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The most basic difference between the two solutions is the upfront investment. In short, WSS is free to most companies whereas MOSS requires a minimum of software purchases and sometimes requires a hardware purchase. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.milesconsultingcorp.com%2FSharePoint-Portal-2007-Version-Comparison-between-MOSS2007-and-WSS3.aspx

The Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 is a free add-in that simplifies the process of displaying .NET forms and controls in a Visual Basic 6 application. Instead of upgrading the entire code base, these applications can now be extended one form at a time.

Phalanger est un projet Open Source visant à créer une nouvelle implémentation du langage PHP sur la plate-forme .NET de Microsoft. A ce jour, phpBB, phpMyAdmin ou encore Wordpress fonctionnent sur Phalanger sans aucune modification dans leur code sour

Des bugs designés comme légitimes mais cloturés en "Won't Fix"parce que leur résolution pourraient générer des problèmes de compatibilité avec le code existant. Il est donc préférable de les laisser en l'état. Une vraie leçon de génie logicie

Les spécifications BPEL [...] sont désormais supportées en version 1.1 par Workflow Foundation (WF)

To summarize the results, WCF is 25%—50% faster than ASP.NET Web Services, and approximately 25% faster than .NET Remoting. [...] in one case WCF is nearly 100% faster but in another scenario it is nearly 25% slower.

The essence of ESB.NET is that it’s message based services rather than just XML document centric or RPC style. It is Data and Business Service oriented as opposed to Technical feature Oriented. Approach is to add value to the Business spectrum.

For the first time on the Microsoft platform a free user and developer friendly cms that makes it quick and easy to create websites - or a breeze to build complex web applications

DotNetNuke is an open-source Web Application Framework ideal for creating and deploying projects such as commercial websites, corporate intranets and extranets, online publishing portals, and custom vertical applications.

DotNetNuke® is an open source web application framework ideal for creating, deploying and managing interactive web, intranet and extranet sites. Based on its liberal open source licensing model, DotNetNuke® has become the Microsoft industry standard framework for constructing enterprise web applications. The mass appeal of the open source model is largely based on the fact that it reduces the total cost of ownership and increases flexibility, factors which are crucial to the success of any organization.

This article describes how to use recoverable messages, transactions (alone or combined with database transactions), and acknowledgements with MSMQ and the Microsoft .NET Framework

Ayant déjà pris plusieurs fois du retard, la sortie de Windows Vista se précise néanmoins, au travers notamment de la mise à disposition anticipée de plusieurs de ses composants techniques.

Windows Workflow Foundation is an extensible programming model and runtime components for building solutions on the Windows platform. As a platform component, Windows Workflow Foundation will be included with the WinFx runtime components 3.0. Windows Workflow Foundation will also be available as a downloadable component in the second half of 2006.

The recommended webcasts will take a Web developer with knowledge of PHP through the process of learning ASP.NET 2.0

Le 3ème Symposium DNG s'est tenu lundi devant un public de 800 architectes et développeurs. Une journée de conférence exceptionnelle avec la présence de Bill Gates en personne.

De quoi casser son Windows : "Microsoft has quietly released a beta version of WinFS, the file system originally slated to be part of Windows Vista, to MSDN subscribers. This beta release works on Windows XP and requires the .NET Framework version 2.0"

La gestion des applications et "virtual hosts" avec ASP.NET 2.0, IIS et VS 2005

DotTux™ is a software package that integrates Tuxedo with .NET. It enables Tuxedo customers to write Tuxedo clients and servers in C# or any other programming language targetting the .NET CLR.

Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently work with Visual Basic 6, these authors fully understand the adoption and code migration issues you’ll encounter. They’ll step you through a quick primer on .NET Framework programming, offering guidance for a productive transition. If you already work with .NET, you’ll jump directly into what’s new, learning how to extend your existing skills. From the innovations in rapid application development, debugging, and deployment, to new data access, desktop, and Web programming capabilities, you get the prerelease insights and code walkthroughs you need to get productive right away.

Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET is is the complete technical guide to upgrading Visual Basic 6 applications to Visual Basic .NET, covering all upgrade topics from APIs to ZOrders. It shows how to fix upgrade issues with forms, language, data access, and COM+ Services, and how to upgrade applications with XML Web services, ADO.NET, and .NET remoting. It also provides big-picture architectural advice, a reference of function and object model changes, hundreds of before-and-after code samples, and a CD packed with useful examples.

The patterns & practices Enterprise Library is a library of application blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges

Microsoft has announced an AJAX based programming framework is being developed to provide asynchronous Javascript based callback for ASP.NET applications. This project, code named Atlas, will make use of existing callback features in ASP.NET 2.0 as well as new features such as multicast event handlers, new UI controls such as autocomplete text boxes, and a core framework of common functionality.

Mark Fussell, Lead Product Manager for Web Service Enhancements has written an article detailing the changes and additions to the WSE toolset for version 3.0. New features include enhanced security, session management, Visual Studio 2005 integration, and MTOM support.