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Tech Ed 2007: list of Hands-On Sessions

You can't select the Hands-On Sessions on the Tech Ed on-line shedule, so I'll make a note of those I'd like to try out here:

• SOA17-HOL - Understanding Microsoft Windows CardSpace in the DinnerNow End-to-End Scenario
• SOA20-HOL - Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Introductory Lab
• SOA21-HOL - WCF Contracts and Bindings
• SOA23-HOL - Microsoft Windows CardSpace Introductory Lab
• SOA24-HOL - Where is your applications identity?
• DEV09-HOL - Building Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Applications Using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
• DEV10-HOL - Creating a Great Looking Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Button with Microsoft Expression Blend and Expression Design
• BIN03-HOL - Performing OLAP Analysis with Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005
• DAT03-HOL - Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Service-Oriented Database Architecture

Tech Ed 2007 - Usefull Links

I'm preparing my schedule and gathering some info about Tech Ed...

• Tech Ed 2007 blogs:

http://techedbloggers.net/Default.aspx

http://virtualteched.com/pages/blogs.aspx

• Tips for the newbie (like myself)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2007/newbietips.mspx

http://geekswithblogs.net/sdorman/archive/2007/05/19/TechmiddotEd-for-novices.aspx

• Tech Ed Connect (networking)

http://teched2007.leveragesoftware.com/

• Party with Palermo

http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeffrey.palermo/archive/2007/05/04/party-with-palermo-tech-ed-2007-edition-official-announcement.aspx

• Networking and Parties

http://techedbloggers.net/TechEd2007/Extras/Networking_and_Parties.category

http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2007/attendeeparty.mspx

• The speakers

https://www.msteched.com/public/featuredspeakers.aspx

• Online Sessions

http://www.virtualteched.com/Pages/OnlineSessions/OnlineSessions.aspx

• The speakers I intend to listen to

Kate Gregory

Stephen Forte

Will Stott

Scott Guthrie

Luca Bolognese

Tim Stevens

Amanda Silver

What I listened to this week... #17

• ARCast.net - Training - Architect as Advocate
• Hanselminutes: Squeezing the most out of Continuous Integration - with Jay Flowers
• .NET Rocks: The ORM Smackdown! Very interesting conversation about Object Relational Mapping vs Stored Procedures.
• Hanselminutes Podcast 65 - Martin Fowler and David Heinemeier Hansson

Books I currently flip through #4

• How Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Works
• Practical .NET for Financial Markets
• Extended STL, Volume 1: Collections and Iterators
• C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices

What I listened to this week... #16

• .NET Rocks: Brad Abrams Announces Silverlight
• MIX07 Buzzcast #19 - Aaron Marcus - Culture, Design, Business and Technology
• MIX07 Buzzcast #16 - Marc Canter - Digital Identity Panel
• Hanselminutes: Scott Guthrie and Jason Zander on Silverlight
• Hanselminutes: Chris Sells and Scott Look Back (Part 1 of 2)
• Hanselminutes: Chris Sells and Scott Look Forward (Part 2 of 2)
• .NET Rocks: Barkol, Gallo, and Vavilalla on ASP.NET AJAX
• .NET Rocks: Eric Evans on Domain Driven Design