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Video is a big deal for us at MSDN and TechNet, and this week we piloted a new video experience on MSDN Visual Basic Developer Center. The video itself is pretty much the same, but we’ve added some important features like Rating (5-star model) and Comments...(read more)

I know its been a long time since I posted, but I’ve really got something worth talking about. Yesterday we launched TechNet’s first gallery application on the TechNet Script Center . From the Script Center homepage, click on the Scripts tab: The new...(read more)

Hi everyone! Its been a long time since I last blogged – embarrassing to be any more specific about how long – but I’m back at it again. Several month ago, I took on a new role at Microsoft: Director of TechNet . In the past, I have had several functional...(read more)

Last week, the MSDN Team updated the MSDN home page hoping to make it more valuable and easier to use. We made tons of little changes and few bigger ones like: More better bloggers in the featured section (and an all new Featured Bloggers page) Downloads...(read more)

Not sure if technical certification is right for you? Think it is the right thing, but not sure where to start? Next Tuesday, November 18, Microsoft Learning will be hosting a 60-minute Live Meeting to help you answer questions like these… What can a...(read more)

Ever wonder what people are actually bookmarking using MSDN and TechNet Social ? Check out the Ticker and find out! With the Ticker, you can quickly see what’s being bookmarked by the technical community right now, today, yesterday, or over the past week....(read more)

Ramp Up is a free learning program from Microsoft that provides community-driven learning paths or “routes” for building your skills with Microsoft developer tools and technologies. Ramp Up routes are authored by experts from the technical community,...(read more)

In support of the pre-beta version provided today at PDC2008 , the MSDN team has updated the Windows developer center on MSDN to include new Windows 7 resources.   Featured content this week includes the new Windows 7 Developer Guide , which can...(read more)

"Oslo" is the code name for Microsoft’s platform for model-driven applications. The goal of Oslo is to provide a 10x productivity gain by making model-driven applications mainstream with domain-specific models, a new language, and tools. To...(read more)

In coordination with the announcements this week at PDC2008 , MSDN has launched a new developer center for Azure Platform Services . This new center is THE go-to MSDN site for cloud-computing, including resources for SQL Data Services, Live Services,...(read more)

This year’s Professional Developer Conference – PDC2008 -  is kicking off today in Los Angeles, and is shaping up to be one of the most significant developer events from Microsoft in a long time. In addition to major technology announcements around...(read more)

Every quarter or so, we’re going to start providing the MSDN and TechNet communities with some insights about activity on the global websites. Yesterday, I posted on MSDN – today is TechNet. As a member of the TechNet community, I hope you find this interesting....(read more)

Part of running a global network of websites is looking at numbers – lots of numbers. Recently, we had a look at metrics from MSDN and TechNet from July to September. Here are some highlights on MSDN. Next post will be TechNet. As a member of the MSDN...(read more)