Microsoft Resources

Below are a hand-picked selection of links to useful Microsoft web resources, which should be of particular interest to DevWeek attendees:

MSDN UK Includes UK-specific information about local events, training courses, user groups, special offers and news.

MSDN Bi-weekly Newsletter The UK MSDN newsletter delivers the latest developer news, Microsoft product announcements, event updates, special offers and more – making it easy for you to stay up to date.

Developer Highway Code This newly updated handbook captures and summarises the key security engineering activities that should be an integral part of your software development processes.

MSDN Screencasts MSDN Screencast are 10 to 15 minute demos to help you explore new functionality or key developer topic. View online or download for later reference. The latest Screencasts cover ASP.NET, SQL Server 2008, LINQ and much more.

Visual Studio 2008 With more than 250 new features, Visual Studio 2008 includes significant enhancements in every edition, including Visual Studio Express and Visual Studio Team System. Visit the Visual Studio Developer Centre to download Trial software and find out more.

MSDN Developer Centres MSDN Developer Centres and Resource Centres pull together code samples, community sites, technical articles and documentation, upcoming events, and much more. Dev Centres include Silverlight, Visual C++, ASP.NET and SQL Server.

Technical Communities in the UK Microsoft UK supports a large number of technical user groups and online communities across the UK. A technical community can help you get more out of Microsoft software. Find a local User Group or community near you.

Channel9 Channel 9 provides direct, unfiltered and open access to Microsoft’s cockpit. Meet the people who think up and build Microsoft’s technologies, interact with your peers, share your ideas and applications.

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