.NET Framework


Inform Users With Customized Visual Feedback

Add and customize visual cues on your AJAX-enabled Web pages with the UpdateProgress control and PageRequestManager class.

Implement UpdatePanel Properties

Control how partial-page updates are performed by defining the UpdatePanel control's ChildrenAsTriggers and UpdateMode properties.

Microsoft Partnering With GigaSpaces

Microsoft Corp. has partnered with Israel-based GigaSpaces Technologies Ltd. to bundle the vendor's extreme transaction processing middleware with a Microsoft front-end and enterprise grid. The agreement is on the heels of GigaSpaces' announcement of version 6.0 of its flagship data grid and caching platform, expected in September.

The Right Staff

Utilize often-overlooked recruiting practices.

Certification Czar

Master of exams Lutz Ziob, General Manager, Microsoft Learning, talks about Redmond's new certs.

OutSystems App-Dev Platform Enters U.S. Market

OutSystems Inc. offers platform for developing Web service-based apps.

OCS 2007 Set to Ease Telephony-App Integration

Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 ties Office suite to corporate phone systems.

Ties that Bind

Tech-Ed 2007: Microsoft calls for agile, business-focused IT through tighter links between development and operations.

Windows Workflow Foundation

Should you code your business logic or use a workflow model?

.NET Gets Dynamic

Dynamic Language Runtine (DLR) to be part of the next versions of Silverlight and AJAX.

Visual Studio Tool Takes SAP to Office

ERP-Link Corp.'s iNet platform brings SAP to .NET.

Open Sourcing Online ID Management

Redmond teams up with open source community to create an interoperable architecture for identity protection.

Partial-Page Updates With the UpdatePanel

Add partial-page update capabilities to your ASP.NET Web pages.

Microsoft Releases Development Tools Connector

A new tunnel has been released which links two disparate Microsoft development tools, creating a more seamless development environment.

Oracle Expands .NET Offerings

Oracle is giving its .NET tools an upgrade and adding a new one to the portfolio.

Muglia Maps Microsoft's 'Journey Towards Dynamic IT'

Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Microsoft Server and Tools division, talks .NET, Windows Server 2008, SQL and more

Microsoft Plans Visual Studio Shell

Microsoft is readying a beta of a new SKU of Visual Studio 2008, intended for those who want to embed it into their own tools.

Virtual Vista Versions Revealed

Microsoft will offer free trials of Windows Vista and Visual Studio 2005.

The Best .NET Products of 2007

VSM reveals the best of 2007 with its updated product guide and the announcement of this year's annual Readers Choice Award winners.

Intersoft, Nevron Ship Major Bundle of .NET Tools

QuarX for .NET from Intersoft Solutions Corp. and Nevron provides comprehensive toolset for Web and WinForms components.

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