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April 2008 UG Meeting

Our next UG Meeting is held on 3rd April 2008, Level 22CF-15, NTUC Building from 1845 hrs – 2030 hrs

Introduction to the Microsoft Sync Framework
Wee Hyong (SQL Server MVP)
1900 hrs – 2015 hrs
This session will introduce the Microsoft Sync Framework - a comprehensive synchronization platform enabling collaboration and offline access for applications, services and devices with support for any data type, any data store, any transfer protocol, and network topology.

About the speaker
Wee Hyong is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SQL Server. He is deeply passionate about advancing the state-of-art in database management systems. Over the past years, he has been actively sharing his insights on how organizations can realize tremendous value and gain competitive advantages by unlocking the immense potential of Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) stack. He is a regular speaker at various various events (MSDN Meet-the-Experts, MSDN TechTalk, MEDC, Mini TechReady) and usergroups (SGDOTNET, Office and SQL Server usergroups)
 
To register for the event, click here.

VPN story

As you've probably heard from my previous rantings, I'm currrently using W2K8 Enterprise on my laptop. Well, it's feature-rich and pretty stable (comparing to Vista) but of course there are plenty of hiccups. Running on a brand new 64bit OS means that plenty of drivers and software simply doesn't work well, and here's my VPN story.

Recently sent to Australia, Melbourne, to assist in a project. Boy, internet bandwidth here is limited, precious and expensive. I was trying to establish a vpn connection back to my office in Singapore but was simply astonished to find the lack of 64bit Vista/Win2k8 VPN client from major vendors (** hint hint **). Well, working within limits (bandwidth limitation + lack of VPN client support) is certainly what we're trained to do in my company, so here's what I did.

1) RDP to my server @home running W2K8
2) Setup a WinXP VM on my Hyper-V
3) Install VPN client and create a tunnel to my office network resources

Well, what can I say?

March 2008 UG Meeting

Our next UG Meeting is held on 6th March 2008, Level 22CF-12, NTUC Building from 1845 hrs – 2030 hrs

Windows Live SDK
Darren Sim (ASP.NET MVP)
1900 hrs – 2015 hrs

The Windows Live™ Platform puts a deeper level of control into developers' hands by offering access to the core services and data through open, easily accessible APIs. 

In this presentation, Darren would share with the audience, what is Live SDK & Services all about and how they could leverage on this platform/framework, to build rich, interactive, applications for their personal/corporate sites.

After the presentation you would be able to build applications and mashups (Web applications that combine multiple services into a single application to consolidate information with an easy-to-use interface) that combine your innovation with the power of Windows Live services and social relationships!

About the speaker
Darren's a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP who speaks frequently in the MSDN Circuits and other Microsoft-linked events, internationally (most recently at VS LIVE! in San Francisco, USA), covering both academia events as well as professional events. His speaking engagements includes Microsoft Expressions, Microsoft XNA, .NET Security, Atlas, ClickOnce Development, ASP.NET 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Communities, C# 2005, iMovie and Windows Vista.

Apart from his speaking engagements, Darren also does trainings on Microsoft .NET technologies for technical training schools.
Prior to joining Microsoft Developer Programs, Darren had been part of the Apple® Talent Development Team at MSHS where he led the Multimedia team, focusing on Multimedia Development & Production.

To register for the event, click here.