One of the folks on my team, Clint Edmonson, is running a series of events in our North Central District (here's a definition of that term). I am getting this post out a bit late for him – at least for my home-town event, which happened yesterday in St. Louis to a capacity crowd. The room was *full* and the initial feedback has been really great. Although I missed getting a helpful post out for St. Louis, there is still time to attend the events in Overland Park, KS on February 4th and in Bloomington, MN on February 23rd, both in the local Microsoft office. Why would you care to attend this event? Well Clint and his colleagues will be delivering three great sessions on on developing as a team, modern design approaches such as model-driven development, and how to turn requirements into design and design into code. Here's the summary of the event and the sessions. Drive Your Development with Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio 2010 is the most comprehensive suite of application development tools a software team could ever wish for. But its dazzling array of features can be daunting to say the least. Whether you’re building custom line-of-business applications or the next killer viral internet app you need to understand what’s under the hood and how your team can take advantage of its broad capabilities. Join a team of industry experts for a hands-on discussion of proven techniques for getting the most power and mileage out of this incredible product.
Session 1: Drive Your Process
In our first session we will examine what it takes to establish and support a world class development team using Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. We will discuss what makes a team great and how to choose a software development methodology to ensure repeatable results. We will reveal best practices to help teams perform at world class levels using Visual Studio 2010.
Session 2: Drive Your Design
In this session, we will take a look at role of design in modern development teams. We will discuss strategies for choosing the right level of design based on the complexity of your projects and best practices for ensuring designs are fully realized. We will also provide an overview of the new UML features provided in Visual Studio 2010 that support model driven development.
Session 3: Drive Your Code
In our last session, we will take a look at how it all comes together. We will walk through the process of turning requirements and designs into code and highlight the powerful tools provided in Visual Studio 2010 to help you create what you can imagine, build on the strengths of your team, and open up new possibilities. If you live in the Kansas City or Twin Cities areas, try to attend these events. Early buzz is quite good, and you won't be disappointed!
As the banner says, TechEd 2010 in New Orleans is open for registration. And, just as the banner above says, register in the next month and a half and you get a $200 early bird discount. My team is working on some plans around TechEd that you won't want to miss out on and there should be some great technologies discussed at the conference proper. Check out the agenda and technical tracks and join us for TechEd 2010. Technorati Tags: TechEd 2010
I just uploaded a lot of new events to my events site, including several new MSDN and TechNet events as well as a special event in Nashville happening next week. This special event features a special guest, non other than Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. The event also features highlights from the PDC, and is called MSDN Events Presents: A Lap Around PDC featuring Steve Ballmer. Here's a little bit about this big event. A Lap Around PDC featuring Steve Ballmer
Join us as we bring the “highlights” from the PDC09 conference to you! At this special event we will cover the latest Microsoft technologies and exciting announcements from PDC09 and deliver 16 sessions presented by Microsoft evangelists as well as several local partners, MVPs and Community Leaders. The keynote will be delivered by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, and will cover Microsoft’s three screens and the cloud strategy.
Microsoft is releasing more than 25 products and frameworks over the next six months, more than at any other time. Our goal is to get you up to speed on what is coming, and how it can help you do more with what you have. The sessions will cover multiple technologies such as Microsoft® Windows® Azure™, Visual Studio® 2010, .NET 4, Silverlight™ 4, SharePoint Server® 2010, SQL Server® 2008 R2, Windows® 7, and Windows Server® 2008 R2.
During the event, we encourage you to network with your peers and chat one-on-one with the speakers at the “Ask the Experts” area to get all of your questions answered. You can also visit the Customer Showcase area to see how customers are using the latest technologies in real world applications, and the amazing results they are seeing. We will also showcase the latest Windows powered gadgets and mobile devices in the Customer Showcase area.
If seeing isn’t enough, we will also have a fully staffed Hands-On-Lab area packed with PCs, labs you can practice with, and expert staff to help you learn the new tools.
We will be hosting the event at Vanderbilt University Student Life Center in Nashville, TN. Specific information about event parking and shuttle service will be posted on the registration site and emailed to you prior to the event as well. Every attendee will receive a Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 DVD, a T-shirt and have a chance to win a prize at the end of the day. I'll be sharing more details on the rest of the events coming soon. We hope to see you at our events when they visit a city near you!
Next up in the architect webcast series is Michele Leroux Bustamante speaking on Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service. Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service
The Access Control Service (ACS), part of Windows Azure platform AppFabric, makes it easy to secure REST-based services using a simple set of standard protocols. In addition to enabling secure calls to REST-based services from any client, the ACS uniquely makes it possible to secure calls from client-side script, and enables federation scenarios with REST-based services. This webcast will provide a tour of ACS features and demonstrate scenarios where the ACS can be employed to secure REST-based WCF services and other web resources. You’ll learn how to configure ACS, learn how to request a token from the ACS, and learn how applications and services can authorize access based on the ACS token. Event Details
December 22, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST
Event ID 1032435379
Register Here About Michele Leroux Bustamante
Michele Leroux Bustamante brings a well-rounded skill set to the IDesign, including expertise not just in architecture and technology but also in interoperability, management, and operations. Michele is not only an IDesign Chief Architect, she is also Microsoft Regional Director for San Diego, Microsoft MVP for Connected Systems and a BEA Technical Director. In addition, Michele is a member of the board of directors for the International Association of Software Architects (IASA). With over 15 years of experience designing enterprise systems, prior to IDesign Michele has held senior executive positions at several corporations. She has assembled and organized software development teams from the ground up, implemented processes for all aspects of the software development lifecycle, and facilitated many successful large-scale enterprise application deployments, including capital fund raising, sales, and business development efforts. Michele specializes in training, mentoring and high-end architecture consulting services focusing on Web services, scalable and secure architecture design for .NET, federated security scenarios, web services, interoperability and globalization architecture. She participates in Software Design Reviews for products in the Microsoft roadmap, including WCF and CardSpace. During the Beta 1 phase Michele participated in prototyping elements of the CardSpace technology for the product team. Michele has been advisor to University of California, San Diego Extension since 1994, establishing several successful certificate programs. Michele is a member of the International .NET Speakers Association (INETA); a frequent conference presenter at major technology conferences such as Tech Ed, PDC, SD and Dev Connections. Michele is the conference chair for SD’s Web Services/SOA and Web Development tracks; and she regularly publishes in several technology journals. Michele’s latest book is Learning WCF (O’Reilly, 2007). Visit her book blog at www.thatindigogirl.com or her main blog at www.dasblonde.net.
Registration has opened today for MIX10! The venue is different (Mandalay Bay), but the city (Las Vegas) and the conversation (72 hours of conversation exploring the art and technology that helps designers and developers craft compelling user experiences) remain the same. The event will be March 15-17, 2010, with pre-con workshops on March 14. (Is it really almost 2010???) Some quick details – registration opens today and the early-bird discount runs through January 15, 2010. (I still can't believe 2010 is just around the corner...) The discount this year is $600 off the conference registration fee _plus_ a free night at the Mandalay Bay. That means if you register before the early bird deadline, you can attend MIX10 for $795. After 1/15...? The rate jumps to $1,395. I had the pleasure to attend MIX08, and I can vouch that it was a great experience. Check out the MIX10 site and see if you can make out out.
 My colleagues in the Chicagoland area are hosting a series of events on the testing tools that are now a part of Visual Studio featuring Ram Cherla, a Principal Program Manager in the Visual Studio Test Tools Business, a growing part of the Developer Division at Microsoft. Ram is very passionate about building a well-integrated set of tools and technologies that enable developers build, test and ship quality software.
Ram will be visiting Chicago and Milwaukee to provide a deeper dive into the innovative new capabilities being introduced in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Visual Studio Test Elements and Test and Lab Management products. The events he will be headlining will feature presentations appropriate for developers, architects, and quality assurance analysts. People who attend the events will have the opportunity to see the upcoming testing products included in Visual Studio 2010 as well as interact directly with the Redmond team responsible for designing, building and delivering the new testing products. The sessions will cover a broad range of topics, including Software Quality Assurance (SQA), historical debugging, the new manual test runner, test impact analysis and test lab management.  The events feature a full day of sessions, starting at 8:30am local time and wrapping up around 4:30pm local (or Zulu for you military-types). The agenda will cover an overall walkthrough of the new features, a brief discussion on the product transition (I'm working on a blog post for that), as well as a deep dive into the new QA features – Coded UI Testing, Manual Test Runner, Lab Management and more – followed by a discussion on migration and integration options for other QA tools on the market. The team will close with a raffle for books and a new Zune HD.
There are three events in this short series.
If you live in the Chicagoland area or in Milwaukee, and you are responsible for producing quality software (yes, I'm looking at you Mr. Developer Guy; this isn't just for the guys and gals in QA, you know!), you should check out one of these events.
Two of the folks on my team, Jeff Brand and Mike Benkovich, are planning a small series of events in our North Central geography (see the Glossary of Terms). The event will be called "Building Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight and WCF RIA Services". What?
These events will run from 8:30am until 12:30pm, a solid half day where they will walk developers through the creation of business-focused applications leveraging the power of Silverlight and WCF RIA Services. Using both Visual Studio and Expression Blend, Jeff and Mike will show attendees how applications can be quickly built that are cross-platform and cross-browser. Some of the topics they will cover include rich UI design, creating open web services, client and server validation, rapid prototyping, data binding, and more. Where and When?
The first event is in Omaha, NE (two events in three months; YES!) on Thursday, January 29, 2010 (can you believe it is 2010 already???) starting at 8:30am. Sogeti USA
14301 FNB Parkway, Suite 206
Omaha, NE 68154
Register Here The second event is in Minneapolis, MN on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 (yup, still 2010) also starting at 8:30am. Microsoft Corporation
8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 950
Bloomington, MN 55437
Register Here Why?
Because it's new tech and Jeff and Mike are excellent presenters.
Deep Fried Bytes is a podcast hosted by a couple of colleagues of mine – Keith Elder and Chris Woodruff. They recently recorded an episode focused on Internet Explorer 8 with my friend and coworker, Jon Box. Jon covers several of the new developer-oriented features introduced in IE8 designed to help teams produce better user experiences on the web. Jon discusses how you can use use Accelerators, Web Slices and Search Providers in IE8 to keep users informed and updated. Go grab Episode 41 and give it a listen today.
Well look at this… The Silverlight Team has launched their own podcast. The first episode of the podcast is on IIS7 Media Services 3.0 featuring Silverlight Senior Product Manager David Sayed and IIS Senior Program Manager Chris Knowlton. This is the tech that powers Smooth Streaming for those that didn't know (like me). They offer two formats: enhanced (with pictures and stuff) and MP3 (just for audio players). They don't have a feed for just the podcast that I have found as of yet. Technorati Tags: Silverlight
The Channel 9 team is broadcasting live at PDC09 from LA this week. They will be covering over 20 hours of keynotes and sessions live throughout PDC this week. They have a solid lineup of guests including Mark Russinovich, Patrick Dussud, Steve Marx, Bob Muglia, Ray Ozzie, Erik Meijer, Scott Guthrie, Don Box, Chris Anderson, the .NET Rocks crew and more. So if you were like me and weren’t able to attend PDC – I sent members of my team and stayed home to hold down the fort while they attended the festivities in person – please tune your favorite browser in at http://www.microsoftpdc.com or follow the Ch. 9 team on Twitter at @ch9live to see what they have in store.
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