Andrew Coates ::: MSFT
It's all about community!
User Groups at Work
I was presenting on Service Oriented Architecture today to a group of developers from a large...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/15/2006
Community Project at TechEd Australia is GO!
In response to Mitch's call for team leaders, I volunteered for the role of Excel Guy. I got this in...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/15/2006
The TechEd Developer Goodness just gets Gooder and Gooder!
Developer Cabana SessionsFollowing on from my previous post, there has been a great response to the...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/15/2006
New ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts Book from Darren Neimke
Local MVP, BlogML Author, SUB Creator and all-round good guy Darren Neimke has been busy writing a...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 06/06/2006
TechEd Australia and New Zealand - Developer Tools Track - Draft Session Plan
I'm responsible for the Developer Tools track at TechEd Australia and New Zealand. I've been...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2006
Software as a Service - Architectural Considerations
Yesterday morning I presented at the Sydney sessions of the Software as a Service (SaaS) seminar...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2006
Expression Web Designer CTP1
MVP Rick Strahl has posted about the first CTP of Expression Web Designer. Rick's a long-time MVP...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2006
Cavemen for PocketPC - these guys rock!
Via Frank, I downloaded and played with the public beta of Cavemen - a Lemmings clone for PocketPC...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/10/2006
What would make you come to Tech•Ed?
Tech•Ed 2006 is coming to Sydney at the end of August and I've been tasked with making it a...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/10/2006
3 Days Vista Developer Training for AUD200
Update -You'll need the coupon code, which is VistaTDANZ As part of the Vista Readiness campaign,...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 05/10/2006
Sun Developers Conference in Sydney - Part III
Day 2 of the conference started with a "keynote" session, which was essentially the draw for a...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2006
Sun Developers Conference in Sydney - Part II
This afternoon was spent on some more detailed presentations (and yes Nick, my badge does say...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2006
Sun Developers Conference in Sydney - Part I
I'm spending today and tomorrow at the Sun Developers conference here in Sydney. It's really...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/29/2006
Managing SQL Server Express
I showed off integrating SQL Express with VFP at OzFox Lite last weekend, and as part of the...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/29/2006
Internet Safety for Kids
Last night I presented to parents at my kids' school on the topic of "Internet Safety for Kids"....
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/28/2006
TFS MSSCCI Provider Update
Brian Harry's posted an update about the availability of the next drop of the MSSCCI provider for...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2006
OzFox Lite Rocks the house!
Last weekend I was lucky enough to attend OzFox Lite, a Code-Camp-like event for VFP developers...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2006
FoxTabs on the front of FoxTalk
Scott Scovell and Craig Bailey have been working on a great community project called VFP Solution...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/21/2006
How do I add rules to FxCop?
At the Security Summit in Perth yesterday, I was asked about adding rules to FxCop. Coincidentally,...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2006
Developing with Least Privilege
At the Security Summit in Melbourne, I asked the same question I have everywhere else "Who amongst...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/09/2006
2-Day BI Workshops. Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Adelaide
Hot on the heels of the VSTS workshops, Frederique Dennison has mailed me about a series of BI...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/08/2006
Team Foundation User Admin Tool now works against the TFS RC
John Lawrence (of Dogfood Statistics fame) notes that the User Admin Power Tool for TFS has been...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2006
Using TFS with Non-VS2005 Clients
Of course, if your client/IDE supports the MSSCCI, then you can download the plugin (currently in...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2006
VFP Sedna March CTP Now Online
Milind Lee has posted that the March CTP of Sedna, the add-on for VFP, is now available. We have...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2006
2-Day VSTS Training available in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane
Frederique Dennison, the Microsoft Australia Partner Readiness Manager (until next week, that is)...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2006
TFS MSSCCI Provider Beta 2 Released and it works* with VFP
Rob Caron (and a number of other folk) blogged yesterday that the next release of the Visual Studio...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/21/2006
Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider with VFP
When the MSSCCI Provider for Team Foundation Server was announced, I was very excited. VFP (like the...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 02/05/2006
Studying for another Beta Exam (71-536)
Looks like Mitch is studying for 71–536 as well. I’m signed up to do it AFTER the Ready...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/19/2005
Watching Webcasts in Half the Time
This post from Mark Stanfill on The Official SBS Support Blog prompted me to post a Me To. An...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/15/2005
Rehearsals for Ready! Launch Tour
Updated – Added Hobart Community LaunchUpdated II – Corrected the Adelaide Venue –...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/14/2005
71-528 Study Group Chats - Fourth Transcript Posted
Another meeting this evening where we kind of covered off some of what was left after the first...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/14/2005
New Web Deployment Projects Add-in
This just in from Brian Goldfarb, Technical Product Manager on ASP.NET Web Deployment Projects are...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/09/2005
Bootstrapper Manifest Generator RTM Version Released
Co-incident with the official launch of Visual Studio 2005, Bootstraper Manifest Generator is also...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/08/2005
Third Study Group Session Transcript Posted
We got "together" again last night for our third study group session. Once again, I've posted the...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/07/2005
Using the AdRotator Class + Dynamic Image Generation in ASP.NET 2.0
As part of my study group homework, I promised to bone up on the AdRotator class in ASP.NET2.0 and...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/07/2005
VFP Goodness Locally and Globally
I know these things have been up for a little while, but I've been slack and Craig's prodded me to...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/03/2005
71-528 Second Study Group Chat Session Transcript Posted
Update – Fixed the transcript linkWe got "together" again last night for our second study...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/02/2005
New Machine Checklist
I'm doing a (long overdue) rebuild of my Toshiba M200 to get rid of any Beta1/Beta2/CTP/RC gremlins....
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/01/2005
71-528 First Study Group Chat Transcript Posted
We didn’t get as far through the 71–528 skills as I’d hoped, but we had a good...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2005
First Beta Exam Study Chat Tonight (Sydney time)
Updated: Fixed some spelling and added a transcript link.The Study Chats for 71-528 start this...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/30/2005
Home page for 71-528 Study Group
Ironically, for a ASP.NET certification, I've set up a couple of static HTM pages to serve as a home...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/27/2005
Online Study group for Beta Exam 71-528
A bunch of us (keen, or is that masochistic, local developers) have signed up for the beta version...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/27/2005
Darwin on the origin of Support
Darwin Abustan, one of our local Developer Support Engineers has started blogging. This is...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/19/2005
Dr Neil's Extreme .NET event back around Australia by popular demand - Discount for MSDN Connection Members
Just got this note from John Pawlowski (of Canberra .NET User Group fame). Happy to help John!...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 09/23/2005