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Announcing Visual Studio 2008 seminar in Jackson, Mississippi on Feb 4th

Discover What’s New in Visual Studio 2008!                          

 

Please join us for a half-day technical overview of the many new features and functionality exposed in Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5. Chad Brooks and Doug Turnure of Microsoft, and Microsoft MVP Keith Elder, will look into both architect and developer-focused improvements with this release. Pizza will be provided for lunch, and we will wrap up the day with a few great giveaways. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

AGENDA:

 

9:00 – 10:00:  Visual Studio 2008 Overview for Architects

If your job as a Software Architect is to research and exploit technology to help achieve business results - then you need to take a look at what has just been released in Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5.   In this talk we will discuss several of the many new features you need to understand and explore to be able to fully leverage these new capabilities in your environment, including multi-targeting support, new features for SOA, and web enhancements. Finally, we will discuss the road ahead and preview some of the local architect, web design, and developer events that you can use to help further your understanding of Microsoft platform and development technologies.  

 

10:00 – 11:00   Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5

Visual Studio 2008 has shipped, and with its arrival, there are several new features in the framework, compilers, and the IDE itself. In this technical overview, we will discuss some of the new developer productivity enhancements in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. We’ll explore new designers that assist developers in creating applications more quickly and easily. We’ll also take a look at LINQ, and the benefits it provides.

 

11:00 – 12:00   Visual Studio 2008: New Developer Productivity Enhancements

Learn what is new in Visual Studio 2008 when it comes to building Smart Clients.  We’ll take a look at several new enhancements and improvements developers can take advantage of in Visual Studio 2008.  In this session we’ll look at several things such as Client Application Services, new improved ClickOnce features, offline and online data syncing and more.

 

Register now: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032367675&Culture=en-US

 

Register by phone: 1-877-673-8368 and reference Event ID 1032367675

Click here to Register Now!

 

Discover What’s New in Visual Studio 2008

 

Date:

Monday, February 4, 2008

Time:

9:00am – 12:00pm

Check-in at 8:30 AM

Location:

New Horizons Computer Learning Center
1855 Lakeland Drive

Suite R101
Jackson, MS 39216

Phone: 601-914-4500

 

For more information,

contact Jana Underwood at

v-janaun@microsoft.com.

 

 Also, if you are in the area, please join us later in the evening in Hattiesburg for a geek dinner!

 

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Published Friday, January 25, 2008 9:25 AM by dougturn

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