Microsoft announced today the release of Web Platform Installer (Web PI) 1.0, a free downloadable tool designed to help install the Microsoft Web Platform or its components. The whole platform can be ...

Microsoft Monday released the final bits of Visual Studio 2008 and the .Net Framework 3.5, which are foundation elements of its development tools suite. The Visual Studio suite of tools, including ...

Reader Robert Liccardo writes in response to my review of Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Visual Studio 2008 SP1 also added the ability to handle Absolute positioning better in the designer. I inherited a web ...

Visual Studio 2008, .Net Framework 3.5 coming this month as first pieces of Microsoft’s software-as-a-service infrastructure Microsoft Monday said Visual Studio 2008 would ship by the end of this ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that allows you to install all or part of Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS 6.0 and 7.0, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, .NET ...

This week, Microsoft launched a web site aimed at teaching new developers about the Visual Studio 2005 Express tools and the .NET programming languages. The Beginner Developer Learning Center, as it ...