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Community Megaphone — 2012-02-07T17:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/7/2012 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: Clarke University Keller Computer Center
City: Dubuque
State: IA
Zip Code: 52001
Description:
As a developer with years of experience developing web apps using ASP.NET, SQL Server, Windows Server and Active Directory, how do you move to the cloud with Windows Azure? How can you apply your existing skills and experience to developing cloud apps in Windows Azure? In this session, we will take a simple, traditional ASP.NET app and walk through the migration to Windows Azure. We’ll discuss the important considerations, practices, architectural differences, challenges, advantages and economic benefits to consider when migrating to Windows Azure.

What you will learn:
• Overview of common business challenges and scenarios that drive Cloud migration
• How to move traditional on-premise web apps to Windows Azure
• Architectural considerations for maximizing the value of the Cloud

Website: http://www.dbqineta.com/

Windows Phone Development Part 3 of 4

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-07T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/7/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100
City: Addison
State: TX
Zip Code: 75001
Description:
File -> New Project to the Marketplace

- Chris Rajczi and Michael Perry will present part 3 of 4 of this series at the Dallas XAML User Group. In session three we’ll finish any application polish and testing as required and submit the application to the Windows Phone marketplace.

Website: http://DallasXAML.com

Deerfield Beach Coders Cafe: Introducing PRISM and MEF for the Agile Software Developer - Sam Abraham

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-07T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/7/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 245 N Ocean Blvd.
City: Deerfield Beach
State: FL
Zip Code: 33441
Description:
02/07/2012 - 6:30 PM - Myxer.com - Deerfield Beach - Join us as we highlight some increasingly popular design concepts that may come to good use when taking an incremental approach to delivering functional code. In particular we will be introducing PRISM and MEF, both provided as open source frameworks by the Microsoft Patterns and Practices Team (http://compositewpf.codeplex.com/), as an example of how concepts such as IoC, Dependency Injection and Composition come into play with parallel and incremental software development.

Website: http://www.fladotnet.com/Reg.aspx?EventID=530

CMAP Main Meeting - Getting Started with SignalR - Kevin Griffin

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-07T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/7/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive
City: Columbia
State: MD
Zip Code: 21046
Description:
Topic: Getting Started with SignalR

SignalR is an asynchronous signaling library for ASP.NET. It's designed to help you build real-time web applications without a lot of hassle. In the past, developers would have to wire up "real-time" applications as a series of polls to a webserver, waiting for it to receive data back that was useful. This approach usually cost more in bandwidth than we wanted it to. SignalR simplifies this process, and makes it more useful for the ASP.NET developer. In this presentation, Kevin Griffin will guide you through implementing SignalR into your applications, and how you can take advantage of everything it has to offer.

Presenter: Kevin Griffin

Kevin Griffin has been working as a professional developer since 2006, where his first job was working on components for the Symantec security suites. Now Kevin works as a Technical Evangelist for ComponentOne. As an Microsoft ASP.NET MVP and ASPInsider, Kevin spends a lot of time teaching and mentoring developers to learn new technologies and to be better developers. Over three years ago, Kevin started the Hampton Roads .NET Users Group and now serves as a Senior Mentor for INETA. You can find Kevin speaking at conferences, code camps, and user groups across the country.

Website: http://www.cmap-online.org/Meetings/Details/2012-02-07.aspx

Building Applications on Windows Azure: Practical Approaches to ...

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-08T05:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/8/2012 at 5:30 AM, Central Time

Address: 1825 N. Bluemound
City: Appleton
State: WI
Zip Code: 54912
Description:
Title

Building Applications on Windows Azure: Practical Approaches to Microsoft's Cloud Offering

Abstract
Microsoft Windows Azure has quickly become a major player in cloud offerings with its Platform as a Service (PaaS) product offering. Windows Azure provides a mechanism for developers to quickly deploy applications without having to go through the pain of purchasing new hardware and provisioning the server. While the Windows Azure provides a nearly infinite amount of compute resources, there are many different technologies available to developers within the Azure service offerings that can enhance any custom developed application. Come to Fox Valley .Net Users Group on February 8th and hear Aaron Hayon discuss the benefits of the Windows Azure Platform as a Service offering, as well as the many tools available to developers in the platform.

Aaron Hayon
Aaron is a Senior Software Engineer and Azure Architect with Skyline Technologies. Aaron has over 10 years of development experience and 2 years of Windows Azure development experience.

Website: http://www.fvnug.org

Automated Unit Testing - Testing Dependencies and Legacy Code

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-08T10:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/8/2012 at 10:00 AM, Eastern Time

Description:
You may have already started unit testing or at least understand the basics. But there’s one large obstacle that stands in your way: dependencies. Most code was not written to be easy to test. How can you test dependencies? Join this webinar and learn different methods and tools that help create unit tests to test dependencies and legacy code.

Learn:

• Why you are writing legacy code

• Hand rolled mocks

• Mocking frameworks

• What makes a good unit test

This webinar is intended for .NET developers interested in automated unit testing who want to learn how to develop better code.

Website: http://bitly.com/wDyzdG

TechNet Webcast: Becoming the Next Private Cloud Expert Now

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-08T10:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/8/2012 at 10:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
This webcast builds on your understanding of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. We do an architectural review and highlight the requirements, steps, and operations to construct a private cloud from a service standpoint, including constructing fabric and deploying a private cloud with a service template. By attending this webcast, you will get all the information and skills you need to construct a simple, yet realistic private cloud for self-training and evaluation and to become the next private cloud expert in your company.

Website: http://bit.ly/rCBlxc

SSWUG Webcast: Building Your First SQL Server Cluster

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-08T11:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/8/2012 at 11:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
This session will focus on the hardware and software involved in building a SQL Server cluster on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Joey D'Antoni, who is a senior database administrator with Comcast and author for SSWUG.ORG, will go through the architecture, discuss potential pitfalls and talk about considerations that need to be made for clustered environments. Lastly, he will discuss briefly some of the big changes that are coming to this space with SQL Server 2012/"Denali".

Website: http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=519

TriNUG Meeting: An Introduction to SignalR

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-08T17:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/8/2012 at 5:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 4825 Creekstone Dr
City: Durham
State: NC
Zip Code: 27703
Description:
The Triangle .NET Users Group (TriNUG) presents:
SignalR is one of the new tricks in the Microsoft web stack. Think about the possibilities available to you in a browser when you've got constant, server-initiated conversations and real-time responsiveness from within the web browser (like chat, stock updates, publish/subscribe implementations, push notifications, and so on). Brady Gaster will introduce you to SignalR and will walk through the process of setting up an MVC 3.0 application to work with SignalR using both it's Hub and Connection methodologies. Using numerous practical and easy-to-digest demonstrations, this session will demystify SignalR and show you how to use it today in your application development. It may also inspire you to crack open and rewire some old applications and refactor them to support real-time functionality.

Presenter: Brady Gaster
Brady Gaster is a Windows Azure Technical Evangelist with Microsoft, and has been working with .NET for over a decade in numerous settings - government, education, consulting, gaming, and mobile. Brady's core competencies include middleware development, TDD, service orientation, and continuous integration setup and maintenance. His most recent endeavors include Windows Azure, SignalR, Fluent programming principles, aspect-oriented programming, Netduino, Orchard CMS, and Behavior Driven Development.

Website: http://trinug.org/

Oregon SQL February Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-08T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/8/2012 at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: 222 SW Columbia St
City: Portland
State: OR
Zip Code: 97201
Description:
Monthly meeting of the Oregon SQL -developers user group, where the topic is always SQL Server, but from a developers perspective. Check the website for the next meeting details.

Website: http://osql-d.org

An Introduction to Expression Blend

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-08T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/8/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 51 Mannakee Street
City: Rockville
State: MD
Zip Code: 20850
Description:
Abstract:
Microsoft Expression Blend is the premier GUI editor for WPF and Silverlight applications.In this presentation you will receive an introduction to the Blend UI and how to use it to quickly and easily build an application interface. Topics will include Configuration, Layout Controls, how to leverage Blend with Visual Studio, and more.

Bio:
Joel Cochran is an Expression Blend MVP, an INETA Community Champion, and a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in Windows Forms and WPF. He is the founder of BlendSIG, a virtual Special Interest Group focused on Expression Blend and author of "Expression Blend in Action" by Manning Publications. He is also the author of "The Practical MVVM Manifesto" (http://practicalmvvm.com). He has been developing for Windows since 2003 and is a self-proclaimed "Blend Evangelist". A frequent speaker at User Groups and Code Camps, he enjoys teaching and writing about .NET and other topics. You can find him online at http://www.developingfor.net or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joelcochran. Joel has served as the Director of Operations for Stonewall Technologies, Inc., an ISV, in Staunton, VA, since 2000.

Website: http://www.rocknug.org

Software Development Tomorrow and Today

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-09T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/9/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 7000 State Highway 161
City: Irving
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039
Description:
This presentation is comprised of two sessions. The first session will focus on Windows 8 Developer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview. The second session will focus on NUGET 1.6 and WCF Web API Preview 6.

Website: http://www.ddnug.net

Central TX .Net User Group Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-09T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/9/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 4001 Central Pointe Parkway
City: Temple
State: TX
Zip Code: 76504
Description:
Girish Gangadharan is discussing popular practices and techniques for Responsive Web Design.

Website: http://ctxdnug.net/Meetings/February-2012-Meeting.aspx

SSWUG and SolidQ In-Person Training: In-Person Training: Microsoft BI Bootcamp on SQL Server 2008 R2 and Office 2010

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-13T08:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/13/2012 at 8:30 AM, Pacific Time

Address: 333 Bush Street, Suite 1200
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Zip Code: 94104
Description:
In a partnership agreement between SSWUG.ORG and SolidQ, a five-day in-person class with hands-on labs on Microsoft's Business Intelligence stack will be offered on Feb. 13-17 in San Francisco for students who want to deliver state-of-the-art, integrated reporting and analytics solutions.

Peter Myers, course instructor and Microsoft MVP, will show students how integrated BI tools can create effective solutions to find meaningful patterns in the vast sea of data that is collected by organizations. He will also explain how to to use that insight to quickly respond to changing business conditions, as well as how to position different types of Business Intelligence solutions, such as enterprise data warehousing, data marts and real-time operational reporting.

Website: http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=487

polyepmodnopinizr 5 and you

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-13T17:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/13/2012 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 10900 Stonelake Blvd., Suite 225
City: Austin
State: TX
Zip Code: 78759
Description:
There are lots of buzzwords these days. Let's pull apart some of these popular libraries and technologies and figure out what problems they solve and what problems we're left to solve on our own. Let's also look into out how to make this all work the way that we want... in all the browsers that we want. We're not talking about performing magic; we're talking about setting expectations and realities. The talk will cover some implementation details about some of these new technologies, but will more importantly offer a framework for thinking about next year's buzzwords too.

alex sexton
Alex is a Labs Engineer at Bazaarvoice in Austin, TX. He is a member of the jQuery and Modernizr teams, and the creator of yepnope.js and most recently Jed (a JavaScript i18n library). He has a passion for large, modern, front-end heavy applications. He tweets as @SlexAxton, codes at https://github.com/SlexAxton, and blogs at http://alexsexton.com/.

Website: http://adnug.org

SSWUG and SolidQ In-Person Training: Deploying, Operating and Tuning an Analysis Services 2008 Solution

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-14T08:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/14/2012 at 8:30 AM, Arizona

Address: 2575 East Camelback Road, Suite 600
City: Phoenix
State: AZ
Zip Code: 85016
Description:
In a partnership agreement between SSWUG.ORG and SolidQ, a hands-on, instructor-led course will be offered on Feb. 14-16 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Phoenix, Arizona to provide students with information on how to deploy, operate and tune an Analysis Services solution.

Craig Utley, course instructor and mentor for SolidQ USA, will explain to students the steps on preparing for the successful deployment of an Analysis Services solution. He will then focus on ways to update data in a production environment while minimizing its impact on performance. Finally, Craig will provide tips on collecting and analyzing data to improve processing and querying performance.

Website: http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=486

I LOVE SharePoint

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-14T10:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/14/2012 at 10:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 5300 International Blvd, Building B, Suite 100
City: North Charleston
State: SC
Zip Code: 29418
Description:
RSVP at http://chsspug.eventbrite.com/

The Charleston SharePoint Users Group (CHSSPUG) is back! Come for a Lunch and Learn on Valentine's Day 2012! We need you to be there! Please RSVP and let us know how many people you are bringing so we can plan for you.

Who is this meeting for? We would like to see everyone from power users to advanced users and developers at this meeting!

Where is it meeting? We will be meeting at the Lowcountry Graduate Center. Here's the address:

Lowcountry Graduate Center
5300 International Blvd
Building B, Suite 100
North Charleston, SC 29418

What's the agenda? Due to feedback that we got from the last meeting, these sessions will start at a lower level, but will quickly progress to more advanced features. This will give everyone a chance to learn something from each session.

10:00AM - Introduction to Document Management
11:15AM - Workflows
12:30PM - Lunch/Networking
13:30PM - Developing and Extending Document Management features

Ask the Experts! The founder of the Charleston SharePoint Users Group and international speaker, Paul Swider, will be speaking at this meeting, along with several other SharePoint experts! Don't miss an opportunity to get all of your tough questions answered!

Please Note: Following the meeting, we will be send out a survey to get feedback on how we did. This is very important to us because it tells us where we can improve and what topics you want to hear about.

If you have dietary requirements please let us know ASAP!

Website: http://chsspug.eventbrite.com

Developing Applications Using Data from Microsoft Windows Azure Marketplace

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-14T14:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/14/2012 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
The Windows Azure Marketplace is an online market buying and selling finished Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and premium datasets. There is a wide variety of data including demographic, environment, financial, retail and sports. In this webcast, we will take a look at the application development features of the Windows Azure Marketplace and discuss how you can develop web and Windows Phone applications that consume data from the Marketplace.

Website: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032502618&Culture=en-US

SSWUG Webcast: The Four-Hour DBA - Automate, Audit and Relax

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-15T11:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/15/2012 at 11:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
Do you feel that you are overworked, always fighting fires and never can get ahead?

Sarah Barela, Manager of Database Services for Cbeyond Cloud Services, will help you identify what is important to your job and how to find the time to address those critical tasks. She will share scripts to automate those tasks that are central to all DBAs and discuss how to establish a methodology to quickly automate daily database chores.

The flip side of automation is auditing. Routinely auditing your server is essential to avoid nasty surprises that can lead to a loss of control. Sarah will show you how to create an auditing system using features within SQL Server, including Policy Based Management and scripts that will provide you peace of mind to enjoy your work and maybe even life beyond the office.

Website: http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=522

H-SPUG February 2012 Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-15T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/15/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 2000 W. Sam Houston S. #350; One Briar Lake Plaza
City: Houston
State: TX
Zip Code: 77042
Description:
Monthly H-SPUG User Group meeting, see website for details.

Website: http://h-spug.org

Windows Azure User Group of NYC/NJ

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-15T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/15/2012 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1290 Avenue of the Americas 6th Floor
City: New York
State: NY
Zip Code: 10170
Description:
*Note* Please RSVP on the Meetup website so we can add you to the security list.

Have you heard of Windows Azure? Maybe you have, but the concept is all fuzzy. Can I really use this cloud stuff? In December 2011, a whole slew of new Windows Azure features and improvements shipped. We’ll take you on a whirlwind tour of the platform and detail some of the new features and announcements from December. We’ll look at hosting cloud applications with Windows Azure Compute, and cover some data patterns for hosting data in the cloud with Windows Azure Storage and SQL Azure. Thinking of trying Azure out for a test drive? It’s easier than ever now and we’ll show you how.

Speaker Bio:
Peter Laudati, the "JrzyShr Dev Guy," is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, based in the New York/New Jersey area. Peter spends most of his time these days focused on Windows Azure and cloud computing. One of his roles is supporting and educating developers working Microsoft technologies. Peter supports the developer community in the NY Metro area by speaking at user group events, Code Camps, and various tech conferences. Peter is also the co-host of the “Connected Show” (www.connectedshow.com), a podcast focused on the cloud and connecting Microsoft technology with non-Microsoft technology. His blog can be found at http://www.peterlaudati.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @Jrzyshr.

Website: http://www.meetup.com/AzureNYC/

Weston Learning: ASP 101 Programming: Request-Response coding in ASP.NET Web pages - Jonas Stawski

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-15T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/15/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 2250 North Commerce Parkway, Room 115
City: Weston
State: FL
Zip Code: 33326
Description:
2/15/2012 (Wednesday), 6:30pm - Weston AIU, Room 115. - Jonas Stawski will be giving a lecture and demonstration on request-response programming in ASP.NET. Bring a laptop for a hands-on lesson!

Website: http://www.fladotnet.com/Reg.aspx?EventID=562

NuCon 2012: Technology Leadership Conference

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-16T08:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/16/2012 at 8:30 AM, Pacific Time

Address: Hyatt Regency - Irvine 1700 Jamboree Blvd.
City: Irvine
State: CA
Zip Code: 92614
Description:
NuCon 2012 is a full day conference dedicated to helping organizations focused on "Getting Ready for Tomorrow." Held on Feb 16, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, CA, attendees can choose from one of three role-based tracks (Developer, TDM, BDM), each consisting of four informative 1 hour and 15 minute sessions. For more information or to register, please visit our event page.

Website: http://nucon12.eventbrite.com

TechNet Webcast: Becoming the Next Private Cloud Expert Now

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-16T10:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/16/2012 at 10:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
With a private cloud in place, how do you maintain it? How do you integrate the processes and operations with those on-going routines? Put your hands around the tools that will help you keep your sanity. Learn how to maintain and service a private cloud with enterprise infrastructure. In this webcast, we review the tools that are available—many of which you are familiar with. We also review the tools that are designed to help you streamline IT operations to better maintain your private cloud with legacy infrastructure without compromising enterprise security and ultimately reduce costs.

Website: http://bit.ly/vZ6dL6

Denver SQL Server UG: February 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-16T17:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/16/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
February 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

WNC .NET Developers Guild Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-16T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/16/2012 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 6 Winners Circle
City: Asheville
State: NC
Zip Code: 28704
Description:
Phil Japikse will be speaking.

Website: http://wncdotnet.com

Managing Privileged Account Passwords, Windows Azure, Virtualization/Hyper-V with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-16T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/16/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1501 Lee Highway, Suite 400
City: Arlington
State: VA
Zip Code: 22209
Description:
Windows Azure is an open cloud platform that enables developers to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. Our guest speaker, Zhiming Xue, Microsoft architect evangelist, will provide an update on the new release of Microsoft Windows Azure, including its support for Node.js, java and PHP.

Website: http://www.capcloud.org

dotNet Miami: "A Taste of Code Camp"

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-16T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/16/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1430 Ponce De Leon Blvd
City: Coral Gables
State: FL
Zip Code: 33134
Description:
2/16/12 6:30 PM - Planet Linux Caffe - Coral Gables - Join us on Thursday, February 16th at 6:30 PM at Planet Linux Caffe in Coral Gables for "A Taste of Code Camp". We will have speakers from the South Florida Code Camp deliver portions of their sessions "lightning style". If you've never been to Code Camp or are unsure of which sessions to visit, this event will give you a great glimpse of what to expect from the best tech event on the South Florida calendar. We will also be giving away a copy of "HTML 5 and CSS3" by Brian Hogan and a one-month subscription to PluralSight. There will also be some fantastic sandwiches from Planet Linux Caffe provided by Sherlock Tech.

Website: http://www.fladotnet.com/Reg.aspx?EventID=569

Louisville .NET Meetup: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love jQuery

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-16T19:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/16/2012 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 101 Bullitt Lane
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip Code: 40222
Description:
We will meet on Thursday, February 16 at Adecco's offices at 101 Bullitt Lane. Doors will open at 6:30pm and the presentations will begin sharply at 7:00 pm. Along with a great presentation, we'll have food and raffle prizes. Be sure to RSVP so we know how much food is needed.

For February we have David Giard to talk about How I Leard to Stop Worrying and Love jQuery.

David Giard has been developing solutions using Microsoft technologies since 1993. He is a Microsoft MVP; an INETA mentor; and the President of the Great Lakes Area .Net User Group. David has presented at many of the conferences and user groups around the Midwest. He is a recovering certification addict and holds an MCTS, MCSD, MCSE, and MCDBA, as well as a BS and an MBA. He is the host and producer of the mildly popular online TV show Technology and Friends. You can read his latest thoughts at www.DavidGiard.com. David lives in Michigan with his two teenage sons.

Website: http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-DotNet/events/46374352/

AgileDotNet Dallas

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-17T08:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/17/2012 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 15650 Addison Road
City: Addison
State: TX
Zip Code: 75001
Description:
Improving Enterprises in conjunction with Microsoft will bring together the world of .NET development with the world of Agile methods for an exciting one-day experience of discovery, learning and exchange.

Website: http://www.agiledotnet.com/

SSWUG Free Expo: Understanding Database Security Threats and Countermeasures

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-17T09:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/17/2012 at 9:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
SSWUG.ORG’s free virtual expo will review ways for information technology (IT) professionals who work with enterprise environments to design and monitor security for database systems.

Through our in-depth sessions with some of the leading functional specialists in the IT field, you will see many examples and case studies on understanding database forensics, encrypting data, preventing SQL injection hacks and more.

By the end of our free event, you should have the tools and understanding needed to develop database security solutions for protecting business-critical databases.

Website: http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=520

Sarasota IT Pro Camp

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-18T08:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/18/2012 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 6151 Lake Osprey Drive
City: Sarasota
State: FL
Zip Code: 34240
Description:
Please join us along with system administrators, IT professionals, and support specialists in addition to technology managers at all levels for an "IT Pro Camp" event on February 18th, 2012 at Keiser University - Sarasota. This event offers a conference style learning environment free of charge to attendees of all backgrounds and expertise

Website: http://itprocamp.com/sarasota

South Florida Code Camp 2012

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-18T08:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/18/2012 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 3301 College Avenue
City: Davie
State: FL
Zip Code: 33314
Description:
Code Camp is a FREE one day GEEK FEST held on Saturday February 18, 2012. This is the eighth year for South Florida Code Camp. The event will have speakers from the local community and beyond. Speakers will be presenting some of the most requested topics like ASP.NET AJAX, Visual Studio 2010, MVC Framework, Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation, Sharepoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008R2. This event is like Tech-Ed for Free but it's community driven by a group of dedicated volunteers and speakers. Breakfast and lunch is included! &amp;#13;&amp;#10;

Website: http://www.fladotnet.com/codecamp/

Windows Phone Garage - Birmingham, AL

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-18T08:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/18/2012 at 8:30 AM, Central Time

Address: 601 Beacon Pkwy. West Suite 106
City: Birmingham
State: AL
Zip Code: 35209
Description:
A free, full day event designed to help developers/designers build Windows Phone applications. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or just getting started with .NET development this full-day event is for you. Not sure how to turn an idea into an app? Our local Windows Phone, Silverlight and .NET experts will be on hand to answer questions, share code and give guidance.

http://birminghamwpgarage.eventbrite.com/

Website: http://birminghamwp7mango.eventbrite.com/

Central Ohio Windows Phone User Group Meetup

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-20T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/20/2012 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1275 Kinnear Road
City: Columbus
State: OH
Zip Code: 43212
Description:
February Meetup of Central Ohio Windows Phone User Group:

-- "The 31 Demos of Windows Phone Mango!"

Please see http://cowpug.org for details.

Website: http://cowpug.org

SSWUG and SolidQ In-Person Training: Designing and Developing Solutions with SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-21T08:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/21/2012 at 8:30 AM, Central Time

Address: 400 East Royal Lane, Building Three, Suite 290
City: Irving
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039
Description:
In a partnership agreement between SSWUG.ORG and SolidQ, a four-day, in-person class with hands-on labs on designing, developing and deploying analytical solutions using SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (SSAS) will be offered on Feb. 21-24 in Irving, Texas.

Craig Utley, course instructor and mentor for SolidQ USA, will demonstrate design and development best practices to effectively build a fully working analytical solution.

Website: http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=488

FWDNUG: SQL Server CE on Windows Phone

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-21T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/21/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 4100 International Plaza, Suite 200
City: Fort Worth
State: TX
Zip Code: 76109
Description:
SQL Server CE on Windows Phone. With the release of the new “Mango” operating system, the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 now supports SQL Server CE as part of the Windows Phone runtime environment. Join Microsoft Developer Evangelist Chris Koenig for a tour of SQL Server CE Database Support on Windows Phone. We’ll talk about defining, creating and accessing databases on the device, deploying databases with your application, and making updates to your database as you version your application.

Website: http://fwdnug2012feb.eventbrite.com/

PNWADG 2/21/2012 UG Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-21T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/21/2012 at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: Microsoft, Building 40, Cafe' - Steptoe Room; NE 31st St
City: Redmond, WA
State: WA
Zip Code: 98052
Description:
Special Presentation by Access MVP, Tony Toews.

An unprecedented opportunity to gain valuable insights and learn techniques for developing and distributing solid, robust solutions from one of the most respected and established Access MVPs. Tony will demonstrate and share some of the time saving tools that he has created and uses to develop and deploy Access applications. As time permits, we will have general Q&A and venture into discussions on consulting other areas of application development.

Website: https://www.technicalcommunity.com

Geeks in Pink Dinner

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-21T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/21/2012 at 6:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 8200 Dallas Parkway
City: Plano
State: TX
Zip Code: 75024
Description:
If you are a female who has an interest in technology, particularly computing (bloggers, developers, tech writers, designers, entrepreneurs, sysadmins, hardware experts, consultants, journalists - you name it) please join us for a fun-filled dinner. The dinner is an opportunity for girl geeks to get together to discuss their experiences, exchange ideas and network in a comfortable informal environment.

Website: http://geeksinpinkfeb2012.eventbrite.com/

TechNet Webcast: Hyper-V: The Base of a Private Cloud

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-22T09:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/22/2012 at 9:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
The term "cloud" refers to a new paradigm in the evolution of computing. It often entails running your servers, either internal or hosted, on virtual machines. In an IT career, the one constant is that you need to continually learn the new technologies to stay current. In this webcast, we cover the fundamentals of Microsoft’s technologies that support the private cloud. We overview Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization technology and then dive deeper into the features of this hypervisor-based server virtualization technology. This webcast is heavily focused on demonstrations and has a Q&A session at the end.

Website: http://bit.ly/xh5915

Making a Mockery of Hard to Test Code - Phil Japikse

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-22T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/22/2012 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 711 East Monument Avenue
City: Dayton
State: OH
Zip Code: 45402
Description:
Description:
Test Driven Development can be hard. Oh, sure, it's easy to write the standard bank account tests that you see in all of the demos. But what about real life? What about that service that hasn't been developed yet? What if the code you are trying to test doesn't follow Uncle Bob's SOLID principles? I will show you how free mocking tools will brighten your day!

Bio:
An international speaker, Microsoft MVP, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, and a passionate member of the developer community, Phil Japikse has been working with .Net since the first betas, developing software for over 20 years, and heavily involved in the agile community since 2005. Phil works as the Agile Practices Evangelist for Telerik (http://www.telerik.com), serves as the Lead Director for the Cincinnati .Net User’s Group and the Cincinnati Software Architect Group, and is the host of the Zero To Agile podcast (http://www.telerik.com/zerotoagile). Phil founded Agile Conferences, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to advancing agile in all aspects of software development. In his spare time, Phil works part-time as a Firefighter/Paramedic, serves as Cub Master for his sons’ Cub Scout Pack, and volunteers for the National Ski Patrol. You can follow Phil on twitter via http://www.twitter.com/skimedic and read his blog at http://www.skimedic.com/blog

Website: http://daytondevgroup.net/default.aspx

Group monthly meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-23T00:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/23/2012 at 12:00 AM, Pacific Time

Address: 127 E Warm Springs Road
City: Las Vegas
State: NV
Zip Code: 89119
Description:
Monthly meeting of the dotNet Group.org user group. Paul Sheriff will be the presenter.

Website: http://www.dotnetgroup.org

TechNet Webcast: How to Transition from GroupWise to Office 365

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-23T09:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/23/2012 at 9:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
Are you considering or planning a migration from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Office 365? Do you need to provide coexistence between on-premises and cloud users? Join Chad Lindley, product manager at Quest Software, as he discusses solutions and best practices for transitioning from GroupWise to Office 365. A seamless transition with full coexistence is now available whether or not you implement a hybrid environment. Chad discusses the planning and considerations that are necessary to ensure a smooth transition in a variety of environments and configurations.

Website: http://bit.ly/xzq0UT

SQL Saturday 108

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-25T07:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/25/2012 at 7:00 AM, Pacific Time

Address: 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.

Website: http://sqlsaturday.com/108/eventhome.aspx

JavaScript and jQuery

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-28T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/28/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 7000 State Highway 161
City: Irving
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039
Description:
Ken Byrd is an awesome speaker and is the "Champion of Hawaiian Shirt Fridays". In this presentation Ken will cover both JavaScript and jQuery. Please wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt to make Ken feel welcome!

Website: http://www.dallasasp.net/Meetings/3736.aspx

RADNUG January Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-28T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/28/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 8740 Courthouse Road
City: Spotsylvania
State: VA
Zip Code: 22551
Description:
Snow Library Branch
Spotsylvania, VA
Meeting Room 1

630-700 Welcome Time and Announcements
700-800 Presentation
800-830 Q&A, Raffle, Wrap-up

The Rappahannock Area Developers .NET User Group (RADNUG) will hold its kickoff meeting at the Snow Library Branch near the Spotsylvania Courthouse.

Located midway between DC and Richmond, the goal of RADNUG is to provide a opportunity for .NET developers in the area to learn from one another.

Matt Cuba, a .NET developer living in Spotsylvania and working in the Rappahannock Area will give a talk on Practical Uses of .NET Reflection and code up some demo applications which show how to use reflection to create flexible applications which can be extended rather easily.

UPDATE: Date changed to 02/28/12

Website: http://www.radnug.org

TechNet Webcast: Live! Private Cloud Chat (Episode 4)

Community Megaphone — 2012-02-29T10:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 2/29/2012 at 10:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
Have you built a private cloud lab with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and need to have some questions answered? Join our IT pro evangelists for this fun, interactive, Q&A online discussion about the private cloud. We give you tips and tricks about these products and answer your questions about Microsoft's private cloud solutions.

Website: http://bit.ly/yhSHQx

Leveraging SQL Azure in SharePoint Online

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-06T14:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/6/2012 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
SharePoint Online is the portal/collaboration platform of Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud service. SQL Azure provides a highly available and scalable cloud database service as part of Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Can these two be used together? This session will investigate scenarios combining both SharePoint Online and SQL Azure. The session will be primarily be demonstration based with several code walkthroughs. An understanding of basic SharePoint development and SQL Server is preferred.

Website: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032504774&Culture=en-US

SOLID principles by Stephen Bohlen

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-06T17:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/6/2012 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: Clarke University Keller Computer Center
City: Dubuque
State: IA
Zip Code: 52001
Description:
No Description Provided.

Website: http://www.dbqineta.com/

Windows Phone Development Part 4 of 4

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-06T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/6/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100
City: Addison
State: TX
Zip Code: 75001
Description:
File -> New Project to the Marketplace

- Chris Rajczi and Michael Perry will present part 4 of 4 of this series at the Dallas XAML User Group. In session four we’ll compare and contrast the development process for building this application for the Windows Phone and submission to the Windows Phone Marketplace with the process of building the application using Flash Builder 4.5 and deploying it to both the Android and iPhone App Stores.

Website: http://DallasXAML.com

Deerfield Beach Coders Cafe: Creating Mobile Apps w/ ASP.NET and jQuery Mobile - Stephen Gilboy - AuctionAnything.com

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-06T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/6/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 123 NE 20th Ave
City: Deerfield Beach
State: FL
Zip Code: 33441
Description:
03/06/2012 - 6:30 PM - Casa Maya Grill - Deerfield Beach Cove - jQuery Mobile makes it easy to turn your current ASP.NET skill set into a fully functional mobile application. In this session, you'll see an example project being created and it will be demonstrated how you can deploy the project as a Web Application to be viewed with your device's web browser as well as leveraging PhoneGap to spin out native applications for both Android and iOS

Website: http://www.fladotnet.com/Reg.aspx?EventID=565

SSWUG and SolidQ In-Person Training: In-Person Training: Advanced SharePoint BI Security and Configuration

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-07T08:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/7/2012 at 8:30 AM, Pacific Time

Address: 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500
City: Las Vegas
State: NV
Zip Code: 89169
Description:
In a partnership agreement between SSWUG.ORG and SolidQ, a fast-paced, in-person seminar on configuring and securing SharePoint 2010 and business intelligence services will be offered on Mar. 7-8 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Carl Rabeler, course instructor and director of SolidQ's BI Center of Excellence, will review the SharePoint 2010 security architecture for authentication and authorization, particularly as it relates to connectivity to external data sources. He will also provide information on configuring administrative access to SharePoint 2010, configuring service application accounts, and user permissions.

Additionally, you will learn about the nuances of configuring and securing each of the core business intelligence components of SharePoint 2010: Excel Services, PerformancePoint Services, Reporting Services and PowerPivot Services. Finally, you will also learn about changes to Reporting Services security and configuration with SQL Server 2012.

Website: http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=532

Lillian Taylor-Blackmon from Metalogix will be presenting their suite of Migration Tools

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-07T11:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/7/2012 at 11:30 AM, Pacific Time

Address: 601 N.W. Wall Street
City: Bend
State: OR
Zip Code: 97701
Description:
Lillian Taylor-Blackmon from Metalogix will be presenting their suite of Migration Tools. Full description and venue details to come.

Website: http://sharepointbend.org/SitePages/Home.aspx

March Meeting - Virtualizing SQL Server

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-08T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/8/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 5240 South 19th Street
City: Lincoln
State: NE
Zip Code: 68512
Description:
David Klee with House of Bricks will be presenting on Virtualizing SQL Server.

Website: http://lincoln.sqlpass.org

Alabama Code Camp 9

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-10T07:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/10/2012 at 7:30 AM, Central Time

Address: Bibb Graves Hall
City: Troy
State: AL
Zip Code: 36082
Description:
What is a Code Camp?
A Code Camp is a free event at which developers share experience and learn from their peers. This community driven event has become an international trend where peer groups of all platforms, programming languages and disciplines band together to bring content to the community.

Who are the Speakers?
YOU are, YOUR PEERS are, and YOUR LOCAL EXPERTS are. Anyone and everyone is welcome! This is a community event and one of the main purposes of the event is to have local community members step up and offer some cool presentations! Don’t worry if you have never given a presentation before, we’ll give you some tips if you need help, and this a great opportunity to spread your wings. Speaker registration http://bit.ly/ALCC9Spkr.

How Much Does it Cost?
The event is free! Yes, that is right. This event costs nothing. A full day of learning and sharing with food provided and it is absolutely free!

How do I get Registered?
That's easy! Head on over to http://alcc9.eventbrite.com/ and register!

Website: http://www.alabamacodecamp.com/

DMV Management User Group

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-10T08:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/10/2012 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 5404 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 700
City: Chevy Chase
State: MD
Zip Code: 20815
Description:
Register here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2757785611

District of Columbia Maryland Virginia Management User Group is excited to announce FREE event for IT professionals! Three tracks: Private Cloud, OS Deployments and System Center (includes Hands on Labs).

Keynote Speaker: David Linthicum

Internationally recognized industry expert and thought leader in the world of cloud computing, and the author and co-author of 15 books on computing, including the bestselling Enterprise Application Integration, and his latest book Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence. Dave keynotes at many leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, Web 2.0, and enterprise architecture, and has appeared on a number of TV and radio shows as a computing expert. He is a blogger for InfoWorld, Intelligent Enterprise, and eBizq.net, and Forbes covering cloud computing topics, as well as the guest host for This Week in Cloud Computing, as well as his own podcast The Cloud Computing Podcast.

Session 1:
Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
Introduction to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012
Soap Clorox Comet Murphy 2012

Session 2:
Private Cloud Introduction
Introduction to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Hands on Lab (HOL)
Configuration Manager and Forefront EndPoint Protection

Session 3:
Hyper-V Hands on Lab part 1
Extending ConfigMgr OSD with Deploy Expert
Operations Manager 2012 Network Monitoring

Session 4:
Hyper – V Hands on Lab part 2
OS Deployment with MDT, WDS and SCCM Part 1
System Center Configuration Manager Extension Pack

Session 5:
Selected Topics of Private Cloud
OS Deployment with MDT, WDS and SCCM Part 2
SharePoint Dashboards for System Center Admins

SPONSORS: DeployExpert, EminentWare and IT Coalition
Register here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2757785611

UPDATE: Venue changed to the Microsoft Chevy Chase Office...free parking is available.

Website: http://www.dmvmug.com

Nebraska Code Camp

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-10T08:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 3/10/2012 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: Avery Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
City: Lincoln
State: NE
Zip Code: 68508
Description:
The second annual Nebraska Code Camp is a free developer conference held in Lincoln, NE. .NET will be covered in abundance, but we'll also have many topics from outside the .NET space as well.

Website: http://www.NebraskaCodeCamp.com

SSWUG and SolidQ In-Person Training: Advanced Report Design with SQL Server 2008 R2

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-13T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/13/2012 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 90 Broad St. 11th Floor
City: New York
State: NY
Zip Code: 10004
Description:
In a partnership agreement between SSWUG.ORG and SolidQ, a fast-paced, in-person seminar on SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 (SSRS) will be offered on Mar. 13-14 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in New York City for students with previous experience and basic Reporting Services design skills.

Paul Turley, course instructor and SQL Server MVP, will teach practical design techniques based on industry best practices and real-world reporting applications. He will explain how to incorporate complex filtering logic with parameters into queries and dataset filters. Paul will also show how to build highly-usable composite report designs using nested data regions and report items, such as charts, gauges, sparklines, data bars and indicators.

Website: http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=531

Birmingham SharePoint Users Group

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-13T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/13/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 601 Beacon Pkwy W, Ste 106
City: Birmingham
State: AL
Zip Code: 35209
Description:
Our group meeting is free, and occurs the second Tuesday of every month. The March meeting presenter will be Andrew Beeson.

Website: http://www.sharepointbham.org

Oregon SQL March Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-14T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/14/2012 at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: 222 SW Columbia St
City: Portland
State: OR
Zip Code: 97201
Description:
Monthly meeting of the Oregon SQL -developers user group, where the topic is always SQL Server, but from a developers perspective. Check the website for the next meeting details.

Website: http://osql-d.org

Code PaLOUsa 2012

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-15T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/15/2012 at 9:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 280 W. Jefferson Street
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip Code: 40202
Description:
Designed to cover all aspects of software development regarless of technology stack, Code PaLOUsa 2012 is a three-day conference held March 15 through 17, 2012 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown. The conference schedule includes nine half and full day workshops and sixty-eight hour-long presentations from well-known professionals in the software development community. We will be featuring two keynotes led by software legend Billy Hollis and personal kanban expert Jim Benson.

Website: http://www.codepalousa.com

Denver SQL Server UG: March 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-15T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/15/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
March 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

Connecting the clouds with Google App Engine

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-15T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/15/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1501 Lee Highway, Suite 400
City: Arlington
State: VA
Zip Code: 22209
Description:
Learn how to utilize Google App Engine to build enterprise class integrations using programming languages and techniques you already know. In this presentation, Joseph Ferraro from Mavens Consulting will deliver a technical deep-dive into a bug tracking application running on Salesforce.com, fully integrated with Beanstalk via Google App Engine.

Website: http://www.capcloud.org

Denver Visual Studio User Group Lab

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-23T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/23/2012 at 7:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 6825 South Galena St.
City: Englewood
State: CO
Zip Code: 80112
Description:
UPDATED: Date changed to March 23rd, due to space availability issues.

Creating Structured Data Forms
using Office InfoPath and Visual Studio LightSwitch
with Carlos A Peralta, SharePoint - Software Engineer/Web Developer

Introduce yourself to two powerful tools that you can use in your business solutions!

+ Do you need to produce a quick business solution with a rapid easy deployment?
+ Do you need to interact and appeal to your power users with tools they can work with on their own?
+ Do you need to use a powerful tool to quickly build complex business solutions, but one that is easy and bullet-proof for your power users (they will love you for it)?
+ Do you need a great addition to your application development toolkit?

Learn about Microsoft Office InfoPath and Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch!

You, as a developer, have access to the complete power of Visual Studio and you know that VS alone can accomplish anything; but often times you need to leverage a quicker and more user friendly product that you can leave with your user to get that great solution complete in record time, right out of the box. In today's business environment, where companies are looking to save time and money, and deploy projects quicker, InfoPath and LightSwitch offer many options to organizations and developers.
Use your expertise to assist those power users who may not have extensive programming or application development skills; however, they understand their business processes. Developers, like you, also find these tools useful because of their friendly interface, ability to customize further, and work with more developer level platforms such as SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio.

Come to our lab and introduce yourself to these two powerful tools!

Contact: Chris Wallace

Website: http://www.denvervisualstudio.net

SQL Azure and MVC

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-27T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/27/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 7000 State Highway 161
City: Irving
State: TX
Zip Code: 75039
Description:
Cloud offerings have introduced a powerful shift in the technology industry, but there is still a degree of unknown in what the cloud has to offer. This session will provide a high-level overview of Windows Azure while comparing its services to those of other providers. We will introduce the basics of Azure such as setting up an account and exploring the management console, then dive into the API by showing the ease at which an ASP.NET MVC application and its database can be relocated to the cloud.

Website: http://www.dallasasp.net/Meetings/3737.aspx

TechNet Webcast: Live! Private Cloud Chat (Episode 5)

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-28T11:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/28/2012 at 10:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
Have you built a private cloud lab with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and need to have some questions answered? Join our IT pro evangelists for this fun, interactive, Q&A online discussion about the private cloud. We give you tips and tricks about these products and answer your questions about Microsoft's private cloud solutions.

Website: http://bit.ly/Aejqr0

Deeper in .NET 2012

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-31T08:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/31/2012 at 7:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 1721 West Canal Street
City: Milwaukee
State: WI
Zip Code: 53233
Description:
The WI .NET Users Group is hosting Deeper in .NET 2012 on March 31, 2012 at Potawatomi Bingo Casino. For more information, please visit http://www.deeperin.net.

Registration is free and easy, but required. Please register on our site at
http://www.deeperin.net.

Website: http://deeperin.net

Orlando Code Camp 2012

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-31T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/31/2012 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 100 College Str
City: Sanford
State: FL
Zip Code: 32746
Description:
This is our yearly .NET Code Camp event with an expected attendance of over 650 people. We will have 60+ sessions covering the full .NET stack, and more.

Website: http://orlandocodecamp.com/

Orlando Code Camp 2012

Community Megaphone — 2012-03-31T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 3/31/2012 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 100 Weldon Blvd
City: Sanford
State: FL
Zip Code: 32773
Description:
7th Annual Orlando Code Camp!

Website: http://www.orlandocodecamp.com/

SharePoint Services

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-03T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/3/2012 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 1450 Alta Vista
City: Dubuque
State: IA
Zip Code: 52001
Description:
No Description Provided.

Website: http://www.dbqineta.com/

April Meeting - (Topic TBD)

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-05T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/5/2012 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 5240 South 19th Street
City: Lincoln
State: NE
Zip Code: 68512
Description:
SQL Server Topic and Speaker TBD

Website: http://lincoln.sqlpass.org

XNA Levels Up: Publish Your Games Now - Chris Gomez

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-16T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/16/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 2755 Station Ave
City: Lehigh Valley
State: PA
Zip Code: 18034
Description:
Publish Your Own Games with XNA:
The XNA Framework is ready for you to leverage your existing .NET development skills to create fantastic games that you can publish today for Windows Phone, the PC, and the Xbox 360. But how do you get started? Come see how suprisingly easy it is to create your own games with XNA Game Studio starting at File > New Project with no previous game development experience required!

Chris has been writing Windows software professionally for 18 years. His hobby for game development started much earlier by moving around ASCII characters in text mode using BASICA. Today, in his free time, you'll find Chris playing the latest games on his Xbox 360 or Windows Phone 7.

Website: http://www.LehighValleyDotNet.org

Denver SQL Server UG: April 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-19T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/19/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
April 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

Moving to the Cloud Using Platform as a Service

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-19T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/19/2012 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1501 Lee Highway, Suite 400
City: Arlington
State: VA
Zip Code: 22209
Description:
This session offers a definition and discussion of Platform as a Service (PaaS) that focuses on developers and open standards. CloudBees' PaaS will be used to demonstrate creating, operationalizing, and continuously building and deploying a Java EE Web profile application.

Website: http://www.capcloud.org

Louisville .NET Meetup: Rocking Webforms

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-19T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/19/2012 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 101 Bullitt Lane
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip Code: 40222
Description:
We will meet on Thursday, April 19 at Adecco's offices at 101 Bullitt Lane. Doors will open at 6:30pm and the presentations will begin sharply at 7:00 pm. Along with a great presentation, we'll have food and raffle prizes. Be sure to RSVP so we know how much food is needed.

For April we have Rich Dudley to talk about building Rocking Webforms.

Rich Dudley is a former scientist, but these days instead of studying organisms you’ll find him working with Microsoft Visual Studio. With over 10 years of enterprise development experience, Rich has written articles and given talks relating to ASP.NET, SQL, XML, and Azure.

Rich has been working with Azure since the early beta days, with Windows Phone 7 since before you could leave one in a bar, and is co-author of "Microsoft Azure: Enterprise Application Development" from Packt Publiching. As a Technical Evangelist for ComponentOne, you’ll find Rich at your local user group event or tradeshow or blogging online. His passion for development is evident in his work, whether it’s a demonstration, talk, or sample project. Follow Rich's blog at http://c1.ms/c1_richd, or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/rj_dudley.

Website: http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-DotNet/events/46374352/

Monthly Meetup

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-19T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/19/2012 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 101 Bullitt Lane
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip Code: 40222
Description:
We will meet on Thursday, April 19 at Adecco's offices at 101 Bullitt Lane. Doors will open at 6:30pm and the presentations will begin sharply at 7:00 pm. Along with a great presentation, we'll have food and raffle prizes. Be sure to RSVP so we know how much food is needed.

For April we have Rich Dudley to talk about building Rocking Webforms:

Description coming soon.

Rich Dudley is a former scientist, but these days instead of studying organisms you'll find him working with Microsoft Visual Studio. With over 10 years of enterprise development experience, Rich has written articles and given talks relating to ASP.NET, SQL, XML, and Azure.

Rich has been working with Azure since the early beta days, with Windows Phone 7 since before you could leave one in a bar, and is co-author of "Microsoft Azure: Enterprise Application Development" from Packt Publiching. As a Technical Evangelist for ComponentOne, you'll find Rich at your local user group event or tradeshow or blogging online. His passion for development is evident in his work, whether it's a demonstration, talk, or sample project. Follow Rich's blog at http://c1.ms/c1_richd, or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/rj_dudley.

Website: http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-DotNet/events/46157562/

SQLSaturday #118 - Madison

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-21T08:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/21/2012 at 7:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 3550 Anderson St.
City: Madison
State: WI
Zip Code: 53704
Description:
SQLSaturday is a free, one-day training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held April 21, 2012 at Madison Area Technical College - Truax Campus, 3550 Anderson St, Madison, WI 53704. It's our first SQL Saturday in Wisconsin, so come support us! Wisconsin has a large, vibrant SQL community that we want to show off!

Madison, WI is a beautiful city of 233,000 people, on the shores of Lake Mendota and Lake Monona.

Admittance to this event is free, but we do charge a lunch fee of $10.00 so that we can provide a lunch. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleages know about the event. If you're interested in speaking, please submit a session by February 29, 2012.

We look forward to seeing you in Madison on April 21!

Website: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/118/eventhome.aspx

The Kalamazoo X Conference

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-21T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/21/2012 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 100 East Michigan Avenue
City: Kalamazoo
State: MI
Zip Code: 49007
Description:
The Kalamazoo X Conference intends to uniquely complement those conferences by enabling attendees to boost their process, design, and communication skills in the following areas:

-Human interaction, including social, personal, and career development.
-Development processes and best practices

Website: http://kalamazoox.org

TechNet Webcast: Live! Private Cloud Chat (Episode 6)

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-25T11:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/25/2012 at 10:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
Have you built a private cloud lab with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and need to have some questions answered? Join our IT pro evangelists for this fun, interactive, Q&A online discussion about the private cloud. We give you tips and tricks about these products and answer your questions about Microsoft's private cloud solutions.

Website: http://bit.ly/wX0GHT

Monthly's user group meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-26T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/26/2012 at 7:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: 127 E Warm Springs Road
City: Las Vegas
State: NV
Zip Code: 89119
Description:
The monthly meeting of the dotNet Group.org user group. Jeremy Clark will be the presenter this month.

Website: http://www.dotnetgroup.org

HTML5 & Windows Azure Boot Camp

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-27T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/27/2012 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 333 West College Ave.
City: Appleton
State: WI
Zip Code: 54911
Description:
As a lead-in to the 2012 Day of .NET we will be hosting a free full day boot camp on HTML5 and Windows Azure put on by industry experts and Microsoft DPE's Clark Sell and Brian Prince!

Website: http://www.bootcamp.fvnug.org

2012 Day of .NET

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-28T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/28/2012 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 1825 N. Bluemound Drive
City: Appleton
State: WI
Zip Code: 54912
Description:
Annual Fox Valley Users Group Day of .NET

Website: http://www.dayofdotnet.fvnug.org

SharePoint Saturday Houston 2012

Community Megaphone — 2012-04-28T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/28/2012 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 803 Town & Country, Norris Conference Center
City: Houston
State: TX
Zip Code: 77024
Description:
Please see the SPSHOU website for details.

Website: http://sharepointsaturday.org/houston

2012 AITP Region 5 Spring Conference

Community Megaphone — 2012-05-01T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/1/2012 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 3405 Algonquin Road
City: Rolling Meadows
State: IL
Zip Code: 60008
Description:
Choice of 12 different educational sessions, leadership workshop and vendor exhibits. This is the semi-annual AITP Region 5 meeting.

Website: http://www.aitp.org/events/event_details.asp?id=185565

SQL Saturday #129

Community Megaphone — 2012-05-12T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/12/2012 at 9:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 1 Lomb Memorial Drive
City: Rochester
State: NY
Zip Code: 14623
Description:
SQLSaturday#129 is a free one day training event for SQL Server professionals and those interested in SQL Server. The event will be held May 12, 2012 at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Website: http://sqlsaturday.com/

Denver SQL Server UG: May 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-05-17T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/17/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
May 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

Louisville .NET Meetup: Knockout.js Integrated with ASP.NET MVC

Community Megaphone — 2012-05-17T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/17/2012 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 101 Bullitt Lane
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip Code: 40222
Description:
We will meet on Thursday, May 17 at Adecco's offices at 101 Bullitt Lane. Doors will open at 6:30pm and the presentations will begin sharply at 7:00 pm. Along with a great presentation, we'll have food and raffle prizes. Be sure to RSVP so we know how much food is needed.

For May we have Chad Campbell to talk about building Knockout.js Integrated with ASP.NET MVC:

Technological platforms are constantly changing. However, one thing continues to grow: customers want their apps to have a better experience. This session will show you one way you can help meet those demands, while at the same time keeping your underlying data-model clean. This session will demonstrate these goals leveraging Knockout.js and ASP.NET MVC 3.

Chad Campbell is founder of Ecofic, an internationally published author, and 5-time Microsoft MVP. He has been developing enterprise-level web applications with a wide variety of technologies since 1999. He holds MCSD and MCTS certifications. In addition, Chad has a BS degree from Purdue University where he focused his studies on computer science and psychology. In his spare time, he works on his pet project: www.divotdog.com.

Website: http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-DotNet/events/46374352/

Monthly Meetup: Knockout.js Integrated with ASP.NET MVC

Community Megaphone — 2012-05-17T20:00:00.00-04:00

West Michigan AITP monthly meeting - "Medical Laws and IT"

Community Megaphone — 2012-05-24T12:15:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/24/2012 at 11:15 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 1001 E. Beltline NE
City: Grand Rapids
State: MI
Zip Code: 49525
Description:
This is our monthly meeting of the West Michigan Chapter of AITP. Tom Dumez of Kent Record Management will be updating us on the various IT issues regarding medical law.

Website: http://wmaitp.org/future.asp

TechNet Webcast: Live! Private Cloud Chat (Episode 7)

Community Megaphone — 2012-05-30T11:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 5/30/2012 at 10:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
Have you built a private cloud lab with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and need to have some questions answered? Join our IT pro evangelists for this fun, interactive, Q&A online discussion about the private cloud. We give you tips and tricks about these products and answer your questions about Microsoft's private cloud solutions.

Website: http://bit.ly/wPPpbp

Denver SQL Server UG: June 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-06-21T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/21/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
June 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

Testing the Security of Your Web Apps with Backtrack 5

Community Megaphone — 2012-06-21T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/21/2012 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 101 Bullitt Lane
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip Code: 40222
Description:
We will meet on Thursday, June 21 at Adecco's offices at 101 Bullitt Lane. Doors will open at 6:30pm and the presentations will begin sharply at 7:00 pm. Along with a great presentation, we'll have food and raffle prizes. Be sure to RSVP so we know how much food is needed.

For June we have Bill Sempf to talk about building Testing the Security of Your Web Apps with Backtrack 5:

The recent break-ins at Sony and Epsilon were partially tracked to web application failures. Not network security problems. Not server misconfiguration. Coding failures. Defects. Does security make it into your unit tests? Do you do security checks as part of your integration testing? Bill will use BackTrack 5 - an industry-standard penetration testing tool - to show some techniques for breaking into your own applications, and making sure no one else does.

Hi, my name is Bill Sempf, and I am an enterprise architect. Though I used to hate the term enterprise architect, it is clearly the only thing out there that defines what it is that I do. My breadth of experience includes business and technical analysis, software design, development, testing, server management and maintenance and security. In my 18 years of professional experience I have participated in the creation of well over 200 applications for large and small companies, managed the software infrastructure of two Internet service providers, coded complex software happily in every environment imaginable, and made mainframes talk to cell phones. In short, I make the technology that people are using every play nicely together.

Website: http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-DotNet/events/46374352/

Testing the Security of Your Web Apps with Backtrack 5

Community Megaphone — 2012-06-21T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/21/2012 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 101 Bullitt Lane
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip Code: 40222
Description:
The recent break-ins at Sony and Epsilon were partially tracked to web application failures. Not network security problems. Not server misconfiguration. Coding failures. Defects. Does security make it into your unit tests? Do you do security checks as part of your integration testing? Bill will use BackTrack 5 - an industry-standard penetration testing tool - to show some techniques for breaking into your own applications, and making sure no one else does.

Website: http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-DotNet/events/46160852/

Monthly Meetup: Testing the Security of Your Web Apps with Backtrack 5

Community Megaphone — 2012-06-21T20:00:00.00-04:00

TechNet Webcast: Live! Private Cloud Chat (Episode 8)

Community Megaphone — 2012-06-27T11:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 6/27/2012 at 10:00 AM, Pacific Time

Description:
Have you built a private cloud lab with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and need to have some questions answered? Join our IT pro evangelists for this fun, interactive, Q&A online discussion about the private cloud. We give you tips and tricks about these products and answer your questions about Microsoft's private cloud solutions.

Website: http://bit.ly/yvXnlY

Denver SQL Server UG: July 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-07-19T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 7/19/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
July 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

dotNet Group User Group Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-07-26T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 7/26/2012 at 7:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: 127 E Warm Springs Road
City: Las Vegas
State: NV
Zip Code: 89119
Description:
Monthly meeting of the dotNet Group user group.

Website: http://www.dotnetgroup.org

Denver SQL Server UG: August 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-08-16T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 8/16/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
August 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

Denver SQL Server UG: September 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-09-20T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/20/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
September 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

Denver SQL Server UG: October 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-10-18T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/18/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
October 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

Denver SQL Server UG: November 2012 Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2012-11-15T17:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 11/15/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
November 2012 Monthly Meeting, Speakers TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org

Denver SQL Server UG: December 2012 Monthly Meeting - Holiday Party

Community Megaphone — 2012-12-20T17:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 12/20/2012 at 5:00 PM, Mountain Time

Address: 7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
City: Denver
State: CO
Zip Code: 80237
Description:
December 2012 Monthly Meeting - Holiday Party, location TBD

Website: http://www.denversql.org