Jay Kinker - Talking BizTalk

Be ready for new wave of Microsoft technologies and products. Few are already released and rest will follow in the next few months.

Below are some of major releases from Microsoft. Click on links below for more information:

1. .Net 3.5

o        WCF, WPF, WWF

o        ASP.Net

§         ASP (.Net 3.0) - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644563.aspx

Check below blogs for “what is .Net 3.5”

§         http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2007/06/net-framework-35.html

§         http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2007/05/clr-v20-remains-at-same-version.html

This version of .Net is most stable, feature rich, best performing version so far. We may not see a new version of .Net anytime soon. Microsoft released .Net 3.0 soon after it released 2.0. This is based on the information I have come across so far.

2. IIS 7

o        IIS 7 FAQs - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/iis/iis7faq.mspx 

3. Visual Studio 2008

4. Visual Studio Team System 2008
   • Blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffbe/archive/2007/11/19/visual-studio-team-system-2008-ships.aspx 
5. SQL Server 2008

6. Windows Server 2008

Free e-learning, e-books from Microsoft:

-          Clinic 7045: What's New in Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008

-          Clinic 5935: Introducing Server Virtualization in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (RC0)

-          Collection 5934: Introducing Microsoft Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" (Beta 3)

-          Windows Server 2008 – Learning Portal (Free e-book, e-learning, etc)

-          Visual Studio 2008 – Learning Portal (Free e-book, e-learning, etc)

-          Clinic 5135: Introduction to Developing with Windows® Presentation Foundation and Visual Studio® 2005

-          Clinic 5136: Introduction to Developing with Windows® Workflow Foundation and Visual Studio® 2005

-          Clinic 5137: Introduction to Developing with Windows® Communication Foundation and Visual Studio® 2005