巴塞罗那，西班牙— 11月。 5， 2007年— 今天，在施政演说期间在微软TechEd开发商2007年， S。 †œSoma† Somasegar，开发商分部的公司副总统在Microsoft Corp.，宣布微软在2007年11月以前将发布视觉演播室2008年和.NET框架3.5。 视觉演播室2008年和.NET框架3.5使开发商在所有水平迅速地创造提供強制用户经验为窗口景色，窗口服务器2008年， 2007年微软办公系统系统、移动设备和网的连接的应用。 打开新的机会的身体也被揭幕的计划为视觉演播室伙伴，并且提供新工具和资源为开发商，包括第一公共技术预览(CTP)微软Sync框架和新的能力为Popfly探险家。

†œThe高度网的社会和视觉本质根本上改变了什么他们互动与的用户期望从所有应用，不管是否it†™s在顾客饰面网站或窗口富有的客户端应用程序，或者使用微软办公系统被建立的桌面商业应用， †认为Somasegar。 †œTraditionally，组织是穷困的提供他们需要促进生产力，驾驶收支并且停留在之前的更加富有，连接的应用和服务

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少量天前，我分享了关于怎样升级您的ASP.NET 1.1到ASP.NET 2.0，我谈论关于使能ASP.NET AJAX v1.0到您现有的网站或Web应用程序的这次。

1) 您必须downlaod和安装ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX引伸1.0。 这里
2) 您可以下载andÂ萃取物the ASP.NET AJAX控制工具箱。 这里

在以后安装它，您将发现您可以创造AJAX使能Web应用程序，当创造新的项目时(网站或Web应用程序)。 You may also found out that there is a new tab called “AJAX Extensions” in Toolbox. If you have extracted the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, you may do the following,

1) Create new tab called “AJAX Control Toolkit”;
2) Right click under the created tab and click on “Choose Items…”;
3) Click “Browse…” and browse to the folder which you extract the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, and then browse to “~\SampleWebSite\Bin\” and select AjaxControlToolokit.dll
4) Now you will see a lot of controls which you are ready to use. You may browse and view the “Toolkit Live” to get the sample and idea on the controls.

You are now ready to build your AJAX web site or

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As you might already know, the VS2008 VPC will be expired on Nov 1st, the VSTS team is going to release a new VPC with updated expiration date.  Detail in below,

As the final act in our saga of expiring VPCs, I’m happy to announce that we’ve reissued VPCs for VS2008 Beta2 with an updated expiration date.  You can find the updated links on the VS2008 download page:

• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Beta 2 Team Suite VPC
• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Beta 2 Team Suite & Team Foundation Server VPC

Thanks to everyone that has helped us get the word out about this situation and please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this might have caused you.  Needless to say, we’re taking steps now to ensure that we don’t make this particular mistake again.

Source from Jeff Beehler’s Blog — VS2008 Beta2 VPCs re-released

Last time, I speak in Hong Kong .NET UserGroup Monthly Gathering in 2007 Sept right after MSDN Seminar, the topic was “Experience Sharing: Upgrading ASP.NET 1.x –> 2.0 –> AJAX”. Well, I also promised that i will blog about it. Actually, it is nothing new and it is nothing special. I just shared my experience on how I upgrade ASP.NET 1.1 to 2.0 and how to enable AJAX.

First, I am not sure if you know that, in .NET framework 2.0, there is 2 types of Web Projects, ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site and ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application. You may refer to the following link for more information if you would like to read more.

Introduction to Web Application Projects
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa730880(VS.80).aspx

If you are going to upgrading your existing ASP.NET 1.x project, you should choose to be using ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application project. This is the message from one of ScottGu’s blog, Tutorial on VB and C# are also mentioned.

“Because the VS 2005 Web Application Project model has the same conceptual semantics as the VS 2003 Web Project Model, it also makes migrating VS 2003 web projects very, very easy – with zero/minimal code changes

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For users who downloaded the VPC of VS2008 Beta 2 from MSDN, please be noted that the VPCs will expire on Nov 1st, instead of March 15, 2008 as announced originally.

It is best that you start to backup and move your Team Foundation Server data to an alternative source. For instructions on how to move, please refer to the article http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404879(vs.90).aspx from the MSDN Library.

Some FAQ you might have:

FAQ

Q. Will my data be available after November 1, 2007?A.This is still being researched, however, currently the understanding is that customers will NOT be able to access their date after November 1^st unless the data is moved to an alternate installation location.

Q. Can I reset my system date to re-enable the OS image?A.Again there is still research being done, however, from the current understanding of the problem resetting the system date back DOES NOT re-enable the OS image.