News from Microsoft Ireland's Developer & Platform Group
May 2006 - Posts
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Check out this short video of the new functionality. Thanks to all our UK colleagues for all the beta testing - I am hoping they have ironed out the remaining bugs before introducing it here... :) http://www.microsoft.com/uk/technet/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=999 Read More...
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In the largest Web release since the product launch last November, the Express teams have released over a dozen new starter kits, tutorials, samples, and webcasts targeted at hobbyists and recreational developers. Some of this new content includes: Rocket Read More...
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Fancy escaping the bad weather that is plaguing us at the moment here in Ireland? Well I hear Nice is very nice this time of year. So, if you are interested in mobile development, you might want to get one of the few remaining tickets. The Mobile & Read More...
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We've seen a lot of interest from Irish developers in Visual Studio Tools for Office and what is now possible with Office 2007 - so many of you may find the following event very interesting indeed... The second annual Office System Developers Conference Read More...
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If you came along to the Visual Studio SQL and BizTalk launch back in November, you will have received a coupon to claim a free developer license for BizTalk 2006 (which wasn't available at the time). If you haven't yet redeeemed that voucher, now is Read More...
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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 Read More...
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All the session talks from Mix06 in March are available off the Mix06 website: http://sessions.mix06.com/ . You can view them online or download them to watch later. If you are involved in web development, you should definitely take a look, as there is Read More...
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There will be community event down in Cork in the Imperial Hotel next Monday covering VSTO (short for the incredibly long Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System). There has been an awful lot of interest from various folks around Ireland Read More...
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The folks at IrishDev have just launched a new service to allow you to subscribe to Irish IT jobs posts via RSS ... handy if you want to be alerted as soon as a new post relevant to you goes live! Read More...
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My colleague Colm just drew my attention to a really excellent event happening up in Belfast on May 18th. Rafal Lukawiecki will be coming to the Europa Hotel in Belfast to present an IT Security event : Identity and Access Management for a Heterogeneous Read More...
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By the way, I forgot to mention that Tom from ICS said to remind you to head along to the ICT Expo today if you get the chance. I will be along from 2pm this afternoon at the IrishDev stand - so do call by if you are around! Read More...
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Well - the first Irish National Developers Conference was a huge success! Over 150 paying attendees came together over the 2 days to hear the 8 speakers and get involved in the hands-on labs. And every one I talked to really gave overwhelmingly positive Read More...
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I've a got a few questions from people wondering if they can turn up and pay on the Wed evening / Thursday morning for the INDC... and the answer is - absolutely, no problem! The organisers won't be taking cash at the door - but you can leave all your Read More...
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