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Interested in a FREE copy Of Microsoft Office Professional 2007?? Then check this out!

John Alexander — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:06:00 GMT

From the This just in department...

Receive your FREE copy of Microsoft Office Professional 2007 and Microsoft Office Groove 2007* when you attend a Windows Vista, 2007 Microsoft Office system, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 launch event near you!

At a launch event you’ll be able to:

• Attend breakout sessions for IT professionals and developers
• Test drive the products and evaluate their functionality
• Network with peers and local technology partners
• Ask the experts
• Receive valuable resources to help you take full advantage of this new software

Learn how the new Microsoft software can help you streamline deployment and management, increase security, control, and reliability, improve user experience and support, and enable and support mobile users.

*Offer good only to event attendees in the United States through March 1, 2007 while supplies last. This offer is non-transferable. Limit one item per person. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. Must be present to receive the product.

Indigo Roadshow Registration is live!!!

John Alexander — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:56:00 GMT

This looks to be VERY cool. The product team is taking the show on the road. You won't want to miss this if its in your area... I'll be at the KC event. BTW: This is a FREE Event....

Learn from the Indigo team how the Indigo architecture was designed and see firsthand how it works. We’ll build live demos from scratch and answer your toughest questions. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to use Indigo to build distributed systems today that will communicate directly not only with other Indigo services, but the vast collection of messaging systems and Web Services out there. Stop struggling with the dirty work. Indigo makes it easy to develop secure, reliable, interoperable web services, so you can focus on what really matters.

Register today. Space is limited.

Every attendee will walk away with:

An inside look at Microsoft’s next-generation web services platform
The ability to quickly build secure, reliable web services
David Pallmann’s Programming Indigo Beta1 book
A special DVD of the latest Indigo bits, content, labs, and demos
The chance to win T-shirts and an Xbox

GROKTALKS @ TechEd

John Alexander — Fri, 20 May 2005 02:58:00 GMT

Do you GROK topics such as security? WSE? Biztalk? Advanced .NET topics? (to name a few) Yes or no, you won't want to miss GROKTALKS at TechED2005... What are they? Stay Tuned...

New Developer Contest from Microsoft ELearning...

John Alexander — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:52:00 GMT

This just in!!! Prizes. Cool! 64-bit eLearning class... Sweet!!!

Developers: Stay ahead of the curve with eLearning from Microsoft. Complete a course, fill out a survey, and you're eligible to win prizes.

Grand Prize Sony 50" Plasma WEGA High Definition TV ultimate home theater package
2nd Prize Nikon D70 SLR Digital Camera package
3rd Prize Bose Acoustic Wave 5-CD Music System
4th Prize Bose Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones

What is eLearning?

eLearning is an effective and efficient system of self-paced personal training, available over the Internet. Microsoft has made courses available in eLearning form to cover several of the important new technologies in Visual Studio 2005, including Connected Systems and Smart Clients, plus Windows Server 2003. More courses are planned for the near future.

New SQL Server 2005 Virtual Labs on MSDN.

John Alexander — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:52:00 GMT

Are you ready to experience SQL Server 2005?

Announcing the launch of the SQL Server 2005 Virtual Hands on labs. These are full virtual online environments that allow you to experience SQL Server 2005 and also take a guided hands on lab. In these labs, you will get to experience many of the new features in SQL Server 2005 including CLR integration, XML support and deep business intelligence integration.

Just follow the link and experience SQL Server 2005 for yourself!

Registration link:
http://msdn.demoservers.com/login.aspx?group=sql2005

Enterprise Library Webcast Series

John Alexander — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 16:58:00 GMT

From Ron Jacobs, PnP Product Manager...

Looks pretty sweet!

Enterprise Library Webcast Series

It’s March 2005 and nearly 50000 people around the world have already downloaded Enterprise Library from www.microsoft.com/practices. We want to make sure you know how to use Enterprise Library and are happy to bring you a series of webcasts designed to quickly bring you up to speed on these seven new application blocks. You can listen in to patterns & practices live at the scheduled time and ask your questions real-time or listen to the webcast later at your convenience.

Note: All Webcast times are Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8:00)

Date

Title/Abstract

3/3/2005