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Welcome to The Region, global hub for the 140 software architects, developers, trainers and other professionals selected by Microsoft as Regional Directors. The first thing to know is that, while we’re officially recognized by Microsoft and often receive inside information about forthcoming technologies, we are completely independent. We are not Microsoft employees. As to The Region, it’s designed to help us circulate insights, information, inspiration and inquiries among RD’s and among the broader developer community. And it's an experiment. We hope you find it useful. We hope we find it useful, too.


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J. Michael Palermo IV is the Director of Development Technologies at Interface Technical Training in Phoenix, AZ. In addition to serving as a Microsoft Regioinal Director in the Desert Mountain region of the US, he has been awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) for XML technologies. Michael is the founder of the Silverlight Insiders, and is also a member of ASP Insiders. Although Michael's passion is sharing technology in a classroom environment, he has set time aside for authoring several books, engaging developers at user groups, and speaking at Microsoft events. Michael evangelizes productivity at www.GotCodeSnippets.NET and is "working out" at www.PrimeCondition.com.
Silverlight 26 Jan 2010

What Silverlight 4 Beta Does for Facebook

Michael Palermo writes "...can clearly see the advantage...If you are a Facebook junkie, you will want to experiment with this app..." Read post »
TechTalk 22 Jan 2010

Ringing Bing for a Feature Request

Michael Palermo writes "...I highly recommend Bing for you iPhone users out there. Here are the things that work great...I have only one complaint. Bing team – why did you not give me the ability to easily copy/save items from my search results? For example..." Read post »
TechTalk 30 Dec 2009

No Slacking at The Developer Desk - Predictions 2010

Michael Palermo writes "...early adopters will likely embrace great UX strategies...developers will continue to assert themselves for more productivity...will also be more...." Read post »
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Michael Palermo

Director of Development Technologies Interface Phoenix, AZ, US Send email to Michael Michael's blog  »
08 Feb 2010 Beginning C# & ASP.NET using Visual Studio 2008 Teaching C# and ASP.NET simultaneously using VS2008 and .NET 3.5 SP1. Students will also learn a little AJAX and Silverlight.
03 Mar 2010 User Group: Silverlight Silverlight meeting round table
08 Mar 2010 ASP.NET 3.5 Training Intense ASP.NET v3.5 training in Phoenix, AZ. This course covers custom http modules and handlers, custom providers, resources, dynamic data, and url management.
Technical Expertise .NET Development, .NET Framework, ASP .NET, Building Distributed Applications with .NET, C#, LINQ, Migration to .NET, Public Speaking, Silverlight, Technical Training, Technical Writer, Visual Studio .NET, Web Development
Years of Experience 20
Certifications MCAD, MCDBA, MCP, MCSD, MCSE, MCT
Awards MVP XML
Vertical Industries Served Education
04 Nov 2009Courseware Published: Introduction to Silverlight 3.0