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Getting started with .NET RIA Services
In this article learn what .NET RIA Services are and see how they make building Silverlight line-of-business applications easier.
Tuesday, Jun 30 by Maurice de Beijer

I'm A VB!
View interviews with today's VB.Net developers. Submit your own, too!
Friday, Jun 26 by Microsoft

TechEd: Future Directions for Visual Basic
Technical Fellow Anders Hejlsberg and Program Manager Jonathan Aneja discuss the future direction of the Visual Basic language both in the near and lo... more
Monday, Jun 22 by Microsoft

Create an Application-Level Add-In to Automate Common Office Tasks
Learn how you can use Visual Basic to build application-level add-ins that automate common Microsoft Office tasks.
Monday, Jun 22 by Robert Green

Featured Library Content

Important updates and highlights of Visual Basic content in the MSDN Library.

If Operator
Use short-circuit evaluation to conditionally retu... more
Friday, Jul 10 by Microsoft

How to: Search for Objects, Definitions, and References (Visual Studio 2010)
Learn how to use different search and code navigat... more
Saturday, Jun 27 by Microsoft

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Visual Basic Team Blogs
	Featured Team Member: Lisa Feigenbaum History of Microsoft Video: Bill Gates Talks about Altair Basic (Lisa Feigenbaum) Wednesday, Jun 24

Latest Blog Posts

Dynamic Searching using LINQ - Dataset + Joins
Friday, Jul 10 by VBTeam
Visual Basic 10, C# 4 & Visual Studio 2010 Talk @ EastBay.NET
Friday, Jul 10 by Beth Massi
Implementing Validation in WPF on Entity Framework Entities
Tuesday, Jul 7 by Beth Massi
Look Who’s Blogging!
Thursday, Jul 2 by Beth Massi
New “How Do I” Video Series Released
Wednesday, Jul 1 by Beth Massi
Community Article: Getting Started with .NET RIA Services
Tuesday, Jun 30 by Beth Massi
Are you a “VB”?
Friday, Jun 26 by Beth Massi
I'm A VB!
Friday, Jun 26 by VBTeam

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Visual Basic MVP Articles
	Featured MVP: Maurice de Beijer Read Maurice’s latest article "Getting started with the .NET RIA Services."
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Latest MVP Blog Posts

What does Windows Workflow Foundation 4 mean for existing workflow developers?
Friday, Jul 3 by Maurice
Getting started with the .NET RIA Services
Tuesday, Jun 30 by Maurice
Passing data into a Windows Workflow Foundation 4 workflow
Tuesday, Jun 30 by Maurice
The new Windows Workflow Foundation 4 runtime
Tuesday, Jun 23 by Maurice
Getting started with Windows Workflow Foundation 4
Monday, Jun 22 by Maurice

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	MSDN Magazine Read in-depth articles on Visual Basic.