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Welcome to The Region, global hub for the 140 software architects, developers, trainers and other professionals selected by Microsoft as Regional Directors. The first thing to know is that, while we’re officially recognized by Microsoft and often receive inside information about forthcoming technologies, we are completely independent. We are not Microsoft employees. As to The Region, it’s designed to help us circulate insights, information, inspiration and inquiries among RD’s and among the broader developer community. And it's an experiment. We hope you find it useful. We hope we find it useful, too.


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Brian Noyes: Brian is a seasoned software architect for enterprise software systems. He is a skilled expert in Microsoft development technologies, particularly the .NET platform. He is a top rated presenter and published author.
Editors Picks 30 Aug 2010

Inside the Validation Infrastructure of RIA Services

Brian Noyes writes "...I show how to use the built-in validation attributes of the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace on both the client and server side, how to use custom validation via attributes, how to invoke validation logic on.." Read post »
Visual Studio 23 Aug 2010

Where to Find the Hidden Toolbox Search in VS 2010

Brian Noyes writes "...frustrated wading through the dozens of Silverlight controls in my toolbox trying to spot one I needed, and it occurred to me that there “ought to be an add-in to search the toolbox...You can read about it here..." Read post »
Windows Communication Foundation 18 Aug 2010

Learn About Metadata Classes and Shared Code in WCF RIA Services

Brian Noyes writes "...I explain the role and use of metadata classes to add attributes and functionality to existing entity classes that you cannot easily modify directly, such as the properties on an Entity Framework entity...I show how you can define chunks of shared code on the server side and how they become available client side through the RIA Services code generation..." Read post »
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Brian Noyes

Chief Architect IDesign Alexandria, VA, US Send email to Brian Brian's blog  »
Technical Expertise .NET Development, .NET Framework, ASP .NET, Building Distributed Applications with .NET, C#, Data Access Technologies, Migration to .NET, Smart Client, SQL Server, WCF
Years of Experience 20
Certifications MCSD, METRO-C, METRO-T
Awards Microsoft MVP Connected Systems - 2010 Microsoft MVP Connected Systems - 2009 Microsoft MVP Connected Systems - 2008 Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Solution Architect 2007 Microsoft MVP Visual Developer – Solution Architect 2006 Microsoft MVP Visual Developer – ASP.NET 2005 Microsoft MVP Visual Developer – ASP.NET 2004
Vertical Industries Served Accounting and Financial, Customer Relationship Management, E-Business, Sales and Inventory, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Engineering applications, Finance, Government, Healthcare, Software Industry