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RunAtServer Consulting Montreal is now a Microsoft Certified Partner!
09 July 08 04:31 PM | Laurent Duveau

My company RunAtServer Consulting has just become Microsoft Certified Partner . I was deeply involved in that goal so I am very proud as the company has less than 1 year. Getting certified is very important for small businesses to get more exposure to...

Filed under: Montreal, Microsoft, RunAtServer

Microsoft TechEd 2008 pictures
17 June 08 05:38 PM | Laurent Duveau

Some pictures from Microsoft TechEd 2008 Developers in Orlando: (Some credit go to Rodrigo Diaz ) Mashup powered by Microsoft PopFly, check it out! www.popfly.com Technorati Tags: teched 2008 , popfly

Filed under: Events, Popfly, Microsoft

Steve Ballmer apparition at TechEd 2008 Dev keynote!
09 June 08 04:33 PM | Laurent Duveau

The best part of Bill Gates's Keynote at TechEd Developers 2008 was the Steve Ballmer apparition: Notice the eggs reference at the end... can't figure out? see below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtBQ4UCXQeo

Filed under: Events, Funny, Microsoft

My Silverlight talk at Microsoft Innovation Briefing
22 May 08 10:54 PM | Laurent Duveau

This morning I did a Silverlight 2 talk at Microsoft Montreal, during a half-day briefing called Building Compelling Websites on the Microsoft Platform . That was a 1 hour talk to present Silverlight 2, DeepZoom, Expression Blend and create from scratch...

Filed under: Montreal, Events, Silverlight, Web Development, Speaking, Microsoft, WCF, Linq

EnergizeIT 2008 (Toronto)
11 May 08 11:09 AM | Laurent Duveau

EnergizeIT is a free 1 day Microsoft event designed for IT professionals, developers, designers, and students passionate about technology. This day is dedicated to helping you realize your potential through the use of technology. The event includes 9...

Filed under: Canada, Events, Speaking, Microsoft, EnergizeIT

Heroes happen {here} 2008 Launch event in Montreal
11 April 08 12:26 PM | Laurent Duveau

Earlier this week I participate in the Ask The Expert booth with other Montreal MVPs at the Heroes happen here Microsoft show. I was a bit ill but that was pretty fun and I got lots of questions on: Visual Studio 2008 Expression Silverlight LINQ AJAX...

Filed under: Montreal, Events, Speaking, Microsoft, MVP

Connect and share with Microsoft!
22 March 08 09:00 PM | Laurent Duveau

Microsoft Connect has been improved! The new website is much more intuitive and interactive. "Your dashboard" view helps to keep an eye on your activities and news. I find the new Connect much more interesting than the old! What is Connect ...

Filed under: Community News, Microsoft

[MIX08] Microsoft Big Ass Table (Surface)
11 March 08 07:46 PM | Laurent Duveau

Do you know Microsoft codename BAT ? Big Ass Table, sometimes presented as Surface... At the VIP pre-conference a member of Microsoft SUX Team (Surface User Experience...) shown us this hilarious video: Technorati Tags: MIX08 , Canadian MIXers , surface...

Filed under: Events, Funny, Microsoft, MIX08, Canadian MIXers, surface, parody

[MIX08] Steve Ballmer Keynote: Oops he did it again!
07 March 08 02:22 PM | Laurent Duveau

Technorati Tags: MIX08 , ballmer

Filed under: Events, Funny, Geek, Microsoft, MIX08, ballmer

Canadian 2008 launch events aka HEROES happen {here}
03 February 08 10:07 PM | Laurent Duveau

http://www.microsoft.com/canada/heroeshappenhere/register/default.mspx Event Overview Attend an event in your city to take part in the launch of three new Microsoft products: Windows Server® 2008 Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008...

Filed under: Montreal, Canada, Events, Community News, Microsoft

MIX08 conference soon!
01 February 08 09:31 PM | Laurent Duveau

In case you do not know MIX is a Microsoft web development conference hold in Las Vegas each year. This is where they make great announcements like Silverlight last year (MIX07), people start to call it "The PDC for web developers". -> MIX08...

Filed under: Events, Community News, Web Development, Microsoft

Free Microsoft Press E-Books!
17 January 08 10:47 PM | Laurent Duveau

Good deal: 3 free e-books from Microsoft Press! Go to http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urvs5cn3s8 sign with your Windows Live ID and get the full complete books! Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET...

Filed under: Community News, Silverlight, ASP.NET, Microsoft, AJAX, Linq

No more "click to activate" in IE !!!
16 November 07 10:02 PM | Laurent Duveau

Whoohoo that is a great news !!! Microsoft has now licensed the technologies from Eolas , removing the “click to activate” requirement to use pluggins such as Flash in Internet Explorer, which caused so many headaches since april 2006. What is going to...

Filed under: Community News, Web Development, Microsoft

Microsoft CodeNames
14 August 07 08:59 PM | Laurent Duveau

Hey, just a quick link I found on Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_codenames Maybe you already heard about Atlas, Monad, Origami, Avalon, InfoCard or Kahuna... but did you know Springfield (Popfly) ? Sparkle (Blend) or Q (Windows...

Filed under: Geek, Popfly, Microsoft