I was invited to the Visual Studio "Orcas" and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Workshop at Microsoft next week (June 25th through June 28th). I'm pretty excited about going, it looks like a high level overview of all the major new features of VS 2008 and .Net 3.5.
I included the agenda for the workshop below (hopefully that's ok with MS, it doesn't say anywhere that I can't share it). I'm most looking forward to .NET Language Integrated Query (LINQ), What’s new in Visual Basic 9.0?, Introduction to Silverlight, Integrating Office & line of business systems using VSTO, and the Company Store Visit, though all the sessions look interesting other than maybe the one on C++ (I am beginning to think I will never program in that language again).
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Day
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Start
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End
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Session
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Monday, June 25
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8:00
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9:00
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Registration & Breakfast
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9:00
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9:15
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Welcome & Introductions
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9:15
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10:00
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Lap around Visual Studio 2008 & .NET Framework 3.5
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10:00
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11:00
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.NET Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
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11:00
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12:00
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Using LINQ with relational data
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12:00
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1:00
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Lunch
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1:00
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2:00
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Hands-on lab: LINQ
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2:15
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3:15
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What’s new in C# 3.0?
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3:30
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4:30
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What’s new in Visual Basic 9.0?
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4:45
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5:45
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What’s new in C++ 9.0?
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Tuesday, June 26
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8:30
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9:00
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Breakfast
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9:00
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9:30
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Introduction to the Microsoft Client Continuum
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9:45
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11:00
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Building Web Applications with Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5
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11:15
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12:30
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Introduction to Silverlight
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12:30
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1:30
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Lunch
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1:30
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2:30
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Essential Windows Presentation Foundation
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2:45
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4:00
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Building Smart Client Applications with Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 using WPF and “Cider”
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4:00
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5:30
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Hands-on lab
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5:30
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7:30
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Evening Event: Barbeque at building 20
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Wednesday,
June 27
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8:30
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9:00
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Breakfast
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9:00
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10:15
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Building WCF and WF Applications with the .NET Framework 3.5
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10:30
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12:00
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Web Programming with WCF
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12:00
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1:00
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Lunch
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1:00
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2:15
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Workflow Services
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2:15
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3:30
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Hands-on lab
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3:30
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5:00
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Building Mobile Applications using Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Compact Framework 3.5
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5:00
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6:00
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Company Store Visit
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Thursday, June 28
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8:30
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9:00
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Breakfast
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9:00
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10:00
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Overview of Office Business Applications and VSTO
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10:15
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11:30
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Extending the Office Fluent UI using VSTO
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11:30
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12:00
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Hands-on lab
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12:00
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1:00
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Lunch
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1:00
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2:30
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Integrating Office & line of business systems using VSTO
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2:45
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3:45
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Hands-on lab
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3:45
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5:00
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What’s new in Visual Studio Team System 2008?
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