| Volume 13, Number 14: July 6, 2009 | | Top News | | Pre-order your Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional upgrade and pay half of the regular retail price. Available while supplies last through participating retailers. | Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 Launch Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 will be unveiled at a virtual launch event on July 10, 2009. Attend the event at www.seethelight.com on July 10 to watch the keynote sessions and see new in-depth sessions. Stroll through the customer and partner pavilions in the Exhibition Hall or stop by 'The Visual Kitchen' TV show and watch the chefs as they dish up digital designs and development entrees as part of this exclusively produced online experience. | | Bing and Gnomedex are sponsoring a Will Code for Green developer contest. Make the world a little better, win US$10,000, plus be featured at Gnomedex. Create a green app using the Live Search API with any tech platform or language. | | | Learn from industry leaders and community developers who are sharing their top recession survival strategies. Thrive for developers is a new one-stop community hub where you can find training resources, career advice, and job postings to help you tackle the economy head-on. | |
Your Featured Content | | Ensure that the content most relevant to you is presented in this section. | | | The R2 release focuses on quality and usability. In addition to new features, a deep test pass was performed to improve the quality of the code and documentation. RDS is available in Standard, Academic, and a free Express Edition. Watch the video on Channel 9. |
Web Resources | | In this episode of geekSpeak, we explore how to write accessible applications using Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Microsoft Silverlight with Robert Altland. | Security for Developers | | Software development is a complex business, and anything you can do to make the process more repeatable, predictable, and reduce friction, is a big win. | Training & Books Learning Snacks Offer Training for Busy People
If you do not have much time, these bite-sized snacks about Microsoft products and technologies are easy to watch and digest: Case Studies | | Visual Studio 2008 helps developers accelerate solution development and deliver breakthrough user experiences. It provides an integrated development environment for Windows, Office, .NET, SQL Server, and Windows Mobile with integrated drag-and-drop designers. | Partner News | | AMD CodeAnalyst Performance Analyzer integrates into Visual Studio, can analyze multiple threads, pinpoint hotspots, and much more. Download it today. | | | 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 | | National and Global Events Partnering Power at Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 July 13 - 16 New Orleans, LA Get the latest information and insights about Microsoft strategies and technologies directly from Microsoft leadership. Connect with other partners to explore opportunities and share best practices, and learn about the tools and resources to grow your business. | | |
