On November 7th, Microsoft will be launching Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and Biztalk Server 2006 in Toronto! It promises to be a huge event with two tracks (IT Pro and Developer), Cabanas, the works. If that wasn't enough, Microsoft will be giving everyone fully functional "non-evaluation" software...

As reported by Mark Relph (and as a follow up to my previous blog post here ), you can now sign up for the official Canadian product launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006. Here are the primary sites to visit for more information: Canadian Launch Tour Blog http://blogs...

Wow...this is a milestone. My 100th post! :-) While navigating through the MSDN blogs for interesting PDC posts, I found the official blog for the Canadian Launch Tour 2005 . The blog was started up by Mark Relph and is accessible at the following link: http://blogs.msdn.com/canadian_launch_tour_2005...

I just got word that Microsoft will be providing sneak peeks at the XBox 360 and Windows Vista as part of the Microsoft TechNet Innovations Tour! Here is the writeup: Preview the innovations Microsoft has made to the TechNet Program; learn about new resources, get to know the IT Pro Advisory team and...

WinFS Beta 1 is now available through the MSDN Subscriber downloads . At the install fest last Saturday, I had a comment from one of the attendees that he felt WinFS should be a part of Vista. It appears that gentleman got his wish! You can learn a lot more about developments around WinFS by visiting...

The Toronto Windows Server User Group will be holding a meeting on Exchange Server at the Toronto Reference Library on August 25th. Visit our website ( http://www.twsug.com ) to learn more about this event and a very cool members-only event I can't talk about here. :-) Here are the details of our August...

Learn how to migrate your old NT4 boxes to Virtual Server 2005! The Toronto Windows Server User Group is holding a LiveMeeting and you are invited. IT Pro Evangelist Bruce Cowper from Microsoft TechNet Canada will be presenting. Here are the meeting details: Time: June 28, 2005 - 6:00-7:00 PM Here is...

This Tuesday (June 28th), Bruce Cowper will be giving an excellent talk via LiveMeeting on the Virtual Server 2005 Migration Kit . This is the second part of the NT4 Migration Series hosted by the Toronto Windows Server User Group . If you are thinking of moving a Windows Server 2003 or Windows NT box...

The Toronto Windows Server User Group will be hosting our first LiveMeeting this Thursday at 7 PM. Sam Wong , one of our executive members will be presenting the first in a series of presentations on NT4 Migrations. What's really great about the presentation is that he is currently performing these upgrades...

On November 7th, Microsoft will be launching Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and Biztalk Server 2006 in Toronto! It promises to be a huge event with two tracks (IT Pro and Developer), Cabanas, the works. If that wasn't enough, Microsoft will be giving everyone fully functional "non-evaluation" software...