Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - Posts

Windows Vista beta

Get the Beta

Get the beta for Windows Vista the OS formerly known as Longhorn and its technologies.   



Start something today with Windows Vista. Download Beta 1 and start testing your applications today!

 Download the WinFX Runtime Components Beta 1
Microsoft has provided a version of the WinFX Runtime Components Beta 1 (which includes the Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code name "Avalon") and the Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code name "Indigo")) for the general public. Please be sure to read the Release Notes.

Escape From Yesterworld

Just yesterday we watched the Space Shuttle Discovery lift off into Earth orbit, sometimes I think an equal amount of booster rocket power is necessary to get some people to upgrade technology.

Escape From Yesterworld is a fun site just launched by the Server and Tools group at Microsoft to help people get ready for the future.

The future belongs to the swift, so get over there and grab the betas!




 

Download the Microsoft WinFX SDK Beta 1
The WinFX SDK Beta contains the tools, documentation and sample code for building WinFX based applications. You will also need to download and install the WinFX Runtime Components Beta 1 prior to installation.   

Avalon is now the Windows Presentation Foundation and Indigo is the Windows Communication Foundation, and Longhorn is Windows Vista, what's my name

An interview with Chris Jones, vice president working on Windows Vista team, is now up on Channel9 . Includes a demo, but what name will Chris have tomorrow....better tune in to find out!

Free Webcasts for Developers - J2EE and .Net interoperability by Microsoft experts. Live Event.

Microsoft Small Business Summit - Free four-day online event by Microsoft to help business management.

Microsoft Learning Paths for Security - Data security resources to help protect your network from viruses.