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NOTE:
Due to
security for the Democratic National Convention activities, access from the
south to the Microsoft offices in the DTC has been restricted this week --
for our meeting, come to the offices from the north only. See the map below
with the closed route in red
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Special Event:
Microsoft Technology Conference
Note:
Microsoft is
sorry, due to the popularity of this event, registration is now full and
wait list is closed:
Wednesday,
September 17, 2008,
Welcome 8:30 a.m., Sessions
9:00
a.m. -
4:00 p.m., with lunch
Location:
Microsoft, Desert Mountain
(Denver),
Directions and Live Local Maps
Address: 7595 Technology Way, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80237, Phone: 720-528-1700 |
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NEXT
MEETING
No Registration Required for this Event |
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LINQ - Taming the Query from Hades! |
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Xiotech-VMWare-Web
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User Group Meeting
(4th Monday monthly)
Monday,
August 25, 2008,
Networking & Refreshments 5:30 p.m., Meeting 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Microsoft, Desert Mountain
(Denver),
Directions and Live Local Maps
Address: 7595 Technology Way, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80237, Phone: 720-528-1700 |
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Advanced LINQ - Taming
the Query from Hades!
with Joe Mayo, Microsoft MVP,
author, instructor, consultant, speaker |
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LINQ to
SQL is Microsoft's recent technology for working with SQL
Server data. If you've been using LINQ to SQL for a while,
you'll know that it is very sophisticated, but with that
sophistication comes complexity.
In this
presentation, Joe Mayo will address some of the more
advanced features of LINQ to SQL and help you bridge the gap
between the simple queries you see in quick demos and the
reality you live with every day in Visual Studio 2008.
You'll quickly move from a simple query to more
sophisticated scenarios with groups and joins.
Joe will
discuss architecture and show you the pros and cons of
different approaches for using LINQ to SQL in your
applications.
A portion of
the presentation will be dedicated to helping you understand
concurrency and the flexibility available to you in
resolving conflicts.
To round out
the presentation, Joe will also show you a practical
application of lambdas, expression trees, and extension
methods that will bring you closer to understanding the
internals of how LINQ to SQL works and give you insight into
how you can solve more challenging problems on your own. |
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Joe Mayo
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Joe
Mayo has over 22 years of software development
experience in a wide variety of roles and currently
specializes in Microsoft .NET technology.
He is a published author of C# Unleashed/Sams, C# Builder
Kick Start/Sams, ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips/Wrox, C# 3.0
Unleashed, and is currently writing LINQ Programming for
McGraw-Hill. Joe's latest book, C# 3.0 Unleashed: with the
.NET Framework 3.5 was recently published at the end of
July.
For his contributions to the community Joe has been the
recipient of multiple Microsoft MVP awards.
 Contact
Joe Mayo,
Mayo
Software Consulting,
303-583-0140. |
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Joe
will autograph and give away a copy of his most recent book,
C# 3.0 Unleashed. |
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Meeting Sponsor
and Presentation
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Xiotech-VMWare-Web Services and You
with
Rob Peglar,
VP Technical Solutions |
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organizations and solutions vendors are embracing an
application model that supports and encourages
interoperability – across systems, platforms and languages:
o Reporting
o Trending
Analysis
o Automated
Provisioning
Web
Services removes proprietary roadblocks to building
automation
Web
Services represents a platform on which you can automate
your infrastructure to meet the demands of your business
applications
Xiotech
has met these challenges by introducing web services as the
platform its storage subsystems are managed by. This makes
it easier for you as the developer to automate and customize
your OS, application and storage interaction requirements.
Visual
Studio is one of the Microsoft labs utilizing Xiotech
Storage.
Xiotech,
866.472.6764
Contact:
Robert Rodriguez, 970-324-3460 |
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Meeting
Refreshments
From
Our Monthly
Meeting
Sponsor!
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Hor'dourves
and drinks -- this
is for your light
dinner / snacks and drinks during our Informal Networking and Refreshments
before our meeting begins.
Quantities
Limited
- Come early, 5:30 -
6:00 |
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Meeting
Agenda
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Please arrive
before 6:00 p.m., entry after that is not guaranteed. Building doors are
scheduled to remain unlocked until 7:00 p.m.
See FAQ. If you leave the
4th floor after
7:00 p.m., return entry is not available.
5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.*
PLEASE silence your electronic devices during our meeting.
5:30 - 6:00 (30 min) Informal Networking and Refreshments (come
early)
You may arrive after 5:15 p.m., Meeting
starts
PROMPTLY
at 6:00 p.m.
You must arrive before 7:00 p.m. lockout, see
above about late arrival
6:00 -
6:05 (5 min) Welcome and Announcements -
Chris Wallace
6:05 -
6:15 (10 min) Open "Mic" Time - Member Announcements, your
time to speak!
6:15
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6:45
(30 min)
Sponsor Presentation
Xiotech-VMWare-Web Services and You
with
Rob Peglar,
VP Technical Solutions
6:45
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7:00
(15 min) Networking Break
7:00 - 8:30 (90 min) Feature Presentation
Advanced LINQ - Taming
the Query from Hades!
with Joe Mayo
8:30
- 9:00
(30 min) Closing Thoughts and Door Prizes -
Chris Wallace
* All times are approximate and
subject to change.
Please note: we need to vacate
the room no later than 9:00 p.m.! |
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Meeting Door Prizes
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To
qualify to win any of our door prizes, follow the
complete door prize requirements and details.
You must be a qualified
group member and you must be present to win -
Include your name and current e-mail address on your ONE (only) business card
entry per meeting. All door prizes are subject to change. Other door prize qualifications may be required by third
party sponsors, check with them. |
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your door prize
provider (you will be given the name and e-mail address to send your
thank you). Accepting a door prize obligates each winner to
send a thank you note to their door prize provider.
Previous
winners who have not sent their thank you note are not eligible to
win again! Thank you for your participation! |
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From
Xiotech
Our
Monthly
Meeting
Sponsor! |
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DS9 type crystal clock
Multi-purpose tools |
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From
Joe Mayo
Our
Monthly
Meeting
Speaker! |
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Joe
will autograph and give away a copy of his most recent book,
C# 3.0 Unleashed |
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From Softpro
Books
Your User Group's Preferred Bookstore! |
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$20 gift certificate
to
Softpro
Books
-- Winners: Check the expiration
date of this gift !!!
6862 S. Yosemite St., Centennial, CO (near DTC, Southwest of Arapahoe Rd and
I-25), 303-740-7751
An independent computer
bookstore - wide selection of the best computer books available anywhere! |
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From
JetBrains
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4 –
ReSharper full licenses -- The Most Intelligent Add-In To
Visual Studio |
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From
LearnVisualStudio.NET and TrainingSpot.com
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1 – 1-year
subscription to
LearnVisualStudio.NET |
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LearnVisualStudio.NET has over 500 easy-to-understand
video tutorials for
VB.NET,
C#,
ASP.NET
-- over 100 hours of online training to help you get up to speed quickly. |
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+ SAVE -- ALL Denver Visual Studio User Group Members
qualify for this discount below,
whether you win a door
prize or not -- here everyone is a winner!
Save 10% off any
LearnVisualStudio.NET
subscription!
At checkout, use code: DVSUG |
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1 – 1-year
subscription to
TrainingSpot |
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TrainingSpot has over
100 easy-to-understand video tutorials for SQL Server,
SharePoint
--
to
help you get up to speed on the applications that enterprises rely on. |
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+ SAVE --
ALL Denver Visual Studio User Group Members qualify for this discount below,
whether you win a door
prize or not -- here everyone is a winner!
Save 10% off any
TrainingSpot
subscription!
At checkout, use code: UGDISC |
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From A
Variety of Developer Book Publishers
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Selected developer books! |
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From Microsoft
See all Microsoft Press Books and Upcoming Titles! |
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Selected from developer
books, software, hardware, t-shirts, mugs, and other cool stuff!
(may include: Vista Ultimate, Expression Suite,
and Office Ultimate 2007 -- all subject to availability) |
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NEXT
LAB
No Registration Required for this Event |
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User Group Lab (first
month of each quarter, on
Friday
before our monthly Meeting)
Friday,
October
24, 2008,
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Location:
LeaderQuest
(formerly named Hensmann
Learning),
Directions and Live Local Maps
Address:
6825 South Galena St., Englewood,
CO 80112,
Phone: 303-832-4665, 877-660-4876 |
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Dynamic
Data
with Steve Dzilvelis, Senior Sales
Engineer |
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Dynamic
data denotes information that is asynchronously changed as
further updates to the information become available.
The opposite of this is static data, which is literally
a snap-shot of information at a particular point in time.
Dynamic data is also different from streaming data, in that
there is no constant flow of information. Rather, updates
may come at any time, with periods of inactivity in between.
More
information about this lab on Dynamic Data to come... |
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Steve Dzilvelis
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More information about Steve Dzilvelis to
come...
Contact
Steve Dzilvelis
here
or
here. |
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Lab Sponsor
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FREE
Book Offers |
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For members participating in our volunteer Book
Exchange
"FREE Book in Exchange for a Book Review." |
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You Are A Winner:
by reading down this
far, you have just won the opportunity to obtain a FREE book!
Now is the time to help
your fellow group members and yourself. You get a FREE book in exchange for
writing a review of that book. We ask all recipients of door prize books to
complete a review of their book choice; however, some specific books have
been entrusted to our group by the publishers in exchange for a published
review by our group members posted to our web site. We are obligated to
fulfill those agreements, to receive additional door prizes and more FREE
books for review. See our
Book Reviews. |
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Select one of the books currently offered for
review (one outstanding review per member, please): |
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Be the first to send an e-mail message to
Chris Wallace.
State that you will write a review of that book within 60 days of
receiving that book and that you understand and agree to follow the book
review process and submit your review as described in our
“How To Review.” |
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Attend our Meeting described in this e-mail to see if
you are a winner of your book choice! Get your book at our Meeting.
You must be present at that Meeting to pick up your book, no exceptions. If
you are not present to obtain your book at the time during the Meeting when
it is offered, it will go to the next person who submitted an e-mail in the
order received. |
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Start reading and writing! - Plus, send
your Thank You
message to your book provider! |
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Certification
Study Group
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Certification. Don't stand still, stand out.
Certification Study Group has now formed... FMI -- Contact
RJHatch |
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A new
Certification Study Group
has now formed within our user group! Get in on the ground floor to
help your fellow members and yourself. Your ideas and suggestions
are needed to make this study group and you succeed. The study group has
started meeting, join them now!
Goals (these are initial guidelines -- it's up to you
to decide):
1. Pass the tests leading
to Microsoft certification!
2. Motivate one another
by a shared group commitment.
3. Benefit from shared
knowledge.
4. Fill in the
knowledge gaps needed for the tests.
5. Accelerate our
learning track, even if you don't care about certification!
FMI
and to get involved -- Contact
RJ Hatch,
our user group member volunteer.
Also
see:
Microsoft Certifications Overview
and
Six Steps to Certification. |
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Get Your FREE Developer Web Site
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Free Developer Web Site
for
your educational Microsoft .NET developer needs |
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Build your first
.NET website, stage a website, test code, and try Visual Studio,
Expression or Silverlight on your site!
Free to our members, no obligations.
FMI and to sign up, see:
Get Your FREE Developer Web Site
For services offered
details, see:
Verio Free Web Site Hosting Program. |
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asp.net PRO Magazine |
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