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Get Ready for Launch 2005

In 2001 Microsoft introduced the first version of the .NET Framework which enabled businesses to realize the power of web services and the programmable internet. Four years later developers and their IT counterparts need a new generation of application infrastructure and tools to deliver the new generation of solutions. Early November Microsoft will be shipping Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005. In the ramp up to the launch Microsoft Belux organises a number of events to get developers and IT-Pros ready for Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio Team System and SQL Server 2005. Check out the scheduled events below and make your choice!

Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 Team System Roadshow

As part of the Get Ready for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 Team System campaign we organise a roadshow. This roadshow consists of a number of technical one-day instructor-led trainings delivered by a Certified Partner for Learning Solutions fully packed with lectures and demos.Contentwise we will be covering:

• the Visual Studio 2005 Enhancements (VB.NET & C# Language Enhancements, IDE Enhacements & Security Enhancements),
• the innovations on the side of Data Access (System.Xml 2.0 and System.Data 2.0),
• what's new in ASP.NET 2.0 (overview of the new controls, the new page framework and the new services and APIs),
• smart client development in Visual Studio 2005 (how to create professional looking smart client applications, deployment with ClickOnce and  programming with Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System version 2005),
• an end-to-end overview on how the integrated lifecycle tools of Visual Studio 2005 Team System can help you to reduce complexity, facilitate communication and customize & extend Team System.

This roadshow will take place in:

• Gent - September 26
• Leuven - September 27
• Antwerpen - September 28
• Groot-Bijgaarden - September 29
• Luik - September 30

More detailed information and registration info can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/belux/nl/msdn/events/2005/roadshow.mspx. Note that space for these sessions is limited!

SQL Server 2005 Roadshow

If you want to learn more on Microsoft's next-generation data management and analysis solutions you should register for the Get ready for SQL Server 2005 roadshow. This roadshow consists of a number of technical one-day instructor-led trainings delivered by a Certified Partner for Learning Solutions fully packed with lectures and demos.Contentwise we will be covering:

• the new SQL Server Toolset (Management Studio, Configuration Manager, Profiler and the database tuning advisor wizard),
• the XML support in SQL Server 2005 (the XML Enhancements, the XML Data Type and how to use XQuery in SQL Server 2005),
• what's new in T-SQL (the DML Enhancements)
• high-availability in SQL Server 2005 (overview of clustering, database mirroring, snapshots, backup & restore and an oevrview of the new indexing features)
• the SQL Server 2005 Programmability (using the CLR in SQL Server 2005, ADO.NET 2.0 for DBAs and the service broker)
• a Business Intelligence overview (using BI Development Studio for integration, analysis and reporting services; SQL Server Management Studio)

This roadshow will take place in:

• Gent  - September 26
• Leuven - September 27
• Antwerpen - September 28
• Groot-Bijgaarden  - September 29
• Luik - September 30

More detailed information and registration info can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/belux/nl/technet/events/2005/roadshow.mspx. Note that space for these sessions is limited!

MSDN Event: Visual Studio Team System On Tour

This one-day MSDN event takes place on September 23rd in Kinepolis Brussels and brings Michael Leworthy - a product manager within the Visual Studio division to Belgium. Michael will provide the attendees with an overview on how to build reliable and mission critical applications using Visual Studio Team System. Join us if you want to know how Visual Studio Team System enables software development teams (from project managers, architects, developers to testers) to work more closely together and to be more productive than ever before.

The agenda for this event:

These sessions target professional enterprise software developers, software architects, software testers and project managers.

More detailed information on the "Visual Studio Team System On Tour" can be found on http://www.microsoft.com/belux/nl/msdn/events/2005/vsts_ontour.mspx. Register now!

Other resources on how to get ready for Launch 2005 can be found on the Launch 2005 Knowledge Center.