Plamen Hristov's WebLog

My space at spaces.live.com :-)

I will continue my blogging here (plamenhristov.spaces.live.com).

See you there

Software Business Management workshop will be held in Sofia

On 16th and 17th of February Microsoft Bulgaria together with Agitavi Research will organize a 2 day workshop on Sotware Business Management for ISVs.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

• The Market Environment and Its Analysis

• The Value Chain, Value Creation and Customer Loyalty

• Developing and implementing strategy – The Business Planning Process

• Channels to Market. Domestic And International

• Innovation and Leadership

There are still few places so all interested in the training could contact the Microsoft Bulgaria office or Agitavi Research

ISV Community Day 2005 in Sofia

Tomorrow in the IEC Microsoft Bulgaria will held our annual event targeting software developers - ISV Community Day.For the first year there will be a Business Track alongside the traditional Technical Track. The sessions will cover the 3 recently lunched products - SQL Server 2005, VSTS & BTS 2006.

Application Verifier

Cool new download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bd02c19c-1250-433c-8c1b-2619bd93b3a2&DisplayLang=en

Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing.

This initial release includes the following tests:

• Basics: Exceptions, handles, heaps, locks, memory, TLS
• Low Resource Simulation
• LuaPriv
• Miscellaneous: Dangerous APIs & Dirty Stacks

Impressive SQL Server sessions at IT Forum 05

This was my first time seen Kimberly Tripp in action here in Barcelona (It Forum 05) and I can assure you that her sessions worth your time.

You can see the presentations and demos the she showed us on her website - www.sqlskills.com

Academinc Days in TU Sofia

Tommorow Morning (Nov 10th) we will have our Academic Stop at Technical University - Sofia.

The main sessions will be regarding SQL 2005, VSTS and Express editions

The VS-SQL-BTS Launch in Bulgaria is on Nov 8th

Our officcial launch in Bulgaria is on Nov 8th and we see very big interest from partners and customers asking for invitations for the event.

All preparations are at the final line (maybe except my VSTS demos :-) and we are facing to have amazing event - the biggest ever server & tools launch in the country.

See you at the venu

Academic Roadshow - first visits

This week we made several academic visits in some of the major bulgarian cities.

We opened the roadshow in Gabrovo on Monday and we visited Varna & Bourgas. Today I'm writing from Plovdiv University (excelent wireless!!!) and I just finished my VS 2005 demos :-) and I'm looking for my sessions this afternoon in TU Plovdiv

The sessions are:

1. Academic sessions
1. Imagine Cup 2006
2. MSDN AA
3. In front of the VS-SQL-BTS Launch
2. VS 2005 sessions
1. My first Windows and Web applications
2. Starting development of Web Parts based website
3. SQL 2005 sessions
1. What’s new in SQL 2005
2. SQL 2005 Reporting Services

I want to thank Vlado Alexandrov (Chorus) for his passion for technology and his support of our Academic initiative. Vlado is leading the SQL 2005 sessions.

VS 2005 & SQL 2005 in MSDN!

The VS2005 and SQL 2005 products are now live on MSDN Subscriber Downloads.  The products available for download are:

• Visual Studio 2005 Standard
• Visual Studio 2005 Professional
• Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
• Visual Studio 2005 Roll based products (Architect, Dev, Test)
• SQL 2005 Developer Edition
• Visual SourceSafe 2005
• Visio for Enterprise Architects
• C++ tools for IA 64
• Visual Studio tools for Office and Infopath
• MSDN Library for VS 2005

ASP.NET 2.0 Presentations at Computer Space

Computer Space will held in the Central Military Club (bul. "Tzar Osvoboditel" 7) and the Hungarian cultural institute (16 "Aksakov" str.). The award ceremony will be on 22nd October (Saturday) from 16h in the Military Club. Click 'More' to view the programme.

The seminars will held on 22nd October (Saturday) from 10h to 13h and on 23rd October (Sunday) from 11h to 18h in the Hungarian cultural institute. Topics of the seminars are:

Saturday, 22nd October, 10-13h.: Web Development with ASP.NET 2.0

1. My first web web site with ASP.NET 2.0
   Plamen Hristov, DPE manager, Microsoft Bulgaria
   
2. Data driven web applications with ASP.NET 2.0
   Vladimir Chalkov, Manager, Crossroad Ltd.
   
3. Professional user interface with Master Pages, Themes and Site Navigation
   Vladimir Chalkov, Manager, Crossroad Ltd.
   

for more information: http://www.computerspace.org

ISV Club Meeting - Oct

Yesterday we had our regular ISV Club in the office of Microsoft Bulgaria. This meeting was focused on VSTS and SQL Server 2005 with presentations and demos around the source control system, programming model of SQL Server & the Reporting Services in SQL 2005.

I would Like to Thanks to our speakers: Vladi Tchalkov, Martin Kulov & the team from Vizibility for the interesting demos and the discussions we have during this meeting.

First Vista demo on event in Bulgaria

Today on our Channel Summit in Sofia I have made a 30 min demo of Windows Vista Beta 1. The audience was very excited of the new interface, the organizational and search capabilities and last but not least the Parent Control security feature :-)

The main concern express by the our dealers was again regarding the hardware requirements but with the demonstration today on laptop with integrated video card we succeeded to convince them that they should not look for a new pc on nov 2006 :-)

E-Learning courses for TechNet Plus Subscribers

Starting from October 1st all TechNet Plus subscribers will receive 90-days of free access to e-learning courses from Microsoft Learning. 
In order to start with you e-learning you have to Sign in to TechNet Plus Subscriber Online Services (www.microsoft.com/technet/signin) and click on “Learning Resources” in the left navigation pane.

The following courses will be available:

• Course 2288: Using Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005
• Course 2008: Designing a Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Organization
• Course 4111: Core Training for Microsoft® Office Project 2003
• Course 2936: Installing and Securing Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005
• Course 2937: Administering and Monitoring Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005
• Course 2938: Data Availability Features in Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005
• Course 2939: Programming Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005
• Course 2940: Building Services and Notifications Using Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005
• Course 2941: Creating the Data Access Tier Using Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005
• Course 2942: New Features of Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Analysis Services
• Course 2943: Updating Your Data ETL Skills to Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Integration Services
• Course 2944: Updating Your Reporting Skills to Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Reporting Services
  

Visual Studio RC

Visual Studio 2005 Release Candidate is live on MSDN Downloads!

Virtual Server 2005 in MSDN

Good news for all MSDN Universal and MSDN Enterprise subscriptions: Virtual Server 2005 Standard will be included in MSDN Enterprise and Universal Subscriptions with consistent development, test, and demonstration use rights.