Check out the following areas of interest for Microsoft developments, news and information.

Microsoft Watch - an independent web site about Microsoft

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/

A resource for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, .NET and security communities

http://www.msd2d.com/

.net Users Group – Portal for New Zealand .net Developers, with information, discussion and mailing lists related to .net development.

http://www.dot.net.nz

One of the best resources that a Microsoft developer can tap into, regular articles, RSS feeds and online access to the MSDN library

http://msdn.microsoft.com/

General .net information site – linking useful articles, code samples and whitepapers on working with .net

http://www.gotdotnet.com/

Plus – check out these blogs :)

http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox - Don Box (Indigo)

http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011 - Robert Scoble (MS Evangelist)

http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe - Dan Fernandez (C#)

http://staff.newtelligence.net/clemensv - Clemens Vasters (Service Oriented Architecture)

http://www.larkware.com – “The Daily Grind” – daily aggregation of useful geek news