Wrapping up the VS & TFS hands on labs event
A recent Saturday (31 July), we ran a free day of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 hands-on labs. This event took place at the Bytes training facilities in Midrand, who provided us with 50 machines for attendees to use. BB&D stepped in to help with snacks—and gave me and Zayd some time during work to plan this.
Together with Brent from Bytes and Zayd, we helped attendees troubleshoot and got a ton of setup work done! The turnout was fantastic—we had 70% to 80% attendance—with plenty of hallway conversations about everything from licensing and Microsoft to Visual Studio.
We were deeply honored when three attendees flew up from Cape Town just to join the event. Their effort really underscored the value of the event, and we were all incredibly proud.
We also encouraged attendees to bring their own laptops to copy files from the Microsoft Community Drives, which was a huge success. With only two drives available, there was a line for them! One of my personal highlights was seeing someone use one of my quick reference posters as a desktop wallpaper while copying files—what a sight! 😊
Lastly, and not least in importance, DevExpress generously provided two CodeRush licenses for a raffle—both went to winners, and we’d like to congratulate them again.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended! We’ll be keeping an eye out for ways to expand this, and we’re already planning to run it again soon.