News from Microsoft Ireland's Developer & Platform Group
August 2008 - Posts
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Have you heard that you can now create your own Photosynths? Check out the Photosynth website for more details about how to create your own 3D panoramic experience with your personal photos. Check out some of the Photosynths already created , including Read More...
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The Windows 2008 user group has two great events coming up in September (W2008 Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008 [virtualisation]) and October (day long training by Alex Yushchenko on W2008 Terminal Services). More details from Aidan , who heads Read More...
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Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal will be talking at the SQL Server User Group meeting out here in auditorium in Microsoft Ireland from 6pm-9pm. I've seen Kimberly present at TechEd Europe before - and she is a very impressive speaker. If you are in Dublin Read More...
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The next .NET Coffee Break from developers.ie is on September 3rd with Joe Stagner, a Senior Program Manager from Microsoft in Seattle. It covers ASP.NET Dynamic Data. Full details are available below or on www.developers.ie . The event is free - but Read More...
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PDC2008 Early Bird Discount has been extended by three weeks. Register by 11:59PM PST, September 8th and save $200 off the full conference registration price. That brings the ticket price down to $2195 or round about 1500 EUR - a real bargain for the Read More...
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Some exciting news just in - it's just been announced that Live Mesh Technology Preview has been extended to include Ireland (it's been available for everyone in Northern Ireland for some time now). Amit Mital from the LIve Mesh & Developer Platform Read More...
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Visual Studio SP1 is out! Pay a visit to the download centre to take a look. Here are a couple of notes from the page there: This download installs Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 includes support for SQL Server 2008, new ADO.NET features Read More...
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is right around the corner and the beta program has opened up. If you want a go at testing it - mail the team at IESO at microsoft.com and tell us a little about yourself, including why you'd be a great beta tester! Read More...
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SQL Server 2008 has been released and is ready to deliver a rich set of integrated services that enable you to do more with your data, such as query, search, synchronize, report, and analyze. MSDN subscribers can find RTM versions now available for download Read More...
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If you are a SQL database admin and are based in Ireland or Northern Ireland - you should check out Dave Northey's recent post on SQL Academy 2008 . On September 5th, two of the world's top SQL speakers (Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal) will be coming Read More...
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