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Silverlight TV, LOB Focus and a very cool Silverlight 4 Demo of National Instruments LabView
Last week, John Papa posted this interview we did, discussing in part our Silverlight 5 LOB focus....
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 03/04/2011
Silverlight local databases, what do you use?
Completely acknowledging the lack of an integrated local database story with Silverlight, there are...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 02/01/2011
Silverlight is hiring - Do you love data controls & LOB?
As was announced at the Firestarter, Silverlight 5 will continue its focus on data and line of...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 01/14/2011
I'm baaaaackkk
Well, after 2 years away from DevDiv, I just couldn't stay away. While I had a great time working on...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 01/06/2011
New year, new gig, new blog. Moving to the cloud…
I've moved... Here's the new blog with details on why and what...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 02/26/2009
Tech Ed EMEA 08 Powerpoints and Demos
Another great year in Barcelona. In addition to the sessions below, we had several nights out on the...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 11/19/2008
Heading to Tech Ed EMEA Barcelona
I always love going to Barcelona. Sure, it's a great city, and loved riding motorcycles into the...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 11/08/2008
Compact Tips & Tricks at the Redmond We-Dig users group
This Wednesday, November 5th 2008, I'll be giving doing a local users group presentation that will...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 11/01/2008
PDC 2008 - Embedding SQL Server Compact In Desktop And Device Applications
This week I presented a session on SQL Server Compact. Video Recording of the session is here. The...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 10/31/2008
Evolution or Revolution for moving to offline architectures
There's been a lot of talk, momentum and questioning for where and how occasionally connected...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 10/17/2008
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 available for Win CE 5.0 and 6.0 Platform Builder
After much demand, the latest Platform Builder updates have been released, and they include SQL...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/14/2008
Why doesn't Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installer update SQL Server Compact 3.5 for Devices?
In addition to the 64bit support being a web-only download, I should have also noted that for...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/13/2008
Why does VS 2008 SP1 not include SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 64bit?
So you want 64bit support so you can set Target = Any. You just installed VS 2008 SP1, but when you...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/12/2008
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Released
I'm happy to announce the release of SQL Server Compact - SP1 This release includes several key...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/06/2008
SQL Server Compact Books - now in Spanish
For our Spanish customers, Jose M. Torres just published a book covering SQL Server Compact for our...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/05/2008
Heading to Tech Ed US 08
It's that time of year again. A quick note on some of the sessions/panel discussions I'll be...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 05/30/2008
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta available
August 6th 2008 UPDATE: SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 has shipped: SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Released...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 05/14/2008
Security and Encryption for SQL Server Compact
The nice thing about SQL Server Compact is the database can be treated as a document. It's a single...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 05/14/2008
SQL Server Compact 3.5 64bit coming soon in Sp1...
A while back I posted some info about our intention to ship a native 64bit release: SQL Server...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 05/12/2008
SQL Server Compact Team Coming to your location… (Road Trip)
As part of our vNext release planning, we're heading out on the road to meet some of our customers....
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 05/10/2008
Sync Services for ADO.NET (Devices) CTP 1 Available for Download
They Sync team has just published a CTP release of Sync Services for ADO.NET on Devices. This...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 03/05/2008
C++ development will speed up with the use of SQL Server Compact
Jim Springfield, an Architect on the Visual C++ team has just posted a great example of how SQL...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 02/29/2008
MSDN Webcast: Introducing SQL Server Compact 3.5
On Wednesday, Jan 16th '08 from 9am-10am PST time, I'll be doing an MSDN Live webcast covering an...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 01/15/2008
Connectivity Cross Version Compatibility of Merge Replication and SQL Server Compact
We've been getting a lot of questions regarding mixing versions of SQL Server and SQL Server Compact...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 01/09/2008
Presentations & Demos from Tech Ed Barcelona 07
Another great year in Barcelona. First I want to thank our database track owner, Gunther Beersaerts....
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 11/07/2007
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Features
Ambrish, one of our great Program Managers for SQL Server Compact has posted some details on the 3.5...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/30/2007
DevConnections Does Data
DevConnections, coming November 5-7, is just around the corner. Maybe you want to gamble a little,...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/24/2007
Sync Services forADO.NET and SQL Server Compact Presentation
At Tech Ed US '07, and several other events I've been giving a presentation discussing how Sync...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/20/2007
Notification to Pull
As developers start architecting their apps with Sync Services for ADO.NET they're starting to ask...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/09/2007
Configuring Visual Studio 2005 for use with SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
A number of people have been a bit confused how to get SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (also known...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 08/06/2007
SQL Server Compact 3.5 B2 released
Release UPDATE: We've since shipped SQL Server Compact, so these B2 links are no longer valid. There...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 07/31/2007
SQL Server Compact 3.5 B2 & Sync Services for ADO.NET Documentation released
For those that have downloaded Visual Studio 2008 to get the latest version of SQL Server Compact...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 07/30/2007
SQL Server Compact and 64bit support
We've started to get a number of request whether SQL Server Compact will support 64bit. The answer...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 07/10/2007
Using RDA with Integrated Authentication
Recently I was asked how well RDA works with Vista. While RDA remains the same, there are some...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 06/15/2007
Application Services - Optimizing Online, Enabling Offline clients
Saurab, a PM on the UiFX team posted a screencast on the new application services coming in Visual...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 05/20/2007
Empowering your users with reference data and knowledge
Before joining Microsoft I worked in consulting. We worked hard searching for only the most talented...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 05/14/2007
Going N Tier w/WCF, Synchronizing data using Sync Services for ADO.NET and SQL Server Compact Edition
In part 1, I used the Visual Studio Orcas Sync Designer to configure and synchronize 3 lookup...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 03/22/2007
First look at the Visual Studio Orcas Sync Designer
Here's part 1 of the new Sync Designer. In this screen cast I walk through how to cache lookup...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 03/21/2007
Additional Q&A on the Visual Studio Orcas Sync Designer
Q: Why does the Orcas Feb CTP Typed DataSet designer not work on Vista? A: Visual Studio Orcas is...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 03/21/2007
Q&A on OCS & Sync Services for ADO.NET
Not surprisingly we've been get a lot of great questions about specific features and scenarios for...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 03/18/2007
Sync Services for ADO.NET (OCS) CTP Now Available
Today we launched the public CTP of the Sync Services for ADO.NET. This is the current name of...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 01/22/2007
Why the blackout of info on the blog?
The 5 day blackout, holidays, vacation, house projects, and crippling snow storms that have kept my...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 01/16/2007
SQL Server Compact Edition 3.1 Released
Well, after several name changes, power outages, the holidays, and crippling winter storms, we've...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 01/16/2007
SQL Server Compact Edition under ASP.net and IIS
We routinely get requests, complaints, or sometimes even threats, (If you don’t enable it, I’ll use...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 11/27/2006
Bill Vaughn writes an eBook on SQL Server Compact Edition
Just as Bill was finishing his Hitchhikers Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server, SQL Server Compact...
Author: Steve Lasker Date: 11/14/2006