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April 2000 Release of the MSDN Library

Welcome to the April 2000 release of the MSDN Library. The MSDN Library is the essential reference for developers, with more than a gigabyte of technical programming information, including sample code, documentation, technical articles, the Microsoft Developer Knowledge Base, and anything else you might need to develop solutions that implement Microsoft technology.

Dr. GUI's Espresso Stand	What's New	Online Resources	DVD-ROM Info	Year 2000 Info

Our resident developer specialist, Dr. GUI, introduces the April 2000 edition of the MSDN Library. There's a lot of new content, and Dr. GUI's job is to highlight the best of it. This quarter, Dr. GUI's "don't miss" list contains many new Windows 2000 topics. Also coming under the doctor's scrutiny are a number of new articles on COM and COM+, a host of new topics about Web development, the new Fitch & Mather Stocks 2000 suite of technical articles and samples, and the new VBA articles in the Duwamish Books sample app.

The MSDN Library What's New page lists all new and revised content for the April 2000 release. You can read through this document for brief summaries and links to new topics.

Here are some highlights of new content in this release:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit
Duwamish Books Phase 3.5: VBA customization of the Duwamish Books sample app
Fitch & Mather Stocks 2000 technical articles and samples (for Windows 2000)
Updates to the Application Specification for Windows 2000 for both client and server
Nearly 100 selected articles from developer periodicals
Entertaining and informative columns from our MSDN Online Web site

Documentation that has been substantially updated for this release includes the BackOffice Resource Kit, the Microsoft Platform SDK, and the Knowledge Base.

Look here for an introduction to our ever-expanding MSDN Online Web site. At MSDN Online, you can find the entire Library and Web Workshop, which are updated weekly. Our online magazine, Voices, brings you a variety of columns and articles that address a broad range of developer topics. Plus, you will find the latest developer news, information on the MSDN Training Web site, MSDN events and seminars, MSDN subscriptions, and many other developer resources.

The DVD-ROM version of the MSDN Library is the most convenient way to access the entire contents of the Library, with no disc swapping. In addition, the April 2000 edition of the MSDN Library on DVD contains more than 6 gigabytes of multimedia content, including PSS developer support WebCasts, Windows Media seminars, various developer seminars, MSDN Training courses, and conference presentations.

This page provides important information about the Year 2000, Microsoft products, and the MSDN Library.


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