Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 set for Q3

Microsoft has announced that the long-awaited VS 2005 SP 1 will be released by the end of September.

Saturday, July 08, 2006

ADO.NET and SQL Server Everywhere

Steve Lasker has posted a screencast / video over on Channel 9 providing an overview on the various ADO.NET programming options available for SQL Server Everywhere, including an updateable resultset (SqlCeResultSet).

While on the subject, check out the new SQL Server Everywhere team blog and info on the SQL Server Everywhere CTP. Steve's SQL Server (three s') Everywhere FAQ is also a good resource.

How to avoid a CriticalSituation in SharePoint.. An important Coding Best Practice

Note the Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects in the blog.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Technical Articles

Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services V3 and SharePoint Server 2007.

Summary: Get a high-level overview of how Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (version 3) implements the workflow capabilities of the Windows Workflow Foundation, and how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 extends those capabilities with symmetrical Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms. (28 printed pages)

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Is WinFS Dead?

weservernew.com

WinFS, the new File System that we have been hearing about for years, also known in the past as Cairo, looks like it's been axed. It seems to have become somewhat of an dead weight and it was not clear what to do with it. WinFS was pulled out of Vista a long time ago and BillG's pet project has been rudderless ever since.

We can only assume Ray Ozzie bit the bullet and nixed it. WinFS has always had a positioning problem. It was hard to define, and was described alternatively as "rich storage", and "packaging technology".
Redmond has not publicly announced the funeral, but one of their bloggers said they will not be "pursuing a separate delivery of WinFS, including the previously planned Beta 2 release". Parts of it will be lumped into future SQL and ADO.NET versions. Oh well. Bye Bye!