RedGate SQL Compare Demo

17 Jan
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Adam S

Adam Stephensen discusses:

The ins and outs of RedGate SQL Compare and how to use it effectively.

How To Improve Your SQL Server Database

18 Dec
by ssw, posted in Webinars   |  No Comments
Mehmet

A chance to watch SSW’s latest Webinar broadcasted live on the 6th of October

Are your users starting a report and going for a coffee or a smoke while they wait? Are your users constantly complaining about timeouts when using your application?

If you find yourself with a sluggish database, stop pulling your hair out! In this webinar SSW will show you the top 8 methods we use to reduce the time it takes to run queries from minutes or hours to seconds.

This webinar will provide the viewer with:

1. Top 8 ways to improve the performance of your SQL Server Database
2. How to prevent performance issues from occurring
3. How to resolve these issues after it goes into production
4. How write code that ensures your SQL server remains healthy
5. Steps an administrator can take to return your SQL server to optimal health

SQL Deploy Demo

01 Dec
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Adam S

SSW’s Adam Stephensen demonstrates the features of SSW SQL Deploy

Adam Stephensen is a senior developer at SSW with a decade of experience performing needs analysis, designing and building scalable, database-driven, distributed enterprise solutions incorporating web and windows interfaces.

Cloud Technologies, Windows Azure and Dynamics CRM

25 Nov
by Adam Cogan, posted in NETUG   |  No Comments
CRM Maestro

George Doubinski discusses:

• Building hybrid apps with CRM, Azure and Twitter
• Main functionality of CRM 2011
• How to leverage cloud technologies to develop advanced business solutions with CRM
• How to use Twitter as a broadcasting mechanism
• Leveraging Cloud technologies to develop advanced business solutions with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• Through demonstrations, how to develop solutions that pull together Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, Windows Azure platform, customer portals & social tools

George Doubinski is the technical director at Alexanders IT, which is a CRM technology services and training company. They specialize in designing, developing and hosting solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM. George is a dynamic CRM MVP, a Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Sales and Marketing expert.

Brian Noyes [Part 2] – Prism 2, WPF vs Silverlight

12 Nov
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WPF Ace

Brian Noyes discusses:

• Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight (aka. Prism 2)
• Composite Application Guidance Overview
• Application Architecture
• CAL Features
• Patterns

Brian is Chief Architect with iDesign, Microsoft’s Regional Director for the Mid-Atlantic Region, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and Owner of Software Insight Brian has written 2 bestseller books – Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce and Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0. He published various books on Workflow, Windows Forms 2.0, MSDN magazine and more and continuously publishes articles and speaks at international conferences.

Brian has long term experience having worked for defence and federal agencies as a software developer and architect and as a government software project manager while in the Navy. He got started with programming to stimulate his brain while flying F-14 Tomcats in the Navy and is a Top Gun and Test Pilot School graduate.

Brian Noyes [Part 1] – Workflow 4.0, Interactive and Windows Presentation Foundation

12 Nov
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WF Top Gun

Brian Noyes discusses:

• Workflow 4.0.
• Interactive and Windows Presentation Foundation.
• Differences between Workflow Beta 1 and Beta 2
• Why do we need a new Workflow?
• Message Correlation

Brian is Chief Architect with iDesign, Microsoft’s Regional Director for the Mid-Atlantic Region, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and Owner of Software Insight

Brian has written 2 bestseller books – Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce and Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0. He published various books on Workflow, Windows Forms 2.0, MSDN magazine and more and continuously publishes articles and speaks at international conferences. Brian has long term experience having worked for defence and federal agencies as a software developer and architect and as a government software project manager while in the Navy. He got started with programming to stimulate his brain while flying F-14 Tomcats in the Navy and is a Top Gun and Test Pilot School graduate.

SharePoint Tips with Adam Cogan

12 Oct
by Adam Cogan, posted in NETUG   |  No Comments
The Coganator

Adam Cogan discusses SharePoint:

  • Why would companies choose SharePoint?
  • Overview of SharePoint (features)
  • Reducing use of tables via ASP.NET control adapters
  • Cross-browser compatibility the easy way with JQuery
  • Customizing SharePoint web parts
  • The yellow brick road to SharePoint delivering Australia’s largest website
  • Why companies want to use SharePoint
  • How you can make a website sexy implementing J-crew
  • Removing the tables
  • Using devs
  • Giving it a live feeling
  • Development tips
  • Debugging tips

Adam Cogan is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in SharePoint and .NET Solutions. At SSW, Adam has been developing custom solutions for businesses across a range of industries such as Government, banking, insurance and manufacturing since 1990 for clients such as Microsoft, Quicken, and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.

How To Use Coffee Script + SASS + LESS in Visual Studio 2010

29 Sep
by Adam Cogan, posted in How To   |  2 Comments
Eric Phan

Eric Phan gives us a quick peek into CoffeeScript, SaSS and LESS and how they can help you create simple, maintainable javascript and CSS assest for your web application.

Debugger Canvas in Visual Studio 2010

29 Sep
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Eric Phan

SSW’s very own Eric Phan demontrates the power of Debugger Canvas in visualizing and collaborating bugs in the development team.

TechED 2011 Gold Coast – LINQPad Demo with Joseph Albahari

27 Sep
by Adam Cogan, posted in Interviews   |  No Comments
LINQ God

In our final video from TechED Australia, Adam Cogan interviews Joseph about LINQPad:

• Why he created it
• Joseph’s LINQPad website
• Bananas
• Pricing

Joseph Albahari is a software architect, author and speaker with extensive experience in design and programming.

He is keenly involved in C# and LINQ, and is the author of the popular book “C# 4.0 in a Nutshell”. He has also written LINQPad, a very popular tool that has seen great success. He speaks regularly at conferences such as JAOO and TechEd – and at his local .NET user group in Perth and is an author at O’Reilly Media.