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Announcements for all Forums
This forum contains announcements for all of the Microsoft Forums.
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Where is the Forum For…?
A forum to get advice on where the best place is to ask a question. No technical questions will be answered in this forum.
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Forums Issues (not product support)
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.
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Suggestions and Feedback for the Forums
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 Forums Issues (Not Product Support) Forum.
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Off-Topic Posts (Do Not Post Here)
Forum for moderators to move off-topic posts to. Do not post in this forum...your question will not be answered.
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MSDN, TechNet, and Expression Profile and Recognition System Discussions
Help us improve the profile & recognition related features across MSDN, TechNet, & Expression. Use this forum to discuss bugs (within profile), provide your feedback on upcoming features and send your suggestions for the profile & recognition features. If your question isn't about our profile or recognition systems, please take a moment to search for the correct forum. Off topic posts will be deleted from this forum.
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.NET Framework Setup
Discuss and ask questions about the setup and deployment of .NET Framework.
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.NET Base Class Library
Discuss the Base Class Library, design, and best practice issues of managed code: Collections, Diagnostics, I/O, Registry, Globalization, Reflection, and Text.
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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
How to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) productively to create visually appealing and differentiating applications and to improve user experience.
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Regular Expressions
Discuss and ask questions concerning the usage of Regular Expressions (REGEXes) in the .NET Framework.
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JScript for the .NET Framework
Ask about the JScript language and compiler for the .NET Framework (JScript.NET).
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Common Language Runtime
Discuss issues regarding the very core of .NET: Security, performance, hosting, base classes, interop, reliability, debugging, GC, and profiling are example topics.
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Building Development and Diagnostic Tools for .Net
Discussion of the APIs and techniques used to build tools for .NET, such as debuggers, profilers, health monitors, compilers, disassemblers, obfuscators etc.
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ASMX Web Services and XML Serialization
Discussion on writing ASMX Web Services using the .NET Framework and on using the XML Serialization technology.
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.NET Platform Architecture Development Discussions
Need help making your .net applications (any language) work on 64-bit? Ask your questions here!
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.NET Remoting and Runtime Serialization
Discussion on using the .NET Remoting technology as well as Runtime Serialization (including Binary and Soap serialization).
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.NET Framework Networking and Communication
Discuss general managed code networking topics not relating to System.Net or Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
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Managed Extensibility Framework
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.
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Network Class Library (System.Net)
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.
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Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
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.
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Chart Controls for .NET Framework
Issues related to programming with the charting controls.
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POS for .NET
POS for .NET provides a class library for .NET developers to interract with peripherals typically found in the retail environment attached to Point of Sale, Self-Checkout, Kiosk, and ATM devices such as barcode scanners, magnetic stripe readers, cash drawers, etc. POS for .NET is based on the industry standard published by Unified POS (UPOS).
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Windows Workflow Foundation 3
Discuss how to develop .NET applications using workflow functionality provided by Windows Workflow Foundation versions using the .Net Framework 3.0 and 3.5.
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Transactions Programming
Discuss development of reliable applications using transactions technologies: MSDTC, System.Transactions, WCF, WS-AT, COM+/EnterpriseServices etc.
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Dynamic Languages on .NET
Discussions about Dynamic Languages, the DLR, IronRuby, IronPython, and other Dynamic Languages on .NET
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Windows CardSpace ('InfoCard')
Questions and discussion relating to InfoCard and the Identity Metasystem.
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Windows Workflow Foundation 4
Discuss and ask questions about Windows Workflow Foundation in the .NET Framework 4. The Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is Microsoft's programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow-enabled applications on Windows. Windows Workflow Foundation includes support for both system workflow and human workflow across a wide range of scenarios.
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AppFabric Caching
Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to future versions of Microsoft Project Code Named “Velocity”.
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AppFabric Service and Workflow Management
Discussion area for AppFabric Service and Workflow Management, formerly known as Microsoft Codename "Dublin"
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.NET StockTrader Sample Application
Discuss this end-to-end sample application that illustrates WCF and .NET Enterprise Technologies.
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Claims based access platform (CBA), code-named Geneva
This forum is for discussion of "Geneva" Server, "Geneva" Framework and Windows CardSpace "Geneva."
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Visual Studio Editor
Discuss and ask questions about editor features in Visual Studio.
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Visual Studio Setup and Installation
Discuss and ask questions about the install and setup of Visual Studio.
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SharePoint 2010 - Using Visual Studio with SharePoint and other programming
Discuss using Visual Studio and other programming with SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint services such as Access Services, BCS, Excel Services and Visio Services.
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Visual C++ General
General questions about Visual C++ , including the development environment, libraries, setup, debugger, samples, and documentation.
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SQL Server Data Tools
Forum for discussion about SQL Server Data Tools
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Visual Studio Async CTP
Discuss and ask questions about the Visual Studio Async CTP
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TPL Dataflow
Discuss and ask questions about TPL Dataflow (System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll) -- including usage, performance, feature request, bugs, general concepts and more.
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Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework
Discuss and ask questions about Microsoft Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework -- Including usage, performance, scaling, future development, and more.
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Parallel Computing in C++ and Native Code
Discuss and ask questions about parallel computing in C++ and native code -- including C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism (C++ AMP), the Parallel Pattern Library (PPL), the Asynchronous Agents Library, the Concurrency Runtime (ConcRT), and other concurrency building blocks.
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Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Agile Tools in Visual Studio Vnext
Discuss the agile tools in Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server vNext. Tools included would be Code Review, Team Explorer, Task boards, Story Boarding.
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Test Tools in Visual Studio vNext
Discuss the Test tools in Visual Studio vNext.
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Microsoft "Roslyn" CTP
Discuss and ask questions about the Microsoft "Roslyn" CTP
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LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11 Beta
General questions and discussions around LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11 Beta release
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Visual Studio WPF/SL Designer
This forum is for feedback on and questions relating to the WPF and Silverlight Designer Tools in Visual Studio 2008 and 2010.
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Visual Studio Source Control and SourceSafe
Discussion topics on integration of Source Control into Visual Studio and the SourceSafe product.
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Visual Studio Guidance Automation Toolkit
The Guidance Automation Toolkit is an extension to Visual Studio that allows architects to author rich, integrated user experiences for reusable assets.
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Visual Studio Extensibility
Discuss Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX), using the Extension Manager, building VSIX containers for deployment, the Visual Studio SDK, Text Templates (T4), add-ins, macros, and more.
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Visual Studio Debugger
Questions and discussions about debugging applications with the Visual Studio debugger.
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Visual Studio Class Designer
Come discuss new techniques for code visualization, refactoring, and class design using the new Class Designer tool.
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Developer Documentation and Help System
Ask questions or post comments about Visual Studio and .NET Framework documentation, Help system functionality, and Visual Studio Help integration.
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Visual Studio Report Controls
Discuss reporting functionality including the integrated report designer and viewer controls for adding rich data reports to Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications
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Visual Studio Tools for Office
Questions about using Visual Studio to create managed code solutions for Office 2003, Office 2007, and Office 2010.
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Visual Studio Gallery Feedback
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.
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MSBuild
Discuss the Microsoft build engine aka MSBuild. Topics including: usage of MSBuild, build customization, and MSBuild extensibility via tasks, loggers and hosting.
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Visual Studio Team System - Testing
Discuss the unit testing, code coverage, and other general testing tools in Visual Studio Team System.
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Visual Studio Web Performance and Load Testing
Discuss the Web and load testing tools included in Visual Studio Team System.
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Model-Based Testing with Spec Explorer
Learn, discuss, ask questions about Spec Explorer. Spec Explorer is a model-based testing tool that runs as an add-in to Visual Studio. Please participate freely and help us make the Spec Explorer experience even better!
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Visual Studio Unit Testing
Discuss using Visual Studio Unit Testing -including new Unit Testing Features in Visual Studio 2010.
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Visual Studio UI Automation Testing (includes CodedUI)
Discuss using Visual Studio for automation testing - including the new CodedUI tests for Visual Studio 2010.
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Visual Studio Lab Management
Discuss setting up and using the new Lab Management features in Visual Studio 2010.
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Testing with Visual Studio Test Manager (MTM)
Learn about the new manual testing functionality in Visual Studio 2010
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Visual Basic Express Edition
Questions about Visual Basic Express Edition and getting started with Visual Basic.
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Visual C# Express Edition
Questions about Visual C# Express Edition and getting started with C#.
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Visual C++ Express Edition
Questions about Visual C++ Express Edition and getting started with C++.
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Installing and Registering Visual Studio Express Editions
Questions about how to get up and running with Visual Studio Express Editions
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Getting Started With Visual Studio Team System
New to Team System? Start here!
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Visual Studio Performance Tools (Profiler)
Discuss how to profile your code and fix performance issues with the Visual Studio Performance Tools (Profiler).
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Visual Studio Code Analysis and Code Metrics
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.
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Visual Studio Database Development Tools (Formerly "Database Edition Forum")
Discuss the database features of Visual Studio, including database and server projects for SQL Server, SQL CLR projects, Transact-SQL Debugging, and the Table Designer (in Server Explorer).
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Team Foundation Server - General
Discuss Team Foundation Server general concepts.
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Team Foundation Server - Setup
Discuss Team Foundation Server setup and configuration.
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Team Foundation Server - Administration
Discuss Team Foundation Server administration and operations.
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Team Foundation Server - Build Automation
Discuss Team Foundation Server's build automation features.
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Team Foundation Server – Power Tools & Add-ons
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.
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Team Foundation Server - Process Templates
Discuss Team Foundation Server process template development and customization.
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Team Foundation Server - Reporting & Warehouse
Discuss Team Foundation Reporting, which uses SQL Server 2005 Reporting services to report team project metrics.
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Team Foundation Server - Team System Web Access
Discuss Team System Web Access (formerly known as TeamPlain), which Microsoft acquired to provide a Web access solution for Team Foundation Server.
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Team Foundation Server - Version Control
Discuss Team Foundation Version Control, including branching, merging, and shelving.
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Team Foundation Server - Work Item Tracking
Discuss Team Foundation Work Item Tracking, including work item customization and Office integration.
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Team Foundation Server – Migration and Integration
Team Foundation Server has multiple tools for migrating data from other systems, as well as the TFS Integration Platform which can be used to build tools that connect other systems to TFS. This forum is the place to discuss issues hit during migration, ask questions about building tools, and propose new features for the platform.
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Team Foundation Server - Eclipse and Cross Platform
Discussion about using Team Foundation Server from Eclipse based IDE's or from Mac, Linux and Unix platforms.
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Visual Basic General
Questions and discussions not covered in the other VB forums such as Data and Setup. (Not for VB6 questions.)
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Visual Basic Power Packs
Discuss the add-ins, controls, components, samples and tools that are part of the Visual Basic Power Packs.
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Visual Basic Language
Questions and discussions regarding the VB language, compiler, VB framework/runtime – including things like generics, language keywords, My namespace. (Not for VB6)
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Visual Basic Interop and Upgrade
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.
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Visual Basic IDE
Discuss VB.NET IDE IntelliSense, debugging, ErrorCorrect, ClickOnce deployment, Refactor™, code snippets, colorization, smart tags, key bindings, etc.
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Visual C# General
General discussion and questions regarding Visual C# -- including best practices on developing with C# in VS, documentation, setup, and samples.
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Visual C# Language
Issues regarding the C# language and compiler – including things like generics, anonymous methods, etc.
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Visual C# IDE
Questions and discussions on the C# IDE – including IntelliSense, refactoring, code snippets, colorization, bracematching, smart tags, auto-generated code, etc.
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Visual C++ Language
Issues regarding the C++ language, compiler, and linker. This forum covers all standardized languages, extensions, and interop technologies supported by Visual C++.
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Visual C++ MFC and ATL
General questions about Windows programming using MFC and ATL.
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Visual FoxPro General
Questions and discussions about developing with Visual FoxPro 9.0 - including language, IDE, designers, data, .NET interoperability, and more.
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Architecture General
Discuss general issues and experiences related to architecture and designing solutions on the Microsoft platform.
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Modeling and Tools
Discuss issues and experiences related to the use of modeling and tools, including DSI (Dynamic Systems Initiative) and SDM (System Definition Model)
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The Architect Role
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.
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Windows Azure Purchasing, Pricing & Billing
Discuss Windows Azure offers, pricing, estimating usage/costs, billing & comparisons.
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Windows Azure Storage, CDN and Caching
Discuss Windows Azure Storage (BLOB service, table service, queue service & Windows Azure Drive), Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN), Windows Azure Caching (distributed, in-memory, application cache service) & other non-relational solutions for storing & accessing data for the Windows Azure.
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Managing Services on the Windows Azure
Deploying & managing services on the Windows Azure: Using the Windows Azure Management Portal, Service management tools, samples, APIs & account/subscription management.
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Connectivity and Messaging - Windows Azure
Windows Azure Connect, Windows Azure Traffic Manager, connecting Windows Azure services to on-premise servers & virtual networking. Windows Azure Service Bus for secure messaging and connectivity capabilities.
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Windows Azure Development
General Windows Azure development topics: Getting started, development strategies, design, web services, samples, tools, SDK, APIs & how to best use Windows Azure.
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Windows Azure Troubleshooting, Diagnostics & Logging
Troubleshoot & diagnose deployment errors, service & application issues for applications running on the Windows Azure. Discuss application monitoring & logging.
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Security for Windows Azure
Windows Azure security best practices, data security for Windows Azure Storage & SQL Azure, Windows Azure Access Control, authentication & authorization methods.
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SQL Azure
Discuss the various SQL Azure technologies including Database, Reporting and the Data Synchronization Service
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Windows Azure AppFabric CTP
"Windows Azure AppFabric CTP” is now over. A new labs release previewing Service Bus EAI & EDI capabilities has been released and is supported in the “Windows Azure Service Bus EAI & EDI Labs” http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=237160 forum
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SQL Azure Labs Support
This forum is designed to provide support for the different incubations we are testing as part of SQL Azure Labs
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Microsoft Codename Data Explorer
Microsoft Codename Data Explorer is a new experience for working with data in the SQL Azure cloud.
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Service Bus EAI & EDI Labs Release
Discussions for the Windows Azure Service Bus EAI & EDI Labs Releases.
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BizTalk Server Adapters and Adapter Pack
All questions related to LOB Adapters, BizTalk WCF Adapter, WCF LOB Adapter SDK and BizTalk Adapter Pack.
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BizTalk Server EDI and AS2
All questions related to new EDI and AS2 features of BizTalk Server.
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BizTalk Server RFID
All questions related to new RFID features of BizTalk Server.
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BizTalk ESB Toolkit
Discussion for the BizTalk ESB Toolkit
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Commerce Server 2007
Questions and discussions about installing, deploying and developing for CS2007.
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Commerce Server 2009
Questions and discussions about installing, deploying and developing for CS2009.
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ADO.NET Managed Providers
Data platform development using ADO.NET managed providers, especially System.Data.SqlClient, System.Data.Odbc and System.Data.Oledb. For topics related to the Entity Framework, as the ADO.Net Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities Forum. For topics related to LINQ to SQL, see the LINQ to SQL Forum.
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WCF Data Services
Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to Released (RTM) versions of WCF Data Services Framework (formerly known as ADO.NET Data Services and Project "Astoria").
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ADO.NET DataSet
Questions and discussion about data platform development using ADO.NET DataSet and LINQ to DataSet.
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ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities
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.
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LINQ to SQL
Questions and discussion about LINQ to SQL. For LINQ to Entities see the “ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities" forum.
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XML, System.Xml, MSXML and XmlLite
Questions and discussion about the processing of XML, MSXML, XSLT and/or XSD using .NET frameworks, XML Lite, LINQ to XML, and the XML Tools in Visual Studio.
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Reactive Extensions for .NET (Rx)
Discuss and provide feedback on Reactive Extensions for .NET (Rx). Rx is a set of APIs for asynchronous and event based programming based on standard LINQ sequence operators.
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Microsoft Live Labs Volta
Discussion forum for all topics related to the Live Labs Volta technology preview.
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Code Contracts
Discuss and provide feedback on Code Contracts.
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Axum Incubation Project
Discuss and ask questions about the incubation project codenamed 'Axum' -- including usage, performance, feature requests, bugs, general concepts, and more.
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Dryad, DSC, and DryadLINQ CTP Release on HPC Server 2008 R2 SP1
Questions on Dryad, DSC, and DryadLINQ, a set of technologies that support data-intensive computing applications that run on a Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 cluster.
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The Forum of Sho
This is a forum for discussing Sho, an interactive environment for data analysis and scientific computing from Microsoft Research. Comments, questions, and bug reports are all welcome. More information about Sho is available at http://research.microsoft.com/sho
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Microsoft Solver Foundation
Solver Foundation is a .NET library for mathematical programming and optimization. Solver Foundation provides powerful libraries for .NET developers seeking to use optimization in their solutions, making it possible for non-experts to define and solve models in their applications.
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Debugger Canvas
Discuss and provide feedback on Debugger Canvas, a new user experience for the debugger in Visual Studio Ultimate. It pulls together the code you’re exploring onto a single pan-and-zoom display. As you hit breakpoints or step into code, Debugger Canvas shows just the methods that you’re debugging, with call lines and local variables, to help you see the bigger picture.
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Casablanca
Casablanca is an incubation effort to try out native-code support for accessing and developing cloud-based services.
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Internet Explorer Extension Development
Discussions about building Activities, WebSlices and add-ons for Internet Explorer.
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Internet Explorer Web Development
Discussions about web development including HTML, CSS and Script for Internet Explorer.
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JScript Native
Discuss and ask questions about JScript language, error/problems faced and future plans.
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Training and Certification
Have questions about Microsoft training and certifications? Ask them here!
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Small Basic
Discuss and provide feedback on the Small Basic project. Small Basic is a simplified programming language and environment to help teach programming to beginners.
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Microsoft Translator Developer & Web Master Support
Developer Support for the Microsoft Translator API and web page widget
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Microsoft Translator User Forum (Including Bing Translator)
User Support for Microsoft Translator offerings (including Bing Translator)
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Microsoft Translator Hub Forum
Microsoft Translator Hub is a tool for creating customized automatic translation systems. This forum serves to share feedback and receive support.
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ISV Open Discussions
Leave feedback for the MSDN ISV team, discuss broad ISV issues, and general debate.
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Partnering with Microsoft
Questions and answers related to ISV specific Microsoft programs
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Microsoft Robotics - Community
A forum for users to share samples, feedback, and engage in general discussion about the Microsoft Robotics
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Microsoft Robotics - Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR)
Coding patterns and technical questions about the concurrency and coordination runtime (CCR).
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Microsoft Robotics - Decentralized Software Services (DSS)
Service patterns, runtime information, and tools for decentralized software services (DSS).
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Microsoft Robotics - Simulation
Simulation engine, samples, entities and graphics/physics discussion.
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Microsoft Robotics - Visual Programming Language
User discussion, diagrams, patterns.
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Microsoft Robotics - Hardware Configuration and Troubleshooting
Information on how to setup your robotic hardware, help with porting to MSRS
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SyncFx - General [ReadOnly]
THIS FORUM IS READ ONLY; {General questions about the Microsoft Sync Framework}
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SyncFx - SyncToy-File Synchronization
A free tool based on the Microsoft Sync Framework which helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly.
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SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Developer Discussions
This forum should be used for technical developer discussions relating to Microsoft Sync Framework including core components, feedsync, file sync providers, simple providers, custom providers, database providers and Sync services for ADO.NET. Other general questions and suggestions regarding Microsoft Sync framework are welcome too!
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SyncFx – Microsoft Sync Framework Toolkit
This forum is for feedback and questions relating to the Sync Framework Toolkit for building offline applications.
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Access for Developers
This forum is for Developer discussions and questions involving Microsoft Access
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Excel for Developers
This forum is for Developer discussions and questions involving Microsoft Excel
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Word for Developers
This forum is for Developer discussions and questions involving Microsoft Word.
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Outlook for Developers
This forum is for Developer discussions and questions involving Microsoft Outlook.
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Open XML Format SDK
Discussion forum for developer topics related to the Open XML Format SDK.
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General Office Development
This forum is for general Office Developer discussions and questions that are either non-application specific and/or are not specific to one of the product specific forums in this category.
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Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium
Discussion forum for developer topics related to the Office Live platform.
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SharePoint 2010 - General Questions and Answers
General questions, comments and discussions on SharePoint 2010 products and SharePoint services such as Access Services, BCS, Excel Services and Visio Services.
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SharePoint 2010 - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation
Discuss setup, upgrade, administration and operation for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint services such as Access Services, BCS, Excel Services and Visio Services.
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SharePoint 2010 - Using SharePoint Designer, Infopath, and other customization
Discuss using SharePoint Designer, SharePoint Gallery Solutions, templates & other customization for SharePoint 2010 and SP services such as Access Services, BCS, Excel Services, & Visio Services.
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SharePoint - General Question and Answers and Discussion (pre-SharePoint 2010)
General questions and discussions about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about installation/setup and upgrade/migration as well as administration and operation in in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Design and Customization (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about site design (i.e. definitions, templates) and page customization (i.e. layouts) as well as SharePoint Designer and similar tools in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Development and Programming (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about development and programming (i.e. web parts, features, etc.), SDKs, and tools (i.e. Visual Studio) in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Business Data Catalog (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about the Business Data Catalog capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Business Intelligence (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about implementing SharePoint for business intelligence oriented solutions in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - InfoPath Forms Services (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about InfoPath Forms Services capabilities in Office SharePoint Server in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Workflow (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about workflow capabilities in SharePoint products and technologies in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Excel Services (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about Excel Services capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and prior versions in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Search (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about Search capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Enterprise Content Management (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about document management, records management, and web content management capabilities in SharePoint products and technologies in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Accessibility (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about improving accessibility and usability in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Social Computing (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about MySites, blogs, wikis, tagging, social networking, knowledge search and brokering, communities, etc in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Collaboration (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about team sites, project tracking, document collaboration, extranets, etc in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Community Advancement (pre-SharePoint 2010)
Topics about improving or expanding the worldwide SharePoint community through blogs, forums, social networking, conferences, user groups, code camps, etc in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and prior versions. To discuss SharePoint 2010, visit http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint2010
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SharePoint - Knowledge Network
Topics about Knowledge Network for Office SharePoint Server.
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Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API SDK
Questions on Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API, a scalable communications and collaboration API for developing applications on Lync Server 2010 (UCMA 3.0), Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (UCMA 2.0), and Office Communications Server 2007 (UCMA 1.0).
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Microsoft Unified Communications Client SDK
Questions on Microsoft Unified Communications Client SDK, a powerful and flexible API for building client applications for Microsoft Office Communications Server.
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Microsoft Lync Client Development
Questions on Microsoft Lync 2010 Client SDK, Office Communicator 2007 R2 SDK, and Office Communicator 2007 SDK. These are client APIs that enable developers to integrate or extend Lync and Office Communicator functionality.
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Microsoft Lync Server SDK and Office Communications Server SDK
Questions on Microsoft Lync Server 2010 SDK and Office Communications Server 2007 SDK, which enable IT administrators to programmatically manage the communications flow of Lync Server or Office Communications Server.
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Windows Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Windows (including .NET Framework) protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Using the Open Specifications
Ask questions about the Open Specifications documents, their organization, language conventions, and references.
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Using the SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the SharePoint Products and Technologies protocols described in the Open Specifications
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File Services
Discuss technical content and implementation of Server Message Block (SMB) protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Using the Exchange Server Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Exchange and Outlook protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Office File Formats
Discuss technical content and implementation of the .doc, .xls, .xlsb, .ppt and .pst file formats.
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Using the Office Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Microsoft Office protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Using the Microsoft SQL Server Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the SQL Server protocols described in the Open Specifications.
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Office Open XML File Format Implementation
Discuss issues related to the implementation of the Open XML file format (e.g., ISO/IEC 29500) in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This forum is for discussion of the Microsoft implementation of the Office Open XML file format – for questions about the format itself, you may want to visit the forums on OpenXMLDeveloper.org.
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Interoperability Scenarios: Technical Questions
Discuss implementation of technical scenarios around interoperability
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Office Open Document Format Implementation
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Office implementation of the ODF 1.1 standard
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Open Packaging Conventions (OPC)
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.
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Documentation on Standards
Discuss technical content and implementation of certain standards as they are implemented in Exchange Server, Outlook, SQL Server, and Internet Explorer.
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Parallel Computing General
General discussion and questions regarding Microsoft's Parallel Computing initiatives and technologies.
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Project Server General Questions and Answers
General questions, comments and discussions on Project Server.
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Project Customization and Programming
Discuss customizations and programming for Project Web App, Project Server, Project Professional and Project Standard. Includes User Interface (UI) customizations, Project Server Interface (PSI) and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Programming.
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Project Server - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation
Discuss deployment, configuration, upgrade & migration, administration and operation for Project Server.
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Project Standard and Professional General Questions and Answers
General questions, comments and discussions on Project Standard and Project Professional.
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Visio General Questions and Answers for IT Professionals
General questions, comments and discussions for IT Professionals on Visio. For end-user questions and answers, visit the "Microsoft Office for Business Users: Visio, Project, InfoPath, and Access" forum on MS Answers: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/threads
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Microsoft Device Emulator
Discussions related to using the Microsoft Device Emulator for Smart Device Development.
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.NET Compact Framework
Discuss issues related to .NET Compact Framework 3.5, 2.0 and 1.0 runtimes.
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Windows Mobile Development
Discuss general development issues related to the Windows Mobile Platform.
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Visual Studio Smart Device Development – Visual Basic and C# Projects
Discuss Smart Devices projects in Visual Studio for doing .NET Compact Framework Development.
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Visual Studio Smart Device Development - Native C++ Project
Discuss native projects and libraries (ATL, MFC etc) related issues for Smart devices.
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SQL Server Integration Services
All questions related to SSIS, transforms/data flow, control flow, and other related topics.
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Data Mining
All questions and discussions related to data-mining in SQL Server
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SQL Server Reporting Services
Report Server, Report Designer, Report Builder, and other reporting-related discussions.
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SQL Server Analysis Services
Discussions relating to MDX and other Analysis Services or OLAP questions
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SQL Server Tools
Any questions and discussions related specifically to SQL Server tools, including SQL Server Data Tools. For discussions on features exposed through tools, please post to the directly-related forum
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Transact-SQL
TSQL challenges? This is the place for advice and discussions
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.NET Framework inside SQL Server
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.
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SQL Server Data Access
Questions and discussion about data access to SQL Server using SQL Native Client, OLEDB, ODBC, ADO, WDAC/MDAC, JDBC, or SOAP/HTTP.
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SQL Server SMO/DMO
Any questions on SMO/DMO
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SQL Server XML
Any questions related to XML in SQL Server
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SQL Server Replication
Discussions on SQL Server Replication
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SQL Service Broker
Come here to ask questions about SQL Server Service Broker
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SQL Server Security
Any Security discussions related to SQL Server
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SQL Server Database Engine
Any questions or discussions relating to the SQL Server Database Engine, performance, features, Full-text Search, linked servers, etc.
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SQL Server Documentation
Books Online and all other documentation-related discussions
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SQL Server Setup & Upgrade
General Setup discussions, upgrade advisor, Best Practices Analyzer
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SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Any questions or discussions around using AlwaysOn, backup/restore, DBCC, recovering from hardware issues, planning disaster recovery or high-availability strategies.
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SQL Server Notification Services
Look here for Questions, answers, and advice on using SQL Server Notification Services
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SQL Server Compact
SQL Server Compact/Mobile Edition Technical Discussion
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Getting started with SQL Server
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.
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Database Mirroring
General questions relating to the Database Mirroring feature, including client failover.
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SQL Server Express
Questions related to SQL Server Express, SQL Server Express with Advanced Services, and MSDE upgrade questions.
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Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server
Forum for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server (SQLSRV & PDO_SQLSRV) which is designed to enable reliable, scalable integration with SQL Server for PHP applications on the Windows Platform
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SQL Server Data Warehousing
Need help with using SQL Server for data warehousing, Change Data Capture, or decision support? Post your questions here.
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SQL Server Search
Specifics on how to Search (and find) in SQL Server. This forum has the right expertise on how to do this in SQL Server, with deeper focus on SQL Server enhancements
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SQL Server Spatial
Any questions related to the use of spatial data in SQL Server.
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SQL Server Samples and Community Projects
Your place to discuss SQL Server product samples and community projects.
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Microsoft StreamInsight
Forum to support the Microsoft StreamInsight product
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Database Design
Discussion regarding general database design
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SQL Server Migration
Any questions or discussions related to migrating to SQL Server (using SSMA tool or otherwise) from other databases.
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SQL Server Master Data Services
All questions and discussions related to installing, configuring, and implementing Master Data Services.
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SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management
SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management, introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2
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SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel
Discussions relating to importing data, building relationships, and using DAX within the PowerPivot window.
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SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint
Discussions relating to the server set up and configuration, publication of workbooks, data refresh and workbook monitoring.
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SQL Server Manageability
Primarily discussion around SQL Server Manageability
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SQL Server Distributed Replay
This forum is for discussions and questions about SQL Server Distributed Replay.
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SQL Server Data Quality Services
This forum is for Data Quality Services
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SQL Server 2012 Setup and Installation (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 PowerPivot for Excel (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 High Availability and Disaster Recovery (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Spatial (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 PowerPivot for SharePoint (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Database Engine (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 SQL Tools (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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Windows Forms General
Discuss client application development using Windows Forms controls and features.
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Windows Forms Designer
Discuss features of the Windows Forms designer inside of Visual Studio as well as custom control designers and hosting the Windows Forms designer in your app.
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ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects
Discuss the ClickOnce deployment technology as well as using Windows Forms controls from inside Internet Explorer.
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Windows Forms Data Controls and Databinding
Discuss data controls such as the DataGridView, and connecting your Windows Forms app to data from a SQL server, a web service or a custom business object.
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Windows Forms Sample Applications
Discuss the Terrarium, TaskVision, FotoVision and IssueVision sample applications.
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Windows Live General: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Windows Live Messenger Web APIs: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Windows Live Messenger Client: Development (retired)
Discussion forum for developer topics related to Messenger activities. Note: This forum has been locked per lack of moderation (8/8/2011)
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Windows Live Spaces: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Bing Maps: Map Control and Web services Development
Discussion forum for developing applications using the Bing Map Controls and the Bing Maps Web Service APIs
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Windows Live ID: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Windows Live Writer: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Live Connect
Discuss and ask questions about Live Connect and the Live SDK. Live Connect enables developers to connect their websites, applications and devices to Windows Live ID, SkyDrive, Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger. The Live SDK is the associated set of downloads for targeting development on Windows Phone and Windows Developer Preview.
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Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility and Certification
Forum for developers to discuss Windows Server 2008 software certification and application compatibility
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Server Virtualization
Discussion on virtualization on the Windows Server 2008 platform
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SDK for Home Server 2011, SBS 2011 Essentials, Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials
This forum supports developing solutions for Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Small Business Server 2011 and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. The SDK can be found at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg513958.aspx
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MSDN Subscriptions Feedback
Post questions about your MSDN Subscriptions including managing your account, using Subscriber Downloads, how to use the software under your MSDN license, and more.
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MSDN and TechNet Search Feedback
For bugs and suggestions about Search features of MSDN and TechNet websites. For bug reports, please include the URL of search results page where the problem occurs. Note: Only Moderators can post to this forum currently.
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MSDN, TechNet and Expression Library Feedback
Help us improve the Library Experience in MSDN, TechNet and Expression by providing feedback on features, bugs, look and feel or by just providing suggestions.
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Acropolis
Discuss and ask questions about client application development with code name “Acropolis”
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Direct3D 10
This forums is closed. Please post new questions on http://forums.xna.com. Thank you!
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Game Technologies: Audio / XACT
This forums is closed. Please post new questions on http://forums.xna.com. Thank you!
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Game Technologies: DirectX 101
This forums is closed. Please post new questions on http://forums.xna.com. Thank you!
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Game Technologies: General
This forums is closed. Please post new questions on http://forums.xna.com. Thank you!
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Game Technologies: XNA Build
This forums is closed. Please post new questions on http://forums.xna.com. Thank you!
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Feedback for Visual Basic Bug Submission Pilot
Use this forum to comment or report an issue with the process of submitting bugs or product suggestions in the Visual Basic forums.
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XNA Framework
This forums is closed. Please post new questions on http://forums.xna.com. Thank you!
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XNA Game Studio Express
This forums is closed. Please post new questions on http://forums.xna.com. Thank you!
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Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) General Discussion
General Silverlight issues: deployment questions, capabilities, compatibility, production and deployment workflows and infrastructure.
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Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) Designer Issues (Forum Locked on 4/24/2012)
Design with Silverlight: discuss designer tools and workflows, design implementation scenarios, XAML for Silverlight and design ideas. (This forum was locked to read only on 4/24/2012.)
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Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) Developer Issues
Develop with Silverlight: Talk about development tools and workflows, implementation scenarios and design patterns.
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Visual Studio Web Developer Express Edition
Dúvidas sobre como iniciar o desenvolvimento de aplicações Web e utilização do ambiente de desenvolvimento Visual Web Developer.
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LINQ Project General
Ask questions about the LINQ Project. The LINQ Project delivers Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for objects, relational, XML, and other forms of data.
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Project Codename: Jasper
Project Jasper: Quick and clean data access, leveraging the power of the ADO.NET Entity Framework.
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Software Transactional Memory DevLab
This forum has now been closed. It was a forum for discussion and questions about the Devlabs release of the .NET Framework enabled for software transactional memory
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Windows Live Search: Development
Discussion forum for developer topics related to Search API web services.
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Innovate on Office
Provide a space for ISVs to discuss Innovating on Office
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HD DVD Interactivity Authoring
Discuss authoring interactive content for high definition digital video discs (HD DVD).
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Visual C# 2008 (Pre-release)
Technical discussion and help using C# in Visual Studio 2008. This forum is only for discussion of VS 2008 beta and CTP issues.
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Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Install and Setup
Technical discussion and help installing Visual Studio 2008. This forum is only for discussion of VS 2008 beta issues. (This includes issues with CTP VPC images.)
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Visual Studio Tools for Office 2008 (Pre-release)
Technical discussion and help using VSTO in Visual Studio 2008. This forum is only for discussion of Visual Studio 2008 beta and CTP issues.
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Visual Studio 2008 IDE, Debugger, Build, Deployment, Help, etc.
For non-language specific questions about Visual Studio 2008 (Beta),including the IDE, Debugger, MSBuild, Deployment Technologies, Help, Version Control, etc.
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XML in Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release)
Discussion and technical Q&A about using XML in Visual Studio 2008. This forum is only for discussion of VS 2008 beta and CTP issues.
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Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (Beta)
Forum to get help with, and discuss the Beta release of Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.
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Visual C++ Express 2008 (Pre-release)
Discussion and questions about using Visual Studio C++ Express 2008 pre-release builds
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Visual C# Express 2008 (Pre-release)
Discussion and questions about using Visual Studio C# Express 2008 pre-release builds
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Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions - Installation and Setup
Questions and discussion about the installation of any Express edition of Visual Studio 2008 pre-release builds.
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Visual Basic Express 2008 (Pre-release)
Discussion and questions about using Visual Studio VB Express 2008 pre-release builds
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Visual C++ 2008 (Pre-release)
Technical discussion and help using C++ in Visual Studio 2008. This forum is only for discussion of VS 2008 beta and CTP issues.
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Visual Basic 2008 (Pre-release)
Technical discussion and help using Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2008. This forum is only for discussion of VS 2008 beta and CTP issues.
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Visual Studio Team System 2010
Discussion and questions about the Community Technology Preview releases for Visual Studio Team System 2010
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General Troubleshooting & Support for the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP
Forum for general questions relative to issues with the CTP. Examples are: Download issues, Virtual PC configuration issues…
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Team Foundation Server in Visual Studio Team System 2010 CTP - Feedback Forum
Feedback conversation, discussions and questions about Team Foundation Server in the Community Technology Preview releases of Visual Studio Team System 2010 (formerly known as codename "Rosario")
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Show and Tell
Show off your newest creations and get feedback from the community. What have you made lately?
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Microsoft ESP Platform Development (Archived)
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.
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Web Gadget Development
Discussion on writing Web Gadgets using DHTML and JavaScript
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Popfly General Discussion
Talk about building mashups, blocks, and webpages; share ideas with the community.
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Popfly Bugs and Suggestions
Found an issue with Popfly, or is there something you’d love to see Popfly do? Let us know about it here.
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Popfly Explorer
Talk about Popfly Explorer, report bugs, and give feedback.
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Popfly Game Creator
Talk about the Popfly Game Creator, report bugs, and give feedback.
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Web Sandbox - General
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. Note 4/18/2011! This forum has been archived and is no longer active.
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Web Sandbox - Exploits
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. Note 4/18/2011! This forum has been archived and is no longer active.
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MSDN Sandbox
This forum is designed for users to try out the new forums functionality. DO NOT POST HERE expecting replies or help, this is a TEST FORUM ONLY! Go to the home page http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/ if you have a real question you need help with. Thank you - Forums Teams.
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Visual Studio Application Verifier
Discuss issues regarding Visual Studio’s Application Verifier feature, a runtime verification tool for C/C++. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Moderator Posting Only Forum Sandbox
This forum is designed for users to try out the new forums functionality for Moderator Posting Only Forums. Please be respectful of others, and do <b>NOT</b> expect replies to questions asked here.
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Visual C++ IDE
Discuss and ask questions about C++ Development in Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate.
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SyncFx - Feedback [ReadOnly]
THIS FORUM IS READ ONLY; {Suggestions and comments related to improving the Microsoft Sync Framework}
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Microsoft adCenter: Development
Discussion forum for developer topics related to adCenter API. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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patterns & practices: Roadmap Discussion
Join the discussion in this forum to influence the future plans of patterns & practices, and help make sure we’re building the guidance .NET developers and architects need the most. Forum Locked 4/20/2011, low participation.
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SyncFx - Technical Discussion [ReadOnly]
THIS FORUM IS READ ONLY; {Technical discussions relating to the Microsoft Sync Framework including custom providers, FeedSync and file sync providers}
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SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Database Providers [ReadOnly]
THIS FORUM IS READ ONLY; {Technical Q&A about using the Microsoft SyncFramework Database Providers (Sync Services for ADO.NET) to build occasionally connected applications.}
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Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK Bugs and Suggestions
Find an issue with the MultiPoint Mouse SDK, or is there something you’d love to see the MultiPoint Mouse SDK do? Let us know about it here. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK Troubleshoot
Need help troubleshooting an error? Have a question about compatibility? This is the place to ask. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Small Business Application Development
This forum has been locked to Read Only on 4/25/2011 because of low answer rates. Get help with the most common tasks you’ll encounter when creating applications for small business.
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ISV Community Days
THIS FORUM IS READ ONLY;{Questions and answers related to ISV Community Days worldwide.}
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Visual Studio Team System - Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
Discuss MSF v4 and the integrated process automation and guidance found in Team System. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Sharepoint Development with Visual Studio - Archive
Discuss building portal applications using Visual Studio and Sharepoint. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Announcements about prereleased versions of Visual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4
Announcements about prereleased versions of Visual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4. For discussions and feedback please see the following three forum categories: Prereleased versions of .NET Framework 4, prereleased versions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, and prereleased versions of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Visual Studio 2010 ALM Features. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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.NET Framework 4 Release Candidate – General
Thank you for contributing to .NET Framework 4 prerelease forums. We are happy to inform you that .NET Framework 4 RTM is now available. Please visit : http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework for more details. If your issue has not been resolved in the release please repost your question in the .NET Framework forums which can be found at: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/netdevelopment This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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.NET Framework 4 Application Compatibility - Release Candidate
Discuss and ask questions about .NET Framework 4 application compatibility Thank you for contributing to .NET Framework 4 prerelease forums. We are happy to inform you that .NET Framework 4 RTM is now available. Please visit : http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework for more details. If your issue has not been resolved in the release please repost your question in the .NET Framework forums which can be found at: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/netdevelopment This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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.NET Framework 4 setup & deployment (Pre-Release versions)
Discuss and ask questions about the setup and deployment of .NET Framework 4 (Prerelease versions). Thank you for contributing to .NET Framework 4 prerelease forums. We are happy to inform you that .NET Framework 4 RTM is now available. Please visit : http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework for more details. If your issue has not been resolved in the release please repost your question in the .NET Framework forums which can be found at: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/netdevelopment This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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WCF Data Services (Pre-Release)
Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to Pre-Release (Alpha Preview, CTP, Beta) versions of WCF Data Services (formerly known as ADO.NET Data Services and Project "Astoria"). This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities (Pre-Release)
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. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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XML in Visual Studio and the .NET Framework (Pre-Release)
Discuss and ask questions about XML in Visual Studio 2010 Pre-Release builds (CTPs/Betas) This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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.NET Framework 4: Windows Communication Foundation - Release Candidate
As we have now released Visual Studio 2010 and the .Net Framework 4, we will be making this Forum read-only for a month. Please post your WCF 4 questions in the WCF Forum in the .Net Develpoment category here - http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/wcf/threads/. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Windows SideShow Development
Discuss writing gadgets and building compatible devices for Windows SideShow. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Phoenix
Discuss and ask questions about the Phoenix Research Development Kit, including installation, setup, tutorials and other general Phoenix questions. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Hobbyist Zone
A free form network for hobbyists to share cool design ideas and devices based on Windows Embedded Standard products. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Using Visual Round Trip Analyzer
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. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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SQL Server Modeling
Discussion area for Microsoft SQL Server Modeling (formerly code name "Oslo") including the code name "M" modeling language, the code name "Quadrant" tool, and SQL Server Modeling Services. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Storage Platform – ATA
Having your ATAport miniport development questions answered by our experts. Also looking for the latest news on ATAport miniport development from Microsoft. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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CHESS – Find and Reproduce Concurrency Heisenbugs
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. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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HealthVault Data Types
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. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Language Specification
Questions around the VBA Language Specification only This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Architecture Events
Discuss events, conferences, and seminars related to architecture and designing solutions on the Microsoft platform. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Windows Error Reporting for ISVs
THIS FORUM IS READ ONLY;{For discussion, questions and announcement of site updates regarding Windows Error Reporting for ISVs on winqual.microsoft.com.}
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Architecture, Tools, and Process for ISVs
THIS FORUM IS READ ONLY;{Discussion about Architecture, Tools, and Process for ISVs}
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Pex and Moles PowerTool
Questions and topics concerning Visual Studio 2010 Pex and Moles PowerTool - Isolation and White box Unit Testing for .NET. Note: This forum was archived as "Read Only" on April 1, 2011. Active forums for Visual Studio test tools can be found here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/vstest
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Archived: Software Testing Discussion
Discussion and Q&A about general software testing.
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Server Core Developers
Discussion on Windows Server 2008 Server Core for Developers.This forum has been retired and in now read-only
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Windows Presentation Foundation - Release Candidate
Discuss and ask questions about WPF Development in Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate.-This forum has been retired and in now read-only
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XML in Windows (MSXML and XmlLite)
This forum has been retired and is now read-only.
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Search Server: Federation
This forum has been retired and is now read-only.
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Search Server: Feature Requests
This forum has been retired and is now read-only.
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Search Server: Known Bugs and Workarounds
This forum has been retired and is now read-only.
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Windows Live Alerts Development Forum
This forum has been retired and is now read-only.
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Search Server: Frequently Asked Questions
This forum has been retired and is now read-only.
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Multimap API Development Forum
This forum has been retired and is now read-only.
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Windows Live Data Development
This forum has been retired and is now read-only.
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Windows Live Controls Development
This forum has been retired and is now read-only.
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Surface Application Design
This forum has been retired and is now read-only. For questions on Surface, please go to Surface Application Design and Development.
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General Windows MultiPoint Mouse SDK Discussion
Talk about building applications using the MultiPoint Mouse SDK; share ideas with the community. This forum has been retired and in now read-only.
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Doloto
Thank you for your interest in Doloto. The incubation has concluded. This forum has been locked, but it still accessible in the MSDN Forums archive as a read-only forum.
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Crystal Reports for Visual Studio (Retired)
A retired forum created for Visual Studio 2005. Please do not use. For Crystal Reports please see: http://forums.sdn.sap.com/forum.jspa?forumID=313
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Visual J# General (Retired)
Visual J# General (Retired)
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Visual Studio LightSwitch - General (Beta)
Questions and discussions around Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta release.
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Search Server: Report a Bug
Use this forum to report bugs and issues you may find with Microsoft Search Server. This forum has been locked. To log a bug for Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, go to Microsoft Connect.
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Search Server: Developers and Customization
Discussion dedicated to customizing or developing applications with Microsoft Search Server. This forum has been retired.
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Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) - Tools
A forum for discussing how to create more secure applications using SDL Tools This forum has been retired. For all SDL Questions, please use the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) forum.
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Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) - Threat Modeling
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 This forum has been retired. For all SDL Questions, please use the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) forum.
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Tellme Studio (retired)
This is an archived forum (archived on 7/27/2011) about voice application development with VoiceXML using Tellme Studio. More information about tellme studio can be found at https://studio.tellme.com/
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Network Quality of Service (QoS/qWAVE)
This forum was locked to read only due to lack of moderation and user participation.
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Windows XP Wireless SDK
This forum was locked to read only due to lack of moderation and user participation.
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Windows Desktop Ribbon Development
this forum has been locked and archived
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Windows Desktop Vista Wireless SDK
This forum was locked to read only due to lack of moderation and user participation.
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Performance Counters for Windows (PCW)
this forum has been locked and archived
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Search, Organize, and Visualize in Windows
this forum has been locked and archived
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Windows Events
The feature team doesn’t have the bandwidth to follow/respond to questions on the forum at the moment.
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XML Paper Specification (XPS)
this forum has been locked and archived
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Commerce Server 2002 and Earlier
this forum has been locked and archived
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Microsoft Unified Communications AJAX SDK
this forum has been locked and archived
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Office Live Small Business - Web Site
this forum has been locked and archived.For more discussion of this topic, go to the Office Live Small Business community (http://ask.officelive.com/smallbusiness/)
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Office Live Small Business - Business Applications
this forum has been locked and archived.For more discussion of this topic, go to the Office Live Small Business community (http://ask.officelive.com/smallbusiness/)
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Office Live Small Business - General Topics
this forum has been locked and archived.For more discussion of this topic, go to the Office Live Small Business community (http://ask.officelive.com/smallbusiness/)
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Windows Developer Preview: General OS questions (Locked)
This forum is locked to read only. See forum announcement for more information on where to post general questions about Windows 8.
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CRM
Forum for discussions with Microsoft CRM experts, MVPs, and Partners.
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CRM Deployment
Forum for discussing Microsoft CRM deployment questions.
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CRM Development
Forum for discussing customization, add-ins, and integration with Microsoft CRM.
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Standard 7: Embedded Enabling Features (EEFs)
Discussion on Embedded Enabling Features (EEFs), such as EWF, FBWF, USB Boot, Shell Launcher and etc for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
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Standard 7: Components/Run-time Issues
Discussion on components or run-time images, such as feature packages, componentizing 3rd party apps etc for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
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Standard 7: Tools
Discussion on the tools such as Image Creation Editor (ICE), Image Based Wizard (IBW) and etc for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
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Standard 7: Servicing and Deployment
Discussion on issues related to deployment, updates, servicing, device management and etc for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
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Standard 7: Misc
Discussion on any miscellaneous issue of Windows Embedded Standard 7. Announcements from the product team will be posted here too.
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Windows Embedded Standard 8 Community Technology Preview
Discussion on components or runtime images, such as feature packages, componentizing 3rd party apps or drivers, reducing footprint and etc. for Windows Embedded Standard 8.
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Orchard –Discussions
General discussions about the Orchard project.
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Orchard - Help and Support
Technical questions about the Orchard project
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Script Junkie Discussion
Use this forum for general discussions about ScriptJunkie and our content.
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Windows Phone 7
Discuss tools, general development issues and questions related to developing applications and games for Windows Phone 7.
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Team Foundation Service Preview
Discuss Team Foundation Server Service Preview concepts, post questions and suggestions
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Visual Studio Visualization & Modeling Tools
Discuss the code visualization and software architecture modeling tools in Visual Studio, such as dependency graphs, layer diagrams, UML diagrams, and Architecture Explorer.
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Visual Studio Visualization & Modeling SDK (DSL Tools)
Discuss the Microsoft Domain-Specific Language (DSL) Tools and extensibility for the Visual Studio 2010 modeling tools.
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Windows Embedded Compact Managed Application Development
Discussions on managed code application development targeting Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Embedded CE and Window CE .NET.
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Windows Embedded Compact Native Application Development
Discussions on native code application development targeting Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Embedded CE and Window CE .NET.
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Windows Embedded Compact Platform Development
Discussions on platform development for Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Embedded CE and Window CE .NET using Platform Builder.
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WebsitePanel - Discussions
General discussions about WebsitePanel project.
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WebsitePanel - Support
Technical questions about WebsitePanel.
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WebsitePanel - Enterprise Modules Support
Technical questions about WebsitePanel “enterprise” functionality - Exchange 2007/2010, SharePoint, OCS, CRM and Hyper-V modules.
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WebsitePanel - Development
Public forum for 3rd-party WebsitePanel developers.
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Visual Studio LightSwitch Extensibility
Questions and discussions on how to develop LightSwitch Extensions. Check the LightSwitch General forum on general LightSwitch development topics.
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Visual Studio LightSwitch - General Questions
General questions and discussions around Visual Studio LightSwitch
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Windows Azure Marketplace
Forum for Windows Azure Marketplace issues. The Windows Azure™ Marketplace is an online market buying, and selling finished Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and premium datasets.
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Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout
Discuss Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout which is a .NET tool for displaying visually appealing complex directed graphs.
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Microsoft Online Syndication Interface Developer Forum (MOSI)
The Microsoft Online Syndication Interface (MOSI) provides a set of application program interfaces (APIs) that enables syndication partners to purchase, activate, and manage subscriptions to Microsoft Online Services offers on behalf of their customers. This forum has been developed for the MOSI developer community to discuss the implementation of the MOSI APIs.
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Microsoft Atlas APIs: Development
Discussion forum for developer topics related to Atlas Advertising APIs
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Windows Performance Toolkit
Discuss questions about the Windows Performance Tools (WPT) Kit v.4.x.
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Reference Source Server Discussion
Discussion and support of issues relating to configuration or usage of the public reference source functionality in Visual Studio 2008
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HealthVault
A place to ask questions about developing HealthVault compatible applications
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Customer Care Framework
Microsoft® Customer Care Framework is a solution framework enabling the development of composite applications across devices and channels
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Connected Services Framework
Microsoft Connected Services Framework is an integrated, server-based software product for building & managing services using SOA.
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Surface Application Design and Development
Questions and answers related to Surface application design, development, and use of the Software development Kit (SDK).
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Search Server: Installation, Configuration and Administration
Got questions about installing, configuring and administering Microsoft Search Server? This is the place for you!
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Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL)
A forum for discussing the Microsoft SDL Process and guidance.
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General Discussion—Kinect for Windows SDK
Share experiences and provide feedback about the Kinect for Windows SDK.
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NUI API and Programming—Kinect for Windows SDK
Discuss the programming interfaces for NUI, such as skeletal tracking, depth, and camera streams.
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Audio API and Programming—Kinect for Windows SDK
Discuss the programming interfaces for audio, such as acoustic noise and echo cancellation.
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UI Design for Metro style apps
Best practices for designing beautiful, easy-to-use Metro style apps.
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Tailoring your Metro style app for hardware and devices
Taking advantage of device-specific capabilities and building apps that maximize the potential of PC form factors.
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Building Metro style apps with HTML5/JavaScript
Using web development skills to build apps for Windows 8.
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Building Metro style apps with C++
Using native Windows coding skills to build apps for Windows 8.
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Building Metro style apps with C# or VB
Using.NET development skills to build apps for Windows 8.
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Building Metro style games with DirectX
Using C++ and DirectX 11.1 to build immersive games for Windows 8.
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Tools for Metro style apps
Harnessing the power of Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression to develop Metro style apps.
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Windows Store: Publishing Metro Style apps for Windows 8
Publishing and Distributing Windows 8 Metro Style Apps through the Windows Store.
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The Samsung Windows Developer Preview PC General
Welcome to the Samsung Windows Developer Preview PC forum. This forum provides technical support for users who received the Samsung PC during the Microsoft //BUILD conference. Samsung provides updates for this device on their site, http://www.samsung.com/windowsbuild.
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Application Compatibility for Windows Desktop Development
Discuss application compatibility testing, common compatibility issues, and best practices for creating Windows-based applications.
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Developing Windows Desktop Applications with Power Management
Discuss use of system messages about power management status, sleep transitions, and other aspects of managing power consumption at the application level.
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Windows Desktop Development for Accessibility and Automation
Discuss issues related to using Microsoft technologies to enable accessibility and GUI automation.
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DirectShow Development
Discuss how to develop DirectShow applications using the API provided in the Windows SDK.
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General Windows Desktop Development Issues
Discuss general issues about developing applications for Windows.
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Windows Desktop Development for Ink, Touch, and Tablet PC
Discuss developing applications that use natural interaction, including ink, gestures, handwriting recognition, and touch.
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Media Foundation Development for Windows Desktop
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.
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Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
This Forum is for all MSMQ related questions
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Windows Desktop Optical Platform Discussion
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.
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Peer-to-Peer Networking for Windows Desktop
Discuss the Microsoft Peer-to-Peer Platform
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Application Security for Windows Desktop
Discuss writing secure applications for the Windows platform.
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Windows Desktop Sidebar Gadget Development
Discussion on writing Gadgets for the Windows Sidebar
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User Interface development for Windows Desktop
Discuss how to take advantage of new user experience APIs in your Windows-based applications, including Taskbar and Shell APIs.
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Windows Desktop Debugging
Discuss issues regarding Windows Debugging
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Windows Desktop Search Development
Discuss Windows Desktop Search, installed with MSN Search Toolbar, which can find anything on your computer: e-mail messages, calendar appointments, photos, documents, and more.
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Windows Desktop Search Help
Discuss, troubleshoot, and get help with Windows Desktop Search.
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Windows Filtering Platform (WFP)
Discuss the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) Network Programming Interface to perform filtering decisions in the TCP/IP protocol stack.
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Windows Imaging Component (WIC)
Discuss and ask questions about the Windows Imaging Component APIs.
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Windows Desktop Perfmon and Diagnostic tools
Discuss performance monitor (perfmon), resource monitor (resmon), and task manager, focusing on HOW-TO, Errors/Problems, and usage scenarios. Please first check the FAQ before posting a question. Thank you.
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Windows Desktop Pro-Audio Application Development
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.
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Windows Desktop SDK
Discuss Windows SDK Documentation, Samples and Tools.
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Windows Desktop Web Services API (webservices.dll)
Discuss the Windows Web Services API.
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Windows Desktop Winsock Kernel (WSK)
Discuss using the Winsock Kernel (WSK) Network Programming Interface to perform network I/O operations in kernel mode.
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Network Monitor
Discuss Network Monitor versions 3 and greater.
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Windows Hardware WDK and Driver Development
Discuss the Windows Driver Kit and Driver Development
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Development with the Windows Sensor and Location Platform
this forum has been locked and archived
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Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT) v5
Forum for WPT users and general performance analysis questions. Specific to 5.0
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Bing Maps General
Discussion forum for developing applications using Bing Maps, general GIS mapping and spatial algorithms.
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Bing Maps Silverlight, WPF, Windows Phone Controls
Discussion forum for developing applications using the Bing Map Silverlight & WPF Controls including the Bing Maps Windows Phone 7 control
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Bing Maps REST, SOAP, Spatial Data Services
Discussion forum for developing applications using the Bing Map REST, SOAP, and Spatial Data services Services
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Bing Maps for Windows 8 Metro style apps
Discussion forum for developing Metro style applications using Bing Maps
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Bing Maps AJAX Controls
Discussion forum for developing applications using the Bing Map AJAX Controls
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