Last week I did the August/September MSDN Event content for the first time in Glen Burnie and Bethesda. I cover three topics: Building Custom Server Controls with ASP.NET, InfoPath 2003, and ASP.NET 2.0. The custom server control session is great for...

The Patterns and Practices group at Microsoft are the folks who build all the reference archiectures and application blocks. Their latest work is the Enterprise Development Reference Application, previously codenamed ShadowFax. This is Microsoft's most...

Here's a list of all the Reporting Services webcasts that I've done: Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services Developing Reports using SQL Server Reporting Services, Part One Developing Reports using SQL Server Reporting Services, Part Two URL Addressability...

Central Maryland ASP Professionals has a meeting on Tuesday, September 7th that focuses on code generators. Rob Howarth, Ed Mullin, and Randy Hayes will each present a different code generator. Between them, they will cover LLBLGEN , RapTier , and DeKlarit...

WinProTeam will restart after the summer hiatus next week with meetings in Vienna and Rockville. Carney Clegg, who teaches the MCSD Study Group in Rockville , will cover Using Hash Tables Effectively, and Gary Pupurs , who works with Planet3k and is president...

NBC4's annual consumer techno fest, the Digital Edge Expo , returns this year on Sept 18th and 19th. It's at the new Washington Convention Center , 9:00 - 5:00 on both days. The Today Show's Corey Greenberg will be there for the show, along with tons...

I'll be at the Baltimore SQL Server User Group this Thursday doing a presentation on XML, XQuery, and CLR Integration in SQL Server 2005. The next major version of Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, will extend its XML capabilities with a native,...

Do you need to develop real business applications in ASP.NET? Get started in the right direction with 50 ASP.NET Tips and Tricks. Learn advanced techniques to build powerful, scalable, and maintainable applications. Presented by Frank Grimberg of Prosoft...

Are you having difficulty wading through tons of whitepapers on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), a myriad of WS-nn specifications and how they fit together, various Microsoft implementation frameworks including ASMX, WSE 2.0, and Indigo? Are you confused...

We have two launch events on the same day in the DC office : Tuesday, October 5th. The morning session covers Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 The latest version of Microsoft’s event and performance management tool enables IT Pros to increase service...

Use the RSVP code UTONLINE for a $150 discount off the price of registration at the ISV Days roadshow ! The roadshow is a full day of content on service-oriented architecture, and you even get goodies for attending: Microsoft Visual C# .NET Standard Edition...

Enhancing Your Applications with Windows Server 2003 is another one day roadshow coming in October. Keynote Module 1: Windows 64-bit Roadmap Module 2: Building Collaboration Applications with Windows Server 2003 Module 3: Connectivity Module 4: Management...

Philly.Net and Philadelphia SQL Server User Group will be holding a joint meeting on Common Table Expressions & Recursive Queries in SQL Server 2005 on Wednesday, Sept. 29th at Microsoft's Malvern office from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. The featured speaker...

ISV Community Days is a one day roadshow focusing on service-oriented architecture: Module 1: Uberdemo of Services Oriented Architecture Module 2: WSE v2 Walkthrough Module 3: Moving Beyond HTTP Request/Response Module 4: Using WSE to Secure Web Services...

If you have been at a recent MSDN Event , you picked up a DVD that contained a beta of Visual Studio 2005. If you're having trouble installing this beta, please make sure you've seen this errata .

One of my first tasks on getting back in the saddle was to go to the inaugural meeting of a new user group, Lehigh Valley .NET. Mark Scott, the CTO of Micro Endeavors , gave an awesome presentation on the .NET Application Blocks. The world's biggest picture...