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New .NET User Group is coming to Syracuse

robertja — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:02:31 GMT

To find out more infomation about this user group please drop a note to Andy at andy@beaulieu.com. Let him know you want to help get this user group started. Andy hopes to have the first meeting sometime in May.

Route 64 is NYC!!

robertja — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:54:18 GMT

Route 64-bit Training Workshop Series 2005

With the launch of Windows 64-bit products being three weeks away, Microsoft, Intel, and HP have teamed up to bring the developer community up to speed on Windows 64-bit computing

Learn to migrate and test your applications on 64-bit hardware while receiving an Attendee Bag worth over $1,700 including 1 year license of VTune software development tools plus up to 50% discount on HP 64 bit development systems.

Get 64-bit ready now!

Details & Registration: http://www.route64.net

robertja — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:27:53 GMT

I hope you all enjoyed yesterday’s MSDN Event in NYC. We had the biggest crowd ever in NYC; 280 developers. Thank you all again for being the best developer community in the world!

Cabana Night is Coming March 8

robertja — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:10:00 GMT

What is Cabana Night?

Cabana Night is a number of discussion rooms (aka Cabana Rooms), each with a different .NET topic area, discussion leader, and several experts with a whiteboard.
Totally free form sessions.
Cabana Night allows the user group attendees to have their questions answered by the experts and fellow developers.

TOPICS

WebUI w/ Miguel Castro
Web Architecture w/ Scott Watermasysk
Data Layer/XML w/ Don Demsak (aka DonXML)
Enterprise Library/Patterns & Practices w/ Doug Seven
Web Services/Connectivity (TBD). I'll post it as soon as I find out.

A Good SQL Server 2005 Book

robertja — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:44:00 GMT

For those on my T-SQL web cast, here is the book that I recommended to ya’ll!!

By the way don't for get to tell my boss that you came to my blog. Click in the image below. Thanks.

My boss wants to know if you look at my blog.

robertja — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:58:00 GMT

Please click the link. Thanks.

http://www.msdnevents.com/robert

SQL Server 2005 Webcasts Series in December

robertja — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 16:40:00 GMT

Virtual PC 2004 SP 1

robertja — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:25:00 GMT

We just RTM'ed the sp1 bits yesterday. Click here to download.

Web Services Enhancements 2.0

robertja — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:21:00 GMT

I would like to thank all of you who attended my Tech Breakfast at SetFocus this morning. Here are the links to the Hands-on-Labs I discussed during the session.

Main WSE page on MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/building/wse/default.aspx

Web Services Security and Policy with WSE 2.0 Hands-on-Lab http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/A/A/7AA994A0-98E1-42CC-A527-0FE1B49DEB40/HOL-WSE-Security.EXE

Web Services Messaging with WSE 2.0 Hands-on-Lab http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/9/B/C9B866B0-0787-4CA7-8A5B-92DE75CD7F99/HOL-WSE-Messaging.EXE

Special Discount on the HP iPAQ Phone

robertja — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:18:00 GMT

HP iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC Phone Edition

$50 discount on HP iPAQ h6315 with new activation
Offer only available through T-Mobile Business Direct
To receive the special phone number, visit www.windowsmobile.com/connections
Refer to promotional code 70IPQMSFT704

SQL Server 2000/2005 Reporting Services

robertja — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:55:00 GMT

Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Goes To Print!

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I have been informed by Addison Wesley Professional that the final manuscript and DVD have gone to the printer (at long last). Iexpect books to be on the shelves October 8th. We're planning to cut off the "Early-Bird" discount program as of September 24th so if you have not yet taken advantage of this offer, be sure to update your registration information on the website. In the next few days we'll be emailing instructions to everyone who signed up.

Check Out SQLReportingServices.NET for the most informative place on Reporting Services.

Thanks for coming to the SetFocus Tech Breakfast last Wednesday. I hope to see you at the October Breakfast on Web Services Enhancements (WSE)2.0. Go to SetFocus Web site to register.

The Jersey City (Brooklyn) event has been moved to Battery Park

robertja — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:01:00 GMT

We just moved the event that was going to be held in Sheepshead Head, Brooklyn on September 2 to the Battery Park Regal Cinema. For all you developers in JC that wanted an event in JC, this is the best we could do. So hop on the PATH to WTC and take a five minute walk down to the theater. All attendees get a copy of VS 2005 Beta 1 for free.

See me at NYC VFP/.NET Chapter of PADD on Aug.10

robertja — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:38:00 GMT

Topic: MICROSOFT ASP.NET 2.0 OVERVIEW

Speaker: Rob Jackson, Microsoft Corporation

      Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 PLEASE NOTE THE DATE!

     Time:   6:30 PM
    Place:   Microsoft's NEW New York Offices
                 6th Floor
                 1290 Avenue of the Americas ("6th Avenue")
                 (between W. 51st & 52nd Streets)

This month Rob will show us the significant advances that ASP.NET 2.0 will offer to
Web application developers that will dramatically reduce the number of lines of code
required for common tasks. He will explore new features such as Personalization,
Master Pages, Navigation Controls, and Web Part customization, as well as productivity
enhancements in Visual Studio 2005.

Upcoming MSDN Events in NY and NJ

robertja — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:35:00 GMT

This demo-packed event will offer valuable insight into current and future aspects of .NET development! Plus, you'll get a sneak peek at what's coming in ASP.NET 2.0!

InfoPath with VS.NET: Experience the flexibility of XML data-sharing with Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 and how the Toolkit for Visual Studio® .NET will allow developers to easily create, debug and build InfoPath solutions using managed code.
Building Custom Controls with ASP.NET: Learn how to author server-side ASP.NET custom controls to easily create reusable user interface elements for your Web applications.
Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Overview: Discover the significant advances that ASP.NET 2.0 will offer to Web application developers to dramatically reduce the number of lines of code required for common tasks.

Click on your city to sign up now! Events run from 1-5 PM. I hope to see you soon!

Tuesday, August 17 Northern NJ

Thursday, August 19 New York City

Tuesday, August 31 South Plainfield, NJ

Tuesday, September 2 Jersey City

Tuesday, September 21 Albany, NY

Thursday, September 23 West Orange, NJ

The Father of C# at TechEd 2004

robertja — Thu, 27 May 2004 03:02:00 GMT

This morning I sat in on session presented by Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Anders Hejlsberg, the father of C#. He discuss the language enhancements that are part of the C# 2.0 coming in Visual Studio 2005. The major topics of the talk were generics (which will also be implemented in Visual Basic.NET), partial types, nullable types and a new enhancement introduced at TechEd, anonymous methods. He gave the clearest explanation of the “why?” for partial types and generics. And I look forward to sharing what I heard in my mini-session on Visual Studio 2005.