Microsoft Ireland Blog
Professional Developers Conference 2008 - Los Angeles
Over the last two weeks, with many of my colleagues at Microsoft's internal MGX conference and our...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 07/30/2008
ReMix UK 08
Are you a developer or designer interested in next generation web technology? Interested in the...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 07/30/2008
TechEd 2008 Barcelona – Early Bird expires July 31st
Just an FYI for those of you planning on attending TechEd Developers or TechEd IT Pro in Barcelona...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 07/16/2008
The .Net Coffee Break Show – Now Registering for Show 3
I know Clare has mentioned the .Net Coffee Break on her blog a few times before, but as they’re now...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 07/16/2008
MSDN FLASH IRELAND - INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES - 14 July 2008
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 07/14/2008
Composite Application Guidance for WPF now available
Patterns & Practices have just released guidance to help you more easily build enterprise-level...
Author: ronang Date: 07/04/2008
MSDN FLASH IRELAND - INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES - 30 June 2008
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 06/30/2008
New ASP.NET SQL Injection Defense Tools
If you're doing ASP.NET development then you need to check these tools out. As per this security...
Author: ronang Date: 06/26/2008
Ever been to an “Expert Zone” chat?
Expert Zone chats are live chat sessions about various Windows topics. They are always one...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 06/16/2008
Quick Follow-up: MIX Essentials Ireland
A couple of weeks ago, Dublin hosted Ireland’s first ever MIX event! MIX is Microsoft’s...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 06/11/2008
Attention OpenCoffee-teers in Dublin!
Ever been to an OpenCoffee event? Went a while back but haven’t gone in a few months? ...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 06/10/2008
Twitter Plug-In for Live Writer
I know people have mixed feelings about this, but I wanted to mention it anyway as I am a huge...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 06/10/2008
Check out the Darklight Festival in Dublin
http://www.darklight.ie/index.htm The Darklight Festival is a four-day event celebrating...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 06/10/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Released!
Here in Sandyford I’ve been on the edge of my seat waiting for the Silverlight 2 Beta 2 release and...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 06/10/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 publicly available this week
Hot off the press from TechEd US, Silverlight Beta 2 will be available this week. Check out below...
Author: ronang Date: 06/04/2008
Teach yourself how to develop on Sharepoint
This is a great site for developers who want to get up to speed with developing for Sharepoint. You...
Author: ronang Date: 06/03/2008
Microsoft SLPS Case Study featuring Softedge Systems (Ireland-based ISV)
I recently blogged about SLPS and am delighted to highlight a case study featuring a local ISV -...
Author: ronang Date: 06/03/2008
Difficulty accessing MSDN downloads
It has been brought to our attention that some Partners have recently experienced difficulties in...
Author: ronang Date: 06/03/2008
PDC 2008 goes live
The PDC 2008 site is live as of today - PDC will provide an indepth understanding of Microsoft’s...
Author: ronang Date: 05/28/2008
Enterprise Library 4.0 Released
Enterprise Library is a collection of reusable software components (application blocks) designed to...
Author: ronang Date: 05/19/2008
WorldWide Telescope Public Beta
Did you see the Ted video that Clare linked to a few weeks back of Microsoft Research’s WorldWide...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 05/13/2008
Developing ISV Applications using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
If you need to learn about Architecture, Deployment and Operations essentials of Dynamics CRM then I...
Author: ronang Date: 05/09/2008
New Shiny Silverlight 2 Healthcare Demo
Via Laurent I came across this excellent site showing off a cool new application called the “Patient...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 05/08/2008
New Channel 8 Sidebar Gadget
Check it out – there is a cool new gadget with content from Channel 8, downloadable for your Vista...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 05/07/2008
Microsoft Ireland Podcast: Episode 4 – What’s This Live Mesh All About?
For the fourth episode of the Microsoft Ireland podcast, I respond to some user requests for...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 05/07/2008
SQL Server User Group Meeting – Tonight in Sandyford
Alan Crowley from DeCare Systems in Cork is in Dublin for the evening to talk with the Microsoft SQL...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 05/06/2008
Protect your .NET code with SLPS
Want to protect your .NET code from reverse engineering? Obfuscation is better than nothing, but it...
Author: ronang Date: 05/02/2008
Bird's eye view on Live Maps : Dublin, Cork, Galway and others...
Check out Windows Live Maps where you can now zoom in to Birds' eye views of · Dublin · Carlow ·...
Author: ronang Date: 05/02/2008
Mix Essentials – Join the Conversation, Right Here in Ireland
If you, like me, were really bummed that you didn’t make it to Mix08 in Las Vegas this year, get...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 05/01/2008
CSI:NY using Photosynth
If you watch any of the flavours of CSI you'll probably get a kick out of this article which...
Author: ronang Date: 05/01/2008
Free Unified Communications (development) Training for ISVs
Microsoft Western Europe are running some free training in May and June on developing with the UC...
Author: ronang Date: 04/29/2008
Combining Information Rights Management with Watermarking via an Outlook 2007 add-in
VSTO 3.0 with Visual Studio 2008 makes it incredibly easy to extend the office ribbon, and write...
Author: ronang Date: 04/29/2008
Microsoft Ireland Podcast: Episode 3 - SharePoint Server with Tom Nugent
In our third episode of our weekly podcast, Tom Nugent discusses SharePoint Server and how it's...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/21/2008
SQL Server 2008 for ISV Developers - Classroom Training May 15th 2008
I mentioned this previously, and now the date has been finalised - it's 15th May 2008, in Microsoft...
Author: ronang Date: 04/18/2008
Imagine Cup Ireland Video!
I was really lucky to get to go to the Ireland Imagine Cup Championships last week here in...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/17/2008
OpenCoffee Club Dublin Tomorrow
OpenCoffee Club Dublin has been a bit quiet lately. Too quiet. It's time to shake it up again. At...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/16/2008
.NET 3.5 SP1 - .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit (ASP.NET MVC, Data Services, Silverlight controls etc.)
You can now download the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit which covers the technologies in the...
Author: ronang Date: 04/16/2008
What Are You Doing on Saturday May 3rd...?
I know I'll be in Galway for the Developer Developer Developer event! Thanks a million to Ben Sykes...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/15/2008
Gadgets to help you keep up to date with latest technical content
Check out this set of Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets for keeping up to date with the latest content...
Author: ronang Date: 04/15/2008
Microsoft Ireland Podcast: Episode 2 - User Account Control with Jorge Leitão
In our second episode of our weekly podcast, Jorge Leitão talks to us about User Account Control...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/14/2008
Video - benefits of multi-targeting in VS 2008
Zoran Jovanovic, Technical Lead with Dell in Ireland was one of our local VS 2008 launch heroes....
Author: ronang Date: 04/10/2008
Video - Dell Global Build Automation Team on migration to TFS 2008
Frederic Meyer, Team Lead with Dell's Global Build Automation Team was one of our local VS 2008...
Author: ronang Date: 04/10/2008
Video - DeCare Systems Ireland talk about testing Java and .NET with VS 2008 Test Edition
Peter Buckley, Test Team Lead with DeCare Systems Ireland was one of our local VS 2008 launch...
Author: ronang Date: 04/10/2008
VS 2008 / SSIS packages
I recently received a question about opening SQL 2005 SSIS packages in VS 2008. So the situation is...
Author: ronang Date: 04/10/2008
Developer Developer Developer Ireland - get yourself signed up!
Phew! We are just over the IMTC, but there is no rest for the wicked (or at least the MS Tech...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 04/09/2008
Another great IMTC - thanks to everyone involved!
Well, IMTC is over for another year - and a big thanks to everyone who made it such a success -...
Author: Clare Dillon Date: 04/09/2008
Ireland Girl Geek Dinners featured on RTÉ Six One News
Philip Bromwell of RTÉ Six One News was kind enough to send me a DVD of the clip he filmed and...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/09/2008
IMTC 2008: Day Two Review
On Friday, April 4th, I attended Day Two of the 3rd annual Irish Microsoft Technology Conference. It...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/09/2008
Ireland Girl Geek Dinners: Go vote for your date preference
A poll is open on http://www.irelandgirlgeekdinners.com for the next dinner in Cork. I had several...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/08/2008
Clare Dillon Interview with Chris Dalby
Check out Clare’s video with Chris Dalby of Yellow Park from last week's IMTC. Chris is not only a...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 04/08/2008