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Tech Ed and MSDN Unplugged update
11 April 08 01:12 AM

Sometimes it feels like we just live from one event to the next. So while we’ve now got the launch events out of the way, there is more coming – and we need your help to make them the best events they can be First up – we are getting underway with our Read More...

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Introducing the Christchurch Embedded .NET User Group (EDNUG)
07 April 08 11:06 PM

Chris has blogged the details of the newest user group in New Zealand - in Christchurch - focused on Embedded development. The first meeting is next week - details here I have recently became involved in starting up a new user group within the Christchurch Read More...

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Congratulations new MVP's
02 April 08 07:36 AM

Each quarter we award those who work hardest in the technical community with an award we call the Most Valuable Professional. These awards are given for the contributions made to the technical community over the last 12 months.  Contributions can Read More...

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SQL Server User Group - Thursday
11 March 08 03:53 AM

Adrian just emailed me to let me know that Australian Peter Ward is presenting in Wellington on Thursday night: Peter Ward is visiting us from Australia and will make 2 presentations, with refreshments in between. Peter Ward is WARDY IT Solutions Chief Read More...

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2008 Summer Road Trip Prize Draw Results
06 March 08 11:55 PM

On Wednesday we drew the prize draw for the 2008 summer road trip. Jeremy took the data, imported it into SQL, did some code to match registrations and invitations to evaluation forms, then write a little function to draw someone from random from the Read More...

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Road Trip Code and slides now available
03 March 08 02:43 AM

Many of you have asked about availability of the code and slides from the road trip, and the good news is that they are now up. Jeremy has the scoop along with instructions to build a VM for yourself. Enjoy! Read More...

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VS2008 blog on Geekzone
03 March 08 02:36 AM

Given that March is a big month here at Microsoft New Zealand due to the launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008, Mauricio decided to get a bunch of developers together to blog about some of the cool new features in Visual Read More...

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Changes in DPE (and a new blog to follow)
29 February 08 02:33 AM

As you may know Sean has moved on to Redmond which means we have a new manager here in DPE New Zealand. Scott Wylie is now the Director of the Developer and Platform Strategy team here in New Zealand.  Scott has been in Microsoft New Zealand for Read More...

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Sharepoint User Group
25 February 08 01:43 AM

I just got an email from Chan regarding the Sharepoint User group in Wellington this week.  There are some nice add-ins to Sharepoint around, and one of them is the Community Kit for Sharepoint - which Zac has been involved in building.  Details Read More...

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A more open Microsoft
22 February 08 03:20 AM

One of the big changes over the last few years at Microsoft has been openness.  That is openness about interconnecting with other systems (i.e. non-MS systems), openness with regards to file formats and openness with regards to working with other Read More...

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End of the road (trip) - Invercargill
19 February 08 05:06 AM

Today we are in Invercargill.  Today is the last day of our Road Trip.  Today is kind of a sad day. We've had a great time driving around the country presenting on Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008.  I think those Read More...

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Day 11 - Dunedin
18 February 08 10:09 AM

Last night JB and I flew down to meet Chris in Dunedin.  In retrospect, we could have gone down this morning, but it translated into a good sleep in this morning, and we are safely in the town we need to be in and not at the mercy of the airlines Read More...

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Day 10 - Christchurch
15 February 08 03:56 AM

This morning we woke up in the middle of nowhere, with no mobile coverage, no telephone and lots of distance between us and civilization - a geek's worst nightmare.  We were of course in Maruia Springs Thermal Resort in Lewis Pass.  Chris is Read More...

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Nelson to Christchurch
15 February 08 12:38 AM

Last night we took the ferry to the South Island at 6:15 (give or take 30 minutes for a delay).  We it was dark when we got to Picton, which meant we got to take some photos during sunset in the sounds which was pretty cool.  When we got to Read More...

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Wellington done - South Island - Here we come!
13 February 08 05:42 AM

  Today the boys did their presentation to our home town of Wellington.  It went well and was generally enjoyed by everyone.  The Paramount was a fantastic venue and we had heaps of capacity so even though we  had hundreds of registrations Read More...

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