MSDN Magazine September 2007

Learn how to use the ScriptManager control, which provides much of the magic behind ASP.NET AJAX.

We implement search providers for both Live.com and SharePoint so you can take advantage of either in your own applications.

This article covers three core changes to networking support in Visual Studio 2008 and the upcoming release of the .NET Framework.

Learn about a new IIS feature called the Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) that makes it possible to host Web services beyond HTTP.

Creating and using mock component servers simplifies unit testing. Use these examples to get started.

As the thermometer rises, we cool down with a look at AJAX technologies.

ASP.NET controls, a comprehensive FTP library, rich imaging support, and a book about SQL Server 2005.

We create an Active Template Library (ATL) connection point server.

Sample the basic concepts of lambda expressions, explore their benefits, and witness how to use them to write more expressive programs.

In the first of a two-part column, Dino explains AJAX from an architectural standpoint to help developers, architects, designers, and administrators better understand the issues that affect their sites.

Add support for work items to the Team Foundation Server version control add-in.

Matt Milner introduces the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) communication architecture and covers sending data out of a workflow and submitting data to running workflow instances.

Keith Brown introduces you to the new identity model in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.

Stephen Toub and Shawn Farkas discuss creating an adapter that takes the functionality of RNGCryptoServiceProvider and adapts it to the interface of Random.

The British Library is digitizing some of its collection to reach a broad audience. Even better, the digitized versions are being turned into a rich interactive experience that brings the books to life.