RibbonX API: Extend The 2007 Office System With Your Own Ribbon Tabs And Controls

There's no magic behind how the TFS Power Tools were integrated with Team Explorer, and we'll show you how to expose your own custom features inside the Team Explorer window.Brian A. Randell, Marcel de VriesMSDN Magazine December 2009

This month we look at tools for enhancing the LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework designers, Oren Eini's .NET development blog, Visual Studio tab customization, and more.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine December 2009

This article describes how to generate documents that contain data stored in SharePoint lists. The example demonstrates how OpenXML content controls can be defined to capture list data in a Word document and how LINQ to XML can be used to query the lists. The documents are generated from a SharePoint Web Part.Eric WhiteMSDN Magazine October 2009

Team Foundation Server's work iIem tracking system provides a number of advanced customization options.This article explores custom control support that lets you link to date, enhance the user experience, present data, and more.Brian A. RandellMSDN Magazine October 2009

Late last year Microsoft released Calendar and DatePicker controls for WPF in the WPF Toolkit. We'll show you how they work, and how you can customize them.Charles PetzoldMSDN Magazine June 2009

Custom field types provide a powerful way to define a reusable SharePoint column definitions.Ted PattisonMSDN Magazine May 2009

In this installment we look at the Microsoft Chart Controls; Snippet Designer, a free, add-in for Visual Studio 2008 for creating and editing Code Snippets; refactoring SQL applications; and this month's favorite blog.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine April 2009

This month we look at rich data Web controls for AJAX, HTTP traffic analysis, and more.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine March 2009

See how to modify the default behavior of Team Build, extend your builds with custom tasks, and make use of the enhancements in Team Build 2008 SP1.Brian A. RandellMSDN Magazine March 2009

Bob Golding and David ButlerMSDN Magazine February 2009