MS Communities Events

December Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT

November Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:30:00 GMT

September Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:30:00 GMT

August Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:30:00 GMT

July Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:30:00 GMT

June Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Javascript all the things!

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

See http://www.meetup.com/Auckland-Metro/events/64666542/ for event details and to register.

Auckland .Net UG

Tue, 29 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT

The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Developing on Windows 8

Extranet's - Accessing SharePoint Beyond the Firewall

Tue, 29 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Are your end users demanding access to SharePoint from the internet or on mobile devices? Do you want to provide access to partner organisations? Learn how to publish SharePoint using Forefront TMG and learn about access methods, licensing, security and infrastructure considerations.

Hamilton SPUG: SharePoint Quickfire Demos

Tue, 29 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Debbie and Aimee from envisionIT will present a series of short demo's on topics chosen by the group.

May User Group - Introduction to Reactive Extensions

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:45:34 GMT

Introduction to Reactive Extensions

Getting the most out of document libraries

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT

We are going to take an in-depth look at document libraries. Compare the differences between SharePoint Foundation and full Server document management features plus storage and metadata considerations.

Bring all your questions about content types, document sets, managed metadata and no doubt there will be a debate about the use of folders ;-).

Deploying SharePoint into a private cloud

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Learn how to automate the process of deploying SharePoint using Microsoft System Centre including how to provision a SharePoint farm through scripting and monitoring the deployment.
This will be a joint session with the Infrastructure group so a chance for both sides to see how the other side works.

Nelson - From Entity Framework to Windows Phone, an OO approach to multi-tier architectures

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

From Entity Framework to Windows Phone, an OO approach to multi-tier architectures

Out Of The Box - Almost

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT

SharePoint comes with so much out-of-the-box it makes you wonder how they got it all in the box to begin with, and what they made the box out of. The point is, there's a vast amount in there and too often we jump into serious development solutions when a small configuration or tweak would have done. This session concentrates on some of the stuff that almost made it into the box, and how to easily squeeze it in there – between the springs and the bubblewrap.

SharePoint Quick Fire Demos

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Debbie and Aimee from envisionIT will present a series of short demo's on topics chosen by the audience.

Please complete the survey here to let us know what you want to see!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2G2TQLY

Note: This sesison will also be done in Hamilton and Rotorua! Let us know on the survey, your preferred location

What’s new for Unit Testing in Visual Studio 11

Wed, 09 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Love TDD but not MSTest? Sick of inheriting ‘legacy’ code with no tests and no way to easily write them? Come and see how Dev 11 has put the developer back in control of the TDD cycle. Written by a product team at Microsoft that finally ‘gets it’, the new TDD features will get out of your way and let you find a productive Red Green Refactor rhythm. We will show the new test runner in action working with a variety of unit testing engines, and even unit testing JavaScript with jasmine! - all from within Visual Studio. We will also deep dive on the new Fakes and Stubs features.

May Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT

The title of this month's user group is "Supercharge your CRM system from the Dynamics Marketplace".

In this user group we will take a look at some of the top add-on solutions that can extend the capability of your CRM system easily and quickly. We will be demonstrating a number of add-on solutions so you can see exactly what they do and how you can benefit from them.

Windows Azure Development - Service Bus

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:45:00 GMT

Windows Azure Development: What’s this thing called the Service Bus and what does it do?

Hamilton SPUG: Wintec Staff Intranet

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:15:00 GMT

Wintec’s revamped staff intranet built in Share Point 2010 was designed to change the way Wintec staff communicate, how they manage, access and share information at Wintec.

MySites in SharePoint

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:30:00 GMT

You may have heard them referred to as “Facebook for the Enterprise”. Now whether or not that is true is debatable but MySites are a big part of the social aspects of SharePoint.

This session will be a look at the often misunderstood and underutilised part of the SharePoint platform. We will have a look at what can be done with MySites, how they relate to profiles and a raft of other things.

Nelson - Introduction to ASP.NET MVC 4

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Introduction to ASP.NET MVC 4

LightSwitch

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

LightSwitch is intended for anyone who needs to quickly and affordably create line-of-business applications.

From power-users with limited programming experience to professional developers LightSwitch this could be the tool for you.

In this session I will start with a quick overview of Lightswitch's Architecture, for the rest of the session I will be writing a complete application to demo some of the features.

For any information on MS Lightswitch goto http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lightswitch

HB.NET: Deep Dive into Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) architecture and development

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Deep Dive into Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) architecture and development

SQL Server 2012 - Column Store for Data-Warehouses

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:30:00 GMT

The columnstar indexes, formerly known as project ‘Apollo’, are new future of SQL server 2012. Columnstore indexes deliver the blazing-fast query performance, particularly for the star-joining queries

April Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:30:00 GMT

This month we will be looking at Microsoft Service Update of Dynamics CRM R8 - CRM Anywhere.

In this user group Mark Smith will cover the main areas of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM “R8” release: Mobility, Browser Flexibility, Social, Industry Templates, SQL Server 2012 and Certifications.

ASP.NET with Damian Edwards

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:45:00 GMT

Damian Edwards talking ASP.NET

One ASP.Net

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:45:00 GMT

This is a shared session with the Auckland Metro UG.

We are privileged to have Damian Edwards coming in to talk ASP.NET - He's going to cover off the "One ASP.NET" work currently happening in Microsoft, and hopefully we can talk to him about building RESTful services with JSON and ASP.NET - something all good Metro developers should care about

Shaping Public SharePoint Sites with HTML5

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:00:00 GMT

How to create a public-facing website using SharePoint 2010 and HTML5. This session will Include tips on improving performance of the site, plus an introduction to HTML5 and its usage in SharePoint - two topics that are of great importance for creating public web sites, though also of growing value for intranet applications.

Query Optimizer Deep Dive

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Take your query writing and performance diagnostic skills to the next level

What's Coming in SQL Server 2012

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:00:00 GMT

What’s coming with SQL Server 2012

This session will cover many of the new features being delivered in the next major version of SQL Server, previously codenamed Denali, now known as SQL Server 2012

Including (but not limited to)

Changes and new features for the DB engine and language
New tools for management, development and reporting
Changes for deployment, High Availability and Manageability
Working with “The Cloud”
Plenty more

Honestly. I could put hundreds of bullet points here but you'd lose interest

But wait! There's more! Dave has kindly offered to throw in a shorter, second session, to round out the night:

Myths and misconceptions

There are a great many theories, anti-patterns and just plain wrong ideas that people (mostly Devs, but including DBAs) believe about SQL Server. Yes, it’s enterprise ready. No, it doesn’t magically tune/tweak itself (it needs some lovin’ from time to time (just nowhere near as much as Oracle)). We’re going to look into debunking some of these falsehoods.

VS11 – What’s new in ALM

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:45:00 GMT

VS11 – What’s new in ALM. Topics covered include Storyboards, Agile Planning and taskboard, code review, new testing experience in VS, MTM exploratory testing and IntelliTrace in production.

March Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:30:00 GMT

This month we will be looking at the Customer Portal Accelerator. Dalia will demonstrate ways that businesses can benefit from this accelerator.

Customer Portal for Microsoft Dynamics CRM provide businesses the ability to deliver portal capabilities to their customers while tracking and managing these interactions in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The Portal functionality includes lead generation, service scheduling, case management, event calendar, product registration, self-help knowledge base and content management.

An Introduction to RavenDB

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:00:00 GMT

An Introduction to RavenDB with Aidan Boyle

Windows Phone Community Roadshow 2012

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Microsoft’s Developer & Platform Evangelism Group will be running this 3-hour hands-on workshop across eleven towns and cities in New Zealand. Event timing varies by location, but workshops will run from 4/5pm until 7/8pm – select your city using the tiles below to find out.

The event is designed to be hands-on, so bring your laptops with the Windows Phone Tools installed, and start building your own Windows Phone apps. The team will run through hands-on demonstrations, showing you some of the features within Visual Studio and Expression Blend you can use to deliver great-looking fully-functional applications.

Nelson - Windows Phone Community Camp

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Join us at the Microsoft run Windows Phone Camp – the event is designed to be hands on – so bring your laptops with software installed and start building your own Windows Phone Applications.

The team will run through 4 hands on demos showing you some of the features within Visual Studio and Expression Blend to deliver some great looking applications.

To top it off the first 10 attendees that have an application ready to deploy will receive a free Windows Phone Developer account!

A SharePoint 2010 intranet, from supplier insolvency through earthquakes to a Hub we call home

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT

How Lincoln University worked through multiple setbacks to deliver a SharePoint 2010 intranet without any development.

Back to Basics: T-SQL Syntax

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:30:00 GMT

A chance to get an understanding of both the basics and complexities of SQL Server's flavour of SQL.

Microsoft Road Show for Windows Phone 7 Development

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Windows Phone 7 development workshop

Join Microsoft for the 2012 Windows Phone Community Roadshow - Wellington

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT

See our MeetUp site for more details:http://www.welli.net.nz/events/51511532/

Christchurch Code Camp

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The MS Communities Code Camp & Technology Summit is a Free, non-commercial event, open to everybody with an interest in any of the technologies being discussed.

We know it can be a struggle to keep up with all of the new technologies that developers and IT professionals are expected to use. You can read blogs, books, articles, but the best solution is often the conversation you have with others. You ask a question and you get an answer. That's what makes a day like this so valuable.

We need speakers, so if you are keen to present something of interest, please contact Steve Knutson via this group.

Nelson - Continuous Delivery

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

"Continuous Delivery"
We’ve all heard the story of Flickr and their multiple production deployments in a single day. It sounds like a great place to be, but like the slogan says ‘it won’t happen overnight’. In this session Steve Godbold will take you through some of the practices that facilitate this kind of rapid response to change. We’ll look at some of the principals that make up a continuous delivery pipeline, how they are applied through the practices, and how to work out which areas to tackle in an existing pipeline.

February 2012 Wellington SharePoint User Group (Case study)

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT

We are ready to start off this year with a real world case study from Kiwibank.

Kiwibank uses SharePoint as a business technology platform. Recently they concluded a upgrade/migration of their existing solutions and the platform to SharePoint 2010 without the use of any third party migration tools.

Query Tuning @ Xero: February WSSUG Meeting

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Query Tuning @ Xero

With over 6000 queries per second, a large multi database environment and an aggressive release cycle, triaging database performance, and capturing & tuning problem queries means that Xero faces some unique challenges.

Continuous Delivery

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:30:00 GMT

We’ve all heard the story of Flickr and their multiple production deployments in a single day. It sounds like a great place to be, but like the slogan says ‘it won’t happen overnight’. In this session Steve will take you through some of the practices that facilitate this kind of rapid response to change. We’ll look at some of the principals that make up a continuous delivery pipeline, how they are applied through the practices, and how to work out which areas to tackle in an existing pipeline.

Continuous Deployment

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

“Continuous Delivery” - We’ve all heard the story of Flickr and their multiple production deployments in a single day. It sounds like a great place to be, but like the slogan says ‘it won’t happen overnight’. In this session Steve Godbold will take you through some of the practices that facilitate this kind of rapid response to change. We’ll look at some of the principals that make up a continuous delivery pipeline, how they are applied through the practices, and how to work out which areas to tackle in an existing pipeline.

Trade Me presents: An evening with Hanselman: ASP.NET, open source & randomness

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Please see our meetup site: http://www.welli.net.nz/events/51492192/

Continuous Delivery

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Join aussie Visual Studio ALM MVP Steve Godbold to hear all about Continuous Delivery.

WinRT for XAML developers with Kevin Daly

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Please see our MeetUp site for more details:

http://www.welli.net.nz/events/48461592

February Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:00 GMT

AucklandSQL Saturday 2012

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

A full day of FREE sessions, training, mentoring and networking for the SQL Server community.

Catering for the Database Administrator, Developer and BI specalist, we've got a wide selection of sessions and topics to keep everybody interested throughout the day.

What's next for .NET developers with Ivan Towlson

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Please look at our MeetUp site for futher information:

http://www.welli.net.nz/events/47586902

Scrum & Team Foundation Server

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT

VS ALM MVP Rob Maher will discuss implementing Scrum and TFS at a large NZ insurer.
Don't forget to register for the event!

January Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:30:00 GMT

EOY SharePint!

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:30:34 GMT

Join us for an informal end of year "Share-Pint" down on the Strand in Tauranga..

Christmas Meetup: Scott Hanselman on Coffescript

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

“At the last usergroup of the year, we thought we'd present the TekPub video of Scott Hanselman researching, preparing and delivering a lightning talk on Coffeescript. The previously planned Lightning Talks will return in 2012.”

Rob Conery's web post describing this video reads:

I flew out to Scott’s home in Oregon this last November during the Thanksgiving holidays – and I challenged Scott to do a lightning talk on a subject that he was marginally familiar with: CoffeeScript. My goal was to film a master at work: learning, distilling, arranging and then presenting a subject – end to end.

More details here: http://wekeroad.com/2011/12/10/a-little-bit-of-my-soul-went-into-this-one/

This meeting is sponsored by Tekpub - Concise, professional, top-quality screencasts.

There's no pizza and drinks for this session - we'll be heading over to the Green Man, where the usual pizza funds will be spent on chicken wings, and you can eat, drink and be merry with the best geeks in town!

What's coming with SQL Server 2012

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Dave Dustin presenting on new features in SQL Server 2012

Sass is the new CSS / Web Workbench

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Jeffrey Wegesin (Xero) and JD Trask (Mindscape) will be presenting two thirty-minute talks aimed at increasing your productivity when building web applications.

Jeff is a CSS ninja, taking screens from developers and making them presentable using the magic of CSS. But CSS sucks, and Jeff wants you to do something about it. Find out how Sass makes CSS much more fun.

JD is a co-founder of Mindscape, makers of LightSpeed and many more .NET developer tools. Earlier in the year they released the Web Workbench, a free addition to Visual Studio 2010 that brings the goodness of Sass, LESS and CoffeeScript to developers on the Microsoft platform. In this talk, JD will be telling us about these technologies, how they built Web Workbench, and why it is awesome. He'll also share some other extensions that make web development a breeze.

What's new in Windows Phone 7.5 for End Users & Business

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:30:00 GMT

Quarterly MSCommunities Committee Meeting

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Committee Meeting

SQL Versioning Control using Subversion

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:30:00 GMT

Overview on using versioning control using subversion with SQL Server.

Developer Tools for SQL Server (North Shore)

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:30:00 GMT

In conjunction with the North Shore .NET User Group, this session will cover a range of tools, platforms and data layers available to Developers and DBA-Devs when working with SQL Server.

Developer Tools for SQL Server (Auckland)

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:30:00 GMT

In conjuction with the Auckland .NET User Group, this session will cover a range of tools, platforms and data layers available to Developers and DBA-Devs when working with SQL Server.

Windows Phone 7 Development tips + Microsoft LightSwitch as a DR system for Salesforce

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT

A presentation of getting started with WP7 development from start to finished submission. Followed by a separate presentation on using Microsoft LightSwitch as a DR platform for Salesforce.

Chch .NET - Ivan Towlson F#

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:30:00 GMT

Web Parts – the Lego of SharePoint

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Gary will be demonstrating the humble building blocks of SharePoint – the web part. Baked-in to SharePoint are a number of very useful web parts, ranging from those you can “glue together” on a page for filtering the display of list items to those whose behaviour and styling can be deeply modified in SharePoint Designer. Come along to this session to learn more about the Lego blocks of the SharePoint world

Hamilton SPUG: SharePoint Governance

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT

An overview of the importance of governance planning when deploying and managing SharePoint.
“Want SharePoint to work for your organization instead of against it….Do it right (the first time) with effective SharePoint Governance”
- Introduction
- What does governance have to do with SharePoint?
- What is SharePoint governance?
- Why do you need a SharePoint governance plan?
- SharePoint top ten “must haves” to ensure success
- Summary of governance considerations for SharePoint 2010

iPhone Application development for .NET junkies

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

“Come and view a real time application that was developed for iPhone using C# and .NET which has got nearly 2500 downloads in six months. Discover how to leverage your existing C# skills to develop applications for the iPhone and iPad.”

Learn the tips and tricks to be more productive with the development of iPhone applications.

Anupama is a software developer with 10 years of experience working for Inov8 Limited. Inov8 is a software development company specialised in providing Custom .NET, Share Point and BI solutions. Recently Inov8 has extended their specialization in developing mobile applications for all mobile platforms incl. iOS, Android and Windows 7.

SQL Saturday 2011

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

November Auckland xRM and CRM User Group

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:30:00 GMT

Introduction to Microsoft Unity

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Unity is a lightweight, extensible dependency injection container with support for instance and type interception.

BUILD Keynote

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

With all the recent announcements at the Build conference, I thought we should take the time to sit down and watch the keynote together.

It's a whopping 2hrs 20mins, and weights in at nearly 3GB - but from the bits I've watched, there's plenty of info about the upcoming Windows 8 and the brand new Metro-style interface, which is making a lot of waves on the internets.

Visualising data and bringing business processes to life with Visio Services and SharePoint 2010 solutions

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:00:00 GMT

SharePoint and Visio Services provide the platform to deliver rich Visio workflows and data driven diagrams in the browser. Learn how to effectively provide all users with current, refreshable information and insight into back end systems.

The TradeMe deployment process, and Continuous Deployment

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Richard Simes from TradeMe will be talking about how they deploy their sites, and Nigel McNie from Shoptime Software will be talking about continuous deployment.

RedVespa on WCF Web API and Sencha Touch

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The WCF web API lets you expose services for consumption in javascript. Kai and James from Redvespa will cover getting started with the WCF web API, and show how they hooked it up with Sencha Touch.

During the presentation, they will develop a simple application that uses these technologies, showing us some tips along the way.

Location: Inov8 Ltd, Level 1, 44 Victoria St, Wellington

Across the road from the Police building, next to the State Insurance Tower (entrance between two art galleries). Arrive before 6pm and someone will swipe you up to Level 1. If you get stuck, call Anu on 021 023 34230 or Kirk on 021 466025

Effective Code with C# 4.0 and Continuous Integration with Bevan Arps

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Effective Code with C# 4.0: With each new edition of the C# language (and the associated .Net framework), new features give us new ways to work. Come and see some of the ways that new features in recent versions of C# give you new and more powerful ways to write code. (300 level)

Continuous Integration: Perhaps you've heard of Continuous Integration, or perhaps you're already doing it and want to do it better. Come along for a quick overview on why you want it, pointers for for how to get started and some tools to make it happen. Also includes some tips from the field on what works and what doesn't. (200 level)

Bevan Arps is a professional software developer and self confessed unrepentant geek. With a career that spans analysis to testing, hardware installation to user training, and tech support to technical writing, he is currently a C#/.NET developer working for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Bevan’s blog can be read online at www.nichesoftware.co.nz .

A practical developer's guide to F# with Ivan Towlson

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:29:31 GMT

“Visual Studio 2010 introduced F#, a new .NET language that's a big break from the C#/Visual Basic tradition.”

Learn what F# is, why and where is it useful to real-world developers, and how it can fit in with your existing C# and Visual Basic knowledge and codebase.