Ten labs for AppFabric and .Net 4 are available on MSDN virtual labs.

These labs cover .Net 4 Beta 2 and AppFabric Beta 1.

Simple Console Workflow

Introduction to Workflow Services and AppFabric

Implementing More Complex Control Flow and Logic with WF4

Activity Designers and Designer Re Hosting in WF4

Building a …

AppFabric has a release today, get it here

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VJ has released a free book with hints and tips for Windows 7, it is full of useful information and a must read for any windows 7 geek user.

Microsoft Press have made First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray free for a LIMITED time get it Here 

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Over the weekend the family where in Edinburgh we stumbled into an extraordinary Kurdish and Iranian restaurant called Hanams it just off the royal mile near the castle.

if you are near, just go in and try it, my recommendation is the Kulicha

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Microsoft’s WF/WCF host server codename “Dublin” now has a new cool name and a promise of a great future.

Windows Server App Fabric as it is now known since it has been merged with the product formally known as “Velocity” is to be the foundation for internal hosted scalable application farms, with the ability to …

The new version of the Snippet Editor now supports Visual Studio 2010, if you are doing demo’s or like snippets get it here

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Those good people at Microsoft have just released updated versions of IronPython and IronRuby CTP’s for .NET 4.0 ( Beta 2 ) to sync up with the Visual Studio release last week

IronPython 2.6 CTP for .NET 4.0 Beta 2.

IronRuby (no rev number so lets say 1.0) CTP for .NET 4.0 Beta 2 

enjoy

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have been built in compliance with requirements and recommendations

Microsoft has a link to a set of Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Tools, get them here. The tool set includes great products such as FxCop. A SDL Thread Modelling Tool allows non-security specialists to enter already known information, …

Microsoft has released its Security Essentials package of free Virus,Spyware and Malware tools.

Get it here

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