[Note: I must have missed the memo but the dates are different than I originally posted. The correct dates are Tuesday the 13th and Wednesday the 14th. I have also updated the information below with the correct dates. The registration web site has the correct dates.]

I will be teaching a 2 day class on Visual Studio 2005 in the Microsoft Offices on December 13th and 14th. It will be a lecture format with some demonstrations of each of the concepts. The class is intended for developers that have at least 1 year experience with Visual Studio 2005. I have included more information below.

What's New in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 for existing Visual Studio .NET Developers

This two-day instructor-led lecture seminar will provide the student with a focused environment to experience the new features and functionality of the Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 product.

Audience

This workshop is intended for experienced, professional software developers who are already skilled in building software using Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET or Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, including those employed by independent software vendors or those who work on corporate enterprise development teams.

At Seminar Completion

After completing this seminar, students will be able to:

§       Apply knowledge of new productivity features and functionality in Visual Studio 2005 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to develop software more efficiently

§       Write applications that use the Microsoft Visual Basic® and Microsoft Visual C#® programming language enhancements

§       Build managed code to run inside SQL Server 2005 (codename "Yukon")

§       Write data access code using the improved functionality in ADO.NET

§       Build Microsoft Windows® Forms applications using new controls and new functionality in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE designers

§       Deploy rich client applications using the new ClickOnce application deployment functionality

§       Build ASP.NET Web applications using new controls and new functionality in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE designers

§       Use the improved enterprise development tools to aid in the design, build and deployment of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications

Prerequisites

Before attending this seminar, students must have:

§       Experience (at least 1 year) as a full-time developer using Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio .NET 2003

§       Experience in developing applications in one or more of the following fields:

Web Application (ASP 2.0), Windows Forms Application (Smart Clients with ClickOnce deployment), Server Component , XML Web Services

Student Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook. This event is a lecture only presentation with demos.  The student materials used are from a 3 day training course; the instructor will be making adjustments to the course to cover all materials in a 2 day class format.

Lunch

In appreciation for your attendance to this seminar, Microsoft will be providing lunch for the duration of the event.

Seminar Dates and Location:

December 13^th and 14^h, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Microsoft Corporation

123 Wright Brothers Drive, Suite 100

Salt Lake City, UT 84116

801-257-6400

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/info/usaoffices/rockymtn/saltlakecity.mspx

Register today at: http://www.microsofttraining.com/devonsites

Class/Invitation ID 304327 

In a blog post at http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html Mark Russinovich reveals that a CD he bought from Sony installed a rootkit as part of its DRM (Digital Rights Management) software. I don't oppose the right of Sony or anyone else to protect their software/music/intellectual property but when they resort to installing rootkits that could be used to hide other malware then they have gone too far. I haven't purchased a copy protected CD and after the problems that some Mac users had years ago where they couldn't eject the copy protected CDs I was a little skeptcal of their value. Now I am really beginning to wonder if the marketplace shouldn't speak up loud and clear that this is totally unacceptable behavior.