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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Manage Your Unstructured Data with SQL Server 2008

Hi friends, unfortunatly I forget to attened this webcast but some how I manage to download the presentation file for the same. You can download the presentation file by clicking the link given below


24 hrs of SQL 2008 Manage your unstructured data with SQL Server 2008.pdf

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

24 Hour of SQL Server 2008: Reach Your Data with SQL Server 2008

Hi friends I have attened another session of 24 Hour of SQL Server 2008. In these session presenter discuss about how you can easily maniputlate data in your application with the new features of SQL Server 2008.

Following are the topics discussed in this session

1. Using Service Broker
2. Creating Data Service
3. Consuming Data Service

In this session we learnt about:

a. The tools available to application developers to access data flexibly in SQL Server 2008.
b. How Service Broker solves many of the problems faced when working with distributed data enviornments.
c. ADO.NET Data Services provide a powerful yet simple alternative to SOAP based web access.

You can download the presentation file by clicking link given below

24 hrs of SQL 2008 Reach your data with SQL 2008.pdf


Tuesday, March 4, 2008

24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Using the Microsoft Data Platform for Easy Data Access with SQL Server 2008

Hi friends, I have attened a MSDN webcast "24 hours of SQL Server 2008: Using the Microsoft Data Platform for Easy Data Access with SQL Server 2008".

In this webcast some great topics are discussed by the presenter, following are the details for the same

1. Data Platform Features
2. LINQ
3. ADO.NET EF

You can download the presentation file for the same by clicking the link given below.


24 hrs of SQL 2008 with MS Data platform for easy data access.pdf

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Free .NET Videos and 6 month ASP.NETPro magazine subscription

Hi friends I found a new website offering great videos on .NET. You will also get 6 month free subscription of asp.netpro magazine once you will be registered with this website. For more details visit the link given below

http://www.dotnetvideos.net/Home/tabid/37/Default.aspx

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Free .NET ebooks

Hi friends I found a very good link on google from where you can download 41 free ebooks related to .NET.

The following are the free Dot NET and visual studio ebooks and tutorials available

1. 65 Tips for Migrating to Visual Studio .NET
2. A Programmer’s Introduction to Visual Basic.NET By Craig Utley and Jonathan Morrison
3. ActiveX and VBScript
4. ActiveX Programming Unleashed by Weiying Chen
5. An Introduction to ASP .NET using Visual Basic .NET By Peter McMahon
6. An Introduction to ASP.NET
7. ASP.NET AJAX Roadmap
8. ASP.NET Web Developer's Guide By Mesbah Ahmed, Chris Garrett, Jeremy Faircloth, and Chris Payne
9. ASP.Net with C# - The Basis By Vijay Mukhi
10. Beginning VB.NET, 2nd edition
11. Building Secure ASP.NET Applications: Authentication, Authorization, and Secure Communication By J.D. Meier, Alex Mackman, Michael Dunner, and Srinath Vasireddy
12. CodeNotes for .NET Edited by Gregory Brill
13. CodeNotes for J# Edited By Gregory Brill
14. COM and .NET Interoperability By Andrew Troelsen
15. Dan Appleman's Developing ActiveX Components with Visual Basic 5.0
16. Database Developer's Guide with Visual Basic 4, Second Edition By Roger Jennings
17. Database Developer's Guide with Visual C++ 4, Second Edition By Roger Jennings & Peter Hipson
18. Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability By J.D. Meier, Srinath Vasireddy, Ashish Babbar, and Alex Mackman
19. Inside ASP.NET Web Matrix By Alex Homer and Dave Sussman
20. Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Developers
21. Late Night ActiveX By Eric Tall and Mark Ginsburg
22. Learning Crystal Reports for DotNet By Brian Bischof
23. Mastering™ Visual Basic® .NET By Evangelos Petroutsos
24. MetaData Tables by Vijay Mukhi , Akash Saraf and Sonal Mukhi
25. Moving to ASP.NET: Web Development with VB .NET By Steve Harris and Rob Macdonald
26. Programming the .NET Compact Framework in Visual Basic .NET by Paul Yao & David Durant
27. Programming VB.NET - A Guide For Experienced Programmers By Gary Cornell
28. Proxy in VB
29. Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours By Greg M. Perry
30. Special Edition Using Microsoft Visual InterDev
31. Special Edition Using Microsoft® Visual Studio for Enterprise Development
32. Teach Yourself ActiveX in 21 Days By Sanders Kaufman, Jeff Perkins and Dina Fleet
33. Teach Yourself VBScript in 21 Days by Keith Brophy, Timothy Koets
34. Teach Yourself Visual J++ in 21 Days by Laura Lemay, David Olhasso, Charles Perkins, and Patrick Winters
35. Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
36. VBScript UNLEASHED By Petroutsos, Schongar, et al.
37. Visual Basic .NET For Object-Oriented Programmers
38. Visual Basic 6 Black Book By Steven Holzner
39. WebSphere and .Net Interoperability Using Web Services
40. WebSphere MQ Solutions in a Microsoft .NET Environment
41. XML Web Services and Soap By Vijay Mukhi, Vikram Ramchand and Sonal Mukhi

Click here to download the ebooks

Saturday, January 19, 2008

New MSDN Webcast from Microsoft on Silverlight, .NET 3.0 etc

Hi friends I found few more webcasts from Microsoft on SilverLight, .NET etc. Following are the details for the same.

1. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: Build Tools for Any Platform with the Visual Studio 2008 Shell (Level 300)
Date: - 22nd January 2008
Time: - 11:30 PM - 12:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
2. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: How to Integrate Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2.0 (Level 200)
Date: - 23rd January 2008
Time: - 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
3. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: Domain-Specific Development with Visual Studio DSL (Level 300)
Date: - 29th January 2008
Time: - 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
4. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: New T-SQL and Engine Features, New Data Types for SQL Server Programmability (Level 200)
Date: - 30th January 2008
Time: - 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM (Indian Standard Time)
5. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: Developing .NET Framework Applications with SAP Enterprise Explorer (Level 100)
Date: - 06th February 2008
Time: - 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
6. Live Webcast - Live From Redmond: Building a dynamic Silverlight Application using a web service, the downloader and CreateFromXAML
Date: - 06th February 2008
Time: - 11:30 PM - 12:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
7. Live Webcast - Live From Redmond: Developing Silverlight Apps with Cider
Date: - 13th February 2008
Time: - 11:30 PM - 12:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
8. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: The Future of Application Lifecycle Management from Microsoft (Level 100)
Date: - 26th February 2008
Time: - 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)

for more information please check the above showing Google Calendar.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

MSDN Event - Rescheduled

MSDN Webcast: Extend Your Development Experience with Visual Studio 2008 (Level 100) has been rescheduled. Following are the details for the same
Date: 21 January 2008
Time: 10:30 PM to 11:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
For more information please check the above showing google calendar

Sunday, December 16, 2007

New MSDN Events

I have found six new MSDN events. Following are the details for the same.

1. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: Office Development in Visual Studio: Customizing the User Interface (Level 200)
Date: 17th December 2007
Time: 11:30 PM - 12:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
2. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: Office Development in Visual Studio: Integrating Systems Management Server Features in Outlook 2007 (Level 200)
Date: 19th December 2007
Time: 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
3. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: The Future of Application Lifecycle Management from Microsoft (Level 100)
Date: 08th January 2008
Time: 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
4. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: Extend Your Development Experience with Visual Studio 2008 (Level 100)
Date: 15th January 2008
Time: 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)
5. Live Webcast - MCP Live Meeting: Microsoft Certification for Developers (Session 1)
Date: 23rd January 2008
Time: 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Indian Standard Time)
6. Live Webcast - MSDN Webcast: Implementing Visual Studio in Cross-Platform Environments (Level 100)
Date: 24th January 2008
Time: 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)

For more information about the same please check the above showing Google calendar.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

MSDN Webcast: Building SharePoint Server 2007 Workflows with Visual Studio 2008

I have attended an amazing webcast showing the power of Visual Studio 2008 & SharePoint Server 2007. This webcast shows how workflows help in SharePoint 2007 & Office 2007 integration.

Following are the topics covered in this webcast

1. A quick workflow background
2. .NET at the Core
3. Windows Workflow Foundation
4. SharePoint Integration

Click here to download the webcast presentation file.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

New MSDN Webcast Events

Hi friends I have found six new MSDN events on Microsoft website related to Visual Studio 2008 along with its integration with SharePoint and Microsoft Office. Following are the details for the same.

1. MSDN Webcast: Build an Office Business Application in an Hour (Level 300)
Date: - 21 November 2007
Time: - 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM Indian Standard Time
2. MSDN Webcast: Building SharePoint Server 2007 Document Workflows with Visual Studio 2008 (Level 300)
Date: - 28 November 2007
Time: - 10:30 PM - 12:00 PM Indian Standard Time
3. MSDN Webcast: Visual Studio Tools for the Office System 3.0 Architecture (Level 300)
Date: - 29 November 2007
Time: - 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM Indian Standard Time
4. MSDN Webcast: What's New in Visual Studio 2008: Improving Developer Productivity (Level 200)
Date: - 05 December 2007
Time: - 11:30 PM - 12:30 PM Indian Standard Time
5. MSDN Webcast: Extend the Office System UI with Visual Studio 2008 (Level 100)
Date: - 06 December 2007
Time: - 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM Indian Standard Time
6. MSDN Webcast: Using Data in Excel Solutions Built with Visual Studio Tools for the Office System (Level 100)
Date: - 12 December 2007
Time: - 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM Indian Standard Time

For more information on these events, check the above showing Google calendar.