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 of Visual Studio .NET 2005 (Beta1) using Visual Basic .NET
• New Features of Visual Studio .NET 2005 (Beta1) using C#

These are 1-day hands-on overview courses designed to help existing Visual Studio developers understand the most significant new features in Whidbey. Software Paths are also planning additional more in-depth courses around beta 2, so more news on those when they are announced.

If you need more information, you can contact them on +353 1 639 8150 or at info@softwarepaths.com.

In addition, I have also just received DevelopMentor's Winter course schedule. They have quite a few new 5-day courses on the books for Q1 2005, including courses on Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005. They include:

• Essential ASP.NET 2.0: 'Whidbey'
• Essential .NET Security 2.0: 'Whidbey'
• Essential .NET 2.0: 'Whidbey'
• Guellilla .NET 2.0: 'Whidbey'
• Guerrilla SQL Server 2005 for Developers 
• Essential SQL Server 2005 for Developers 
• Essential BizTalk 2004 (being run in Dublin at the end of January, you can register here)

Although the nearest centre with scheduled courses is in London, DevelopMentor will come over to customer locations in Ireland to deliver the courses if required. So, if you have a group who would like to take one of these courses, give them a call at +44 1242 525 108 or email them at salesuk@develop.com.