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Edge User Group

Events coming up

• Nov 18

  Edge UG: November 18th

  Westminster, United Kingdom

  For this, the last Edge UG event of the year we bring you two great speakers.First up: Eric Nelson joins us to discuss SQL Azure - Microsoft's Database platform on the Cloud. Want to learn some compelling reasons to put your data in the cloud? Want to know the limitations of using SQL Azure over a local SQL Server? Then this event is for you.The second session of the evening is still to be confirmed but we will let you know as soon as it is nailed down.

Past events

• Edge UG: Internet Explorer Event

  Wed, 4 Nov 2009, 18:00 - 21:30 in Westminster, United Kingdom

  The month of November brings us 2 great events, the first of which is a visit from Giorgio Sardo an Internet Explorer Evangelist from Microsoft Corp in RedmondInternet Explorer isn't just about the browser itself but covers other related technologies such as HTML 5 and other web standards, Microsoft Expression Web, Super Preview and gadgets such as IE8 Accelerators.Come along on Wed 4th November to find out more about the Internet Explorer of today and it's road map going forward.

• Edge UG - October Event

  Wed, 21 Oct 2009, 18:00 - 21:30 in Westminster, United Kingdom

  After a cracking inaugural EdgeUG event last month we follow that up with two more high quality content talks.Opening the night will be Richard Hopton speaking to us to Introduce Test Driven Development. That talk is followed by Russ Kirk who is here to present to everyone on Microsoft Unified Communications and what it can do for you.Agenda:18:00 - 18:30 Meet and Greet/Networking18:30 - 19:30 Richard Hopton - TDD.19:30 - 20:15 Pizza!

• The Inaugural Edge UG

  Wed, 16 Sep 2009, 18:00 - 21:15 in Westminster, United Kingdom

  The first Edge UG meeting is going to be a cracker!  Jon Skeet will be speaking on  Code Contracts and Parallel Extensions.This will be followed by  Liam Westley on a fantastic talk on Hyper-V. The presentation provides an overview of Hyper-V Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 running Hyper-V, tools that you can install to help you out, how snapshots work and finally automation of Hyper-V using the PowerShell library for Hyper-V.Agenda:18:00 - 18:30 Meet and Greet/Networking

• Vista Squad: August Event

  Wed, 19 Aug 2009, 18:00 - 21:30 in Westminster, United Kingdom

  This month's Vista Squad brings us an introduction to .Net RIA Services and an Introduction to PRISM from Vista Squad's very own Ian Smith. This will be followed by | Sebastian Lambla - returning to Vista Squad to present "When Agile goes bad" - a presentation aimed at trying to help us avoid some of the common challenges of Agile project management.

• Vista Squad - July Event

  Wed, 15 Jul 2009, 18:00 - 21:00 in Westminster, United Kingdom

  The second of this month's Vista Squad event see's us return to our regular format in Cardinal Place. This month C# MVP Ben Hall will be dropping in to talk to us about IronRuby and the DLR. Following that Sarah Atter will be presenting to us on the features of Windows 7 that make it so attractive to Enterprise organisations. Agenda 6pm - 6.30pm: Arrive and introductions 6.30pm - 7:15pm: Ben Hall on IronRuby7.15pm - 8:15: Break, food and drinksÂ

• Vista Squad - Judgement Day

  Wed, 20 May 2009, 18:00 - 21:15 in London, United Kingdom

  Our next meeting has been booked for May 20th at Microsoft Offices in Cardinal Place. Head on over to EventBrite signup page to book your ticket! Signup Now!

• Vista Squad - Back in Training

  Wed, 15 Apr 2009, 18:00 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  ASP.NET MVC, I think its like Marmite - you either love it or hate it. Sebastian Lambla will be with us this month for a fantastic talk convincing us (or not?) on the MVC framework from Microsoft. Eileen Brown will follow up for our IT Pros on Unified Comms which is something I'm really looking forward to.

• Vista Squad - The Quantum of Solace

  Wed, 18 Mar 2009, 18:00 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  With power comes responsibility, so how do you manage your WPF applications, taking advantage of the power of databinding but keeping it all tested and working. This month, Ray Booysen gives us a deep dive into a solid design pattern for WPF.

• Vista Squad - The Day After Tomorrow

  Wed, 18 Feb 2009, 18:00 - 21:00 in London, United Kingdom

  Interested in OpenXML? What about Office Deployment? If you are, head on over to Vista Squad on 18 February for a fantastic evening. Craig Murphy has volunteered to give us a talk on “Developing in OpenXML” followed up by Richard Trusson on “Automating Vista and Office 2007 Deployment”.

• Vista Squad - Mission to Moscow

  Wed, 21 Jan 2009, 18:00 - 21:20 in London, United Kingdom

  A chance to see the best in XNA and Windows Mobile all in one. We have two stellar speakers lined up for January's meeting. Paulo Barone has kindly volunteered to present on XNA game studio followed by Jason Langridge demonstrating the latest in Windows Mobile.

• Vista Squad - 2010: A Rosario Odyssey - 19th November

  Wed, 19 Nov 2008, 18:00 - 21:15 in London, United Kingdom

  Exciting times at Vista Squad! Microsoft's Jason Zander gives a talk on Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET 4.0 road map, while HP's Jeremy Pack (MVP) discusses Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Machine 2008.

• Vista Squad - Citizens on Patrol

  18-15 Aug 2008 in London, United Kingdom

  Hey Everyone! The next Vista Squad meeting has been booked! 20th of August at the London Victoria offices of Microsoft with two great talks lined up; What's new in Silverlight Beta 2 and intro to Live Mesh.

• Vista Squad Tuesday 27th May

  Tue, 27 May 2008, 18:00 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  Hey Everyone! The next Vista Squad meeting has been booked! 27th of May at the London Victoria offices of Microsoft with two great talks lined up The two great talks: * ADO.NET Entity Framework by Marcus Tillett * An Introduction to Microsoft SoftGrid by Aaron Parker