Microsoft is readying a free version of SQL Server and low-cost versions of developer tools for enthusiasts and non-professional users. The company announced that later this week it will post beta ...

The latest edition of the control suite for ASP.NET offers almost every kind of control that a developer would need -- with one-third of the controls supporting ASP.NET MVC. DXv2, the latest edition ...

Microsoft is targeting "amateur" programmers with the announcement of its Express developer tools. The Express tools consist of streamlined versions of Visual Studio and SQL Server, as well as Visual ...

In some ways Visual Web Developer is the most interesting of the new line of "Express" products being previewed now by Microsoft, because it doesn't have a direct analog in the Visual Studio .NET 2003 ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Last week we told you that Peter Moore, VP of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, said that the gaming world needed to do more to get smaller developers involved. Today Microsoft will ...