Community Megaphone Events Feed

NEVB Pro: Windows Azure Storage Alternatives

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-02T19:15:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/2/2010 at 6:15 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 201 Jones Rd. 6th Floor MPRC
City: Waltham
State: MA
Zip Code: 02451

Description:
Bill Wilder and Andy Novick team up to discuss the storage options available in Windows Azure: Windows Azure Storage and SQL Azure. How do you use them? What do they cost? Which is better at what? How do they scale?

Bend SharePoint Users Group Meeting - September 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-03T12:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/3/2010 at 11:30 AM, Pacific Time

Address: 601 N.W. Wall Street, Bend
City: Bend
State: OR
Zip Code: 97701

Description:
SharePoint Governance? Hopefully we can get a speaker from Microsoft to come and address this very important subject! As always - lunch will be provided.

PASS Performance VC Presents: Andy Warren - Introduction to SQL Server Statistics

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-07T13:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/7/2010 at 12:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
This beginner to intermediate level session will introduce you to statistics, including how to create, manage, troubleshoot, and more! Statistics are a key part of getting solid and repeatable performance and is easily just as important as having indexes. Whether you're a DBA or trying to get by without one, this session will give you the information you need to know.

Speaker: Andy Warren

About Andy:
Andy Warren is a SQL trainer focusing on basic administration and performance tuning, he runs the free SQLShare.com training site, is currently a SQL Server MVP, blogs daily at SQLAndy.com, started the SQLSaturday franchise, is co-President of the Orlando SQL Server Users Group, serves as a member of the Board of Directors of PASS, and was a founding partner in SQLServerCentral.com. In his remaining free time he’s working on a book for first time managers.
http://sqlandy.com

Developing Windows Phone 7 Applications with Chris Koenig

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-07T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/7/2010 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 15950 Dallas Parkway, Suite 500
City: Dallas
State: TX
Zip Code: 75248

Description:
During this session, we will utilize your existing Silverlight, Visual Studio and Expression Blend skills to build a typical data driven Windows Phone 7 application using data publically available from the web. We will also examine the Windows Phone 7 application architecture, discuss (and implement) the MVVM pattern on the phone using the MVVM Light toolkit, and show how the emulator and debugger work seamlessly together. At the end, we will briefly discuss what it takes to publish your finished application to the Windows Phone Marketplace and how you can monitor the monetization of your application. By the end of this hands-on session, everyone should have a good understanding, and some practical experience, in building applications Windows Phone 7.

Ft Lauderdale Online - Introduction to the Task Parallel Library - Herve Roggero - Pyn Logic

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-07T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/7/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
09/07/2010 - 6:30 PM - Live Meeting Online - In this session I will introduce you to the Task Parallel Library and how to use it to build a high performance Data Access Library to access multiple SQL Server and SQL Azure databases at the same time. This technique is also called Sharding and is becoming an important aspect to improve data access in cloud computing and distributed environments.

Windows Azure User Group

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-08T16:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/8/2010 at 3:00 PM, Central Time

Description:
Getting a Handle on Azure: Diagnostic & Management Microsoft LiveMeeting Must have Microsoft LiveMeeting client install to hear broadcasted audio.

September Phila SQL Server Users Group Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-08T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/8/2010 at 5:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 45 Liberty Blvd
City: Malvern
State: PA
Zip Code: 19355

Description:
Start of a two month SQL Server 2008 R2 focus and promotion with PASS. Muthu Ramanathan (Direct Support Engineer for Microsoft) tentatively to present. PASS to sponsor.

RockNUG Release 4.3

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-08T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/8/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 51 Mannakee Street
City: Rockville
State: MD
Zip Code: 20850

Description:
Night of Azure!

by David Makogon

All Azure. All Night. Starting with the n00b session, David Makogon will build a Hello World Azure application and walk through the stuff that's needed to create an Azure app. During the feature presentation, he'll add in Azure services such as storage, queues and SQL to demonstrate the components of a real world Azure application.

David is a Principal Architect at RDA and the technical lead on RDA's Architectural Guidance Practice Group. He's also a Microsoft Solutions Advocate. You can follow his blog: www.DavidMakogon.com, and on twitter: @dmakogon. David also posts at RDA's blog: http://architecture-blog.rdacorp.com.

n00b Presentation 6:30 - 7:00 Azure: Hello World - David Makogon
Pizza/Announcements 7:00 - 7:30
Featured Presentation 7:30 - 9:00 Azure: Storage, Queues and More - David Makogon

Oxygen Blast: What is Azure-A Developer's Introduction

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-09T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/9/2010 at 9:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 8300 Norman Ctr Dr. Suite 950
City: Bloomington
State: MN
Zip Code: 55437

Description:
The Gartner Group says cloud computing is the #1 strategic technology for 2010. Are you ready for cloud computing? Do you know what cloud computing is? Come learn the basics of cloud computing and see Microsoft’s public cloud platform called Windows Azure. We’ll show you how to get started in Windows Azure, introduce you to the Azure SDK & API, and tell you why writing applications for the Azure cloud might be in your future.

What is Windows Azure – A Developer’s Introduction (Webinar)

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-09T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/9/2010 at 9:00 AM, Central Time

Description:
The Gartner Group says cloud computing is the #1 strategic technology for 2010. Are you ready for cloud computing? Do you know what cloud computing is? Come learn the basics of cloud computing and see Microsoft’s public cloud platform called Windows Azure. We’ll show you how to get started in Windows Azure, introduce you to the Azure SDK & API, and tell you why writing applications for the Azure cloud might be in your future.

CTXDNUG September Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-09T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/9/2010 at 6:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 4001 Central Pointe Parkway
City: Temple
State: TX
Zip Code: 76504

Description:
Brandon Satrom is the guest speaker for the Sept. meeting. He will show whats new in MVC 3, WebMatrix and Razor.

The Two George's: Paul "Halleujah" George and George "I can't drive 55" Harbin present LightSwitch and Web Matrix Rapid Application Development (RAD) Tools

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-09T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/9/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 902 Clint Moore Rd, Suite 138
City: Boca Raton
State: FL
Zip Code: 33487

Description:
The Two Georges, Paul and George present on the exciting new RAD developer technologies that allow you to quickly generate applications. Whether you are a pure Web 2.0 developer or one looking for more of a richer client experience through Silverlight, these tools can quickly get you up and running, while allowing you to add unlimited functionality to your applications. LightSwitch makes it simple for developers to quickly build polished, user-friendly custom business applications that work and look like an off-the-shelf solution, for the desktop and the cloud. Built upon Silverlight, the tool automatically handles routine code and lets developers focus on the custom logic that makes their applications unique. As part of Visual Studio (a new sku), LightSwitch gives developers the flexibility to build practical, scalable applications that connect with their existing applications, legacy systems and web services, letting them choose from a wide variety of hosting, deployment and 3rd-party plug-in options. WebMatrix is everything you need to build Web sites using Windows. It includes IIS Developer Express (a development Web server), ASP.NET (a Web framework), and SQL Server Compact (an embedded database). It streamlines Web site development and makes it easy to start Web sites from popular open-source apps. The skills and code you develop with WebMatrix transition seamlessly to Visual Studio and SQL Server.

Central Penn .NET Users Group Code Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-11T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/11/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 449 Eisenhower Boulevard
City: Harrisburg
State: PA
Zip Code: 17111

Description:
All day Code Camp for Visual Studio developers

Vermont Code Camp 2

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-11T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/11/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 55 Colchester Avenue
City: Burlington
State: VT
Zip Code: 05405

Description:
Full Day Free Event with .NET, PHP and other Open Source techs represented.

Introduction to the Microsoft Business Intelligence Stack

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-13T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/13/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: Microsoft - 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
City: New York
State: NY
Zip Code: 10104

Description:
This demonstration will provide a whirlwind tour of the major components of the Microsoft BI stack. Borrowing from the “begin with the end in mind” approach, We’ll kick things off with an end result: a SharePoint 2010 multi-page dashboard consisting of different business scorecards and integrated reports/charts for summary/detailed analytics. From there, the presentation will step backwards and trace the formative steps towards the end goal, and how developers can use the different products in the Microsoft BI stack (Integration Services, Analysis Services, Reporting Services, PowerPivot, and PerformancePoint Services), to build solutions for ultimate deployment to SharePoint. Attendees will come away with some exposure of what each tool in the BI stack can do, and how the tools can be made to work together.

ReSTful Services in .NET

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-14T13:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/14/2010 at 12:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 750 Agronomy Road
City: College Station, TX
State: TX
Zip Code: 77843

Description:
For our September meeting, Herb Nowell will be presenting on RESTful services in WCF. Improving will be providing pizza and there will be door prizes from Microsoft.

NWADNUG: September Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-14T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/14/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

CVINETA .net User Group meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-14T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/14/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 8120 Jennings Dr.
City: Cedar Falls
State: IA
Zip Code: 50613

Description:
Speaker: Tim Gifford
Topic: SOIL'D to SOLID

Have you ever worked on system that could be described as a "Big Ball of Mud"? Have you ever wondered what you could do to become a better developer? In this presentation we'll review the SOLID Principles and use them to solidify (pun intended) some "Muddy" code examples. You'll
leave this presentation with ideas on how to improve yourself, your project and our industry.

Bio:
Tim Gifford has over twelve years experience with software development and has been leading Agile teams since 2004. In 2006 he co-founded Agile Iowa, a group devoted to the promotion and discussion of agile methodologies. Tim served as a leader of the Iowa .NET User Group. He speaks frequently to user groups and at conferences including the annual International Agile Conference.

He spends his days as a Software Engineer for GeoLearning in West Des Moines, Iowa and continues to improve, make mistakes and learn. He volunteers as a mentor to Waukee High School students for the Technology Association of Iowa's HyperStream program.

HRNUG : September 2010 Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-14T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/14/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 510 Independence Pkwy
City: Chesapeake
State: VA
Zip Code: 23320

Description:
On Persistence Layers, with an Application to the Trennung von Anliegen Problem

Regardless of you data access technology (e.g. ADO.NET, LINQ to SQL,
Entity Framework, NHibernate, etc.), the design of your persistence
layer can make or break an application. Add to this, data which is
sourced and saved from/to remote web services (e.g. SOAP and REST) can
also add complexity to the mix. This discussion will weave a story of
how to craft well architected, testable, and scalable persistence
layer implementations.

Miramar Dev Building on Azure for the Real World - Jason Milgram

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-14T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/14/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 2300 SW 145th Ave
City: Miramar
State: FL
Zip Code: 33027

Description:
09/14/2010- Networking at 6:00pm, Presentation at 6:30pm - DeVry University Miramar Room 254 - Come learn how to build apps and services on Windows and SQL Azure. Jason Milgram, CEO of Linxter, will not only walk you through the steps of building and deploying apps on Azure, but he’ll also demonstrate two use cases — the PayPal Cloud Connector, a cloud service which lets you easily process credit card transactions within your client apps; and MonitorGrid, a server monitoring web app. Bring your Azure questions and join us for a grounded cloud conversation.

September ADDUG Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-14T20:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/14/2010 at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1125 Sanctuary Parkway Suite 300
City: Alpharetta
State: GA
Zip Code: 30004

Description:
Jeff Stokes of Microsoft Premier Services is returning for another installment on PerfMon. My suggestion is to have him give us training on using Xperf with some examples. Xperf is a powerful tool to analyze perfmon data, however you need to know basic performance skills.

MN VSTS User Group

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-15T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/15/2010 at 5:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 8300 Norman Ctr Dr. Suite 950
City: Bloomington
State: MN
Zip Code: 55437

Description:
Minnesota Visual Studio User Group. September's topic to be determined.

VSTS MN User Group

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-15T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/15/2010 at 5:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 8300 Norman Ctr Dr. Suite 950
City: Bloomington
State: MN
Zip Code: 55437

Description:
Expression Blend for Developers

Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group Meeting - Topic: Introduction to Unit Testing

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-15T19:15:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/15/2010 at 6:15 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1000 Town Center Dr., Suite 1930
City: Southfield
State: MI
Zip Code: 48075

Description:
Unit testing can save you time, money, and frustration by helping you create a safety net around your software to guarantee its stability and quality. This introductory session sets aside any testing methodologies such as Test or Behavioral Driven Development and instead focuses on the fundamentals of what unit tests are, how to write them, and some differences between the most popular unit test frameworks. You’ll also learn about organizing tests, creating test hierarchies, and heading off painful or brittle tests. We’ll also show you how to isolate dependencies using stubs, fakes, and mocks. You’ll leave this session with an understanding of how to get started writing unit tests.

Speaker: Jim Holmes

Father. Husband. Geek. Veteran. Around 25 years IT experience. Co-author of “Windows Developer Power Tools.” Coffee Roaster. MVP for C#. Chief Cat Herder of the CodeMash Conference. Liked 5th grade so much he did it twice. One-time setter, middle blocker, and weakside hitter. Blogger (http://FrazzledDad.com). Quality Lead at Telligent, makers of neat social software. Big fan of naps.

HRSSUG September Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-15T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/15/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 100 Constitution Drive
City: Virginia Beach
State: VA
Zip Code: 23462

Description:
The Hampton Roads SQL Server and SharePoint User Group will feature SQL Server MVP, Andy Leonard. Andy is a great friend of our user gorup and one of the best speakers we have the pleasure of hosting.

Webcast: Overview of Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-16T15:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/16/2010 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
Visual Studio 2010 is a powerful IDE that ensures quality code. Visual Studio 2010 is packed with new and enhanced features that simplify the entire development process from design to deployment. Customize your workspace with multiple monitor support. Create rich applications for SharePoint and the Web. Target multiple versions of the .NET Framework with the same tool. Eliminate the dreaded "no repro" problem with IntelliTrace. Come find out more...

Discussion points:
1. Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN products
2. Benefits of MSDN Subscriptions
3. Comparison of the different editions of Visual Studio 2010
4. Test Professional for Tester/Load Testing
5. Test & Lab management
6. Team Foundation Server
7. Licensing Discussion

Target Audience: Developers, Architects, Project Managers, QA and Business Analysts

DAMA New England: Why Don’t They Get It?: How to successfully work with the business!

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-16T17:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/16/2010 at 4:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 185 Asylum St
City: Hartford
State: CT
Zip Code: 06103

Description:
Have you ever produced an enterprise architecture that ended up as shelfware? Have you ever presented your grand plan for enterprise architecture to management, but failed to receive adequate funding for the project? Then you won’t want to miss this presentation.

Graeme Simsion provides a framework for effective communications with your stakeholders.
Attendees will learn:
* How to reframe your communications to achieve buy-in
* How changing your perspective will help your stakeholders understand

Speaker Name and Affiliation: Graeme Simsion of Simsion & Associates, www.simsion.com.au

Speaker Biography: Graeme is an internationally recognized consultant and speaker. His presentations at Enterprise Data World have consistently been rated the best. Graeme Simsion spent some 25 years in the data modeling and data management field and is the author of two books and numerous papers. He conducted data modeling master-classes around the world and undertook the largest ever study of data modeling practice as part of his PhD research.

Location: United Health Group, City Place: Conference Room #1251, 185 Asylum St, Hartford CT 06103

Directions: available at www.dama.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3563
Parking: across road in Hartford 21 Garage, or under City Place off Pearl St

Price: Free, but preregistration is required for all. Attendees should email your name and the meeting date to damabostonprereg@yahoo.com by noon, 9/15.

The meeting is held in the offices of United Health Care in Conference Room #1251

Indy Alt.Net - MongoDB

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-16T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/16/2010 at 5:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: TBD, check http://indyalt.net/cms/meeting/september-2010/mongodb
City: Indianapolis, IN
State: IN
Zip Code: 46032

Description:
MongoDB is one of an emerging class of data stores that is part of the NoSQL movement. It mixes the ability to have a rich data model and rich querying, with the flexibility of schema-free development and horizontal scalability of some of its NoSQL peers. I'll give a brief overview of the system, and show some code and a couple interactive demos to demonstrate the power and simplicity of working with MongoDB.

MI Silverlight Users Group

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-16T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/16/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 206 S. Fifth Ave. Suite 200
City: Ann Arbor
State: MI
Zip Code: 48104

Description:
Windows Phone 7 Was My Idea
Microsoft has been in the smart phone business for many years. Why then is there so much hype over Windows Phone 7? Is the new direction worth the hype it is receiving? Can Microsoft get back in the smart phone game? In this discussion we will talk about why Windows Phone 7 is an interesting software platform, how you design and develop for it, and how to bring your software to the marketplace.

Bio
Jeff Fansler is the Founder and President of Fanzoo Technology, Inc. He is also a father, hockey player, home brewer, major geek, and enjoys long walks in his office with a picture of the beach on the monitor. Jeff’s career has been focused on bringing the benefits of software and the internet to a wide range of business needs. Jeff started Fanzoo Technology, Inc. in 2006 and has helped several clients design, develop, and support products and custom line of business applications. Throughout his career he has learned a lot about the business of software but more than anything, he has learned that there is always more to learn and that everyone has something to contribute.

Introduction to Windows Azure

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-16T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/16/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 4713 A Eisenhower Avenue
City: Alexandria
State: VA
Zip Code: 22304

Description:
Azure is Microsoft's cloud-computing platform. In this introduction, we'll review the overall platform and its core components, such as service roles, storage, and the service bus. We'll build a sample app that takes advantage of these components, as well as SQL Azure, Microsoft's cloud-based relational database. Guest Speaker: David Makogon

Ann Arbor GiveCamp

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-17T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/17/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 4800 E Huron River Dr
City: Ann Arbor
State: MI
Zip Code: 48106

Description:
Please sign-up to volunteer at the website: http://annarborgivecamp.org/.

RSVPing at this LinkedIn site will only notify your LinkedIn connections that you are attending, which is good, but it will not get you officially signed up to be a volunteer.

GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations. This custom software could be a new website for the nonprofit organization, a small data-collection application to keep track of members, or a application for the Red Cross that automatically emails a blood donor three months after they’ve donated blood to remind them that they are now eligible to donate again. The only limitation is that the project should be scoped to be able to be completed in a weekend.

During GiveCamp, developers are welcome to go home in the evenings or camp out all weekend long. There are usually food and drink provided at the event. There are sometimes even game systems set up for when you and your need a little break! Overall, it’s a great opportunity for people to work together, developing new friendships, and doing something important for their community.

At GiveCamp, there is an expectation of “What Happens at GiveCamp, Stays at GiveCamp”. Therefore, all source code must be turned over to the charities at the end of the weekend (developers cannot ask for payment) and the charities are responsible for maintaining the code moving forward (charities cannot expect the developers to maintain the codebase).

The Ann Arbor GiveCamp is a collaborative effort between the following INETA member groups:

Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group | http://www.migang.org/

Ann Arbor .NET Developer Group |
http://www.aadnd.org/

Northwest Ohio .NET User Group |
http://www.nwnug.com/

SQL Saturday Raleigh

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-18T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/18/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 4101 Doie Cope Road
City: Raleigh
State: NC
Zip Code: 27613

Description:
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. The Triangle SQL Server users group (visit triPASS at http://www.tripass.org) of Raleigh NC is hosting an event on Sep 18 2010 at ECPI, 4101 Doie Cope Road; Raleigh, NC 27613. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. (New sponsors are needed -- please visit Sponsors page for information.) We do charge a lunch fee of $10.00 so that we can provide a lunch - not pizza!

SQL Saturday #46

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-18T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/18/2010 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: ECPI, 4101 Doie Cope Road
City: Raleigh
State: NC
Zip Code: 27613

Description:
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. The Triangle SQL Server users group (visit triPASS at http://www.tripass.org) of Raleigh NC is hosting an event on September 18, 2010 at ECPI, 4101 Doie Cope Road; Raleigh, NC 27613. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. (New sponsors are needed -- please visit Sponsors page for information.) We do charge a lunch fee of 10.00 so that we can provide a lunch - not pizza!

Introduction to Dependency Injection

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-22T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/22/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 2400 N Street NW
City: Washington
State: DC
Zip Code: 20037

Description:
Learn the basics of dependency injection, the advantages of using an inversion-of-control container, and how to use the most popular DI/IoC container available StructureMap.
Guest Speaker:
Roberto Hernándezis is currently a Managing Consultant for Excella. I have been designing and writing software solutions using Microsoft technology for the past 12 years. I am originally from the Dominican Republic, and the proud father of two beautiful daughters that make my life special.

Webcast: Feature Demonstration of Microsoft Visual Studio

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-23T15:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/23/2010 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
During this webcast, we will provide a demonstration of technical functionalities and feature capabilities of the following:
1. Test Professional for Tester/Load Testing
2. Test & Lab management
3. Team Foundation Server – Version Control, Work Items, Reporting services

Target Audience: Developers, Architects, Project Managers, QA and Business Analysts

SQL Server Loadfest R2

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-24T09:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/24/2010 at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time

Address: MSFT, 201 Jones Rd. 6th Floor
City: Waltham
State: MA
Zip Code: 02451

Description:
Join us on September 24th for the SQL Server Loadfest R2. You’ll learn all the ins and outs of installing SQL Server 2008 R2. You may optionally participate in a hands-on installation. There will be knowledgeable experts on hand to help with the install. The installation session takes all morning. In addition to the installation, there will be afternoon sessions on “What I do after installing SQL Server” and other topics on what’s new in SQL Server 2008 R2.

Who should attend: Anyone interested in learning more about installing SQL Server

Attendees will learn:
* The components of SQL Server
* The choices that have to be made during installation
* Disk preparation
* Security choices for SQL Server

Speaker: Andy Novick, SQL Server Consultant, Novick Software

SQL Saturday Louisville

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-25T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/25/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 680 S Fourth Street
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip Code: 40202

Description:
SQL Saturday - all day event SQL Server learning with sessions on BI, DBA and Developer.

Utah Fall Code Camp 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-25T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/25/2010 at 9:00 AM, Mountain Time

Address: 10701 South Jordan River Parkway
City: South Jordan
State: UT
Zip Code: 84095

Description:
Join us for a day of geeking out at Utah Code Camp. Keynote speaker will be David Starr (@ElegantCoder)

Sharing the Light - Victor Gaudioso dives into Silverlight Development with Blend

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-25T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/25/2010 at 9:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 15950 Dallas Parkway Suite 500
City: Dallas
State: TX
Zip Code: 75248

Description:
We are very excited to have Victor Gaudioso join us in DFW for a two day seminar in Silvelright techniques with Blend and VS2010.

The exact structure of the training and focus points will depend on how atendees answer a few questions when they sign up.

Entity Framework NYC Firestarter

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-27T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/27/2010 at 9:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 1290 Avenue of the Americas
City: New York
State: NY
Zip Code: 10104

Description:
A full day of *free* Entity Framework training with Julie Lerman (author of Programming Entity Framework), Rachel Appel (NYC Dev Evangelist) and Steve Bohlen (NYC Alt.NET User Group leader).

Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-28T18:45:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/28/2010 at 5:45 PM, Central Time

Address: TBD
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Zip Code: 70809

Description:
Monthly Meeting

SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Event

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-28T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/28/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 4919 Mt. Pleasant Rd.
City: North Canton
State: OH
Zip Code: 44720

Description:
Join the Akron Chapter of AITP at the 356th Fighter Group for the Akron-Canton area launch of SQL Server 2008 R2.

Microsoft Developer Dinner for Partners: Developing Mapping Centric Applications for Microsoft Windows Phone 7

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-29T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/29/2010 at 5:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 12012 Sunset Hills Road
City: Reston
State: VA
Zip Code: 20190

Description:
During this developers’ dinner we will provide an overview of Bing Maps, including a brief history and an overview of the current state. We will also discuss developing mapping centric applications for Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) and the Bing Maps control for WP7. Finally, we will discuss the rest of the story, including other platforms and how Microsoft “plays well with others.”

-WHAT YOU WILL LEARN-
Join Mark Merchant in this session over dinner for a comprehensive, developer focused overview of:
• What is Bing Maps - a brief history and an overview of current state;
• Developing mapping centric applications for Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) and the Bing Maps control for WP7;
• The REST of the story, and other platforms, how well we play with others

-WHO SHOULD ATTEND-
Developers, Architects, Web Designers and technical managers who wish to get an early look at the next advancement in Software Development, in particular the next generation of the Microsoft Mobile Platform.

DAMA NE: Wikify Your Metadata!

Community Megaphone — 2010-09-30T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 9/30/2010 at 6:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: Harvard Pilgrim, 93 Worcester St (Rte 9)
City: Wellesley
State: MA
Zip Code: 02481

Description:
We were given an imperative from our business leaders to provide a friendlier and more collaborative front end on our metadata, in order to aid in adoption of the Enterprise Data Warehouse and engage business SMEs in ownership of data definitions. The set of driving requirements -- ease of navigation, search, and ability for end users to add annotations, comments, and articles that transcend discrete data elements or subject areas - lent themselves to a wiki. This in turn led us to MediaWiki and the rich and diverse array of add-ons developed by the Open Source community, particularly its semantic extensions.

SQL Saturday #53 - Kansas CIty

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-02T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/2/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 6711 N.E. Birmingham Rd.
City: Randolph
State: MO
Zip Code: 64117

Description:
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. We have several well known individuals in the SQL Server world, including a few SQL Server MVPs.

Please see the website and go to the "register" page, in order to register for the event. If you'd like to speak, please submit an abstract.

South Florida Geek Dinner - Informal gathering, discussions and free raffle.

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-05T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/5/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 123 NE 20th Ave
City: Deerfield Beach
State: FL
Zip Code: 33441

Description:
10/05/2010 - 6:00 PM - Brus Room - Deerfield Beach, FL - Description Each quarter we meet and have some great discussions. Unlike presentations where you might feel intimidated to ask questions, the geek dinner is much more informal and you will find yourself involved in a variety of technical and life discussions.

Seattle Windows Networking UG Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-06T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/6/2010 at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: Lincoln Square Center, 700 Bellevue Way NE, Rm #15104
City: Bellevue
State: WA
Zip Code: 98004

Description:
Monthly User Group Meeting

Silicon Valley Code Camp

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-09T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/9/2010 at 8:00 AM, Pacific Time

Address: 12345 El Monte Road
City: Los Altos Hills
State: CA
Zip Code: 94022

Description:
This is a free event for all developers held annually at Foothill College. Last year, we had over 1500 developers register with up to 7 sessions held in each time slot. This year will probably be even better.

Houston TechFest 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-09T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/9/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 4800 Calhoun Road
City: Houston
State: TX
Zip Code: 77004

Description:
Largest all day Technical conference in the region. Over 80 sessions this year from great speakers. Keynote by Venkat Subramaniam

Houston Cloud and Cluster computing User Group

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-09T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/9/2010 at 8:00 AM, Central Time

Address: 2000 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. S. #350
City: Houston,
State: TX
Zip Code: 77042

Description:
Public Launh at HoustonTechFest.com via the Cloud Computing Track

Miramar Dev TPL and the new Caching Namespace in .NET 4.0 Herve Roggero

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-11T19:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/11/2010 at 6:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 2300 SW 145th Ave
City: Miramar
State: FL
Zip Code: 33027

Description:
10/11/2010 - Networking at 6:00pm, Presentation at 6:30pm - DeVry University Miramar Room 254 - TPL and the new Caching Namespace in .NET 4.0

NWADNUG: October Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-12T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/12/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

October Phila SQL Server Users Group meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-13T18:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/13/2010 at 5:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 45 Liberty Blvd
City: Malvern
State: PA
Zip Code: 19355

Description:
Second of a two month SQL Server 2008 R2 focus and promotion with PASS. Kevin Goff (SQL MVP) and Joe D'Antoni to present.

Webcast: Overview of Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-14T15:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/14/2010 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
Visual Studio 2010 is a powerful IDE that ensures quality code. Visual Studio 2010 is packed with new and enhanced features that simplify the entire development process from design to deployment. Customize your workspace with multiple monitor support. Create rich applications for SharePoint and the Web. Target multiple versions of the .NET Framework with the same tool. Eliminate the dreaded "no repro" problem with IntelliTrace. Come find out more...

Discussion points:
1. Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN products
2. Benefits of MSDN Subscriptions
3. Comparison of the different editions of Visual Studio 2010
4. Test Professional for Tester/Load Testing
5. Test & Lab management
6. Team Foundation Server
7. Licensing Discussion

Target Audience: Developers, Architects, Project Managers, QA and Business Analysts

Pittsburgh Code Camp 2010.2

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-16T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/16/2010 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 210 South Bouquet Street
City: Pittsburgh
State: PA
Zip Code: 15260

Description:
Pittsburgh's Code Camp is back for the Fall and it's going to be bigger and better than ever. 25 sessions, great food, lots of great local and regional speakers, lots of local .NET developers -- what else would you want in a Code Camp?

Join us at the University of Pittsburgh's Sennott Square facility for a day of .NET-goodness.

Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group Meeting - Topic: LOB Application Development with Microsoft CRM

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-20T19:15:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/20/2010 at 6:15 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 1000 Town Center Dr., Suite 1930
City: Southfield
State: MI
Zip Code: 48075

Description:
During this session we will examine the Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment with Microsoft Dynamics CRM product which is used for building Line of Business (LOB) applications. This is the development environment in use by over 22,000 customers worldwide with a user base of approximately 1,100,000. We’ll examine all the built in tools but we’ll spend the bulk of our time writing code to customize the applications. During the talk we’ll bring in many elements of the Windows development platform including C#, SQL Server, Windows Workflow, Silverlight, and JavaScript just to name a few.

Speaker: Chet Kloss

Chet Kloss is pre-sales technology specialist covering the CRM & XRM product set for the Heartland Area. He works with Microsoft sales people as well as partners in this four-state area comprised of Michigan, Ohio Kentucky, and Tennessee. Kloss brings to his position more than 25 years of management, sales, and technology experience. Prior roles with the company include; technology specialist manager for Heartland EPG, sales manager for the Automotive and Industrial Equipment vertical, interim General Manager for Heartland SMS&P, and Central Region Business Manager for SMS&P. He joined Microsoft in June of 1999 as a senior developer technology specialist, responsible for managing developer relationships and tools sales with Heartland EPG customers and partners.

Webcast: Feature Demonstration of Microsoft Visual Studio

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-21T15:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/21/2010 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
During this webcast, we will provide a demonstration of technical functionalities and feature capabilities of the following:
1. Test Professional for Tester/Load Testing
2. Test & Lab management
3. Team Foundation Server – Version Control, Work Items, Reporting services

Target Audience: Developers, Architects, Project Managers, QA and Business Analysts

Southwest Ohio GiveCamp

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-22T18:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/22/2010 at 5:00 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 7847 Voa Park Drive
City: West Chester
State: OH
Zip Code: 45069

Description:
Give Camp is a nationwide effort that brings together a community of volunteers to donate their time and talents to build the technical resources and capacity of local non-profit organizations. Since its inception in 2007, the GiveCamp program has provided benefits to over 150 charities, with a value of developer and designer time exceeding $100,000 in services! During weekend-long Give Camps in each community, software developers, designers, database administrators, and other technology professionals create web and software solutions for non-profit organizations.

Northwest Arkansas Code Camp 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-23T08:30:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/23/2010 at 7:30 AM, Central Time

Address: 2210 W. Oaklawn Dr
City: Springdale
State: AR
Zip Code: 72765

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas CodeCamp is a yearly regional developer and technology focused event that is focused on three things Connecting, Learning and Teaching.

Connect with your peers, knowing who know is almost as important as knowing. Attending local and regional conferences are a great way to interact and expand you circle of influence.

Learn, by attending topical sessions presented by national and local speakers can help you stay up to date on the mountain of new topics coming out each year.

Teach what you know, share your experiences with others. Teaching and presenting is also an awesome way to learn. By putting yourself out there and letting others hear what you have learned you gain incredible feedback and learn other approaches to the problem.

Agile Software Development in VS2010: Test-Driven Development

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-26T10:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/26/2010 at 9:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 890 Winter Street, Suite 100
City: Waltham
State: MA
Zip Code: 02451

Description:
Do you want to learn how to radically improve the quality of your C# code? Do you want to learn how to use the test-driven development features in Visual Studio 2010? Do you want to learn how to use TDD to support rapid refactoring? Then "Agile Software Development in VS2010: Test-Driven Development" is for you!
Join us for an information packed day during which we will explore many of the testing features in VS2010. We will explore high-level concepts and then walk through detailed examples and demonstrations in VS2010. You will write real code and create real tests during this course! You will leave this course with a good understanding of how to use the testing features in VS2010 to accelerate your development and improve the quality of your code.
How much does the course cost? It costs whatever you want it to cost. This is a Pay-What-You-Can course. You pay what you can to attend the course. At the end of the course the instructor will hand out an envelope to every participant and the participant will pay what they can. The requested contribution is $200-$0 (please pay at mid range or higher if possible).
To keep costs down, Pay-What-You-Can courses are held at low cost or no cost locations. For this course, Microsoft is generously donating a room at the Microsoft Technology Center in Waltham. To keep costs low, participants are asked to bring a laptop with a copy of VS2010 installed.
About the instructor: Michael de la Maza holds a PhD in Computer Science from MIT and was VP of Corporate Strategy at Softricity (acquired by Microsoft in 2006). He is the co-leader of the F# User Group (www.fsug.org) and has spoken extensively at Microsoft user groups and community events. Michael is an independent agile consultant and counts EMC, Intuit, and Verizon among his clients.
Questions? Contact Michael at 617-575-9707 or michael@hearthealthyscrum.com.

Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-10-26T18:45:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 10/26/2010 at 5:45 PM, Central Time

Address: TBD
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Zip Code: 70809

Description:
Monthly Meeting

Seattle Windows Networking UG Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-11-03T19:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 11/3/2010 at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: Lincoln Square Center, 700 Bellevue Way NE, Rm #15104
City: Bellevue
State: WA
Zip Code: 98004

Description:
Monthly User Group Meeting

November Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-11-09T12:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 11/9/2010 at 12:00 PM, Central Time

Address: 750 Agronomy Road
City: College Station, TX
State: TX
Zip Code: 77843

Description:
Our November meeting, no speaker yet.

NWADNUG: November Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-11-09T17:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 11/9/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

Webcast: Overview of Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-11-11T14:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 11/11/2010 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
Visual Studio 2010 is a powerful IDE that ensures quality code. Visual Studio 2010 is packed with new and enhanced features that simplify the entire development process from design to deployment. Customize your workspace with multiple monitor support. Create rich applications for SharePoint and the Web. Target multiple versions of the .NET Framework with the same tool. Eliminate the dreaded "no repro" problem with IntelliTrace. Come find out more...

Discussion points:
1. Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN products
2. Benefits of MSDN Subscriptions
3. Comparison of the different editions of Visual Studio 2010
4. Test Professional for Tester/Load Testing
5. Test & Lab management
6. Team Foundation Server
7. Licensing Discussion

Target Audience: Developers, Architects, Project Managers, QA and Business Analysts

Desert Code Camp 2010.2

Community Megaphone — 2010-11-13T08:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 11/13/2010 at 8:00 AM, Arizona

Address: 2626 E Pecos Road
City: Chandler
State: AZ
Zip Code: 85225

Description:

Code Camps have been taking place all over the country. This is a free, one-day event put on by the local Phoenix community to help promote software development in general. There is no right or wrong language, platform, or technology. If a topic relates in any way to the code that causes a machine to produce a desired result, it's welcome here.

15 Minutes of Fame

Community Megaphone — 2010-11-17T17:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 11/17/2010 at 5:30 PM, Eastern Time

Address: 836 Redgate Road
City: Dresher
State: PA
Zip Code: 19025

Description:
This is a yearly tradition. We select 8 of the favorite speakers from monthly meetings, code camps, and hands on labs. Each one does a 15 minute talk on their favorite .NET technology followed by a Q&A panel.

Webcast: Feature Demonstration of Microsoft Visual Studio

Community Megaphone — 2010-11-18T14:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 11/18/2010 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
During this webcast, we will provide a demonstration of technical functionalities and feature capabilities of the following:
1. Test Professional for Tester/Load Testing
2. Test & Lab management
3. Team Foundation Server – Version Control, Work Items, Reporting services

Target Audience: Developers, Architects, Project Managers, QA and Business Analysts

Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-11-30T17:45:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 11/30/2010 at 5:45 PM, Central Time

Address: TBD
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Zip Code: 70809

Description:
Monthly Meeting

Seattle Windows Networking UG Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-12-01T18:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 12/1/2010 at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time

Address: Lincoln Square Center, 700 Bellevue Way NE, Rm #15104
City: Bellevue
State: WA
Zip Code: 98004

Description:
Monthly User Group Meeting

Webcast: Overview of Visual Studio 2010

Community Megaphone — 2010-12-09T14:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 12/9/2010 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
Visual Studio 2010 is a powerful IDE that ensures quality code. Visual Studio 2010 is packed with new and enhanced features that simplify the entire development process from design to deployment. Customize your workspace with multiple monitor support. Create rich applications for SharePoint and the Web. Target multiple versions of the .NET Framework with the same tool. Eliminate the dreaded "no repro" problem with IntelliTrace. Come find out more...

Discussion points:
1. Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN products
2. Benefits of MSDN Subscriptions
3. Comparison of the different editions of Visual Studio 2010
4. Test Professional for Tester/Load Testing
5. Test & Lab management
6. Team Foundation Server
7. Licensing Discussion

Target Audience: Developers, Architects, Project Managers, QA and Business Analysts

NWADNUG: December Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-12-14T17:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 12/14/2010 at 5:30 PM, Central Time

Address: P.O. Box 9672
City: Fayetteville
State: AR
Zip Code: 72703

Description:
The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group will meet from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Nov. 10th at Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room TBD). Speaker : TBD This is a free event. For more information email officers@nwadnug.org

Webcast: Feature Demonstration of Microsoft Visual Studio

Community Megaphone — 2010-12-16T14:00:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 12/16/2010 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Time

Description:
During this webcast, we will provide a demonstration of technical functionalities and feature capabilities of the following:
1. Test Professional for Tester/Load Testing
2. Test & Lab management
3. Team Foundation Server – Version Control, Work Items, Reporting services

Target Audience: Developers, Architects, Project Managers, QA and Business Analysts

End of Year Wrap up Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-12-16T18:30:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 12/16/2010 at 6:30 PM, Central Time

Address: 3200 College Park Drive; Room A102
City: The Woodlands
State: TX
Zip Code: 77384

Description:
End of year wrapup meeting with summary of the years biggest tech, WM7, VS2010 etc Speaker TBA

Monthly Meeting

Community Megaphone — 2010-12-28T05:45:00.00-05:00

This event will be held on: 12/28/2010 at 5:45 AM, Central Time

Address: TBD
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Zip Code: 70809

Description:
Monthly Meeting

LRITA.org 2011 Tech Conference

Community Megaphone — 2011-04-07T09:00:00.00-04:00

This event will be held on: 4/7/2011 at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time

Address: 7 Town Square
City: Lima
State: OH
Zip Code: 45801

Description:
The Lima Regional IT Alliance (LRITA) has selected the Lima Veterans' Memorial Civic and Convention Center as the venue for the LRITA.org 2011 Tech Conference scheduled on Thursday, April 7, 2011. We are excited about this all day event which features an aggressive agenda with multiple break out sessions allowing you to learn about the latest technologies. There will be ample opportunity to network with other IT professionals. And, there will be many IT vendors present to discuss their many and varied business solutions. So mark this event on your calendar. We look forward to meeting you there!