The Region at MicrosoftRegionalDirectors.com

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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Mark Dunn: Mark has over 20 years of experience in the disciplines of software engineering, database administration, and project management. Software that Mark developed for the radio industry is still in use today. He was a lead developer on the team that created Tapscan, a well-known Arbritron ratings analysis package that has dominated that industry for many years. For the past three years, Mark has been awarded MVP status for his contributions to the Visual Studio .Net community and he serves as Microsoft's Regional Director covering the Southeast United States. Mark also co-founded .Net Rocks, an Internet radio program for .Net developers recognized in over 80 countries and now hosted by Microsoft on the MSDN site. Mark is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Application Developer, Solution Developer for .Net, and Database Administrator.

SQL Server

Entity Framework Samples Translated to Visual Basic

Mark Dunn writes "... I hope this is good news for VB developers that have stuggled with the fact that the samples were only available in C# previously. Check out the main page...Here are the detailed links with more on the way soon:" Read post »

TechTalk

Try RampUp an Innovative Approach to Different Dev Learning Styles

Mark Dunn writes "...recorded videos, developed slide decks, developed demos and written white papers for the SharePoint and ASP.NET...You are able to view a video of a demo, watch a presentation with slides, read a white paper on the subject and then do a hands on lab." Read post »
North America

Mark Dunn

President DUNN Training and Consulting, Inc. Cumming, GA, US Send email to Mark Mark's blog  »

Technical Expertise .NET Development, ASP .NET, BizTalk Server, Visual Studio .NET, XML Web Services
Years of Experience 23
Certifications MCAD, MCDBA, MCP, MCSD, MCT
Awards Microsoft MVP, Visual Basic .Net
Vertical Industries Served Analytics and Reporting, E-Business, Sales and Inventory, Manufacturing, Project Management, Retail Sales, Supply Chain Management