For those of you who attended the Microsoft Student Accelerator Showcase back in March, you had a first-hand look of how Microsoft is helping students make their mark in the IT industry. The programme is focussed on inspiring students into the IT world by placing them with companies over the summer to work on innovative software projects. We are excited to introduce the summer 2015 wave of the programme. We already have more than 2,000 students registered for the pre-programme training over the next four months, so we are now accepting employer registrations. This is a chance for your organisation to take on a group of three highly motivated students for 10 weeks over the summer. If you have an idea that you want to test, a cloud project you want to pilot or maybe a new app idea, then this is the perfect opportunity to work with new talent and also broaden the focus within your business. This programme is designed to help students build contacts and skills, while empowering companies to innovate. Find out more here and then sign up today!
Ryan Tarak Partner Business Evangelist Microsoft New Zealand
New MSDN Benefit Starting August 11, 2015, Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN* and MSDN Platforms subscribers have access to Power BI Pro as part of their MSDN subscription benefits. Power BI is a cloud-based business analytics service that enables anyone to visualize and analyze data with greater speed, efficiency, and understanding Get an Introduction to Power BI at Channel9. *Includes subscriptions acquired through retail, volume licensing, BizSpark, MPN, and MCT.
Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013 and 2015 As of yesterday you can now get you can now get the latest Office development features in either version of Visual Studio (2013 and 2015). You can now target your apps and add-ins to Office 2016 and SharePoint Online, integrate Office 365 APIs into your project and enable v1.1 manifests for Office Add-ins (formerly Apps for Office) to support the new capabilities in Office web apps, desktop clients and mobile/tablets.
.NET Native .NET Native is a precompilation technology for building Universal Windows apps in Visual Studio 2015. You get the best of both worlds, managed development experience with C++ performance. For most cases your app will start up faster, perform better, and consume fewer system resources. Find out more on what .NET Native means for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Developers.
Azure Mobile Apps Update Last month, we released an update to the Azure Mobile Apps .NET server SDK making it easier to get started and to facilitate use of the SDK with any ASP.NET project. Just yesterday we announced changes to the Mobile App portal, further streamlining the experience and significantly simplifying the process for building web and mobile apps such as a Continuous Web and Mobile experience, Creating a Mobile App and adding new features.
Christchurch .NET User Group - Raygun.io25 August (Christchurch) Seth Reid from PropertyPlot and Intetgen is going to talk about Raygun.io, the error blasting telemetry tool developed by Mindscape right here in New Zealand! North Shore .NET User Group27 August (Auckland) Jim Taylor from Theta Systems will present on building a planning poker app. More details hereEllerslie .NET User Group - Ignite NZ Q&A31 August (Auckland) With Ignite NZ upon us we've been able to secure some speakers from Microsoft to attend a Q&A/Open space. We'll have Donovan Brown from Redmond and Joe Newton from MS NZ. Startup Weekend Palermston North11 - 13 August (Palmerston North) Startup weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups! AgileNZ Conference 20151-2 September (Wellington) The focus for AgileNZ Conference 2015 is transformation. Lean|Agile approaches are not only continuing to transform software delivery, they're being adopted outside of software to transform entire businesses. The event will explore the latest thinking in Agile, the development of the 'Agile Enterprise' and what might be learnt from New Zealand's digital transformation. Ignite NZ1-4 September (Auckland) The Kick-Off event begins with the keynote lineup featuring four Titans of Tech: Joe Belfiore, Laura Butler, James Staten and Chris Ford. Attendees are then invited to a fully themed entertainment and networking event with refreshments and live music. This is just where it begins. The 140+ technical sessions which make up the meaty filling of Ignite NZ are here! Check out the sessions and if you have a ticket start building your schedule! NZ Game Developers Conference10 - 11 September (Auckland) New Zealand’s community of professional and indie game developers will again come together at an action-packed NZGDC to share, learn and inspire. NZGDC Conference features more than 20 hours of hand-picked sessions across 4 different topic streams, international speakers, and over 300 of your fellow game developers. . Canterbury Software Summit 20151 October (Christchurch) The annual Software Summit is the preeminent industry event of the year for the tech sector. The conference hosts national and international speakers and a tradeshow. The Software Summit offers inspirational and educational content, allowing attendees to learn about new technology developments, hear success stories, and explore new business opportunities. LEAN 155 - 7 October (Wellington) An immersive 3 day event in Wellington, LEAN 15 will unite attendees through powerful yet practical programming with world renowned speakers, collaborative workshops, interactive discussions, and a dynamic collective experience. Whether you are building a high-growth tech startup, a mobile app, a piece of hardware, working in a non-profit, or in a multinational organization, adopting Lean Startup methodology can help you overcome obstacles and set up effective systems.
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