Microsoft introduced the ASP.NET Web Matrix integrated development environment to provide an inexpensive method for creating ASP.NET Web applications and services. This is a valuable tool for creating ...

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 ...

® SQL Server (TM) and Visual Studio® product lines to include new tools for hobbyists, enthusiasts and students. The Express products offer lightweight, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn products that ...

This week, Microsoft launched a web site aimed at teaching new developers about the Visual Studio 2005 Express tools and the .NET programming languages. The Beginner Developer Learning Center, as it ...

Microsoft announced today the release of Web Platform Installer (Web PI) 1.0, a free downloadable tool designed to help install the Microsoft Web Platform or its components. The whole platform can be ...

When Microsoft retired FrontPage at the end of last year, developers wanting to use Microsoft technologies to build Web sites faced three choices: Work with the new Expression Web, adopt SharePoint ...

As part of the launch of its flagship database and development tool, Microsoft on Monday is expected to unveil a program to entice Web hosting companies to use its server software, an important avenue ...

Microsoft officials are undaunted by the popular LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl/Python/PHP) application stack that serves as an open source rival to the Microsoft .Net platform. Touring to promote the ...

Over the course of last week, Scott Guthrie, vice president of Microsoft’s Developer Division, showcased a range of new web development tools that the company is working on. These were a prelude to ...