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• VS2010 Q&A: Directions on Microsoft's Rob Sanfilippo

  Directions on Microsoft Analyst Rob Sanfilippo talks about Microsoft's epic VS2010 development effort and what we can expect going forward. read more

• Developers Mix and Match Agile Approaches

  New functionality in Visual Studio Team System 2010 supports the Agile dev trend. read more

• The Storray Engine

  As an independent .NET consultant, Steve was often called in to help smaller development teams transition to the platform. read more

• Unlocking Legacy Code

  Mergers and acquisitions, Windows 7 and the Web are driving a legacy migration to .NET. Developers tell how they unlocked their old technology and made the sometimes-painful journey to the modern platform. read more

• iPad's Platform Impact

  By many accounts, the Apple iPad has been a disappointment -- even Apple "fanboy" bloggers and tweeters have proclaimed themselves underwhelmed. read more

• Silverlight Ascendant

  Why Silverlight 4 should change the way you make decisions about application development. read more

• Weekend Drive

  Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, an internal support application at Joe R.'s company suffered a slowdown in executing queries and returning data. read more

• VS2010 Release Candidate Expected this Month

  Will the Dev10 improvements be worth it if the result is slower performance? read more

• Life After 7: Windows New

  What can Microsoft do to preserve the relevance of Windows -- and the crucial revenue stream that derives from it? read more

• dynaTrace Offers End-to-End Multi-Tier Tracing

  dynaTrace provides continuous monitoring of your application -- from the client to the database -- without requiring you to insert any instrumentation code. read more

• Reaching the Cloud: App Dev from the Ground Up

  Still rooted to traditional dev models? Learning the skills and processes to span on-premises and cloud scenarios is fundamental for Visual Studio developers in 2010. read more

• Modular Process Improvement

  After nearly eight years of working as a C++ developer at Rik V.'s insurance company, a certain coworker was finally laid off. read more

• 2009 Annual Review: A Year in Microsoft Development

  I began writing Redmond Review one year ago, with a column covering the 2008 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC2008). read more

• Microsoft Sunsets .NET for Oracle: What's Next?

  Microsoft has decided to drop development of OracleClient from its ADO.NET roadmap; while the provider remains available, use of it should be avoided in new applications accessing Oracle data sources. read more

• Microsoft's Private Cloud Formation

  As CIOs largely reject the early crop of cloud services for business-critical apps, Redmond readies private and hybrid cloud platforms. read more

• A More Unique Identifier

  With more than 340 billion trillion quadrillion (and that's no typo) possible values, the probability of having two identical GUIDs is basically non-existent. read more

• Bridging the Document-Data Divide

  The Microsoft SharePoint Conference (SPC) 2009 event defied the tough economic times. With more than 7,400 attendees, SPC eclipsed the size of this year's TechEd and MIX confabs combined. read more

• Gurock SmartInspect Improves Application Logging

  Gurock SmartInspect not only allows you to log anything you want, it includes a powerful tool for analyzing the results. read more

• Q&A: Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Yousef Khalidi Discusses Private Cloud Migration

  Yousef Khalidi talked about Microsoft's new Azure cloud services at the Interop trade show on Thursday. read more

• Q&A: Microsoft's Bryan Sullivan Discusses SDL 4.1a

  Microsoft Security Program Manager Bryan Sullivan talks about the new agile-focused SDL 4.1a. read more

• Fast Data at Redmond High

  After the much-delayed release of SQL Server 2005 finally came to pass at the end of its namesake year, Microsoft made a promise to release a new version of SQL Server every two to three years, from that point on. read more

• Re-Architecting Azure

  A year after the first technical previews of Azure, Microsoft is launching a less-ambitious platform with forklift revisions based on developer feedback. read more

• Windows 7 Launches With a Touch of Kindle

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer formally unveiled Windows 7 at a ceremony in New York City, and announced a deal with Amazon to put its Kindle e-book reader software on touch-enabled Windows 7 tablet PCs. read more

• VS2010 and .NET 4 Beta 2 Go Live Today

  Microsoft integrates SharePoint tooling into Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and introduces a simplified packaging and pricing scheme for the upcoming IDE. read more

• Oracle Uses OpenWorld to Reassure Skeptics but Concerns Remain

  Oracle used this week's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco to roll out new tools aimed at providing better integration of its disparate wares, but much of the focus at this year's annual event was on the company's pending $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems. read more

• Architects Look Ahead In Face of Weak Economy

  Several hundred software and enterprise architects this week gathered from around the world to ponder and debate how to affect improvements in how systems and applications can be better engineered and made more adaptive. read more