Build It Better with MSDN Events
Posted by Dan Rigsby on September 16th, 2008
Microsoft has announced their October/November MSDN Events, and once again they are making a stop in Indianapolis! It’s good to see them showing us some love. The Indianapolis event occurs the Tuesday before Microsoft PDC 2008 and 3 weeks after IndyTechFest. I think there are plenty of Microsoft development events in October to keep even someone such as myself satisfied. I hope to see many of you there!
The Indianapolis event will be held:
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Welcome Time: 12:30 AM
At:
Indianapolis Marriott East
7202 East 21st Street
Indianapolis Indiana 46219
Click here to register:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032388496
Check the MSDN Events site for other locations:
http://www.msdnevents.com/fall08/
Event Details:
Join MSDN Events for the latest tips, tools and technical information you need to build powerful applications and engaging user experiences. We’ll show you how SQL Server 2008 delivers new development capabilities, including support for Spatial Data types, a fresh storage mechanism and more. You’ll also learn how to leverage the Silverlight platform to build next generation applications for consumers and business, and how Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO) addresses some of the toughest challenges facing today’s Office solution developers. Don’t miss these free, live sessions near you.
Session 1: What’s New in SQL Server 2008 for Developers
SQL Server 2008 adds numerous new capabilities for developers – from support for Spatial Data types to a storage mechanism for SQL BLOB data using the NTFS file system, and much, much more. The new release also delivers several improvements to development-related areas, from T-SQL to SQLCLR to XML. This presentation will provide a technical dive into the latest and greatest features you’ll find in SQL Server 2008, while offering insight into how to effectively apply them to your upcoming development projects.
Session 2: Power up your Office applications with VSTO
In this presentation, we’ll focus on the power and productivity of Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO) – a .NET Smart Client technology. We’ll give you tips and tricks for designing and building smart client applications with VSTO, which allows you to create managed code applications with .NET languages including Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Visual C#. VSTO also makes it simple to manifest the functionality of those applications in the rich user interfaces of Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook and others from the Office stack. VSTO addresses some of the biggest challenges that Office solution developers are facing today, including separation of data and view elements, server-side and offline scenarios, seamless integration with the Visual Studio tools, deployment and updating. Join us for this eye-opening session and learn just how easy it is to build and deploy powerful applications with VSTO.
Session 3: Build next generation applications with Silverlight 2.0 
Silverlight provides a powerful platform for building the next generation of rich interactive applications on the Internet. In this session, we’ll take a look at the programming model and tools that developers and designers can leverage to build these true next generation experiences for consumers and business, and demonstrate how to build a rich interactive application (RIA) using Silverlight and Microsoft .NET. We’ll explore how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to create applications, and how to create UI using XAML markup and code, controls, and File I/O. We’ll also discuss networking, how to retrieve data from a Web service, and various other aspects of building Silverlight applications.
