So, I spent a little while today going through the huge number of sessions on at Tech.Ed at the Gold Coast this year (160 or so) and picking out a rough guide for what I’m thinking of going to.

If anyone else is going and wants to meet up for a chat - drop me a line

Tuesday, August 7, 2007
09:10AM - 10:20AM
     DJ903 - Newcastle to Brisbane.

11:30AM (est) - Check In @ Crowne Plaza

6:30PM
    Welcome Party     

Wednesday, August 8, 2007
8:15AM
    Opening Keynote     

(9:00AM to 9:30AM is the tentative timeslot for Nick’s LOLCODE ‘ChalkTalk’. The Keynote runs until 9:45AM though.)

9:45AM
    CON204 - Introduction to Microsoft Windows CardSpace; OR     
    DEV231 A Lap around Microsoft Visual Studio 2008     

11:00AM Morning Tea     

11:30AM
    CON205 Programming Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation: A Developer’s Primer; OR
    DAT302 - Database Schema Versioning: How to Use Microsoft Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals and Team Foundation Server to Version and Deploy Your Databases

12:45PM
    Lunch          

1:45PM
    ARC303 Principles and Patterns of Security; OR
    DEV301 “IronPython” and Dynamic Languages on .NET; OR
    WEB305 IIS7 for Developers     

3:00PM Afternoon Tea

3:30PM
    DEV305 Building Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008; OR
    WEB314 - Web 2.0 Programming

5:00PM
    ARC305 Architecting for Web Scale; OR
    DAT306 - Things You Need to Know for a Painless Upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server 2005     

6:15PM
    Ask the Experts     

Thursday, August 9, 2007
8:15AM
    DAT307 - Database Maintenance in Microsoft SQL Server 2005; OR     
    DEV308 A Lap around Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation     

9:45AM
    DAT308 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices; OR
    DEV317 - Microsoft Visual Basic: Tips and Tricks for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 IDE

11:00 AM Morning Tea

11:30AM
    DEV311 NET Framework 3.0 End-to-End: Putting the Pieces Together     

12:45PM
    Lunch     

1:45PM
    DEV312 Building a Complete Web Application Using ASP.NET Microsoft Visual Studio Codename 2008 (Part 1 of 2)     

3:00PMAfternoon Tea

3:30PM
    ARC311 - Windows Client .NET: Introducing the “Acropolis” Client Application Framework; OR     
    DEV347 Unit Testing and Test Driven Development     

5:00PM
    ARC310 Learning to live with the Static-typing Fascist and the Dynamic-typing Fanboy in your Enterprise… ; OR
    SEC304 - The fortified data center in your future: build it and they will come.     

6:15PM
    Final Party     

Friday, August 10, 2007
8:15AM
    DEV319 LINQ and XML for the Microsoft Visual Basic Developer; OR
    CON312 - Rules Engine Use and Extensibility in Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation     

9:45AM
    DAT309 Implementing Scale-Out Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2005; OR:     
    DEV309 Best Practices for Team-Based Software Development     

11:00AM Morning Tea

11:30AM
    DEV315 Building a Complete Web Application Using ASP.NET “Orcas” and Microsoft Visual Studio Codename 2008 (Part 2 of 2); OR
    SEC313 - How Did They Find THAT?: Implementing the New Microsoft Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for Windows     

12:45PM
    Lunch     

1:45PM
    SEC303 Securing Your Friends and Family; OR
    WEB301 - MS DLR for OSS developers     

3:10PM
    Closing Locknote     

Saturday, August 11, 2007

11:00AM
     Check out of Hotel

4:30PM-5:45PM
     DJ903 Brisbane to Newcastle

If you’re like me, and have registered for Tech.Ed 2007 at the Gold Coast, you will probably have recieved two emails in the past few days with your details to login to CommNet.

I’m not sure about anyone else - but the emails I got didn’t actually include the URL for CommNet. A quick Google search leads me to the TechEd Orlando CommNet site. All well and good, except it doesn’t accept my details.

The correct site for Aussies (and I assume Kiwi’s too) is actually https://aunz.msteched.com. Hopefully me posting this will let some other confused souls figure out how to access all the session planning tools.

Edit, Monday afternoon Just got an email with the appropriate CommNet URL in it.