Bruno's Schedule

As the Developer Evangelist for Northern/Central California, you will most likely see me in the San Francisco Bay area, as far north as Sacramento, as far east as Reno, and as far south as San Louis Obispo.

Come see me at the following venues:

Wednesday, January 7th at 1:00 pm, Microsoft Corporate Campus, Microsoft Conference Center - Galileo
1065 La Avenida, Building One; Mountain View, CA 94043
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NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is a much more than a service pack. I'll start with a demonstration of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and then show the audience how to efficiently and quickly adapt thick client software and make it accessibility from within a browser that uses Silverlight. This presentation also takes a look at ASP.NET Data Services, formerly known as “Astoria”, which provides a REST-ful means to expose data over http. This is one session can teach you quite a bit about WPF, Silverlight, and ASP.NET Data Services.

Exposing data effectively has always been a primary objective for business applications. So much progress has been made in automating what used to be tedious and error prone tasks. The ASP.NET Entity Framework is an effective approach that allows you to abstract away the physical database, so that business rules and data are less tightly coupled. Modeling physical data as entities and relationships with Visual Studio 2008 greatly simplifies program development.

ASP.NET Dynamic Data Websites, which is a new feature that allows developers to expose relational data to business users who can easily view and modify the data through standard browsers and HTML. The runtime engine plus generated code allows you to create a fully functional and customizable site in less than an hour. Bruno dives right in with a real demo illustrate validation, page & field templates, custom formatting capabilities.

Feburary 23, MSDN Developer Conference, Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero Center; San Francisco, CA 94111
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We’re bringing the PDC to you! For just $99, you’ll get the best of the PDC in your own backyard and hear all of the exciting announcements around the Azure Services Platform and Windows 7. Other sessions include the latest developments in .NET, Silverlight, Surface, Parallel Programming, Live Mesh, and more.

And, did we mention that attendees will get some cool giveaways? All attendees will receive a Windows 7 Beta DVD. If the Windows 7 Beta is not available at the time of the event, the DVD will be shipped to attendees when it becomes available.

If you register for both MDC and VSLive! you will receive $300 off any regularly priced VSLive! package if you register by Jan. 14th. Check out the complete agenda and special discounts. Be sure to use promo code NT9F01 to secure your discount.

Other Events:

December 17-18, XamlFest, Microsoft Technology Center: Silicon Valley
1065 La Avenida - Building One; Mountain View, CA 94043
To register, please send an e-mail with the names and e-mail addresses of your attendees.

Here is a great two day interactive event ?XamlFest? that we are offering at our Microsoft, Mountain View campus from 12/17-12/18 where you?ll learn about the platforms the tools and processes used to deliver differentiated user experiences. It?s a chance for you to mingle with UX minded Microsoft folks as well as industry leading design integrators. It?s also an opportunity to pick up a free copy of Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Studio 2 for you attendance.

Each XamlFest day will start with interactive sessions by Microsoft and our design partners, followed by a free lunch and a chance to network, have some fun and win prizes. Each afternoon will be geared toward assisted development with instructor-led walkthroughs, or, better yet, come with your own project in mind and we?ll help kick start your very own proof of concept!

We?re asking that each company send no more than 3 people to this event so that we accommodate as many as possible. We're allowing only 50 attendees to ensure we deliver a good experience during the assisted development sessions. We?re only allowing 50 attendees to this event. First come, first served.