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Where are the Boston .NET User Group meetings?

Meetings held at the Microsoft New England Headquarters in Waltham, MA unless indicated otherwise (Directions).

Certification Study Group
Meets Every Monday, 18:30-21:00
MSFT Office, Waltham, MA

Work towards a Microsoft Certificaton Exam with Your Peers.

The Boston.NET User Group coordinates a Certification Study Group which is a volunteer peer study group devoted to earning Microsoft certification.

There is no fee to participate. The only requirement is that members come prepared to actively participate in a discussion of reading the week's material. We rotate presentations of the topic subject matter and review likely exam questions.

If you're serious about learning new technologies, advancing your career, and networking with other motivated peers we encourage you to attend our next meeting.

For more information visit our web site  or email Abe Rosner at certification_AT_bostondotnet.com.

Boston .NET User Group Monthly Meeting

Wednesday May 14, 2007
MSFT Office, Waltham, MA

Windows Workflow and WCF Help Make “Software + Services” a Reality
Michael Stiefel

6:00-8:00 p.m.

The future of software is a combination of local software and Internet services interacting with one another. Software should run in locations that have the maximum compute power while minimizing the amount of data that has to be transfered. Sometimes mission critical software has to run even when disconnected to the Internet. When reconnected, the various data sources have to be reconciled. By bringing together the worlds of rich clients and services in the cloud, you can get the best of both worlds.

Two critical technologies for putting together these two worlds are Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). WCF makes it possible for the different worlds to talk to each other. WF makes it possible for applications to run when and where it is appropriate, and to easily wait for data to arrive.

.NET Framework 3.5 has begun the integration of these two technologies. This gateway to the world of Software + Services is what we will explore.

Michael Stiefel, principal of Reliable Software, Inc. is a consultant on software architecture and development, and the alignment of information technology with business goals. He is currently a member of the OASIS Technical Committee developing a core SOA Reference Model and related Reference Architectures. In July 2006 Stiefel was named a Microsoft Visual Developer - Solutions Architect MVP.

Stiefel was a Principal Software Engineer for Prime Computer, developing a mechanical CAD/CAM database system. He also worked for Microsoft assisting their Fortune 500 clients in developing client/server solutions. He is a Visiting Scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Science, Technology and Society Program where his research and teaching focus is the teaching of engineering to high school and undergraduate students. As Adjunct faculty, Stiefel has taught graduate and undergraduate software engineering courses at Northeastern University and Framingham State University. Michael Stiefel's education is from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a Interdisciplinary Ph.D degree in Nuclear Engineering, Political Science, and History of Technology; M.S. in Nuclear Engineering; and B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He is an active member of Independent Computer Consultants Association and the IEEE Consultants Network.
Boston .NET User Group Monthly Meeting

Wednesday June 11, 2007
MSFT Office, Waltham, MA

Programming Silverlight – Adding Rich Interactive Applications to Your Web Site In 2 Hours
Jesse Liberty

6:00-8:00 p.m.
This code-intensive introduction to Silverlight Development is targeted at developers with little or no Silverlight 2 experience. Liberty will present a brisk, high-value set of examples to demonstate what Silverlight programming is all about, and will point you to the free on-line resources you’ll want to begin building Silverlight 2 applications. “This is a zero-hype, developer to developer presentation of what I honestly believe is a very powerful technology that nearly every .NET developer will want to start learning in the next six months.”

Jesse Liberty ("Silverlight Geek") is a Microsoft Senior Program Manager whose business card reads “Silverlight Geek”. Liberty works for Scott Guthrie, in the Silverlight Development Division where he is responsible for the creation of tutorials, videos and other content to facilitate the learning and use of Silverlight.  He is a best-selling author of more than a dozen programming books including the forthcoming Programming Silverlight, O’Reilly 2008.