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| July 21st Meeting - Jessica Moss speaking on MDX |
Our featured speaker for July 21, 2010 is Jessica Moss, speaking on MDX: From WITH To WHERE
SQL Server Analysis Services provides a quick and easy queryable structure for your data warehouse. You can use Analysis Services's querying language, MDX (multi-dimensional expressions), to retrieve data for reports, ad-hoc analysis, and dashboards! This session will discuss basic syntax, query-scoped calculated measures, and common functions that can be used in MDX queries.
Jessica M. Moss, an architect with Ironworks Consulting and a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, is a well-known practitioner, author, and speaker in Microsoft SQL Server business intelligence. Jessica has created numerous data warehousing solutions for companies in the retail, internet, health services, finance, and energy industries and authored technical content for multiple magazines, websites, and the book "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Problem-Design-Solution". Jessica enjoys working with the central Virginia community and speaks regularly at user groups, code camps, and conferences. You can read about her work on her blog, http://www.jessicammoss.com.
The meeting will be hled in our new location, Infotec in Va Beach Town Center - see HRSSUG site for directions. Our meeting begins at 6:30 pm and will include refreshments and a raffle drawing. Please register at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/764609969 if you plan on attending so we'll know how much food to order. |
| Quest Webinar | Register for Quest’s virtual SQL Server training conference. Sign up today to get free education—right from the convenience of your desk.
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Event: Virtual Training for SQL Server — Performance Monitor and Wait Events
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Time: 7:45 a.m. Eastern (4:45 a.m. Pacific/ 12:45 p.m. United Kingdom/ 1:45 p.m. Central Europe)
Duration: Eight sessions to choose from, each 45-60 minutes
Cost: FREE
Can't make it to the live training day? Be sure to register and you'll be eligible to view the sessions on-demand for 30 days.
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| Scott Singleton is June's Speaker! | Scott Singleton from i3solutions will be this month's speaker talking on Metadata/Taxonomy and Client Object Model development in SharePoint 2010! Sure to be a fantastic talk, so be there or be square! Our meeting will be our first at our new location, Infotec at 100 Constituion Drive, Virginia Beach AND at our new day of the week, the third Wednesday of the month, this month is June 16th.
Scott Singleton is a Senior Consultant and a Lead SharePoint Architect at i3solutions and has been working as a software architect and programmer for over 17 years. For the last three years he's been focused on leveraging his design and development skills to solve customer's business challenges in SharePoint as well as managing large implementations with user counts in excess of 100,000. |
| May Meeting - cancelled | Sorry but we have to cancel the meeting for May. Please try to attend SharePoint Saturday, DC and / or RIchmond Code Camp instead! Links to each event are on this page. |
| Sign up now for Azure Boot Camp! | Azure Boot Camp
Windows Azure Boot Camp is a two day deep dive class to get you up to speed on developing for Windows Azure. The class includes a trainer with deep real world experience with Azure, as well as a series of labs so you can practice what you just learned. ABC is more than just a class, it is also an event in a box.
When: July 7th and 8th
Cost: Free!
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| SharePoint Saturday, DC | |
| Register for Richmond Code Camp! | |
| April meeting - changed again!! | Susan was the substitute speaker for this month, and now she will be out of town during this meeting time! What IS it with these work schedules?!?! ;> Fortunately, we have another substitute speaker! Brian Garraty has kindly offered to step in and present for the April meeting.
Brian Garraty is a DBA for Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Brian has over 10 years of experience working with SQL Server, having spent the past 5 as a full-time DBA. Prior to switching to the DBA role, Brian worked primarily as a Windows and web developer. Brian is an MCITP: Database Administrator. Brian's session is titled: Integration Services in the Real World - This session will walk through several real life examples of how SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) was used to meet some interesting requirements quite easily that might have otherwise been difficult for a DBA to accomplish. Along the way, we will offer up some tips, tricks, and best practices found to be useful by a DBA that has worked extensively with SSIS for over four years.
The meeting will be at our usual time, Thursday, April 15th (forget about the taxes!), 6:30 pm at the Va Beach Advanced Technology Center. |
| REMINDER: SQL Saturday-Postponed to 10 April 2010 | This event was rescheduled to Saturday, April 10, 2010 due to inclement weather. Hope to see everyone there!
Not to be outdone by SharePoint Saturday, there is also a new SQL Saturday, scheduled for Richmond, January 30th. Their web site is: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/30/eventhome.aspx. The event is free and open to the public, but you need to register in order to attend. |
| March Meeting - NO LONGER CANCELED!! | Our March meeting has been in flux for a while - but we now have a confirmed speaker - Amanda Jordon. Currently, Amanda is working with Apptis, Inc as a contractor for the Naval Circuit Management Office under the Navy Cyber Forces Command as a Business Analyst. She is the SharePoint Web Developer for the NCMO. Amanda will be speaking on presenting charts in SharePoint with Excel. TEK Systems will be providing the refreshments. There will be raffle prizes! |
| MSDN Roadshow March 3rd | |
| HRNUG features Andrew Duthie | Our fellow user group, Hampton Roads .NET User Group, will feature our beloved Microsoft Developer Evangelist, Andrew Duthie speaking on Windows 7 Development on March 9th at 6:30 pm. Details and a link to register can be found on their site at: http://www.hrssug.org/default.aspx |
| Richmond SharePoint User Group features Mark Miller | Join the Richmond SharePoint User Group as they host Mark Miller (founder of End User SharePoint) for a special seminar on March 9 from 12:00-3:30 at Afton Chemical, 500 Spring Street, Richmond, Virginia. Lunch will be provided. Registration begins at 11:30. 12:00-1:15 Enhance the SharePoint Calendar: Color Coding and Dynamic Information Display 1:15-3:30 jQuery Solutions for the Common Man: Simple jQuery Solutions for Site Managers
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| Roanoke Code Camp | |
| SharePoint Saturday - Charlotte, NC | |
| February Meeting | Our February speaker will be Linc Williams from i3 Solutions. Linc will be speaking on Business Processes and SharePoint.
The meeting is scheduled for February 18th, at it's regular time, 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the Va Beach Advanced Technology Center. TEK Systems will be providing the refreshments.
The presentation materials are loaded on this site here: http://www.hrssug.org/Lecture%20Notes/BPEIntroSPSOffice2003.ppt
Linc's Bio: Linc Williams is the Director of Strategic Services for i3solutions with over a decade of experience in the areas of Software Development, Infrastructure Design, Business Intelligence and Project Management. Mr. Williams has been responsible for the successful completion of several major solution implementations for clients such as the U.S. Army, the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), the department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Education Association (NEA). Mr. Williams is a consummate i3solutions professional, combining a background of technical development expertise with a keen understanding of business and management requirements to ensure our clients continually see measurable returns on their investment.
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| January Meeting | Our January meeting will feature a local hero, Kevin Griffin, who will be speaking on jQuery. (He may even interlace his talk with some SharePoint!) TEK Systems will be providing refreshments. Please join us on Thursday, January 21st at 6:30 pm/ Location is the VB ATC - directions on the home page.
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| SharePoint Saturday, Virginia Beach | We've added a special hands-on lab for introductory SharePoint - requires a separate signup. Head over to the site to register.
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| Global SharePoint User Group started | Don't forget that there is now a GLOBAL, online SharePoint User Group. Eric Harlan is running it up and you can find out more at their site: http://www.gspug.org |
| December meeting canceled | All,
Let's all enjoy the holidays and get prepared for SharePoint Saturday, VIrginia Beach on January 9th. We'll not have a December meeting - we hope to see everyone at SharePoint Saturday, Virginia Beach. |
| November Meeting | Eric Harlan, one of the leaders of the Baltimore SharePoint User Group will be presenting at our November meeting, on Thursday, Nov 19th, usual time 6:30 - 8 pm, and the VB ATC (see directions on site). Eric will be speaking on InfoPath Tips and Tricks - and I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't have some InfoPath 2010 things to show us! Please try to attend!
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| SharePoint Saturday Richmond | |
| Hampton Roads .NET User Group December Meeting | The HRNUG December meeting will be on Tuesday, Dec 8th at 6:30 pm. Their speaker will be Daniel Bullington and he'll be speaking on SharePoint development. Details can be found at the HRNUG site here: http://www.hrnug.org . |
| October meeting | Our October speaker will be Josh Carlisle, a principal consultant with B&R Business Solutions specializing in SharePoint based solutions. He is also the founder of the Triangle SharePoint User Group and on the leadership council for the Triangle .Net User Group. Josh participates in several community projects and can be found speaking at developer and SharePoint events throughout the region.
Refreshments will be provided by TEK Systems. Thanks TEK Systems!!
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| September meeting | Our September meeting's speaker will be Dan Usher. Dan is a SharePoint architect with Booz Allen Hamilton and works on the Army Materiel Command SharePoint implementation. Dan has extensive experience with the Microsoft Windows Networking Infrastructure and has been implementing, customizing, architecting and deploying Enterprise collaboration solutions utilizing the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies for the past 4 years.
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| Richmond Code Camp - Oct 3rd | Hurry, registration is open for the upcoming Richmond Code Camp on Saturday, October 3rd. The event is AWESOME, free and open to the public, but you must register to attend. In addition to fantastic content, breakfast and lunch are provided, and there are raffle prizes at the end of the day ( must be present to win). Check it out on their site: http://richmondcodecamp.org |
| MSDN Roadshow - September 25th |
The event is free, but you must register to attend. |
| Upcoming Quest events | |
| August Meeting - Brent Ozar | Our August meeting will be Thursday, August 20th, from 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Our speaker will be Brent Ozar and he will be speaking on "What's New with SQL Server 2008". Brent will be joining us live over the Internet. Those of us in VA will still have refreshments and the normal raffle prizes! Quest will sponsoring the event. |
| SharePoint Saturday, Virginia Beach | We've picked the date for our second annual SharePoint Saturday, Virignia Beach - Saturday, January 9th, 2010. We'll be annoucning a call for speakers later on, but wanted everyone time to plan and spread the word. You can follow details on our site here: http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/virginiabeach or on Twitter at #SPSVB . This filled up qucikly last year - so you'll want to register as soon as registration opens. |
| October meeting | Josh Carlisle, Raleigh SharePoint User Group leader, is coming to speak to our group. Josh was the most popular speaker at our SharePoint Saturday event last January in Va Beach. Be sure to put this on your calendar. We'll get a bio and abstract from Josh soon |
| SharePoint and SQL Server Best Practices Conference - DC | Check out the SharePoint and SQL Server Best Practices Conference scheduled for August 24 - 26 in Washington DC. Details and registration on their site at: http://www.bestpracticesconference.com/ |
| July Meeting - July 16th - Jessica Moss | You won't want to miss this meeting! SQL MVP Jessica Moss is coming to speak on SQL Server Reporting Services 2008!! Here are the details:
Title:
Building Reports in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 Description:
Using SQL Server Reporting Services can simplify designing reports, but how do you handle complex report requirements? This session will discuss how to handle these complex scenarios by using SSRS 2008. We will walk through building reports to showcase all of these situations. Bio:
Jessica M. Moss, a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and business intelligence mentor with Solid Quality Mentors, is certified as an MCDBA, MCTS: SQL Server 2005 BI, and an MCITP: SQL Server 2005 BI. She has worked with SQL Server 2005 and 2008 since each of their releases and has participated in many warehousing and reporting solutions. Jessica enjoys working with the local community and is a regular speaker at user groups, code camps, and conferences. You can read about her work on her blog, http://www.jessicammoss.com. |
| June Meeting - INETA Sponsored - June 18th | Our June meetnig is being sponsored by INETA. They are sending MVP Bill Vaughn to speak to us on ADO connections. Bill is an industry-recognized author, mentor and subject-matter expert. You can check out Bill's Blog here: http://betav.com/blog/billva/. Please spread the word to your developer friends! |
| MSDN Roadshow! | Microsoft invites you to attend the
MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow – Summer 2009
AGENDA
Session 1: Developing on Microsoft Windows 7
Building applications that are easy to use, visually appealing, and offer high performance is a challenge that developers face every day. Innovative applications can greatly improve the user experience, empowering companies to differentiate their services and solutions. However, developers are increasingly asked to do more in less time, while also optimizing the power and performance requirements of their applications.
The Windows 7 platform makes it easy for developers to create engaging, user-friendly applications by providing familiar tools and rich development features that allow them to take advantage of the latest PC capabilities. In this session we will explore the new Taskbar and Jump Lists, the Scenic Ribbon, file management with Libraries, and Windows Web Services among many other enhancements to the new operating system.
Session 2: What’s New in Internet Explorer 8 for Developers
With any new browser release, there are two questions of interest to most web developers –
1. Will this release break my site, and if so, how do I fix it?
2. What shiny new features does it offer to add value for my visitors?
In this session, we’ll address both of these questions, first showing how developers and users both benefit from improved standards-based rendering in Internet Explorer 8, and how developers can ensure that their sites will render properly for users using IE8. Additionally, we’ll take a look at some of the new features of Internet Explorer 8 that open up new possibilities for web developers, including Accelerators, Web Slices, and Search Providers, as well as AJAX and DOM improvements. Accelerators are helpers added to the browser that allow users to access your web-based services from anywhere, via a simple right-click on any page. Web Slices allow you to designate parts of your application for the user to consume and keep up-to-date in the browser without having to visit the full site. You can leverage these features to add value to your site and make it easier than ever for users to take advantage of the services and content you have to offer.
We'll also look at the new Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools, which provides you with killer tools for examining and debugging your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, all without ever leaving the page, plus profiling for finding and fixing the performance bottlenecks in your client-side code. The IE 8 Developer Tools also aid in compatibility testing, by allowing you to change the layout and compatibility modes on the fly. Lastly we’ll look at some best practices.
REGISTER NOW – Space is limited!
Location: Microsoft Reston Office
12012 Sunset Hills Road
Reston, VA 20190
Date & Time: June 2, 2009 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Or call 877.673.8368
With Event ID: 1032415511
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Location: Microsoft Richmond Office
9020 Stony Point Pkwy., Suite 170
Richmond, VA 23235
Date and Time: June 4, 2009 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Or call 877.673.8368
With Event ID: 1032415512
Speaker Bios
G. Andrew Duthie, aka .net DEvHammer, is the Developer Evangelist for Microsoft’s Mid-Atlantic States district, where he provides support and education for developers working with the .net development platform. In addition to his work with Microsoft, Andrew is the author of several books on ASP.NET and web development, and has spoken at numerous industry conferences from VSLive! and ASP.NET Connections, to Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC) and Tech-Ed. Andrew is also the creator and developer of Community Megaphone, a site designed for promoting and finding developer community events. Andrew can be reached through his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie. You can also follow Andrew on twitter.
Zhiming Xue “Z" is a Microsoft Architect Evangelist based in the Mid Atlantic area. He has more than 12 years of software development, consulting and IT experience, specializing in enterprise application architecture, development and integration. While with Microsoft Services he played technical and architectural roles on many consulting projects for large enterprise customers in both the commercial sector and the public sector. He has presented various topics at Microsoft events and local user groups. Through his blogs and publications he has reached readers in the U.S., China and other countries and regions. He holds a Ph. D. in Management Science from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a professional certification from American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), as well as several Microsoft certifications. He can be reached through his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue.
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| May Meeting - May 21st - Micahel Lotter | Our May meeting will be on Thursday, May 21st from 6:30 - 8 pm at the Va Beach Advanved Technology Center (directions in the links section). Our speaker will be Michael Lotter from B & R Solutions. Michael will be speaking on creating custom SharePoint application pages with Visual Studio. Afterwards, we'll regroup at Finn McCools for a less formal discussion. |
| NEW DATE: April meeting date will be April 29th! | Joel Oleson is coming to speak Wednesday, the 29th of April, at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be at the Va Beach Advanced Technology Center's Theater (second floor). (Maps and directions in links section) You won't want to miss this one! Joel is a SharePoint Rock Star!! Tell your friends!
Also, we are emulating a popular SharePoint tradition, "SharePoint by Day, SharePint by Night" and gathering after the meeting at a Finn McCools to continue our SharePoint camraderie. The address for Finn McCools is Landstown Commons Shopping Center, 3388 Princess Anne Rd, Suite 311. Their web site is: http://finnmccoolsvb.com/ Hope you can join us! |
| March 2009 Meeting | Our March meeting will feature Mark Eichenberger from Microsoft. Mark will be talking to us about how to get more out of your SharePoint My Sites and also on Content Publishing sites. TEK Systems will be providing refreshments. |
| Richmond Code Camp | The next Richmond Code Camp will be Saturday, April 25th!! The call for speakers is open now and registration will be opening soon. Follow details on their site: http://richmondcodecamp.org/ |
| February 2009 Meeting - WE'RE MOVING!! | Please note: We've grown and we're moving!
Instead of meeting at Infotec, we'll now be meeting at the City of Va Beach Public Schools Advanced Technology Center: http://www.vbatc.com !
Susan Lennon will be speaking at our February meeting and share some lessons she learned at the recent SharePoint Best Practices Conference, especially using jQuery with SharePoint sites. |
| MSDNDevCon | |
| Announcing SharePoint Saturday - Registration FULL! | Our area is fortunate to be having a SharePoint Saturday on Jan 10th! Web site is now live http://www.SharePointSaturday.org - which includes a call for speakers and link to registration. We already have several SharePoint MVPs including Joel Oleson and Todd Bleeker! We also have some Microsoft folks coming to speak! This is a GREAT opportunity to have a whole day of SharePoint training - and it's all FREE and open to the public! We also have some GREAT raffle prizes - and lunch and breakfast will be provided. |
| December Meeting | This will be our SQL Server 2008 Community Launch event. MVPs Andy Leonard AND Jessica Moss will be joining us! Wow! 2 MVPs at one time; we're really fortunate! Spread the word! LOTS OF GREAT SWAG!!! Merry Christmas!!! We'll also be collecting canned goods for a local charity. |
| From Susan at PASS Summit in Seattle | Please - go join PASS today - www.sqlpass.org ! It used to cost $$$ to join, but they've opened it up so membership is now FREE! Please join - you can see ALL past conference sessions - and plenty of other value. |
| November Meeting | Our WONDERFUL Microsoft Developer Evangelist, Andrew Duthie, is coming to speak to us about a cool .NET topic - probably something to do with mobility. Check back for details. Don't miss this!!! There's also an MDSN event in Hampton Roads on that same day. Register here: http://www.communitymegaphone.com/ShowEvent.aspx?EventID=676 |
| MSDN Roadshow in November! | |
| PASS Summit | If you're "into" SQL Server the PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) Summit is a GREAT conference. Click here to learn more or to register: http://summit2008.sqlpass.org/ It's scheduled for Nov 18-21 in Seattle and is THE place to learn more about SQL Server 2008! |
| SharePoint Best Practices Conference | |
| October Meeting | Our October speaker is Kevin Israel who will be talking on customizing SharePoint. SharePoint Programming 101:
Heard all the buzz about programming applications to use SharePoint Services? If so and you want to learn more then tune into this presentation. We will NOT be teaching you how to create a Web Part. We WILL cover development environment set up and everything you need to know to get started working with the SharePoint Object Model and Services, such as creating and installing custom web services and developing desktop applications with SharePoint in the backend etc. Kevin Israel is an Enterprise Architect for LandAmerica Financial Group, where, amongst other things, he works with SharePoint architectures and data migrations from disparate sources to a unified Exchange and SharePoint platform. Kevin has been developing software for almost 9 years. He is currently the president of the Innsbrook .Net User Group and is a Microsoft MVP in Team System. |
| Richmond Code Camp 2008.2 | |
| September Meeting | Our September meeting will be hosted by CorasWorks, a SharePoint vendor. Mike DiCarlo will join us and show some ways to extend SharePoint with workflows. Same date/time/location: third Thursday, Sept 18th, 6:30 pm, at infotec on Greenwich Rd in Virginia Beach.
Mike's slide deck has been uploaded in the Event Materials and Handouts document library. |
| We're now members of ISPA!! | We're now members of ISPA - International SharePoint Professionals Assocaition. What does that mean for us - we'll get more SWAG, maybe speakers, resources, etc. This makes one more organization we're poart of. The other three are PASS, INETA and Culminis. Can't have too many partners! |
| August Meeting | Jason Hall of Quest Software will be presenting on SQL Server Reporting Services at our August meeting. Date/time/location is the same: third Thursday, August 21st, 6:30 PM, Infotec on Greenwich Rd.
SQL Server Reporting Services has long been thought of as a tool specifically for Business Intelligence. While analysts and developers are typically the ones viewing and building reports, the system typically has to be installed, configured, and managed by DBA's. This presentation will discuss the basics of implementing and administering SQL Server Reporting Services as well as how Reporting Services can be used by the DBA's to assist with their own reporting tasks. The full lifecycle of Reporting Services will be discussed, from installation, administration, and report design.
Jason Hall is a solutions architect for Quest Software, specializing in the architecture and implementation of disaster recovery and high availability solutions. Jason has also done extensive work in the field specializing in performance monitoring and tuning. In addition to on-site customer facing work, Jason has presented on Disaster Recovery at SQL Server Users Groups in Houston, Seattle and Chicago, as well as at SQL PASS conferences and SQL Server Summits
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| Richmond SQL Server 2008 Launch Event | |
| July Meeting | Michael Lotter from B&R Business Solutions ( http://www.bandrsolutions.com/ ) will be joining us and will present on InfoPath and SharePoint Forms Services.
Michael Lotter, MCTS, is a SharePoint Solutions Architect for B&R Business Solutions, and travels throughout the United States implementing SharePoint and InfoPath-based solutions. He is an active speaker at East Coast Code Camps and user group meetings, and is a co-author on O'Reilly's SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide. You can also follow Michael's work through his blog, located at http://blog.michaellotter.com. |
| Todd Bleeker is coming for our June Meeting!!! | All our SharePoint members please take note and pass the word! Our June meeting is being sponsored by INETA and they're paying to have the famous SharePoint MVP, Todd Bleeker, come and speak to us! He'll be here on Thursday, June 19th, 6:30 pm. Todd will be speaking on building custom field types. Please email Susan ( susanlennonmct@hotmail.com) if youplan on attending. |
| Code Camp slides | Anyone looking for slides from any of Susan's Code Camp presentations can find them in the HRSSUG event materials document library on this site. |
| Richmond SharePoint UG May Meeting | The Richmond SharePoint User Group's next meeting is Thursday, May 22nd. (They're always a week after our meeting - but only meet every other month). CorasWorks is sponsoring and presenting at the meeting and will be discussing Workflows. Details can be found on their site: http://www.sharepointgroups.org/richmondspug/default.aspx |
| May Meeting - Double Header! | Our May Meeting is Round II of our 2008 Launch!! Josh Thomas will be presenting on ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Framework. In addition, we have a guest speaker, Corro'll Driskell from Mindsharp - a SharePoint training company - joining us. Corro’ll specialize in solutions based on the 2007 Microsoft System Server products, Microsoft and Cisco VoIP, and Windows Servers. Corro'll will be speaking on integrating InfoPath forms services. Tek Systems is sponsoring the meeting by providing pizza for us. Check them out at http://www.teksystems.com/ . The meeting will be the usual time and place, Thursday, May 15th, 6:30 pm at Infotec. |
| April meeting will be the Code Camp, Saturday, April 26th in Richmond | To encourage everybody to attend the Richmond Code Camp ( http://www.richmondcodecamp.org) our HRSSUG April meeting is cancelled and replaced by the Richmond Code Camp (and to give Susan time to work on the Code Camp!!). Please pass the word to all your firends, and see you in Richmond!! Registration is now open! Hurry on over to the RCC site! |
| March meeting will be our SQL Server 2008 Launch Event | We should have lots more SWAG at this meeting - and will feature demos on Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008. Planned date is Thursday, March 20th at 6:30 pm, Infotec in Virginia Beach. |
| Feb 2008 Meeting | Our February meeting will feature Tony Testa and using AJAX in SharePoint. It's scheduled for Thursday, Feb 21st, 6:30 pm at Infotec. Code can be fond in Event Materials.
Learn how to take your existing SharePoint development to the next level and give your users a more responsive UI by incorporating AJAX into your SharePoint solutions. Find out how easy it is to integrate AJAX with SharePoint and start developing AJAX enabled web parts with ease and wow your users and peers with little effort. Tony Testa is a Application Developer for the Philadelphia branch of Perficient, Inc. a leading information technology consulting firm serving clients throughout North America. With over 6yrs experience with .NET and related technologies, Tony has programmed everything from web sites, windows apps, BI solutions and most recently focused on developing SharePoint solutions for customers. Check out his blog at www.tonytestasworld.com. |
| Jan 2008 Meeting - Jan 17th, 6:30 pm - Infotec | The topic this month will be building SharePoint dashboards using SharePoint Designer and simple lists. This applies for both Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. The meeting is scheduled for the third Thursday, Jan 17th, 6:30 PM, at Infotec on Greenwich Rd in Virginia Beach. Please email susan ( susanlennonmct@hotmail.com) if you plan to attend. |
| SQL Server 2008 (and other products!) Launch Information | Microsoft's site discussing the upcoming launch for SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and Windows 2008 (aka Longhorn). There will be around 60 launch cities within the US. The first launch, featuring Steve Balmer will be Feb 27th in Los Angeles.
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| Special December/Holiday meeting!! - Materials attached!! | INETA is sponsoring our December meeting and is sending us a SQL MVP, Mr. Don Kiely!!
Abstract:
An increasingly hostile, connected world requires bold new initiatives to protect your data stores. SQL Server 2005 is the first major release of SQL Server since Microsoft began its Trustworthy Computing. As a server product and the foundation for business critical applications, SQL Server has a robust security infrastructure that will affect how you develop applications for it and maintain it. This session will look at how SQL Server 2005 does security and why you need to have a better understanding of these features than ever before. Developers can no longer afford to be ignorant of security, and this latest version of SQL Server changes how you handle threats in fundamental ways.
About Don Kiely
Don Kiely, MVP, MCSD, MSDE, is a senior technology consultant specializing in developing secure desktop and Web applications that integrate databases, Microsoft Office, and related technologies, using tools including SQL Server, Visual Basic, ASP.NET and XML. Don has authored and co-authored several programming books, some of which you’re likely to see in the bargain bin at your local mega-bookstore. He writes regularly for many industry journals, including InformationWeek, IEEE Computer, Visual Studio .NET (VBPJ), and many other magazines. Don trains developers and speaks regularly at industry conferences, including TechEd, VSLive!, DevConnections, and others. He earned a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Colorado, but fortunately learned the error of his ways. In his spare time he roams the Alaska wilderness by foot, dog sled, skis, and kayak, with his love Carol and his dogs Mardy (Irish Shedder) and Izzi (Karelian bear dog). Contact him at donkiely@computer.org.
Please tell your friends! This will also be a holiday meeting, so feel free to bring goodies if so inclined. Also, please RSVP to Susan ( susanlennonmct@hotmail.com) if you plan on attending - so we can get a good estimate for pizza. |
| Richmond SQL and .NET User Groups sponsoring Visual Studio Install Fest | Our friends up I-64 are hosting a special event: Visual Studio 2008 Install Fest. You can sign up here:
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| November Meeting - Thursday, Nov. 15th!! | Please join us as one of our members - Nancy Reid - regales us with cool stuff she found out about SQL Server 2008 at this year's PASS Summit. Nancy will speak to our group several times over the next few months - so much to discuss! |
| Check out Office Live | Free (for now!) SharePoint hosting for those with a LIVE account. Details can be found here:
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| SharePoint Conference in March, Seattle | Check here for information on the SharePoint Conference, scheduled for March 3-6, 2008 in Seattle, Washington.
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| Office and SharePoint Conference | Here's a link to the Office and SharePoint Developer's Conference, scheduled for February 10 - 13, 2008 in San Jose, California:
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| HRSSUG October meeting moved up a day!!! | We're lucky to have a Microsoft architect coming to talk to our group on how Microsoft users SharePoint internally at Microsoft. To accomodate Mark's schedule, our meeting will be on Wednesday, Oct 17th rather than Thursday, Oct 18th. Same time (6:30-8:00pm) and place (Infotec, Greenwich Rd, Virginia Beach).
Our presenter is Mark Eichenberger. Mark is a Business Productivity Architect with Microsoft in the Mid-Atlantic district. Mark specializes in building Office Business Applications (OBA) using SharePoint, .NET and the Office client applications. He possesses over twenty years of application development and project management experience in a variety of business sectors including legal, energy, financial services, retail and manufacturing.
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| Richmond Code Camp 4!!! | Be sure to put Saturday, Oct 6th on your calendar for the fourth Richmond Code Camp!! This is a fantastic event and includes lots of great sessions for developers and data folks alike. Please pass the word to all you know who may be interested. |
| SEPT HRSSUG Meeting cancelled | Since our SEPTEMBER meeting coincides with the annual SQL Server PASS Summmit, we'll cancel this month's meeting. Hope to see everyone at PASS in Denver!! |
| 2007 PASS Summit | The 2007 SQL Server PASS Summit is scheduled for SEPT 18-21 and will be located in Denver, Colorado. With the new version of SQL Server 2008 on the horizon, this is a must-attend event! Details can be found here: https://www.sqlpass.org/summit/Pages/default.aspx |
| MSDN Road Show - Wednesday Oct 24th in Richmond | Agenda
8:00–9:00 AM Arrival and Welcome
9:00–10:15 AM Building Rich Interactive Applications with Microsoft Silverlight
10:15–10:30 AM Break
10:30–11:45 AM Delivering Rich Web ERxperiences Using Microsfot Expression Studio
11:45 AM–12:00 PM Wrap-up
Building Rich Interactive Applications with Microsoft Silverlight
Silverlight is Microsoft's solution for delivering rich, cross-platform interactive experiences for the Web and beyond. Silverlight will enable the creation of rich, visually stunning and interactive content and applications that run on multiple browsers and operating systems.
In this session, you will learn:
· what Silverlight v1.0 and v1.1 is and what its key components are
· how to create a Silverlight application with Visual Studio .NET 2008
· how to enrich user experiences with XAML and JavaScript
· how to incorporate web service data and media into Silverlight applications
· how to deploy a Silverlight application to the web
Delivering Rich Web Experiences Using Microsoft Expression Studio
Microsoft Expression Studio consists of four professional design tools: Design for graphics, Web for site creation, Blend for animation, and Media for digital asset management. Whether you are designing rich standards-based web sites, creating ultimate experiences on the desktop, or managing digital assets and content, Expression Studio gives you the flexibility and freedom to bring your vision to reality. With Media Encoder, you can encode, enhance and publish rich media experiences to Microsoft Silverlight.
In this session, you will learn:
· how to use Microsoft Expression Studio to improve the end-user experience
· how to build dynamic, interactive pages with sophisticated CSS styles
· how to create and edit vector-based drawings and export them to JPEG, PNG, GIF, bitmap and XAML code
· how to manage and search your digital assets
· how to encode and publish videos to Silverlight applications
Microsoft Corporation – Richmond, VA
9020 Stony Point Parkway, 1st Fl., Richmond, Virginia
October 24, 2007
8:00 AM–12:00 PM
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| August Meeting, Thursday, August 16th, 6:30 pm | One of our members, Tony Blount, will give a presentation on the capabilities/benefits of using SharePoint, InfoPath Forms, and workflows to create and automate business processes and logic within an organization.
Tony is a retired Marine who works for Information Technologies for Small Businesses, which is an IT consulting business that provides value-added services using Microsoft technologies.
The meeting will be at Infotec on Greenwich Rd, Thursday, August 16th at 6:30 pm |
| July Meeting changed to July 12th | Bringing Query to the Business Layer: First Look at LINQ
Presenter: JR Thomas, Web Developer
Company: Cox Auto Trader Publishing a division of Cox Enterprises
Location: Infotec, Greenwich Rd
When: July 12th 2007 @ 6:30 PM EST
This one hour talk will dive into the new features in C# 3.0 that enhance the power of LINQ. LINQ enables 4th generation language concepts/capabilities present in XQuery, SQL, and many functional languages. A Linq to SQL performance comparison with stored procs will also be shown.
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| June meeting changed to June 14th, 6:30 pm | Our June meeting will be a recap from TechEd 2007 - and raffles of books and certification vouchers. Our group has many new books - courteousy of TechEd - must be present to win! |
| May meetng is cancelled | Our May meeting is cancelled due to some scheduling conflicts. Sorry - hope to see you at the June meeting! |
| Thursday, April 19th Meeting at 6:30 PM, InfoTec, Va Beach | April Meeting is on Setting Up a Wireless Network, Thursday, April 19th at 6:30 pm. Location is InfoTec in Va Beach.
We're meeting with our fellow user group - IT Professional Association. Due to an overwhelming request, they will be giving a repeat performance of setting up a wireless network. This is a MUST SEE presentation. Tell your friends that have - or are considering - a wireless network. |
| Launch Event-March Meeting | Thursday, March 15th, 6:30 pm, Infotec
This month we'll explore the .NET Workflow within the new version of SharePoint (WSS v3 and MOSS). There are some cool new features that make this a robust application framework. Since this is our Launch (for Office, Vista and Exchange 2007) event, we have some extra raffle prizes. We'll have software, books, conference bags and t-shirts to raffle off. Pizza provided by Tek Systems. |
| February Meeting | This month we're joining with the ITPro user group to hear a presentation by NetApp on using SAN storage solutions for your SQL deployments. This ought to be a great opportunity to learn how you can scale your storage requirements. Please pass the word to any you think would be interested. Usual time - 6:30 pm at Infotec on Greenwich Rd, Thursday, the 15th of Feb.
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| January meeting | Our January meeting will be Thursday, Jan 18th at Infotec/ESI on Greenwich Rd, 6:30 pm. The presentation will be on using the Business Data Catalog (BDC) to access SQL Server and a third party tool to assist in building the BDC XML schema. |
| Dec meeting on Monday, Dec. 11th!! | Geoff Snowman, our friend from Microsoft, will be coming to talk to us about BizTalk 2006 and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) on Monday, Dec. 11th from 6:30-8:00 pm! Please put this on your calendar and bring a friend or two!!! Maybe we should have Emeril Lagasse cater! ;> ;>
AND - we have BIG raffle prizes this month!!! And did we mention pizza - 'tis the season..... |
| Nov meeting cancelled!! | Our November meeting has been cancelled. We're going to try to have our December meeting earlier - to avoid being too close to the Holidays. Stay Tuned!! |
| No October meeting - come to Code Camp instead!! | In an effort to encourage folks to attend the Richmond Code Camp, we're cancelling our October meeting (and because Susan will be working that month on the Code Camp!). |
| Sept. meeting - Exploring Data connections in new SharePoint | We'll explored the new Business Data Catalog that comes with the new SharePoint (still in beta).
The meeting is Thursday, Sept 21st at 6:30 pm. We're meeting (for the last time) at ESI in Va Beach, at 4417 Expressway Dr - off of Edwin Drive, near Mt Trashmore. |
| Richmond Code Camp is Oct 7th! | The Richmond Code Camp is a must attend event! It will be on Saturday, Oct. 7th. Details, and link to registration, can be found here:
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| August Meeting - Thursday, Aug 17th, 6:30 pm, ESI Va Beach | Object Oriented Concepts
Bring your Analysts and Managers!
In plain English we will review and discuss the most basic object oriented concepts. Objects are not only the building blocks of an application but a practical way to divide and work with complex business processes. Renew your OOA and OOD resume credentials!
Presented by Greg Postlewait, e-business team lead for AMERIGROUP Corporation. |
| July Meeting Cancelled! | All - we're in that summer vacation mode - and do not have a speaker scheduled for July - so enjoy the sun - and we hope to get a speaker for August. |
| June meeting | We'll be having a short meeting in June - over no later than 7:30. We'll be exploring importing Sharepoint list data into a SQL Server database. We could just as easily take SQL data and import it into the Sharepoint list. This will be using .NET 1.1. code and native Sharepoint web services. |
| May meeting - Thursday, 18 May, 6:30 pm | We'll meet Thursday, May 18th at 6:30 pm at ESI in Va Beach. We'll have a presentation on SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and also discuss the startup of a local Sharepoint user group. If you know folks using Sharepoint, please ask them to attend. You can take a survey about the new group on the temporary site here:
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| SQL Server 2005 SP1 Released! | Get it here:
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| March Meeting | We'll be meeting at ESI, Va Beach, on Thursday, March 16th, at 6:30 pm. Susan will be presenting on using Sharepoint Data View Web Parts to access external data sources. |
| MSDN Event in Norfolk!! | They're back!! MSDN Event will at at McActhur Mall, Tuesday, March 14th. Microsoft has offered to host a pub club afterwards.
Register here:
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| SEVA Code Camp | The SEVA Code Camp has been replaced by the Richmond Code Camp. Click here for more information:
Please pass the word. |
| February Meeting will be at ESI in Newport News!!! | Note: a change of location!! We will be meeting at Electronic System in Newport News on Febraury 16, at 6:30 pm. |
| January Launch Survey | If you attended our January Launch event, then please feel free to fill out this survey form Microsoft on how you felt about the event:
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| DVDs available at Launch meeting on Jan 19th!! | If you'd like a copy of any of the FOUR (4) Launch Hands on Labs (HOL) DVDs that Microsoft has provided, please bring blank DVDs to the meeting - for however many DVDs you want. Also, please email Susan ( susanlennonmct@hotmail.com) if you'd like any of the DVDs, and I'll try to burn them prior to the meeting and bring them that evening. If you want DVDs made, please let me know which ones you want. Here's the content: DVD 1) SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 Core HOL
DVD 2) SQL Server 2005 High Availability HOL
DVD 3) Visual Studio 2005 Team System HOL
DVD 4) BizTalk Server 2006 Pre-Release HOL |
| Local Launch event - Jan. 19th | We have TONS of raffle prizes and SQL and .NET 2005 presentations. Raffle prizes include Launch copies of Visual Studio 2005 Standard, SQL Server 2005 Standard and Biz Talk Server 2006!!
Susan will be speaking on the totally new SQL Server Integration Services (replaces Data Transformation Services - DTS) and Reporting Services in SQL Server 2005. |