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Turning off Proofing and Autocorrect in Word 2007
This is the second time this question has come up in the last week or so, so I thought I’d answer it...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2009
Windows Mobile Development – Live Meeting and Competition
Don and Dave have been running Windows Mobile development jumpstart training via Live Meeting along...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/28/2009
New Aussie Community Blogger
Jake Ginnivan’s been hassling me on and off with difficult VSTO questions for the last year or...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/27/2009
Developer training in Darwin in August
Got a note in may inbox over the weekend announcing some developer training happening in Darwin. I...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/13/2009
I’m looking for a boss – is it you?
We’re looking for a new Audience Lead at work. You will be managing many of the evangelists...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2009
Introduction to VS2010 and Framework 4.0
I had fun last night presenting to the Sydney Business and Technology User Group. We chatted about...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/24/2009
TechEd ANZ Call for Content Closed
As I said in my update, we've had an overwhelming response to our Call for Content for TechEd...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/16/2009
Lighting up your Apps with Windows 7 - User Group Sessions
Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting at the two Canberra .NET User Group meetings (I'll be...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/15/2009
Why should Partners come to TechEd?
Kim Partridge, from the PartnerTV team interviewed me last week about TechEd and why partners, in...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/05/2009
TechEd Registrations Streaming In
We opened the TechEd registration flood gates a couple if weeks ago and I've just been having a look...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/03/2009
TechEd ANZ Call for Content Update
We’ve had a great response to the TechEd ANZ Call For Content we announced a couple of weeks...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/22/2009
TechEd Online – Chat with Michael Kleef
I had a chance to catch up with former IT Pro Evangelist Michael Kleef yesterday at TechEd in LA...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/13/2009
Free training in Sydney May 19-21. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0
We’ve got a few seats left for some more great free training in Sydney next week – 19-21...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/13/2009
Upgrade your MCP for only $25 US*
I had a great response from the certification vouchers I gave out three months ago. Unfortunately I...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/06/2009
Live Q&A with Scott Guthrie
Brian Madsen and his mates at LIDNUG have done it again. Following on from hugely successful...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/04/2009
Launching a website from a button in Office
There was a question on one of the internal lists today: "Looking for a no-brainer way to demo...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 04/19/2009
Want to go to JAOO in Sydney or Brisbane next month?
The JAOO conference in Sydney May (5)7-8 and Brisbane May (9)11-14 looks great. The speaker list...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 04/17/2009
WPF in a box(s)
We’ve got some sensational WPF training kits just in. There’s some great content in these 2-disk...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/13/2009
Jeff (and Rocky) on Win7 Security – Webcast Friday 3 April
Language(s): English. Product(s): Other,Security. Audience(s): IT...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/09/2009
CodeCapmOz April 4-5 – Speakers, Sessions, Social
CodeCampOz is fast approaching - (4-5 April in Wagga Wagga). Mitch has announced the speakers and...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/09/2009
Great Azure Training in Sydney CBD Next Week (Free!)
Update – Wow! that was quick! All the spots are gone. Sorry about that. Dave beat me to it, but...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2009
Tim Sneath : Announcing Family.Show v3 – Our WPF Reference Application
Tim’s blogged about a cool WPF reference application released onto CodePlex by Microsoft and...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2009
More Virtual .NET Goodness with the LiDNUG
Brian Madsen’s just pinged me to remind me about the next instalment of the Linked In .NET...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/26/2009
VB6 Runtime Supported in Windows 7
Just got this note from Paul Yuknewicz. There’s an update to the VB6 support page on MSDN. In...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/25/2009
Un-Mapping Mapped Network Drives in VFP5
Back in the day, I wrote a bunch of articles for what was, then, pretty much the leading Visual...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/25/2009
Windows 7 on my Mac Mini
Back in the day, Dave and I bought (intel) Mac Minis (there was a retail outlet which had apparently...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/22/2009
Walking the Walk
I love my job – not least because much of the time this is my office. All made possible via the...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2009
Looks like we got ourselves a convoy – Vodcast on VS2010 and .NET 4
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Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/03/2009
Ramp yourself up with Ramp Up
I know, getting training budget is hard at the moment, but you really want to make yourself as...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/03/2009
CodeCampOz 2009 – April 4-5 - Registration now open
Update – Mitch has also announced a call for content. Submit your session proposals now! Mitch...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2009
Virtual Goodness with the Linked .NET User Group this Thursday
As if it wasn’t enough to organise physical User Groups in Perth, Brian Madsen has been...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2009
SharePoint Development – is it too easy?
I was chatting to some community folk in the pub last night after presenting (on Architectural...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 12/04/2008
The King is Dead! – Long Live the King!
Many of you know that Norbert Haehnel long-time director of my team, Developer and Platform...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2008
New Melbourne User Group - Silverlight Designer and Developer Network
Got this note from Jordan Knight today. Looks like a great new group staring up with some smart...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/20/2008
Finding the Windows dpi setting in .NET
I had a note from Stephen Lead (of Ignite Spatial fame) asking how to determine the dpi setting a...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/16/2008
Dave Does Data (or, "Maybe Pigs do Fly")
SQL guru David Lean has joined the blogosphere and, of course, he’s started with some hardcore...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/16/2008
My Spatial Data presentation at Ignite Spatial
As I said in my MSDN Flash editorial, I had a great time presenting at Ignite Spatial last Wednesday...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/16/2008
Events & more Events – a retrospective
Fin asked me to write this week’s MSDN Flash editorial, so I did. In case you missed it, here...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/16/2008
TechEd Attendance Competition Winner
As part of the lead-up to this year’s TechEd in Sydney, I offered a prize to the person who...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/10/2008
Visual Studio 2010 Info from the Horse’s Mouth – 14 Nov in Sydney and Online
Matt Nunn, Group Product Manager for Visual Studio Team System will present "The Road to Visual...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/09/2008
You want content? How about an Azure Services Training Kit? Azure Videos on Channel 9?
Hot on the heels of other great training kits, we’ve released the Azure Services Training Kit....
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/29/2008
FREE LINQ to SQL Training in Sydney Nov 8th
Local MCT Deepak Kapoor is running a Free LINQ to SQL training day in the Microsoft Training Lab at...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/28/2008
He’s Arrived! Andrew Parsons has Entered the Building
Long time community guy, author, gamer and geek Andrew Parsons has finally come onboard as our...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/13/2008