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RTP-AITP March Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-11T17:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/11/2010 at 5:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: University Club, 4200 Hillsborough Street
City: Raleigh
State: NC
Zip Code: 27607

Description:
5:15 - 6 PM Leadership - It's About the People (Stupid). Making decisions, power and being in-charge often conflict with what leadership is really about. It's about the people. Peter Asmar is Associate State Superintendent and Chief Information Officer for the Department of Public Instruction. He joined DPI in 2006 after a 30 year career in the private sector. Peter brings a global operational perspective to this role from his career in financial services and technology for JPMorganChase, Credit Suisse,, International Paper Company and United Parcel Service where he served as chief operating officer, program director and chief financial officer for technology divisions. 6:15 - 7:30 Networking and Dinner 7:30 - 8:15 The Journey to Authentic Leadership Victor M. Font Jr. Imagine for a minute that you have to prepare a resume where you can’t highlight the college you attended, what degrees you hold, your work experience or the project achievements you have had up to this point. The only data you can put on your resume pertains to who you are as a leader and what you have demonstrated. How would the resume read? Senior IT Executive, author, and entrepreneur discusses his Journey to Authentic Leadership. Learn what Authentic Leadership means and discover the fundamentals necessary to answer this challenging and thought provoking question. This is one presentation you don’t want to miss!

Fairfield / Westchester SQL Server User Group - Linchi Shea - Effective Database Administration with a Central Repository

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-11T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/11/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: University of Connecticut, One University Place
City: Stamford
State: CT
Zip Code: 06901

Description:
Many database administrative tasks, such as monitoring, capacity planning, policy enforcement, best practice checking, are essentially the same across all the databases and the servers. Many more tasks are at an aggregate level, requiring data from individual databases across your enterprise. They include various reporting tasks, and investigative tasks that may require you to check all or a subset of your databases or servers across the enterprise.

Having a central repository of your databases and servers is absolutely necessary for you to accomplish these tasks in a professional manner. This presentation discusses what you should have in such a repository, how you may pull data together into the repository and keep it up to date, and what problems and tasks you can effectively manage with such a repository.

Linchi Shea has been working with SQL Server since version 4.21a. He works in the financial services sector in and around New York City. Linchi is passionate about creating robust and automated infrastructures for managing SQL Server in an enterprise environment, and enjoys troubleshooting performance issues. He has written many tools and utilities to simplify deploying, operating, testing, and troubleshooting SQL Server. You can find him blogging about SQL Server enterprise issues at www.sqlblog.com. Linchi is a co-founder and co-lead of the NYC SQL Server users group, and has been a Microsoft MVP since 2002.

FM Developers Round Table at Pepper's

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-11T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/11/2010 at 6:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 2510 South University Drive
City: Fargo
State: ND
Zip Code: 58102

Description:
Our round table meetings are a great forum for discussing those technology issues developers and IT professionals are thinking about. From talking about cloud computing to asp.net mvc - it is a great time to talk dork with your neighbor.

David Pless Presenst SQL Server troubleshooting

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-11T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/11/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 8045 N Wickham Rd
City: Melbourne
State: FL
Zip Code: 32940

Description:
This discussion will cover how to troubleshoot performance issues on SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. In this discussion I cover performance impact analysis using DMVs, SET options in SQL Server, and Profiler and perfmon analysis. In this discussion I will cover SQLNexus, PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs), RML Utilities, SQLDiag, and other tools. Finally I discuss reading query plans graphically and what you can learn from reading the XML plans.

Introduction to Analysis services: OR How to do everything wrong and Still provide business value.

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-11T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/11/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1160 Dublin Rd, Suite 500
City: Columbus
State: OH
Zip Code: 43215

Description:
Topic: This presentation will introduce Analysis Services using a real life business case and an honest exposition of how to get through the learning curve with SQL Analysis Services. Along the way we will derive a fairly complete list of worst practices for Analysis Services development. Armed with the list of worst practices and the insight gained from the live examples, attendees will have a much better idea of how, and how not, to use Analysis Services. They will also probably have a new insight for times they may be able to use Analysis Services that they may not have thought of previously. Speaker: Stuart Johnson's background has been in developing and delivering high quality software systems for many years. With a particular interest in the general area of business intelligence, his daily work, of course, is constantly in other areas of sofware system development. However he continues to educate himself on the high end products in the hope that someday business intelligence won't be an oxymoron. For those who can't attend in person, Live Meeting will be available [ https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=7GMH6H&role=attend&pw=np%3D3K-%3EzS ]. Audio will be available via LiveMeeting.

An Introduction to Report Builder 2.0

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-11T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/11/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 4600 Cox Rd
City: Glen Allen
State: VA
Zip Code: 23060

Description:
What does the fountain of youth have in common with happy, self-served BI users? Microsoft’s Report Builder 2.0 answers that question and more. Report Builder 2.0 is a report authoring tool with enhanced data layout, visualization and formatting capabilities left out of the earlier (and not widely used) Report Builder 1.0. This session introduces the audience to the dependencies and capabilities of Report Builder 2.0 and offers ways BI users might finally build those reports they always wanted.

TechNet Events Presents: The Next Wave - Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-12T08:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/12/2010 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 235 Hoosick St
City: Troy
State: NY
Zip Code: 12180

Description:
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications and add horsepower to your computing infrastructure. Next, we’ll look at all the tools and techniques available for building virtual environments in Hyper-V version 2.0, then finish the day by demonstrating how to simplify your Windows 7 deployments. TechNet Events are free, live learning sessions packed with hands-on technical content. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today!

TechNet Events Presents: Windows Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-12T08:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/12/2010 at 8:30 AM, Central Time

Address: 2000 W. Sam Houston Parkway S.
City: Houston
State: TX
Zip Code: 77042

Description:
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications and add horsepower to your computing infrastructure. Next, we’ll look at all the tools and techniques available for building virtual environments in Hyper-V version 2.0 and finish the day by demonstrating how to simplify your Windows 7 deployments. TechNet Events are free, live learning sessions packed with hands-on technical content. Register today! SESSION 1: The Next Wave: Windows Azure SESSION 2: Hyper-V: Tools to Build the Ultimate Virtual Test Network SESSION 3: Automating Your Windows 7 Deployment with MDT 2010 This event will be held in Suite 350.

Slaughter User Group - Austin, Tx - Open Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-12T10:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/12/2010 at 10:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 6611 S Mo-Pac Expressway
City: Austin
State: TX
Zip Code: 78749

Description:
March Meeting. Free and open to all Mac users and Mac curious. We hope to have a live demo of MacSpeech Dictation.

Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-12T12:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/12/2010 at 12:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 950
City: Bloomington
State: MN
Zip Code: 55437

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-12T12:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/12/2010 at 12:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1000 Town Center Drive, Suite 1930
City: Southfield
State: MI
Zip Code: 48075

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

MSDN Events Presents: The MSDN Northeast Roadshow: "Driving Toward a New Horizon" Tour

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-12T13:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/12/2010 at 1:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 235 Hoosick St
City: Troy
State: NY
Zip Code: 12180

Description:
It’s a new year and road and code warriors Chris Bowen and Jim O’Neil just can’t wait to return to the highways of the northeast to talk about major technology releases and what’s important for developers. From writing applications that leverage Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud operating system that went live on January 1st, to new ways of working with services and data like WCF Data Services and SQL Azure, to a look at what’s just around the bend with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, let Chris and Jim be your GPS of technology travel. The Northeast MSDN Roadshow is a free series of deep technology sessions for developers and architects. Register today and join Chris and Jim for these relaxed events to gain practical insights. So, rev up those developer engines and get ready to roll toward new sights and destinations! If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today!

MSDN Events Presents: Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4.0 and SharePoint Development

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-12T13:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/12/2010 at 1:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 2000 W Sam Houston Pkwy S
City: Houston
State: TX
Zip Code: 77042

Description:
Join your local MSDN Events team for a lively tour our latest version of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework. We’ll start with an overview the IDE and explore how you can use the latest features to develop great applications in a flash. Next, we’ll look at the newest changes to the .NET Framework and how you can leverage them today. Finally, we end the day by looking at the new tools in Visual Studio that will supercharge your SharePoint development. Register today! SESSION 1: What’s New in Visual Studio 2010 SESSION 2: What’s New in the .NET Framework 4.0 SESSION 3: SharePoint Development using Visual Studio 2010 This event will be held in Suite 350.

SharePoint Saturday Michigan

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-13T08:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/13/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 4800 E. Huron River Drive
City: Ann Arbor
State: MI
Zip Code: 48105

Description:
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft SharePoint Technologies for ‘SharePoint Saturday’, on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI.

SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in all things SharePoint!

Roanoke Code Camp 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-13T08:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/13/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 3099 Colonial Ave
City: Roanoke
State: VA
Zip Code: 24015

Description:
The Roanoke Valley .NET User Group (RV.NUG) , with support from Microsoft, the International .NET Association (INETA) is hosting the third Roanoke Code Camp on Saturday, March 13th at Virginia Western Community College. This is an all-day, all-free event consisting of 4-5 tracks for a total of 20-25 presentations. Topics include Visual Studio 2008, .NET Framework, SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint.

Azure Boot Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-15T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/15/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 4605 Duke Drive
City: Mason
State: OH
Zip Code: 45040

Description:
This is a 2-day deep dive program to help prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Snacks and drinks will be provided, however we advise you to make your own lunch arrangements prior to the event. You will need to bring a computer loaded with the software listed below.

For more information please visit www.azurebootcamp.com, or email us at info@azurebootcamp.com

Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-15T13:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/15/2010 at 12:00 PM, Central Time

Address: N19 W24133 Riverwood Dr, Suite 150
City: Waukesha
State: WI
Zip Code: 53188

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-15T13:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/15/2010 at 12:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 3 City Place Dr, Suite 1100
City: St Louis
State: MO
Zip Code: 63141

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-15T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/15/2010 at 5:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 8800 Lyra Drive, 4th Floor
City: Columbus
State: OH
Zip Code: 43240

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

TechNet Events Presents: The Next Wave - Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-16T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/16/2010 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 530 William Penn Pl
City: Pittsburgh
State: PA
Zip Code: 15219

Description:
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications and add horsepower to your computing infrastructure. Next, we’ll look at all the tools and techniques available for building virtual environments in Hyper-V version 2.0, then finish the day by demonstrating how to simplify your Windows 7 deployments. TechNet Events are free, live learning sessions packed with hands-on technical content. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today!

Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-16T13:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/16/2010 at 12:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 10801 Mastin Blvd, Suite 620
City: Overland Park
State: KS
Zip Code: 66210

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-16T13:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/16/2010 at 12:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 6050 Oak Tree Blvd, 3rd FL
City: Cleveland
State: OH
Zip Code: 44131

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

MSDN Events Presents: The MSDN Mid Atlantic Roadshow

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-16T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/16/2010 at 1:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 530 William Penn Pl
City: Pittsburgh
State: PA
Zip Code: 15219

Description:
Join your local MSDN Events team as we take a deep dive into cloud computing and the Windows Azure Platform. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build highly scalable applications. As the day unfolds, we’ll explore data storage, SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. Register today for these free, live sessions in your local area. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today!

MSDN Events Presents: From Zero to XAML in 4 Hours

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-16T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/16/2010 at 1:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: 3 Park Plaza
City: Irvine
State: CA
Zip Code: 92614

Description:
Learning XAML for use in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) or Silverlight can be a little daunting. This seminar will introduce the basic concepts of XAML and show you how to get started quickly and easily. You will be given an overview of XAML tools such as VS.NET 2010 and Expression Blend. This event will be held in Suite 1800.

Azure Boot Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-17T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/17/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 8800 Lyra Drive
City: Columbus
State: OH
Zip Code: 43240

Description:
This is a 2-day deep dive program to help prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Snacks and drinks will be provided, however we advise you to make your own lunch arrangements prior to the event. You will need to bring a computer loaded with the software listed below.

For more information please visit www.azurebootcamp.com, or email us at info@azurebootcamp.com

GANG Meeting - Windows 7 for Devlopers

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-17T19:15:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/17/2010 at 6:15 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1000 Town Center Dr., Suite 1930
City: Southfield
State: MI
Zip Code: 48075

Description:
In Windows 7, Multitouch and the Ribbon provide you with powerful capabilities to differentiate your application from the competition. We’ll explore how the Ribbon has been extended from Office 2007 to Windows 7, how you can use it in your own applications, and demonstrate a tool to help you develop Ribbons. In the physical world, we interact with objects using multiple fingers. Multitouch allows you to extend this capability to your computer, so it can recognize and respond to not just a single mouse pointer, but multiple fingers touching the screen at once. This gives your users a very natural method of interacting with your application. We will explore and demonstrate the multitouch capabilities available with Windows 7 out of the box, the gesture-level APIs, and the raw touch input APIs.

CDUG: Building Modules for DNN 5.x - The New Manifest and You

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-17T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/17/2010 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1900 Gallows Road
City: Vienna
State: VA
Zip Code: 22182

Description:
This presentation will introduce extension developers to the new manifest format that can be used when targeting 5.x for custom development. Included will be a discussion of the new structure, features, limitations and gotchas to allow individuals to hit the ground running.

Speaker:
Mitchel Sellers

Mitchel Sellers, Microsoft C# MVP, Microsoft Certified Professional, is the CEO of IowaComputerGurus Inc. He has many years of experience in the software development industry and specializes in development using Microsoft technologies. Over the course of his career he has completed work for many organizations across the world of varying sizes and structures. This experience as a consultant has provided him with a deep understanding of software development and has lead to a focus on proper architecture, performance, stability, and overall cost effectiveness of delivered solutions.

Social Hour after the GANG Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-17T21:45:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/17/2010 at 8:45 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 27522 Northwestern Hwy
City: Southfield
State: MI
Zip Code: 48034

Description:
Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group (GANG) would like to invite you to the Social Hour, where you can socialize and network in a more casual environment. This will start right after the User Group meeting (approximately 8:45pm) and is not a sponsored event. Our venue of choice is Copper Canyon Brewery, which is an easy 5 minutes drive away. We look forward to see you there!

Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-18T13:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/18/2010 at 12:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 500 E. 96th Street, Suite 460
City: Indianapolis
State: IN
Zip Code: 46240

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

MSDN Events Presents: The MSDN Mid Atlantic Roadshow

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-18T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/18/2010 at 1:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 3400 Airport Rd
City: Allentown
State: PA
Zip Code: 18109

Description:
Join your local MSDN Events team as we take a deep dive into cloud computing and the Windows Azure Platform. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build highly scalable applications. As the day unfolds, we’ll explore data storage, SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. Register today for these free, live sessions in your local area. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today!

MSDN Events Presents: From Zero to XAML in 4 Hours

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-18T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/18/2010 at 1:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: 333 S. Grand Ave.
City: Los Angeles
State: CA
Zip Code: 90071

Description:
Learning XAML for use in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) or Silverlight can be a little daunting. This seminar will introduce the basic concepts of XAML and show you how to get started quickly and easily. You will be given an overview of XAML tools such as VS.NET 2010 and Expression Blend. This event will be held in Suite #3300 (33rd Floor).

Chicago SharePoint User Group March meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-18T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/18/2010 at 1:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 3025 Highland Parkway, STE 330
City: Downers Grove
State: IL
Zip Code: 60515

Description:
This month's meeting will feature presentations on E-Discovery and Records Management with SharePoint as well as Performance Optimization of MOSS 2007 sites. For more information, visit www.cspug.org.

NYC SharePoint Developers User Group

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-18T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/18/2010 at 5:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
City: New York
State: NY
Zip Code: 10104

Description:
Brian Maslowski, a Technical Solution Professional for Microsoft, will give a presentation on the many new exciting features SharePoint 2010 will offer developers, with a focus on Visual Studio 2010. Based in New York, Brian is a technical resource to enterprise customers in New York and New Jersey. His areas of expertise are in .NET & SharePoint Application Development, Enterprise Content Management, Web Content Management and the Business Data Catalog. Prior to joining Microsoft Brian spent seven years as a Senior Application Developer with the National Football League where he helped architect, design and develop the league’s first SharePoint deployment.

AITP Atlanta Chapter Dinner Presentation

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-18T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/18/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 6345 Powers Ferry Road NW
City: Atlanta
State: GA
Zip Code: 30339

Description:
Monthly Dinner Meeting. Presentations: 1. Effective Design and Use of BI - Reporting and Dashboard for Success 2. Delivering Critical Business Information to Mobile Devices

Silverlight 4 - Ready for Business

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-18T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/18/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 455 Second Street SE, Suite 100
City: Charlottesville
State: VA
Zip Code: 22902

Description:
Silverlight 4 is a major milestone in the progression of this exciting platform. New features include Elevated Trust, Printing Support, Right-click support, Full Screen Mode, Keyboard support, Mouse Wheel support, a Clipboard API, and more! Silverlight 4 is an increasingly compelling technology, and with the enhancements in this latest update, Silverlight 4 will definitely be "ready for Business." Bio: Originally an AS/400 RPG Programmer, Joel is a former Contributing Editor for ITJungle.com (originally MidrangeServer.com) and has taught various programming languages and Internet technologies at Blue Ridge Community College. He has been developing in C# full time since 2003 and currently devotes most of his efforts to Blend and WPF. A frequent speaker at User Groups and Code Camps, he enjoys teaching and writing about .NET and other technologies, which he happily shares on his blog at http://www.developingfor.net. oel has served as the Director of Operations for Stonewall Technologies, Inc., in Staunton, VA, since 2000.

North Texas SQL Server User Group

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-18T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/18/2010 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 7000 North Highway 161
City: Irving
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039

Description:
6:00 - 6:20 - Welcome, Announcements & Food
6:20 - 7:20 - Ground Zero - SSIS
7:30 - 8:30 - Presentation
8:30 - 8:45 - Raffle and closing

Special Relativity and the Problem of Database Scalability

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-18T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/18/2010 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: MIT E51-315 corner of Wadsworth and Amherst Streets and Memorial Dr
City: Cambridge
State: MA
Zip Code: 02142

Description:
DAMA's New England Chapter's meeting will feature Jim Starkey's presentation "Special Relativity and the Problem of Database Scalability" Conventional wisdom says that relational - or even transactional - databases can’t scale. Like most conventional wisdom, this opinion is based on an unstated assumption, specifically, that database consistency depends on transaction serializeability. Serializeability is a property of databases implying that transactions leave the database in the same state whether they run concurrently or serially in some order. Serializeability is analogous to the Newtonian assumption of a universal reference frame – that each transaction moves the database from one fixed state to another. At any give point in time, there is a single, fixed database state. Serializeability is a sufficient condition for database consistency. But is it a necessary condition? And if not, what are the ramifications? An alternative is an Einsteinian universe where transactions each see a database state consistent with results of other transactions observed as committed when the transaction started, but ignore changes made by transactions not yet reported as committed.

Southern Maryland Give Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-19T16:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/19/2010 at 3:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 18952 E. Fisher Rd
City: St. Mary's City
State: MD
Zip Code: 20686

Description:
GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations. This custom software could be a new website for the nonprofit organization, or a small data-collection application to keep track of members. The only limitation is that the project should be scoped to be able to be completed in a weekend.

Azure Boot Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-22T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/22/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 7000 N. State Highway 161
City: Dallas
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039

Description:
This is a 2-day deep dive program to help prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Snacks and drinks will be provided, however we advise you to make your own lunch arrangements prior to the event. You will need to bring a computer loaded with the software listed below.

For more information please visit www.azurebootcamp.com, or email us at info@azurebootcamp.com

Azure Boot Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-22T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/22/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 500 E 96th Street
City: Indianapolis
State: IN
Zip Code: 46240

Description:
This is a 2-day deep dive program to help prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Snacks and drinks will be provided, however we advise you to make your own lunch arrangements prior to the event. You will need to bring a computer loaded with the software listed below. For more information please visit www.azurebootcamp.com, or email us at info@azurebootcamp.com

Denver Visual Studio User Group - Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-22T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/22/2010 at 5:30 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237

Description:
YOUR Silverlight World – Use WCF to Easily Move Data and More Best Practices

with Doug Gregory,
Enterprise Architect

If you are like most of us application developers, you have had little need to use the .Net Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) in your applications other than to consume services written by others. Now, Silverlight development makes WCF a critical part of YOUR business applications, especially when YOU interact with back end databases.
WCF allows you to elegantly and easily move data around, but only if you know how. Come and find out how from Doug! He has experience in this specific area and will present several best practices for you to use WCF services in your Silverlight applications. These include ways to organize your services for reusability and testability, how to write your service clients that work effectively with the Silverlight asynchronous model, and techniques you can use to avoid some of the common pitfalls when developing your own WCF Services.
You'll leave understanding how to use WCF in YOUR Silverlight World. Prior experience in these technologies is not required – Doug will quickly bring you up to speed; however, if you are already challenged by these areas, you will gain a deeper understanding to make your life easier!

TechNet Events Presents: The Next Wave - Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-23T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/23/2010 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 5404 Wisconsin Ave
City: Chevy Chase
State: MD
Zip Code: 20815

Description:
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications and add horsepower to your computing infrastructure. Next, we’ll look at all the tools and techniques available for building virtual environments in Hyper-V version 2.0, then finish the day by demonstrating how to simplify your Windows 7 deployments. TechNet Events are free, live learning sessions packed with hands-on technical content. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today! This event will be held in Suite 700.

MSDN Events Presents: The MSDN Mid Atlantic Roadshow

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-23T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/23/2010 at 1:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 5404 Wisconsin Ave
City: Chevy Chase
State: MD
Zip Code: 20815

Description:
Join your local MSDN Events team as we take a deep dive into cloud computing and the Windows Azure Platform. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build highly scalable applications. As the day unfolds, we’ll explore data storage, SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. Register today for these free, live sessions in your local area. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today! This event will be held in Suite 700.

MSDN Events Presents: From Zero to XAML in 4 Hours

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-23T13:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/23/2010 at 1:00 PM, Arizona

Address: 2929 N Central Ave
City: Phoenix
State: AZ
Zip Code: 85012

Description:
Learning XAML for use in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) or Silverlight can be a little daunting. This seminar will introduce the basic concepts of XAML and show you how to get started quickly and easily. You will be given an overview of XAML tools such as VS.NET 2010 and Expression Blend. This event will be held in Suite 1400.

Kansas City .Net User Group Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-23T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/23/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 8700 State Line Road
City: Leawood
State: KS
Zip Code: 66206

Description:
Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle for Agile Development

MIX Recap

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-23T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/23/2010 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 7000 State Highway 161; 1st Floor Conference Room
City: Irving
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039

Description:
Want to know the latest about ASP.NET, AJAX and Silverlight? What to see what is coming with Windows Phone 7 Series? Join Microsoft Developer Evangelist Chris Koenig (http://chriskoenig.net) for a whirlwind tour of all the latest announcements coming out of MIX 2010. Held every year in March, MIX is Microsoft’s premier conference for web designers and developers building the world's most innovative web sites. This session will cover the highlights from the conference as well as dive into several specific areas – to be announced later – that will show you some great information about the latest and greatest Microsoft technologies in the web developer and designer space. Chris Koenig is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, based in Dallas, TX.

Nashville SUG March Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-23T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/23/2010 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 2555 Meridian Blvd, Suite 300
City: Franklin
State: TN
Zip Code: 37067

Description:
Speaker: Ernie Bryant Topic: Demystifying Sharepoint Branding and Accessibility (2007 & 2010) Topic Details: If you’ve ever wanted to know how to give a fresh look to your Sharepoint site then this presentation is for you! We’ll be diving into the inner workings of the presentation layer and discuss topics like accessibility, best practices, deployment, and more...

MIX Recap

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-23T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/23/2010 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 7000 State Highway 161
City: Irving
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039

Description:
Want to know the latest about ASP.NET, AJAX and Silverlight? What to see what is coming with Windows Phone 7 Series? Join Microsoft Developer Evangelist Chris Koenig (http://chriskoenig.net) for a whirlwind tour of all the latest announcements coming out of MIX 2010. Held every year in March, MIX is Microsoft’s premier conference for web designers and developers building the world's most innovative web sites. This session will cover the highlights from the conference as well as dive into several specific areas – to be announced later – that will show you some great information about the latest and greatest Microsoft technologies in the web developer and designer space.

Azure Boot Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-24T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/24/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: N19 W24133 Riverwood Drive
City: Waukesha
State: WI
Zip Code: 53188

Description:
This is a 2-day deep dive program to help prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Snacks and drinks will be provided, however we advise you to make your own lunch arrangements prior to the event. You will need to bring a computer loaded with the software listed below. For more information please visit www.azurebootcamp.com, or email us at info@azurebootcamp.com

TechNet Events Presents: The Next Wave - Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-24T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/24/2010 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 201 Jones Rd
City: Waltham
State: MA
Zip Code: 02451

Description:
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications and add horsepower to your computing infrastructure. Next, we’ll look at all the tools and techniques available for building virtual environments in Hyper-V version 2.0, then finish the day by demonstrating how to simplify your Windows 7 deployments. TechNet Events are free, live learning sessions packed with hands-on technical content. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today! This event will be held on the 6th floor.

MSDN Events Presents: The MSDN Northeast Roadshow: "Driving Toward a New Horizon" Tour

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-24T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/24/2010 at 1:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 201 Jones Rd
City: Waltham
State: MA
Zip Code: 02451

Description:
It’s a new year and road and code warriors Chris Bowen and Jim O’Neil just can’t wait to return to the highways of the northeast to talk about major technology releases and what’s important for developers. From writing applications that leverage Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud operating system that went live on January 1st, to new ways of working with services and data like WCF Data Services and SQL Azure, to a look at what’s just around the bend with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, let Chris and Jim be your GPS of technology travel. The Northeast MSDN Roadshow is a free series of deep technology sessions for developers and architects. Register today and join Chris and Jim for these relaxed events to gain practical insights. So, rev up those developer engines and get ready to roll toward new sights and destinations! If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today! This event will be held on the 6th floor.

Motor City Codeslingers

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-24T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/24/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 26185 Evergreen Rd
City: Southfield
State: MI
Zip Code: 48075

Description:
Bring your laptop and pair program with us or exchange ideas with other developers.

TechNet Events Presents: The Next Wave - Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-25T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/25/2010 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 1290 Ave Of The Americas
City: New York
State: NY
Zip Code: 10104

Description:
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications and add horsepower to your computing infrastructure. Next, we’ll look at all the tools and techniques available for building virtual environments in Hyper-V version 2.0, then finish the day by demonstrating how to simplify your Windows 7 deployments. TechNet Events are free, live learning sessions packed with hands-on technical content. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today! This event will be held on the 6th floor.

MSDN Events Presents: The MSDN Metro Roadshow

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-25T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/25/2010 at 1:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1290 Avenue of the Americas
City: New York
State: NY
Zip Code: 10104

Description:
Join your local MSDN Events team as we take a deep dive into cloud computing and the Windows Azure Platform. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build highly scalable applications. As the day unfolds, we’ll explore data storage, SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. Register today for these free, live sessions in your local area. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today! This event will be held on the 6th floor.

Pensacola SQL Server Users Group Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-25T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/25/2010 at 6:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 130 East Government Street
City: Pensacola
State: FL
Zip Code: 32501

Description:
New Features of VS2010

Description: Daniel Rosales will introduce several new diagramming features in the new VS 2010. This list will include validating your layered architectures, UML diagramming. If you are new to layers, come learn how important they really are. Fowler popularized this approach in his seminal book on Patterns of Enterprise Architecture Applications. In addition to layer validation, the new IDE boasts UML support which encourages thinking about design before rushing to code. This jam packed session will get you up to speed on some of the most powerful best practices used in industry today to design durable enterprise-class applications.

TechNet Events Presents: The Next Wave - Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-26T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/26/2010 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 15 Farm Springs Rd.
City: Farmington
State: CT
Zip Code: 06032

Description:
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications and add horsepower to your computing infrastructure. Next, we’ll look at all the tools and techniques available for building virtual environments in Hyper-V version 2.0, then finish the day by demonstrating how to simplify your Windows 7 deployments. TechNet Events are free, live learning sessions packed with hands-on technical content. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today!

MSDN Events Presents: The MSDN Northeast Roadshow: "Driving Toward a New Horizon" Tour

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-26T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/26/2010 at 1:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 15 Farm Springs Rd
City: Farmington
State: CT
Zip Code: 06032

Description:
It’s a new year and road and code warriors Chris Bowen and Jim O’Neil just can’t wait to return to the highways of the northeast to talk about major technology releases and what’s important for developers. From writing applications that leverage Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud operating system that went live on January 1st, to new ways of working with services and data like WCF Data Services and SQL Azure, to a look at what’s just around the bend with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, let Chris and Jim be your GPS of technology travel. The Northeast MSDN Roadshow is a free series of deep technology sessions for developers and architects. Register today and join Chris and Jim for these relaxed events to gain practical insights. So, rev up those developer engines and get ready to roll toward new sights and destinations! If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today!

Lansing GiveCamp

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-26T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/26/2010 at 5:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 200 Museum Drive
City: Lansing
State: MI
Zip Code: 48933

Description:
A Give Camp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations. This custom software could be a new website for the nonprofit organization, a small data-collection application to keep track of members, or a application for the Red Cross that automatically emails a blood donor three months after they’ve donated blood to remind them that they are now eligible to donate again. The only limitation is that the project should be scoped to be able to be completed in a weekend.

SQL Saturday #29 Birmingham, AL

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-27T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/27/2010 at 8:30 AM, Central Time

Address: Jefferson State Community College, 4600 Valleydale Road
City: Birmingham
State: AL
Zip Code: 35242

Description:
SQLSaturday #27 is an all day FREE training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held in Birmingham, AL on Mar 27 2010 at Jefferson State Community College, 4600 Valleydale Road. The event will feature 20 technical sessions on SQL Server and Business Intelligence and all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. Attendence is limited so register soon to reserve your spot and pass the word along to you friends and colleages.

Azure Boot Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-30T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/30/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 1000 Town Center
City: Southfield
State: MI
Zip Code: 48075

Description:
This is a 2-day deep dive program to help prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Snacks and drinks will be provided, however we advise you to make your own lunch arrangements prior to the event. You will need to bring a computer loaded with the software listed below.

For more information please visit www.azurebootcamp.com, or email us at info@azurebootcamp.com

MSDN Events Presents: The MSDN Tiki Hut Roadshow

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-30T14:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/30/2010 at 1:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 5426 Bay Center Dr
City: Tampa
State: FL
Zip Code: 33609

Description:
Join your local MSDN Events team as we take a deep dive into cloud computing and the Windows Azure Platform. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build highly scalable applications. As the day unfolds, we’ll explore data storage, SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. Register today for these free, live sessions in your local area. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today! This event will be held in Suite 700.

State of .NET - Dallas (FREE)

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-30T14:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/30/2010 at 1:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 7000 SR-161 (George Bush Turnpike)
City: Irving
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039

Description:
A free, unbiased look at the current and future development with .NET. Brought to you by Microsoft, CODE Training & EPS Software, this free afternoon event presents an unbiased look at the current and future development with .NET. Join Markus Egger, for an afternoon of free and independent information about current Microsoft development technologies! What is the state of .NET today? Which of the many .NET technologies have gained traction? Which ones can you ignore for now? What's new in .NET? What other Microsoft technologies should you include in your development efforts? This event is completely free of charge and is designed for developers as well as IT decision makers. Specific prior knowledge is not required. Attendees of this event will come away with a clear understanding of which technologies to use for various technical challenges. This is NOT Microsoft marketing hype - this is based on our real-world development experience with various techologies. Exact list of topics is under NDA until after MIX announcements have been made. Topics may include: - Silverlight 4.0 - WPF and Visual Styles - Expression Studio - .NET 4.0 - Visual Studio 10 - Windows Azure and Cloud Services - ASP.NET MVC - WCF & WCF RIA Services - Windows 7 - "Dallas" (codename) - .NET Languages (C#4, VB, F#, IronPython, IronRuby) - Trends in .NET Development techniques

What's New in Office 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-30T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/30/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 2600 Cleveland Ave NW
City: Canton
State: OH
Zip Code: 44709

Description:
Seasoned Microsoft Information Technology Professional Evangelist, Matt Hester, will be presenting an informative seminar on the new features available in Microsoft Office 2010. Matt will answer your questions and help you decide if the time is right for you to upgrade. Matt has been involved in the IT Pro community for over 15 years. Matt is a skilled and experienced evangelist presenting to audiences nationally and internationally. Prior to joining Microsoft Matt was a highly successful Microsoft Certified Trainer for over 8 years. After joining Microsoft, Matt has continued to be heavily involved in IT Pro community as an IT Pro Evangelist. In his role at Microsoft Matt has presented to audiences in excess of 5000 and as small as 10. Matt has also published 4 articles for TechNet magazine and runs a successful blog with ~350K touches a month.

<Font Color= red>Tampa Dev: Facebook Development in .NET</font> - Jim Zimmerman - Microsoft MVP

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-31T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/31/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 5426 Bay Center Dr Ste 700
City: Tampa
State: FL
Zip Code: 33609

Description:
3/31/2010 - 6:30pm - Tampa, FL MSFT Office - Facebook Development in .NET

Silverlight 4 Deep Dive

Community Megaphone — 2010-03-31T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/31/2010 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1900 Gallows Rd
City: Vienna
State: VA
Zip Code: 22182

Description:
The ink on Silverlight 3 books were barely dry when Microsoft announced Silverlight 4. Come to this talk and get up to speed quickly on the must know features of Silverlight 4. Web Cam/Mic access, Fully trusted applications, COM access and more!

Bio:

Frank La Vigne has been hooked on software development since he was 12 when he got his own Commodore 64 computer. Since then, he's worked as developer for financial firms on Wall Street and in Europe. He has worked on various Tablet PC solutions and building advanced user experiences in Silverlight and WPF. He lives in the suburbs of Washington, DC. He founded the CapArea.NET User Group Silverlight Special Interest Group. He blogs regularly at www.FranksWorld.com.

State of .NET - Houston (FREE)

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-01T14:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/1/2010 at 1:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 2000 W Sam Houston Pkw S
City: Houston
State: TX
Zip Code: 77042

Description:
A free, unbiased look at the current and future development with .NET. Brought to you by Microsoft, CODE Training & EPS Software, this free afternoon event presents an unbiased look at the current and future development with .NET. Join Markus Egger, for an afternoon of free and independent information about current Microsoft development technologies! What is the state of .NET today? Which of the many .NET technologies have gained traction? Which ones can you ignore for now? What's new in .NET? What other Microsoft technologies should you include in your development efforts? This event is completely free of charge and is designed for developers as well as IT decision makers. Specific prior knowledge is not required. Attendees of this event will come away with a clear understanding of which technologies to use for various technical challenges. This is NOT Microsoft marketing hype - this is based on our real-world development experience with various techologies. Exact list of topics is under NDA until after MIX announcements have been made. Topics may include: - Silverlight 4.0 - WPF and Visual Styles - Expression Studio - .NET 4.0 - Visual Studio 10 - Windows Azure and Cloud Services - ASP.NET MVC - WCF & WCF RIA Services - Windows 7 - "Dallas" (codename) - .NET Languages (C#4, VB, F#, IronPython, IronRuby) - Trends in .NET - Development techniques

Claudio Lassala Memorial Event

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-01T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/1/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 303 North Main St.
City: Harrison
State: AR
Zip Code: 72601

Description:
PRESENTATION TOPIC: "Be a Professional Developer and Write Clean Code!" by Claudio Lassala Poorly written code can be created quickly, but it comes at a cost of high maintenance. Most of the time, code can be improved easily by following some simple practices. Professional developers should know these practices and tools and apply it to their work every day. In this session we'll cover the importance of writing clean code, the kind of attitude all developers should have towards the code they produce, as well as the practices and tools that can be used to aid you become a better developer. ABOUT CLAUDIO LASSALA Claudio Lassala is a Senior Developer at EPS Software Corp. He has presented several lectures at Microsoft events such as PDC Brazil and various other Microsoft seminars, as well as several conferences and user groups across North America and Brazil. He is a multiple winner of the Microsoft MVP Award since 2001 (for Visual FoxPro in 2001-2002, and for C# every since), an INETA speaker, and also holds the MCSD for .NET certification. He has articles published on several magazines, such as MSDN Brazil Magazine, CoDe Magazine, UTMag, Developers Magazine, and FoxPro Advisor. More detailed information regarding his presentations and articles can be found in his MVP Profile at https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile=ec6b1e0b-8efc-4530-97b0-55bd924e26d0. Claudio blogs at http://claudiolassala.spaces.live.com, and can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ClaudioLassala SCHEDULE 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Social Networking 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Prizes 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Presentation: "Be a Professional Developer and Write Clean Code!" by Claudio Lassala 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM Wrap-up LOCATION http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=303+North+Main+Street,+Harrison,+AR&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.111473,78.75&ie=UTF8&z=17

Get Started with the Windows Azure SDK - NEVB.com

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-01T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/1/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 201 Jones Rd., 6th Floor
City: Waltham
State: MA
Zip Code: 02451

Description:
The New England Visual Basic Professionals User Group's April Meeting features Jason Haley's presentation "Getting Started with the Windows Azure SDK" In this session, we will cover what a .Net developer needs to know to get started with the Windows Azure SDK. We will spend some time digging into the samples provided by Microsoft and discuss some ways to help you “get up to speed” with Azure quickly.

Corporate Strategy for Adopting Enterprise Clouds (Private vs Public)

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-01T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/1/2010 at 6:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 7000 State Highway 161, Irving, TX
City: Irving
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039

Description:
Topic Description: Most clouds that people are familiar with are the public clouds, also known as shared clouds or private virtual servers. These clouds have hundreds or even thousands of businesses running in isolated containers within the same physical environment. And there are a lot of benefits to public clouds. But for some businesses, certain feature limitations and the implications on an application's architecture are definite drawbacks. They make it too difficult to transition from a dedicated environment to a public cloud.
Private Clouds, however, are an easy step into the realm of cloud computing. Each customer is physically separated on their own dedicated hardware. Not to forget that their support is also handled like a traditional managed hosting environment. So high levels of security, reliability, performance, customization and service are simply inherent to the solution. Yet you can still scale quickly, optimize your hardware resources and get utility billing for your VMs (Virtual Machines)—which are some of the benefits that make clouds so appealing in the first place. Think of it as getting the best of the cloud combined with the best of managed hosting—without the limitations of either.
Join us April 1st to learn how to create you Corporate Strategy for Adopting Enterprise Clouds (Private vs Public).
Rackspace will also be raffling an Apple IPod and other swag.

Location
Microsoft's Las Colinas Office
LC1 Building (Right Tower)
7000 State Highway 161, Irving, TX
Cost: Rackspace is paying for the pizza but please RSVP to help predict the amount of food needed.

RSVP: http://events.linkedin.com/DFW-Pro-April-1st-Meeting-Corporate/pub/253167

Agenda:
6-6:30: Dinner and Networking
6:30-7:00: Announcements, and Business meeting
7 - 8:30: Presentation and wrap up

Ft Lauderdale Online: Geek Dinner

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-06T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/6/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 123 NE 20th Ave
City: Deerfield Beach
State: FL
Zip Code: 33441

Description:
04/06/2010 - 6:30 PM - Brus Room - Deerfield Beach - This is a once a quarter chance to meet in person to network, ask questions and find out about the new and interesting things going on in our developer world. I also get to empty my prize closet!!

Create a Module Quickly using DotNetMushroom's Rapid Application Development Tool

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-06T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/6/2010 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 37 North Orange Avenue, Suite 600
City: Orlando
State: FL
Zip Code: 32801

Description:
Several tools permit you create custom DotNetNuke modules without traditional coding. These include OWS, XMOD and (now) DotNetNuke Mushroom's Rapid Application Development module. This presentation will explore RAD's features, and will demonstrate its utility in creating several example modules. Time permitting, I will compare and contrast modules developed using RAD with OWS and XMOD counterparts.

Seattle Windows Networking UG Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-07T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/7/2010 at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: Lincoln Square Center, 700 Bellevue Way NE, Rm #15104
City: Bellevue
State: WA
Zip Code: 98004

Description:
Monthly User Group Meeting

Fundamentals of SQL Server Internals

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-08T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/8/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1160 Dublin Rd, Suite 500
City: Columbus
State: OH
Zip Code: 43215

Description:
Want to know what makes SQL Server tick? Ever wonder what SQL Server is doing when you run a query? Ever wonder which parts of SQL Server are responsible for specific functionality? Want to know what a HOBT is? He can't promise answers to every question, but Jeremiah Peschka can set you on the path to knowledge about the inner workings of SQL Server. Live Meeting will be available- [https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=CQGK87&role=attend&pw=8%60%22Qb%21%7Dwr]. Audio will be available via LiveMeeting.

DC Codeathon

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-09T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/9/2010 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 5404 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 700
City: chevy chase
State: MD
Zip Code: 20814

Description:
A gathering of developers to create Citability.org tools for real govt websites.

Imagine being able to cite a paragraph of law, legis, regulation with just a URL!

SharePoint Saturday - Charlotte

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-10T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/10/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: CPCC Levine Campus - 2800 Campus Ridge Road
City: Matthews
State: NC
Zip Code: 28105

Description:
Sharepoint Saturday is returning to Charlotte! this year promises to be bigger than ever with great content for SharePoint 2007 and the new SharePoint 2010!! If you use SharePoint now or are thinking about using it, you wont want to miss this event!!

Twin Cities Code Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-10T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/10/2010 at 8:30 AM, Central Time

Address: University of MN; 4-192 EE/CS Bldg; 200 Union Street SE
City: Minneapolis
State: MN
Zip Code: 55455

Description:
The Twin Cities Code Camp is biannual event held in the Twin Cities area. It follows the guidelines published in the Code Camp manifesto. As this is a community-driven event, we are always looking for people to lead sessions, volunteer to help during the day of the event, etc. If you'd like to participate, or if you'd like to contribute to the event, let me know.

If you use Twitter, you can follow the official TCCC account by going here. There's also a Facebook group that you can join - go here for the details. Videos from the first 5 Code Camps can be found in this group - videos from Code Camp 5 and beyond can be found in the YouTube group.

Leadership Team
Jason Bock
Brandy Favilla
Chris Williams

Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group - How SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services could change your life - The New BDC

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-12T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/12/2010 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 3727 East Apache
City: Tulsa
State: OK
Zip Code: 74115

Description:
Bio:
Corey Roth is a consultant at Stonebridge specializing in SharePoint solutions in the Oil & Gas Industry. He has ten plus years of experience delivering solutions in the energy, travel, advertising and consumer electronics verticals. Corey has always focused on rapid adoption of new Microsoft technologies including Visual Studio 2010, SharePoint 2010, .NET Framework 4.0, LINQ, and SilverLight. He also contributed greatly to the beta phases of Visual Studio 2005. For his contributions, he was awarded the Microsoft Award for Customer Excellence (ACE). Corey is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. Corey is a member of the .NET Mafia (www.dotnetmafia.com) where he blogs about the latest technology and SharePoint.

Abstract:
How SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services could change your life - The New BDC

How many hours have your wasted building simple ASP.NET applications to do nothing more than simple CRUD operations against a database. Many tools have made this easier, but now it's so easy, you'll be up and running in minutes. This session will show you hot easy it is to get started integrating external data from your line of business systems in SharePoint 2010. You will learn how to register an external content type using SharePoint Designer based upon a database table or web service and then build an external list. With external lists, you will see how you can perform CRUD operations on your line of business directly from SharePoint without ever having to do manual configuration in XML files. Finally, we will walk through how to create custom edit forms for your list using InfoPath 2010.

Door Prizes:
We will be giving away one of each of these:
XBox 360 - Halo 3 ODST
Telerik Premium Collection ($1300.00 value)
ReSharper ($199.00 value)
SQLSets ($149.00 value)
64 bit Windows 7
Introducing Windows 7 for Developers
Developing Service-Oriented AJAX Applications on the Microsoft Platform

RSVP http://tinyurl.com/yafkz

Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-13T13:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/13/2010 at 12:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 3025 Highland Parkway, Suite 300
City: Downers Grove
State: IL
Zip Code: 60515

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

Kansas City .Net User Group Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-13T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/13/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 8700 State Line Road
City: Leawood
State: KS
Zip Code: 66206

Description:
High Speed, Low Drag: Driving Application Quality with Minimal Friction

NWADNUG: April Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-13T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/13/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

Virtualization Group–Boston Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-13T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/13/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: Microsoft Office -- 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor
City: Waltham
State: MA
Zip Code: 02451

Description:
Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting Monthly Meeting of the Virtualization Boston Group (www.virtg.com)

Virtualization Group - Boston: April Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-13T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/13/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 201 Jones Road; MPR-A
City: Waltham
State: MA
Zip Code: 02451

Description:
Agenda TBD

Miramar Dev: INETA Speaker (Topic TBA) - Scott Cate

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-13T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/13/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 2300 SW 145th Ave
City: Miramar
State: FL
Zip Code: 33027

Description:
04/13/2010 - DeVry University Miramar. Networking at 6:00 PM. Presentation at 6:30 PM - TBA

April Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-13T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/13/2010 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1125 Sanctuary Parkway Suite 300
City: Alpharetta
State: GA
Zip Code: 30004

Description:
Monthly Meeting

Code Camp Pittsburgh 2010.1

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-17T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/17/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: Sennott Square
City: Pittsburgh
State: PA
Zip Code: 15260

Description:
Pittsburgh's annual Spring Code Camp is back and better than ever! It's at the University of Pittsburgh at Sennott Square (the Computer Science building). Hope to see you there!

SQL Saturday #31

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-17T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/17/2010 at 8:30 AM, Central Time

Address: 1000 Busse Rd
City: Elk Grove Village
State: IL
Zip Code: 60007

Description:
SQL Saturday events have been held successfully from coast to coast for the last 2 years! However during that time, the population of SQL Server professionals from Milwaukee to Joliet and from Fort Wayne to Rockford has never had the benefit of SQL Saturday, until now!
Announcing for the first time in SQL Saturday’s history, the event is coming to the greater Chicago-land area. Don’t miss out on the huge opportunity for learning, networking and just having a great time!

Microsoft Management Summit 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-19T01:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/19/2010 at 12:00 AM, Mountain Time

Address: 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
City: Las Vegas
State: NV
Zip Code: 89109

Description:
The annual Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) is the premier event of the year for deep technical information and training on the latest IT Management solutions from Microsoft, Partners, and Industry Experts.

UI Design for .NET Developers

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-19T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/19/2010 at 9:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 6605 Cypresswood Drive
City: Spring
State: TX
Zip Code: 77379

Description:
While in the past, graphics design was only important for Web developers, in today's modern applications, it is equally important for Windows programmers. With technologies such as WPF and Silverlight, developers often are confronted with the need to design user interfaces that are not just functional but also aesthetically pleasing and polished. Luckily it doesn't take a lot of artistic skills to learn some basic techniques that elevate user interfaces to new heights. This class covers the basics of good design taylored especially for developers as well as many standard techniques for creating great looking and functional UIs.

This comprehensive 3-day class starts at a beginner level, but quickly moves beyond theory to enable attendees to learn how to write professional & polished user interfaces.

LRITA.org 2010 Tech Conference

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-22T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/22/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 7 E Town Square
City: Lima
State: OH
Zip Code: 45801

Description:
LRITA is hosting it's 2010 Tech conference to be held at the Lima Veterans' Memorial Civic and Convention Center on April 22, 2010. This all day event will showcase many information technologies and will highlight case studies presented by our own community members. Along with that will be presentations on various technologies hosted by our local IT vendors. For more information please send an inquiry to professional.events@lrita.org. We are looking forward to serving the information technology professionals and others in our community so come and join us.

SQL Saturday 41

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-24T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/24/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 1125 Sanctuary Pkwy
City: Alpharetta
State: GA
Zip Code: 30009

Description:
SQLSaturday is a free* (we charge a lunch fee) 1-day training event for Microsoft SQL Server Database Professionals. Seating is limited, so register now!

SQLSaturday #39 NYC

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-24T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/24/2010 at 9:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: MS Offices, 1290 Avenue of the Americas
City: New York
State: NY
Zip Code: 10114

Description:
SQLSaturday #39 event, hosted by the New Jersey SQL Server User Group (NJSQL). This event is free. Registration required, seating is limited.

Deploying Branch Cache and App Locker on Server 2008 R2

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-28T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/28/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 100 S. Pine Island Rd.
City: Plantation
State: FL
Zip Code: 33324

Description:
Using all the tools that are at your disposal is essential for an Enterprise Administrator. Here we will demonstrate the effectiveness of using Branch Cache and App Locker to help maintain your infrastructure as well as some Group Policy Objects.

<STRONG>Tampa Dev: Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation in .NET 4.0 - Terrance Snyder - Raymond James

Community Megaphone — 2010-04-28T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/28/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 5426 Bay Center Dr Ste 700
City: Tampa
State: FL
Zip Code: 33609

Description:
4/28/2010 - Tamapa, FL - MSFT Office 6:30PM - Terrance A. Snyder will be providing an overview of the new improvements in Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation in .NET 4.0 along with samples and demos. Including: • Service Discovery • Simplified Configuration • Routing Service • REST improvements • Windows Workflow Foundation Changes/Improvements Samples/Demos: • Enterprise integration of fragmented services in distributed environments using new WCF features such as routing and discovery. • Using REST to simplifying existing services and open new possibilities to richer UIs. • Implementing a WCF/WF service to build a document approval workflow that uses WAS, MSMQ and the new Flowchart features found in WF 4.0.

Iowa Code Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-01T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/1/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 125 North Madison Street
City: Iowa City
State: IA
Zip Code: 52242

Description:
Iowa Code Camp is the largest ongoing tech event for software developers in the state of Iowa. It is the 5th code camp in Iowa in 3 years and has been steadily growing since May of 2008.

Come to connect with other developers and check out a great lineup of presentations on May 1st, 2010.

SQLSaturday #36 - Wheeling, WV

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-01T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/1/2010 at 9:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 1704 Market Street
City: Wheeling
State: WV
Zip Code: 26003

Description:
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server and ASP.NET. This event will be held May 1 2010 at West Virginia Northern Community College, 1704 Market Street, Room 120A B&O Bldg, Wheeling, WV 26003. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleages know about the event.

SharePoint/Office 2010 Beta by Larry Saunders

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-03T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/3/2010 at 6:30 PM, Pacific Time

Address: 7807 Centella St
City: Carlsbad
State: CA
Zip Code: 92009

Description:
Windows Networking Solutions User Group presents SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 by Larry Sauders. Come see a review of the many new features available in these programs as well as learn about ways your business will benefit from their use.

Seattle Windows Networking UG Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-05T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/5/2010 at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: Lincoln Square Center, 700 Bellevue Way NE, Rm #15104
City: Bellevue
State: WA
Zip Code: 98004

Description:
Monthly User Group Meeting

SQL Saturday #38 Jacksonville

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-08T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/8/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: The University of North Florida Campus, 1 UNF Drive
City: Jacksonville, FL
State: FL
Zip Code: 32256

Description:
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held May 8 2010 at The University of North Florida Campus, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleages know about the event.

NWADNUG: May Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-11T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/11/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

Virtualization Group - Boston: May Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-11T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/11/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 201 Jones Road; MPR-A
City: Waltham
State: MA
Zip Code: 02451

Description:
Agenda TBD

WncDotNet Developers Guild Meeting - Jump Into WPF

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-12T07:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/12/2010 at 6:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 19 Walden Drive
City: Arden
State: NC
Zip Code: 28704

Description:
Tim Huckaby founder of InterKnowlogy. Probably the below presentation but may be updated to include Silverlight or Touch. Jump into WPF! …and Become Immediately Effective Topic Jump into WPF! …and Become Immediately Effective Description You’ve seen the beautiful animated user interfaces; you have seen the gratuitous animations; you have seen the 3D. You might not be doing it now, but you will do it eventually. You will be building rich client applications in WPF. It is just a matter of time. This session was designed as an introduction to WPF to get you over that big learning curve that has frustrated many and well on your way to building great applications in WPF. In this session you’ll learn how to use Visual Studio to help build WPF applications, of course. But, also in this session you’ll learn a number of tools you will use to build WPF applications. This is a rare place in the .NET stack where VS doesn’t do it all. In fact, it doesn’t even come close. So, in this session you’ll learn a number of tools you will be using like tools from the Expression Suite and some XAML design, syntax and rendering tools. WPF is manifested in 3 major application platforms (Windows Client, Silverlight & Microsoft Surface) and all will be covered in this session at some level. Level 100 / 200 Track Developer Tools and Technologies Product / Technologies XAML, WPF, Silverlight, Surface, Visual Studio, Expression Suite Target Audience Architect, Developer Audience Key Learning #1 WPF is the next generation of UX technologies: Get developers excited about the capabilities of these Client Technologies and provide guidance on how to get smart on these technologies. Audience Key Learning #2 We get incredible developer productivity from Visual Studio & the Expression Suite: Demonstrate the tools needed to be successful. Audience Key Learning #3 Demo real applications to stimulate ideas on what can be done in this next generation of software apps and demonst

SQL Saturday - Dallas

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-22T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/22/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 300 E Spring Valley Rd
City: Richardson
State: TX
Zip Code: 75081

Description:
Welcome to SQLSaturday #35 - Dallas SQLSaturday is a free day-long training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held on May 22, 2010 at the Region 10 Education Service Center, 300 E Spring Valley Rd, Richardson, TX. Admittance to this event is free - the only cost to you is the $10 lunch fee, which will get you a nice boxed lunch and drinks. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleages know about the event. Want to speak at SQL Saturday Dallas? The call For speakers is currently open. Please submit your session abstracts as soon as possible so we can plan out the event tracks and schedule. Questions, comments or suggestions? Please contact us - contactus@ntssug.com

Richmond Code Camp 2010.1

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-22T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/22/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 1651 E Parham Road
City: Richmond
State: VA
Zip Code: 23228

Description:
50 technical sessions in 10 technology tracks delivered by local, regional and nationally-recognized experts on emerging languages, web development, business intelligence, database development, patterns and best practices, software methodologies and more. Free Wi-Fi. Awesome modern venue at the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Massey Library Technology Center. It's all free and lunch and breakfast are provided.

IndyTechFest 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-05-22T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/22/2010 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 7435 North Keystone Ave
City: Indianapolis
State: IN
Zip Code: 46240

Description:
Join us for a day of technology presentations like no other day in Indianapolis, IN. With multiple sessions on multiple tracks, there is sure to be something of interest to nearly all devlopers, DBAs, or other techies. Sessions on .NET, SQL Server, SharePoint, Visual Basic, C#, and more. This year's keynote is industry legend from Microsoft, Scott Hanselman.

Azure Boot Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-06-01T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/1/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 200 E Randolph St
City: Chicago
State: IL
Zip Code: 60601

Description:
This is a 2-day deep dive program to help prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Snacks and drinks will be provided, however we advise you to make your own lunch arrangements prior to the event. You will need to bring a computer loaded with the software listed below.

For more information please visit www.azurebootcamp.com, or email us at info@azurebootcamp.com

Seattle Windows Networking UG Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-06-02T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/2/2010 at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: Lincoln Square Center, 700 Bellevue Way NE, Rm #15104
City: Bellevue
State: WA
Zip Code: 98004

Description:
Monthly User Group Meeting

SQL Saturday Pensacola #22

Community Megaphone — 2010-06-05T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/5/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 1000 College Blvd
City: Pensacola
State: FL
Zip Code: 32504

Description:
We have several seasoned SQL experts lined up, such as Brad McGehee and Rodney Landrum, as well as some very talented local professionals. There will be over 30 sessions devoted to SQL at this event. Free learning, free food, and free fun! You won't want to miss this event!

Pensacola Code Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-06-05T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/5/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 1000 College Blvd
City: Pensacola
State: FL
Zip Code: 32504

Description:
Join us for this one day FREE intensive developer-to-developer learning experience that is fun and technically stimulating. This is your chance to interact directly with local, regional, and Microsoft presenters/experts.

Microsoft TechEd North America 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-06-07T08:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/7/2010 at 7:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: New Orleans Morial Convention Center
City: New Orleans
State: LA
Zip Code: 70130

Description:
The Microsoft Tech•Ed Conference explores a wide variety of current and soon-to-release Microsoft technologies, tools, platforms and services showcasing customizable blended media experiences from Breakout Sessions to Hands-on Labs. Immerse yourself in the thousands of learning opportunities and plunge right into the difficult questions and challenges with renowned technology experts, distinguished speakers, and community influencers. Engage and collaborate with your peers and Microsoft to find the technology resources necessary to help build state-of-the-art software solutions or to help plan, architect, deploy, manage and secure a connected IT infrastructure. Join Microsoft for the 18th year of Tech•Ed, and see why it remains an essential technology industry and networking event.

NWADNUG: June Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-06-08T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/8/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

SQL Saturday #43

Community Megaphone — 2010-06-12T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/12/2010 at 8:00 AM, Pacific Time

Address: THE MIXER, 15255 NE 40th Street, North Commons
City: REDMOND
State: WA
Zip Code: 98052

Description:
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held Jun 12 2010 at Building: THE MIXER, 15255 NE 40th Street, North Commons, REDMOND, WA 98052. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships.

SQL Saturday

Community Megaphone — 2010-06-26T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/26/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: Goodwill Columbus 1331 Edgehill Rd
City: Columbus
State: OH
Zip Code: 43212

Description:
SQL Saturday is a free day of training and networking for SQL users.

NWADNUG: July Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-07-13T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 7/13/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

NWADNUG: August Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-08-10T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 8/10/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

SQL Saturday #21 Baton Rouge, LA

Community Megaphone — 2010-08-14T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 8/14/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 1109 Patrick F. Taylor Hall
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Zip Code: 70803

Description:
Free SQL Server and .Net training! Chance to win great prizes! What more could a SQL Server Professional ask for? If this sounds good to you then don’t miss your opportunity to attend SQL Saturday! #28, the largest FREE training event dedicated exclusively to SQL Server, .Net, Development and Business Intelligence to hit Baton Rouge.

NWADNUG: September Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-14T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/14/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

NWADNUG: October Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-12T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/12/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

NWADNUG: November Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-11-09T17:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 11/9/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

NWADNUG: December Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-12-14T17:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 12/14/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org