Another Visual Studio member for Cloud Computing – LightSwitch

Visual Studio LightSwitch, a new addition to the Visual Studio family, helps you to create business class application for Cloud as well as Desktop. With LightSwitch you can create custom applications for the way you do business.

LightSwitch provides a variety of pre-built templates and tools to build business applications that target Windows Client or Windows Azure using as much or as little code as you want to write.

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The Unit testing development tool for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0

Every software development has its stepwise procedure of Analysis, Design, Coding, Testing, and its maintenance. And testing may be kind of many types like Black-box, White-box, Alpha, Beta, Unit, Milestone etc. Many of the development through Visual Studio 2010 needs to be tested before the actual product launch or distribution. Programmer has to make sure to have a command over their code what they have written through Unit Testing.

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Download Silverlight 4 Training Course

Microsoft made an announcement of Silverlight 4 RC availability at MIX10 now they have launched special training course kit for the download.

The Silverlight 4 Training Course includes a whitepaper explaining all of the new Silverlight 4 RC features, several hands-on-labs that explain the features, and a 8 unit course for building business applications with Silverlight 4.

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Download Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone

Through MIX Microsoft has made the availability of Developer tools for Windows Mobile 7 application development. So what are you waiting for, Get started with the Windows Phone Developer Tools, Start creating today, and See your application in the Windows Phone Emulator.

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Visual Studio 2010 version comparison chart

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 as General Availability and its available on different versions like Professional, Premium and Ultimate. Checkout the VS2010 MSDN page for the download links. And to check which version is perfect for u, just download the comparison chart.

Welcome WebsiteSpark | A new developer resources platform

WebsiteSpark is launching officially in Ireland on Tuesday, October 20th at the Guinness Storehouse.  WebsiteSpark provides web designers, developers, students, freelancers and anyone else who is interested software licenses, support and business resources to help them grow and succeed.

WebsiteSpark will provide you the following software licenses for three years.  After enrolling here, you can download & immediately use the software.

• 3 licenses of Visual Studio 2008 Professional
• 1 license of Expression Studio 3 (including Blend, Sketchflow, Web & Encoder)
• 2 licenses of Expression Web 3
• 4 processor licenses of Windows Server 2008 R2 (can be used for development and/or production)
• 4 processor licenses for SQL Server 2008 Web Edition (can be used for development and/or production)

Along with the licenses, WebsiteSpark provides a business network to help grow your business, product support and free, online training.

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Download Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – August Update

The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform including: Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET Services.

After downloading the training kit, run the self-extracting executable to extract all of the training kit files to your local machine. After the content is extracted, the starting page for the traning kit will be displayed in your default browser. You can then browse through the individual hands-on labs, demos, and presentations.

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New Technology Partner Training Resource available now

New Training Resources on Office SharePoint Server 2007

Implementer :

• FAST: Analyzing ESP Search Trends using Query Reporting Framework
• FAST: ESP CJK Support – Part I: CJK Languages
• FAST: Unity Plugins
• Click here for additional implementer training resources on Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Click here for sales resources on Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Click her for architect training resources on Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Click here for developer training resources on Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Click here for additional training resources on Office SharePoint Server 2007

New Training Resources on Microsoft Dynamics SL

Sales :

• Microsoft Dynamics SL: Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics SL Users
• Microsoft Dynamics SL: Improve Project Management with Microsoft Dynamics SL
• Microsoft Dynamics SL: Optimizing your Financial Management with Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0 Feature
• Click here for more Sales Training Resources on Microsoft Dynamics SLClick here for Implementer Training Resources on Microsoft Dynamics SL
• Click here for Developer Training Resources on Microsoft Dynamics SL

New Training Resources on Forefront

Sales :

• Microsoft Forefront Identity and Security Solutions: Sales Training for Technology Partners
• Click here for additional sales training resources on Forefront

Implementer :

• Update on Forefront Security for Exchange Server, SharePoint & Antigen 9 Service Pack Releases
• TechNet Webcast: Deploying Forefront Client Security in the Enterprise Using Virtualization (Level 300)
• Click here for additional implementer training resources on Forefront