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Microsoft MVPs Rob Miles and Andy Wigley are back! Mobile application developers raved about the fast-paced, demo-rich original Windows Phone 7 Jump Start . Don’t miss out on the sequel: Building Applications for Windows Phone Mango Jump Start is a two-day virtual class specially tailored for developers...

Just because we’re excited about PDC coming to our living room this year doesn’t mean we don’t have something special in store for this fall’s TechEd Europe , too: this year, all TechEd attendees will receive a free subscription to TechNet! As an IT pro or developer, you’re already familiar with TechNet...

If you’re a developer on Microsoft technologies, you know all about TechEd and PDC, even if you’ve never attended one. We’ve been holding both conference for almost two decades (the first PDC was in 1991, and the first TechEd in 1993). If you’ve been fortunate enough to attend either conference over...

Heads up, developers: VSLive is coming! Join us August 2-6, 2010 here in our home town of Redmond, Washington. Join our expert instructors and industry heavyweights for a week of workshops, breakout sessions and inside info on Silverlight, Azure, SharePoint, SQL Server, VS 2010, and more! This year,...

Want to learn (more) about our cloud computing platform? Windows Azure FireStarter is a full day event for developers, packed with information to help you build and deploy your first application on to the Microsoft Cloud Platform – Windows Azure. This full day event has rock star speaker--like Steve...

You may have seen/heard our Windows Phone 7 Series announcement. If not, have a look here to see more (and I’m nearly at the end of a 2 year contract, time to upgrade!:-)) What does this announcement mean for developers? Well… Everything you could ever want to know about Windows Phone 7 Series is at...

Exciting news today on MIX10, developers do not want to miss this one. If you are thinking of attending, make sure you don’t miss the $400 discount (ends Feb 7th) and check out the 10K Gallery which I find incredible! The things people have produced within 10K… I really encourage you to take a look ...

When my colleague Deborah asked me to present a Live Meeting for IT hiring managers called “Whatever Happened to the MCSE? (and What’s This MCITP?),” I figured we’d maybe get a couple hundred interested participants. So when I checked the registration numbers today, I was a bit shocked to find that we...

I’d like to point out a series of ‘Fire Side Chats’ that we recently started. These are a series of Live Meeting sessions where senior Microsoft executives talk about the areas they are working on and where you get the opportunity to pose questions to them. You can pre-submit your questions when you...

The early registration discount has been extended to October 30 for PDC09 (November 17-19 in Los Angeles). Register here . Also, if you’re enrolled in the Metro Early Adoption or BizSpark program, you’re eligible for a $500 discount. Interested parties should contact the PDC09 Registration Team ( pdc09...

A reminder that the not-quite-so-early-bird $300 discount for PDC09 (November 17-19 in Los Angeles) ends in a couple of days. Register here . Also, if you’re enrolled in the Metro Early Adoption or BizSpark program, you’re eligible for a $500 discount. Interested parties should contact the PDC09 Registration...

If you’re a developer, architect or technology leader involved in making strategic technology decisions, you will likely have heard about PDC; the Professional Developers Conference (PDC), which runs November 17 – 19 th in Los Angeles . And if you are considering attending PDC, today is your last chance...

You can’t start a fire without a spark! We have some HOT technology that we would like to talk about, we hope you’ll join us! Seating for the live events is limited, so register today. You can of course also attend the events online!   DEVELOPERS: Seattle – Silverlight / Thursday, Sept 17, 2009...

Just wanted to quickly remind everyone that this discount ends soon. The registration site is here . Event Pricing Full Conference Pass Early Bird before September 15 th $1,595 Regular pricing after September 15 th $2,095

This truly is an exciting day for me personally and all of us here at Team MCT. To see this event coming to life and running is great. In 12 hours, I will be starting the Opening session for the MCT Virtual Summit. We are well over a thousand people in attendance and climbing every hour, I find that...

One of the most eye-opening moments for me during the bus tour was seeing the statistics about the decline of females taking computer science AP exams, and the attendant decline of females in the technology industry. Personally, I have a feeling that most of this trend largely boils down to… Click...

So this is one of my first attempts at a Video blog post. Lets see if it works.

The last month has been a blur for us—our little team is planning a cross-country bus tour and a major blog re-launch (more on that next week, but let’s just say our remaining days at this address are numbered) simultaneously, and the days are flying by… but we’re thrilled by the response to our Get...

You know those times when there’s, like, a zillion things going on around you all at once, and you can barely keep track of them all? This is one of those times for us at Microsoft Learning, and March is shaping up to be really big news month. I really need to take a breather this weekend before...

Coming soon. Posted by Krosen Comments Friday, February 27, 2009 1:40 AM by Michael D. Alligood # re: We’re bad, we’re nationwide! Ken, have the lawyers for Springsteen not contacted you yet? As a friend, I feel it is my obligation to advise you on the legal aspects of "stalking." Friends of...