Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:56:11 -0400 From: Arnold Bilansky <71533.1031@CompuServe.COM> Subject: MS Office meeting etc. This is the monthly MS Office User Group meeting announcement. We are also including additional announcements for other user groups and for Microsoft which may be of interest to many of you. --- Contents --- *** 1) MS Office User Group October Meeting *** *** 2) Microsoft Developer Days *** *** 3) October 24 FoxPro User Group - Ken Levy - VFP 7.0 and Beyond! *** *** 4) VFP 7.0 Cover Article in September MSDN Magazine *** *** 5) FrontPage Server extension presentation *** *** 6) Exchange User Group *** ----------------------------------- *** 1) MS Office User Group October Meeting *** The next meeting of the Greater Boston Microsoft Office User Group is at 7:00pm on Thursday, Octomber 18, at Microsoft, 6th floor, 230 Third Ave., Waltham MA. Topic - Excel Tips - Continued Last month, in addition to a side discussion on Office XP, we began a to take a look at some of the fundamental features of Excel. This month we continue to look at some of the Excel fundamentals with a principle focus on rudinmentary interface customizations. Our Web page (along with several other user groups) is under www.bostonusergroups.com. ----------------------------------- *** 2) Microsoft Developer Days *** You are invited to attend... DEVELOPER DAYS 2001 - The best opportunity to get insight on .NET development. REGISTER NOW! Register now and participate in the 2-for-1 registration offer which ends on 10/19! http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/devdays/ DATE: November 6, 2001 I would like to invite you to join us for Developer Days 2001 (DevDays 2001). DevDays 2001 is your best opportunity to get first-hand insights on .NET development using the very latest tools and technologies. See how Visual Studio .NET simplifies your ability to create XML Web services and .NET applications to integrate a multitude of disparate systems. With its end-to-end distributed application and development lifecycle support, Visual Studio .NET signals the beginning of a new era. HIGHLIGHTS: See powerful new features found in Visual Studio .NET, including tools for building Web and Windows applications and Web services; development lifecycle tools; and other features such as: * Unified Integrated Development Environment across all .NET programming languages * RAD tools for server-based development to build powerful, scalable components * Choice of modernized languages that are simple to use, powerful, and productive, including Visual Basic, Visual C++ and Visual C# * With two tracks, one designed for developers and one for architects, DevDays 2001 will help you understand how Visual Studio .NET makes it easy to create XML Web Services and .NET applications. AGENDA (Preliminary Agenda - subject to change): * 7:00 A.M. - 8:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast * 8:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M. Keynote * 9:00 A.M. - 10:15 A.M. General Session: Overview of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET * 10:15 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. Break * 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Breakout Sessions - Track 1: Visual Studio .NET Developer Tools and Track 2: Visual Studio .NET Architect Tools. * 11:30 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. Lunch * 12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M. Breakout Sessions by track cont. * 1:15 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. Break * 1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M. Breakout Sessions by track cont. * 2:30 P.M. - 2:45 P.M. Break * 2:45 P.M. - 3:45 P.M. Breakout Sessions by track cont. * 3:45 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Break * 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Breakout Sessions by track cont. * 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Wrap-up Session WHAT WILL YOU GET?: Take away a DVD filled with in-depth reference materials including the presentations and demos shown in the day's sessions, in-depth reference materials, modules from training courses, and other training resources. Plus you'll be among the first to get the latest evaluation version of Visual Studio .NET. WHERE: Location: Marriott Hotel 1 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01803 ----------------------------------- *** 3) October 24 FoxPro User Group - Ken Levy - VFP 7.0 and Beyond! *** User Group: FoxPro Group Date: Wednesday, October 24 Time: 7:00pm Location: Microsoft, 6th floor, 230 Third Ave. Waltham MA Special guest speaker: Microsoft's Visual FoxPro Product Manager Ken Levy Topic: VFP 7.0 and Beyond! Help us get our a huge turnout. Ken Levy is the Visual FoxPro Product Manager at Microsoft. Ken is a long time recognized member of the FoxPro community and has developed many high profile applications and tools in all versions of FoxBASE/FoxPro through Visual FoxPro 6.0 since 1986. Ken was previously the Director of Technology at XMLFund, LLC and led a team of technologists in identifying and evaluating investment prospects while assisting portfolio companies in technology and marketing. Ken was formerly with DataChannel, Inc. as a Senior Architect working on technical marketing efforts for XML based enterprise corporate portal products. Ken spent over 4 years as a software engineer consulting for Microsoft on the Visual FoxPro team from version 3.0 through 7.0 and is the author of many components of Visual FoxPro including the Class Browser and Component Gallery. While working as a consultant at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ken developed several public domain open source programs including GenScrnX and other developer tools used worldwide for in-house and commercial applications. Ken is a former technical contributing editor and writer to many software magazines, a frequent speaker at industry conferences. ----------------------------------- *** 4) VFP 7.0 Cover Article in September MSDN Magazine *** >From MSDN: "Visual FoxPro 7.0 represents a significant improvement over version 6.0. There are many new features designed to support COM, XML, and Web Services. Now COM servers built with Visual FoxPro are more flexible and robust thanks to strong typing and the ability to implement interfaces from other type libraries. IDE features like the new object browser combine convenience and efficiency, and other language features such as event handlers and early binding to COM objects increase performa... To read the article click on the link on our Web page under www.bostonusergroups.com. ----------------------------------- *** 5) FrontPage Server extension presentation *** Unfortunately, our October Win2K Server group meeting did not have adequate time allocated to delve into the critical server extension issues. Management of FrontPage server extensions can be a server administrator's saving grace when properly applied. On the other hand, if sloppily applied or applied without a full understanding of the administrative implications, one may experience a sudden urge to convert your web development back to Visual Notepad (not a good idea). The key issue is training, not technology. This Tuesday 10-16-2001 at 6:30PM, The Boston Area FrontPage Users Group will present Microsoft's Kelly Hardebeck on proper application and maintenance of the FrontPage Server Extensions. For example: "Where are the new FrontPage 2002 Extensions located on the new CD" Answer: "They aren't there... sort of." They really are on the CD but you may have a challenge locating them. The enlightening answers will be explained at Tuesday's FrontPage meeting. Details: http://www.frontpageboston.com/ ----------------------------------- *** 6) Exchange User Group *** The Boston Area Exchange Server User Group, is planning a special November meeting (11/29). The topic will be "E-Mail: The Backdoor To Your Network," and will be given by Kevin Sullivan, president of C3 Group. [Some of you may remember that Kevin gave a key security presentation to the October TechNet expo last year. It was extremely well received.] Please note that this presentation is not Exchange Server specific. It addresses e-mail systems and vulnerabilities in general, regardless of platform! SPECIAL NOVEMBER MEETING This is a *must-attend* event, and will be publicized to a large number of user groups. Kevin Sullivan, president and security specialist extraordinaire of C3 Group, will present on a topic that is probably near and dear to most of our hearts: "E-Mail: The Backdoor To Your Network." The presentation will be interesting for both the non-technical as well as the overly-technical. Kevin writes: "Recent experience with the rapidly spreading and highly destructive Nimda and SirCam worms has demonstrated the ease with which a harmful "payload" can slip in to many otherwise secure networks via Email. I will open by having a sacrificial laptop with IE 5.5 SP1 and Outlook 2K SP1. I will connect to a server and receive my e-mail messages, then watch as my poor computer becomes infected with as many different viruses and worms as I can cram in before it dies. Then we will follow the process (on another system) of how the attack got from the (possibly) clueless sender to the clueless recipient. We will review how the mail travels from your desktop to the recipient - through local, corporate, and Internet servers. We will pay particular attention to attachments - how they are attached, transmitted, and delivered (and we will break the silence surrounding MIME). Finally, we will look at some specific examples of vulnerabilities and how they can be reduced." OK, so in addition to being an incredibly timely and popular topic, what else is different? Because it will be highly publicized to the user group community and we will be expecting a higher than usual turnout, registration will be required for this meeting. You can pre-register at http://www.ExchangeServerBoston.com/Registration. In addition, I will be asking for the first time ever, for a nominal fee for the meeting. It is only a paltry $2, but will help to cover some of the base operating expenses for this and other meetings, including our membership to Boston User Groups, Inc. [Those who register at the door will have to shell out a whopping 50% more, $3] I've already asked a number of vendors for raffle contributions for this meeting, and many of them have happily obliged. As usual, pizza/beverages will be free of charge, and will be sponsored this month by SilverSword Solutions (http://www.SilverSword.com). ----------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to majordomo@blu.org. In the first line of the message put: unsubscribe msoffice In the next line put: end The subject is ignored.