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Read This Month's MSDN Magazine: Focus on Concurrency

Asynchronous tasks and agents, parallel threads in CLR 4, plus ASP.NET migration to v4, SharePoint web parts with Silverlight, and much more.

Download the Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 1 today!

Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch gives you a simpler and faster way to create professional-quality business applications for the desktop, the web, and the cloud.

Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 4 download available!

Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 4 is now available – with improved performance and enhanced standards support! Download it today and start getting your sites ready for the next generation web!

Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta Now Available

Start building great games and applications for Windows Phone 7.

Join us at DevConnections in Vegas in November!

Scott Guthrie will deliver the keynote, and you will get access to great sessions in the Visual Studio, ASP.NET/Silverlight, Sharepoint, and SQL tracks!

Steve Ballmer to Keynote PDC10

Steve Ballmer will keynote at PDC10 in Redmond this October. This is the first time in history the PDC will be held at the Redmond campus. Space is limited. Register today!

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