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Microsoft TechDays Virtual Event
Mar 26th
On April 1st, 2009, Microsoft is putting on a free 24 hour virtual event covering developer-related topics.
There will be 95 live sessions provided via Live Meeting in the following tracks:
- Windows Development and Frameworks
- Windows Mobile Development
- Office and SharePoint Development
- Developer Tools, Languages & Practices
- Web Development & User Experience
PowerShell Community’s own Marco Shaw (MVP) will be presenting the ONLY PowerShell session:
WIN300 Scripting the Microsoft .NET Framework Using Windows PowerShell
Now that PowerShell is part of the Microsoft Common Engineering Criteria, expect to see more and more PowerShell in Microsoft server products. This session looks at how PowerShell can be used to directly access the .NET Framework. Some simple examples are demonstrated, but also more advanced examples of using Windows Presentation Foundation (.NET 3.0) and LINQ (.NET 3.5) are discussed.
You can find more information about this event here or on Marco’s blog.
I’m looking forward to seeing this presentation. Hope to “see” you there! Register now..
Cahoots! Rocks
Feb 2nd
Cahoots! is an open source project that provides a Question and Answer forum that is driven by community participation. It also includes blogging, podcasting, and a knowledgebase functionality.
Logins are managed via OpenID, so you don’t have to worry about managing additional login credentials.
Your capabilities to create content are driven by “esteem”, which is a metric for tracking the response to content you provide. You can gain “esteem” by asking asking questions, posting blog entries, and having people follow your activities on the site. For more details on that, check out the about page.
If you are interested in checking out Cahoots!, read this blog post from Don Jones or try it out..
