Jim Meeker's Web Log :

Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1

Check it out.

I'm kinda jealous. I'm still stuck out to sea with no way to download this. Grrrrrrr!

The Express products look interesting. Hey Rory check out the support for .Net hobbyists!

posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:38 PM by jimmeeker with 3 Comments

Yukon for Developers Slides

Some folks were wondering about the slides for Geoff Snowman's Yukon for Developers talk. Here's some information from Geoff.

The slides are on:

www.microsoft.com/pdc

See session DAT300 under Data Systems.

Geoff

posted Saturday, February 28, 2004 8:42 AM by jimmeeker with 0 Comments

Yukon for Developers

Geoff Snowman, of Microsoft, is returning to talk to the HRSSUG - this time about the upcoming new release of SQL Server, Yukon. Date/Time/Place is Feb 12th, 6:30 pm, ESI, VA Beach.

posted Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:22 PM by jimmeeker with 0 Comments

Data Structures and Web Services

Scott Mitchell is on a roll.

An Extensive Examination of Data Structures: Part 1

An Extensive Examination of Web Services: Part 4

posted Monday, December 01, 2003 5:13 AM by jimmeeker with 0 Comments

It's about time!

Microsoft adding auto-update to SQL Server.

posted Saturday, August 23, 2003 7:39 AM by jimmeeker with 0 Comments

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.

posted Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:24 AM by jimmeeker with 0 Comments

Hampton Roads SQL Server Users Group Meeting

Our August meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday, August 19^th, at 6:30 PM. It will be at the VA Beach location of Electronic Systems Inc. (Next to Mt. Trashmore) Our speaker will be .NET Evangelist Geoff Snowman, from Microsoft's DC office. Geoff is thinking of presenting on the upcoming SQL Server Report Services. Additionally we will be giving away some special prizes so be sure to attend this month.