IIS (Internet Information Services) has served as an industry-leading web server and application platform for years.  With the introduction of Windows Server 2008 and IIS7, there are many compelling reasons to warrant upgrading the application platform.  In this Tech Talk, Sam Everhart will focus on...

Microsoft rounds out its virtualization offerings with a formal launch on September 8.  The launch highlights Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V that has already shipped and is available here.  Two other products to join in the launch activities include System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) and...

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is shipping.  ISVs use virtualization as a way to ship fully configured applications to customers.  Customers can use virtualization as a way to consolidate servers, provide business continuity plans.  ISVs are already using virtualization in their testing plans.Using virtual...

Super-scalable applications have gotten easier with the community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft Project Code Named “Velocity”.“Velocity” is a distributed in-memory application cache platform that fuses memory across multiple computers to give a single unified cache view to applications.  Your...

With the end of the fiscal year coming to Microsoft, a new set of emerging technologies will be starting up soon.  The new Rhythm technologies will be announced in June and July with enrollment beginning in August and September.  You will continue to find information, forums, developer training, events...

By the fall of 2008, Microsoft will have a full desktop to data center virtualization offering with Hyper-V on the server, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 for management and Microsoft Application Virtualization and a virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) offering on the desktop.  The launch...

As a managed ISV you’re invited to a special training event – Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Workshop.  The event will be held at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, CA on June 25-26, 2008.The training event is designed to help developers understand some of the new features...

The Microsoft Software + Services (S+S) model blends locally installed, full-package software with Internet-delivered or hosted applications.  The idea?  Augment organizations’ on-premise software investments with components, add-on technologies and complete applications – hosted by you or Microsoft....

Security has become one of the core requirements for software products; secure products increase software reliability and reduce software maintenance costs by minimizing software security vulnerabilities.  The need to protect critical data, infrastructures and the need to build and preserve widespread...

Microsoft’s largest annual technical education event, TechEd 2008 offers the same enriching and informative experiences you’ve come to expect from TechEd but with additional learning opportunities designed to meet the specific needs, interests and priorities of two distinct audiences in two separate...

Microsoft is making a set of broad-reaching changes to its technology and business practices that will increase the openness of its products and drive greater interoperability, opportunity and choice across the information technology community of developers, partners, customers and competitors.Specifically,...

Microsoft has launched the biggest wave of enterprise products in company history.  Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 are designed for improved security and business intelligence and offer new capabilities for virtualization and creating and hosting rich Web applications.In...

Know a student who wants to learn .NET?  Microsoft has just announced an unprecedented software program called DreamSpark.  The program is focused on providing millions of college and high school students with no-cost access to the latest Microsoft developer, designer tools and Microsoft platform resources....

 HYPERLINK "http://www.hellosecureworld.com/" Hello Secure World is an awareness program to engage developers in a fun and exciting way to build knowledge around security in application development.  In addition, developers can share information about secure coding for today’s internet-based computing...

Visit HerosHappenHere and register to attend one of the US launch events and you will go home with some free software.  Here’s what we’ll be giving out at our launch events in the US:Windows Server 2008 Enterprise RTM (64- and 32-bit) that includes a product key, not for resale for evaluation.  The...

 HYPERLINK "http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx" Windows Server 2008 has been released to manufacturing.  Windows Server 2008 is part of worldwide launch events that highlight the wave of new products that also include SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.Two million copies of...

During the worldwide Windows Server 2008 launch wave which starts on February 27, we would like to promote your applications on the Windows Server Catalog.  We want to share your support for Windows Server 2008 with our mutual customers.  For you to participate, please send the application name, version...

In this 9 part virtual training series, you will be provided a hands-on overview of new and updated features of Microsoft Windows Server 2008.  The 9 sessions topics are:Session 1: Windows Communication FoundationSession 2: Windows Workflow FoundationSession 3: Windows EventingSession 4: Windows PowerShell...

Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection Services (SLP Services) enables customers, including ISVs, to more effectively protect, package, license, sell and control the use of the software through state of the art technology.  The SLP Services product group has created a unique program, the Evaluation...

Microsoft invites you to participate in our HPCPAL Jumpstart technical training series for IT Pro's and Developers.  This one day immersion style event will help you get the technical information you require to start deploying and developing high performance computing (HPC) solutions leveraging Windows...

The 6th Annual Financial Services Developer Conference in New York is just around the corner.  Primary focus this year will be High Performance Computing (HPC) and how HPC can be leveraged in financial services.  The conference will be held at the Marriott Marquis from March 12-13.Key topics for developers...

Polish your technical skills with a full day of free, live learning sessions for developers like you.  Learn hands-on skills and swap juicy stories at MSDN Events.  See what’s new in IIS and why IIS7 is Microsoft’s most extensible, manageable and secure web platform to date.  You’ll learn how to extend...

Windows Server 2008 will introduce a number of exciting new features and technologies that will interest .NET developers.  In this two day, instructor-led course, students will explore four topic areas related to Windows Server 2008.Internet Information S

Windows Server 2008, which is scheduled to release to manufacturing (RTM) by the February 27 launch event, reached the Release Candidate 1 milestone and is available to customers for download at http://www.microsoft.com/ws08eval.   With RC1, Microsoft is enhancing Group Policy with Group Policy Preferences,...

Become familiar with Windows HPC Server 2008, the next-generation high-performance computing offering from Microsoft.  Learn about the significant advancements coming in the area of cluster management, scalability, and performance.  Reserve your place at the workshop on December 4-5 in Redmond.

Free tools are now available to test your applications for Windows Server 2008 compatibility.  These tools are available by enrolling at the Innovate on Windows Server 2008 site.  This development portal includes key marketing information and resources such as the Application Compatibility Cookbook,...

At Supercomputing 2007 (SC07), Microsoft announced the successor to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, dubbed Windows HPC Server 2008 and also announced the availability of the Beta 1 release of the product.This major release will provide dramatic improvements in performance (both at runtime as well...

Windows Server Virtualization, codename "Viridian", has now been officially named Microsoft Hyper-V Server.  In addition, there are now additional SKUs of Windows Server 2008 that include Hyper-V Server.  Hyper-V Server is still slated for availability 180 days after the release of Windows Server 2008....

The lab is intended to focus on architectural issues, scenario white-boarding and development with the support of the product teams.  The focus will be on the new features offered by the 2008 wave of technology, which includes (but is not limited to) the web programming capabilities of WCF, the integration...

Microsoft has launched an exciting program to assist our valued ISV partners in preparing their key products for Windows Server 2008.  The program is called the Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Readiness Labs.  We offer weekly labs on our mai

PluralSight is offering an intensive five day course on developing parallel applications that take advantage of high-performance clusters and Microsoft Compute Cluster Server.  This course provides in-depth coverage of high-performance application development and design using Microsoft's Compute Cluster...

The 2008 Microsoft Launch Wave is about to begin.  With the combined launch of Microsoft Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, the 2008 Launch Wave will be the largest outreach to IT Pro’s and Developers in Microsoft’s history.  We expect to reach over 225K attendees in person...

The first release candidate for Windows Server 2008 is now available.  With this important milestone, we also receive the first public preview of our new hypervisor based virtualization technology, Windows Server Virtualization (WSV).  Download Windows Server 2008 RC0 with WSV here.

We would like to make sure that the ISV community is aware and ready for the changes that Windows Server 2008 will incorporate.  For example, the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security will be enabled by default and will block inbound network connections.  The networks stack has been completely rewritten,...

Microsoft has launched the Windows Server 2008 Readiness Labs program at worldwide Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) locations to assist software vendors in preparing their key products for Windows Server 2008.  These are four day lab engagements and are provided at no charge to participants.  At these...

Windows Server 2008 provides a wealth of new features.  In the Innovation Briefings WS2008 Deep Dive Web seminar you will learned about the new functionality offered by Windows Server 2008, including Server Manager, IIS 7, PowerShell, Terminal Services, Transactional NTFS and Virtualization.  In this...

Deep-dive labs are developer lab events where ISVs can bring their own scenario and work directly with experts from Microsoft product teams. The next deep-dives will be held in Redmond, Washington on October 8 - 11, 2007.  Microsoft is offering ISVs a special opportunity to participate in the development...

Now available at www.innovateonwindowsserver.com are free, downloadable certification test tools.  Using these tools ISVs who have no plans to certify can still demonstrate compliance with Windows Server 2008 technical best practices by encouraging your customers to conduct their own in-house application...

Design for Operations (DFO) is one of the key ways to differentiate your application.  DFO is basically about providing support from your application to the organization’s IT department.  You can provide information to IT groups regarding the health of your application, user crashes, application configuration,...

Microsoft will launch Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 together on February 27, 2008 in what will be our single largest launch ever.  ISVs with applications developed on or with one of these technologies will have opportunities to participate in the launch, either as sponsors,...

This ISV web seminar series teaches you about the new features and technologies that will enhance your development capabilities and IT infrastructure.  Be sure to attend all events to receive the full training curriculum.  These sessions are available in an “on demand” format.EventsEvent TypeDateISV...

Have you been developing your server applications to support Windows Server 2008?  Are you interested in having those applications certified for Windows Server 2008?  If so, please reach out to your ISV Architect Evangelist who can connect you with a free certification program just for ISVs.

Windows Server 2008 brings a lot of new functionality and capabilities for ISVs and their developers.  This month, let’s focus on 3 of them: TxF, RemoteApp, and IIS7.Transactional NTFS (TxF) http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/transact/fs/portal.asp Windows provides a transaction...