Welcome to the Microsoft Experts!

[Brad Jones]

This is your chance to join experts from Microsoft to discuss a lot of the new things that have recently been released from Microsoft. This is your opportunity to interact directly with Microsoft product people!

If you are not already using Visual Studio 2010, .NET 4.0 or the most recent versions of C# or Visual Basic .Net, then start by downloading Visual Studio 2010.

You can post your questions about Visual Studio 2010, ASP 4.0, .NET 4.0, C# 4, Visual Basic 2010, or any of the new developer stuff happening at Microsoft. They key focus, however, is to talk about the new technologies that were recently released. Questions on older versions or specific product support issues can be posted to the main forum.

They are here all week, but I suggest getting your questions posted sooner rather than later!

Brad!

[Brad Jones]

I'd like to ask that our Microsoft guests introduce themselves. As way of a brief introduction, I'll like to give a brief nod to the following folks that I know will be joining us this week:

Beth Massi, Program Manager, Visual Studio
Lisa Feigenbaum, Program Manager
Brian Keller, Technical Evangelist

I know there are several other Microsoft folks both lurking and attending as well. Please feel free to introduce yourself on this thread!

On behalf of the Internet.com and Codeguru community, we welcome you!

Brad!

[briankel]

Hi there!

In the interest of recycling bits, here's a link to my up-to-date bio: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briankel/about.aspx

It's great to be here!

Brian Keller
Sr. Technical Evangelist, Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management
Microsoft

[bethmassi]

Hey Everyone!

It's great to be here. I'm a Program Manager on the Visual Studio BizApps team and we focus on the tools in VS for building Office, SharePoint & Data-based applications. Of course, I'm also passionate about the new language features in VB and C# as well so I look forward to your questions. :-)

You can check out more about me here: www.BethMassi.com

Thanks!
-B

[cilu]

For how long will this chat be opened? That would be useful to know.

[Brad Jones]

For how long will this chat be opened? That would be useful to know.

The initial plan is for one week - this week.

Brad!