For those of you who attended the partner OnRamp240 training event in Indianapolis, it looks as if the free E-Learning training code I gave you yesterday has reached it’s limits. Not to fret, though. I have another code for you to use.

Visit http://www.microsoft.com/learning/access and enter the code 6026-DevBMO13-1488 to receive access for up to (4) of our e-learning training modules. This offer will no longer be available after June 30th. Be sure to take advantage of it today. You will have up to a year to complete the training modules.

This code is available for anyone who wants to take advantage of some great self-paced training around the Microsoft development platform. Feel free to pass it on.

Each month DevCares brings you the insight into the latest technologies coming out of Redmond. Through the generous support of our partners (Crowe Chizek, Information Management Group, Clarity Consulting and Inacom), we have now expanded to 6 cities and 3 states in the Midwest district.

This month we take a look at the upcoming release of Visual Studio Codename “Orcas”:

Visual Studio code name “Orcas” delivers on Microsoft’s vision for application development by enabling developers to rapidly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality rich user experiences. This next version of Visual Studio enables developers to rapidly create more secure, manageable, and more reliable applications that take advantage of Windows Vista and the 2007 Office System. This session will provide insight into the exciting new features coming in the next version of Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” and we’ll dive deep into the new programming features “Orcas” delivers such as those found in the Language Integrated Query (LINQ).

• Session 1: A Lap Around Visual Studio “Orcas”
• Session 2: Data and Programmability in Visual Studio “Orcas”

Chicago (Loop), IL, May 8th

Downers Grove, IL, May 24

Brookfield, WI, May 30th

Indianapolis, IN, May 22nd

Appleton, WI, May 29th

Madison, WI, May 30th

Each attendee will have a chance at winning a Zune. Who knows, it may even be the recently released Pink Zune!

To see if DevCares is coming to your neck of the woods, be sure to visit DevCares.com.

There will be no Bloomington .NET Users Group meeting this month. We haven't been able to secure a speaker for this month. The good news is that I've hade a couple of inquiries to help run the group which should help out with future meeting plans. If you're interested in helping manage the group or would be interested in speaking at future meetings, please contact me.