Perhaps you attended MIX06, or, maybe you didn’t make it . You can now view all 52 sessions—including Bill’s keynote—online. And, just like hitting the jackpot in Vegas, we’re hosting all of this for anyone to access for free. Make sure you tell your friends.

We’ve upgraded our post-conference experience, and because you asked, we made it easy to download each session for offline viewing. You can also grab the PowerPoint presentations to show to your staff or local user group. And although you can show the slide decks around the family dinner table, we don’t recommend it.

So, when you’re ready, clear your calendar and dive in.

The SQL Express / Visual Studio Starter Kit, developed for Microsoft is now available for download !

The Teacher Starter Kit is a desktop Winforms application that uses SQL Express as its data store.  It is not designed as an enterprise application - it is targeted to less experienced developers and/or developers developing simpler applications.   However, what it does do, it does really well.  It shows off various different techniques and technologies, including the new DataSet and TableAdapter designer, the new data binding controls, the new ReportViewer control, and extending the functionality of the TableAdapter (implementing transactions) via partial classes.

Download it from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/starterkit/default.aspx#teacher (available in both VB and C#)

Check it out, then tell your friends and colleagues about it. 

http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/ is a great blog to keep an eye on.

Also, please read the express announcements on this site. Great resource kits have been announced.

XNA – Information

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80af86b1-9dc6-4894-87b4-47de83396a0e&DisplayLang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6b0c78de-495f-4440-990d-ebd7b727a7b7&DisplayLang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a6a3907-dfd8-4a8a-b186-ccb197e9395c&DisplayLang=en

XNA - Runtime

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=868fe562-5ded-4bb1-8648-708d3481bda3&DisplayLang=en

XNA Sample game

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d790cde-c3e5-46be-b3a5-729581269a9c&DisplayLang=en  

Starting today, our you can download the brand new ROTOR (or Microsoft Shared Source CLI as its scientific name goes) bits from http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/sscli and enjoy all the new cool stuff that we added in Whidbey in their research projects and their academic studies.

ROTOR contains most of the CLR and base class libraries found in our commerical product.  It is released under the shared source program.  There are several new things in this release:

• Generics implementation
• Lightweight Code Generation (LCG)
• Stub-based dispatch support
• New reflection and reflection emit
• New C# features like Anonymous Methods, Anonymous Delegates and Generics

http://msdn.microsoft.com/live/

The Windows Live Platform puts a deeper level of control into developers' hands by offering access to the core services and data through open, easily accessible APIs. Start building applications and mashups today with Windows Live

Pac-Man for the Smartphone on Coding4Fun

http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/pacman/default.aspx

This month, we mail distribution the last issue of the .NET Magazine (paper copy).
If you want to continue receiving the magazine, pleas enroll at http://www.msdn.be/connection.

Upcoming Live MSDN BeLux Webcast: Powerful Website Skinning with CSS and ASP.NET 2.0
Watch this local webcast hosted by Peter Himschoot going on March 30. Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 provides functionality to enable a variety of customized appearances for your Web sites. You can combine the ASP.NET 2.0 functionalities with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - that give you more control over the appearance and presentation of your Web pages. This webcast is dedicated to the subject of creating compelling, standards-compliant Web pages with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and ASP.NET 2.0
NL: http://www.microsoft.com/belux/nl/msdn/events/2006/aspnet_skinning.mspx:
FR http://www.microsoft.com/belux/fr/msdn/events/2006/aspnet_skinning.mspx

Download the Free C# Code Snippet Libraries for Visual Studio 2005

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/codesnippets/default.aspx

For February, Vista will also be releasing a CTP which is sync’d with WinFX Runtime Components. The build of Vista (5308.17) will be available only to MSDN Subscribers, while WinFX RC, the SDK, and tools will be available to everyone via the MSDN Download Center.

WinFX Runtime Components: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F51C4D96-9AEA-474F-86D3-172BFA3B828B&displaylang=en

Windows SDK: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9BE1FC7F-0542-47F1-88DD-61E3EF88C402&displaylang=en

Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Community Technology Preview - Development Tools for WinFX® (aka Fidalgo): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD0CE56E-D7B6-44BC-910D-E91F3E370477&displaylang=en

VS Extensions for WorkFlow: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A2151993-991D-4F58-A707-5883FF4C1DC2&displaylang=en

WinFX RC February CTP "Readme": http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/support/relnotes/winfxfebctp/default.aspx

http://security.decypherentertainment.com/

Cool website on security