The Daily Grind 1025 by Mike Gunderloy Thursday, November 30, 2006

Midweek pause, with sick child.

• TeamDirection Project 2007 Released - Tool that works with Groove, SharePoint, Project, and MindManager to help manage projects.
• SendSmtp - a command line utility to send e-mails via SMTP - Based on System.Net.Mail.
• Word 2007 Map Editor for Mindjet MindManager - Updated to work with the Word 2007 RTM bits.
• Data Generator - A batch of strongly-typed random data generators for .NET.

• Choosing the Right Microsoft Integration Technology - Guidance on choosing between Enterprise Services, WCF, MSMQ, SQL Service Broker, SSIS, Host Integration Server, BizTalk, and others. (via Tomas Restrepo)
• Linq productization, where are we? - Fabrice Marguerie rounds up information and links.
• Orcas CTP vs. Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET 3.0 (WCF & WPF), November 2006 CTP - There are two separate sets of WCF and WPF design tools for VS out there. Here's how to tell the difference.

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