If you'd like to join us please edit the wiki to add your name - that way we'll have a good idea of how many people to expect. Where : The Coach and Horses pub , 29 Greek Street, Soho, London W1V 5LL When : 11th December from 6pm to 8pm (and onwards for anyone that fancies it) Who'd enjoy this...

If you'd like to join the user group meeting then simply browse to the VistaSquad's website to sign up - it's free and will be a great opportunity for you to ask questions and learn from your peers. The following talks will take place during the user group meeting and there will be plenty of time...

Simply browse to the Microsoft PDC website which advertises the streams as follows: "Watch the PDC2008 keynotes LIVE online on Monday and Tuesday from 8:30 AM- 10:30 AM Pacific Standard Time. Bookmark www.microsoftpdc.com and join Ray Ozzie and friends each day for the latest news from PDC. "

There's a great deal of expectation around Microsoft announcements at PDC2008 - I know what the details are and they are exciting. It's important though to not become "blinkered" and miss the other content - there's a great deal of great content both at PDC and TechEd EMEA that shows where we're going...

I love working at Microsoft as I get to work on cool new technologies that can be used to help people be more effective. I am lucky to be able to work with fascinating people from all walks of life. I've been quieter than usual on my blog over the last few months as most of my time has been spent learning...

The Heroes Happen Here launch events may seem a long way back in the past (Spring 2008) but I thought you might find this interesting. I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at the UK launch event and I remember the huge amount of time and effort that went into just presenting two sessions - I...

I was amused to see the Letter to your Boss on the MicrosoftPDC website as referenced by the PDC Twitter feed . I'm sure budgets are tight for most organisations given the current financial melt down hence following as much of the proceedings as possible online via blogs and twitter may be the only...

If some how you have the 27th to 30th October booked out to participate in PDC and haven't got around to registering or are still trying to find the budget to do so then you need to get your skates on as the conference is very close to being sold out. There's also a pre-conference taking place on the...

The VistaSquad are meeting again tomorrow night – Wednesday 17th September at Microsoft’s office in London. To sign up (for free) simply head on over to the VistaSquad event page here . Topics this month: WPF/Silverlight Application Deep Dive (Richard Godfrey, iPrinciples) How to be a Geek 2.0 (Viral...

There’s a really good (free) TechNet webcast coming up on the 17th September which will be a great resource for those of you who’d like to learn how to take advantage of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in your organisation. The full details of the event are as follows “To register simply click on this...

If you went to any of the events titled “Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies” then you should will already have a link to the slides at the registration site. In any case you can download the slides from here .

Here’s a list of the Microsoft UK TechNet events that are running between now and Christmas: 13 August 2008, London: Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies 21 August 2008, Liverpool: Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies 2 September 2008, Reading : TechNet: the Microsoft...

The Windows Management User Group (WMUG) are meeting in a couple of weeks time with the following details as copied from their site : 15th of July 2008 at the Microsoft Cardinal Place London office @ 6:30pm 6.30pm - 6.45pm WMUG Introduction 6.45pm – 7.30pm Rob Marshall Using Microsoft...

I really like the way that the VistaSquad User Group comprises both IT Pros and Developers - it makes for a really interesting mix of people and conversations. Following last month's excellent VistaSquad user group meeting they've already scheduled the next one with the following details: Hey Everyone...

You can read the full details here - it's free, technical and should be fun too - just add a comment to their post if you're coming along The agenda is as follows: 6pm - 6.30pm: Arrive and introductions 6.30pm - 7:30pm: Building RIA Apps 7.30pm - 8:15: Break, Pizza and drinks 8:15pm - 9:15: Security...

Following my Have RoundTable will travel post yesterday I'm now at the event itself. You can follow via Twitter using @MSFT_DesignIT Here's a picture of what I can see - taken a few moments ago. I've posted a series of images (and will post more later today) to my Flickr account with the tag...

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's (12th June 2008) DesignIT 2008 Roundtable discussion. Neville Hobson's blog post titled blog as an art form at DesignIT 08 describes the event really well. I'm taking a Microsoft RoundTable device with me as a creative means of recording both the audio and video of...

For one day only we'll be hosting an event at our Microsoft Campus near Reading titled Microsoft Virtualisation and Management technologies - if you would like to join us and are able to be in Reading for the day then all you have to do is visit the registration site and sign up - it's free of charge...

The Windows Management User Group are meeting up on Tuesday 13th May at Microsofts office in Reading from 18:30 onwards. Its free to attend. Two of the leaders to MMS and will share their highlights with you. Full details are available on the WMUG website as listed in this post In addition, Paul Collins...

It was great to see so many enthusiastic people @ today's HeroesHappenHere Launch tour event in Cardiff. We received great questions and I was really amused by the wonderful spoof film titles the audience came up with for the IT Pros Film Club! I have posted the slides I presented on my Skydrive...

You can read the details at the mseventseurope site . The names have changed to "TechEd EMEA 2008 IT Professionals" and "TechEd EMEA 2008 Developers" and they're running in the reverse order to last year - the IT Pro event will run from 3rd to 7th November, the Dev event will run from 10th to 14th November...

The UK TechNet team will be in Manchester on the evening of Tuesday 29th in preparation for the launch tour which is in the City on the 30th. I'd love to hear where the best pub quiz is as some of the team will be around for good food & beer plus we'd like to join your team for the night - please...

The UK TechNet team will be in Newcastle on the evening of Wednesday 14th in preparation for the launch tour which is in the City on the 15th. I'd love to hear where the best pub quiz is as some of the team will be around for good food & beer plus we'd like to join your team for the night - please...

The UK TechNet team will be in Glasgow on the evening of Sunday 11th May in preparation for the launch tour which is in the City on the 12th. I'd love to hear where the best pub quiz is as some of the team will be around for good food & beer plus we'd like to join your team for the night - please...

The UK TechNet team will be in London on the evening of Wednesday 23rd April in preparation for the launch tour which is in the City on the 24th. I'd love to hear where the best pub quiz is as some of the team will be around for good food & beer plus we'd like to join your team for the night ...