Launch of the Launch: November 7th Community Events in Belfast, Cork and Galway

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Events related to the Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 launch are going to be coming fast and furious over the next few weeks.

Next Monday, on November 7th, Community launch events are happening in Cork, with Bill O'Brien on tap; Galway, with Mick Lohan spreading the good word there; and Waterford, with Paul Fallon and Nick Gratton at two events: one at WIT during the day, and another in the evening! [updated - thanks Paul!!]

Meanwhile, on Monday I'm up in Belfast with Cathal Connolly at the Belfast Community Launch Event with NIMTUG, the Northern Ireland Microsoft Technolgoies User Group.

I'll be diving into Team System with an emphasis on the Team Foundation Server, and Cathal Connolly will be showcasing SQL Server 2005's Business Intelligence in depth. 

Here's a link to the NIMTUG site with more information. If you're up around the Belfast area I hope to see you there! 

These are the abstracts for our talks:

Deep Dive into the Software Development Lifecycle with Visual Studio Team System

With Team System, Visual Studio has grown from being about just the developer to being about the whole development process. 

In this deep dive into Team System, we'll examine how some of the key features of Team System, and particularly its server component, the Team Foundation Server, allow software teams to collaborate, be more productive, employ methodologies of their choice, and ultimately make better decisions. We'll start with Team Architect, building high-level Application Diagrams, mapping out our Logical Datacenter, and then visually deploying our architecture onto the datacenter. Then, as developers, we'll look at new language and framework features, visual class designers, and unit testing integration. Finally, as testers, we'll examine code coverage, web testing, and load testing. All the while, we'll see how Team Foundation Server helps manage a team's workflow and keep the various participants communicating and collaborating.

So – whether you're an architect, developer, tester, or project manager, this presentation will give a view of how integrating Team System into the development process reduces the complexity of delivering high-quality applications.

 

Delivering Business Insight with SQL Server 2005

Business Intelligence is the process of extracting new information from your existing data; this information is used by decision makers at all levels of your organization to make better informed choices. SQL Server 2005 offers world class Business Intelligence functionality that will enable you to better leverage the power of the data stored in your organization. This session will provide a glimpse at the possibilities opened by this new functionality, attend to see how: SQL Server Integration Services can easily and quickly integrate data from just about any data source; and experience the powerful structured and ad hoc reporting capabilities provided by SQL Server Reporting Services.