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Windows Phone Acceleration Labs

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

I’m very pleased to announce a new set of Windows Phone Acceleration Labs to be held in Dallas, Columbus, Chicago and Minneapolis.  Acceleration Labs are a week-long event where developer get a chance to break away from the office and minimize the distractions of email, the telephone and other work-related fire-drills to spend 3-5 quality [...]

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Dallas Phone Camp Slides

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterdays Windows Phone Camp in Dallas, TX!  As promised, here is a download to the slides and demos from the event. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at chris.koenig@microsoft.com or via our new email alias msnextde@microsoft.com.   Direct Link (experimental)

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Windows Phone Camps

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

A Windows Phone Camp is a free, full-day or two-day event chock-full of everything you need to know to develop a Windows Phone application. Whether you’re a student, a seasoned veteran or just getting started with .NET development this full-day event is for you. Interested in profit? We’ll also lead discussions on how to monetize [...]

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Dallas TechFest 2011 – Call for Speakers

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

Starting today – the 4th Annual Dallas TechFest has opened it’s call for speakers!  If you’re interested in speaking, please visit the web site at http://dallastechfest.com and register as a speaker.   To register all you have to do is: open http://dallastechfest.com click on the [Log In] link at the top On the signin page, click [...]

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Free “State of .NET” Events!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Two Locations – Houston & Dallas Dallas:   Tuesday, May 24, 2011  1:30 – 4:30 PM Microsoft Dallas Office -  7000 SR-161 (George Bush Turnpike), Irving, TX 75039 Houston: Thursday, May 26, 2011  1:30 – 4:30 PM Microsoft Houston Office – 2000 W Sam Houston Parkway S, Houston, TX 77042 Brought to you by Microsoft, CODE [...]

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Windows Phone Accelerator Labs

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

Do you have the next million dollar idea that you just can’t find the time to finish? Do you already have an app for Android and iPhone that you want to expand into new markets?   Then I would like to encourage you to participate with a select group of developers for a Windows® Phone [...]

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Springboard Series Tour coming to Dallas

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Microsoft is back in the US for another Springboard Series Tour! www.springboardseriestour.com May 2 – Toronto | May 4 – Detroit | May 6 – Chicago | May 9 – Indianapolis | May 11 – Dallas | May 13 – Columbus The Springboard Series Tour is back! This 6 city tour brings the top product [...]

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Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

If you are a developer, you’ve probably heard plenty about the cloud. But if you’re and IT professional, what have you heard about it? How does it intersect with the datacenter? How does it make your job easier – or harder? Is it something that your organization is looking at? Is the cloud something your [...]

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FTW! (For the Windows, that is…)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

+ + = What do WPF, Silverlight 4, and Internet Explorer 9 have in common? No, that’s not a riddle. Really, it’s not a riddle. They are all FTW. What I mean by that is they all offer developers unique ways to exploit the power of Windows 7, such as integrating with the taskbar, leveraging [...]

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Unleash Your Coding Genius with Web Camps!

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

Starting in March 2011, we’re rolling out a series of 12 Web Camps in the Central US. Microsoft’s Web Camps are events designed to teach you all about building websites using ASP.NET MVC, WebMatrix, OData and more. We’ve held Web Camps all around the world over the past few years, but we’re taking them to [...]

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