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Ever want to pitch a tent with Andrew ? Throw back a beer with Chuck (okay not that unusual an experience), argue the purity of conversions with Greg or discuss the internal workings of the common language runtime with one Redmond's top .NET Framwork...

This session will explore how to use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET to create both client and server side Web Parts for SharePoint Portal Server. Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server provides a standard framework for the rendering of content, and interaction...

Session Title: Deploying mobile devices to government/enterprise Session Level: 300 Session Abstract: Darryl shares his experience, tips and tricks learned from deploying enterprise mobile device applications. Speaker: Darryl Burling Above was a session...

I am playing with creating a previewer and needed to grab a picture of the desktop -after playing with the latest GDI+ class libraries i found Whidbey has introduced this this exact functionality! The following code draws the upper left 100 pixels of...

We are going through the list of potential TechEd keynote speakers and would like to include you folks to see who you would like: Some Suggestions thus far: Don Box Paris Hilton - Not if i have anything to do with it! Dr Harry Shum Helen Clark Afterburners...

I just recieved a query about the limits of the free ASP.NET Hosting in the Australian MSDN Connections program and figured it would be worth posting that all members now receive the "Blue" level of hosting...-Based on feedback we are increasing these...

Teched Australia 2005 will run August 31-Sept 2nd on Australia's beautiful Gold Coast. & New Zealand while not officially announced will run Mon 29th – Wed 31st and likely be in Auckland The tracks will be the same for both Australia and New Zealand...

Session Title: Is a Virtual Solution really a Solution? Solving problems and saving money using Virtual PC and Virtual Server Session Level: 300 Session Abstract: Virtualization has far reaching implications for many aspects of the IT life cycle. From...

Session Title: Mitigating the largest threat: Culture Session Level: 300 Session Abstract: What do the most secure companies, large or small, have in common. It’s not what you would think. Process, policy, procedure, technology. While important, these...

Session Title: 0 to Collaboration in 60 Minutes: Live Windows Sharepoint Services Deployment Session Level: 300 Session Abstract: Can you really improve productivity, increase user satisfaction, and equip your users with a whole new set of collaboration...

Session Title: Real World Deployments: Deploying Windows Update Services Session Level: 300 Session Abstract: Windows Update Services (WUS) provides extensive improvements over Software Update Services (SUS). In this session, you will see some common...

Good Friend Brian Goldfarb is specing out the templates and the Masterpage samples you would like to see shipped with ASP.NET 2.0 So if you have an opinion and want it heard please post to his blog at: What would you want out of Master Page templates...

This has definitely been the hot topic for the week! -Over 4 questions in the last 5 days! The last customer I met with had a very rich UI, all the data already located in SQL, and the .NET framework already on the client machines but was still looking...

Being true blue Australians and now proud Queenslander i thought what better way to celebrate Australia Day than a big barbeque! I haven’t set the menu yet but a WHOLE LOT of beer, BBQed dead animal flesh. Chips and Sangria for those of us more in touch...

The Hobart .NET Users Group is a non-profit organization for learning and sharing ideas on .NET development. Technical experts from Microsoft, and the Hobart development community deliver presentations to highlight the latest in .NET advancements. Their...

This month the Brisbane MSDN User Group , has a great meeting lined up. There are two presentations. Robert Crago will discuss programming Microsoft Agent and Angus Logan will provide an introduction to Microsoft Content Management System. Microsoft describe...

I have been getting a lot of questions on Upgrading and thought I would check to see if the VS 2005 Upgrade Wizard is capable of doing COM+ objejcts as unfortunately the article What's New with the Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard in Visual Basic 2005 skirts...

Congratulations to the 5 new Australian/New Zealand MVP's - Well done Guys!! 1: Alister Jones: Visual Developer - ASP/ASP.NET 2: Philip Beadle: Visual Developer - ASP/ASP.NET 3: Dominic Ryan: Windows Server – IIS 4: Lukas Svoboda: Visual Developer - Solutions...

I have changed the format of my teched submissions to use articles instead of blog entries to decrease the amount of traffic across folks RSS readers-per the request of the folks subscribing to my blog. Please find below the 23 submissions to date; this...

Session Title: Authentication is strange Abstract: Got 2 factor authentication? Considering it? What if you could walk straight past all that expensive gear and get in with just a password anyway? There are so many standards supported, you may just find...

Session Title: Vulnerability Scanning and Service Reduction Abstract: Abstract There is a common thread running through security circles. The perimeter is softening. Gone are the days of the firewall being the most important device on the network for...

Session Title: Companies have recognised the benefits of going to SQL Server and consequently done so. Now a recurring issue is how to manage mission critical VLDB environments where backups, restores, re-indexing, database consistency checks, etc take...

Session Title: Internal Architecture of SQL 2005 Abstract: Whether you're a developer or a DBA, the more you know the internal of your RDBMS the more empowered you are to develop, tune or troubleshoot your environment. This session would focus on the...

Session Title: Upgrading to SQL Sever 2005 Abstract: Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 is more than just running some automated process. Session will look at the upgrade process. But major focus will be on how you examining how you might want to redesign you...

Session Title: BI Portal - Getting BI to the masses Abstract: BI Portal is a freely downloadable application for delivering Business Intelligence through Sharepoint Technologies. It acts as a wrapper for Office Web Components. This session covers lessons...