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MVP Cowboys at the MVP Summit

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

Our team bought cowboy hats for all of our MVPs in TX, OK, LA and AR (what we call South Central District). These are a few of the first folks to get their hats yesterday afternoon at the MVP Summit kickoff meeting/mixer/meal. The bandanas say �MVP Summit 2010 South Central District�. Rest assured, a good [...]

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Windows 7 RC To Expire Next Month

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

It�s time to upgrade from the Windows 7 Release Candidate. While most people who tested Windows 7 have now moved to the final version, some are still running the Release Candidate. If you haven�t moved yet, it�s time to replace the RC. Starting on March 1, 2010 your PC will begin shutting down every two [...]

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Visual Studio 2010 RC is now released!

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

The RC has JUST been released � so get out there and get it!!! http://bit.ly/1MuRz1

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GiveCamp.org Feeds Fixed

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

I recently released a new blogging platform for GiveCamp.org, but forgot to update the RSS feed back to Feedburner.  That means that any of you that have been subscribed to the feed there haven�t gotten any updates since it went live a couple weeks ago.  Sorry about that, but the problem is now fixed. If [...]

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Local Hero: Zeeshan Hirani

Posted on October 9, 2009 by

One of our own local smart guys, Zeeshan Hirani, along with his partner Larry Tenny, have completed work on their  book "Entity Framework Recipes�.  This book features learning EF 4.0 through real-world samples that go beyond just basic operations  the Northwind  – (from the Amazon site) �Armed with this experience, you will be ready to [...]

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CodeFx

Posted on September 18, 2009 by

Looking for some fully detailed examples of how to get the most out of Microsoft development technologies?  the guys over at CodeFx have exactly the solution you�re looking for!  CodeFx is written by Microsoft Support Engineers based on the most common scenario-based questions they get asked about developing with Microsoft technology.  From the CodeFx web [...]

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New Blog Site

Posted on September 2, 2009 by

I�ve decided to move my blog site off of MSDN, where it�s been since I started at Microsoft, over to a self-hosted version of WordPress.  This will give me a chance to play a bit with running PHP on Windows, as well as give me some additional flexibility around site customization.  I don�t have a [...]

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