I have used the various betas on and off troughout the year so I am pretty exited about the Visual Studio 2005 launch. Microsoft Italy will have a free event November 10th in Milano:

The participants will receive a free copy of SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition as well as Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition which is great news for independent developers, students or small ISVs.
There are several tracks:
- Designing and managing scalable databases with SQL Server 2005
- Developing a complete solution with Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005
- Realizing enterprise class applications with the Microsoft Application Platform.
I will follow the last architect track. See you there?
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