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

Silverlight 3 Released | Download it NOW !!

Microsoft has released the next version of Silverlight. Silverlight 3 include: major media enhancements, out of browser support allowing Web applications to work on the desktop; significant graphics improvements including 3D graphics support, GPU acceleration and H.264 video support; and many features to improve RIA development productivity. Also, in order to fully integrate all the .NET developer tools, Visual Studio 2010 will support a fully editable and interactive designer for Silverlight.

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How to check the installed .NET Framework version

.NET version detector is a pretty handy tool in detecting the .NET version installed on your system and download the latest .NET version available. The current version of this tool can detect up to framework 4.0. Interestingly the tool also provides link to download SDK, framework and help you to navigate to the installation folder of each framework on your system.

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