.NET has been with us for a while but there are still lots of applications out there that rely on older technologies to get the job done. Leveraging the investments made in these older applications and moving forward with .NET is no simple task and knowing about the tools that can help you do it can make all the difference. Come join us for this informative session on moving from the old to the new and learn how to take advantage of yesterday's investments in today's world.

Bringing the Power of the .NET Framework to Your Existing Application
For the past few years, you’ve heard a lot about the .NET Framework and the development platform it provides to foster innovation. Meanwhile, you’re still managing applications written with thousands of line of VB 6.0 code and you’d give anything to move to a more modern development environment and platform. In this event, we’ll walk you through real-world tips & tricks that you can use to bring your solution to the .NET Framework. Specifically, you’ll learn how to tackle the issues of integration and migration when dealing with legacy applications. We’ll also feature folks from the Canadian developer community to provide you their experiences and insights.

About our Speaker
Christian Beauclair is a part of the MSDN team responsible for keeping Canadian developers abreast of key Microsoft technologies. Christian has been with Microsoft for 13 years and has a passion for everything relating to software development. He has coded in Modula-2, xBase, VB, VB.NET and now C#. He has been involved in major software applications both at Microsoft and his prior employer. His passion extends to games (he had his Xbox 360 on order 6 months before the release) and various collectibles. Christian is a founding father of the Ottawa .NET Community, a member of its steering committee, and a regular presenter at ODNC events.

Win a copy of Visual Studio 2005 (Professional Edition)!
We've got 2 copies of Visual Studio 2005 to give away at this event and we've got an old geek that needs some help figuring out how to use .NET to bring his applications into the 21st century. Answer his 3 questions and we'll put your name into the draw for this very cool development platform….

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