MSDN Ireland News

And here are some more details about the free eBook mentioned in the previous post. Covering topics like LINQ, ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight - it looks like some great content! Download Free e-book offer and Microsoft Press newsletter...

If you are interested in getting your hands on a free CMS - you should check out one of the following free offerings: AxCMS.net which I just saw posted on Scott Guthrie's blog . Scott lists a number of customers already deployed on it, including...

Time for just one more entry this week, this time to tell you about two new types of events we are including on the MSDN tour around Ireland and Northern Ireland. The first is an MSDN Evening Briefing , entitled: " An Introduction to .NET ". This is a...

Not directly related to MSDN Ireland events, I know - but there have been a number of developer jobs recently posted to the Microsoft Ireland web site that I thought might be interesting to folks... There are a series of roles open for Engineer Leads...

Many people don't know about some of programs Microsoft offers to give free software to start-up and small businesses - but if you are trying to keep costs down - they following programs are well worth a look! Microsoft Empower Program - For...

Following on from the Dublin leg of the European-wide ASP.NET 2.0 Tour (March 4th, click here for details), we are teaming up with the TechNet team to bring the highlights of the tour to Belfast, Galway and Cork in March, as well as TechNet briefings...

Just before I sign off for Christmas (and I hope everyone out there has a very Happy Christmas!), I just wanted to let you know about some of the security events coming up in the new year. Quite a few of our Irish developer audience also have IT responsibilities...

MSDN Connection is a new program for developers that has just launched in Ireland. We are lucky enough to be one of the first sites in Europe where this program has been rolled out. Essentially the program aims to make our communications to you more relevant...

Ooooh - I am in a blogging mood today.... maybe it's because when I first start getting news in about TechEd Europe, I know spring has definitely sprung and summer evenings in Amsterdam are just around the corner! So - in case you haven't already heard...

The ASP.NET 2.0 International Tour is hitting Dublin on March 4th! Come along for this one day event to hear the latest news about Microsoft's web development technology. The venue for this event is Club Lobo @ The Morrison Hotel, Ormond Quay, Dublin...

Many of you will have already heard about the new Microsoft R&D centre opening up here in Sandyford, Dublin. The centre, called the Microsoft European Development Centre (or EDC) will have about 100 new developers. Declan, a colleague of mine from...

Just a reminder of the Irish MSDN and .NET Community events happening this week. Myself an Rob are down in Cork this week to give the final leg of the regional MSDN Ireland tour. This evening, we will be hosting the MSDN Introduction to .NET , which answers...

Thanks to everyone who came out to last Wednesday's MSDN Briefing on 'An Introduction to .NET'. It was a really great turn out, so we will definitely be running that type of event again. We did get a lot of feedback that many of the MSDN online resources...

Great news came out today that Microsoft is setting up a new centre for research and development here in Dublin, creating up to 100 jobs over two years! The announcement was at our offices here in Sandyford by Bertie Ahern and our European CEO Jean-Philippe...

I am delighted to announce that the Visual C# and Windows Forms teams are coming over from Seattle to do a tour of Europe and Africa and we have been lucky enough to get the event for both Dublin and Belfast (following the amazing turn out in Belfast...

I was out talking to a web developer today and we got on to discussing Visual Web Developer - the new free version of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. He mentioned that a lot of web developers probably aren't aware of all the free...

Don't forget - INDA will be hosting the excellent speaker Ingo Rammer this evening at 7pm in the Fitzwilliam Hote on the Green. You can register for the event here . Ingo will be speaking on: "Distributed Applications - Today and in the Future". Session...

Just got a question in regarding the free MS Press eBook you get when you register your Visual Studio 2005 beta2 software... The DVDs have started shipping as part of the Beta2 Experience - so more of you are probably interested... if you are, check out...

Scott Guthrie will be visiting Dublin on the 3rd and 4th of May to give the keynote for the first INDC conference. All the .NET user groups in Ireland and Northern Ireland ( INDA , IrishDev and NIMTUG along with ICS ) have come together to put on their...

I just got a question in about Whidbey training in upcoming months, so here are some ideas if you are looking for information on what courses are available: Local training company, Software Paths have two Whidbey 1-day courses available: New Features...

Many of you will already have heard of the new Ireland .NET Developer Alliance groups that are starting up around Ireland in the next month: the good news is that Galway, Cork and Waterford are now all on the circuit for .NET community events! You can...

There are an awful lot of excellent .NET speakers lined up for Ireland over the coming months - so be sure you cast an eye over the following set of events to make sure you don't miss out... Listed below you'll see some familiar names like Kieran Lynam...

Just back from Microsoft's Global Briefing in Atlanta and thought I would do a little update on the upcoming user group events over the next few months. If you are in or near Dublin, Belfast, Galway or Waterford, check out the line-up below... Many of...

A new Upgrade Centre on MSDN has just been launched to help customers who are already using ASP.NET today to easily move onto ASP.NET 2.0. Check it out at http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/migration/upgrade/default.aspx ! As part of the launch,...

We have trickled out guidance on ASP.NET 2.0 security over time - but Brian Goldfarb just sent through a list of the full library which you might find useful.... ASP.NET 2.0 Security Guidance Library Key Recommendations/Guidelines: ASP...