Thursday, January 14, 2010

Favor - Help Us Test .NET 4 Beta 2 on Windows Update (WU)

Favor - Help Us Test .NET 4 Beta 2 on Windows Update (WU)

Favor - Help Us Test .NET 4 Beta 2 on Windows Update (WU)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:42 PM PST

The folks in the .NET Framework Setup team have a favor to ask, and it's pretty cool info so I offered to help. Here's the deal. When .NET 4 releases, the .NET 4 Client Profile will be released as a recommended update on Windows Update (WU) for Vista and Windows 7. It'll be listed as optional on Windows XP. They need help testing the WU parts. You may have heard, but the .NET 4 Client Profile size is WAY smaller than before. There's been lots of cool improvements since the .NET 3.5 Client Profile . For example, on Window XP the download for .NET 4 Client is just ~28Mb for machines with no framework. .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Client Profile .NET Framework 4 Client Profile Web install only Local package and Web install. Only Windows...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for January 13, 2010 -- #777

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:34 PM PST

In this Issue: Richard Waddell , Benjamin Roux , Sergey Barskiy , Alex Knight , Chris Klug ( 2 ), András Velvárt , Brian Genisio , Jeff Prosise , Matthias Shapiro , and Mike Taulty . Shoutouts: Adam Kinney is taking Blend training on the road: Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)

If You’re Graduating Soon, Consider Working For The ASP.NET Team

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:51 PM PST

This is the second job posting in two days for positions on the ASP.NET team, how exciting! This one is a developer position for upcoming graduates. Before I continue, I need to fulfill a promise to a co-worker to include a barely relevant stock photograph in this blog post. Good, with that out of the way, allow me to continue. If you are in college or grad school, graduating in 2010, and are looking for a great job writing code for ASP.NET, we have a position available! Send me your resume and I'll forward it along to the proper people. My email address is philha at (my company).com where (my company) is Microsoft. If you can't figure out based on that where to email your resume, you probably shouldn't bother applying ;) Once again, this is...(read more)

Seattle Silverlight User Group – Tonight!

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:29 PM PST

Tonight I have the privilege of presenting an Overview of Silverlight 4 to the Seattle Silverlight User Group (SeaSLUG as they like to be called). The event starts at 7pm tonight, January 13th at the cafeteria in Building 40/41 on the Microsoft campus...( read more )...(read more)

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Posted: 12 Jan 2010 08:00 AM PST

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