Hey guys!

We just finished our Silverlight 3 Hands on Labs last Dec 2-4. Particapants got an introduction on what Silverlight is and what tools they need start creating application on Silverlight. It's more of an introduction and a get started session. Attendees learned how to use Expression Blend as well as it's tight integration with Visual Studio. If you are interested in attending the trainings, feel free to contact me. This is part of our commitment to help our partners speed up with the latest technology.

Hope to hear from you guys soon!

Last Monday, October 19 Microsoft Singapore held the "Microsoft Web Story" event at the MS Office. Covering the Microsoft Web Platform and Azure Cloud Computing, the event was attended by a wide range of audience from students, developers and technology enthusiasts.

Jonathan Wong covered the overall Microsoft Web Story. Talking about the platform, tools and technologies by Microsoft on the web. I was personally impressed by Expression Web SuperPreview. This tool allows you to render your websites in different browsers under one window. So if you're developing a website you don't have to open or install a lot of browsers to debug your web page. Very helpful! He also discussed the Web Platform Installer or Web PI. I wrote a blog post about the Web PI here just in case you missed it http://innovativesingapore.com/post/Free-tools-to-build-your-amazing-site.aspx

The big treat was David Chappell of Chappell & Associates who hails from San Francisco. His talk about Azure was very interesting especially his insights about how cloud computing will change the industry and affect businesses across the globe.

In case you missed the talk parts of it will be on geeksengaged.com. You can find David's whitepaper on Azure and other technologies at his website http://www.davidchappell.com

If you want to attend and know more about these events, contact us and we will include you in our mailing list. We organize great events such as this for you guys to learn more about Microsoft and our different programs.

Last friday we held the BizSpark Startup Night here at the Microsoft Office.

Around 40 individuals were there to represent their companies and network with their fellow startups or businesses.

The topic was all about Windows 7 and how you can take advantage of these features in your applications.

Good turnout and company and if you want to learn more, you can download most of the resources from the Windows 7 Developer Training Kit here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1C333F06-FADB-4D93-9C80-402621C600E7&displaylang=en

If you want to know more about the BizSpark Startup Night, feel free to contact me or leave a comment.