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More info on publish links in Visual Studio 2012
Within the web publishing tools in Visual Studio there are a few places where we point to more resources. For example if you open a VS publish profile (.pubxml...
Visual Studio 2012 RTW
Visual Studio 2012 is now released to the web. Please visit Jason Zander’s Blog for detailed announcement. This page lists what’s new in ASP.NET 4.5...
Announcing the release of .NET Framework 4.5 RTM – Product and Source Code
Updated (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is unsupported. Updated – 8/16/2012: Added license information about ...
OAuth/OpenID Support for WebForms, MVC and WebPages
[Update] Adding relevant links at the bottom of the post One of the coolest features in Visual Studio 2012 is the ability to login using your Microsoft, ...
Using Dynamic Data with Entity Framework DbContext
In Visual Studio 2012, if you create a ADO.NET Data Model then the generated Context class derives from a type called DbContext instead of ObjectContext. ...
.NET Framework 4.5 Talks from TechEd 2012 and aspConf
The .NET Framework team is out at conferences all the time. We love getting to meet with you all to discuss the latest news about what we’re building and ...
Plans regarding Website projects and Web Deployment Projects
The release of Visual Studio 2012 is right around the corner. If you’ve been following our blog/twitter then you may know that many of the Web related ...
What’s new in GC in CLR 4.5 from our team blog
This is now live from CLR's team blog. This paints a more complete picture than what I talked about in my "What's new in 4.5 GC" Channel 9 interview ...
The .NET Framework 4.5 includes new garbage collector enhancements for client and server apps
What makes managed code, “managed”? Most people would point to the garbage collector. Automatic memory management makes a tremendous difference in ...