Rosetta
WOW! Yesterday was a
whirlwind of .NET related events here in Hampton Roads. I missed the
morning sessions (Some of us do had to work, at least part of the day ;-). But I
was able to attend the afternoon events. Microsoft Developer Community Champion
Geoff Snowman (Say that three times fast), gave an informative presentation on
Smart Client apps and No Touch deployment. After the break (We got
free popcorn from the movie theater the event was held in), Geoff talked
about the upcoming Visual Studio add-in for writing MS Office applications.
Really cool stuff.
Later in
the evening Geoff talked to our SQL Server
User Group about Reporting Services (Code Named Rosetta). This looked REALLY
exciting and very easy to use. Especially if you've ever tried to use Crystal
Reports with VS.NET. It had great integration with Visual Studio. I'm
looking forward to the release (Around the end of the year for SQL Server 2000).
You can try to get in on Beta testing by filling out the forms here.
It looks like
we're building quite a community of Hampton Roads .NET bloggers. Mark
DiGiovanni and Paul Laudeman have
joined the fray. Subscribed.