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Andrew Watt

Recent Posts

• InfoPath 12 Video on Channel 9

  Posted: 21 Oct 2005 at 19:33

  There is an InfoPath 12 video on Channel 9, Eric Richards and Team - First look at InfoPath 12, which gives a first look at many of the new features in InfoPath 12. The ability to display forms designed in...

• Webcast Series Introducing Reporting Services 2005

  Posted: 20 Oct 2005 at 18:53

  People interested in getting up to speed with Reporting Services 2005 could do much worse than take a look at Microsoft's recent series of Webcasts on Reporting Services 2005. Here are the links to the 6 part series: MSDN Webcast:...

• Interview with Jeffrey Snover, Monad Architect

  Posted: 20 Oct 2005 at 17:46

  Jeffrey Snover seems to be busy giving interviews at the moment. There is a transcript of another interview with the Monad architect at Interview with Jeffrey Snover....

• Monad to release in 2006 with Exchange 12 and MOM

  Posted: 20 Oct 2005 at 16:49

  One of the interesting fragments of information to emerge in Jeffrey Snover's Channel 9 video, Jeffrey Snover - More talking about Monad, is that Monad will be released in 2006 with Exchange 12 and MOM 3. Of course, no timeframe...

• New Monad Beta 2 build soon for .NET Framework 2.0 RTM

  Posted: 20 Oct 2005 at 16:39

  On the microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting newsgroup Adam Barr has indicated that a new build of Monad Beta 2 will be available "in a week or two" which will run on the RTM build of the .NET Framework, which seems to be 2.0.50727....

• Jeffrey Snover on Monad on Channel 9

  Posted: 20 Oct 2005 at 16:27

  There is a new video interview with Jeffrey Snover, the architect for Monad (Microsoft Command Shell), on Channel 9: Jeffrey Snover - More talking about Monad. Typical of a Jeffrey Snover dialogue it ranges far and wide. But it's well...

• by-expression.com - Another Microsoft Expression Resource

  Posted: 18 Oct 2005 at 11:43

  I have found another useful online resource that collates sites and other resources which have information about Expression - by-expression.com which has been created by Microsoft FrontPage MVP Cheryl Wise. Specifically, she has a list of Acrylic sites and other...

• A Sparkle CTP?

  Posted: 15 Oct 2005 at 16:22

  Manuel Clement, one of the "stars" of the Channel 9 video on Sparkle, Manuel Clement and others - Introducing Sparkle, states: "We are working on putting together a CTP (preview build to download) of Expression Interactive Designer, stay tuned for...

• Acrylic Gallery and Tutorials

  Posted: 15 Oct 2005 at 16:00

  There is a site with some Acrylic examples and, at the moment, a single Acrylic tutorial: bildsajten.com. The domain is owned by Henry Stahle, so I assume he is the creator of the gallery and tutorial....

• Another Quartz Blog

  Posted: 15 Oct 2005 at 15:56

  The information out there on Microsoft Expression is increasing. I have found another Quartz blog: Standards based, high quality web design using Microsoft Expression "Quartz Web Designer". It would be good if people who blog put their name somewhere easily...

• Acrylic October CTP is available

  Posted: 15 Oct 2005 at 15:30

  A new Community Technology Preview is available for the Acrylic component of the Microsoft Expression suite. To download October CTP go here: Microsoft Expression "Acrylic Graphic Designer" October 2005 Community Technology Preview (CTP). You need a Passport account to log...

• Mailing Lists for Acrylic, Sparkle and Quartz

  Posted: 15 Oct 2005 at 15:03

  I have set up mailing lists on Yahoo Groups for those interested in Microsoft Expression to discuss publicly available information on the products. Here is the list information. To view information about the lists go to the following URLs: Acrylic...

• What is Microsoft Expression Acrylic for?

  Posted: 14 Oct 2005 at 22:47

  I am a little puzzled about what Acrylic, one of the components of Microsoft Expression, is for. There is some public information about Acrylic here: Microsoft Expression "Acrylic Graphic Designer". But, perhaps understandably, there is a lack of meat. One...

• A Compendium of Sparkle Bloggers

  Posted: 14 Oct 2005 at 17:43

  Yet more Sparkle bloggers information, all neatly packaged in one place, Sparkle Bloggers: A Compendium ....

• One Quartz Blog

  Posted: 14 Oct 2005 at 17:35

  There is remarkably little about Quartz officially from Microsoft. One blog with a little Quartz information is here: Keeping a secret is hard but now Microsoft Expression ?Quartz Web Designer? is not a secret :)....

• Quartz is the Visual Studio Orcas Designer, it seems

  Posted: 14 Oct 2005 at 17:28

  Microsoft Expression seems to be about to be "everywhere". It seems, New Design view in Orcas, that the Quartz Web designer, Microsoft Expression "Quartz Web Designer", is going to the (a?) new design surface in Visual Studio "Orcas". It seems...

• Sparkle Blogs - Microsoft Expression

  Posted: 14 Oct 2005 at 16:06

  A couple of the Sparkle team are blogging. John Gossman: Tales from the Smart Client. John Gossman's observations on Avalon development. Pete Blois: house of mirrors. There could be more. I will add further blogs, as I find them....

• Sparkle - Its first year

  Posted: 14 Oct 2005 at 16:01

  John Gossman, Tales from the Smart Client. John Gossman's observations on Avalon development, an architect on the Sparkle team describes the first year of the history of the Sparkle project here: The History of Sparkle: Year One. I was interested...

• Sparkle, Microsoft Expression and SVG

  Posted: 14 Oct 2005 at 15:49

  Yesterday I spent a little time viewing, for a second time, the Sparkle video on Channnel 9, Manuel Clement and others - Introducing Sparkle. It seems that the Sparkle team has been working on this since about 2001. Just about...

• More Office 12 Blogs at Microsoft

  Posted: 02 Oct 2005 at 10:51

  More Office 12 blogs are appearing. Chris_Pratley's OneNote WebLog Brian Jones: Office XML Formats...