http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032429323&Culture=en-US
When: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1:00 PM
AGENDA:
Introduction to ADO.NET Data Services
The new wave of Web applications are built on technologies such as AJAX and Microsoft Silverlight, which enable developers to build better, richer user experiences. These technologies bring a shift in how applications are organized, including a stronger separation of presentation from data. In this session, you’ll learn how ADO.NET Data Services enables applications to expose data as a REST-based data service that can be consumed by Web clients within a corporate network and across the Internet. We’ll look at how the data service is reachable over HTTP, and how URIs are used to identify the various pieces of information available through the service. You’ll get a solid understanding of data service concepts like HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE) and data formats(ATOM/APP and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)).
Parallel Programming in .NET 4.0 - Much more than Threading!
Come learn how the next version of Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework can help you write better performing and more scalable applications. We take a tour of new .NET APIs, including the Task Parallel Library (TPL) and Parallel LINQ (PLINQ). We also introduce new features in the debugger that help you quickly identify concurrency issues and visualize the internal state of your application. You don’t need any experience with writing multi-threaded code to benefit from this session
Windows 7 and Windows Server – Exciting New OS Developer Features
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 come packed with loads of new developer goodies. Computers are starting to come with more and more hardware built-in – from Ambient Light Sensors to Accelerometers and GPS. Come learn about how the Windows 7 Sensor API can integrate with your applications, and help them rock with these new hardware capabilities. Not to be outdone, Windows Server R2 has seen some really incredible boosts to IIS with version 7.5 and the extensibility models. Now you can manage your databases, delegate control to multiple IIS servers, and configure package deployment from all within one location!
Check out this offer from MaximumASP if you are interested in a free BETA Hosted account.
MaximumASP Partners with Microsoft to offer Free Beta Hosting Accounts for ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--MaximumASP, the premier Windows-based hosting and managed IT services provider rolled out FREE ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 hosted beta accounts based on the new MaxESP platform.
Beta users can create a website and test it out in a scalable environment by utilizing an included Dynamic Capacity Upgrade (DCU). Beta accounts are hosted on Windows Server 2008 R2/IIS 7.5, .NET Framework 4 Beta 2, and come with 1GB Disk Space, 50 MB SQL Server 2008 database, MS Deploy Access and FTP over SSL Access.
Interested developers are welcome to sign up at http://aspnet4beta.maximumasp.com/.
What's new in ASP.NET 4 Beta 2 and Visual Web Developer?
The .NET Framework version 4 Beta 2 includes enhancements for ASP.NET 4 in targeted areas. Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express also include enhancements and new features for improved Web development.
There are many exciting changes in ASP.NET that are coming in .NET 4:
- Out of the box support for ASP.NET MVC 2
- Dynamic Data
- Improved AJAX and CSS Support
- Improved core services and
- One Click Publishing
About MaximumASP
MaximumASP, based in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded in 2000 as an outsourcing firm for Windows-based hosting services. MaximumASP was named by Microsoft as its 2009 Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year. The company currently hosts more than 50,000 domains for customers in over 120 countries. With a strong focus on hosting solutions that combine advanced monitoring and management tools, MaximumASP has become a top choice for Microsoft developers seeking a robust hosting platform for mission-critical web applications. For more information, visit www.maximumasp.com.
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AgiliTrain has announced that there will be Silverlight training coming up in December. Here is a description of the class.
The Silverlight Tour Workshop is a three-day course on Silverlight 3. It divides the content into three distinct areas: Design, Development and the Server-Side. Students should be able to develop Silverlight 3 applications once attending the workshop. The Workshop is structured with a mix of didactic lessons, demonstrations and hands-on labs. Each student will leave the workshop having created several small Silverlight applications. This variety of learning techniques will ensure that all students become proficient in the technology quickly and in an exciting way.
Also get a free version of the RadControls for Silverlight!
For a complete list of stops on the Silverlight Tour, visit http://www.silverlight-tour.com.
This is one of those posts where the main target is myself. Today a coworker of mine ran into some trouble getting SC DPM to install properly. The problem turned out to be a permissions issue which is detailed on a TechNet page that seems to be a bit disconnected from the rest of the directions.
Matt Beaver wrote up an extremely easy to follow, concise set of directions for configuring DPM here - http://mattbeaver2002.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=73386213
The missing permissions in our environment came into play during the “Registering the WSS Writer Service” section. As you are attempting to run the configuresharepoint.exe commandline utility, keep the following guidance in mind(Technet):
Type ConfigureSharePoint -EnableSharePointProtection.
Enter your Windows SharePoint Services farm administrator credentials. This account should be a local administrator on the WFE server. If the farm administrator is not the local administrator on the WFE server, you must grant the following permissions on the WFE server:
- Grant the WSS_Admin_WPG group full control to the DPM folder (%Program Files%\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\DPM).
- Grant the WSS_Admin_WPG group read access to the DPM Reg key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Data Protection Manager).
I hope this helps you as it helped me!
Last night we had about 60 people at the Atlanta MS Pros user group listening to Jim Wooley talk about the migration path developers currently using Linq to SQL might use to move to the Entity Framework. Jim has some deep history with Ling, including being the coauthor of the Manning Press book Linq in Action.
After the informative meeting, nearly 20 of us wandered over to the local Miller’s Ale House to continue our socializing over beer and enormous mounds of the Ale House’s famous Chicken Nacho’s
Don Browning from Turner Broadcasting came out of the fun buildings which bring you the Cartoon Network (and those other channels) to talk to the group about the new architecture features of Visual Studio 2010. Those changes include:
- 6 new designers
- case model – a visual view of user stories (including dependencies) backed to TFS (2008 or 2010) work items
- class diagram – UML class designer NOT tied to code so you can make changes without messing up code
- activity diagram – looks like a flowchart to show logic
- sequence diagram – across a given span of time, what objects get used or come into play
- component diagram – helps you define service interactions
- Layer diagram
- architect explorer – architectural view of code supporting class view and solution view
- model explorer – model elements that are reusable are listed in the model explorer, which is a repository model of elements
- code analysis visualizations – a static analysis turned graphical including graph mode, force directed mode, and matrix mode.
- Integration with TFS – supports the storage of model elements in TFS and can be tied to work items.
The talk was clearly popular as we had a huge turnout at about 65 people!
Here is the press release we just got from them being awarded the Hosting Solutions Go To Partner.
June 24, 2009 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
MaximumASP Honored as 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards Winner in Hosting Solutions
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, MaximumASP, www.maximumasp.com, proudly announced it has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards winner in Hosting Solutions. The company was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.
“We are thrilled to be recognized from among thousands of Microsoft partners to receive the 2009 Microsoft Partner of the Year award in the Hosting Solutions category,” said Wade Lewis, co-founder and Managing Partner of MaximumASP.
Co-founder and Managing Partner Silas Boyle added, “This award is a great testament to partnership and cooperation that we have worked to develop with Microsoft over the past nine years. We appreciate the recognition and view this as a great symbol of the benefits of a long-term, strategic relationship with Microsoft.”
Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of nearly 2,000 entrants worldwide. The Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year award recognizes partners who have demonstrated solution innovation and a commitment to engaging with Microsoft. As you complete your entry, document how your company and hosted solution focused on an end-customer business challenge either by identifying a new market opportunity or by using technology innovation to address the need. Along with demonstrating innovation, your submission should show how customers have seen you working closely with Microsoft. Showcase this commitment by providing examples, such as which version of Microsoft product your solution is built on or how you have actively promoted your solution through marketing campaigns. Also, if your solution allows for extensive customization or if you are selling through a channel of resellers, be sure to describe those differentiators in as much detail as possible.
To be eligible for this award, you must:
- Be active in the Hosting Solutions competency.
- First profile your nominated solutions in Partner Solution Profiler.
“Microsoft is pleased to recognize MaximumASP as the Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year for its MaxV platform, and for demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of Microsoft technologies,” said Ross Brown, Vice President, Solution Partners and ISVs, Microsoft Corp. “By working closely with Microsoft, MaximumASP contributed to the development of the Microsoft Dynamics Datacenter Toolkit, which enables hosting providers to deploy on-demand managed services and virtualized servers powered by Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center. By utilizing the toolkit, MaximumASP has proven its ability to offer instant scalability, increased support through advanced monitoring, disaster recovery, and ultimately higher customer satisfaction.”
The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the last year.
About MaximumASP
MaximumASP, based in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded in 2000 as an outsourcing firm for Microsoft Windows based hosting and IT services. The company currently hosts more than 50,000 domains for customers in over 60 countries. With a strong focus on hosting solutions that combine advanced monitoring and management tools, MaximumASP has become a top choice for Microsoft developers seeking a robust hosting platform for mission-critical web applications. For more information, visit www.maximumasp.com.
Home - Atlanta SharePoint User Group
Come hear Tom Scott talk about “SharePoint Infrastructure Planning and Considerations” and Michael Lotter talk about “Building Browser Based InfoPath Forms for the Enterprise”
Next INETA:Career Webcast - June 4, 2009, 6:00 PM ET - Unlocking the hidden value of your organization through people, technology and innovation...
The implications of collaborative innovation are many—the most important being its potential to reshape not just individual enterprises, but whole industries, perhaps even entire economies. Hector believes in investing in innovation in good and bad times. This session covers the alignment of business and technology to create a flexible environment that fosters innovation without permission. How do we get the most out of your employees and how does the employee get the most out of management. Its a WIN-WIN proposition. This session will provide insights on how to unlock all of the assets that are hidden in an organization. i.e., technical, communications, services, experiences, and most important, the employees capabilities and desires. Unlocking thought leadership and innovation is at the heart of this presentation.
Hector Hernandez and Alex Funkhouser of Sherlock Technology Staffing ( http://sherstaff.com ) will present.
Register at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81190787250 or simply attend the LiveMeeting June 4 at 6 PM ET at https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=43ZWP7&role=attend
If you missed the first two webcasts in this series, recordings of both are available on the INETA Live site ( http://live.ineta.org ).
You don't need talent to succeed, but Everything else Counts...
http://live.ineta.org/Videos/Player.aspx?video=debb517c-5f70-47b3-98c3-421eb667a80e
How to talk to your manager about your career and actually make it happen...
http://live.ineta.org/Videos/Player.aspx?video=9d2a4d7d-69ab-47ae-8a23-aa5fc4e492c6
The second meeting of this new monthly User Group is next Monday. Head over to the Atlanta SharePoint User Group website and join the dozens other individuals who have registered. The meeting topic will focus on the development process and experience and will feature our illustrious leader Mr. Attis discussing how to build a proper development environment. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Next Generation of Windows® is almost here!
Microsoft has released a video blog called Talking About Windows.
This video blog provides insight on Windows 7 from the Microsoft engineers who helped build the product.
www.talkingaboutwindows.com
Check out what those who have used the product have to say.
The IT Pro Evangelist in Atlanta will be hosting a Windows 7 loadfest at Microsoft in Alpharetta on June 11th at the Microsoft office. Come Join!
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032410648&culture=en-US
Url: http://www.mobilecampatlanta.org/
Cost: TBD
Twitter: MobileCampAtl
Currently you can follow them on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MobileCampAtl if you want more information or to keep up to date with them.
Also to get more info you can email
jonathan [at] mobilecampatlanta.org
*excerpt from http://mashable.com/2009/04/01/mashable-mixer-atlanta-tickets-now-on-sale/
Mashable and Regator are proud to announce the first ever Mashable event in Atlanta! We have a special evening planned and we look forward to meeting the Atlanta social media community.
Mashable team members in attendance will include Adam Ostrow (Editor-in-Chief), Sharon Feder (Features Editor), myself (Chief Operating Officer) and Brett Petersel (East Coast Events Director).
This event does require you to purchase one of 300 available tickets in order to attend. The event will be hosted at the offices of Paste Magazine.
Visit the Mashable article to learn more
Url: http://www.iphonecampatlanta.org/
Cost: TBD
Twitter: iPhoneCampAtl
I am sure it will make MattR proud that I am letting everyone know about the Atlanta IPhoneCamp later this year.
Currently you can follow them on Twitter: http://twitter.com/iPhoneCampAtl if you want more information or to keep up to date with them.
Also to get more info you can email
jonathan [at] iphonecampatlanta.org
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