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For my first interview back from my little "vacation," I got to interview Tony Bernard about BizTalk. This video focuses on EDI features of BizTalk, but in the process shows off a bit of what BizTalk can do. Throughout my entire life as a geek, I've heard the name "BizTalk"…

This video came to us from Adam Carter. I'll let him introduce it all himself: Back in October, I posted a blog entry asking who people would want to hear from in MS IT about their work. I got just one response back, suggesting I talk to Ron Markezich about MMS (Microsoft Managed Services –…

When you're in charge of something so large, so easily modified by the public, and so potentially impactful, how do you actually do it? Accuracy, relevance, usefulness, language, abuse, and more - these are just a few things that might keep you up at night if you're one of the people…

Time and time again, I've encountered online arguments in which Geek A is telling Geek B that Company C does a poor job of maintaining backward compatibility. In these cases, I'm never quite sure what it is that Geek A means. Does Geek A have any idea how difficult it is to maintain app…

[Posted on behalf of Brian Keller.] In this interview we asked Lenny Fenster of Microsoft Consulting Services to show us the recently released “Connector” for Team Foundation Server 2005 and Project Server 2007. This connector makes it easier for organizations to manage their development…

[Posted on behalf of Brian Keller.] Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (or “DBPro”) introduced a new way of working with your database in an “offline” or “sandbox” mode. Understanding how this works exactly requires a new way of thinking about how you build, deploy, and…

Next month, June 4th through the 8th, TechEd 2007 once again turns Orlando into the place-to-be. In this video, Michael Lehman talks with Ryan Calafato and Sam Gazitt about what's hot at this years TechEd and why you should register today! The full agenda for TechEd 2007 is available online…

[Posted on behalf of Brian Keller] Dupe. I've been gone. Didn't know it had already been posted. Carry on. Carry on...

[NOTE: Download file is up - Streaming file is on its way...] This is an interesting video for Channel 9. As many geeks know, the Office team at Microsoft is the team that typically sets the standard for UIs throughout our company, and then the industry beyond. It's where the experimentation…

This is the first of a two part series in which we get a look at XNA - the technology that's going to make it significantly easier for devs to code games that run on Windows and the Xbox 360. In this first part, we chat with Boyd Multerer about his role in the XNA program. It's some pretty…