Heading to LA for PDC – this is a good read to get the most of the show.    http://thespiderking.com/wordpress/?p=42   “If you are reading this, you know Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference is on and is coming up in mere days...

The Launch Blog was a huge success. We want to keep the momentum going so we have create two new community blogs: For IT Pros - http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/ For Developers - http://blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs These sites are going to be the...

For all of you that had asked about getting copies of the slides, they are now posted online. Head over to http://www.microsoft.ca/launch2005 to download the PPT files. Tags: [ Microsoft ] [ Launch2005 ] [ SQLServer ]

We have posted an OPML file you can download to get a list of all the blogs from our team.  Enjoy!   http://geeksuave.com/MSDNCanadaBloggers.xml

It has been a busy few weeks since we left Toronto and the first event on the tour. Since then we have been to Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria and Vancouver. The team has been keeping the blogsphere up-to-date and we wanted to point you to some...

A few posts from the crew on the road in Ottawa. Sasha reports a very full house: http://www.geekswithblogs.net/sashak/archive/2005/11/10/59685.aspx John talks about arriving in the Nation's Capital - http://blogs.msdn.com/jbristowe/archive/2005...

Check out Jerome's Blog for some of the answers to the questions we were asked the most in Toronto: http://blogs.msdn.com/jcarron/archive/2005/11/10/491360.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/jcarron/archive/2005/11/10/491376.aspx

Today the tour is in Ottawa. We are very excited to be visiting the Nation's Capital to bring them the launch. A few things to those who are planning to attend: Get there early so that you are registered with a coffee in hand and ready for the big...

Yesterday the Launch Tour kicked off in Toronto. On behalf of the entire team here at Microsoft we want to thank everyone who attended for spending their day with us. It was a great day and we hope everyone got something out of the presentations...

We are now actively uploading photos to the Flickr feed - http://www.flickr.com/groups_feed.gne?id=63329005@N00&format=rss_200

It's Launch Day!!! Things kickoff this morning with a briefing to the Canadian Press. Check out Mark's blog for a the behind-the-scenes look at the day's events. http://feeds.feedburner.com/MarkRelphsWeblog?m=69 Launch2005

Mark has posted some sneak-peak photos on his blog! :-) http://blogs.msdn.com/mark_relph/archive/2005/11/04/489083.aspx Launch2005

Previously, Barnaby posted asking if anyone out there is going to blog about the Canadian Tour - http://blogs.technet.com/barnaby_jeans/archive/2005/10/28/413240.aspx We really want to see what the blogsphere thinks of the launch. Blog about your...

With just 4 days to go before the kick-off of the cross-Canada tour we have come up with a contest for our faithful blog readers! Our theme this year is "Ready To Rock" and while we don't want to give away any surprises, you can just imagine what we might...

Check out John's post as he starts to talk about the behind-the-scenes work going into preparing for the Launch Tour. http://blogs.msdn.com/jbristowe/archive/2005/11/01/487722.aspx Launch2005

The Experts area is the best kept secret about the upcoming launch!! It is another one of the long list of great reasons to attend one of the launch events. John talks about it here - http://blogs.msdn.com/jbristowe/archive/2005/11/01/487768.aspx...

Plumbers @ Work is a new developer podcast featuring one of our launch speakers John Bristowe as well as Dan Sellers from the MSDN team.   Check it out - http://blogs.msdn.com/jbristowe/archive/2005/11/01/487491.aspx

Barnaby suggests that if you are planning on attending, why not blog about it? http://feeds.feedburner.com/BarnabysCanadianItProWeblog?m=75

It is official, Visual Studio.NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005 final version and redistribution packages of .NET Framework 2.0 are available for MSDN subscribers . Let the new era of development begin!!!!

With the upcoming launch of Visual Studio .NET 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 it has generated a lot of interest among developers and IT professionals in understanding the new courses, exams and Microsoft certifications. Today, the new...

As a result of the great interest in the Nov 8 th Toronto Ready Launch Tour event, we have extended our capacity so that you have the opportunity to join us.  Don’t miss out, register now!   www.microsoft.ca/launch2005/

ReadyBuzz is here! The Launch Crew have created a series of short audio/video shows to give you a behind the scenes view to the all of the Launch activities. We will introduce you to the speakers, give you an preview of the content and let you know how...

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Check out Damir's latest post - Getting closer to the SQL Server 2005 Launch Event " Today I spent the morning with a few key individuals reviewing the content we will be presenting at the SQL Server 2005 Launch Event starting in Toronto on November...

Jerome once again writes about his ongoing development project with his Roku and dives into Windows Media Connect v2.   Diaries from my Roku SoundBridge - Windows Media Connect