Chris Koenig
Developer Evangelist
Managed Services Engine - Home
The June 2008 CTP of the Managed Services Engine is now available for you to download from...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/31/2008
Exploring the NextWeb
On June 10th, Microsoft will be hosting a FREE seminar, presented by our friends at Pluralsight, on...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/29/2008
PDC 2008
Announced today, Microsoft PDC 2008 will be held on October 27-30 at the Los Angeles Convention...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/28/2008
User Groups in South Central District
I have begun the process of compiling a giant list of all the developer-focused User Groups across...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/27/2008
Hierarchical Databinding in WPF
I got an email the other day from a friend who was having some trouble getting the WPF TreeView to...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/25/2008
Jennifer Marsman’s ‘Featured Woman in Technology’: Toi B. Wright
Toi is one of our most active community members in South Central, and I think it’s great that...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/23/2008
.NET Rocks! Interview from Dallas TechFest is LIVE
The first session of the morning in the .NET Track at Dallas TechFest this year was a panel...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/23/2008
Registration is open for first Code Camp in Kraków
For those of you living in or around Poland (hey – it turns out I have pretty decent readership in...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/23/2008
UI Patterns at DFWUPA
I attended a great meeting of the DFW Usability Professionals User Group meeting this month at the...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/22/2008
Houston Game Developers Group
Do you like playing games on your XBOX, Windows Desktop or your (gasp) Zune? Want to learn how...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/16/2008
NWA SQL Server User Group
Congratulations to Jason Pluenneke and the folks in Northwest Arkansas for their first ever...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/16/2008
[]inbetween Weekend – June 7/8 in Orlando
For those of you attending TechEd 2008, you might be interested in this little suarree that my...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/15/2008
Moonlight – Silverlight on Linux now shipping!
UPDATE: Looks like I jumped the gun a little bit. This release is not quite production...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/15/2008
Microsoft Worldwide Telescope is Live
I don’t know how familiar you are with our research folks, but they do some really amazing...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/13/2008
Visual STudio 2008 / .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 BETA now Available
For those of you looking for it, ScottGu published a blog post earlier today announcing the BETA...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/12/2008
Developing Silverlight 2 Applications for the Enterprise
Hanu Kommalapati, one of the Architects on our team, has written an excellent blog post about using...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/12/2008
Heroes {Community} Launch in Wroclaw, Poland
I’ve been invited by the Wroclaw .NET User Group in Wroclaw, Poland to be a featured speaker at...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/10/2008
Tools List
Someone at the Launch event a few weeks ago asked me what tools I use when presenting as well as any...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/09/2008
NWA SQL Server User Group starting up!
For those of you in the Northwest Arkansas area, don’t miss the inaugural meeting of the Northwest...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/09/2008
Expression Design Team Blog and Podcast
I just found out today that the smart and creative folks over at The Official Microsoft Expression...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/07/2008
XNA Developer Studio 3.0 CTP is out today!
Get it while it’s hot:...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 05/07/2008
Cool WPF Effects Library
My friend and colleague Jared Bienz over on the ISV Evangelism Team just released a new project...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 04/30/2008
Free Book Offer from Microsoft Learning
Visit Microsoft Learning at https://csna01.libredigital.com/?urvs5cn3s8 to register for 3 free...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 04/23/2008
Meet Your Local Microsoft Evangelists
I have been getting a lot of email recently from people asking about ways to contact the local...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 04/22/2008
Incredible DeepZoom Demo
My most favorite SeaDragon demo is now available via Silverlight DeepZoom. The demo features a...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 04/17/2008
Tulsa’s School Of Dev
Coming up on May 10th is the first annual Tulsa School Of Dev! Formerly known as Tulsa...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 04/16/2008
Austin Code Camp
UPDATE: Corrected the date to Saturday, May 17th Come one, come all to the 3rd annual Austin...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 04/15/2008
IE7Pro - The Ultimate Add-On for Internet Explorer
I have been using the IE7Pro add-in for Internet Explorer for almost 2 weeks now and I am SO happy...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 04/10/2008
Dallas TechFest is almost here!
We’re one month away from the first ever Dallas TechFest. Organized by a consortium of...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 04/04/2008
Tulsa Launch and ASP.NET AJAX
We had a great time last week at the Tulsa Launch event. After a long drive and a short sleep,...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 03/31/2008
Tulsa Geek Dinner Tomorrow Night!
For those of you in Tulsa for the Heroes Happen {Here} Launch Event planned for Thursday night,...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 03/26/2008
All Hail the High Nerd!
I don't normally take these kinds of tests, and almost NEVER post my results, but my friend Todd...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 03/18/2008
Open Spaces at MIX08
In addition to all the great keynote and breakout sessions presented at MIX08, there were also a...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 03/14/2008
Dallas TechFest
OK folks - time to get serious. Seriously :-) The new Dallas TechFest web site is now LIVE and...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 03/14/2008
Time for a Code Trip!
Starting at Mix 08, my friend Tim Heuer and the gang in West Region DPE are sponsoring The Code Trip...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/28/2008
InstallFest Poland
A few months ago, our team worked with several local-area User Groups to put on these events we...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/22/2008
Visual Studio 2008 at InstallFest - Another Update
For those of you that got free copies of VS08 at the recent InstallFests, you have only a few more...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/22/2008
GDC08: XNA games coming to Zune - Joystiq
I don't usually link-blog like this, but this announcement is just too cool not to get...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/20/2008
Updating your Visual studio 2008 InstallFest Product key
For those of you that participated in the Visual studio 2008 InstallFest parties we helped host a...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/20/2008
Free Software for Students - Microsoft DreamSpark
Calling all students! Check out this video featuring Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as he...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/19/2008
Launch Presentation - Occasionally Connected Clients
I've been selected to present at the upcoming Heroes Happen {Here} Launch Events in Dallas and Tulsa...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/15/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Hotfix Available
If you're doing Web Development on Visual Studio 2008, head on over to the Microsoft Downloads area...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/08/2008
Heroes Happen {Here} - Launch event Giveaways
I've been getting a lot of email recently about the Launch Events, specifically asking me what...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/08/2008
Upcoming Silverlight Training in Dallas
For those of you in the DFW area, or would like to come visit our great city, there are 2...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/07/2008
Organize your travel with TripIt
As someone that travels a lot, it's always been challenging to keep my family and co-workers up to...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 02/06/2008
Webcast Series - VSTS 2008
As part of our customer launch readiness plans, we have partnered with Chris Menegay, and the folks...
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/30/2008
Happy 12th Birthday David!
It's hard to believe it's already been 12 years - WOW :-)
Author: ChrisKoenig Date: 01/26/2008