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DoEvents - September 2007
Well I’m not going to start by moaning about the weather… but I do hope you’ve all managed to get away for a bit over the supposed summer months and relax! You’ll definitely need it, with what we have on the agenda for September!!! After not having any meetings for August due to the summer holidays etc we’ve really tried to make up for it with a whole storm of Local support meetings all over the UK. The VBUG .NET conference 2007 is fast approaching. You must hurry up and book now whilst the ‘Early Bird’ rate is still open! This month we have 3 cracking sponsor messages, Telerik, SafeNet and Wrox – please do check them out! Its support from our Partners that helps to fund the VBUG Community, that’s how we can bring you the full list of Membership benefits for just £14.59 inclusive per month! Have a great Month!
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VBUG EventsVBUG:“Visual Studio 2008” & "Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services"Date: Wed 12 September to Wed 12 September 2007 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Part 1: “Visual Studio 2008” with Stuart Holywell This presentation will outline the features in Visual Studio 2008 (Formally named Visual Studio Orcas). The presentation will also cover LINQ, and will outline some of the useful features of .NET 3.5 that is due to be released in early 2008. Part 2: "An Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS)" with Steve Hallam A brief overview of SQL Server Reporting Services. Steve will explain what SSRS will do and how it might work in your organisation. We will look at report design, deployment, and discuss the security and licencing issues. There will be a short demonstration, and we'll also look at the client-side reporting capabilities introduced in Visual Studio 2005. Venue: Thornbury Golf Centre, Bristol Road, Thornbury, Bristol. BS35 3XL Start Time: 18:30 Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG: Whats New In VB9 with Beth Massi Date: Tue 18 September to Tue 18 September 2007 Topic: VBUG ONLINE MEETING Overview: There are a great number of new features coming with Visual Basic 9, such as XML Literals, Object Initializers, Anonymous Types, Type Inference, Extension Methods, Lambda Expressions and much improved Intellisense. In this session we’ll go over the major new features in Visual Basic 9, and how these new features can help you write applications much more rapidly than ever before. We’ll take a look at how these features tie into Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and how working with XML in Visual Basic provides ultimate performance and productivity. Venue: ONLINE - MEMBERS ONLY Start Time: 19:00 Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG:Building Dynamic Web Applications with Microsoft Silverlight by Mike Ormond Date: Thu 20 September to Thu 20 September 2007 Topic: VBUG:Building Dynamic Web Applications with Microsoft Silverlight by Mike Ormond Overview: Silverlight™ is Microsoft’s new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering rich media experiences and interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight provides a highly productive platform for designers and developers to collaborate in building a new generation of web experiences enabling you to build visually stunning interactive content and applications that run on multiple browsers and operating systems. Join us for a spin around the XAML Canvas to experience the capabilities of the Silverlight platform. We’ll take an in depth look at what Silverlight is and how we can make use of it in web applications. We'll look at both the 1.0 and 1.1 versions of the technology and probe into the programming model and tools you'll need to build compelling Silverlight applications. Venue: Hudson, Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1QS Start Time: 18:30 Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG: 'Windows Server 2008 Feature Tour' with Scotty McLeod & Austin Osuide Date: Thu 20 September to Thu 20 September 2007 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: With Windows Server 2008 on the Horizon its high time we started preparing for it. In this Session the guys from 'Windows Server Team' (http://winserverteam.org.uk/), Scotty McLeod and Austin Osuide will walk us through the new features and fucntionality in Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Gateway will be covered by Austin as he explores installing and configuring the role and drilling into the certificate requirements to configure secure access. By implication will also cover a quick overview of the new Server Manager and general admin interfaces. Scotty will cover Core Server and Read Only Domain Controller, discussing the impact of the generally command line only interface and capabilities and security of a Read Only Domain Services replication. Venue: MDDA, Lower Grd Floor, 117-119 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6ED Start Time: 18:30 Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG: BizTalk Server with Darren Jefford Date: Thu 27 September to Thu 27 September 2007 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: This session will provide a broad overview of the BizTalk Server platform and highlight the core features provided and how they can be used to solve complex application integration requirements. Through the use of demos and real-world positioning you'll understand how and where BizTalk can deliver value to your solution. Venue: Nationwide Building Society, Nationwide House, Pipers Way, Swindon, SN38 1NW Start Time: 18:30 Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG Annual Conference 2007 Date: Wed 17 October to Thu 18 October 2007 Topic: VBUG .NET Developer Conference 17th and 18th October Overview: 2 days of leading edge .NET Framework 3.0 and associated technologies, best practices, tips and tricks and MUCH more. Venue: Chicago 1 and 2, Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading, Berkshire Start Time: 09:00 Price: £199 ex VAT for MEMBERS! More Info: click here VBUG: Getting Back to basics: Semantics, Micro formats & the Art of Simplicity Date: Wed 28 November to Wed 28 November 2007 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Getting Back to basics with Ian Lloyd: In these days of Rapid Application Development (RAD), .NET controls and WYSIWYG editors, it's easy to forget that for many people, it all started with the humble notepad.exe. The art of creating clean, simple and meaningful markup is becoming more difficult thanks to the tools that supposedly help in developing quicker solutions. Ian will be looking at where we find ourselves today, and looking at the issues that have come about through the use of RAD tools, including the problems with AJAX, accessibility oversights and trying to find where the semantic markup is hiding. This will be a reminder of some of the fundamentals of web development that have been masked by layer upon layer of shiny development tools. Venue: Nationwide Building Society, Nationwide House, Pipers Way, Swindon, SN38 1NW Start Time: 18:30 Price: FREE More Info: click here Third Party EventsMicrosfoft's Mix:UK 2007Date: Tue 11 September to Wed 12 September 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Mix:UK 07 is the premier event for web designers and web developers to: Get creative inspiration from design and development gurus, web agencies and innovators Discover how technologies like Silverlight, Expression and Live Services are already being used to create a new generation of rich media experiences and RIAs (Rich Interactive Applications) Connect with others in the industry who, like yourself, have a passion for innovation and creativity and have built personal and business success on that passion. http://www.microsoft.com/uk/mix07/ Venue: Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London Start Time: 09:00 Price: Click on Link for more info More Info: click here Adobe eSeminars: What's New in Adobe Flex 3 Date: Wed 12 September to Wed 12 September 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Attend this seminar to learn about the new features of Flex 3. Adobe will go over improvements to the compiler, new components in Flex 3, refactoring, performance improvements, integration with Adobe Flash CS3, the new profiler and more. Attend this session if you are familiar with Flex and are looking forward to find out more about the features in the upcoming Flex 3 release. Venue: ONLINE Start Time: 11:00 Price: TBC More Info: click here NxtGenUG: Cambridge Launch Extravaganza! Date: Tue 18 September Topic: THIRD PART EVENT Overview: Come and join NxtGenUG for an unforgettable "Launch" meeting in Cambridge at Microsoft Research, we'll be having nuggets, presentations on Silverlight and F#, plus there'll be SWAG and pizza. If you are not a member of NxtGenUG, you are more than welcome to attend. We just ask you register on the site, to help us to plan numbers and refreshments. Once registered on the site, you can then register for this event from this page. Venue: Cambridge More Info: click here Adobe eSeminars: What's new in Adobe ColdFusion 8 Date: Wed 19 September to Wed 19 September 2007 Topic: THIRD PART EVENT Overview: Amazing new features Nearly three years in the making, Adobe ColdFusion 8 is one of the most feature-rich releases in the 12 year history of ColdFusion. Join Adobe for a 60 minute introduction to many of the new key features of this release; .NET integration, PDF documents and forms, AJAX and Flex support, code debugging and more. Venue: ONLINE Start Time: 11:00 Price: TBC More Info: click here DotNetDevNet:Team Foundation Server with Richard Fennell Date: Wed 19 September to Wed 19 September 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: In this seminar I will cover the key components and usage of TFS, installation issues, the range of third party tools available and how to write your own tools using the API. The seminar will include demos of cool addins and tips drawn from bitter experience as well as a discussion as to how best to create a continuous integration environment with TFS via the API. I will also look at the changes to TFS in the upcoming ORCAS release. http://www.dotnetdevnet.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx Venue: BAWA, Filton, Bristol - Ground floor, room 4 Start Time: 18:00 Price: FREE More Info: click here NxtGenUG: It’s Just a click away! Date: Mon 24th September Topic: THIRD PART EVENT Overview: Top speaker, writer,founder of DotNetDevNet User Group and all round 'good guy', Guy Smith-Ferrier joins the NxtGenUG Brum crew and gets his XBAPs out to show us how great Windows and Browser apps are just a click away ... An evening of WPF, Pizza, 'Swag' and a NxtGenUG Nugget to inform and delight ... See you there! If you are not a member of NxtGenUG, you are more than welcome to attend. We just ask you register on the site, to help us to plan numbers and refreshments. Once registered on the site, you can then register for this event from this page. Venue: Birmingham More Info: click here NxtGenUG: It came from Outer Card-Space Date: Tue 25 September Topic: THIRD PART EVENT Overview: Barry Dorrans is beamed down to Coventry - to reveal the future of Internet Identity with Microsoft's Windows CardSpace - Information Cards. We also welcome the return of Inspector Martin Wright of the West Midlands Police who will be presenting a 'nugget' on e-security and WARPs, Galactic 'Swag' and 'Intergalactic' Pizza feature ... Engage! If you are not a member of NxtGenUG, you are more than welcome to attend. We just ask you register on the site, to help us to plan numbers and refreshments. Once registered on the site, you can then register for this event from this page. Venue: Coventry More Info: click here SQLServerUG: Data Mining in practice & What’s new in the SQL2008 relational engine for BI? Date: Wednesday 26 September 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Suranjan Som of IM Group: Data Mining in practice – the Microsoft Way: Data Mining has come a long way from being a black art to a contemporary tool that allows businesses to unearth the hidden potential in their data. Come and join us for a whirlwind that looks how one can leverage data mining to address business problems using the new features in SQL 2005/2008. Mark Hill of Edenbrook: What’s new in the SQL2008 relational engine for BI?: How does Katmai change how we do MS BI projects, Mark Hill take a look at the planned improvements such as CDC and UPSERT and what impact they will have. Followed by a couple of demos on how these new features can be used Please See SQLServer website for more details Venue: IM Group Offices Harmsworth House,13-15 Bouverie Street, London,EC4Y 8DP Price: FREE More Info: click here Adobe eSeminar: An Introduction to Adobe AIR (formerly Apollo) Date: Wed 26 September to Wed 26 September 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Learn how to take your apps to the desktop. Adobe AIR, formerly code-named Apollo, is a cross-operating system runtime that allows developers to use their existing Web development skills to build and deploy Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to the desktop. Venue: ONLINE Start Time: 11:00 Price: TBC More Info: click here Building Dynamic Web Applications with Microsoft Silverlight by Mike Ormond Date: Wed 26 September to Wed 26 September 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Silverlight™ is Microsoft’s new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering rich media experiences and interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight provides a highly productive platform for designers and developers to collaborate in building a new generation of web experiences enabling you to build visually stunning interactive content and applications that run on multiple browsers and operating systems. Join us for a spin around the XAML Canvas to experience the capabilities of the Silverlight platform. We’ll take an in depth look at what Silverlight is and how we can make use of it in web applications. 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