Best Developer Tools for Microsoft

Application Center 2000 Service Pack 2 is a significant refresh of Application Center to support the latest versions of Microsoft technologies, including the Windows .NET Framework, Windows Server 2003, and IIS 6.0. This version is the first release on...

If you use Visual Basic 6, see the adoption and code migration issues in moving to Visual Basic 2005, and find guidance for a productive transition. Or extend your .NET skills using rapid application development, debugging, deployment, and more. Get a...

The Guidance Automation Toolkit allows you to author guidance packages and software factories which expose reusable code and pattern assets directly in Visual Studio 2005. It is designed to simplify integrating reusable code into applications, by...

The patterns and practices Enterprise Library is a library of application blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Application blocks are a type of guidance, provided as source code that can be used as is,...

Windows Vista Service Life-Cycle Management (WVSLM) provides concise guidance to help minimize total cost of ownership of desktop infrastructure. Process guidance and document templates help make service management concepts from the IT Infrastructure...

Learn how to create a Pocket PC Today Screen Plug-in with the .NET Compact Framework. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.What is new in this release:This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.Requirements:Windows...

Sample Visual Studio .NET solution containing two custom Web Parts, written in C#. These sample Web Parts, which access Amazon.com Web services, demonstrate how to use asynchronous processing and data caching. This version is the first release on CNET...

Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT version 2.1 Service Pack 1 is a bundling of software updates that have been released since the RTM of Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT version 2.1 which supports Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004. This service...

During a normal FTP session, a PORT command can be executed to specify the clients IP address and port for the data channel from the FTP server to the client for any following data requests. Since it is possible for the user to specify any IP address and...

The download includes updated Group Policy Administrative Template files, OPA files, and an updated Microsoft Excel workbook that lists the Administrative Template policy settings and OPA settings. This download includes the following updates Policy...