13 registrations so far for WPF Master Class with Brian Noyes

February 18th, 2010

Still some places left for the 5 day Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Master Class with Brian Noyes in Antwerp (week of March 1, 2010). Register at http://sparkles.be/Training/ArchitectingWPFApplications.aspx.

Speaking at TechDays 2010 in Belgium

January 13th, 2010

I will present a session on Branching and Merging with Team Foundation Server 2010 next TechDays (March 30-31 + April 1) in Belgium. Find out more at http://www.microsoft.com/belux/techdays/2010/.

Application Lifecycle Management with VS2010

December 12th, 2009

New Stadium Diagram of VS2010 published + free download of ALM & VS2010 introduction slides at http://intovsts.net/2009/12/12/application-lifecycle-management-with-vs2010/

Speaking at Queaso GetTogether

December 4th, 2009

On December 22, 2009, in Gent, I will deliver an Application Lifecycle Management presentation about the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2010 and more in particular about Team Foundation Server 2010. More info at the Queaso website.

In Berlin for TechEd 2009: capturing VS2010 content

November 10th, 2009

This week I’m in Berlin for Microsoft TechEd 2010. Some great scheduled sessions on the upcoming 2010 release of Visual Studio. You can read more on my dedicated VSTS blog.

Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 released

October 21st, 2009

Great news! Visual Studio 2010 has reached the beta 2 milestone and is available for download. Contact Sparkles for scheduling a VS2010 awareness session around the new features in the latest release of Visual Studio. I wrote down my installation experience at intovsts.net.

.NET Design Master Class finished

October 11th, 2009

Eventually 17 people showed up for following the .NET Design Master class with Dino Esposito in the week of October 5, 2009. In the same week on October 8, Dino also delivered a presentation for the Visual Studio User Group on C# 4.0 and Testability. Some pictures of the .NET Design Master Class were uploaded at Flickr.

Looking forward to organizing the next events:

More details will soon follow!

Update IDesign events

September 21st, 2009

Due to too few registrations for the Microsoft Technology Roadmap event with Michele Leroux Bustamante, we decided to cancel this event. People who still want to attend this event may register for the Microsoft Technology Roadmap event in Frankfurt.

On the contrary, the .NET Design Master Class with Dino Esposito will take place as scheduled. At this moment, 16 people are registered.

The Sparkles website has also been updated with a new planned IDesign Master Class: Brian Noyes (Chief Architect with IDesign) will come to Belgium in the week of March 1 to deliver Architecting WPF Applications. Registration is open!

Winners Microsoft Technology Roadmap event

August 31st, 2009

The winners of the Microsoft Technology Roadmap event with Michele Leroux Bustamanate are known:

  • Jurgen Barbieur: Full Registration package Microsoft Technology Roadmap event
  • Benny Emmers: Discount of 33% for Microsoft Technology Roadmap event

Congratulations!

Win Free Microsoft Technology Roadmap Event with Michele Leroux Bustamante (IDesign)

August 17th, 2009

Sparkles organizes on October 2, 2009, the Microsoft Technology Roadmap event with Michele Leroux Bustamante (IDesign) in Antwerp (Crowne Plaza), Belgium. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to assess the benefits and advantages of the forward trends on the Microsoft development platform.

Sparkles will offer a full registration package for this event to one lucky winner who entered the prize draw. Two other winners of the prize draw will be given the opportunity to register with a discount of 33%: full registration package for 300,- euro instead of 450,- euro. The winners will be announced on September 1, 2009. Register here.