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IIS 7.5 Launched with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2
Since the Windows 2008 Server launch last March, the IIS team has shipped a bunch of new features that plug-in to IIS7 and in parallel worked on IIS 7.5, launching today in the Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 release.
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ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 are here!
The ASP.NET and Web tools for Visual Studio teams have been cranking away on this release all year long and we’re excited to launch Beta 2 today! MSDN subscribers can download it today…it will be available for everyone on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Ajax Library Preview 6
The ASP.NET team has been cranking away on more AJAX goodness…this time with a significant update to the Microsoft Ajax Library – Preview 6. This update includes updates to our client-side AJAX library that can be used with any type of Web application as well as deep support within ASP.NET for AJAX across ASP.NET 2.0, 3.5 and 4.0…for both Web Forms and MVC style projects.
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IIS Media Services 3.0 Released!
IIS Media Services 3.0 has been released and is now available as a free download for Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2! Chris Knowlton has a comprehensive post on the release and all the details, here is a quick summary:
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Available Jobs: I’m looking for an AWESOME design engineer
I am looking for a super-star designer, to work full time @ Microsoft and report directly to me. This position will oversee the design architecture and visual branding of some of the most important visual assets of the Microsoft Web Platform. I am looking for an experienced, senior designer who can work in a dynamic team environment and do it all, from prototyping new looks and experiences to managing design-related contractor or vendor resources as well as someone who doesn’t mind rolling up their sleeves when necessary to implement the nitty-gritty details in HTML and CSS for large traffic sites.
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Error connecting to SQL Server from Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 with ASP.NET
Just ran into this and thought I’d share. If you are trying to connect to a "user instance" of SQL Server from your Web application running on Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 and you’re getting a message that looks like this: