That’s right, Pensacola has been chosen again for the Tiki Hut Roadshow Winter 2009 Tour!  One afternoon of free training that you won’t want to miss out on!  Check out below the topics coming Tuesday, February 11th from 1:00 to 5:30…Be sure to register online by Friday, February 6th…if there aren’t enough registered, they will pull Pensacola off the tour!  So show your support and come on out!

Here are the details:

MSDN Tiki Hut Roadshow
Event ID: 1032401102
Be sure to register either at Joe’s site, www.devfish.net
or at
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032401102&Culture=en-US

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:00 PM - Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:30
PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Welcome Time: 12:30 PM

Seville Quarter
Heritage Hall
148 East Government Street Pensacola Florida 32502
United States

Event Overview
Session 1 – jQuery with ASP.NET - JQuery is an open source JavaScript
library that has a passionate following among Ajax developers. Microsoft
is integrating the open source JQuery library into both the ASP.NET Web
Forms and ASP.NET MVC frameworks and providing full product support. Learn
how you can take advantage of JQuery to build richly interactive
client-side Ajax applications when developing either ASP.NET Web Forms or
ASP.NET MVC applications. Also see how JQuery works in combination with
ASP.NET AJAX to provide the best framework for building Ajax applications.

Session 2 – Data Services - OnPremise and Off - In the near future,
applications will be developed using a combination of custom application
code and online building block services, including data-centric services.
In this session we discuss advancements in the Microsoft development
platform and online service interfaces to enable seamless interaction with
data services both on-premises (e.g., ADO.NET Data Services Framework over
on-premises SQL Server) and in the cloud (e.g., SQL Server Data Services).
Learn how you can leverage existing know-how related to LINQ (Language
Integrated Query), data access APIs, data-binding, and more when building
applications using online data.

Session 3 – Architecting for the Cloud using Windows Azure - This session
provides a tour of the Windows Azure cloud computing platform, an overview
of its various components, and explains how these fit together to provide
best-of-cloud experiences. We will explore the architecture that links
many of the Microsoft .NET services and lets ISVs and businesses deliver
compelling solutions. Learn how to compose these services with SQL Data
Services to create applications in the cloud and connect them with
on-premise systems. We will also examine the next generation of messaging,
data, access control, and directory services, and how they fit together to
provide a seamless integration into the cloud.

Speaker’s Bios:

Joe Healy (http://www.devfish.net) is the Developer Evangelist for
Microsoft Gulf States Accounts, based out of Tampa Florida. Joe’s
geographical responsibility is to provide ‘developer care’ for the state
of Florida. Joe serves a multitude of clients, from corporate accounts to
broad reach events and User Groups. He lectures on various development and
architectural topics focused around the .Net Frameworks, Visual
Studio.NET, and associated servers. Joe has also served time with
eAngler.com, Arthur Andersen, Cap Gemini, EDS, and IBM in various
capacities.

Jeff Barnes (Architecture: The Harmony of Mathematical Precision;
http://blogs.msdn.com/jbarnes) is the Microsoft Architect Evangelist for
the Gulf States District where he engages with the local Architect
community to help solve tough business problems with leading-edge
technology. Jeff has been with Microsoft for over 10 years and has spent
over 7 of those years as an architect in the Microsoft Consulting Services
organization working with large enterprise customers throughout North
America. He especially enjoys the freedom and flexibility that .NET brings
to the table in order solve the next generation of tough technical
challenges.