Daily Archives: January 3, 2008

Microsoft hires another Entity Framework/Astoria nut

Data Access

Jonathan Carter was very interested in Entity Framework and Astoria. Last month, he started working for Microsoft as an Technical Evangelist. So he gets paid to share his excitement about these and other .NET technologies.

Guy Burstein was very interested in Entity Framewrok and Astoria writing lots of posts about the two topics. Today Guy announced that he has started working for Microsoft Israel with the Developer & Platform and Adoption team. He too says he has found the sweet spot of getting paid to do something that you are good at and love.

Congrats!!

Gee, it’s warmed up to minus 0 degrees

Vermont

Well, that would be -0.3 degrees. Good day to stay inside and work even thought it’s beautiful and sunny out with still llots of fabulous powder over at Mad River. To some it just means a better day to skin up the mountain than to sit in the chair lift up high in the air with the bitter cold wind blowing in your face. Brrr.

Security focused MSDN & TechNet Events coming to Burlington Feb 26th

VTdotNetFeed

According to Chris Bowen’s blog, there will be a TechNet and MSDN event in Burlington on February 26th.

The afternoon MSDN event will be two sessions covering:

MSDN:  “Explore IIS7, ASP.NET and Tackle Web Security”

Check out the latest coding solutions with like-minded developers at MSDN Events. Witness the evolution of IIS and see why IIS7 is our most extensible, manageable and secure Web platform on record. You’ll learn how to extend application services – including membership, role management and navigation – from ASP.NET and how to consume them from a wide variety of clients. As a special bonus, we’re also tackling the biggest security risks and clueing you in to the top counter measures available for Websites and Web applications of all kinds. Don’t miss these free, live sessions that are really on your wavelength.

Register for the MSDN event at www.msdnevents.com

 

The morning TechNet event is also about security:

 

TechNet:  “Secure Your Critical Data”

Step up and save the day with hot new solutions from TechNet Events. Make sure your company’s private information is fully secured – even if it falls into the wrong hands – with Windows BitLocker disk encryption technology in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. You’ll also learn how the new Network Policy Server Role in Windows Server 2008 enables powerful functionality in the form of Network Access Protection. Now you control who can access your network – whether wireless or wired. Sign up now for these free, live sessions in your local area.

Register for the TechNet event at www.technetevents.com