Date: Wednesday, March 15 Topic: .NET Compact Framework for The Desktop Developer Speaker: Mark Artega, OpenNETCF Consulting Are you a desktop developer looking to extend an application to a mobile device? Have you already written an application for a mobile device and want to extend your knowledge on what else is available? Whether you have never written a mobile application using .NET Compact Framework or have already used the .NET Compact Framework, this session will give you an overview of what...

VSLive returns to Toronto for the third year this spring. The conference will take place at the Toronto Congress Centre from April 24 to 27. VSLive! Toronto will bring together Microsoft insiders and industry experts for four days of real-world insights and demonstrations on Visual Studio.NET, ASP.NET 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, Windows Communication Foundation (Indigo), VB, C#, and more. VSLive! Toronto is designed to address the issues developers face on a daily basis, providing practical...

Date: Monday, February 20Topic: Developing Managed Code in the Database with SQL Server 2005Speaker: Barry Gervin, ObjectSharp Consulting In this session, we will learn how SQL Server 2005 (code name Yukon) acts as a host for the CLR in a secure and reliable manner. The SQLCLR provides good performance for executing managed code that queries the database within the same process as the database engine. We will learn the techniques for creating optimal queries in stored procedures and triggers, and...

Toronto SharePoint User Group Optimise SharePoint Search with Mondosoft Analysis Tools When: Wednesday, February 8. 6:30-8:30pmWhere: 2 Bloor West, 8th Floor (CDI Education) SharePoint search is pretty good, but it's a science all its own and one of the roughest pieces to configure well. When search is left untended, users won't find what they need and when that happens, they tune out and start complaining about your taxonony. Give that a year or so and you've created a brand new file dump. What...