UK ISV Blog : Developer

Get your software development off the ground for just £260

kirstys — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:16:54 GMT

You’ve got the expertise. The passion. The drive. So what’s stopping you from developing? The cost? With our incredible offer for software developers, you can benefit from software, support and other resources to help you dramatically lower your development costs. Key benefit is MSDN Premium Subscription.

Get your product to market faster

kirstys — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:12:24 GMT

Take advantage of access to Software Development Kits, testing vouchers, technical support assistance, search advertising discounts…..& more to help you gain a quicker return on your development investment.

Announcing the Azure Services Platform

kirstys — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:03:06 GMT

The Azure Services Platform is an industry-leading move by Microsoft to help developers build the next generation of applications that will span from the cloud to the enterprise datacenter and deliver compelling new experiences across the PC, Web and phone. Read this press release and watch an on-demand webcast of Microsoft chief technology officer Ray Ozzie's keynote speech at Microsoft's PDC 2008, where he introduced Windows Azure.

Azure Services Platform

The "Magic Of Software" technology briefings – slots available.....

kirstys — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:58:18 GMT

The Microsoft UK Developer team are offering a new series of technology briefings entitled “The Magic of Software”, to showcase some of the latest and most exciting software coming out of Microsoft, and explore how that software could be used in your own applications.

Book here

Essential Microsoft Developer Training – Visual Studio 2008 & .NET 3.5, SQL 2008

kirstys — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:04:00 GMT

Please find partner developer training details released this week. Full details of all partner training can be found at the Partner Learning Centre. If you need assistance in enrolling or have any questions then please contact our training helpdesk on 0870 8509442 or email ukplcsup@microsoft.com.

Course title & description	Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Instructor-led training introducing developers to Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5: LINQ, Workflow Services, Windows Presentation Foundation and ASP.NET AJAX Integration, Key features of Visual Studio Team System 2008
Course duration	3 days
Dates currently scheduled	13th October, London 17th November Altrincham .......more will be scheduled if there is demand
Cost to attend	£600 for Gold and Certified partners, £750 for Registered

Course title & description	Essential SQL Server 2008 for Developers SQL Server 2008 offers an impressive array of capabilities for professional developers that build upon key innovations introduced in SQL Server 2005. The Essential SQL Server 2008 for Developers training course will help you understand how to build enterprise-class applications which deeply exploit the rich data types, programming models and new development paradigms in SQL Server 2008
Course duration	2 days
Dates currently scheduled	13th October, London .......more will be scheduled if there is demand
Cost to attend	£400 for Gold and Certified partners, £500 for Registered

Join the conversation “THE NEXT WEB NOW” 18-19 September 2008, Brighton UK

kirstys — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:11:18 GMT

We're now working on building ReMix UK 08and it’s shaping up to be an even bigger and better than last year. A few changes you'll notice; we're now going to be in Brighton - a really chilled out place that has a unique creative buzz about it, and if you're from out of town you'll be able to down tools completely and just lay back and enjoy...

We on the beachfront at The Brighton Centre where we’re building a cool, interactive, ultra funky environment right out of the 70’s. This 48 hour conversation mixes up some of the best content and greatest minds. You will find some very cool stuff and have the freedom to kick start your own conversations in our highly interactive spaces; so make sure you come and join the experience!

EARLY BIRD - SAVE £110 Be one of the first 300 people to book and you can save £110 on your entry price.

Early Bird price £239 (inc. VAT)

Full price £349 (inc. VAT) from the 301st ticket to sell out

Keynotes from Scott Guthrie, a General Manager within Microsoft's Developer Division who runs the development teams that build CLR, ASP.NET, WPF, WPF/e, Windows Forms, IIS 7.0, Commerce Server, .NET Compact Framework, and the Visual Studio Web and Client Development Tools. Also, Bill Buxton, who began his career in music, and has spent more than 30 years observing how people use technology and applying those insights to the human-computer interaction field. His research specialties include technologies, techniques and theories of input to computers; technology-mediated collaboration between people; and ubiquitous computing. Buxton is widely revered for his creative and sensitive explorations of new user-interface techniques spanning audio, speech, two-handed input, keyboards, menus, lenses, pens, augmented reality, multimedia and more.

Full speaker list here and being updated.

Developer subjects include:- Silverlight 2, ASP.NET MVC, IE8, Building Rich Applications, Web 2.0 wireframing, Virtual Earth, Virtualising books

Designer subjects include:- Getting your user experience on a mobile, Conception through to build - an interactive installation, Accessibility in RIA , Advertising and Video, Left and Right brain – dev and design together

Signpost to VB.NET and VB6 Developer resources

kirstys — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:55:24 GMT

Paul Maher, Microsoft UK Developer & Platform group, has pulled together some useful material for VB.NET and VB6 Developers that should prove of interest. Please feel free to drop Paul an email if you have any questions, in particular if you are a VB6 Developer looking for some guidance paul.maher@microsoft.com.

First port of call....Visual Basic Developer Center and Visual Basic 6 Resource Center. "How do I" videos - on this page you will find dozens of videos designed for all Visual Basic developers, from the novice to the professional. New videos are added regularly, so check back often. Subscribe to this RSS feed for regular updates. Check out the Visual Basic Power Packs and the wealth of Visual Basic Screencasts on Channel 9.

If you are as VB6 Developer looking for the best way to maintain your existing code investment whilst leveraging VB.NET then the following are a great resource:

Useful blogs: The Visual Basic Team and Beth Massi write blogs targeted at VB Developers.