Recently I traveled around the country delivering the Windows Server 2008 Chalk and Talk session for the Microsoft Australia Readiness team. That event targeted a mixed audience of both Developers and IT Pros. Invariably the IT Pros outnumbered the developers and consequently I tended to focus more on those topics of interest most to the majority of the audience - IT Pros.

Well the good news is the Microsoft Technical Readiness team has now announced dates for a new developer focused Readiness event on Windows Server 2008. The dates are a couple of months away and the registration site isn't up yet but I just wanted to let you know as soon as possible so you can put this in your calendar if you are interested.

"Windows Server 2008: Developer Essentials"

Sydney        10th-11th September 2007
Melbourne    13th-14th September 2007
Brisbane    1st-2nd October 2007
Canberra    4th-5th October 2007

The course content is the final stages of completion now and will be published on the registration site as soon as it is available. To give you an idea of some of the sessions you should expect in the event, here's a preliminary list.

  • Developing custom modules and handlers for Internet Information Server 7.0
  • Developing an Administrative interface using Microsoft Management Console 3.0.
  • How to use the new Transactional NTFS capabilities in your application
  • Creating custom cmdlets for PowerShell
  • Windows Eventing 6.0
  • Windows Communication Foundation
  • Windows Workflow Foundation
  • Windows Eventing 6.0 & Performance Counters