Microsoft

Past events

• Microsoft Professional Developers’ Day @ DevWeek 2009

  Mon, 23 Mar 2009, 09:00 in London, United Kingdom

  Register for PDD before 12 December to receive the Early Bird Discount rate of £169 + VAT. The Professional Developers’ Day (PDD) is a Microsoft exclusive, single-day event designed to give you an early preview of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework V4.0 as unveiled at the 2008 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles.

• MSDN: Catch Up with Microsoft Rich Client Technologies for 2008

  Thu, 26 Feb 2009, 13:30 in Manchester, United Kingdom

  In this half-day session we’ll do a refresh of the technologies that we can use to build rich, interactive clients with .NET in 2008. We’ll take a look at how we can be cross-platform, cross-browser with Silverlight 2 and yet get the full development experience of a .NET application and then we’ll explore how we can take that further with the Windows Presentation Foundation V3.5 Service Pack 1 which allows for the richest, most-productive development model for Windows applications. There’ll b...

• MSDN: Catch Up with Microsoft Rich Client Technologies for 2008

  Tue, 24 Feb 2009, 13:30 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  In this half-day session we’ll do a refresh of the technologies that we can use to build rich, interactive clients with .NET in 2008. We’ll take a look at how we can be cross-platform, cross-browser with Silverlight 2 and yet get the full development experience of a .NET application and then we’ll explore how we can take that further with the Windows Presentation Foundation V3.5 Service Pack 1 which allows for the richest, most-productive development model for Windows applications. There’ll b...

• MSDN: Catch Up with Microsoft Rich Client Technologies for 2008

  Thu, 12 Feb 2009, 13:00 in Birmingham, United Kingdom

  In this half-day session we’ll do a refresh of the technologies that we can use to build rich, interactive clients with .NET in 2008. We’ll take a look at how we can be cross-platform, cross-browser with Silverlight 2 and yet get the full development experience of a .NET application and then we’ll explore how we can take that further with the Windows Presentation Foundation V3.5 Service Pack 1 which allows for the richest, most-productive development model for Windows applications. There’ll b...

• MSDN: Catch Up with Microsoft Rich Client Technologies for 2008

  Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 09:00 in London, United Kingdom

  In this half-day session we’ll do a refresh of the technologies that we can use to build rich, interactive clients with .NET in 2008. We’ll take a look at how we can be cross-platform, cross-browser with Silverlight 2 and yet get the full development experience of a .NET application and then we’ll explore how we can take that further with the Windows Presentation Foundation V3.5 Service Pack 1 which allows for the richest, most-productive development model for Windows applications. There’ll b...

• An afternoon of SQL Server Data Services and ASP.NET Dynamic Data

  Wed, 3 Dec 2008, 13:30 in Bradford, United Kingdom

  This event is in association with Black Marble. In the morning Black Marble will be presenting on Microsoft "Oslo": The Future of Enterprise Applications. To find out more about this please follow the link on the right.

• What's New in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1?

  Wed, 19 Nov 2008, 13:30 in Bradford, United Kingdom

  “Service Pack? We’re calling it a Service Pack? Are you kidding??!?!” Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 will release later in 2008 alongside .NET Framework V3.5 Service Pack 1 and, together, they represent a significant upgrade to Visual Studio 2008. There are enhancements across many areas of the .NET Framework such as data access, windows application development and web development and there are also corresponding changes in the development environment to support the new framework features.

• Microsoft Tech Ed EMEA 2008 Developers

  10-14 Nov 2008 in Barcelona, Spain

  Explore the challenges of today and learn how Microsoft’s developer tools can help you build applications for your business success. Learn more through training, information and community resources focusing on current and soon to launch Microsoft products. Immerse yourself in five days of learning new techniques for building a scalable and secure architecture and designing applications for easier and more effective deployment.

• MSDN Roadshow Re-Run

  Fri, 24 Oct 2008, 09:00 in London, United Kingdom

  Did you miss the opportunity to attend the MSDN Roadshow 2008? If so we are doing a Roadshow rerun giving you a second chance to attend this event. Come along if you want to find out about the latest developer tools and technologies from Microsoft. The MSDN team will focus on what’s coming up next this year for .NET developers beyond Visual Studio 2008. We will also look at Silverlight, ASP.NET, ADO.NET and other future bits which involve more code and less PowerPoint. Please be aware tha...

• What's New in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1?

  Thu, 23 Oct 2008, 09:00 in Exeter, United Kingdom

  “Service Pack? We’re calling it a Service Pack? Are you kidding??!?!” Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 will release later in 2008 alongside .NET Framework V3.5 Service Pack 1 and, together, they represent a significant upgrade to Visual Studio 2008. There are enhancements across many areas of the .NET Framework such as data access, windows application development and web development and there are also corresponding changes in the development environment to support the new framework features.

• What's New in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1?

  Wed, 22 Oct 2008, 13:00 in Bristol, United Kingdom

  “Service Pack? We’re calling it a Service Pack? Are you kidding??!?!” Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 will release later in 2008 alongside .NET Framework V3.5 Service Pack 1 and, together, they represent a significant upgrade to Visual Studio 2008. There are enhancements across many areas of the .NET Framework such as data access, windows application development and web development and there are also corresponding changes in the development environment to support the new framework features.

• What’s New in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1?

  Thu, 16 Oct 2008, 18:00 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  “Service Pack? We’re calling it a Service Pack? Are you kidding??!?!” Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 will release later in 2008 alongside .NET Framework V3.5 Service Pack 1 and, together, they represent a significant upgrade to Visual Studio 2008. There are enhancements across many areas of the .NET Framework such as data access, windows application development and web development and there are also corresponding changes in the development environment to support the new framework features.

• What's New in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1?

  Thu, 16 Oct 2008, 18:00 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  “Service Pack? We’re calling it a Service Pack? Are you kidding??!?!” Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 will release later in 2008 alongside .NET Framework V3.5 Service Pack 1 and, together, they represent a significant upgrade to Visual Studio 2008. There are enhancements across many areas of the .NET Framework such as data access, windows application development and web development and there are also corresponding changes in the development environment to support the new framework features.

• What’s New in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1?

  Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 09:00 in Birmingham, United Kingdom

  “Service Pack? We’re calling it a Service Pack? Are you kidding??!?!” Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 will release later in 2008 alongside .NET Framework V3.5 Service Pack 1 and, together, they represent a significant upgrade to Visual Studio 2008. There are enhancements across many areas of the .NET Framework such as data access, windows application development and web development and there are also corresponding changes in the development environment to support the new framework features.

• What’s New in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1?

  Tue, 7 Oct 2008, 13:00 in Manchester, United Kingdom

  “Service Pack? We’re calling it a Service Pack? Are you kidding??!?!” Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 will release later in 2008 alongside .NET Framework V3.5 Service Pack 1 and, together, they represent a significant upgrade to Visual Studio 2008. There are enhancements across many areas of the .NET Framework such as data access, windows application development and web development and there are also corresponding changes in the development environment to support the new framework features.

• What’s New in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1?

  Thu, 2 Oct 2008, 09:00 in Reading, United Kingdom

  “Service Pack? We’re calling it a Service Pack? Are you kidding??!?!” Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 will release later in 2008 alongside .NET Framework V3.5 Service Pack 1 and, together, they represent a significant upgrade to Visual Studio 2008. There are enhancements across many areas of the .NET Framework such as data access, windows application development and web development and there are also corresponding changes in the development environment to support the new framework features.

• Student Technology Day

  Wed, 1 Oct 2008, 10:30 - 17:00 in London, United Kingdom

  Join Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer and other industry leaders as they discuss the next generation of computer science innovation with students and lecturers from across the UK.

• ReMix UK 08

  Thu, 18 Sep 2008, 09:00 in Brighton, United Kingdom

  A 48 hr conversation all about the ‘Next Web’, what it means today and the potential impact of technologies, tools and techniques for the future. Inspiring designers and developers to take the media they love to new levels of user experience. Early Bird price £239 (inc. VAT) and Full price £349 (inc. VAT).

• Rich Internet Applications with Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

  Thu, 4 Sep 2008, 17:30 in London, United Kingdom

  In this event we’ll take a look at how you can build rich applications that deploy to the web and go beyond what you can typically do inside of a browser based application. We’ll have a look at how .NET programming comes to the cross-platform world of the web with Silverlight 2 and the framework and tooling surrounding Silverlight. We’ll then see how you can take that further to develop applications with Windows Presentation Foundation that go beyond the capabilities of Silverlight whilst sti...

• Rich Internet Applications with Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

  Tue, 2 Sep 2008, 09:00 in Reading, United Kingdom

  In this event we’ll take a look at how you can build rich applications that deploy to the web and go beyond what you can typically do inside of a browser based application. We’ll have a look at how .NET programming comes to the cross-platform world of the web with Silverlight 2 and the framework and tooling surrounding Silverlight. We’ll then see how you can take that further to develop applications with Windows Presentation Foundation that go beyond the capabilities of Silverlight whilst sti...

• TechEd Developers 2007

  5-9 Nov 2007 in Barcelona, Spain

  TechEd Developers is Microsoft’s premier EMEA conference, designed to provide developers with deep dive technical training, information and community resources focusing on building software solutions with Microsoft development tools for current and soon to release products and technologies.

• TechEd 2007

  21-24 Oct 2007 in Sun City, South Africa

  Microsoft Tech-Ed Africa is the best way to stay current on today's Microsoft technologies. Featuring plenty of sessions on the latest and forthcoming versions of Microsoft's key products – you will be able to see products in action and stay ahead of the curve.

• MSDN: What’s new in Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Fx 3.5 for the Web Developer

  Thu, 18 Oct 2007, 14:00 - 17:00 in Bradford, United Kingdom

  MSDN: What’s new in Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Fx 3.5 for the Web Developer (Martin Parry and Daniel Moth), in association with Black Marble Limited.

• MSDN: What’s new in Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Fx 3.5 for the Web Developer

  Tue, 16 Oct 2007, 18:00 - 21:20 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Come along and find out what’s in store for both the ASP.NET platform and Visual Studio in the upcoming release. As web developers, there’s a lot to get excited about including many features you can take advantage of in your existing projects.

• Introduction to .NET Framework V3.0 (including sneak preview of v3.5 changes)

  Thu, 20 Sep 2007, 14:00 - 17:00 in Bradford, United Kingdom

  Introduction to .NET Framework V3.0 (including sneak preview of v3.5 changes) (Martin Parry and Mike Taulty), in association with Black Marble Limited.

• MSDN: Visual Studio “Orcas”. What’s new for Languages and Data and .NET Framework V3.5 Highlights

  Tue, 5 Jun 2007, 09:00 - 12:30 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Session 1 – Language Integrated Query (LINQ) in Visual Studio “Orcas” Session 2 - .NET Framework V3.5 Highlights Tour

• Vista deployment using Group Policy in Windows Vista to control user behaviour and network security

  Thu, 31 May 2007, 09:45 - 12:30 in Reading, United Kingdom

  Ever feel that your existing operating system just didn’t have enough Group Policy Objects? For your delectation we’ve added a whole host more! During this session we’ll take a look at the new XML based Administrative Templates and how to gain control of your environment using the powerful new features of Windows Vista.

• Windows Powershell for IT Administrators

  Tue, 22 May 2007, 18:30 - 21:20 in Reading, United Kingdom

  We'll introduce you to Windows Powershell, what it is and what you can do with it. We’ll take a look at how you can use the shell to perform day-to-day administrative tasks. We'll start with a basic overview of shell concepts, commands, cmdlets and how to construct them. Then we'll move on to build more complex scripts, before rounding up with ways to administer windows using some of the reporting facilities available in the shell.

• Web Design and Development with Silverlight

  Wed, 16 May 2007, 14:15 - 17:00 in Reading, United Kingdom

  Microsoft’s portfolio of web tools and technologies provides an end-to-end solution for anyone looking to create compelling, reliable and performant web applications, as quickly as possible. This event will cover the latest developments in rich internet technologies using “WPF/E” and how to integrate rich services such as mapping and contact information using the Windows Live APIs into your web applications.

• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

  Thu, 26 Apr 2007, 10:00 - 13:00 in Reading, United Kingdom

  These Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 events are interactive and informative seminars aimed at IT and Communications Directors wishing to preview Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Delegates will enjoy a personal demonstration after the event, and a buffet lunch will be provided.

• Designing and Developing Rich Web Applications

  Tue, 24 Apr 2007, 09:00 - 12:30 in Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom

  Designing and Developing Rich Web Applications Using ASP.NET, ASP.NET Ajax and 'WPF/E'. This session covers the latest developments in platform technologies such as ASP.NET 2.0 as well as client technologies such as ASP.NET Ajax (formerly known as ASP.NET ATLAS).

• Microsoft Across America Launch Event - Developer Track

  Tue, 20 Feb 2007, 12:30 - 17:00 in New York, United States

  The release of Windows Vista™ and the 2007 Microsoft® Office system ushers in a new age of application platform development. Join us at the developer track, hosted by MSDN Events, as we explore the new capabilities and features that will let you create applications to help users communicate, collaborate, and present information in more powerful ways than ever before.

• DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper Day

  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 in Reading, United Kingdom

  This FREE one day event builds on the success of the previous DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper Days. As before it is all about developers learning, sharing and interacting with each other in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. There will be NO Microsoft speakers presenting, just speakers from the UK .NET developer community. The day is put together by the community for the community, in other words you.

• Tech-Ed for Developers in Barcelona

  7-11 Nov 2006 in Barcelona, Spain

  Get deeper content than ever before. Take a sneak preview of the latest tools. Meet with top Microsoft and industry experts. Gain hands-on experience with the latest development products. Network with peers. Get face time with Microsoft partners or socialise at one of the many structured or informal Tech-Ed: Developers community gatherings.

• Office 2007 Developer Features - Client

  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 in Reading, United Kingdom

  The Office 2007 Client applications provide a rich foundation for building critical business applications quickly and easily. See how the new technologies in Office 2007 give you, the developer, a huge head start in solving the business problems of your organisation.

• Introduction to .NET Framework 3.0 for Developers

  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  .NET Framework 3.0 - formerly WinFX - is Windows Vista's managed-code programming model, building on and extending the .NET Framework 2.0 with technologies such as the Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows CardSpace.

• Windows Vista Developer Features Beyond .NET

  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 in Reading, United Kingdom

  Windows Vista brings with it a fantastic platform for managed development, namely .NET Framework v3.0 (formerly WinFX). In this session you will discover how you - a C# or Visual Basic developer - can take advantage of this new functionality. Alongside plenty of demos, you will learn how to make your application feel like a real extension to the Windows Vista platform, and not like a ported application that just runs on it.

• DevDays - Microsoft Application Development Platform: Today and Beyond

  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 in London, United Kingdom

  DevDays is an event for developers, by developers. DevDays 2006 is designed to give attendees exposure to real-world solutions, to provide opportunities for peer interactions, and to leverage local influencers to communicate product messaging and features.

• Microsoft MSDN Roadshow 2006

  3 May-20 Jun 2006 in Reading, United Kingdom

  Keep your finger on the pulse of the latest technology at the Microsoft Roadshow 2006. Top Microsoft experts will host FREE events at a venue near you, taking you through Windows Vista, the latest WinFX developments, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, ASP.NET 2.0, and more! Find out more and book your places here…

• MSDN Tech Briefing: Web Application Hacking Workshop

  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 in Reading, United Kingdom

  Join us for this informative workshop where we will discuss best practices for implementing security early in the software application lifecycle. Workshop participants will learn specific techniques that can be used to uncover and resolve security defects before hackers do.

• Developer introduction to Office “12”

  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 in Reading, United Kingdom

  Office “12” builds on the developer capabilities introduced in Office 2003 by providing broad and deep programmability that developers can utilise. This session will examine some of the key technologies and features that are accessible to developers in Office “12”, including the new XML file formats, Web Content Management, extending the new “ribbon” user interface, and more if we have time.

• MSDN TechTalk: Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation

  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 in Reading, United Kingdom

  Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow enabled applications on Windows, supporting both system workflow and human workflow across a wide range of scenarios. This session will introduce you to WF and will discuss different approaches a developer could take to start to leverage WF in their own solutions. It will include code samples and demonstrations of WF.

• MSDN TechTalk: Windows Communication Foundation Introduction

  Wed, 8 Feb 2006, 18:00 - 21:00 in London, United Kingdom

  The Windows Communication Foundation (formerly codenamed "Indigo") is a part of WinFX, the next generation of the .NET framework.

• MSDN TechTalk: Introduction to WinFX

  Thu, 26 Jan 2006, 18:30 - 21:00 in Reading, United Kingdom

  WinFX is the new programming model for the Microsoft platform, bringing the power of the Windows Presentation Foundation, the Windows Communication Foundation and the Windows Workflow Foundation to .NET 2.0. This session will provide you with an overview of these technologies so that you can start to develop applications that take advantage of their capabilities.