Windows Azure Infrastructure Services Training Day
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5/21/2013 9:00:00 AM - 5/21/2013 3:00:00 PM, Eastern Time
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Join us for this interactive training event to showcase and build proof of concepts using the newly released Windows Azure Infrastructure Services™ (IaaS). This is your opportunity to dive into different scenarios for ‘on-demand’ infrastructure with a Microsoft technical expert.
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200213126&CR_EAC=300093630
Event Type: MSDN Event
Location:
1290 Avenue of the America’s, 6th Floor
New York, NY, 10104
Best for: Developer and IT Pro and Public Sector.
Developing Games for the Windows Store with HTML5 and JavaScript
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5/21/2013 6:30:00 PM - 5/21/2013 9:30:00 PM, Eastern Time
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Join Microsoft Technical Evangelist G. Andrew Duthie for a tour of the tools and frameworks you can use to build awesome games for the Windows Store using HTML and JavaScript. From game libraries like ImpactJS and CreateJS, to frameworks like Scirra?s Construct 2, there are many ways to create new games, or port existing games to the Windows Store. Leverage your existing web skills to build great apps, and get them in the Windows Store. And if you publish by June 30th, you may qualify for the Keep the Cash promotion.
Speaker Bio:
Andrew Duthie, aka devhammer, is a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft's Mid-Atlantic States district, where he provides support and education for developers working with the Microsoft development platform. In addition to his work with Microsoft, Andrew is the author of several books on ASP.NET and web development, and has spoken at numerous industry conferences from VSLive! and ASP.NET Connections, to Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC) and Tech-Ed. Andrew has been participating in the user group community since way back in 1997, when one of his co-workers dragged him out to the Internet Developers User Group in Tyson's Corner, VA, and he's been hooked ever since.
Andrew is also the creator and developer of Community Megaphone, a site designed for promoting and finding developer community events.
In addition to his work in software development, Andrew has enjoyed some recent forays into the world of hardware experimentation, including developing for Kinect and .NET Gadgeteer, using his newly-formed hardware chops to do everything from blinking LEDs and making strange noises, to flying a helicopter with his bare hands.
Andrew can be reached through his blog at http://devhammer.net/. You can also follow Andrew on twitter.
Event venue: Heart House
Hosted by: DC .Net User Group
Website: http://www.meetup.com/DCDNUG/events/115695502/
Event Type: Meetup
Location:
2400 N Street NW
Washington, DC, 20037
Best for: Developer.
IASA SE Florida: SharePoint 2013 Workflow Guidance - Warren Barton, BGT Partners
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5/21/2013 6:30:00 PM - 5/21/2013 8:30:00 PM, Eastern Time
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5/21/2013 - 6:30PM - BGT Partners Hallandale - A new service called Workflow Manager in SharePoint Server 2013 is designed to play a central role in the enterprise with features such as fully declarative authoring, REST and Service Bus messaging, elastic scalability, and managed service reliability. In this demo we will cover high density and multi-tenancy, activity / workflow artifact management, tracking and monitoring, instance management and much more.
Website: http://www.fladotnet.com/Reg.aspx?EventID=665
Event Type: User Group
Location:
600 Silks Run, Suite 2210
Hallandale Beach, FL, 33009
Best for: Developer.
Cleveland WPF User Group
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5/21/2013 6:30:00 PM - 5/21/2013 8:30:00 PM, Eastern Time
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The Cleveland WPF User Group is devoted to Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight technologies. The meetings are held every 3rd Tuesday discussing a variety of topics related to WPF and Silverlight. The meetings are free and open to the public. In addition, prizes such as software, books, and t-shirts are awarded at every meeting. Afterwards, many members meet at a local restaurant to network and socialize. Please join us at the next meeting and see it all first hand.
Please visit http://www.clevelandwpf.info/ for topic and additional information
Website: http://www.clevelandwpf.info/
Event Type: User Group
Location:
4141 Rockside Road, Room 115
Seven Hills, OH, 44131
Best for: Developer and IT Pro and Public Sector.
RADNUG May Meeting
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5/21/2013 6:30:00 PM - 5/21/2013 8:30:00 PM, Eastern Time
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We are pleased to announce that Leland Holmquest will be our special guest speaker at our May meeting.
Leland will be talking about Project Lily: Kinect enabled virtual assistant
Project Lily started as a class project (CS895: Software for Context-Aware Multiuser Systems) at George Mason University. It has since been the basis for other class projects. Lily is intended to be a virtual assistant, trying to closely mimic human behavior and interactions. The Kinect for Windows sensor provides the "eyes and ears" for Lily. The talk will demonstrate some of Lily's capabilities, show some of the design and code behind Lily and briefly explain future intentions.
About Leland:
Leland Holmquest is a Senior Consultant at Microsoft supporting the US Army. Prior to Microsoft, he was a Software Engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren. He earned his Bachelor and Master's Degrees in Information Technology from American InterContinental University and is currently working on a Doctorate degree at Northcentral University. He has a regular column on MSDN Magazine Online and frequently blogs at lelandholmquest.wordpress.com.
And his crowning achievement, he is the proud father of two daughters.
RADNUG meets at the SimVentions office in Fredericksburg. Thank you to SimVentions for the use of their facility for our group!
Website: http://radnug.org
Event Type: User Group
Location:
11905 Bowman Drive, #501
Fredericksburg, VA, 22408
Best for: Developer and IT Pro and Public Sector.
Windows Azure Infrastructure Services Training Day
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5/22/2013 9:00:00 AM - 5/22/2013 3:00:00 PM, Eastern Time
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Join us for this interactive training event to showcase and build proof of concepts using the newly released Windows Azure Infrastructure Services™ (IaaS). This is your opportunity to dive into different scenarios for ‘on-demand’ infrastructure with a Microsoft technical expert.
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200213126&CR_EAC=300093633
Event Type: MSDN Event
Location:
12012 Sunset Hills Road
Reston, VA, 20190
Best for: Developer and IT Pro and Public Sector.
Microsoft’s Private Cloud Series: System Center SP1 with Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure, Early Experts
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5/22/2013 9:00:00 AM - 5/22/2013 3:30:00 PM, Eastern Time
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Here’s your chance to learn all about System Center SP1, Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-based computing services platform. Join us at a free Microsoft IT Camp that includes hands-on demos and interactive discussions with Microsoft technical experts. You’ll work with new features and functionalities of System Center SP1 and other topics followed by a “Hands-On Lab” at the end of the day.
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200177639&CR_EAC=300073159
Event Type: TechNet Event
Location:
New Horizons Ft. Lauderdale, 100 S. Pine Road, Suite 200
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 33324
Best for: IT Pro.
Philly Appathon Workshop
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5/22/2013 5:00:00 PM - 5/22/2013 8:00:00 PM, Eastern Time
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Philly Appathon Workshops are part of the Philly Appathon contest and run through the end of June. Join us each Wednesday in the Microsoft Malvern Office for a session on app development as well as open lab time. This week's session will cover tips and tricks on designing a great Windows Store App
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200211937&CR_EAC=300093871
Event Type: MSDN Event
Location:
45 Liberty Blvd
Malvern, PA, 19355
Best for: Developer and IT Pro and Public Sector.
BmoreJS
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5/22/2013 6:00:00 PM - 5/22/2013 9:00:00 PM, Eastern Time
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Location: Advertising.com on the Under Armor campus
Advertising.com has offered their space to us for our meetups, it's located in the Ivory Building.
The Ivory building is at the end of Haubert St in Locust Point. The area is served by the Charm City Circulator "Banner Route", as well as the MTA #1 bus. You can also take the water taxi over from Fells Point (landing #8) to landing #10. Note that the water taxi service ends at 7pm, and the Circulator ends at 8pm prior to May 1.
If you cycle to the meetup, feel free to bring your bike inside, or you can lock up on one of the racks just outside the building.
Refreshments
Food will be provided - watch this space a few days beforehand. Beverages include water, juice, tea and sometimes beer.
See Meetup site for additional info.
Event venue: Advertising.com training room - Ivory Building
Hosted by: The Baltimore JavaScript Users Group
Website: http://www.meetup.com/baltimore-dc-javascript-users/events/115065942/
Event Type: Meetup
Location:
1020 Hull Street
Baltimore, MD, 21230
Best for: Developer.
Game (and App) Jam Windows 8 Style Week 2: Building Apps and Games with HTML5 and JS
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5/22/2013 6:00:00 PM - 5/22/2013 9:00:00 PM, Eastern Time
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NOTE: Please RSVP at http://aka.ms/Win8JamWk2
In the week 2 workshop, we'll look at using the native support for HTML5 and JavaScript to build apps and games, including showing how you can port existing games built with 3rd party frameworks such as ImpactJS, and how you can leverage 3rd party middleware such as Scirra's Construct 2 to quickly build great games and export them for Windows Store and/or Windows Phone 8. There will be hands-on time available after the presentation to work on your apps and games. Attendees wishing to use Construct 2 should download the latest release from Scirra.com.
Don't forget to reserve your spot for Game (and App) Jam, Windows 8 Style Week 3!
Then join us for the App Judging at CMAP Code Camp, on June 1st! We'll be delivering sessions on Windows Store development, including tips and tricks for getting through the certification process. Technical Evangelist G. Andrew Duthie will be holding office hours for folks with questions, and at the end of the day we'll hold an app competition, where all attendees who show off their app can compete for some great prizes, including a grand prize of a Surface Pro! Prerequisites: In order to participate in the app contest or any of the hands-on activities, you must bring a laptop with Windows 8 along with Visual Studio 2012 (the Express for Windows 8 version will work fine, or Pro or above will also work).
Event venue: The Greene Turtle
Hosted by: DC Windows App Developers
Website: http://www.meetup.com/DC-Windows-App-Developers/events/117419422/
Event Type: Meetup
Location:
118 Shawan Road
Hunt Valley, MD, 21030
Best for: Developer and Student.