The MSCOM Team has done a post on their blog about their experience with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). ADFS is a Windows Server 2003 (R2) component that facilitates a trust between two or more organizations that will allow the sharing of multiple resources while maintaining each organizationÂ’s ability to manage their own set of users. One of the significant challenges faced when trying to implement any new solution is simply keeping the system available. …
Microsoft Windows Vista and the Office 2007 has been made available to MSDN Subscribers. Windows Vista and Office 2007 is expected to be available through MSDN Subscriber Downloads within 7 days of release to manufacturing (RTM). The MSDN Subscriptions team is committed to making new content available to subscribers as soon as is practical. Source: MSDN
Great news, the day has finally come, Windows Vista went RTM (Release To Manufacturing), the final build should be 6000.16386. Foley mentions “the public announcement that Windows Vista has been released to manufacturing is going to happen tomorrow, November 8, around 11 a.m. PST, sources close to the company are saying.” Once the RTM has been announced the build should appear on MSDN at the same time according to Microsoft’s press release of yesterday. Read …
Microsoft has released the latest version of the .NET Framework. The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is the new managed code programming model for Windows®. It combines the power of the .NET Framework version 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes. These new technologies are Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, …
Yesterday Microsoft released RC2 (Release Candidate) of Microsoft Windows Vista. So Microsoft made it by the end of the week, as all rumours indicated about a week ago. It’s now available for everyone for a limited time at: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc2/en/download.htm