http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/Visual Studio Magazine Online: Enterprise Solutions for .NET Development. Features from VSMen-us(c) 1996-2008 1105 Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Features780http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2491&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2491&rss=1#0Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft readies its new "cloud database" by hosting beta versions of REST and SOAP protocols for performing CRUD operations on clustered, customized SQL Server 2008 instances. These instances are organized as massively scalable, super-reliable, highly available Web services.http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2514&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2514&rss=1#1Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTAs the mantle of leadership at Microsoft shifts, what is Gates' legacy as a developer? http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2513&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2513&rss=1#2Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTImprove application performance by creating a utility that tells you which processes are being blocked.http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2490&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2490&rss=1#3Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTTake advantage of the tools built into VS.NET 2008 to automate testing your application logic. Also, learn how to design your applications so you can take advantage of unit testing and test-driven development methodologies.http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2489&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2489&rss=1#4Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTWhy has Microsoft clammed up about dev projects in the Windows and Windows Live groups, and what does it mean for developers?http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2478&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2478&rss=1#5Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTADO.NET Data Services (formerly code-named "Project Astoria") delivers data from relational tables and Windows Live services to Web mashups and Visual Studio 2008 projects, including ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight 2.0 rich Internet applications, as Representational State Transfer (REST) resources over HTTP in response to URI-based requests or LINQ to REST queries.http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2469&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2469&rss=1#6Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft's end-to-end trust initiative is long on vision, but short on developer details.http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2470&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2470&rss=1#7Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTIn the era of Software+Services, Microsoft takes a different approach to software licensing than Web hosting companies and managed service providers. Microsoft's Michael van Dijken explains in the Q&A.http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2463&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2463&rss=1#8Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTRedmond is making bold promises about interoperability and standards, but is the company serious about changing the way it does business?http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2448&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2448&rss=1#9Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTUtilize table-valued parameters to write less code and to achieve higher application performance.http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2438&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2438&rss=1#10Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTDevelopers explore opportunities on Redmond's new platform.http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2437&rss=1http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2437&rss=1#11Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT