A Blog by Scott Isaacs

Day: June 3, 2005

TechEd Schedule

Here is my tentative Tech·Ed schedule.  There are several time slots where I have double- or triple-booked myself.  Also, I have been told by experienced Tech·Ed attendees to let my schedule be flexible — make sure I hit the things that are critical to me, but let the other times be rearranged if necessary.  I suppose this makes sense, especially because of the Grok Talks.  I haven’t compared schedules (GT schedules for Tues, Weds, Thurs), but hopefully I’ll be able to skip something less interesting for three really interesting Grok Talks.

In addition to my full schedule, I am hoping to be able to make it to the last half of a User Group Leader Summit for INETA and Culminis group leaders.  The reason I’m hoping to make the last half is that it takes place all day Sunday, and I don’t arrive until around noon or so on Sunday.  I didn’t know about this summit in time to book my flight appropriately.  Oh well.

Anyway, as promised, for what it’s worth, here is my current (overbooked) schedule.

Monday, June 06
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
      Opening Keynote
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
DAT382 Database Application Quick Start with SQL Server Express and Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2005 (S 210 E)
WEB320 ASP.NET: Best Practices and Techniques for Migrating ASP.NET 1.x Applications to ASP.NET 2.0 (N 320 B/F)
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
GNL003 Microsoft Learning Presents: Getting Ready for Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 (N 320 D/H)
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
WEB321 ASP.NET 2.0: A Look Inside Membership, Role Management and Profiles in ASP.NET 2.0 (N 320 D/H)
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
BIN333 Ad Hoc Reporting with Report Builder: Extending the Capabilities of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (N 320 D/H)
DBA304 Advanced Querying Techniques, Tips & Tricks Using Transact-SQL (S 310 A)
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
DEV260 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Managing the Software Lifecycle with Visual Studio 2005 Team System (S 310 A)
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Reception
Tuesday, June 07
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Keynote
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
ARC305 Code Generation: Architecting a New Kind of Reuse (N 320 D/H)
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
GNL005 Behind the Scenes of TechEd: A Look at the Development of TechEd’s New Hands-on Lab Launchpad Application (N 320 D/H)
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
ARC206 Next Generation Service-Oriented Architectures (S 320 A)
CSI349 Beyond the Wizards: A Practical Approach to Web Services Security with WSE (S 220 E)
DAT385 Using the New Microsoft Report Controls in Visual Studio 2005 (N 320 D/H)
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
DEV280 Advances in Threat Modeling (S 210 E)
WEB329 ASP.NET: A Lap Around the New Enhancements for Web Developers in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (S 320 A)
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
ARC308 Dealing with Data in Service-Oriented Architectures (N 210 E)
DAT320 Integrated Innovation: Using ADO.NET 2.0 with SQL Server 2005 (S 220 D)
DEV362 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Building Robust and Reliable Software (S 310 A)
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
BOF001 Software Factories: Making ASP.NET Server Controls Simpler (Track Cabana 01A)
BOF010 Test-Driven Development is Design! (S 321)
7:45 PM – 8:45 PM
BOF019 What are Microsoft Patterns and Practices and Why Should I Care? (Track Cabana 16)
BOF020 Contract-First Web Services: Step-by-Step (S 321)
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
BOF023 Data Access for Business Objects with NHibernate (Track Cabana 04)
Wednesday, June 08
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
ARC309 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects: Developing Service-Oriented Systems (N 320 B/F)
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
ARC310 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects: Developing Logical Datacenters (S 220 E)
WEB323 ASP.NET 2.0: Overview of ASP.NET 2.0 (Part 1) (S 320 A)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
GNL009 .NET Rocks! Live @ TechEd with Visual Studio 2005 Team System (N 320 D/H)
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
DEV463 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Maximizing Collaboration with Team Foundation Server (S 220 E)
WEB324 ASP.NET 2.0: Overview of ASP.NET 2.0 (Part 2) (S 330)
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
DEV351 Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: Application Frameworks and Advanced Language Features (N 210 E)
DEV364 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Enabling Better Software through Better Testing (S 310 A)
5:30 PM – 6:45 PM
DEV380 Enterprise Library In-Depth (S 220 D)
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
BOF035 Innovative Techniques in .NET Development (Track Cabana 08)
7:45 PM – 8:45 PM
BOF041 Pragmatic Architecture (Track Cabana 02)
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
BOF049 CSS and ASP.NET (Track Cabana 01A)
BOF052 Writing Secure Code (S 321)
Thursday, June 09
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
ARC313 Patterns for Service-Oriented Architecture (S 310 A)
DEV467 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Using Visual Studio 2005 Team System to Support Your Agile Processes (S 220 E)
WEB325 ASP.NET 2.0: Building Data-Driven Web Sites in ASP.NET 2.0 (S 330)
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
ARC314 Passing Messages: A Flexible, Powerful and Extensible Communication Model (N 210 E)
DEV365 Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects Overview (S 210 E)
WEB330 ASP.NET: Using Microsoft Visual 2005 Studio Team System to Build Enterprise Web Applications (S 320 A)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
GNL011 Inside Microsoft: Perspective on Creating Technology for the World with Don Box (N 230)
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
WEB343 ASP.NET and IIS: New Developments in Web Security With IIS 6.0 and ASP.NET (S 320 A)
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
ARC316 Tight Processes, Loose Services (S 210 E)
DAT400 SQLCLR vs. T-SQL: Best Practices for Development in the Database (N 220 E)
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
BIN335 SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Custom Report Items (S 320 A)
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Attendee Party
Friday, June 10
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
ARC317 Service Oriented Management: The Business Imperatives (N 210 B)
DEV461 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Advanced Project Management and Reporting in Visual Studio 2005 Team System (S 220 D)
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
ARC318 Service-Oriented Management: The Technical Solutions (S 220 D)
WEB327 ASP.NET 2.0: Best Practices for Building Web Application UI with Master Pages, Themes, and Site Navigation (S 330)
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
ARC419 The Grey Area of Implementing Services Using Object-Oriented Technologies (S 220 D)
DEV466 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Enterprise-Class Source Control (S 220 E)
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Open

My iPod

I love my iPod.  It’s an amazing thing.  What I don’t love is having to run the system restore on my iPod every 5 weeks or so.  I don’t understand why it happens or if I’m even doing anything to cause it, but periodically when I go to sync it, I get a message that some file is corrupt.  (I’m sure a Google search would clear things up, but that’s too easy.)

So I try to run the latest iPod Update from Apple.  There are two problems with this, though:

  • You can’t run the update if the iPod already has that version of software (what if I just want to fix something???).
  • Because of that, I have to completely erase the iPod by restoring it to factory settings, plug it into a wall outlet to “reset” itself, then copy my 2000+/- songs back to it.

What a pain!

I suppose it could be worse — I could carry 160+ cassette tapes around with me.

VMWare, Virtual PC and TechEd

So, I wanted to install VS 2005 Beta 2 so that I can play with it before (and at) Tech·Ed.  Well rather than install it rught my laptop (in case of any potential conflict or crash or whatever) I decided to install it in a virtual machine.  On my work laptop I installed VMWare Workstation and on my own laptop I installed Microsoft Virtual PC.

Both were incredibly slow.  I mean painful.  Granted each machine has only 512MB of RAM, but I can’t believe how slow it was.  S.  L.  O.  W.

Fortunately (in a sick sense), I had a problem with my work laptop and it will need to be re-imaged.  So I removed VMWare and installed Beta 2 right on the base OS. 

I got it all (VS, SQL, MSDN, Visio, VSS, etc.) installed just before I left the office today.  I’m hoping to get in a couple hours of “play time” before the sessions start.  If anyone else is using Beta 2 already, I’d appreciate any tips or warnings you might have.

Also, if you’re going to Tech·Ed, let me know.  I’m staying at Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa.

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