Andrew Westgarth : Microsoft

Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for 2009

Andrew's Blog — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:53:42 GMT

Today I received an email from Microsoft to tell me I’d been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for 2009, to follow the award which I received in 2008. I am very pleased, and once again extremely humble to be associated with...(read more)

24 Hours of Firsts

Andrew's Blog — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:45:46 GMT

The 24 hours I'm currently writing this post in are all about firsts. First I've just got back from my first ever live gig, and first ever experience of Metallica live! I've been to the Sheffield Arena for the latest leg of Metallica's...(read more)

VBUG NEWCASTLE : REARRANGED Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010) with Eric Nelson Now 24th February

Andrew's Blog — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:52:07 GMT

I’m pleased to announce that we have rearranged Eric Nelson’s session on Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010), which was unfortunately cancelled due to the poor weather, and the event will now be held on TUESDAY 24th FEBRUARY at the same venue. ...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle: Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010) with Eric Nelson – 3rd February 2009

Andrew's Blog — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:22:32 GMT

VBUG Newcastle kicks off 2009 on Tuesday 3rd February with Eric Nelson, Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelist, visiting to cover Parallel Programming in .Net using Visual Studio 2010. Session Overview: The next version of the .NET Framework will...(read more)

Flash Chance to Win an Xbox 360 Elite

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:57:15 GMT

If you don’t already subscribe to the MSDN Flash newsletter, first of why not?? and secondly sign up now to have the chance to win an XBOX 360 Elite. Microsoft are running this competition until 28th November 2008 for all who sign up to the MSDN...(read more)

More Great Software for Free to Students From Microsoft

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:19:36 GMT

In follow up to my previous post, Students!!! - Get MS Office Ultimate 2007 for 39 Quid! An Absolute Steal!! , I was reminded this morning about Dreamspark which is a great offer for Students to get hold of some excellent development and design software...(read more)

Students!!! - Get MS Office Ultimate 2007 for 39 Quid! An Absolute Steal!!

Andrew's Blog — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:04:20 GMT

I was recently reminded of this great offer which Microsoft have for Students, Office Ultimate 2007 is available for £38.95 which is an absolute steal! I was reminded of this offer as my Brother is about to start a degree course at the University of Sunderland...(read more)

RemixUK - Ready Steady Speak Competition! - Win an XBOX 360!

Andrew's Blog — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:22:15 GMT

Ready Steady Speak is back for the RemixUK Event in Brighton on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th of September 2008. Are you a budding speaker? A Designer with a passion for what you do who would like to educate us Developers in how it's done or some...(read more)

MSDN and TechNet UK Events

Andrew's Blog — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:11:48 GMT

Here are a list of forthcoming MSDN and TechNet events this autumn in the UK, unfortunately there aren't any in the North East this time as yet. MSDN Events MSDN Event - Rich Internet Applications with Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Location: Reading...(read more)

Awarded Microsoft MVP Award for IIS!

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:07:16 GMT

This afternoon I received an email from Microsoft telling me that I've been awarded the 2008 Microsoft MVP award for my efforts in the Internet Information Services Community over the past year. This is a great honour to be classified in the...(read more)

Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview Released

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:40:01 GMT

I first saw this announcement on twitter last week, that the Windows SideShow team had released a Developer Preview of SideShow for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices - http://blogs.msdn.com/sideshow/archive/2008/06/02/sideshow-on-windows-mobile-released...(read more)

MSDN Roadshow Newcastle - Review

Andrew's Blog — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:43:47 GMT

On Friday 16th May 2008, Newcastle hosted the MSDN Roadshow event - www.msdnroadshow.co.uk . This was the last Roadshow event of 2008 and if the other locations were anything as packed as the Newcastle one then I reckon they must have been great successes...(read more)

Expression Suite 2.0 has been Released - Really! Without Source Control!! Yes Still!!!

Andrew's Blog — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Yes it's true Microsoft's Expression Suite 2.0 has released . Expression Suite 2.0 actually launched last Thursday, 1st May 2008, and to be honest I almost missed the fact if I hadn't seen it in The Coffee House forum on Channel 9 ! I have...(read more)