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News & Updates

  • eBrochure Available

    Check out every session, abstract, speaker bio, networking event, and more in the 2016 Las Vegas eBrochure. Download it today!

  • Conference Chairmen

    Brian Randell joins Andrew Brust and Rockford Lhotka to bring you meaningful content, leading speakers and a winning Visual Studio Live! agenda.

  • Talking Points

    Get better at what's available, and get ready for what's coming. We delve deep into the topics that matter most in your world today, covering practical knowledge, fundamentals, new technologies, and futures.

  • Better Code for All

    At Visual Studio Live!, we have a 23 year (and counting!) history of being THE trusted source for premier developer training. Focused content on what you care about the most is what we do best.

  • Our Host Hotel

    The historic and iconic Bally's Hotel & Casino will play host to Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas. Code on the Strip by day, and Play on the Strip at night!

  • Shake Some Hands

    Visual Studio Live! gives you countless opportunities to network with your fellow attendees at meals, evening events, and special networking sessions.

Agenda-at-a-Glance

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Monday
March 7, 2016

Pre-Conference Workshops

9:00 am – 1:00 pm


Lunch @ Le Village Buffet, Paris Las Vegas

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm


Pre-Conference Workshops Continue

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm


Dine-A-Round Dinner

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Tuesday
March 8, 2016

Opening Keynote

8:00 am – 9:00 am


Breakout Sessions

9:15 am – 10:30 am

10:45 am – 12:00 pm


Lunch

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm


Dessert Break - Visit Exhibitors

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm


Breakout Sessions

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm


Welcome Reception

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

Wednesday
March 9, 2016

Breakout Sessions

8:00 am – 9:15 am

9:30 am – 10:45 am


General Session

11:00 am – 12:00 pm


Birds of a Feather lunch

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm


Dessert Break - Exhibitor Raffle @ 1:15pm

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm


Breakout Sessions

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

4:30 pm – 5:45 pm


Evening Event

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Thursday
March 10, 2016

Breakout Sessions

8:00 am – 9:15 am

9:30 am – 10:45 am

11:00 am – 12:15 pm


Lunch

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm


Breakout Sessions

1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Friday
March 11, 2016

Post-Conference Workshops

8:00 am – 12:00 pm


Lunch

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm


Post-Conference Workshops Continue

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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    Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. Microsoft offers a wide range of innovative products and services designed to help individuals and organizations realize their full potential.

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    Founded in 1995 by the same technical minds that still run the company, Magenic is the leading modern application development firm that can address your organization’s most complex development challenges and deliver software results. As a full-service, professional services partner that has local consultants and a proven process, Magenic will get your projects to market sooner by using premier technical talent in a flexible way that best suits your organization. Learn more at magenic.com.

  • Platinum Sponsor
    Alachisoft provides NCache, a robust 100% Native .NET Open Source distributed cache. NCache removes database and storage performance bottlenecks, and scales .NET and Java applications to extreme transaction processing at run time with zero data loss. Many NCache customers keep their data out-of-process with NCache rather than using an InProc ASP.NET standalone cache. This allows data sharing across multiple worker processes on the same machine, keeps a centralized, synchronized and highly available copy of the data without a single point of failure, and boosts performance by serving requests from a fast and scalable distributed cache. Visit at the show and www.alachisoft.com/NCache

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    Octopus Deploy is a friendly deployment automation tool for .NET developers. With over 6,000 organizations across the world using Octopus, we’re quickly becoming the deployment automation tool of choice. Come visit the Octopus Deploy booth at VSLive! and meet some of the developers behind the product. We promise awesome demos and some lively and opinionated conversations about DevOps practices! www.octopus.com

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  • RavenDB

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    RavenDB is a premier NoSQL database for .Net. It's a transactional, open-source document database that offers flexible data modeling designed to address requirements coming from real-world systems. RavenDB allows you to build high-performance, low-latency applications quickly and efficiently. Come visit RavenDB's core team of developers, see and hear first-hand map/reduce, SQL replication and auto indexing. You'll quickly understand why (and how) RavenDB can be the best fit for your application.

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    Raygun is a crash reporting and real user monitoring service which helps you track errors and crashes in real-time. You can diagnose performances issues that your users encounter with one simple code snippet. Try Raygun Crash Reporting and Pulse Real User Monitoring free for 30 days to discover issues affecting your users right now.

  • Premier Media Partner
    The .NET Developers Association is an Eastside community oriented group aimed at furthering the education of .NET developers.

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  • Alliance Media Partner
    The Windows Developer User Group has been established to nurture knowledge base and collaboration among Windows Phone & Windows 8 application developers & enthusiasts. While we are primarily based in Columbus OH, developers from all around Ohio, neighboring states and just about anybody who has interest in the Microsoft ecosystem, is most welcome.

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    CrowdReviews.com is a transparent online platform for determining which products and services are the best based on the opinion of the crowd. The crowd consists of Internet users which have experienced products and services first-hand and have an interest in letting other potential buyers their thoughts on their experience. CrowdReviews.com is driven by an algorithm allowing for both customers and providers of products and services to understand how the rankings are determined. The service can be used by potential buyers to learn more about their vendors prior to making a purchasing decision.

  • Media Partner
    We will meet regularly to explore the use of .NET for building mobile to web applications or just for fun of coding. Our goal is to create a great social group in the London and surrounding area where everyone can share and learn from each other. We will be learning and coding with a focus on web and multi-platform mobile development, including MonoTouch, Mono for Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8 and ASP.NET.