.NET 3.0

Collection 5134: Developing Rich Experiences with Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.0 and Visual Studio® 2005

Summary: This collection of 3 2-hour premium clinics teaches Enterprise Developers and Software Architects about the new capabilities provided by the .NET Framework 3.0.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: No
Price: FREE
Subscription: 3 years

Distributed Applications

Clinic 5136 : Introduction to Developing with Windows® Workflow Foundation and Visual Studio® 2005

Summary: This 2 hour premium clinic teaches Enterprise Developers and Software Architects about the functionality Windows Workflow Foundation provides for enabling business processes within applications.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: No
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

Clinic 5137: Introduction to Developing with Windows® Communication Foundation and Visual Studio® 2005

Summary: This 2 hour premium clinic teaches Enterprise Developers and Software Architects about the functionality Windows Communication Foundation provides for service oriented development.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: No
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

Windows and Smart Client

Clinic 5135 : Introduction to Developing with Windows® Presentation Foundation and Visual Studio® 2005

Summary: This 2-hour premium clinic teaches Smart Client Developers and Software Architects about the powerful features Windows Presentation Foundation provides for building rich user experiences.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: No
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

Visual Studio 2005

Clinic 5045: Inside Look at Developing with Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0

Summary: In this 2-hour premium clinic you will learn about the rich capabilities that Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 offers to developers. The clinic will focus on Architecture and List Management, Building and Extending Windows SharePoint Sites, and Packaging and Deploying Windows SharePoint services solutions.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: Yes
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

Clinic 5046: Inside Look at Building and Developing Solutions with Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007

Summary: In this 2-hour premium clinic you will learn about the rich capabilities that Office SharePoint Server 2007 offers to developers. The clinic will focus on Fundamentals of Building Solutions with Office SharePoint Server 2007, Building Business Solutions with Office SharePoint Server 2007 and how to Incorporate Office SharePoint Services into Business solutions.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: Yes
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

Collection 5134: Developing Rich Experiences with Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.0 and Visual Studio® 2005

Summary: This collection of 3 2-hour premium clinics teaches Enterprise Developers and Software Architects about the new capabilities provided by the .NET Framework 3.0.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: No
Price: FREE
Subscription: 3 years

ASP.NET 2.0

Clinic 3402: ASP.NET for PHP Developers: Introduction to ASP.NET

Summary: In this clinic, you learn about ASP.NET as a Web development platform and how it compares to PHP. You will explore features including Server Controls, Master Pages, and Profiles. Additionally you will also learn about Visual Web Developer Express, a powerful free tool for authoring ASP.NET Web sites.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: Yes
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

Clinic 5230 : Developing Enhanced Web Experiences with Microsoft® ASP.NET AJAX Extensions

Summary: In this 2-hour clinic you will learn about the rich functionality that ASP.NET AJAX Extensions provides for building highly responsive and enhanced web applications.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: Yes
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

SharePoint

Clinic 5045: Inside Look at Developing with Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0

Summary: In this 2-hour premium clinic you will learn about the rich capabilities that Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 offers to developers. The clinic will focus on Architecture and List Management, Building and Extending Windows SharePoint Sites, and Packaging and Deploying Windows SharePoint services solutions.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: Yes
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

Clinic 5046: Inside Look at Building and Developing Solutions with Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007

Summary: In this 2-hour premium clinic you will learn about the rich capabilities that Office SharePoint Server 2007 offers to developers. The clinic will focus on Fundamentals of Building Solutions with Office SharePoint Server 2007, Building Business Solutions with Office SharePoint Server 2007 and how to Incorporate Office SharePoint Services into Business solutions.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: Yes
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

Security

Clinic 2806: Microsoft® Security Guidance Training for Developers

Summary: This online clinic provides students with knowledge and skills essential for the creation of applications with enhanced security. Students will learn about the need for implementing security at every stage of the development process and best practices for applying security principles. Students will also learn how to use established threat modeling methodologies and tools with other best practices to minimize vulnerabilities and limit damage from attacks. Finally, students will learn how to implement security features to enhance security for Web applications and Web services that are built by using Microsoft ASP.NET.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: Yes
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

Clinic 2807: Microsoft® Security Guidance Training for Developers II

Summary: This clinic discusses best practices for building security into the design, development, testing, and deployment phases of the software development life cycle. It is targeted towards individual with at least one to two years of programming experience. The course will provide developers with the skills and knowledge to design and develop more secure Microsoft solutions.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: Yes
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year

BizTalk

Clinic 2954: First Look: Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2006 for Developers

Summary: This clinic provides developers with an introduction to BizTalk Server 2006.
Audience: Developer
Available Offline: Yes
Price: FREE
Subscription: 1 year 

Windows Server 2008 helps IT professionals maximize control over their infrastructure with increased security, reliability, and flexibility. Microsoft Learning helps you develop expertise in this next generation of Windows Server technologies with a broad spectrum of learning resources and streamlined certification paths available during beta release. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/learning/windowsserver2008/default.mspx , Get a free ebook and also learn using free (for a limited time) elearning course.

Today Microsoft will release to the Web the final version of Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1. Available at no charge, this service pack adds support for hardware-assisted virtualization and improved backup services and compatibility.  A new feature to the service pack is Volume Shadow Services, which provides customers with improved support for backup and disaster recovery. Instead of scheduling downtime for backing up each virtual machine individually, customers will now be able to take snapshot backups of physical machines, with no downtime, that will in turn take snapshots of all the virtual machines on that physical host.

"Taking advantage of features available in Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, Citrix will virtualize out-of-warranty servers running Solaris and standardize those virtual images on our main hardware platform. This process will ultimately lower our cost of ownership and the level of support from required from multiple vendors," said Dimitri Mundarain, datacenter services and IT operations manager of Citrix Systems, Inc.

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 also supports host clustering, which offers customers minimal downtime depending on the speed of storage and amount of memory assigned to a virtual machine. Host clustering is storage agnostic, comes with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise or Datacenter editions, and is a high-availability solution for both planned and unplanned downtime. And with System Center Virtual Machine Manager, downloadable today as a beta 2 version, customers will have tools for high availability migration.
Virtual Server Download Server

You can download MSDN Library May 2006 Edition @ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=373930CB-A3D7-4EA5-B421-DD6818DC7C41&displaylang=en

Updated content sets in the May 2006 Edition include:

• Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
• SQL Server 2005
• Microsoft Knowledge Base
• Internet Information Server SDK
• Internet Security and Acceleration Server SDK
• And More...

DB2 Viper test drive is now available!

Viper is the code name for the upcoming release of DB2. DB2 Viper is a leading edge hybrid data server capable of supporting both relational and pure XML storage and provides all the necessary services to support both data structures. It also has tons of new features that increase performance and scalability for both XML and relational data.

Take the DB2 Viper test drive now to learn more.

This is the first major milestone for SQL Server 2005 since the launch last November which attracted more than 300,000 attendees at 307 launch events, held in 247 cities across 92 countries.

The release of SQL Server 2005 SP1 follows the March 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP) and the initiation of a new customer collaboration model, which allowed active customer feedback to drive final updates and routine fixes delivered in this service pack.

SQL Server 2005 includes functionality for the largest enterprise to the smallest hobbyist, non-professional or ISV, delivering on the team’s vision to provide a complete data platform for all users of every size.

Download SQL Server 2005 SP1

To receive SQL Server 2005 SP1, click the links below and complete the registration form.

Download SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP1

To receive download SQL Server Express Edition SP1, SQL Server Express with Advanced Services, or tools to help manage SQL Server Express, click the links below.