1. 10. Resources: where to go for more info?

2. 2 Microsoft Objectives “Working with Microsoft technologies has its ups and downs…” Where to find stuff…

3. 3 Microsoft MSDN Microsoft Developer's Network Where to find any kind of developer info… –http://msdn.microsoft.comhttp://msdn.microsoft.com –e.g. http://.../net for.NET Framework SDK, J#, updates, etc.http://.../net Need to find answers to problems, like install failed, or ? –http://www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com –advanced search –clear all –check "Support & the Knowledge Base" –search

4. 4 Microsoft MSDNAA MSDN Academic Alliance –$800/year for developer software –all the OSs –all the Visual Studio tools (98 and.NET) –SQL Server –lots of other stuff (but not MS Office, at least not yet) –http://www.msdnaa.orghttp://www.msdnaa.org

5. 5 Microsoft.NET sites http://www.gotdotnet.com –lots of software sample, tools, etc. –e.g. decompilers & obfuscators (http://.../team/csharp/thirdparty)http://.../team/csharp/thirdparty http://www.asp.net –all things related to web-based apps –e.g. Web Matrix project (free IDE for web-based apps) http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/default.asp –free IDE for VB and C# development

6. 6 Microsoft Windows OS updates Updates to Windows OS –security patches –bug fixes –etc. How? –open IE –Tools menu –Windows Update

7. 7 Microsoft Other product updates MS Office: –http://office.microsoft.com/ProductUpdates/default.aspxhttp://office.microsoft.com/ProductUpdates/default.aspx SQL Server: –http://www.microsoft.com/datahttp://www.microsoft.com/data –http://www.microsoft.com/sqlhttp://www.microsoft.com/sql

8. 8 Microsoft Security For latest updates, etc: –http://www.microsoft.com/securityhttp://www.microsoft.com/security Tools: –IISLockdown (but don't install URLScan feature) http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=33961 –Baseline Security Analyzer (checks for missing updates) available from http://www.microsoft.com/security –Windows Update mentioned earlier –Office Update mentioned earlier

9. 9 Microsoft Setting up a computer Basic approach (order matters!): –format HD if reinstalling –install Windows 2000, XP Pro, or 2003 –check Windows update –install IIS via control panel, add/remove Windows components –install Visual Studio 98 if you need it… –install MS Office, latest service pack –install SQL Server, latest service pack –install Visual Studio.NET — skip SQL Server install –check Windows update again –useful utilities: WinZip (winzip.com), putty/sftp (SSH-based telnet/ftp, see openssh.org)

10. 10 Microsoft If IIS was not installed… Web development will not work in Visual Studio But there's a fix: 1.install IIS via control panel, add/remove windows components 2.cd c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.0.3705 (or whatever version you have installed) 3.aspnet_regiis.exe –i 4.iisreset.exe

11. 11 Microsoft Setting up a lab… Setup machines Create user accounts –for normal console / GUI programming, standard user account –for web-based programming, user must have admin rights (either on local machine, or on the server where web app is deployed)

12. 12 Microsoft Good luck!