Microsoft Office 2010 Logo

Last weekend K-MUG had conducted the Microsoft Office 2010 community launch at Technopark Trivandrum.The launch was a great success, very well received we got the crowd more than expected. Microsoft Office 2010 is a complete makeover from the earlier successful versions. We got mixed audience and mainly developers, students and technology enthusiasts as our audience. Vijay Raj, Microsoft MVP, had demonstrated some of the cool features of the Office 2010 as part of the launch. Thanks to Abhishek Kant and Mera windows team for supporting the community launch.

Vijay made it excellent with the following demonstrations.

1. Take a screenshot right inside the word or power Point, instead of using a print screen and then editing it in paint.
2. Image editing capabilities to remove the background of an image
3. Artistic features to design an image – Without using a third party software.
4. Pinning a document to the recent list, or jump list for easy access.
5. How to add Visual text effects in Word to highlight a section of text or letters.
6. The recovering capabilities of an office document, when closed prematurely.
7. How to create data trends chart for each row / column using Sparkline in Excel 2010.
8. Improved Animation and Narration features in PowerPoint 2010.
9. How to add a Video from File System as well as from Online to a PowerPoint presentation, edit and format them in ease.
10. Using sections within a presentation.
11. Save presentation as a video
12. Broadcasting a PowerPoint presentation to external users through internet.
13. Free online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, which work in popular web browsers.

At the end, We had given the trail version of Office 2010 DVD to all attendees.

You can download trail version of Office 2010 from here. And explore the online free versions from here.

DevCon 2010

The Kerala Microsoft Users Group (K-MUG) will be organising a Developers Conference, DevCon 2010 on July 03 & 04, 2010 at ParkCenter,Technopark in Trivandrum. K-MUG is one of the best developer community in India, which got Best User Group award in India as part of Microsoft Community Impact award 2010. DevCon 2010 will help you to engage and collaborate with Microsoft MVPs and thousands of your IT peers, building connections that will last beyond your two days at DevCon.

Sessions

Day 1 (3rd July – Saturday)

08:30AM – 09:15AM – Registration Confirmation
09:15AM – 09:30AM – Welcome Speech
09:30AM – 10:15AM – Key Note Session – “Cloud – The Meta Platform”
10:15AM – 11:00AM – New features in .NET 4.0 & Visual Studio 2010

11:00AM – 11:15AM – Tea break

11:15AM – 12:15PM – Robotics Programming
12:15PM – 01:15PM – Web Security and Security Auditing

01:15PM – 02:15PM – Lunch

02:15PM – 03:15PM – Windows Azure
03:15PM – 04:00PM – Great Developer Contest – Final
04:00PM – 05:00PM – Managing Application Compatibility in Windows 7

Day 2 (4th July – Sunday)

08:30AM – 09:30AM – Registration Confirmation
09:30AM – 10:30AM – Data on the Cloud
10:30AM – 11:30AM – Mixed Mode Windows development using C# and C++

11:30AM – 11:45AM – Tea Break

11:45AM – 12:00PM – Visual Studio 2010 tips
12:30PM – 01:30PM – Tuning Tools in SQL Server 2008

01:30PM – 02:30PM – Lunch

02:30PM – 03:15PM – ASP.NET MVC2
03:15PM – 04:00PM – Windows 7 Phone
04:00PM – 05:00PM – Closing Ceremony

Speakers

Janakiram MSV works with Microsoft Corporation as the Technical Architect.

Ramaprasanna Chellamuthu works with Microsoft as a Developer Evangelist.

Manu Zacharia is an Information Security evangelist with more than 16 years of professional experience and MVP in Enterprise Security.

Praseed Pai is a well known software architect from Kochi,Kerala.

Anoop Madhusoodhanan is a Solution Architect at UST Global and a Microsoft MVP in Client App Development.

Sreejumon KP is the founder and Community Council member of Kerala Microsoft User group (www.k-mug.org).

Vijay Raj works at Texas Instruments Bangalore focusing on Application Setup and Deployment.

Jeen Shene Stanislaus is a Technical Evangelist with Education & Research, Infosys, Trivandrum.

Shoban Kumar is currently working with an MNC in Trivandrum as a Senior Software Engineer.

Shiju Varghese is a Technical Architect on the Microsoft .Net technology stack with a focus on web application development and Domain-Driven Design.

Contests

Participate in the great Developer contest and win cool prizes. Do you have a killer solution idea related to Twitter? Do you think you can put better use of Microsoft Tools and Technologies? Then “The Great Developer Challenge” is the perfect game for you. Showcase your idea related to Twitter and win Cool prizes.

Venue

ParkCenter, Technopark, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Find more details here : http://k-mug.org/events/devcon2010/

DevCon 2010

Kerala Microsoft User Group – K-MUG – coming with another mega event named DevCon 2010. Still we are finalizing the speakers and topics. But you will get some idea about the topics and sessions now. We have some contests as well for the developers, and try to get free Nokia touch phone if you submit the best entry.

For more details visit

http://k-mug.org/events/DevCon2010/

Why attend DevCon 2010?

Because you’ll return to the office with cutting-edge insights and expertise that will make life easier for you (and everyone else) at work. Immerse yourself in IT learning opportunities and get your questions answered by renowned technology experts. Even more importantly, engage and collaborate with Microsoft MVPs and thousands of your IT peers, building connections that will last beyond your two days at DevCon.

When

03 (Saturday) and 04 (Sunday) – July – 2010

Where

ParkCenter, Technopark, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

How to register

Watch this thread for more information : http://k-mug.org/forums/p/1499/4491.aspx. And you can register using this link :Register

K-MUG Logo

Kerala Microsoft User Group (http://k-mug.org) received the best developer user group in India as part of the Microsoft Community impact award 2010 announced by Microsoft yesterday. Microsoft Community IMPACT Awards recognizes the great work done by members of the technology community in India to drive awareness, readiness and excitement about Microsoft technologies among the broad Developer and IT Professional ecosystem in INDIA. Award selection criteria includes the various user group activities (such as technical sessions, trainings, developer conferences etc) conducted by the community in last year.

You can get more information about this from here : K-MUG Bags the Microsoft Community impact Award 2010.

Kerala Google Technology User Group (GTUG)

Venue

UST Global
6th Floor (Zentith Hall) ,Bhavani,Technopark
Trivandrum-695581, Kerala

Date / Time: 10 AM to 4 PM

For more details check out :Kerala GTUG Website

Agenda

1. 09:15 – 09:30 – Welcome Speech
2. 9.30 – 1.15 – Technical sessions
3. Lunch Break (45 min)
4. 2.00 – 5.00 – Technical sessions
5. Prize distribution and Closing Ceremony

Technical Sessions

1. Write your own .NET compiler – Praseed Pai
2. Building Apps with ASP.NET MVC 2 and Entity Framework – Shiju Varghese
3. Beyond the relational SQL server 2008 – Jeen Shene Stanislaus
4. Microsoft Expression and Introduction to Silverlight – Roopak Nair
5. Writing Secure Code – Jairam Ramesh
6. Diving to Silverlight – Anoop Madhusudanan
7. Programming for Windows 7 – Shoban Kumar

For more details visit http://k-mug.org/content/ctdJan10.aspx

Free Registration either at http://communitytechdays.com/ (if you have live id)
Or
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/536510718