John Bristowe's Weblog

After delivering content in five cities, the tour finally arrived in my hometown of Calgary . Yesterday, we had a great time showing off all the new stuff inside Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006. Unfortunately, I was struck...

Vancouver was a lot of fun. Not only did we have a wonderful audience and great experts at the event, we also had the distinct pleasure of having Ilya Bukshteyn (Director, SQL Server marketing) deliver the keynote. (Way cool.) Ilya and I had a lot of...

In about three hours, I'll be on my way to Vancouver for the next stop in the MSDN Canada 2005 Launch Tour featuring Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006. I'm really looking forward to meeting and chatting with all our great customers...

My manager, Mark Relph set up a Flickr tag for photos of the Launch tour at the following URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/launch2005/ . Check it out!

I'm back in Calgary after getting home from Victoria earlier today. What a great time. Our team had a fabulous time talking with the wonderful folks of the Victoria .NET community at large, showing them the latest & greatest of Visual Studio 2005...

As expected, we had a blast showing you all the new bits! SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 rock and your interest proved it! We had over 500 attendees! Personally, I had a great time being back home in western Canada. I was...

The Canadian Launch Tour heads west tomorrow as we descend upon the fine city of Edmonton, Alberta. My good friend, Joel Semeniuk will be there to co-present on a variety of topics. Also, I'll be bringing my audio gear with me to record a buzzcast or...

In about 30 minutes, I'll be on my way back to Calgary. For the past three days, I've been in Ottawa for the Launch Tour . I had a really good time in Ottawa. On the first night, I got to meet all of the great folks in the local community - folks like...

After arriving in Ottawa, the crew got together with the local experts & MVPs in the area. There's a lot of mindshare here, which is always great to see. I was particularly impressed with the Ottawa .NET Community group representatives who I got to...

There's nothing like an exciting launch tour to put a little stream in one's strides. ( All of us are totally jazzed about the tour.) Later this morning, we depart Toronto for our nation's capital, Ottawa , where we try to bring down the house. Get ready...

Earlier today, we hosted the first stop of our 10-city launch tour across Canada . Today, I co-presented during the keynote presentation and two talks in front of approximately 3000 people. What a blast. We all had a great time! It is simply awesome to...

In the next three hours, I'll be leaving the wintery confines of Calgary to head off to dem rainy parts of southern Ontario . The start of our 10-city Canadian Launch Tour begins tomorrow and I'll be presenting at each and every one. This is going be...

I am impressed. Earlier today, Jerome and I hit a snag with Virtual Server. Specifically, we couldn't connect to the Administration console through Internet Explorer. After exhausting all avenues to fix the problem (i.e. checking the registry, verifying...

Well, it's finally here: Plumbers at Work . A new podcast for .NET developers with a Canadian twist. You can either download the MP3 (30 MB) or syndicate the RSS . (Please note that we'll be updating the RSS ASAP.) So, what is Plumbers at Work and...

In addition to the great content we've got for the Canadian Launch of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006, we'll also be featuring a cabana with experts from your local area to answer any questions you might have. We have many...

We less than seven days away from the biggest launch in Microsoft's history and the Canadian Launch team couldn't be more excited! Earlier today, our team met to discuss some of the logistics surrounding the launch. Currently, the presenting team ...