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Webcast: Building a Private Cloud with the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises (Level 300)

Mithund — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:02:14 GMT

With all the Cloud announcements, the cloudsphere is abuzz with ‘cool’ stuff! Here’s a really useful webcast if you want to build a Private Cloud with the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit!

Register today!
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032432793&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Building a Private Cloud with the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises (Level 300)
Event ID: 1032432793

Product(s):    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager,Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007.
Audience(s): IT Decision Maker,IT Generalist.
Duration:       60 Minutes
Start Date:     Friday, December 11, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Event Overview
You can build the foundation for a private cloud infrastructure on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 using the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises (availability scheduled in the first half of 2010).
This free, partner-extensible toolkit provides an architectural road map, deployment guidance, best practices, and familiar tools for creating agile, virtualized IT infrastructures. Attend this webcast to learn more about the components of the Data Center Toolkit and how you can improve your data center efficiency by lowering the overall costs of on-boarding, deployment, and management.
Presenter: Luis Camara Manoel, Group Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

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Designers of the world (more so in Seattle) unite!

Mithund — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:22:35 GMT

Post PDC, the Silverlight communities across the world is rejoicing for all the awesomeness that was showcased! And, like everything good, better and best the communities are rushing to fill in the gaps and create Silverlight User Groups.

Seattle, WA is no different! Barring rain, we are normal like everywhere else. We even formed our own Seattle Silverlight User Group. The launch party is slated to happen on the 9th of December at the Microsoft’s Steptoe Room in Building 41. This will be a really cool holiday party so be sure to come dressed in your best geek attire! A lot of Microsoftee’s, MVPs, and Community influencers will be present at this event.

Where: Microsoft building 41 – Steptoe Room (Where the .NET UG meets every Monday)

Directions: http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=Microsoft%20Building%2041%2C%20WA&encType=1

When: December 9th

More information: http://www.SeattleSilverlight.net/

The topic of the Evening is What is new in Silverlight 4 by John Stockton:
We will take a tour of the new features in Silverlight 4 including features like printing, rich text (RTF) support, and expanded databinding support. Also hear about exciting Silverlight additions to the media stack, and get an introduction to the Silverlight 4 elevated trust out of browser model

Interact Seattle - http://www.interactseattle.org/

In other news, the Interact group which is rapidly gaining popularity with designers and developers alike is having their next meeting on December 16th. This user group meets Every Third Wednesday between 7:00 – 8:30pm at Bellevue Place where the Hyatt is located. Free parking after 6:00 pm is located under the hotel. They meet in the Hyatt Board room on the second level in the Atrium ( big dome).

This month David Kelley(Principal UX Architect at Wirestone) is talking about

On Better Design, User Experience and Why It Matters

What is the return-on-investment of building better User Experiences (UX)?

How does User Interface (UI) design affect your business?

Come join the discussion on why User Experience matters and how it applies to the real world. In the current world of web 2.0 and with talk of design being important, help us understand why it matters to you and what we get out of good User Interface design. Let’s talk about the technologies on the web and on the desktop that do and don’t support the development of well designed applications, and how we can apply better practices to our own projects. Equally important, let’s discuss how we can bridge the typical gap in cross discipline team dynamics. Tell us about your secret sauce or just listen to what others have to say. From great enabling technologies like Silverlight to tried and true web development in Flash, everyone has a story to tell about UI and design in the UX World.

Come join the fun with David at Interact.

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WHEN
Date: Wednesday, Dec 16th, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm PAC
WHERE
Bellevue Place
10500 NE 8th St.
Bellevue, WA 98004

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=10500%20NE%208th%20St%2C%20Bellevue%2C%20WA%2098004-4345&encType=1

Cost
Attendence: Always Free.
Parking: Free.

Are you on LinkedIn and planning to attend? Well let us know.

WOW! This will be fun!

-Mithun Dhar

Bytes by MSDN – PDC Edition, now Live!

Mithund — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:11:03 GMT

“Bytes by MSDN: Live from PDC 09” goes LIVE!

Our first “Bytes by MSDN” interview is now live on MSDN – Check out Scott Guthrie as he gives Tim Huckaby an overview of the announcements he presented at PDC. We’ve also posted the rollout schedule for all 22 interviews on the Bytes by MSDN homepage. Take a look at the line-up of interviewees…quite a cast!

Enjoy these scrumptious bytes! And, also let us know whom else we should go ‘byting’ :)

-Mithun Dhar

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Watch PDC Unfold Live – Courtesy CH9!

Mithund — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:29:02 GMT

For those of you not at PDC that want to keep up-to-date with the announcements, we’re covering PDC live for 20+ hours over the next three days!

We have an all-star lineup of guests including Mark Russinovich, Patrick Dussud, Steve Marx, Bob Muglia, Dave Campbell, Yousef Khalidi, Ray Ozzie, Erik Meijer, Kurt DelBene, Scott Guthrie, Don Box, Chris Anderson, Gary Flake, Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell (.NET Rocks).

· To watch, go to www.microsoftpdc.com

· To participate, send a tweet to @ch9live

Gotta love geekdom!

-Mithun Dhar

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Watch the Underground @ PDC Live on your computer…

Mithund — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:13:05 GMT

Can't Make it to PDC but still wanted to join in the fun? The online versoin of The Underground@PDC party is the event for you. We will be streaming the event live at http://undergroundAtPDC.com

Don't miss presentations by Scott Gu and others LIVE online.

***If you are in the SoCal area follow @UndergroundPDC on twitter, where we will be tweeting a few RSVP codes to get you into the in-person event

*** Event Details
See the future of Developer Technology at The Underground @ PDC 2009, sponsored by INETA, Microsoft and local Southern California partners.
The Underground will showcase the vision and roadmap of Microsoft’s Developer Platform and highlight newly released technical strategy & announcements direct from The Professional Developers Conference by Microsoft leaders and local community luminaries. Located at the world famous Conga Room in the new downtown Los Angeles’ entertainment district – L.A. LIVE

This is going to be one heck of a partaaay!!

-Mithun Dhar

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Wolfram integration matters…

Mithund — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:17:20 GMT

Bing is awesome! Here’s my most recent query…

We really don’t need search overload for 90% of the queries.

Bing = Simple = Efficient = The right choice!

-Mithun Dhar

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Yours truly…

Mithund — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:39:40 GMT

…now Serving Idaho and Oregon!

As most of you already know, my colleague Jason Mauer was affected with the recent layoff’s at Microsoft. Jason helped me manage the PacWest district which includes, AK, WA, ID and OR states. With Jason gone, I’ll be your Developer Evangelist for the Pac West region.

Please feel free to contact me via my email address, twitter (@mithund) or via my blog. Most of you already have my details and Portland or Idaho are no new communities to me. We’ve been working together for the past few years and I know most of you in the community already. But in case I’ve missed any of you, let’s reconnect!

I am happy to be a part and help you with any community events like BarCamps, Code Camps, Cloud Camps, etc that you might be working to put together!

Also, I am the Editor for the Pac West MSDN Flash Newsletter. If you’d like to promote your events, User Groups, etc to the broader community via the newsletter, let me know.

Looking forward to working with you all…

Your neighborhood evangelist

here:

and here,

and here…

Regards,

Mithun Dhar

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Windows Server 2008 R2 – Developer Training Kit!

Mithund — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:06:28 GMT

So you attended the Launch Event(s) and wanted to learn more about R2 but never knew where to start – classic predicament! Here’s your answer: We just announced two great resources for you to get started…

New R2 Learning Center

Explore this significant Windows Server release via a self-paced training course of videos and hands-on-labs with a focus on performance, web, management, and other server solution scenarios. Learn about developing applications for “many-core” scale, enable efficient “trigger-started” services, explore new Windows PowerShell features, create integrated solutions with the File Classification Infrastructure, and build Web Platform extensions.

New R2 Developer Training Kit – Learning Center Edition

Developer Training Kit.

The kit includes self-paced hands-on-lab exercises with corresponding video resources on the new Channel9 Learning Center. Topics include:

· “Many-Core” Application Scale

· VHD and Hyper-V API’s

· Designed for Efficiency

· Extreme Web Services

· The Extensible Web Platform

-Mithun Dhar

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Impatient Optimists…

Mithund — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:38:13 GMT

The world’s a lot better because of people like Bill Gates. The foundation has done so much good for the world. It’s always the ‘few of us’ that change the ‘most of us’ in this world.

Watch this video and you’ll understand what I’m saying…

-Mithun Dhar

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Mouse 2.0 as we see it…

Mithund — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:30:50 GMT

Well, I’d have christened it a bit differently. I’d have perhaps called it the Mouse 3.0 or even 4.0…but here’s what WE mean by the next generation mouse.

You can read more about it here in the Research Papers that was published a few days ago: http://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/mouse20.mspx

The future’s more friendly!

-Mithun Dhar

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Windows 7 Launch – Watch it at a computer near you!

Mithund — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:02:18 GMT

Experience The New Efficiency Microsoft Launch Event Live from San Diego October 26th Virtually!
www.thenewefficiency.com/live

View and download 18 IT Professional and Developer focused live sessions from San Diego starting at 9am PDT October 26th. Focusing on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Exchange Server 2010, you can listen to Microsoft experts, download valuable resources and explore the live launch event "virtually".

Mark your calendars

Click below for more details…

Hope to see you tomorrow, virtually!

-Mithun Dhar

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Twitter search now on Bing!

Mithund — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:36:01 GMT

Click on the image above for more information.

http://bing.com/twitter

-Mithun Dhar

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Interact 1st year anniversary! Come celebrate with us…

Mithund — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:32:09 GMT

Interact is turning 1 year today! And, this user group is celebrating it in style. They have a Adobe vs Microsoft smack down. Well, to be more specific,

This month Ryan Stewart from Adobe and Adam Kinney from Microsoft are taking on ‘Designer and Developer Workflow’ Here’s an excerpt:

Designer and Developer Workflow

Is it a myth? Marketing lingo? Or could it be real with the help of powerful tools?

Listen in as Ryan Stewart from Adobe and Adam Kinney from Microsoft discuss the workflow concept from their respective point of views. Ryan will demonstrate how Flash Catalyst works within the Flash Platform development cycle. Adam will show how Expression Blend fits into the Silverlight development workflow

I’ll be there. Come join us…

Venue/Time/Etc…

WHEN
Date: Wednesday, Oct 21th, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm PAC
WHERE
Bellevue Place
10500 NE 8th St.
Bellevue, WA 98004

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=10500%20NE%208th%20St%2C%20Bellevue%2C%20WA%2098004-4345&encType=1

Cost
Attendence: Free.
Parking: Free.

Come join the fun! :)

-Mithun Dhar

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Visual Studio 2010 & .NET 4 Framework Beta-2 Announced, Launching on March 22nd 2010…

Mithund — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:14:27 GMT

Not all Mondays wake me with a smile. However, today I woke up knowing that I’ll be able to download and play with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. Developers subscribing to MSDN can fully experience the Beta2 and .NET 4 for themselves by visiting MSDN To download it. The rest of you should subscribe to MSDN sooner to get premium access or wait till October 21st where you can download it from Microsoft Downloads.

The following Visual Studio 2010 SKU’s are available: Professional, Premium, Ultimate, Test Essentials, Team Foundation Server, and Team Lab Management. The Key New SKU’s in this release are:

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN: the comprehensive suite of application lifecycle management tools for software teams to ensure quality results from design to deployment.

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Premium with MSDN: a complete toolset for developers to deliver scalable, high quality applications.

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN: the essential tool for professional development tasks to assist developers in implementing their ideas easily. (Note: Visual Studio 2010 Professional will also be available without MSDN subscription)

For more information on the new packaging, licensing, and pricing of Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN, see Visual Studio.

Download: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta

‘What’s new’ Feature walk through:

Here’s a really good walkthrough of ‘What’s new’ in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework Beta 2: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784.aspx

Finally, Here’s a Channel 9 Video that talks about downloading and installing Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2:

10-4 Episode 33: Downloading and Installing Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

(If you don’t already follow, here’s 10-4’s home on Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/)

The actual launch date of VS2010 is scheduled for March 22nd 2010. Beta 2 is a significant progress as we inch closer to the launch.

-Mithun Dhar

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Windows 7 Launch Presentations…

Mithund — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:23:12 GMT

Thank you everyone for attending the Windows 7 launch events in Seattle, WA and Portland, OR. As promised, here are the slides from the presentations, demos, demo code, demo snippets, demo notes to follow soon.

Session 1 – Taskbar and Jumplist – Windows 7

Jumplist & Taskbar - Session 1 Win7 Launch

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Session 1b – Trigger Start Services, Troubleshooting Platform, Libraries

Taking_Your-Application_To_The_Next_Level - Windows 7

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Sessions 2 – Sensor and Location Platform

Beyond_Human_Interaction - Sensor and Location Platform

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Session 3 – Multi-touch and Ribbon

Building_The_Next-Generation_UI - Multitouch and Ribbon

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