November Week 3
Short week, but hope you had a safe and healthy helping of tofurky!
MSDN Virtual Labs - all new content, all the time
This past week I tried an MSDN Virtual Lab for the first time and it was great. They are very well done. Some interesting content including: J+N, Vista Readiness, .NET Framework 3.0 and Advanced topics in Soup to Nuts.
License to Thrill - Office UI Look and Feel like Office with the Office UI License. Details on MSDN's Office UI Licensing page and Microsoft PressPass.
Upcoming Events
Wealth Oriented
Migration Best Practices for Financial Services (WinDNA to .NET 2.0) - Nov 28, 2006 1-2:30pm EST - Do you have plans to migrate your Component Object Model (COM) and WinDNA architecture to .NET? Learn the architectural considerations for migrating COM-based applications to the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. In this webcast, we explore the various migration strategies chosen by financial services firms as well as the reasons why. We’ll review strategies such as vertical and horizontal migrations, as well as provide best practices for choosing a migration implmentation. We then drill down into the development process, pointing out tips and tricks for migrating your code to .NET. See the key enhancements and modifications in the .NET Framework 2.0, so you have the right information to make the decision that is best for you. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032312771&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Health Oriented
Windows Mobile in Life Sciences - Dec 5, 2006 1-2:30pm EST - Many enterprises today are looking for solutions to integrate mobility into their overall framework. Within the Life Sciences vertical at Microsoft, we are applying Windows Mobile in certain scenarios to address these needs of our customers. With the Visual Studio developer environment and .NET framework, ISVs have been able to create robust vertically centric solutions to run on the Windows Mobile platform. This discussion will be concentrated around giving a high-level overview of Windows Mobile and how the Exchange 2003 SP2 with the messaging and security feature pack makes the platform enterprise based. Additionally, we will have three ISVs that have focused solutions in the Pharmaceutical space speak about their products that utilize the Windows Mobile platform. There solutions are geared towards Sample Tracking, In context media information for sales reps, Epedigree for compliance. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032314351
Have a great week ahead. I wish you Health and Wealth!
