<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290</id><updated>2012-01-07T14:37:01.398-08:00</updated><title type='text'>.NET Passion | GUIPundits - A Vision Beyond Horizon</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>121</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-1980869789775217153</id><published>2011-12-08T22:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T22:52:33.142-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Succedding at Technical Interview</title><summary type='text'>I got this audio on how to succeed Technical Interview.






</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/1980869789775217153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/12/succedding-at-technical-interview.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1980869789775217153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1980869789775217153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/12/succedding-at-technical-interview.html' title='Succedding at Technical Interview'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5666075079042578233</id><published>2011-10-13T13:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T13:33:36.087-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Father of C and co-developer of Unix died</title><summary type='text'>http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/dennis-ritchie/

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5666075079042578233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/10/father-of-c-and-co-developer-of-unix.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5666075079042578233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5666075079042578233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/10/father-of-c-and-co-developer-of-unix.html' title='Father of C and co-developer of Unix died'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IeGWhSSHmpg/TpdLAPSAMZI/AAAAAAAAANg/25-JWBQfTPE/s72-c/DenisRitchie.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-1935509615327126236</id><published>2011-10-06T11:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T11:11:17.582-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tribute to Steve Jobs by Bill Gates</title><summary type='text'>Steve Jobs was a visionary peson, here is the link of apple website http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/ and also what Bill Gates said about Steve http://www.facebook.com/BillGates/posts/10150313564426961</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/1935509615327126236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/10/tribute-to-steve-jobs-by-bill-gates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1935509615327126236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1935509615327126236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/10/tribute-to-steve-jobs-by-bill-gates.html' title='Tribute to Steve Jobs by Bill Gates'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8582991235053174092</id><published>2011-07-10T00:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T13:35:46.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Visual Studio and .NET's Unit Test Framework</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft Visual Studio and .NET has its own UnitTest framework which is separate from the NUnit or other Automation Testing Frameworks.

First of all, let's understand What is a Framework? Framework is an Architectural term and it means "Collection of Components". 

Code Example of Test Automation using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Business Logic which we want to test using Automation
I have a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8582991235053174092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/07/visual-studio-and-nets-unit-test.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8582991235053174092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8582991235053174092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/07/visual-studio-and-nets-unit-test.html' title='Visual Studio and .NET&apos;s Unit Test Framework'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qvFQaeQ40Xg/ThzRiHwkDAI/AAAAAAAAANE/RAtTOFFu9EM/s72-c/NewTestProject.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5180465804246453094</id><published>2011-02-10T10:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-10T10:51:45.852-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Understanding Access Modifiers/Specifiers in C#</title><summary type='text'>Access modifiers are keywords (private, public, internal, protected and protected internal) which are used to specify the accessibility of a type and its members.

public class AccessModifier
{
    // Available only to the container Class
    private string privateVariable;

    // Available in entire assembly across the classes
    internal string internalVariable;

    // Available in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5180465804246453094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/02/understanding-access-modifiersspecifier.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5180465804246453094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5180465804246453094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/02/understanding-access-modifiersspecifier.html' title='Understanding Access Modifiers/Specifiers in C#'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kGmydwHpPE0/TVQtVu8gYlI/AAAAAAAAAMw/tnH-AeXYAPI/s72-c/DemonstratingProtectedMembersinDerivedClass.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5508857562983023099</id><published>2011-01-11T10:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-11T10:29:27.516-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Windows Azure platform 30 day pass</title><summary type='text'>














 

Click on the URL http://www.windowsazurepass.com/?campid=9FE3DB53-E4F0-DF11-B2EA-001F29C6FB82 and use promo code MPR001. No credit card required. With the Windows Azure platform you pay only for what you use, scale up when you need capacity, and pull back when you don't. Plus, get no-cost technical support with Microsoft Platform Ready. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5508857562983023099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/01/windows-azure-platform-30-day-pass.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5508857562983023099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5508857562983023099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2011/01/windows-azure-platform-30-day-pass.html' title='Windows Azure platform 30 day pass'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/TSygc13fyyI/AAAAAAAAAMk/YvoAa5-w3Dc/s72-c/Azure30DaysPass.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-9141002079383698533</id><published>2010-09-09T17:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T17:31:00.401-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Existence of Third-Party ADO.NET Data Providers</title><summary type='text'>Besides Microsoft SQL Server there are various other databases which exist in industry and are widely used among the various corporate clients. While you will most likely be able to obtain an ADO.NET data provider directly from the database but you can always go and get the ADO.NET data provider for the database of your choice from www.sqlsummit.com/DataProv.htm

The ADO.NET providers exist for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/9141002079383698533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/09/existence-of-third-party-adonet-data.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/9141002079383698533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/9141002079383698533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/09/existence-of-third-party-adonet-data.html' title='Existence of Third-Party ADO.NET Data Providers'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-7663697931352880855</id><published>2010-09-08T15:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T17:31:37.603-07:00</updated><title type='text'>System.Data.OracleClient.dll with .NET Framework 4.0</title><summary type='text'>If you recall starting .NET 1.1 until .NET 3.5 all the .NET platform shipped with an assembly named System.Data.OracleClient.dll, which was one of the recommended data provider to connect .NET appplication with Oracle databas.seas the name suggests, offered a data provider to communicate with Oracle databases. 

With the release of 4.0, Microsoft made this assembly obsolete and will eventually be</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/7663697931352880855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/09/systemdataoracleclientdll-with-net.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7663697931352880855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7663697931352880855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/09/systemdataoracleclientdll-with-net.html' title='System.Data.OracleClient.dll with .NET Framework 4.0'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/TIlhmKDVuYI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/d-7cD0ZpUkg/s72-c/Oracle+Data+Provide+for+.NET4.0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8456956908579375763</id><published>2010-09-07T14:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T15:31:06.323-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What are the contents of Service1.asmx</title><summary type='text'>In any version of Visual Studio, when you create a WebService, it comes with a default Service1.asmx file. When you double-click on this file it opens Service1.asmx.cs file for you, why? and what is the content in this file then? and how do you view it?

In order to view what is inside Service1.asmx, select the file in Solution-Explorer, right-click, and choose "Open With..."

From the shown </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8456956908579375763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-are-contents-of-service1asmx.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8456956908579375763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8456956908579375763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-are-contents-of-service1asmx.html' title='What are the contents of Service1.asmx'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/TIlf_NfnAkI/AAAAAAAAAMI/YtOFMPeEAVc/s72-c/Content+of+Service1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-6455430718220008413</id><published>2010-09-06T21:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T14:09:56.545-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where is Web Service Project Template in VS 2010</title><summary type='text'>If you are looking for Web Service project template in Visual Studio 2010 under .NET Framework 4.0 as shown in the image below, you will not find it.


In order to create a WebService using Visual Studio 2010 you need to switch back to .NET Framework 3.5, as shown in the image below, and you will be able to crate a WebServeice project.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/6455430718220008413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/09/where-is-web-service-project-template.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6455430718220008413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6455430718220008413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/09/where-is-web-service-project-template.html' title='Where is Web Service Project Template in VS 2010'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/TIaWsB-yZZI/AAAAAAAAAL4/fj-jkq-Osk8/s72-c/VS2010+.NET+4.0+Web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8708173616462343604</id><published>2010-05-22T16:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T17:10:50.569-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Azure App - Jumpman Mosaic</title><summary type='text'>Air Jordan is a brand divison of Nike Inc thought of an innovative idea to celebrate their 25th anniversary.

They wanted an innovative web-app which will allow Jordan fans to upload their photos with their favourite Air Jordan shoes which shows thier style/personality type etc. They named this web-app a Social mosaic.

This application is built on Windows Azure using Silverlight with deep-zoon </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8708173616462343604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/05/great-azure-app-jumpman-mosaic.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8708173616462343604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8708173616462343604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/05/great-azure-app-jumpman-mosaic.html' title='Great Azure App - Jumpman Mosaic'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/S_hqzPExY2I/AAAAAAAAALQ/9tIgMSoqep8/s72-c/JumpManMosaic-Home.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2016844959535579242</id><published>2010-05-22T15:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T13:29:13.162-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where your data lives on Azure</title><summary type='text'>Data on Azure lives in PODs (Performance Optimized Data-center) and these PODs are securely placed in various Microsoft Data centers.

Microsoft have multiple data-centers located in USA (Chicago &amp; San Antonio), Europe (Dublin &amp; Amsterdam) and in Asia (Singapore &amp; Hongkong)

These Data-centers are huge in size anywhere from 300,000 sq ft to 470,000 sqft or more.





</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2016844959535579242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/05/where-your-data-lives-on-azure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2016844959535579242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2016844959535579242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/05/where-your-data-lives-on-azure.html' title='Where your data lives on Azure'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/S_g_76GTxKI/AAAAAAAAAKg/q5jnlLbqzh0/s72-c/hp-pod.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-7160981260582312386</id><published>2010-05-22T13:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T12:11:22.710-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Features of Windows Azure</title><summary type='text'>Some of the features which makes life so easy when any organization/ISV create applications for Azure

1- Pay as you go model, so you pay what you or your customer uses.
2- Commissioning and de-commissioning of servers are easy and cost-effective
3- Server management is taken care by Microsoft.
4- Database management is taken care by Microsoft
5- You can scale the application as per the demand.
6</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/7160981260582312386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/05/features-of-windows-azure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7160981260582312386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7160981260582312386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/05/features-of-windows-azure.html' title='Features of Windows Azure'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-6540288316800527105</id><published>2010-04-30T12:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T23:05:18.095-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Books - Technical Review</title><summary type='text'>These are the books I did Technical Review for apress Inc.
 

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/6540288316800527105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/books-technical-review.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6540288316800527105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6540288316800527105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/books-technical-review.html' title='Books - Technical Review'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-20TmI25gKPw/TuGyASmSiEI/AAAAAAAAAPA/4eZgrpyTvtU/s72-c/TR_Books.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-6079706187202266586</id><published>2010-04-28T15:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T15:21:12.894-07:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 Goes International</title><summary type='text'>
Read Somasegar's blog post about this</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/6079706187202266586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/vs-2010-goes-international.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6079706187202266586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6079706187202266586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/vs-2010-goes-international.html' title='VS 2010 Goes International'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/S9i0w-4-rgI/AAAAAAAAAKY/WpB12stEFpI/s72-c/VSInJapan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5244858294558399486</id><published>2010-04-25T22:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T22:36:07.934-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Windows Azure</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5244858294558399486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-windows-azure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5244858294558399486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5244858294558399486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-windows-azure.html' title='Why Windows Azure'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/S9UkdLr_dEI/AAAAAAAAAKI/OR41pcf2b9Y/s72-c/Why+Windows+Azure.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-1776094880547891074</id><published>2010-04-20T15:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T22:28:40.482-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Checking the Health Status of Windows Azure services</title><summary type='text'>Once you have deployed your application and its in production environment.

If you want to check the health of Azure services which are running in any of the geographical location which you have choosen as afinity while creating the service project.

Microosft offers the health status of each and every Azure service running in all the data centers.

It shows health for current day to last 6 more </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/1776094880547891074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/status-checking-of-windows-azure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1776094880547891074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1776094880547891074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/status-checking-of-windows-azure.html' title='Checking the Health Status of Windows Azure services'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-6783960590343204173</id><published>2010-04-19T17:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T17:06:54.236-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Connecting with SQL Azure through SSMS</title><summary type='text'>In order to connect with SQL Azure Db, you need special version of SQL Server Management Studio.

Ability to connect with SQL Azure is buid in "SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP".

You can download this from SQL Server® 2008 R2 November Community Technology Preview - Express </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/6783960590343204173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/connecting-with-sql-azure-from-ssms.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6783960590343204173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6783960590343204173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/connecting-with-sql-azure-from-ssms.html' title='Connecting with SQL Azure through SSMS'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8036429157505153568</id><published>2010-04-19T16:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T16:40:28.010-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TownHall - an Engagement program hosted on Windows Azure</title><summary type='text'>Windows Azure team developed a new Azure based feature, known as TownHall.

This is a software which will aloow to create applications where people seek opinions, message-boards, vote etc. TownHall applications will be based on REST API in the Azure which will enable the delivery of clients on a number of platforms, in order to store the collected data, database used for this will be on SQL Azure</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8036429157505153568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/townhall-engagement-program-hosted-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8036429157505153568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8036429157505153568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/townhall-engagement-program-hosted-on.html' title='TownHall - an Engagement program hosted on Windows Azure'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5220254353818158814</id><published>2010-04-18T22:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T11:35:35.041-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Solution - VS 2010 IDE Crash  Issue with VS 2008 pre-instsalled</title><summary type='text'>I came across a strange behavior of VS 2010 Ultimate and other version's. I had VS 2008 Professional on my laptop and I tried installing VS 2010, it got installed each time but IDE crash was an issue. For instance, if I try to "Add a New Item" to the project IDE will crash and VS 2010 IDE will re-start.

I struggled with this for couple of days, and finally I thought of doing reverse installation</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5220254353818158814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/fix-vs-2010-ide-crash-issue-with-vs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5220254353818158814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5220254353818158814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/fix-vs-2010-ide-crash-issue-with-vs.html' title='Solution - VS 2010 IDE Crash  Issue with VS 2008 pre-instsalled'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-6594437112503845644</id><published>2010-04-12T16:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T16:11:20.897-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Solution - VS 2010 RC Un-install hangs</title><summary type='text'>If you have VS 2010 RC installed and now you try to uninstall it, it begins but hangs after sometime.
You continue to wait but neither it does anything nor it progress to the next step.
Most obvious solution to this problem is to shut down the system, restart and then un-install it again, it will pick from the features/options where it got hung last time.

This time there are bright chances that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/6594437112503845644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/solution-vs-2010-rc-un-install-hangs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6594437112503845644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6594437112503845644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/solution-vs-2010-rc-un-install-hangs.html' title='Solution - VS 2010 RC Un-install hangs'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5758015359240586284</id><published>2010-04-07T22:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T22:31:35.494-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Motivation Behind the term Azure</title><summary type='text'>Windows Azure is Cloud computing technology from Microsoft.

Azure is the term which is also considered as a synonym for "blue color", Azure alsos refers to a bright blue color, resembling the sky like it apperass on a bright and clear day.


</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5758015359240586284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/motivation-behind-term-azure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5758015359240586284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5758015359240586284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/04/motivation-behind-term-azure.html' title='Motivation Behind the term Azure'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/S71nU0Ma4jI/AAAAAAAAAJo/-x42acDHFTM/s72-c/Azure-Blue+Cloud.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2211409822289108953</id><published>2010-03-20T19:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-20T19:39:03.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 Highlighted References</title><summary type='text'>VS 2010 IDE has a new feature where it "highlights" all other instances of a class member.

For example, in the image below I have Deposit function being called multiple times and when I select (by double-click) one instance of it, what this new feature of VS 2010 does is; it highlights (in gray color) all other instances of the selected member in the same file. Like shown in the image below.



</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2211409822289108953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/03/vs-2010-highlighted-references.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2211409822289108953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2211409822289108953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/03/vs-2010-highlighted-references.html' title='VS 2010 Highlighted References'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/S6WAWzLaigI/AAAAAAAAAJg/HgzaKs44Aig/s72-c/VS+2010+Highlight+Reference.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5353619865629165548</id><published>2010-03-08T13:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-08T13:56:24.576-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 Code Editor's Zoom feature</title><summary type='text'>How many times you encountered a situation when you need to change the screen resolution or text size to make you code to appear in larger font. I encountered couple of time and instances especially when disusing something with team and people sitting far can't see the code statements at all, in presentations etc.

The solution has been an easy approach, change resolution or change the font size </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5353619865629165548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/03/vs-2010-code-editors-zoom-feature.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5353619865629165548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5353619865629165548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/03/vs-2010-code-editors-zoom-feature.html' title='VS 2010 Code Editor&apos;s Zoom feature'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/S5VwxJP6CjI/AAAAAAAAAJY/MpMKswqtkSY/s72-c/VS2010+Code+Zoom+Feature.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5509393144210575672</id><published>2010-03-02T11:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T11:42:44.292-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 Transact-SQL Editor's backward compatibility</title><summary type='text'>VS2010 IDE provides a new menu named Data and it has a brand new feature item "Transact-SQL Editor" this feature allows you to perform the db operations without leaving the VS development environment.
* Microsoft's another step forward to make it a real IDE (Integrated Development Environment).


Read more about this feature on previous post: http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/12/vs-2010-</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5509393144210575672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/03/vs-2010-transact-sql-editors-backward.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5509393144210575672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5509393144210575672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/03/vs-2010-transact-sql-editors-backward.html' title='VS 2010 Transact-SQL Editor&apos;s backward compatibility'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-469796065707095129</id><published>2010-03-01T13:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T13:11:19.439-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Upgrade path - VS 2008 to VS2010</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft will be providing an ability to upgrade exiting VS2008 environment into VS2010.

Whereas, it is also possible to have various VS (2005, 2008 and 2010) installtions to be available and run on the same machine.

For VS 2010 Beta users, Microsoft is also providing an upgrade path to be upgraded into VS 2010 final vesrion rather than doing a fresh and clean install.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/469796065707095129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/03/upgrade-path-vs-2008-to-vs2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/469796065707095129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/469796065707095129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/03/upgrade-path-vs-2008-to-vs2010.html' title='Upgrade path - VS 2008 to VS2010'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8114262585695423790</id><published>2010-02-26T12:00:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-26T12:29:08.984-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Default Layout of an ASP .NET Web Application in VS 2010</title><summary type='text'>Visual Studio 2010 provided "ASP .NET Web Form Application" has a new default layout (unlike a blank web page in VS 2008 or earlier versions). 
New default features added to a VS 2010 Web Application1- Site.Master page (MaterPage)2- About.aspx page3- Account folder, this folder by default contains following pages:    3.i-  ChangePassword.aspx
    3.ii- ChangePasswordSuccess.aspx    3.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8114262585695423790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-default-layout-of-asp-net-web.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8114262585695423790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8114262585695423790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-default-layout-of-asp-net-web.html' title='New Default Layout of an ASP .NET Web Application in VS 2010'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/S4ggNt95VcI/AAAAAAAAAHU/m2BQx9aT7H4/s72-c/VS+2010+Default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-7543625546885408145</id><published>2009-12-19T19:57:00.004-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-20T14:49:15.528-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 Multi-Monitor support</title><summary type='text'>World is changing and now most of the people has started working with two monitors, it makes them more productive, as people say.Now if you consider, that you can view Form-Design and Form-code together, would it make you productive? or if you have ever felt sometimes how annoying it is to navigate from one tab to another tab in code editor view to look at code, compare, debug, or even </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/7543625546885408145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/12/vs-2010-multi-monitor-support.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7543625546885408145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7543625546885408145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/12/vs-2010-multi-monitor-support.html' title='VS 2010 Multi-Monitor support'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/Sy2gwAdnMHI/AAAAAAAAAHE/MllopYU0RaQ/s72-c/VS2010+Floatable+Windows.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2616131643820467787</id><published>2009-12-19T19:07:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T19:48:54.369-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 - Start Page Behaviour</title><summary type='text'>If you have noticed whenever you open a project in Visual Studio, it also opens "Start Page" in the project.Whereas this is not what you always wanted, sometimes you want only code files pages shown in your project. Visual Studio 2010 team realized this and brought cutomization to user when you begin with a new project.Click on the image to see larger viewIf you select both the check-boxes (as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2616131643820467787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/12/vs-2010-start-page-behaviour.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2616131643820467787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2616131643820467787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/12/vs-2010-start-page-behaviour.html' title='VS 2010 - Start Page Behaviour'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/Sy2VM2SA5OI/AAAAAAAAAG8/hzuQdhYJSeQ/s72-c/VS2010+StartPage+Behaviour.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-1945939613961848327</id><published>2009-12-08T21:49:00.007-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T15:23:00.397-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 IDE integration with SQL 2008 T-SQL Editor</title><summary type='text'>Visual Studio 2010 has new feature to invoke T-SQL Editor inside its IDE itself.So unlike in VS 2008 and other previous Visual Studio versions where you had to open SQL Server Management Studio to run the T-SQL queries, VS 2010 provides this feature which comes handly when you need to interact with database without leaving your Visusl Studio IDE.You can access it through Data menu by choosing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/1945939613961848327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/12/vs-2010-ide-integration-with-sql-2008-t.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1945939613961848327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1945939613961848327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/12/vs-2010-ide-integration-with-sql-2008-t.html' title='VS 2010 IDE integration with SQL 2008 T-SQL Editor'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/Sx873XWZWgI/AAAAAAAAAG0/OQg6sZwks6U/s72-c/VS2010+SQL+Editor.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5164501197820767124</id><published>2009-11-06T00:02:00.006-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T00:15:04.366-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 code editor’s Tab closing behavior</title><summary type='text'>In any of the Visual Studio IDE, VS 2002 until VS 2008 each .cs or any other file was/is displayed in the form of a separate code-editor tab, and so at some point in time it was very common to have multiple files open in various code-editor tabs.The problem comes when you want to close these tabs and it is and has been a troublesome process as in these versions of VS 2002 – VS 2008 there is a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5164501197820767124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/11/vs-2010-code-editors-tab-closing.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5164501197820767124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5164501197820767124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/11/vs-2010-code-editors-tab-closing.html' title='VS 2010 code editor’s Tab closing behavior'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/SvPYGoZ8xSI/AAAAAAAAAGk/zPHng-_L4TU/s72-c/VS2008Tab.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5321163267997090482</id><published>2009-11-05T22:26:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T22:33:31.101-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 compatibility with VS 2008</title><summary type='text'>Visual Studio 2010 is backward compatible with Visual Studio 2008, and it allows upgrading Visual Studio 2008 solution/projects to VS 2010 with the help of upgrade wizard. Any VS 2010 solution/project or the one which you upgraded from VS 2008 to VS 2010 cannot be re-opened in VS 2008. If you try to do so you will receive an error that you can't open a solution or project which is created with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5321163267997090482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/11/vs-2010-compatibility-with-vs-2008.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5321163267997090482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5321163267997090482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/11/vs-2010-compatibility-with-vs-2008.html' title='VS 2010 compatibility with VS 2008'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-906217114961066192</id><published>2009-11-05T22:14:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T19:30:33.130-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2010 - Splash Screen</title><summary type='text'>This is how splash screen looks in Visual Studio 2010.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/906217114961066192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/11/splash-screen-visual-studio-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/906217114961066192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/906217114961066192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/11/splash-screen-visual-studio-2010.html' title='VS 2010 - Splash Screen'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/SvO-9zyp9zI/AAAAAAAAAGU/aBUOLr21Jro/s72-c/VS2010+Splash.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2853063025673292011</id><published>2009-10-01T15:15:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-01T15:19:55.581-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Codeplex - WPF Application Framework</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft launched WPF Application Framework,its alpha could be downloaded from codeplex site, by following the link below:WPF Application Framework (WAF) This application framework will help you create the applications based on layered architecture and the Model-View-ViewModel (aka MVVM, M-V-VM, PresentationModel) patterns..NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is a prerequisite for this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2853063025673292011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/10/codeplex-wpf-application-framework.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2853063025673292011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2853063025673292011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/10/codeplex-wpf-application-framework.html' title='Codeplex - WPF Application Framework'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5596991712474411455</id><published>2009-06-02T21:55:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T21:59:28.247-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bing - Because Its Not Google</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft has launched its new search engine which will replace live.com.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5596991712474411455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/06/bing-because-its-not-google.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5596991712474411455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5596991712474411455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/06/bing-because-its-not-google.html' title='Bing - Because Its Not Google'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/SiYC_1ENg0I/AAAAAAAAAFc/8mUr5MbPYVY/s72-c/Bing.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-6062167528176307126</id><published>2009-03-02T16:37:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T16:40:54.562-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MCP Exams Scheduled for Discontinuation from 31-Mar-2009</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft is committed to a program of Microsoft Certifications that are relevant, valued, and respected indicators of IT professional and developer technology skills. To fulfill this commitment, the Microsoft Certification team continually monitors current industry trends and evolves accordingly, developing new exams and discontinuing others to ensure that certification requirements keep pace </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/6062167528176307126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/03/mcp-exams-scheduled-for-discontinuation.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6062167528176307126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6062167528176307126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/03/mcp-exams-scheduled-for-discontinuation.html' title='MCP Exams Scheduled for Discontinuation from 31-Mar-2009'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2697822592249406169</id><published>2009-01-01T16:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-14T16:12:39.854-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Microsoft Technology/Career Mentor</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2697822592249406169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-technologycareer-mentor.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2697822592249406169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2697822592249406169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-technologycareer-mentor.html' title='Microsoft Technology/Career Mentor'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3876339628976375910</id><published>2008-11-17T23:44:00.004-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T00:43:35.035-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft has recently launched the development tool support for Windows Cloud Computing - Windows Azure.Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio; extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable services on Windows Azure.Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio includes:*C# and VB Project templates for building Cloud Services*</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3876339628976375910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/11/microsoft-has-recentky-launced.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3876339628976375910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3876339628976375910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/11/microsoft-has-recentky-launced.html' title='Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-6147803696524332539</id><published>2008-11-02T13:33:00.006-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-02T14:10:50.745-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Resolution - Silverlight Initialize Error 2104</title><summary type='text'>If you are working with Sliverlight application (VS2008 and Silverlight on WindowsXP) and getting the error# 2104 as shown in the figure below, then here are some of the trick which will work for you to resolve the issue:Before trying any major changes in IIS(inetmgr), go to the solution explorer and open ClientBin folder, in which you will see a file created having name of your application and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/6147803696524332539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/11/resolution-silverlight-initialize-error.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6147803696524332539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6147803696524332539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/11/resolution-silverlight-initialize-error.html' title='Resolution - Silverlight Initialize Error 2104'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/SQ4dCmPux4I/AAAAAAAAAFE/WW0NJD-Csm0/s72-c/Silverlight+2104+Error.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-7299923543605029857</id><published>2008-10-30T20:46:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T20:55:57.117-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Resolution - Silverlight designer page laoding exception</title><summary type='text'>If you have installed Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008, then you might be facing probelm while designer page is loading and it might be throwing an exception as well.The resolution to this is to un-install the Silverlight Tools Beta-2, and install the newly released 10/20/2008 Add-on for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 for developing Silverlight 2 application.Silverlight Tools for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/7299923543605029857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/resolution-silverlight-designer-page.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7299923543605029857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7299923543605029857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/resolution-silverlight-designer-page.html' title='Resolution - Silverlight designer page laoding exception'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3922273529924028460</id><published>2008-10-28T12:38:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T20:56:49.845-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pre-Release - VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 CTP available</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft published the 1st CTP of VS201 and .NET 4.0 on 26-Oct-2008.As of now its availavle in the form of virtual image only,follow the link below to download. Download Vs2010 and .NET 4.0 CTPBefore you begin with download, lets have look at: System Requirements* Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP* Minimum 75 GB available HDD space* </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3922273529924028460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/pre-release-vs-2010-and-net-40-ctp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3922273529924028460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3922273529924028460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/pre-release-vs-2010-and-net-40-ctp.html' title='Pre-Release - VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 CTP available'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-4642929788874482313</id><published>2008-10-11T11:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-11T11:34:14.087-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta</title><summary type='text'>The Web Platform Installer Beta (Web PI) provides a single, free package for installing and configuring Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS7, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s simple user interface, you can select specific components or install the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/4642929788874482313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/microsoft-web-platform-installer-beta.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4642929788874482313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4642929788874482313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/microsoft-web-platform-installer-beta.html' title='Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3743374625231617825</id><published>2008-10-10T11:48:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-10T11:54:53.914-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MSDN Kid's Corner - Beginner Developer Learning Center</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft has launced a new section on MSDN for enhusiastic kids who wants to learn about computers, programming,VB .NET, C#, Window and Web applications.This MSDN section provides various links for learning and downloading the development tools for kids.Have fun: Click here &gt; MSDN Kid's Corner</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3743374625231617825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/msdn-kids-corner-beginner-developer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3743374625231617825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3743374625231617825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/msdn-kids-corner-beginner-developer.html' title='MSDN Kid&apos;s Corner - Beginner Developer Learning Center'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-7814582100728683443</id><published>2008-10-01T12:08:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T12:11:11.414-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SQL Server 2008 Experience</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Experience page on which you can watch many videos for Developers, decision makers and for fun as well.You will watch and listen the real people who are behind the creation of SQL Server 2008.Click here:SQL Server 2008 Experience</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/7814582100728683443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/sql-server-2008-experience.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7814582100728683443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7814582100728683443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/10/sql-server-2008-experience.html' title='SQL Server 2008 Experience'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8937926850785751426</id><published>2008-09-25T13:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T13:37:19.481-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SQL Server 2008 ScreenSaver and wallpaper</title><summary type='text'>You can download the SQL Server 2008 ScreenSaver and Wallpaper.Download here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8937926850785751426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/09/sql-server-2008-screensaver-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8937926850785751426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8937926850785751426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/09/sql-server-2008-screensaver-and.html' title='SQL Server 2008 ScreenSaver and wallpaper'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-348349766536839919</id><published>2008-09-24T18:45:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T19:55:58.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Upgrading Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and SilverLight</title><summary type='text'>If you have tried to install SP1 for Visual Studio 2008 and have experienced failure then follow the steps as mentioned below:These steps applies to if you have Visual Studio 2008 alone, or on the top of some Beta components of SQL Server and Visual Studio 2008.Tricks before you begin installation:1- Disable Automatic updates.2- Disable any of the Anti-virus, spyware etc.3- Set Windows Firewall </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/348349766536839919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/09/upgrading-visual-studio-2008-to-visual.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/348349766536839919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/348349766536839919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/09/upgrading-visual-studio-2008-to-visual.html' title='Upgrading Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and SilverLight'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5005899831146777300</id><published>2008-09-21T17:42:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-21T17:48:07.383-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Migrating a Website from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008</title><summary type='text'>The first time you open a Visual Studio 2005 website, you’ll be asked if you want to adjust it to use ASP.NET 3.5 If you choose Yes, the web.config file will be modified to target .NET 3.5. If you choose No, your website will continue targeting ASP.NET 2.0, but you can modify this detail at any time by choosing Website's Start Options. Either way, you won’t be asked again, because your preference</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5005899831146777300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/09/migrating-website-from-visual-studio.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5005899831146777300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5005899831146777300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/09/migrating-website-from-visual-studio.html' title='Migrating a Website from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/SNbqZ3bVrSI/AAAAAAAAADY/Mq_v4ZKazSA/s72-c/Net+2.0+websites+behavior+with+VS+2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-7795918136918106132</id><published>2008-08-06T20:15:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-06T20:23:11.994-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SQL Server 2008 New Feature - Insert statement supports multiple record</title><summary type='text'>With SQL Server 2008, we have got an interesting enhancement in Insert statement.Originally from previous releases of SQL Server until SQL Server 2005, an INSERT statement was supposed to accept set of values for one row/record at a time.INSERT INTO Customers (Name,Qty,Price)Values('A',2,12)INSERT INTO Customers (Name,Qty,Price)Values('B',3,24)But with SQL Sever 2008, we can insert multiple rows/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/7795918136918106132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/08/sql-server-2008-new-feature-insert.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7795918136918106132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7795918136918106132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/08/sql-server-2008-new-feature-insert.html' title='SQL Server 2008 New Feature - Insert statement supports multiple record'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2142260549156791615</id><published>2008-08-03T20:07:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T11:59:03.647-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Review of uCertify's C# 70-528 exam .NET Preparation Kit</title><summary type='text'>I feel that ASP.NET 2.0 has not been so easy to understand for many .NET folks. Likewise being a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in .NET 2.0 Web Applicaions is a complex task too.You can achieve it, if right methodology of learning and practicing the concepts has been used.Ucertify's preparation kit titled70-528-CSHARP - C#.NET 2.0 Web-based Application Development practice test  will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2142260549156791615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/08/review-of-ucertifys-c-70-528-exam-net.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2142260549156791615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2142260549156791615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/08/review-of-ucertifys-c-70-528-exam-net.html' title='Review of uCertify&apos;s C# 70-528 exam .NET Preparation Kit'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8659339044413033539</id><published>2008-07-03T08:49:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T09:34:45.917-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 Released</title><summary type='text'>SQL Server 2008 provides a comprehensive data platform that is secure, reliable, manageable, and scalable for your mission critical applications. With it, developers can create new applications that can store and consume any type of data on any device, enabling your users to make informed decisions with relevant insights.SQL Server 2008 Product BrochureSQL Server 2008 OverviewDownload SQL Server </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8659339044413033539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/07/sql-server-2008-release-candidate-0.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8659339044413033539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8659339044413033539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/07/sql-server-2008-release-candidate-0.html' title='SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 Released'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2855146609619427695</id><published>2008-06-05T00:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T00:15:30.042-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PLINQ - Features of PLINQ in June 08 CTP</title><summary type='text'>The following major features are included in this release:· Declarative data parallelism in the form of a LINQ implementation that parallelizes LINQ-to-Objects and LINQ-to-XML queries. · Imperative data and task parallelism through the Task Parallel Library in the System.Threading and System.Threading.Tasks namespaces. · A set of new coordination data structures in the System.Threading and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2855146609619427695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/06/plinq-features-of-plinq-in-june-08-ctp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2855146609619427695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2855146609619427695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/06/plinq-features-of-plinq-in-june-08-ctp.html' title='PLINQ - Features of PLINQ in June 08 CTP'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-7694220618432812871</id><published>2008-06-03T08:56:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T09:05:34.628-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Parallel Computing to work with Parallel Hardware</title><summary type='text'>Intro to Parallel ComputingMicrosoft has come up with a concept called Parallel Computing which is based on Moore's law. This make life simpler for developers to write programs that perform and scale well on parallel hardware.Parallel Extensions to .NET 3.5 June 08 CTP Parallel Extensions simplifies development by providing library-based support for introducing concurrency into applications </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/7694220618432812871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/06/parallel-computing-to-work-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7694220618432812871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/7694220618432812871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/06/parallel-computing-to-work-with.html' title='Parallel Computing to work with Parallel Hardware'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3909489364151898399</id><published>2008-05-14T10:56:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-14T10:58:44.868-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SP1 released for .NET 3.5 and VS 2008</title><summary type='text'>The Service Pack1 Beta is available for the .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008. The SP1 comes with new features.Lets have look here for features and download:Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service pack 1 BetaMicrosoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3909489364151898399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/05/sp1-released-for-net-35-and-vs-2008.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3909489364151898399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3909489364151898399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/05/sp1-released-for-net-35-and-vs-2008.html' title='SP1 released for .NET 3.5 and VS 2008'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-4404817261923843490</id><published>2008-05-13T20:59:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T21:03:07.573-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Windows Server 2008 Vs Linux -Red Hat</title><summary type='text'>Here is the complete list of features to choose your platform.Compare Windows 2008 and Red Hat</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/4404817261923843490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/05/windows-server-2008-vs-linux-red-hat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4404817261923843490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4404817261923843490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/05/windows-server-2008-vs-linux-red-hat.html' title='Windows Server 2008 Vs Linux -Red Hat'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8720542760383833538</id><published>2008-05-06T14:50:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T14:55:46.379-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Vista features for Developers</title><summary type='text'>Besides having wonderful looks and features to attract hobbysists and PC users. Windows Vista have many new fearures to attract the developers too.Lets find out here:What's New in Windows Vista for Developers</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8720542760383833538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/05/vista-features-for-developers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8720542760383833538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8720542760383833538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/05/vista-features-for-developers.html' title='Vista features for Developers'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8963762122330059811</id><published>2008-04-30T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-30T12:19:00.613-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Books Authored for Apress Inc</title><summary type='text'>Beginning C# 2008 Databases
Beginning VB 2008 Databases
Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008: Includes Silverlight 2
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8963762122330059811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/04/books-authored-for-apress-inc.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8963762122330059811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8963762122330059811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/04/books-authored-for-apress-inc.html' title='Books Authored for Apress Inc'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3341473981082725191</id><published>2008-04-21T23:23:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T23:30:51.619-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bjarne Stroustrup's thoughts on the Evolution of Languages</title><summary type='text'>Howard Dierking talked with Bjarne Stroustrup the father of C++ on the further evolution of languages to know what he thinks:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc500572.aspx</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3341473981082725191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/04/bjarne-stroustrups-thoughts-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3341473981082725191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3341473981082725191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/04/bjarne-stroustrups-thoughts-on.html' title='Bjarne Stroustrup&apos;s thoughts on the Evolution of Languages'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-1094924367106757638</id><published>2008-04-10T18:11:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T18:19:52.032-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Indian Developer Summit 2008</title><summary type='text'>Great Indian Developer Summit'08 will be happening in the month of May in Bangalore INDIA. This event will provide a high-quality learning and networking experience, with the most intelligent minds and proactive technology organisations.Register online at  Register Here ASAP to avail very early bird discounts. For more information call +91 080 2521 9656 or email info@developersummit.comThis whole</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/1094924367106757638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/04/indian-developer-summit-2008.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1094924367106757638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1094924367106757638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/04/indian-developer-summit-2008.html' title='Indian Developer Summit 2008'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5793294454893021010</id><published>2008-03-28T17:31:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T17:35:33.774-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Virtual TechDays Apr 9 - Apr 10</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft India is launching Virtual TechDays program to introduce Windows 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Stusio 2008.Visit  Virtual TechDays for more details and registration.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5793294454893021010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/03/virtual-techdays-apr-9-apr-10.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5793294454893021010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5793294454893021010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/03/virtual-techdays-apr-9-apr-10.html' title='Virtual TechDays Apr 9 - Apr 10'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/R-2OrSrsozI/AAAAAAAAADQ/BAlOS8DF7bo/s72-c/untitled.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-1710111745176752185</id><published>2008-03-20T20:52:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-20T21:02:25.105-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Microsoft certifications about to Expire Soon</title><summary type='text'>As you know that Microsoft has a policy for exams to get retired ater some time, as and when Micrsoft wants to stop mainstream support for those technologies. Microsoft is planning to retire some long lived 12 technology exams titled are on developer and SQL Server topics. The exams validity will expire on 31-March-2009. The final list seems like yet to be determined and may have some changes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/1710111745176752185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-certifications-about-to.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1710111745176752185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1710111745176752185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-certifications-about-to.html' title='Microsoft certifications about to Expire Soon'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2552104603584201045</id><published>2008-02-22T00:33:00.004-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-22T23:54:51.362-08:00</updated><title type='text'>.NET 1.1 support with Visual Studio 2008</title><summary type='text'>The default behaviour of Visual Studio 2008 is to work with .NET 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5. It looks like Visual Studio 2008 doesn't allow or support applications written using .NET 1.1. Whereas if you try opening .NET 1.1 in Visual Studio 2008, then it will open the conversion wizard and will convert your .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0. Once your application is converted into .NET 2.0 then Visual Studio 2008 will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2552104603584201045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/02/opening-net-11-application-with-visual.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2552104603584201045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2552104603584201045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/02/opening-net-11-application-with-visual.html' title='.NET 1.1 support with Visual Studio 2008'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/R76Jd7WNzJI/AAAAAAAAACg/gW63bvBV-hw/s72-c/Vs+2008+-+VS+Conversion+Wizard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3742948020857471962</id><published>2008-02-14T19:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T19:45:06.917-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Introduction to LINQ</title><summary type='text'>Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) is an innovation which Microsoft made with the release of  Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework version 3.5 that promises to revolutionize the way that developers has been working with data before the release of .NET 3.5 having LINQ feature. LINQ introduces the standard and unified concept of querying various types of data sources falling in the range of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3742948020857471962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/02/introduction-to-linq.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3742948020857471962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3742948020857471962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/02/introduction-to-linq.html' title='Introduction to LINQ'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-6474068806637951830</id><published>2008-01-16T19:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T19:50:11.066-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Architecture of LINQ</title><summary type='text'>LINQ consists of three major components:*LINQ to Objects*LINQ to ADO.NET, which includes*LINQ to SQL (formerly called DLinq)*LINQ to DataSet (formerly called LINQ over DataSet)*LINQ to Entities *LINQ to XML (formerly called XLinq)The folloing figure depicts the LINQ architecture which clearly shows the various components of LINQ and their related data stores.LINQ to Objects deals with in-memory </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/6474068806637951830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/01/architecture-of-linq.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6474068806637951830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6474068806637951830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/01/architecture-of-linq.html' title='Architecture of LINQ'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/R8DpHrWNzLI/AAAAAAAAACw/8wrnAmctqZc/s72-c/LINQ+Architecture.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-8420172379548182128</id><published>2008-01-14T08:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T10:08:12.533-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The book I authored - C# 2008 Databases</title><summary type='text'>I have just got my C# 2008 Databases book which I have been authoring for Apress Inc. USA got released on 14-Jan-2008. Here are the details which may interest you. This book mainly covers SQL Server 2005 new T-SQL features,Visual Studio 2008, LINQ, ADO.NET 3.5 besides all other concepts you need to know. Do have look at the Table of Contents below. To purchase this book please follow your desired</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/8420172379548182128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/01/book-i-authored-c-2008-databases.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8420172379548182128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/8420172379548182128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/01/book-i-authored-c-2008-databases.html' title='The book I authored - C# 2008 Databases'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/R5dq4AcGL5I/AAAAAAAAACY/Wky4rz9fTc0/s72-c/C%23+2008+DB+Book.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-4558315270992536407</id><published>2008-01-09T17:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T19:30:02.507-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Journey through .NET 1.0 to .NET 3.5</title><summary type='text'>.NET Framework has covered long path and .NET 3.5 is available for developers. In the similar fashion Visual Studio 2008 has also been developed each time to accompany the newly developed .NET Framerowk version.Lets understand about these evolution of various .NET Framework versions and Visual Studio suite..NET Framework --|---Year----|---CLR---|-------Supported VS -------------------------------</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/4558315270992536407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/02/journey-through-net-10-to-net-35.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4558315270992536407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4558315270992536407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2008/02/journey-through-net-10-to-net-35.html' title='Journey through .NET 1.0 to .NET 3.5'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-4590830873375505476</id><published>2007-12-23T00:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T00:21:22.926-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Location of .NET 3.5 Specific Assemblies</title><summary type='text'>Once you have Visual Studio 2008 in your machine, the folder location of .NET 3.5 related assemblies for LINQ and ADO.NET 3.5 etc will be on a different location than the traditional location C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Frameworkof all other .NET Framework deployments in your machineThe .NET 3.5 specific assemblies can be found at the location as shown in the figure below.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/4590830873375505476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/12/location-of-net-35-specific-assemblies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4590830873375505476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4590830873375505476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/12/location-of-net-35-specific-assemblies.html' title='Location of .NET 3.5 Specific Assemblies'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/R7_WPrWNzKI/AAAAAAAAACo/KOHBttruaFk/s72-c/dotnet+3.5+Assemblies.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-1735513678625770509</id><published>2007-12-21T08:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T10:16:08.489-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Review of uCertify's C# 70-536 exam .NET Preparation Kit</title><summary type='text'>Recently I got an opportunity to review the .NET Preparation Kits produced by uCertify - The fastest way to IT CertificationI was tasked to review the MCTS 70-536 C# exam preparation kit titled: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Application Development Foundation. While reviewing the preparation kit for 70-536 I found the methodology used to teach the concepts are very good and the concepts are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/1735513678625770509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/12/review-of-ucertifys-70-536-exam-net.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1735513678625770509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1735513678625770509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/12/review-of-ucertifys-70-536-exam-net.html' title='Review of uCertify&apos;s C# 70-536 exam .NET Preparation Kit'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/R2vwrIMRhVI/AAAAAAAAAB4/fdLSj-YofSk/s72-c/uCertify+70-536.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-4057424431277541563</id><published>2007-11-25T10:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T10:50:18.210-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Reasons I think, to Upgrade to Visual Studio 2008</title><summary type='text'>1.Build Applications which can run on and support Multiple versions of the .NET Framework2.LINQ support to work with Data in a Unified and Integrated way3.Support to Build Office 2003/2007 based Applications.4.Amazing Unit Testing support on right click in the code view and dedicated Test Project Template.5.Ground level support for Windows Vista Applications6.SilverLight can be done here, which </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/4057424431277541563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/11/reasons-i-think-to-upgrade-to-visual.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4057424431277541563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4057424431277541563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/11/reasons-i-think-to-upgrade-to-visual.html' title='Reasons I think, to Upgrade to Visual Studio 2008'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3927029966130784610</id><published>2007-11-21T22:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T10:39:59.005-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Un-Install the previous Orcas CTPs, Betas before installing VS 2008 RTM</title><summary type='text'>You may face some issues while installing VS2008 over the previously installed Orcas CTPs or Beta editions. You need to un-install all the previous versions before you start work with the VS 2008 RTM.Let's have look at the steps availabe on the MSDN </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3927029966130784610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-un-install-previous-orcas-ctps.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3927029966130784610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3927029966130784610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-un-install-previous-orcas-ctps.html' title='How to Un-Install the previous Orcas CTPs, Betas before installing VS 2008 RTM'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-478424757283954448</id><published>2007-11-21T04:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T04:53:40.791-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Visual Studio 2008 RTM is Available now</title><summary type='text'>VS 2008 RTM is availabe to download for MSDN Subscribers Get VS 2008</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/478424757283954448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/11/visual-studio-2008-rtm-is-available-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/478424757283954448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/478424757283954448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/11/visual-studio-2008-rtm-is-available-now.html' title='Visual Studio 2008 RTM is Available now'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-4953855854479851752</id><published>2007-09-30T13:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-20T00:15:16.330-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Orcas New Feature - Code Editor Intellisense Enhancement</title><summary type='text'>If you recall the way we use intellisense while coding is just to press .(prriod) after the object name and we see an entire list of methods and properties associated with that object. As shown in the figure below.Even though the Intellisense has been a great feature for more than a decade by now, but the disadvantage of this is that it hides the code whenever the Intellisense popup comes over, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/4953855854479851752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/10/orcas-new-feature-code-editor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4953855854479851752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4953855854479851752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/10/orcas-new-feature-code-editor.html' title='Orcas New Feature - Code Editor Intellisense Enhancement'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/RwAFwyk43SI/AAAAAAAAAA8/iVQaHAY6SFk/s72-c/Normal+Code+View.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2412489537307448998</id><published>2007-09-19T13:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T10:17:47.658-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Orcas New Feature - Split View (Web Applications)</title><summary type='text'>Visual Studio Developers spend a lot of time in switching from Desgin view to Source view while developing an application, as they need to see what they are developing will appear in what manner.With the release of Orcas/Visual Studio 2008 this problem is going to resolved, as Orcas ASP .NET Web Application Project Template comes up with a brand new feature called Split (split view).This new </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2412489537307448998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/09/orcas-new-feature-split-view-web.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2412489537307448998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2412489537307448998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/09/orcas-new-feature-split-view-web.html' title='Orcas New Feature - Split View (Web Applications)'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/RursFaKVKLI/AAAAAAAAAAs/fHnuaAg4eSo/s72-c/Orcas+Web+Application+Split+View.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-996004046253406060</id><published>2007-09-14T11:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T11:37:32.337-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VS 2008 - A solution to long lived coupling between Visual Studio and .NET Framework</title><summary type='text'>If you recall previous releases of .NET Framework which had a dedicated Visual Studio.NET linked to that particular .NET Framework version.Lets see, all of them again:-   Microsoft .NET Framework   |  Visual Studio .NET--------------------------------------------------------------1- .NET 1.0  ----------------------  Visual Studio 20022- .NET 1.1  ----------------------  Visual Studio 20033- .NET </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/996004046253406060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/09/vs-2008-solution-to-long-lived-coupling.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/996004046253406060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/996004046253406060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/09/vs-2008-solution-to-long-lived-coupling.html' title='VS 2008 - A solution to long lived coupling between Visual Studio and .NET Framework'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/R5TvVIMRhYI/AAAAAAAAACQ/MYXxbiTIRxU/s72-c/VS+2008+Project+Templates.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3315279563744748822</id><published>2007-09-13T12:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-13T12:38:19.441-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Red bit and Green bit Assembly Model</title><summary type='text'>As Orcas targets/supports various .NET Framework versions installed and that could have been achieved by installing one .NET Framework version on the top of another version. For example, .NET 3.0 installed on .NET 2.0, and then .NET 3.5 on .NET 3.0.The .NET 3.5 Framework version holds green bit assemblies which are additional assemblies and can be installed at the top of other existing .NET </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3315279563744748822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/09/red-bit-and-green-bit-assembly-model.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3315279563744748822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3315279563744748822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/09/red-bit-and-green-bit-assembly-model.html' title='Red bit and Green bit Assembly Model'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rU5sydVn1jk/RumP16KVKJI/AAAAAAAAAAc/pPvrE3H9jfU/s72-c/9004f0202.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-4805667203304012317</id><published>2007-09-13T10:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T11:39:14.138-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Understanding the Virtual Machine Technology</title><summary type='text'> The Orcas March CTP came in Virtual Image format and so the Beta-1 and Beta-2. For many people Virtual Machine is a new teminorlogy. In this post I am trying to help you understand what does this Virtual Machie mean.While downloading the Virtual Machine files, you must have noticed that Orcas virtual machine requires Virtual PC 2004 SP1 or Virtual PC 2007 or Virtual Server 2005 R2 to work with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/4805667203304012317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/09/understanding-virtual-machine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4805667203304012317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4805667203304012317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/09/understanding-virtual-machine.html' title='Understanding the Virtual Machine Technology'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-633519005799312443</id><published>2007-08-23T11:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-23T11:13:42.382-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TechMela-On-the-Road - Free Event</title><summary type='text'>The TechMela 2007 (formerly known as TechED) is happening again in 4 major cities, starting from 14th-Sep-07.The good news is that the event will be free unlike before if you have attened in the month of June 2007.Follow the link for more details: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/hi-in/bb735929.aspxEnjoy</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/633519005799312443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/08/techmela-on-road-free-event.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/633519005799312443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/633519005799312443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/08/techmela-on-road-free-event.html' title='TechMela-On-the-Road - Free Event'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-5829066200700489390</id><published>2007-08-09T07:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-09T08:00:30.500-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Visual Studio 2008 Beta-2</title><summary type='text'>The VS 2008 Beta 2 is available for dowload.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspxThis product is planned to ship in Feburary 2008.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/5829066200700489390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/08/visual-studio-2008-beta-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5829066200700489390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/5829066200700489390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/08/visual-studio-2008-beta-2.html' title='Visual Studio 2008 Beta-2'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-1265736367721222962</id><published>2007-06-11T10:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-11T10:24:54.134-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SQL Server 2008 code named "Katmai"</title><summary type='text'>Are you ready for the next release of SQL Server 2008, with great features. To read more follow the link http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/futureversion/default.mspxTo download the SQL Server 2008 CTP follow the link https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/content/content.aspx?ContentID=5395</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/1265736367721222962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/06/sql-server-2008-code-named-katmai.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1265736367721222962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1265736367721222962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/06/sql-server-2008-code-named-katmai.html' title='SQL Server 2008 code named &quot;Katmai&quot;'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3840036873120724076</id><published>2007-04-21T11:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-21T11:25:58.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Orcas Beta 1 Released</title><summary type='text'>Beta 1 of Orcas is available for downloadhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3840036873120724076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/04/orcas-beta-1-released.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3840036873120724076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3840036873120724076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/04/orcas-beta-1-released.html' title='Orcas Beta 1 Released'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-1063110651924038754</id><published>2007-04-13T06:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-13T06:59:49.088-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Windows Splash Screens from 1.01 to Vista</title><summary type='text'>Here is a link to show you all the Splash Screens Microsoft Windows have used from its 1st version 1.01 to Vista.http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-10877_11-61343-1.html</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/1063110651924038754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/04/windows-splash-screens-from-101-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1063110651924038754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/1063110651924038754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/04/windows-splash-screens-from-101-to.html' title='Windows Splash Screens from 1.01 to Vista'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-3683910595358377657</id><published>2007-04-10T05:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-10T05:19:09.369-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pictorial History of Microsoft</title><summary type='text'>I found a link which shows the progression of Microsoft from 1994 till date.http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2007/04/09/why-design-matters-a-pictorial-history-of-microsoft-com.aspx</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/3683910595358377657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/04/pictorial-history-of-microsoft.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3683910595358377657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/3683910595358377657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/04/pictorial-history-of-microsoft.html' title='Pictorial History of Microsoft'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-242781733441451415</id><published>2007-04-06T13:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-08T04:29:33.971-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In Defence of Books</title><summary type='text'>I love reading books and I am a bibliophile (great lover of books). I have also noticed that many IT profesionals don't like reading books as they have someone who does all the work for them, and provides direct solutions, so they do not need to put long hours in reading and learning; thanks to Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com :(But I am feeling that in order to grow someone has to learn</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/242781733441451415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/04/in-defence-of-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/242781733441451415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/242781733441451415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/04/in-defence-of-books.html' title='In Defence of Books'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-4246967068908878910</id><published>2007-03-29T22:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-29T22:06:08.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'>10th Anniversary of Visual Studio</title><summary type='text'>Please read Somasegar's blog where he talked about the past 10 years and how Visual Studio has evolved.http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/03/26/visual-studio-turns-10.aspx</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/4246967068908878910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/03/10th-anniversary-of-visual-studio.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4246967068908878910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/4246967068908878910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/03/10th-anniversary-of-visual-studio.html' title='10th Anniversary of Visual Studio'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-6747722826330870271</id><published>2007-03-06T22:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-06T23:58:15.600-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Correct version of March 2007 CTP of Orcas</title><summary type='text'>If you have faced problem and getting CRC failed error while extracting March 2007 Orcas CTP .rar files, then you must be following this link. Which has been published on 28-Feb-07 contains 7 .rar files.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=281FCB3D-5E79-4126-B4C0-8DB6332DE26E&amp;displaylang=en&gt;You must download corrcet version from this link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/6747722826330870271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/03/correct-version-of-march-2007-ctp-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6747722826330870271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/6747722826330870271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/03/correct-version-of-march-2007-ctp-of.html' title='Correct version of March 2007 CTP of Orcas'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-2531471585613592988</id><published>2007-03-02T07:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-02T07:49:22.279-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ORCAS - March 2007 CTP Released</title><summary type='text'>Orcas March 2007 CTP is available.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B533619A-0008-4DD6-9ED1-47D482683C78&amp;displaylang=en</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/2531471585613592988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/03/orcas-march-2007-ctp-released.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2531471585613592988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/2531471585613592988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/03/orcas-march-2007-ctp-released.html' title='ORCAS - March 2007 CTP Released'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-117053663758049663</id><published>2007-02-03T12:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-03T13:03:57.593-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Grava - New Microsoft Development Tool</title><summary type='text'>Microsoft is developing a new suite of tools (Grava) that will allow developers and publishers of educational software, as well as educators themselves, to create their own instructional programs easily and intuitively.Grava ScreenShotsTo be notified when Grava CTP is released</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/117053663758049663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/02/grava-new-microsoft-development-tool.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/117053663758049663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/117053663758049663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/02/grava-new-microsoft-development-tool.html' title='Grava - New Microsoft Development Tool'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-117031293262287063</id><published>2007-01-31T22:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T22:55:32.823-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Vista Song "Wow is now!"</title><summary type='text'>The Vista song "Wow is now!" sung bu Sunidhi Chauhan.Download the Vista Song100 reasons to say Wow</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/117031293262287063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/02/vista-song-wow-is-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/117031293262287063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/117031293262287063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/02/vista-song-wow-is-now.html' title='Vista Song &quot;Wow is now!&quot;'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-117053563929674870</id><published>2007-01-25T12:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-03T13:07:14.026-08:00</updated><title type='text'>TR Work Published</title><summary type='text'>I have done Technical Review for Apress Inc's book onC# 2005 Databases.You can read about me on "About the Technical Reviewer" page in the printed version of the book.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/117053563929674870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/01/tr-work-published.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/117053563929674870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/117053563929674870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/01/tr-work-published.html' title='TR Work Published'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-117053411980219275</id><published>2007-01-19T12:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-03T12:38:51.920-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Visual Studio 2005 SP1</title><summary type='text'>398 BUGS has been fixed in the form of SP1 of VS 2005.Bugs Fixed in Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/117053411980219275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/01/visual-studio-2005-sp1.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/117053411980219275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/117053411980219275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/01/visual-studio-2005-sp1.html' title='Visual Studio 2005 SP1'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-116886163935254499</id><published>2007-01-15T03:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-15T03:47:19.363-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ORCAS - January 2007 CTP</title><summary type='text'>January CTP of ORCAS comes with the Virtual PC images,Download and use themIf you are a LINQ aspirant then here is an e-Book from Apress which I have technically reviewed for Apress Inc. LINQ for Visual C# 2005</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/116886163935254499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/01/orcas-january-2007-ctp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/116886163935254499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/116886163935254499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2007/01/orcas-january-2007-ctp.html' title='ORCAS - January 2007 CTP'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-116522576325041184</id><published>2006-12-04T01:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-04T01:54:47.910-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Code Search</title><summary type='text'>Google has launched a facility for developers to search for code segments.Google Code SearchCool isn't it !!!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/116522576325041184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/12/google-code-search.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/116522576325041184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/116522576325041184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/12/google-code-search.html' title='Google Code Search'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-115444930939019405</id><published>2006-08-01T09:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-01T09:21:49.453-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A man who tries, is bound to Win</title><summary type='text'>The script below is the original piece of work from the Genius Dr Harivansh Rai Bacchan. It is full of inspiration and motivation.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/115444930939019405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/08/man-who-tries-is-bound-to-win.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/115444930939019405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/115444930939019405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/08/man-who-tries-is-bound-to-win.html' title='A man who tries, is bound to Win'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-115045595310270324</id><published>2006-06-16T03:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-16T04:06:35.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Deploying a Database solution  - A Scenario</title><summary type='text'>Deployment is a term which is used for the installation/distribution of software.Scenario:ABC Inc has developed a solution to address the customer needs. Database production team is trying to establish a deployment strategy to address the issues they have faced in the past because of not having a process which could identify the considerations while deploying a solution and moreover the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/115045595310270324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/deploying-database-solution-scenario.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/115045595310270324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/115045595310270324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/deploying-database-solution-scenario.html' title='Deploying a Database solution  - A Scenario'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-115045517975816144</id><published>2006-06-13T03:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-16T03:58:25.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SQL Server 2005 Service Broker - A Scenario</title><summary type='text'>ScenarioABC, Inc. wants to ensure that addressing and pricing information is synchronized between the central office and the branch offices. At present ABC Inc. requires a Service Broker solution, which will implement a process to address or handle the following events:• Customer address information changes at the branch office. A stored procedure in the branch office database should write the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/115045517975816144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/sql-server-2005-service-broker.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/115045517975816144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/115045517975816144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/sql-server-2005-service-broker.html' title='SQL Server 2005 Service Broker - A Scenario'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-114993341518077368</id><published>2006-06-10T02:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-10T02:56:55.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'>400+ reasons to use Visual Studio 2005</title><summary type='text'>Here are over 400 differences which offer awesome features to increase your productivity during the development.http://www.400plusdifferences.com/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/114993341518077368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/400-reasons-to-use-visual-studio-2005.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114993341518077368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114993341518077368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/400-reasons-to-use-visual-studio-2005.html' title='400+ reasons to use Visual Studio 2005'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-114976813760949121</id><published>2006-06-08T03:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-10T02:18:58.996-07:00</updated><title type='text'>VB has completed 15 years.</title><summary type='text'>Below mentioned is the 15 years old script, which was said by Microsoft officials.Microsoft Announces Visual Basic at Windows World '91 General-Purpose, High-Productivity Programming System for Microsoft WindowsATLANTA -- May 20, 1991 -- Microsoft today announced Microsoft Visual Basic programming system at the Windows World '91 industry trade show. Visual Basic is a graphical application </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/114976813760949121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/vb-has-completed-15-years.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114976813760949121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114976813760949121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/vb-has-completed-15-years.html' title='VB has completed 15 years.'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-114924384189334849</id><published>2006-06-02T03:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T03:24:01.906-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SQL Server 2005 Notification Services</title><summary type='text'>Timely delivery of key information is crucial in many business solutions. Notification Services is a Microsoft® SQL Server based notification platform. This platform allows developers to quickly create notification service applications and allow users to use these applications to receive personalized information in a timely fashion. It enables automated notification to subscribers by using </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/114924384189334849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/sql-server-2005-notification-services.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114924384189334849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114924384189334849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/06/sql-server-2005-notification-services.html' title='SQL Server 2005 Notification Services'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-114353860742390445</id><published>2006-03-28T01:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T01:53:22.396-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Youngest CTO - Microsoft .NET</title><summary type='text'>Meet my daughter Vamika (nick named- Pearly). She is busy and concentrating while  developing a .NET 2.0 application which will be sending notifications to her mom that she needs to feed her and to me that I should reach home early as she wants to play.Vamika is building this application by using Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005.  :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/114353860742390445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/03/youngest-cto-microsoft-net.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114353860742390445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114353860742390445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/03/youngest-cto-microsoft-net.html' title='The Youngest CTO - Microsoft .NET'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-114199284023443117</id><published>2006-03-10T04:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T04:49:45.346-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Visual Studio 2005 Spot the Difference Game</title><summary type='text'>Once you start coding you will see it immediately. The new Visual Studio 2005 has over 400 new features that reduce tedious tasks and repetition so you can focus on creating great code.With new web, windows controls, automated debugging, and a new Visual Basic that makes .NET and ASP .NET Framework development a breeze, it's a whole new way to work. So check out what's new, play the game, and see</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/114199284023443117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/03/visual-studio-2005-spot-difference.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114199284023443117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114199284023443117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/03/visual-studio-2005-spot-difference.html' title='Visual Studio 2005 Spot the Difference Game'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257290.post-114033421382593486</id><published>2006-02-18T23:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-18T23:39:26.096-08:00</updated><title type='text'>SQL Server 2005 Database School</title><summary type='text'>I designed a new SQL Server 2005 Database Programming school which is specificaly designed to help database developers to learn the functionality available in SQL Server 2005 and plan business solutions to take advantage of this latest technology.SQL Server 2005 Database Programming school </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/feeds/114033421382593486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/02/sql-server-2005-database-school.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114033421382593486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8257290/posts/default/114033421382593486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/2006/02/sql-server-2005-database-school.html' title='SQL Server 2005 Database School'/><author><name>&lt;b&gt;Vidya Vrat Agarwal&lt;/b&gt;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08571191669737962256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCuaxwXL3kE/TpdL1HCsqQI/AAAAAAAAANs/9sofuAV_eTQ/s220/Vidya%2B300%2Bdpi.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
