.NET WITH ME - VIKAS GOYAL

• What is LINQ 2.0 ?
• What's New in .NET 3.5 ?
• Jasper : On the fly data access using Entity Objects
• C# 3.0 New Features : All LINQ(K)ED in one
• What's New in CSharp 3.0
• LINQ : An Introduction
• ADO.NET : Past, Present & Future
• Pre-release version of .NET 3.5 available
• Announcing 'Microsoft Silverlight'
• Orcas : BLINQ Preview
• LINQ : .NET Language Integrated Query

VISTA

• From where stunning Vista wallpapers came ?
• Microsoft Vista : First Look - Discusses desktop enhancements in Windows Vista
• Service Enhancements done in Windows Vista like introduction of startup type 'Delayed Start'

WCF

• Getting Ready for WCF
• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) : An Overview
• Developing a basic WCF Client and Service
• Tool : WCF Configuration Editor ( SvcConfigEditor.exe)
• Tool : ServiceModel Metadata Utility Tool (Svcutil.exe)
• Overview of Hosting in IIS
• Tool : WCF IIS Registration Tool (ServiceModelReg.exe)
• Hosting WCF service in IIS
• Windows Communication Foundation : A Primer - Part 1
• Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation
• Unified Programming Model of WCF
• Message Oriented WCF
• Contracts in WCF
• Activation and Hosting in WCF
• Defining and Implementing Contracts
• Major sections of WCF configuration File
• Understanding Bindings
• Understanding Endpoints
• Securing WCF services
• Hosting WCF Services
• Publishing Metadata using endpoints

• ActiveX Controls : A Technology Overview
• Silverlight : A 360 degree overview
• REST vs rest
• Document Markup Languages : Office Open XML vs Open Document
• Performance Analysis/Tuning of ASP.NET Application
• Auto Performance Tuning in ASP.NET 2.0
• Overview of Interoperability with UnManaged world
• GAX & GAT Feb 2007 CTP released
• Skills of a Solution Architect
• Microsoft Office System 2007 : The Composition
• How to build Authorization module for TCP Remoting channel
• Architecture Journal Issue 10
• Free Book on building composite architecture
• Oracle data access components
• Microsoft : Architects Community
• Architecture Journal 9 Released
• When to use Web Services ?

• What's New in Visual Studio 2008 'ORCAS'
• Tutorial : Perform Web Load testing using Visual Studio
• Tip : How to change the default assembly information
• Orcas and .NET 3.5 Beta 1 Released
• Is Dw20.exe troubling you ?
• How to create Project Item Templates
• Accelerating development using Visual Studio Templates
• Visual Studio : How to create temporary projects
• Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 : How to check whether its installed or not
• Visual Studio 2005 : Unable to debug - The Binding Handle is Invalid
• Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" March CTP Released
• Increasing Productivity/Discipline using Project Templates
• Enhancements coming up in Orcas
• Orcas Jan 2007 CTP now available
• Visual Studio add-on for database professionals
• Install .NET 3.0
• Upgrade from Visual Studio.NET 2002/2003 to VS.NET 2005
• Visual Studio 2005 : Debugging Issue
• Visual Studio Performance Wizard
• Visual Studio 2005 SP1 released

• Reading & Writing XML data
• Overview of XML support in .NET Framework
• Creating a context menu item for folders
• ASP.NET Dynamic Code compilation trick
• Debugging & Profiling .NET applications
• Tip #6 : Strong Named Assemblies unleashed
• Tip #5 : How to use an Application Configuration File to target a .NET Framework version
• Tip #4 : .NET Iterators
• Tip #3 : .NET Partial Types
• Tip #2 : .NET Namespace Alias
• Understanding Nullable Types
• Tip #1 : Static Classes
• CSharp Generics
• Delegates & Anonymous methods
• Automatic Memory Management
• Dynamic Binding : Performance
• Dynamic Binding : Performance Optimization Tip

• MSDN Buddy : Search MSDN using Live Messenger
• ActiveX Programming using Visual Studio 2005 - Part 1
• TechMela : Day 3
• TechMela : Day 2
• TechMela : Day 1
• Windows : End of 32-bit computing
• Writing Plug-in for Windows Live Writer
• All about .NET
• Reverse Proxy for IIS
• Fast Facts About Microsoft
• Kid's corner at MSDN
• DinnerNow : Showcase of .Net Technologies
• SSPI in .NET 2.0
• IISRESET : RPC Server not available

• Tutorial : Developing a state machine workflow
• Windows Workflow Services Overview
• How to create Rule based condition for sequential workflow
• Developing Code Condition workflow using IfElse activity
• Defining Conditions based WorkFlow
• How to develop a simple sequential workflow
• Components required to develop WorkFlow (WF) enabled applications
• Windows WorkFlow Foundation (WF) : An Overview

• Contribute to Enterprise Library
• Enterprise Library : Tutorials for beginners
• Enterprise Library 3.1 Released
• Tutorial : Policy Injection Application Block - Enterprise Library
• Enterprise Library : Policy Injection Application Block - An Overview
• Caching App Block : Usage notes on Backing store
• Enterprise Library 3.0 : Released
• Tutorial - Using Validation Application Block
• Tutorial : Enterprise Library - Using Exception Handling Application Block
• Tutorial : Enterprise Library - Using Caching Application Block
• Tutorial : Enterprise Library - Using Logging Application Block
• Enterprise Library 3.0 Feb 2007 CTP released
• Enterprise Library : Validation Application Block
• Enterprise Library 3.0 CTP released
• Enterprise Library 3.0 Jan 2007 CTP released
• Enterprise Library : An Introduction
• Enterprise Library : Using Logging Application Block

• Tool : WCF IIS Registration Tool (ServiceModelReg.exe)
• Tool : WCF Configuration Editor ( SvcConfigEditor.exe)
• Tool : ServiceModel Metadata Utility Tool (Svcutil.exe)
• ActiveX Control Pad
• ActiveX Control Test Container
• Sandcastle June 2007 CTP released
• NDepend : A must in your toolbox
• Circular Dependency Checker
• VSProfiler : Analyze performance of Managed code
• FxCop : Managed Code Analysis
• MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe)
• Strong Name Tool (Sn.exe)
• XML Schema Definition Tool (Xsd.exe)
• XML Notepad
• ILMerge : Assembly Merging Utility

SQL SERVER

• 'Katmai' : The next SQL Server