Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 Released

Today the second update to Visual Studio 2013 has been released. I'm downloading it now, can't wait to check it out!

Visual Studio 2013 – New Features

Here is a link to some great articles on some of the cool new features of VS2013. Most written by my fellow Microsoft MVP's. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/archive/2013/10/21/mvps-explore-visual-studio-2013.aspx  

Free Microsoft E-Books

There are a lot of e-books that Microsoft has released for free! Check them out by going to: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2013/06/18/huge-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-office-office-365-sharepoint-sql-server-system-center-visual-studio-web-development-windows-windows-azure-and-windows-server.aspx

Job Hunting Links

Here are some great blog posts that can be helpful in your search. Interviewing How to Prove Your Skills During an Interview How to Jumpstart a Stalled Job Search 10 Things to Bring Up In an Interview Why Technical Interviews Work (And Why They Don’t) Interview Questions for SharePoint Architects Resumes: How to Effectively List …

Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .NET Released

This  v2.0 update of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET was released. This is a major refresh of the Windows Azure SDK with some really great new features and enhancements.  These new capabilities include: Web Sites: Visual Studio Tooling updates for Publishing, Management, and for Diagnostics Cloud Services: Support for new high memory VM sizes, …

Windows 8 Jump Start

Take advantage of free, online, fast-paced training courses designed specifically for experienced IT professionals with jobs that demand that they know how to best leverage the emerging features and technologies in Windows 8. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/jj687764

10 Practices of Highly Ineffective Software Developers

This is a great articles, I see each of these things done all the time! http://www.infoworld.com/print/199747

Windows 8 Release Preview Metro style app samples – C#, VB.NET, C++, JavaScript

Microsoft releases a sample pack includes all the Metro style app code examples developed for Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The samples in this pack are available in in C#, C++, VB.NET, and JavaScript. http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Windows-8-Modern-Style-App-Samples

SQL Server 2012 Released!

SQL Server 2012 has been released to manufacturing today! SQL Server 2012 will provide Mission Critical Confidence with greater uptime, blazing-fast performance and enhanced security features for mission critical workloads; Breakthrough Insight with managed self-service data exploration and stunning interactive data visualizations capabilities; Cloud On Your Own Terms by enabling the creation and extension of …

Visual Studio LightSwitch Technical White Paper Series

Below is a link to series of great whitepapers on Microsoft's LightSwitch: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch/archive/2011/08/11/visual-studio-lightswitch-technical-white-paper-series.aspx