Announcements for all Forums

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This forum contains announcements for all of the Microsoft Forums.

Where is the Forum For…?

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A forum to get advice on where the best place is to ask a question. NO TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IN THIS FORUM.

Forums Issues (not product support)

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Use this forum to report issues with the online forums application. When reporting an issue please include relevant details such as repro steps, error messages and browser version.

Suggestions and Feedback for the Forums

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Give us your feedback and suggestions for new or improved functionality in these forums. Please include as many details as possible. If you have a bug to report, please use the Bug Reporting Forum.

Off-Topic Posts (Do Not Post Here)

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Forum for moderators to move off-topic posts to. Do not post in this forum...your question will not be answered.

.NET Framework Setup

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Discuss and ask questions about the setup and deployment of .NET Framework.

.NET Base Class Library

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Discuss the Base Class Library, design, and best practice issues of managed code: Collections, Diagnostics, I/O, Registry, Globalization, Reflection, and Text.

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

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How to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) productively to create visually appealing and differentiating applications and to improve user experience.

Regular Expressions

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Discuss and ask questions concerning the usage of Regular Expressions (REGEXes) in the .NET Framework.

MSBuild

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Discuss the Microsoft build engine aka MSBuild. Topics including: usage of MSBuild, build customization, and MSBuild extensibility via tasks, loggers and hosting.

JScript for the .NET Framework

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Ask about the JScript language, the ECMAScript standard, the managed JScript compiler implementation, and future plans.

Common Language Runtime

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Discuss issues regarding the very core of .NET: Security, performance, hosting, base classes, interop, reliability, debugging, GC, and profiling are example topics.

Building Development and Diagnostic Tools for .Net

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Discussion of the APIs and techniques used to build tools for .NET, such as debuggers, profilers, health monitors, compilers, disassemblers, obfuscators etc.

ASMX Web Services and XML Serialization

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Discussion on writing ASMX Web Services using the .NET Framework and on using the XML Serialization technology.

64-Bit .NET Framework Development.

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Need help making your .net applications (any language) work on 64-bit? Ask your questions here!

.NET Remoting and Runtime Serialization

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Discussion on using the .NET Remoting technology as well as Runtime Serialization (including Binary and Soap serialization).

.NET Framework Networking and Communication

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Discuss general managed code networking topics not relating to System.Net or Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

Managed Extensibility Framework

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Discuss the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), a set of building blocks that includes dependency injection (DI), structural matching (duck typing) and a naming and activation service for developing extensible and dynamic applications.

Network Class Library (System.Net)

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Discuss using the System.Net namespace and associated Uri class in the .NET Framework to write code that leverages managed sockets, HTTP web requests, FTP, SMTP, P2P, etc.

Windows Communication Foundation

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Windows Communication Foundation is a set of .NET technologies for building and running connected systems. It is a new breed of communications infrastructure built around the Web services architecture.

Claims based access platform (CBA), code-named Geneva

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This forum is for discussion of "Geneva" Server, "Geneva" Framework and Windows CardSpace "Geneva."

Chart Controls for .NET Framework

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Issues related to programming with the charting controls.

Microsoft Codename 'Dublin'

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Discussion area for Microsoft Codename "Dublin"

Microsoft Codename 'Oslo'

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Discussion area for Microsoft Codename "Oslo"

.NET StockTrader Sample Application

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Discuss this end-to-end sample application that illustrates WCF and .NET Enterprise Technologies

POS for .NET

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This forum is used to discuss issues and questions related to the POS for .NET library.

Visual Studio Setup and Installation

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Discuss and ask questions about the install and setup of Visual Studio.

Visual Studio WPF Designer

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How to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) productively to create visually appealing and differentiating applications and to improve user experience.

Visual Studio Source Control and SourceSafe

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Discussion topics on integration of Source Control into Visual Studio and the SourceSafe product.

Visual Studio Guidance Automation Toolkit

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The Guidance Automation Toolkit is an extension to Visual Studio that allows architects to author rich, integrated user experiences for reusable assets.

Visual Studio Extensibility

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Discuss VSX (Visual Studio Extensibility) including the Visual Studio SDK, extending VS using DSL Tools, add-ins, and macros.

Visual Studio Debugger

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Questions and discussions about debugging applications with the Visual Studio debugger.

Visual Studio Class Designer

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Come discuss new techniques for code visualization, refactoring, and class design using the new Class Designer tool.

Phoenix

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Discuss and ask questions about the Phoenix Research Development Kit, including installation, setup, tutorials and other general Phoenix questions.

Developer Documentation and Help System

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Ask questions or post comments about Visual Studio and .NET Framework documentation, Help system functionality, and Visual Studio Help integration.

Crystal Reports for Visual Studio

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Discuss Crystal Reports for Visual Studio: topics include the report creation, data connectivity, deployment and general reporting application development

Visual Studio Report Controls

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Discuss reporting functionality including the integrated report designer and viewer controls for adding rich data reports to Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications

Visual Studio Tools for Office

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Questions on using Visual Studio to create managed code solutions in Office 2003 and Office 2007.

Visual Studio Gallery Feedback

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Tell us what you think about Visual Studio Gallery. Submit your comments and suggestions to help us make the experience better. Important: Technical questions about Microsoft products/technologies will not be answered. If you need help with a specific technical question or issue, visit the MSDN Forums or Support Site for assistance.

Visual Basic Express Edition

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Questions about Visual Basic Express Edition and getting started with Visual Basic.

Visual C# Express Edition

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Questions about Visual C# Express Edition and getting started with C#.

Visual C++ Express Edition

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Questions about Visual C++ Express Edition and getting started with C++.

Installing and Registering Visual Studio Express Editions

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Questions about how to get up and running with Visual Studio Express Editions

Getting Started With Visual Studio Team System

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New to Team System? Start here!

Visual Studio Team System - Architecture & Design

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Learn how to design and validate your service-oriented applications using the new Distributed System Designers.

Visual Studio Performance Tools (Profiler)

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Discuss how to profile your code and fix performance issues with the Visual Studio Performance Tools (Profiler).

Visual Studio Application Verifier

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Discuss issues regarding Visual Studio’s Application Verifier feature, a runtime verification tool for C/C++.

Visual Studio Code Analysis and Code Metrics

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Discuss issues regarding FxCop and Visual Studio's Code Analysis features, including both Managed and C/C++ Code Analysis, Code Analysis Policy and Code Metrics.

Visual Studio Team System - Web and Load Testing

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Discuss the Web and load testing tools included in Visual Studio Team System.

Visual Studio Team System - Testing

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Discuss the unit testing, code coverage, and other general testing tools in Visual Studio Team System.

Visual Studio Team System - Database Edition

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Discuss Team Edition for Database Professionals, including database testing, test data generation, and database schema management.

Visual Studio Team System - Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)

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Discuss MSF v4 and the integrated process automation and guidance found in Team System.

Team Foundation Server - General

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Discuss Team Foundation Server general concepts.

Team Foundation Server - Setup

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Discuss Team Foundation Server setup and configuration.

Team Foundation Server - Administration

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Discuss Team Foundation Server administration and operations.

Team Foundation Server - Build Automation

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Discuss Team Foundation Server's build automation features.

Team Foundation Server – Power Tools & Add-ons

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Discuss the tools and add-ons that we release off-cycle from our usual product release process and do not include official support from Microsoft.

Team Foundation Server - Process Templates

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Discuss Team Foundation Server process template development and customization.

Team Foundation Server - Reporting & Warehouse

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Discuss Team Foundation Reporting, which uses SQL Server 2005 Reporting services to report team project metrics.

Team Foundation Server - Team System Web Access

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Discuss Team System Web Access (formerly known as TeamPlain), which Microsoft acquired to provide a Web access solution for Team Foundation Server.

Team Foundation Server - Version Control

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Discuss Team Foundation Version Control, including branching, merging, and shelving.

Team Foundation Server - Work Item Tracking

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Discuss Team Foundation Work Item Tracking, including work item customization and Office integration.

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 1

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Discuss prelease versions and general concepts of Team Foundation Server including development process, version control, build process, reporting, bug tracking and more.

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2010 Beta 1

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Discuss prelease versions and general concepts of Visual Studio Team System including Architecture tools, Testing tools, Diagnostic Tools and Database development.

Visual Basic General

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Questions and discussions not covered in the other VB forums such as Data and Setup. (Not for VB6 questions.)

Visual Basic Power Packs

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Discuss the add-ins, controls, components, samples and tools that are part of the Visual Basic Power Packs.

Visual Basic Language

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Questions and discussions regarding the VB language, compiler, VB framework/runtime – including things like generics, language keywords, My namespace. (Not for VB6)

Visual Basic Interop and Upgrade

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Discuss how to do upgrades of VB6 code to VB.NET. Covers questions on interop features, Interop Forms Toolkit, Upgrade wizard, but NOT for questions about VB6.

Visual Basic IDE

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Discuss VB.NET IDE IntelliSense, debugging, ErrorCorrect, ClickOnce deployment, Refactor™, code snippets, colorization, smart tags, key bindings, etc.

Visual C# General

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General discussion and questions regarding Visual C# -- including best practices on developing with C# in VS, documentation, setup, and samples.

Visual C# Language

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Issues regarding the C# language and compiler – including things like generics, anonymous methods, etc.

Visual C# IDE

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Questions and discussions on the C# IDE – including IntelliSense, refactoring, code snippets, colorization, bracematching, smart tags, auto-generated code, etc.

Visual C++ General

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General questions about Visual C++ , including the development environment, libraries, setup, debugger, samples, and documentation.

Visual C++ Language

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Issues regarding the C++ language, compiler, and linker. This forum covers all standardized languages, extensions, and interop technologies supported by Visual C++.

Visual J# General

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Questions about Visual J# – including the IDE, Java-language syntax, JDK functionality, migrating Java-language applications to run on the .NET Framework, and more.

Visual FoxPro General

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Questions and discussions about developing with Visual FoxPro 9.0 - including language, IDE, designers, data, .NET interoperability, and more.

Visual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 Announcements

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For more information about Visual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework Beta 1 please see the following three forum categories: .NET Framework Beta 1, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, and Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2010 Beta 1

Microsoft Accessibility Labs

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Discuss issues related to accessible technologies, tools, and power toys.

Architecture General

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Discuss general issues and experiences related to architecture and designing solutions on the Microsoft platform.

Modeling and Tools

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Discuss issues and experiences related to the use of modeling and tools, including DSI (Dynamic Systems Initiative) and SDM (System Definition Model)

Architecture Events

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Discuss events, conferences, and seminars related to architecture and designing solutions on the Microsoft platform.

The Architect Role

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What does it mean to be an Architect: for you, your organization and the industry. Join the discussion about your role and the challenges you face.

HD DVD Interactivity Authoring

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Discuss authoring interactive content for high definition digital video discs (HD DVD).

Media Foundation Development

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Discuss development of multimedia apps on Windows Vista using the Media Foundation technologies: the new audio video pipeline, Protected Media Path, and DXVA 2.0.

.NET Services and SQL Data Services - On-boarding Issues

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This is the place for questions about problems with invitation codes, waitlist registration and sign-up on the .NET Services and SQL Services Portal.

Live Framework

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Discuss and ask questions about the Live Framework, the Live Framework SDK, and the Live Framework Tools

.NET Services - Technical Discussions

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Interested in .NET Services? This is the place for questions, suggestions and discussions with regard to using the services.

Windows Azure

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BizTalk Server General

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General BizTalk Server discussions.

BizTalk Server Adapters and Adapter Pack

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All questions related to LOB Adapters, BizTalk WCF Adapter, WCF LOB Adapter SDK and BizTalk Adapter Pack.

BizTalk Server EDI and AS2

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All questions related to new EDI and AS2 features of BizTalk Server.

BizTalk Server RFID

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All questions related to new RFID features of BizTalk Server.

BizTalk ESB Toolkit

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Discussion for the BizTalk ESB Toolkit

Commerce Server 2002 and Earlier

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Questions and discussions about earlier releases of Commerce Server: CS2002, Feature Pack 1, CS2000.

Commerce Server 2007

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Questions and discussions about installing, deploying and developing for CS2007.

Commerce Server 2009

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Questions and discussions about installing, deploying and developing for CS2009.

Connected Services Framework

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Microsoft Connected Services Framework is an integrated, server-based software product for building & managing services using SOA.

Customer Care Framework

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Microsoft® Customer Care Framework is a solution framework enabling the development of composite applications across devices and channels

ADO.NET Data Providers

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Data platform development using classic ADO.NET (v 1.1 and 2.0) and System.Data namespace. For SQL Native Client or related topics, see SQL Server Data Access forum

ADO.NET Data Services

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Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to Released (RTM) versions of ADO.NET Data Services Framework (also known as Project "Astoria").

ADO.NET DataSet

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Questions and discussion about data platform development using ADO.NET DataSet and LINQ to DataSet.

ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities

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Feedback and questions related to the current versions of the ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities including object-relational mapping and entity data modeling.

LINQ to SQL

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Questions and discussion about LINQ to SQL. For LINQ to Entities see the “ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities" forum.

MSXML

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Discussion of questions and issues on MSXML (Microsoft XML Core Services).

XML and the .NET Framework

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Questions and discussion about the processing of XML, XSLT and/or XSD using .NET frameworks, LINQ to XML, and the XML Tools in Visual Studio.

Microsoft Live Labs Volta

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Discussion forum for all topics related to the Live Labs Volta technology preview.

Microsoft Project Code Named “Velocity”

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Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to future versions of Microsoft Project Code Named “Velocity”.

ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities (Pre-Release)

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Feedback and QnA related to Pre-Release versions of the ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities including object-relational mapping and entity data modeling.

ADO.NET Data Services (Pre-Release)

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Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to Pre-Release (Alpha Preview, CTP, Beta) versions of ADO.NET Data Services (also known as Project "Astoria").

LINQ to SQL (Pre-Release)

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Discuss and ask questions about LINQ in Visual Studio 2010 Pre-Release Builds (CTPs/Betas)

XML in Visual Studio and the .NET Framework (Pre-Release)

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Discuss and ask questions about XML in Visual Studio 2010 Pre-Release builds (CTPs/Betas)

Small Basic

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Discuss and provide feedback on the Small Basic project. Small Basic is a simplified programming language and environment to help teach programming to beginners.

Pex

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Discuss and provide feedback on Pex – Automated White Box Testing for .NET

CHESS – Find and Reproduce Concurrency Heisenbugs

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CHESS is a tool for finding and reproducing Heisenbugs in concurrent programs. It can find assertion violations, deadlocks, livelocks, data-races, and memory-model errors.

Code Contracts

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Discuss and provide feedback on Code Contracts.

Axum Incubation Project

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Discuss and ask questions about the incubation project codenamed 'Axum' -- including usage, performance, feature requests, bugs, general concepts, and more.

Microsoft ESP Platform Development

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A developer discussion around the Microsoft ESP platform. Microsoft ESP is a visual simulation platform that brings immersive games-based technology to training and learning, decision support, and research and development modeling for government and commercial organizations.

Web Gadget Development

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Discussion on writing Web Gadgets using DHTML and JavaScript

Sidebar Gadget Development

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Discussion on writing Gadgets for the Windows Sidebar

HealthVault Data Types

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The HealthVault data type forum is for discussions about HealthVault data types. You may ask questions about how data types are expected to be used, bring up ideas for new data types, or comment on the data type designs that are proposed by the HealthVault Team.

HealthVault

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A place to ask questions about developing HealthVault compatible applications

Interactive Media Manager

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Microsoft Interactive Media Manager is a collaborative media management solution that extends Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for companies.

Internet Explorer Extension Development

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Discussions about building Activities, WebSlices and add-ons for Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer Web Development

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Discussions about web development including HTML, CSS and Script for Internet Explorer.

JScript Native

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Discuss and ask questions about JScript language, error/problems faced and future plans.

Ramp Up

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A place to discuss the Ramp Up program an online program that assists users in learning Microsoft technology. It provides easy-to-access content, in a guided path that defines the important lessons and the order in which you learn them. Ask/answer questions and give feedback here!

Training and Certification

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Have questions about Microsoft training and certifications? Ask them here!

Microsoft Translator Developer & Web Master Support

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Developer Support for the Microsoft Translator API and web page widget

MDM General Discussions

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General questions about Master Data Management and the Microsoft MDM products.

MDM Integration

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Questions about integrating Microsoft's MDM products with other applications. This includes import and export as well as general integration discussions.

MDM Business Rules and Workflow

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Discussions on implementing business rules and workflow in Microsoft MDM products.

MDM Data Quality and Profiling

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Discussion of data quality issues such as transformation, standardization, match-merge, and data enrichment.

MDM Setup, Configuration and Security

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Questions about setting up and configuring a Microsoft MDM system including security and permissions.

MDM Entity and Hierarchy Management

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Discussion of data management issues including hierarchy management and data modeling.

ISV Open Discussions

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Leave feedback for the MSDN ISV team, discuss broad ISV issues, and general debate.

Partnering with Microsoft

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Questions and answers related to ISV specific Microsoft programs

Architecture, Tools, and Process for ISVs

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Discussion about Architecture, Tools, and Process for ISVs

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

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All about VBA

Windows Error Reporting for ISVs

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For discussion, questions and announcement of site updates regarding Windows Error Reporting for ISVs on winqual.microsoft.com.

ISV Community Days

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Questions and answers related to ISV Community Days worldwide.

Technical Committee Client Simulator Forum

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Questions and discussions about developing and testing with the TC Client Simulator - including how to implement middleware visibility and functionality, and more.

Web Sandbox - General

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This forum is for the discussion of topics related to the Web Sandbox project from Microsoft Live Labs. Use it to interact with the Web Sandbox team, comment on the approach, make suggestions, or just browse other conversations.

Web Sandbox - Exploits

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This forum is for discussing exploits relevant to the Web Sandbox project from Microsoft Live Labs. It is a full disclosure forum. Use it to share and discuss exploits with the community of developers interested in securing the web using the Sandbox.

Reference Source Server Discussion

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Discussion and support of issues relating to configuration or usage of the public reference source functionality in Visual Studio 2008

Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout

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Discuss Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout which is a .NET tool for displaying visually appealing complex directed graphs.

Microsoft Robotics - Community

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A forum for users to share samples, feedback, and engage in general discussion about the Microsoft Robotics

Microsoft Robotics - Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR)

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Coding patterns and technical questions about the concurrency and coordination runtime (CCR).

Microsoft Robotics - Decentralized Software Services (DSS)

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Service patterns, runtime information, and tools for decentralized software services (DSS).

Microsoft Robotics - Simulation

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Simulation engine, samples, entities and graphics/physics discussion.

Microsoft Robotics - Visual Programming Language

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User discussion, diagrams, patterns.

Microsoft Robotics - Hardware Configuration and Troubleshooting

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Information on how to setup your robotic hardware, help with porting to MSRS

Search Server: Report a Bug

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Use this forum to report bugs and issues you may find with Microsoft Search Server.

Search Server: Known Bugs and Workarounds

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Check this group to find known bugs and workarounds for issues with Microsoft Search Server.

Search Server: Frequently Asked Questions

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Frequently Asked Questions from all the Microsoft Search Server forums.

Search Server: Feature Requests

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Got a feature idea or think there’s a better way for something to work in Microsoft Search Server? Let us know through this forum!

Search Server: Installation, Configuration and Administration

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Got questions about installing, configuring and administering Microsoft Search Server? This is the place for you!

Search Server: Developers and Customization

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Discussion dedicated to customizing or developing applications with Microsoft Search Server.

Search Server: Federation

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Want to ask a question or share your experience with the federation features of Microsoft Search Server? This is the forum to do it in!

SyncFx - Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET

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Technical Q&A about using the Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET to build occasionally connected applications. This is for Orcas questions only.

SyncFx - General

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General questions about the Microsoft Sync Framework

SyncFx - Technical Discussion

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Technical discussions relating to the Microsoft Sync Framework including custom providers, FeedSync and file sync providers

SyncFx - Feedback

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Suggestions and comments related to improving the Microsoft Sync Framework

SyncFx - SyncToy-File Synchronization

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A free tool based on the Microsoft Sync Framework which helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly.

Innovate on Office

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Provide a space for ISVs to discuss Innovating on Office

Open XML Format SDK

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Discussion forum for developer topics related to the Open XML Format SDK.

Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium

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Discussion forum for developer topics related to the Office Live platform.

Office Live Small Business - Business Applications

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Tips on effectively using Business Applications: how to configure lists, views, workflow, and web parts; using SharePoint and Contact Manager; creating custom applications with SharePoint Designer; and more.

Office Live Small Business - Web Site

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Where to go to learn about Web Site Designer. Plus, discussions on key technology: HTML, DHTML, CSS, XSLT, JavaScript, Silverlight, and more.

Office Live Small Business - General Topics

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Learn about authentication, user management, solution packaging, and other technologies that span Office Live Small Business services.

Windows Protocols

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Discuss technical content and implementation of the Windows protocols described in the Open Specifications

Using the Open Specifications

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Ask questions about the Open Specifications documents, their organization, language conventions, and references.

Using the SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocols

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Discuss technical content and implementation of the SharePoint Products and Technologies protocols described in the Open Specifications

File Services

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Discuss technical content and implementation of Server Message Block (SMB) protocols described in the Open Specifications

Using the Exchange Server Protocols

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Discuss technical content and implementation of the Exchange and Outlook protocols described in the Open Specifications

Using the Office Protocols

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Discuss technical content and implementation of the Microsoft Office protocols described in the Open Specifications

Office Binary File Formats

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Discuss technical content and implementation of the .doc, .xls, .xlsb, and .ppt Office binary file formats.

Using the Microsoft SQL Server Protocols

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Discuss technical content and implementation of the SQL Server protocols described in the Open Specifications.

Documentation on Standards

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Discuss technical content and implementation of certain standards as they are implemented in Microsoft's high volume products

Interoperability Scenarios: Technical Questions

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Office Open Document Format Implementation

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Discuss technical content and implementation of the Office implementation of the ODF 1.1 standard

Open Packaging Conventions (OPC)

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Questions and how-to's on using the .NET managed-code and Win32 native-code Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) APIs. General discussion of the ISO/IEC 29500-2 and ECMA 376-2 OPC file technology standard.

MS-CIFS Specification Early Preview Forum

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Parallel Computing General

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General discussion and questions regarding Microsoft's Parallel Computing initiatives and technologies.

Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework

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Discuss and ask questions about Microsoft Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework -- Including usage, performance, scaling, future development, and more.

Parallel Computing in C++ and Native Code

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Discuss and ask questions about parallel computing in C++ and native code -- Including the Parallel Pattern Library (PPL), Asynchronous Agents Library, Concurrency Runtime, and other concurrency building blocks.

Axum Incubation Project

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Discuss and ask questions about the incubation project codenamed 'Axum' -- including usage, performance, feature requests, bugs, general concepts, and more.

Windows Performance Toolkit

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This forum's charter is hosting, supporting, and evolving an online community of users for the Windows Performance Tools (WPT) Kit v.4.x.

Using Visual Round Trip Analyzer

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This forum is for questions and discussions regarding the VRTA web performance analysis and testing tool. Please review previous entries for Frequently Asked Questions. Our team at Microsoft will strive to answer unique questions but we look to the community of this forum to take a major role in helping out.

Popfly General Discussion

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Talk about building mashups, blocks, and webpages; share ideas with the community.

Popfly Bugs and Suggestions

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Found an issue with Popfly, or is there something you’d love to see Popfly do? Let us know about it here.

Popfly Explorer

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Popfly Game Creator

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CAT.NET

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Welcome to the CAT.NET CTP. This forum is for you to give us your feedback and suggestions for new and improved functionality in CAT.NET.

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A developer forum for discussing how to create more secure applications through effective threat modeling using the (freely available) Microsoft SDL threat modeling tool 3.0

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SharePoint - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation

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SharePoint - Design and Customization

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SharePoint - Business Data Catalog

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Topics about the Business Data Catalog capabilities in Office SharePoint Server.

SharePoint - Business Intelligence

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SharePoint - InfoPath Forms Services

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SharePoint - Workflow

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Topics about workflow capabilities in SharePoint products and technologies.

SharePoint - Excel Services

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SharePoint - Search

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SharePoint - Enterprise Content Management

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SharePoint - Accessibility

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SharePoint - Social Computing

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Topics about MySites, blogs, wikis, tagging, social networking, knowledge search and brokering, communities, etc.

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Topics about improving or expanding the worldwide SharePoint community through blogs, forums, social networking, conferences, user groups, code camps, etc.

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Project Server General

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SharePoint - Knowledge Network

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Small Business Application Development

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Get help with the most common tasks you’ll encounter when creating applications for small business.

Microsoft Device Emulator

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Discussions related to using the Microsoft Device Emulator for Smart Device Development.

.NET Compact Framework

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Discuss issues related to .NET Compact Framework 3.5, 2.0 and 1.0 runtimes.

Windows Mobile Development

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Discuss general development issues related to the Windows Mobile Platform.

Visual Studio Smart Device Development – Visual Basic and C# Projects

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Discuss Smart Devices projects in Visual Studio for doing .NET Compact Framework Development.

Visual Studio Smart Device Development - Native C++ Project

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Discuss native projects and libraries (ATL, MFC etc) related issues for Smart devices.

Windows Marketplace for Mobile

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The resource for developers’ Windows Marketplace for Mobile application submission and certification questions.

Ink, Windows Touch, and Other Tablet PC Development

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Discuss developing applications that use natural interaction, including ink, gestures, handwriting recognition, and multitouch.

Developing Applications with Power Management

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Discuss use of system messages about power management status, sleep transitions, and other aspects of managing power consumption at the application level.

Development with the Windows Sensor and Location Platform

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Discuss using the Windows Sensor and Location Platform to gather input from GPS, light sensors, accelerometer, and other types of sensors, and use them in your applications.

Search, Organize, and Visualize in Windows

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How to enable Microsoft Windows to access the content and metadata of application files and take advantage of the built-in search capabilities in your application

DirectShow Development

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Discuss how to develop DirectShow applications using the API provided in the Windows Platform SDK

Security for Applications in Microsoft Windows

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Discuss writing secure applications for the Windows platform.

UI Development for Windows

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Discuss how to take advantage of new user experience APIs in your Windows-based applications.

General Windows Development Issues

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Discuss general issues about developing applications for Windows.

Windows SDK

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Discuss Windows Vista SDK Documentation, Samples and Tools.

Windows Workflow Foundation

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Discuss how to develop .NET applications using workflow functionality provided by Windows Workflow Foundation.

XML Paper Specification (XPS)

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Discuss XPS Document creation, viewing, printing and all things related to this new open format.

Windows Pro-Audio Application Development

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Discuss topics and ask questions related to pro-audio application development (such as DAW’s, Plug-Ins, Soft-Synths, and more) on the Windows platform.

Development for Windows Accessibility and Automation

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Discuss issues related to using Microsoft technologies to enable accessibility and GUI automation.

Transactions Programming

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Discuss development of reliable applications using transactions technologies: MSDTC, System.Transactions, WCF, WS-AT, COM+/EnterpriseServices etc.

Optical Platform Discussion

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Discuss CDROM.SYS, IMAPIv2 and Live File System issues. The forum focuses on OS-level topics and is intended for application developers rather than end users.

Windows CardSpace ('InfoCard')

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Questions and discussion relating to InfoCard and the Identity Metasystem.

Application Compatibility for Windows Development

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Discuss application compatibility testing, common compatibility issues, and best practices for creating Windows-based applications.

Windows SideShow Development

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Discussion on writing gadgets and building compatible devices for Windows SideShow

Windows Imaging Component (WIC)

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Questions and discussion of the Windows Imaging Component APIs.

Windows Ribbon Development

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Discuss topics and ask questions related to developing applications that use the Windows Ribbon.

Software Testing Discussion

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Discussion and Q&A about general software testing.

SecureLM General Discussion

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General discussion on SecureLM including code protection, licensing, installation, and deployment issues.

Software Licensing and Protection Business Discussion

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Learn how other individuals are thinking about licensing and protection. This group is for those concerned with the business aspects of licensing and protection.

SLPS Microsoft's Online Service Discussion

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Users of our hosted service can get current information about our service offering.

SLPS Code Protector and Software Protection Discussion

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Conversations about software protection and Microsoft Code Protector take place in here.

SLPS Developer Discussion

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API questions of all sophistication are welcome. We can point you to code samples or walk you through an implementation.

SLP Server 2008

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Datacenter professionals that are hosting the server, or evaluating the decision to do so, should visit here often.

SQL Data Services (SDS) - Getting Started

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New to SQL Data Services? This is the place for questions and discussion with regard to getting started with the service, signing up, any other service related questions.

SQL Server Integration Services

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All questions related to SSIS, transforms/data flow, control flow, and other related topics.

Data Mining

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All questions and discussions related to data-mining in SQL Server

SQL Server Reporting Services

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Report Server, Report Designer, Report Builder, and other reporting-related discussions.

SQL Server Analysis Services

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Discussions relating to MDX and other Analysis Services or OLAP questions

SQL Server Tools General

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Any questions and discussions related specifically to SQL Server tools. For discussions on features exposed through tools, please post to the directly-related forum

Transact-SQL

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TSQL challenges? This is the place for advice / discussions

.NET Framework inside SQL Server

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Need help with writing CLR code targeting SQL Server 2005? This forum is a great place to have your questions answered and hear about others’ experiences.

SQL Server Data Access

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Questions and discussion about data access to SQL Server using SQL Native Client, OLEDB, ODBC, ADO, WDAC/MDAC, JDBC, or SOAP/HTTP.

SQL Server SMO/DMO

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Any questions on SMO/DMO

SQL Server XML

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Any questions related to XML in SQL Server

SQL Server Replication

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Discussions on SQL Server Replication

SQL Service Broker

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Come here to ask questions about SQL Server Service Broker

SQL Server Security

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Any Security discussions related to SQL Server

SQL Server Database Engine

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Any questions or discussions relating to the SQL Server Database Engine, performance, features, Full-text Search, linked servers, etc.

SQL Server Documentation

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Books Online and all other documentation-related discussions

SQL Server Setup & Upgrade

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General Setup discussions, upgrade advisor, Best Practices Analyzer

SQL Server Disaster Recovery and Availability

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Any questions or discussions around using backup/restore, DBCC, recovering from hardware issues, planning disaster recovery or high-availability strategies.

SQL Server Notification Services

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Look here for Questions, answers, and advice on using SQL Server Notification Services

SQL Server Compact

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SQL Server Compact/Mobile Edition Technical Discussion

Getting started with SQL Server

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New to SQL Server? Beginners just getting started - here's the place for help with simple questions. For installation or setup questions, refer to the Setup Forum.

Database Mirroring

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General questions relating to the Database Mirroring feature, including client failover.

SQL Server Express

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Questions related to SQL Server Express, SQL Server Express with Advanced Services, and MSDE upgrade questions.

SQL Server Driver for PHP

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Forum for the SQL Server Driver for PHP which is designed to enable reliable, scalable integration with SQL Server for PHP applications on the Windows Platform