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Featured Content

UML Support and Much More in Upcoming Visual Studio 2010
The week of September 29th is Visual Studio Team System 2010 week. We'll have 20 videos going live this week featuring interviews with the Visual Studio Team System product team including several screencast demonstrations of the latest bits.
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Overview
ARCast.TV - Peter Provost on what’s coming for Architects in Visual Studio Team System
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in Visual Studio 2008 (Web Seminar Series)

Developing Parallel Programs
Parallel programming is becoming the mainstream paradigm in day-to-day information processing. Its aim is to build the fastest programs on parallel computers. The methodologies for developing a parallel program can be put into integrated frameworks.

To Oslo via Dublin and .NET 4.0
Enhancements to the Windows Application Server will simplify the deployment, configuration, management, and scalability of composite applications, while allowing developers to use their existing skills with Visual Studio, the .NET Framework and IIS.
Overview of WF 4.0, WCF 4.0, and Windows Server "Dublin"
Oslo (Codename): Making a New Class of Model-Driven Applications Mainstream

"Tools for Agility" - A panel discussion at p&p Summit
Submit your question or add your vote to someone else's question that you also want answered.
Tools for Agility - A White paper by Kent Beck, Three Rivers Institute

Take a Look at the Latest MS Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Programs!
As part of the company’s commitment to create a more trusted computing experience, Microsoft plans to deliver three new SDL programs and tools in November 2008 – the SDL Pro Network, the SDL Optimization Model and the Microsoft SDL Threat Modeling Tool – that will enable the industry to create more secure and privacy-enhanced technology for an online world.
SDL Process Guidance
Steve Lipner's Presspass (Sep 16, 2008) on SDL
Upcoming MS SDL Threat Modeling Tool 3.0: Read the fact sheet

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Architecture Team Blogs

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Jack Greenfield
Jack is a senior director on the Platform Architecture Team, where he heads a team developing architectural guidance for the Microsoft Software plus Services (S+S) strategy.

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Architecture Community Blogs

Featured Community Architect

Miguel Castro
Miguel is a Solutions Architect, author, speaker, and trainer with over 22 years of IT experience, and a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP).

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Architecture Forums

ASP.Net Web Service| Session | Access to Session pool
Hi Hi we are writing an ASP.Net web service.   which of the structure String Execute(String inputXML)   We need to develope an application in whi... more
gverma
Friday, October 10, 2008 2:15:14 AM
Bulk insert 8000+ records open xml .net
  How do i do a bulk insert for 8000+ records using open xml in .net  and sql server 2000 . Should break the loop of the data table after some 500 r... more
Anand@CTS
Friday, October 10, 2008 1:26:04 AM
Retrieve password history
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Agalo
Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:47:32 AM
Disconnected Users Architecture Question
In our n-tier application (using .NET, WCF, with a WPF “rich client”), the business logic sits on the server and works great. (We are not using the... more
moflaherty
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:29:44 PM
really good 3-Tier architecture questions
  Ok I'm a bit confused so I'm gonna write what I "know" about this   There's a 3-Tier development process ( Inside Code) There's a 3-Tie... more
Freddy2
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:36:05 PM

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[infoQ] Building Smart Windows Applications
In this demo driven presentation, Daniel Moth explores the many opportunities for creating a rich application that runs client-side capitalizes on server-side investments, leveraging new features of .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 to create rich Wind... more
[infoQ] Martin Fowler: Can SOA Be Done With an Agile Approach?
In a recent article, Martin Fowler is trying to explore the applicability of evolutionary design - a practice commonly used in Extreme Programming (XP) - to SOA implementations.
[Visual Studio Mag] Faster Applications with Caching
The ASP.NET Cache object could be the secret to speeding up your application if you just started using it more.
[Visual Studio Mag] Two Reasons You're Not Using the Cache and How To Deal With Them
Developers worry that when they use the Cache, they'll be working with stale data -- or may lose their data altogether. And to that, I say: Stop worrying. Be happy. Use the Cache.
[Visual Studio Mag] Understanding Memory Management to Build High-Performing Applications
Sometimes, poorly performing code can seem like a riddle with no answer.

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