Register as a Windows Phone 7 Student Developer in Singapore

Interested in creating your own applications on Windows Phone 7? What to launch your app into the Marketplace but don’t know how? This guide will walk you through on how you can use DreamSpark on how you can register yourself and be able to put you app in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Download the Windows Phone Marketplace registration guide. -Chun Siong Tan, Microsoft Student Partner Lead, NUS

MessagingTalk User Group September Meetup

September Meet Up Agenda Date: 29th Sept 2010 Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00PM Venue: Microsoft Singapore (Conference Room SINOMB 22CF-12) 7:00 PM to 7:15PM - Registration 7:20 PM to 8:30PM – Third Party Archive Integration in Exchange 2010 by Shaji Firoz 8:30 PM to 8:45PM - Toilet/Stretching Break 8:45PM to 10PM – Synergy in Microsoft Productivity Solutions by David Lim Abstract for Third Party Archive Integration in Exchange 2010: With release of SP1 in Exchange 2010, archiving is in-built now. However, this session will be focusing on third party archiving solution, namely, SourceOne from EMC.We will be going through high level framework of SourceOne architecture, its integration with Exchange 2010, general features and lastly, how to manage it. Session will emphasis mostly on used case basis, where users moved from Notes mail system to Exchange Server, manage their huge NSF file in SourceOne Archiving Server. Also, the session will discuss about features such as Journaling, Shortcuting and PST ingestion. So join us in this month’s meet up and get to know more about this beta release. Abstract for Synergy in Microsoft Productivity Solutions: Demo how the IW (informationWorker) can leverage Microsoft Unified Communication on daily work. In this session, will demo how OCS 2007 a simple phone call can become a conference call or a video conference on the fly. Voice-mail and faxes move over the network like email and will arrive in the Microsoft Office Outlook inbox where users can sort, prioritize, and forward them, just like any piece of email. Users on the road can dial in over any telephone to hear their emails and appointments. About Shaji Firoz: Shaji Firoz is a Senior Consultant working for IT Outsourcing company in Singapore. Shaji works mostly on Microsoft Technologies - with keen on messaging environment. He leads the development & implementation efforts in Exchange & Active Directory environments. He authors MS Exchange based technical articles in this site and spends time on blogging about Hosted Exchange in msexchange.org blog section. In recognition of his knowledge of Windows & Exchange Servers and his willingness to share the information and help to community, Microsoft recognized him with MVP in Exchange Server. About David Lim: David Lim works as a Solution Manager that focuses on Microsoft Infrastructure Solution and Microsoft Unified Communication in Local System Integration Company; a Microsoft Gold Partner and Microsoft Voice Specialized Partner. His expertise in Microsoft Unified Communication, based on Microsoft Exchange and Communication Server Solutions. I also experienced in Microsoft Virtualization Technology and System Center. Registration For registration, please email to tristonwan@gmail.com with the following: ...

Build Windows Phone 7 apps using Project Nimbus data

Hi folks! We have a couple of cool updates today. Windows Phone Developer Tools Final Release The Windows Phone Developer Tools RTM is out! That means you can now download the final release of the tools at http://developer.windowsphone.com/ and start reading refreshed content at MSDN to find out what’s new. Popular among developers in this final release are the Panorama and Pivot controls which lets you quickly build beautiful Metro-themed applications. ...

SGOG - Business Intelligence in Office and SharePoint - 15 Sept 2010

After receiving much comments from various members: Excel PowerPivot in 2010. We’ll give Project 2010 a short break till the next session as I think the broader topic at hand is Business Intelligence in Microsoft Office and Microsoft SharePoint 2010. And so… for this month, we’ll cover just that in a bumper 2 hour session on BI in 2010. Agenda: 1900h Introduction 1905h Business Intelligence in Microsoft Office Excel 2010 including PowerPivot for Excel 2010. 1945h Break 2000h Business Intelligence in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 Covering PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010, Excel Services 2010 and Performance Point 2010. It’s going to be a packed session and do pass word around as few sessions integrate as many products into one demo as this… Date: 15th September 2010, Wed Time: 1845h - 2100h Venue: Microsoft Singapore, Level 22CF-12 To register, simple email Tian-AnTan@avantustraining.com. to confirm your attendance and any number of friends tagging along. Tian-An MVP Office System Singapore Office User Group

Visual Studio: ALM Solution Briefing

 Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM) Solution Briefing Innovative applications can catapult your business forward providing you with a competitive advantage. Microsoft’s Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution allows you to realize the strategic value of your custom software investments. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 is an interoperable family of products that help make it easier to create, test and deliver custom software solutions. A rich set of integrated tools and server infrastructure coupled with flexible and agile processes that represent a breakthrough for development tools, help you manage and optimize your entire software development process. This event gives you a valuable opportunity to learn more about how Microsoft’s Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution can help you reduce cost, reduce development time, increase quality, and improve project visibility and manageability. To Register : Email Sandy at MSmarketing@swap.com.sg with the following info: Name, Job Title, Phone, Mobile, Email Address, Company Name, Company Address For more information please call us up at +65 6227 7445. Who Should Attend: TDM, IT Manager, Project Manager, Application Manager, Architect, Development Team Leader, Developer, Programmer Date: 22nd September 2010 (Wednesday) Time: 1:00pm – 5:15pm (Registration starts at 1.00pm) Venue: Level 21 Auditorium, NTUC Centre, One Marina Boulevard, Microsoft Singapore Program Overview: ...

August Microsoft - Azione BizSpark Startup Night

We just concluded our August BizSpark Startup night in partnership with Azione Capital last August 25. This time around we focused on Windows Phone 7 and the awesome applications that can be made with platform. We asked some of our partners that are developing on Windows Phone to present some of their applications There were three presenters who showed their applications. 1. Melvin Suan and Michael Ng from Nanyang Polytechnic showed close to fifteen apps developed with the help of the students at NYP. 2. Muhammad Mulyadi, a hobbyist developer, showed his Bus Guide application for the Windows Phone. Something he created for Windows Mobile 6.5 and will now be also available once Windows Phone 7 comes out. 3. Janelle Lee from Protege Production, showed us her Armor Valley game for the Windows Phone. Initially available for the Xbox and now ported for the Windows Phone 7 as well. We blogged about Janelle and her company here. We also had a great line up of panelists that were there to provide their feedback and insight on the applications created. The panelist were 1. Alex Toh, President, Mobile Alliance Singapore 2. Loo Cheng Chuan, Principal, Singtel Idea Factory 3. Alvin Yap, CEO, The Mobile Gamer 4. Nelson Allen, Director, Microsoft Aside from showcase of applications, Caroline Yeung of Young Upstarts also shared her expertise on Public Relations during the session. You can view here coverage of the event here. For everybody who wasn’t able to come to the event and wants to learn more about Windows Phone, be sure to check out our blog as well as http://developer.windowsphone.com/ to learn more about Windows Phone development. If you are looking for support and funding on Azione Capital is part MDA’s iJAM funding scheme. If you are interested to know more reach out to Azion Capital here or contact us here and we’ll be more than happy to connect you with them. Again thanks for everybody who attended the event and hope to see you in the near future. BizSpark Startup Night is a bi-monthly event for Singapore’s startup community to network with fellow technology startups. If you are a technology startup then there’s no reason not to join the BizSpark program. Find out more on how BizSpark provides software, support and visibility for startups here. [gallery]

Windows Phone 7 : How to Store Data and Pass Data between Pages

This is a walk-through tutorial for demonstrating following functions: Store data on Windows Phone 7 by using Isolated Storage Pass data through parameter between pages Dynamic generate data grid, which contains data and related link button Use XElement, XAttribute as data structure I will explain related concepts through codes step by step. This application is used as a shopping list. Users will be able to key-in items they want to shop and view the shopping list as well. Add and Open function are implemented and I will leave remove function for you to try out. Before start, You could download sourcecode here. And Windows Phone 7 developer package could be downloaded here. 1. Click on File ->New-> Project … Let’s name the project: ShoppingList_Demo. ...

Sharepoint Pros: Sharepoint Content Governance - 9 Sept 2010

SharePoint Content Governance Linden Daniels, Microsoft Consulting Services SharePoint is one of the fastest selling products from Microsoft. Yet it still causes IT and users problems with scaling usability, performance and operations. Find out more by understanding the underlying architecture and what remediation can be done. Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of Microsoft Singapore. Please RSVP to ssofian@mvps.org to confirm your attendance Linden is a Principal Consultant working for Microsoft Singapore, focusing in the areas of Knowledge Management, Document Management and Collaboration. Originally working in Document Management, he has moved on to Portal Technologies where he now specialises the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products and Technologies. Linden has been working in Microsoft Singapore for 10 years and is a leading expert in SharePoint technologies in the South East Asia region. He has helped many large organisations and companies successfully implement SharePoint products and technologies in Singapore, South East Asia, Australia and Europe, such as McKinsey, Singapore’s and the Australian Tax Offices, Major Oil Companies, Ministry of Education, the Law Courts, International Financial and Banking Institutions, International Chip Companies etc. His 15 years of information technology experience has exposed him to a wide range of development platforms and systems. This enables his to understand the strategic nature of information technology across diverse vertical industries.

SWUG - Open Space Security with Kaspersky

<We’re giving away a copy of Windows Home Server to a lucky attendee!> Date: 8th September 2010 (Wednesday) Time: 7.00pm to 9.30pm Venue: 1 Marina Boulevard #22-00,MS Singapore – 22FC12 6.30pm: Registration 7.00pm: Session 1 – Kaspersky Open Space Security 8.15pm: Toilet/Stretching Break 8.30pm: Session 2 – Windows 7 Deployment Tools Update 9.30pm: Home Sweet Home Session 1 – Kapersky Abstract: In this session, Mr. Lim Thou Liang will cover in depth why Kaspersky is leading in the world’s top 4 anti-virus solution space with many renowned security vendors like Juniper, Blue Coat, Sybari, Clearswift etc who use their anti-virus engine. He will also demonstrate on the ease of management, administration and support of Kaspersky Central Admin Kit. Speaker’s Profile: Thou Liang graduated from University of New Castle, Australia with a degree in Bachelor of Engineering (Computer). He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, out of which more than 10 years of training experience in system courses, specializing in a complete range of Microsoft BackOffice products. As one of the pioneer MCTs and MCSE in Asia, Thou Liang has been an early starter in Microsoft technology. He is one of the leading IT Trainer/Consultant and has trained numerous IT professionals, both locally and around the S.E Asia region. Thou Liang’s other areas of expertise include NT, Windows 2000/2003/2008, SQL, Visual Basic, various versions of C language, Security, BizTalk Server, Datawarehousing, OLAP, XML and many more. His other exposure includes software development in the arena of C, C++, VB, VB .NET, and C# programming languages Session 2 – Windows 7 Deployment Tools Update Abstract: Join Jay in learning about the new updates made available in helping you deploy Windows 7 in the Enterprise. If you think you already know enough about deployment, think again. We will cover User-Driven Installation (UDI), a deployment framework that combines the flexibility of Lite touch Installation + Control and Automation of Zero Touch Installation. We will also learn how MAP 5.0 can help u do a readiness assessment for Office 2010, software usage tracking for Windows Server, Sharepoint Server, System Center Configuration Manager, Exchange Server and SQL Server. We end off with AppCompat Toolkit 5.6, which now includes Compatibility Testing for 64bit applications, additional detection for Windows 7 deprecated features. Join us, to learn about the updates, ask questions, and make the best use of the tools available to make your life easy. Registration For registration, please email to admin@sgwindowsgroup.org with the following: - SWUG ID - Name - Email Address Note: There won’t be an event confirmation. Just turn up, we don’t turn people away. However, please register if you’re coming.

SGDN - A Lap around Windows Azure - 2 Sept 2010

SG Dot Net September UG Meeting September UG meeting will be held on 2nd September 2010 on this Thursday, at Level 21 Auditorium from 1845hrs – late. Light Refreshments will be served before the session. A Lap around Windows Azure Wely Lau & Mohamed Faizal 1900 hrs – late The Windows Azure platform is a set of high-performance cloud computing services that can be used together or independently and enable developers to leverage existing skills and familiar tools to develop cloud applications. In this session, we’ll provide a developer-focused overview of ...