M$ has launched the M$ Architecture Resource Center...

M$ has launched the Microsoft Architecture Resource Center. Also, its launched the M$ Solution Architecture Center in MSDN. It has 3 main sections.

: For Upcomming Technologies

: For Detailed Information

: For Today's Probles

MSDN Search Beta...

Want to search anything on the VS.NET 2005 beta alone. Try it here with MSDN Search Beta.

Windows OneCare !

Hey, M$ is going to release a product called Windows OneCare for managing our PC and keeping it healthy. Its going to come as OneCare Beta within very short span of time.



You can get notified by mentioning 'OneCare' as the GuestID in the OneCare Beta Registration site.

Indigo and Avalon Beta 1 RC released. Direct URL for the ISO Images is also available !

The long awaited Indigo and Avalon Beta 1 RC Available here for download.

Microsoft has made the Release Candidate of Avalon and Indigo Beta 1 available to the public. This version works with .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2.0 Beta 2 and only includes the assemblies. Those looking to upgrade a prior version should execute the following command to remove the March CTP version before attempting to install the Beta 1 RC.

msiexec /x {C350D87C-7B67-43E2-B717-E9ADABE2F631}

The Beta 1 RC download will execute an install program that downloads the files from the Internet and installs the assemblies into the GAC. MSDN has been propagating the files to their servers and so the files have been intermittently available, but you should be able to download them here.

I’ve tried downloading the Indigo & Avalon Release Candidate. But, since the M$ has created a download program which does not understand Proxy (It’s pathetic), I’ve searched for direct URL for the same and got it in Jean-Luc David's Weblog. The direct URL is given below also:

WinFX Beta1 RC

WinFX Beta 1 RC SDK

Architecture Webcast announced !

M$ has announced a new Architecture Webcast. You can register to it here.

Developing E-Business Solutions Using Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2004 !

Want to take up BizTalk exams. Scott Woodgate blogged about the Exam 74-135: Developing E-Business Solutions Using Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2004. I was actually wondering whether there exists exams for BizTalk. But its there.

Indigo Online !

Yes, That Indigo Book is an initiative to publish the content of the book which will be published online while writing the book itself.

How to use .NET with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) ?

Use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to improve your organization's efficiency in tracking goods and assets, and increase the clients levels of product and asset visibility.



Have a look at this article to implement .NET with RFID.

Configuring a Regular Expression / Multiple File Extensions in Receive Location

When we were trying to configure multiple file extensions using a single receive location, I've seen this Martijn blog entry for Configuring a Regular Expression / Multiple File Extensions in Receive Location.

WS-Security Interoperability Using WSE 2.0 and Sun JWSDP 1.5

This article shows Interoperability based on OASIS WS-Security 1.0 between Microsoft WSE 2.0 and Sun JWSDP 1.5. The walkthroughs in this article will take you through all you need to know to configure the two environments for securely signing and encrypting SOAP requests and responses using X509 certificates.

Microsoft Certified Architect Program (MCAP)

Microsoft Previews Board-Level Certification at TechMentor
Microsoft plans to introduce a board-level certification, called the Microsoft Certified Architect Program, designed to "identify architectural expertise," says the company. See here for more information.



At 101communications' TechMentor conference in Orlando, Al Valvano, Lead Product Manager with Microsoft Learning, unveiled the Microsoft Certified Architect Program, a board-level certification on a scale the company has never attempted before.

Mono on Linux and Mac OS X

Mono, the open source version of .NET platform initiated by Novel now supports Mac OS X also apart from Windows, Linux and BSD.

Visual Studio .NET 2005 on Unix / Linux !

Hey, Microsoft is going to release Visual Studio .NET 2005 in Unix /Linux

BizTalk's Loose-Coupling: Message Views

I've not yet read this BizTalk's Loose-Coupling: Message Views article in TheServerSide.net. When you find time, just have a look at it.

New Longhorn Screen Shots

Just have a look at the new screen shots of Longhorn from the alpha of Longhorn, Build 5048, at this year's WinHEC (the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference). A sneek preview.

Microsoft dubbed PDF format - 'Metro'

"Microsoft wanted a way to save files from within any Windows program that could then be opened, viewed and shared without needing the specific program that created it" - It's 'Metro', a new document format comming in Longhorn. It's similar to Adobe's PDF format. No matter who creates the 'Metro' document. Want to try / see how to create Metro documents. Here is the simple Metro code in WinFX SDK document. ZNet Article has more details on this.