**UPDATE** Applications now being featured in the Windows Vista Spotlight
MicroISVs have submitted their applications for the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight and our evaluation
process is moving forward. The first 5 applications have now been posted to the Spotlight. Click on the link
at the right to view the list. More opportunities still exist for you to submit your application and get a Zune!
Don't wait, submit your application today.
**NEW** Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight
Click on the link at right to view the latest list of MicroISV applications that run with the Windows Vista operating system.
If you are a MicroISV you can also submit your application to the Windows Vista Spotlight and, if you are one of the first 30 applications
to successfully pass our basic Windows Vista functionality tests... we'll send you a Zune!
Welcome to Project codename "Glidepath" 2.0
The release of Windows Vista is creating a new wave of demand for applications.
Combining the hundreds of new features and thousands of
new APIs added to Windows Vista with starting and keeping a MicroISV business running is a formidable challenge.
We at Microsoft want to help make it easier for you to be successful.
Project Glidepath, a Microsoft evangelism initiative, provides you the step-by-step instructions for everything from how to get started with Windows Presentation Foundation to how to write and publish a press release.
Project Glidepath delivers the workflow-based guidance, sample code, content and custom tools you need to create successful applications for Windows Vista
including .Net 3.0 right inside Visual Studio 2005.
Project Glidepath includes:
- The Project Glidepath Repository Manager - a freely available VS2005 add-in that provides a platform for delivering guidance, content, custom tools and templates for
building applications for Windows Vista including .NET 3.0.
- A web-based repository of software factories and packages containing
workflow-based guidance regarding virtually all aspects of being in the software business.
This includes everything you need regarding the technical and non-technical aspects of starting and succeeding as a MicroISV.
The Project Glidepath Repository Manager downloads this over an RSS feed right to
your development workstation. Being RSS-based
means you can synchronize with the
master repository on a regular basis for updates and new additions.
The ProjectGlidepath.Net web-based Community
- The Project Glidepath Blog - real-time insight into the workings of Project Glidepath and information about how to develop your own Project Glidepath
factories and packages.
- The Project Glidepath Gallery - featured content from Project Glidepath software factories and packages which can be used with or without Visual Studio to help you build for the Windows Vista operating system.
INFORMATION ABOUT DOWNLOADING
PROJECT GLIDEPATH
Full details regarding the new features and facilities in Project Glidepath 2.0
can be found
here.
For more Windows Vista Developer information:
The Windows Vista Developer center on MSDN contains links to additional information and tools you need to develop for the Windows Vista operating system.
