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WCF/Indigo/SOA/Workflow/.NET Framework 3

• Here are the separate download links for the parts of .NET Framework 3 RTM that I blogged about yesterday:
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package
  • Microsoft® Windows® Software Development Kit for Windows Vista™ and .NET Framework 3.0 Runtime Components
  • Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF), November 2006 CTP
  • Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (Windows Workflow Foundation)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System
  • Windows SDK .NET Framework 3.0 Samples -
• Microsoft Identity and Access Webcast Series [via Craig McMurthy].

  To register for any if these webcasts, including our kickoff webcast: “Identity and Access Vision and Strategy”, visit this link: IDA Webcasts

   

• MIIS Identity Integration 2003 SP2 Early-Adopter Access program available. This one would be a real good one for us to jump onto to.
• Windows SDK: Planning Ahead
• Mike Taulty on Workflow and ASP.NET Web Services.
• Nothing to do with Mike's fine article but does anyone else other than Steve and I find that WF doesn't work with another member of WinFX, WCF right out of the box very strange?? I understand the need to support ASMX and I am fine with that but in the last 3 years couldn't they have also integrated WF and WCF before ship for the rest of us??

Data/SQL Server/LINQ/OR/M

• SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 CTP (November 2006)
  • Support for the upcoming Windows Vista.
  • Data Mining Add-Ins for Office 2007, which enables data mining functionality from SSAS to be used directly within Excel 2007 and Visio 2007.
  • SSRS integration with MOSS 2007, which allows integration with the Report Center in SharePoint providing seamless consumption and management of SSRS reports within SharePoint.
  • SSAS improvements for Excel 2007 and Excel Services relating to performance and functionality.  
  • Oracle Support in Report Builder. Users will now be able to use Report Builder on top of Oracle data sources.  I am looking to design a server-based reporting service on top of SQL Server Reporting Services because in the SQL Server 2000 timeframe, it did best-of-breed Oracle. I wasn't aware that this part was missing until now in SQL Server 2K5.
• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 2 - Community Technology Preview (CTP) November 2006
• ADO.NET Orcas and Samples
• Steve has collected More LINQ on Channel 9 & LINQ PDF from O'Reilly
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition RC1 [via Mike]

Tools/Utilities/Software

• ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Futures November CTP  [via Mike]
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats [via Mike]
• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 extensions [via Mike]
• Windows Sysinternals - new home [via Mike]