Visual Studio and SQL Server Launch Event at ETNUG
Tonight we held our VS2005 & SQL Server 2005 local launch event. Microsoft provided some copies of the software to raffle off to the user group members, and Jason Bentley and I presented some features from the new products.
Jason showed some awesome new failover capabilities in SQL Server 2005, and I did a presentation on the new Windows Forms controls and deployment features under the heading of “Smart Client”, whatever that means.
We had a good turnout, and everyone seemed interested in the topics being presented. I had a few gaffes in my presentation, but nothing I haven’t seen the professionals do. 
The next meeting is two weeks from tonight, and I expect to see a good turnout then as well. It looks like The East Tennessee .NET User’s Group is healthy and growing in 2006!
VSTS presentation at ETNUG
Here are some links I have found useful in studying Visual Studio Team System:
- Visual Studio 2005 Team System Home
- MSDN Webcasts
- MSDN Walkthroughs
- First thoughts on Customizing Process in VSTS
- Rick Laplante – Talking about VSTS on Channel 9, Part I
- Rick Laplante – Talking about VSTS on Channel 9 (Licensing), Part II
- Team Foundation Fundamentals: A Look at the Capabilities and Architecture
- Team Foundation: At Work
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Developer
- Distributed System Design Suite
- Visual Studio Team Test
- Eric Lee on TheServerSide.NET
- MSDN Walkthroughs
- Chris Menegay’s WebLog
++Alan
Jeff Prosise at ETNUG
Monday evening, I had the privilege of introducing Jeff Prosise at the
East Tennessee .NET Users Group meeting. He spoke about website
application vulnerabilities, especially SQL injection. It was a
topic I was familiar with, but it was great to see these attacks
demonstrated in one dedicated session.
Jeff’s company Wintellect also sponsored the event. Very Cool.
++Alan
