"Going live" with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

Hi, I am Jamie Wakeam, ISV Software Architecture Advisor from Microsoft Canada. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. We are pleased to announce that Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4 a "go live" release. This means that Beta 2 has met high standards of quality for pre-release software, and we are licensing it for developing and deploying production applications.
Be sure to download the beta and begin investigating the new capabilities, including new testing options, enhancements to the integrated development environment, built-in tools for Windows 7 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010, new drag and drop bindings for Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation, and more. As you use Beta 2, we want to hear from you at our Connect site if you find any bugs.
On Dec 15th 2pm (EST), I am going to sit down with Tim Wagner, Development Manager on the Visual Studio team to discuss many of the enhancements and new features in Visual Studio 2010 and learn how you can make the most of them in your development projects. I will also dedicate a portion of the webcast to hear from Tim on how the Visual Studio team develops software at Microsoft. This will be an interactive session, looking forward to chatting with you live. Be sure to register today!

Canadian Greenlight Site launched!

If you are an independent Software developer and considering develop applications on Windows 7, Windows Server2008, SQL server2008 or Exchange Server 2010, you may want to check out this site as we've brought all our technical and marketing resources together to help you to get your application compatible with Microsoft latest platforms.
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How to build effective reporting features in SaaS applications

Date: December 2, 2009 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time
Join us for an in depth look data mining on SaaS applications. While everyone wants to mine their data from their SaaS app, building reporting features usually ends up being an afterthought, or pushed to the bottom of the priority stack. Francis Beaudet, Chief Architect at Macadamian Technologies, business intelligence expert, will be using some readily available tools to simplify data mining in Web apps, and build reporting functionality in SaaS apps in a matter of days(or sometimes hours).
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What's new in Visual Studio 2010

Date: December 15, 2009, 2:00-3pm Eastern time
Microsoft is gearing up to release the next version of Visual Studio 2010. Please join ISV Architect Advisor Jamie Wakeam as he sits down with Tim Wagner, Development Manager on the Visual Studio team to discuss many of enhancements and new features in Visual Studio 2010 and learn how you can make the most of them in your development projects. Jamie will also dedicate a portion of the webcast to hear from Tim on how the Visual Studio team develops software at Microsoft.
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Register Today for Ignite Your Business Webcast Series in November!

Join us in our live webcast every Thursday for the next five weeks starting November 12 from 2-3 PM (EST) to hear from your account managers & other Microsoft technology partners from across Canada to help give your business a competitive advantage in this new economic environment. In this series you will learn how to start a global ISV business; reduce SaaS Cost; why competitive ISVs switch to Microsoft; the best kept secrets at Microsoft & discovering your web potential.
ISV Royalty & SPLA Licensing - The Best Kept Secrets at Microsoft- Thurs. Dec 3rd: 2-3 PM EST
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Canadian Partners, Train Your Developers & Designers! (Nov 9th - Dec 31st, 2009)

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Windows Azure Platform

Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - November Update
The November release includes new and updated labs in addition to information about Microsoft Codename "Dallas".
New PDC training is available for Architects and Developers:
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Download Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Beta

SharePoint Server 2010 Beta provides an extensible platform to rapidly build solutions using familiar tools such as Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010.

SQL Server 2008/SQL Server 2008 R2 Application Compatibility

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