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RT @csteen: RT @EdMullinSr: Geoff Snowman is presenting on Cryptography at BaltoMSDN 3/17 http://baltomsdn.com/

New Event: Chicago SharePoint User Group March meeting http://bit.ly/cllVhn

New Event: CDUG: Building Modules for DNN 5.x - The New Manifest and You http://bit.ly/9I0xZr

RT @JohnBlumenauer: RT @joelcochran: Roanoke Code Camp http://bit.ly/aCr2r1 this Saturday! The official hashtag will be #RkeCC - please RT.

New Event: SharePoint/Office 2010 Beta by Larry Saunders http://bit.ly/bVfeE0

Kevin Griffin is a .NET Developer for Antech Systems, located in Chesapeake, VA. He's the leader of the Hampton Roads .NET Users Group. Often, he can be found speaking at or attending other local user group meetings or code camps. He enjoys working with new technology, and consistently works on being a better developer and building the best software he can. Kevin's blog is http://www.kevgriffin.com twitter @1kevgriff

Originally an AS/400 RPG Programmer, Joel is a former Contributing Editor for ITJungle.com (originally MidrangeServer.com) and has taught various programming languages and Internet technologies at Blue Ridge Community College. He has been developing in C# full time since 2003 and currently devotes most of his efforts to Blend and WPF. A frequent speaker at User Groups and Code Camps, he enjoys teaching and writing about .NET and other technologies, which he happily shares on his blog at http://www.developingfor.net. Joel has served as the Director of Operations for Stonewall Technologies, Inc., in Staunton, VA, since 2000.

Dan Rigsby is a System Architect for Aprimo in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dan has been an avid .Net developer since late 2001 starting with ASP.Net, but today concentrates on SOA, Wcf, smart client applications, and a host of other areas. Dan is very active in the community as a developer, speaker, blogger, and officer at IndyNDA. He is always eager to help out others when he can and has been awarded the Microsoft MVP award for his work with Connected Systems in Wcf. As a certified ScrumMaster, Dan has been involved in agile techniques and project management. Read more about Dan and development adventures at http://www.danrigsby.com/ or connect with him on Twitter or Facebook.

JP Toto is the owner of 30Points Design & Consulting, a small (very small) technology consulting firm in Collegeville, PA. 30Points is JP's side project but his full time gig is being the VP of Application Development for Cognis IT, a full service IT consulting and software development firm. JP got his start in the enterprise and spent the better part of his formative years designing intranets for pharmaceutical and financial services companies in the Philadelphia area. In 2007 JP formed 30Points with the goal of bringing his enterprise-class consulting experience to small and medium-sized businesses. After joining Cognis, 30Points has changed function to serve as JP's Tawp Sekrit Laboratory supporting his side projects. You can check out some of his projects on GitHub. In his spare time JP enjoys building robots, baking pies, and building robots that bake pies. JP is the co-organizer of Barcamp Philly and participates in other community focused groups such as Philly ALT.NET, Philly.NET, Philly.rb, and a couple other ad hoc groups helping to bring new media and technology awareness to Philadelphia. You can contact JP at james.p.toto at gmail dot com.

Timezone: Central Time

Start Time: 3/12/2010 8:30:00 AM

End Time: 3/12/2010 12:00:00 PM

Title: TechNet Events Presents: Windows Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment

Description:
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications and add horsepower to your computing infrastructure. Next, we’ll look at all the tools and techniques available for building virtual environments in Hyper-V version 2.0 and finish the day by demonstrating how to simplify your Windows 7 deployments. TechNet Events are free, live learning sessions packed with hands-on technical content. Register today! SESSION 1: The Next Wave: Windows Azure SESSION 2: Hyper-V: Tools to Build the Ultimate Virtual Test Network SESSION 3: Automating Your Windows 7 Deployment with MDT 2010 This event will be held in Suite 350.

Website: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9710601

Event Type: TechNet Event

Location:
2000 W. Sam Houston Parkway S.
Houston, TX, 77042

Lat/Long: 29.745281074405018, -95.558464

Audiences: IT Pro.

Timezone: Eastern Time

Start Time: 3/12/2010 8:30:00 AM

End Time: 3/12/2010 12:00:00 PM

Title: TechNet Events Presents: The Next Wave - Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment

Description:
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications and add horsepower to your computing infrastructure. Next, we’ll look at all the tools and techniques available for building virtual environments in Hyper-V version 2.0, then finish the day by demonstrating how to simplify your Windows 7 deployments. TechNet Events are free, live learning sessions packed with hands-on technical content. If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today!

Website: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032439503&Culture=en-US

Event Type: TechNet Event

Location:
235 Hoosick St
Troy, NY, 12180

Lat/Long: 42.738445, -73.67121

Audiences: IT Pro.

Timezone: Central Time

Start Time: 3/12/2010 10:00:00 AM

End Time: 3/12/2010 12:00:00 PM

Title: Slaughter User Group - Austin, Tx - Open Meeting

Description:
March Meeting. Free and open to all Mac users and Mac curious. We hope to have a live demo of MacSpeech Dictation.

Website: http://www.usergroupsupportservices.com/UGEventView.ugss?EventID=9147

Event Type: User Group

Location:
6611 S Mo-Pac Expressway
Austin, TX, 78749

Lat/Long: 30.1905780586302, -97.7692222595215

Audiences: IT Pro.

Timezone: Central Time

Start Time: 3/12/2010 12:00:00 PM

End Time: 3/12/2010 5:00:00 PM

Title: Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

Website: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032442187&culture=en-US

Event Type: Other (in-person)

Location:
8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 950
Bloomington , MN, 55437

Lat/Long: 44.853071, -93.353235

Audiences: Developer.

Timezone: Eastern Time

Start Time: 3/12/2010 12:00:00 PM

End Time: 3/12/2010 5:00:00 PM

Title: Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Description:
Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows®, Web and Cloud development.

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing feature.

Please register at our website.

Website: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032441932&culture=en-US

Event Type: Other (in-person)

Location:
1000 Town Center Drive, Suite 1930
Southfield , MI, 48075

Lat/Long: 42.47484, -83.242929

Audiences: Developer.

Timezone: Eastern Time

Start Time: 3/12/2010 1:00:00 PM

End Time: 3/12/2010 5:00:00 PM

Title: MSDN Events Presents: The MSDN Northeast Roadshow: "Driving Toward a New Horizon" Tour

Description:
It’s a new year and road and code warriors Chris Bowen and Jim O’Neil just can’t wait to return to the highways of the northeast to talk about major technology releases and what’s important for developers. From writing applications that leverage Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud operating system that went live on January 1st, to new ways of working with services and data like WCF Data Services and SQL Azure, to a look at what’s just around the bend with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, let Chris and Jim be your GPS of technology travel. The Northeast MSDN Roadshow is a free series of deep technology sessions for developers and architects. Register today and join Chris and Jim for these relaxed events to gain practical insights. So, rev up those developer engines and get ready to roll toward new sights and destinations! If you register and attend this event, you will be placed in a raffle to win a chance to bring home one (1) free copy of Windows 7 – you could be the lucky winner! Register today!

Website: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032439977&Culture=en-US

Event Type: MSDN Roadshow

Location:
235 Hoosick St
Troy, NY, 12180

Lat/Long: 42.738445, -73.67121

Audiences: Developer.

Timezone: Central Time

Start Time: 3/12/2010 1:00:00 PM

End Time: 3/12/2010 4:30:00 PM

Title: MSDN Events Presents: Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4.0 and SharePoint Development

Description:
Join your local MSDN Events team for a lively tour our latest version of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework. We’ll start with an overview the IDE and explore how you can use the latest features to develop great applications in a flash. Next, we’ll look at the newest changes to the .NET Framework and how you can leverage them today. Finally, we end the day by looking at the new tools in Visual Studio that will supercharge your SharePoint development. Register today! SESSION 1: What’s New in Visual Studio 2010 SESSION 2: What’s New in the .NET Framework 4.0 SESSION 3: SharePoint Development using Visual Studio 2010 This event will be held in Suite 350.

Website: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9710602

Event Type: MSDN Event

Location:
2000 W Sam Houston Pkwy S
Houston, TX, 77042

Lat/Long: 29.745281074405018, -95.558464

Audiences: Developer and IT Pro.

Timezone: Eastern Time

Start Time: 3/13/2010 8:00:00 AM

End Time: 3/13/2010 5:00:00 PM

Title: Roanoke Code Camp 2010

Description:
The Roanoke Valley .NET User Group (RV.NUG) , with support from Microsoft, the International .NET Association (INETA) is hosting the third Roanoke Code Camp on Saturday, March 13th at Virginia Western Community College. This is an all-day, all-free event consisting of 4-5 tracks for a total of 20-25 presentations. Topics include Visual Studio 2008, .NET Framework, SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint.

Website: http://www.roanokecodecamp.org/

Event Type: Code Camp

Location:
3099 Colonial Ave
Roanoke , VA, 24015

Lat/Long: 37.2468076385475, -79.9716523876878

Audiences: Developer and IT Pro.

Timezone: Eastern Time

Start Time: 3/13/2010 8:00:00 AM

End Time: 3/13/2010 5:00:00 PM

Title: SharePoint Saturday Michigan

Description:
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft SharePoint Technologies for ‘SharePoint Saturday’, on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI.



SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in all things SharePoint!

Website: http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/michigan

Event Type: SharePoint Saturday

Location:
4800 E. Huron River Drive
Ann Arbor, MI, 48105

Lat/Long: 42.263995, -83.666803

Audiences: Developer and IT Pro and Public Sector.

Timezone: Eastern Time

Start Time: 3/15/2010 8:00:00 AM

End Time: 3/16/2010 5:00:00 PM

Title: Azure Boot Camp

Description:
This is a 2-day deep dive program to help prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Snacks and drinks will be provided, however we advise you to make your own lunch arrangements prior to the event. You will need to bring a computer loaded with the software listed below.

For more information please visit www.azurebootcamp.com, or email us at info@azurebootcamp.com

Website: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032442423&Culture=en-US

Event Type: MSDN Event

Location:
4605 Duke Drive
Mason , OH, 45040

Lat/Long: 39.301655, -84.307323

Audiences: Developer.