security vulnerabilities will be exposed. | | National and Global Events MIX09: More Reasons to Register March 18 - 20 Las Vegas, NV Pre-conference March 17 In addition to hearing about the standards-based Web, next generation media, data-driven design, rich Internet applications, and the collaboration between designers and developers, all MIX09 attendees will receive more than US$700 in free software and services from Windows Web Server 2008 and GoGrid Hosting. Plus, all MIX09 attendees who are staying at the Venetian Hotel for three or more nights will get one night free. Tech·Ed North America 2009 - Early Bird Pricing is Over, but the Savings are Not May 11 - 15 Los Angeles, CA Visit our Web site for updated pricing information and to learn about the 750+ learning opportunities exploring Microsoft technologies, including Azure Services Platform, Microsoft Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Visual C#, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and the upcoming Visual Studio 2010. | | |
