Time flies – The first quarter of 2010 is coming to an end, and we’re edging closer to the launch dates of VS2010 suites of products. While we’ve had our past few UG meetings focusing on the new family of products or languages, there’s still plenty of other developer topics which are worth exploring. In this month, we’re pleased to share two of such, Silverlight 4 and Bing Maps.

March UG Meeting

March UG meeting is held on 16th March 2010 (Tuesday, not Thursday), at Level 22 CF15, NTUC Building from 1845 – late. Light Refreshments will be served before the session.

Peep into Bing Maps
Alex Goh, Web Evangelist, Microsoft Singapore
1900 – 2000

Take a tour of the upcoming features of Bing Maps such as StreetSide and augmented reality. Also dive into the Bing Maps Silverlight control to see how easy it is to build your own Bing Map application

Developing Business Applications with Silverlight 4
Maung Maung Phyo, MVP (Security)

2015 – 2115 hrs

Are you still thinking Silverlight is all about multimedia, animation and the flashiness? Think {harder} again!  Attend this session to witness how Silverlight 4 enables business application development beside empowering richer user experiences like never before.  It is no longer just about RIA – Rich Interface Application, but also about taking advantage of desktop capabilities to build Windows applications in the distributed computing platform.
Speaker Profile

Maung Maung Phyo currently works as a Developer Tools Technical Specialist in Developer & Platform Evangelism team, Microsoft Singapore.  Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked for NCS Pte Ltd where he architected and implemented numerous business solutions using .NET tools and technologies.  He was awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Visual Developer - Security category.  Maung Maung, being passionate about technologies, loves getting his hands dirty with latest Microsoft servers and technologies, enjoys sharing his knowledge with others.  You can catch Maung Maung at the various Microsoft events, such as MSDN TechTalk, TechEd SEA, MEDC, TechFest, Mix-it-up, and also at the community events.

To register for the event, click here. Note that there’s currently no email confirmation for the event.

Topics You Want to Hear in 2010

We’re conducting a poll of the entire year to find out what topic you would be interested to learn about. Please take a few minutes of your time to submit your valuable input so that we can make the user group experience more fruitful for you. Click here to read more.

The Future of Business Intelligence

On 12th March, you are invited to meet two prominent SQL Server General Managers from Redmond (HQ Product Group), in a never before conversation, hosted by Microsoft Singapore. Learn and influence how the future of Business Intelligence can be for you.

Agenda/Discussion Topics
-          Microsoft’s vision & journey for Business Intelligence
-          Best Practices for Microsoft Business Intelligence
-          SQL Server 2008 R2 and Beyond

To find out more about the event, please click here.