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Custom Training

Power Sessions

Our instructors have substantial experience and speak at development conferences around the world. Training is presented to small groups in lecture style. Browse our extensive range of knowledge and pick the topics that you need.

Scrum

TFS Professional Scrum Developer Course (PSD) - 3 Day

This intense 3 day course guides teams on how to turn product requirements into shippable increments of software using the Scrum framework, Visual Studio 2010, and modern software engineering practices.

TFS Professional Scrum Developer Course (PSD) - 5 Day

This is the full 5 day version of our famous Professional Scrum Developer Course and allows more in depth discussion.

SharePoint

Brain Quest: SharePoint and Visual Studio ALM

This full day training course brings developers up-to-speed with the features of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Team Foundation Server 2010 and SharePoint 2010

.NET

Enterprise MVC Apps Day I: MVC Foundations: From the Ground Up

This course is aimed at teaching developers how to build a real world MVC application from the ground up, going beyond the demos. If you're new to MVC or not certain if you're doing it the right way, this is the course for you.

MVC Essentials: From Dependency Injection to Smoking Unit Tests

So you've built an MVC application for your department. Your boss wants to make sure it can be maintained quickly and effectively. What do you do? What's the right way to go about making MVC extremely maintainable?

Enterprise MVC Apps Day III: MVC Advanced: Going Beyond the Demos

You've followed the steps in all the tutorials but your apps need to be bigger and better - Enterprise quality. What are the best practices for MVC applications and how can you get better scalability and performance?

Enterprise MVC Apps Day IV: MVC Hard-core: Enterprise Data Access

You're a great developer and can put together an MVC app like nobody's business. But how do you structure your app properly and tie everything together to give the Product Owner scalable, testable, and maintainable data-driven applications?

Juval Löwy - Architecture Clinic

This is a highly interactive event where you will learn, improve, and exercise software architecture skills.

Build a .NET App in 1 Day with Microsoft Expression and Workflow

A practical course for the ICT Industry exposing attendees to the ground breaking new set of design tools: the Microsoft Expression Suite.

UTS Developing Windows and Web Applications using Visual Studio.NET (C# and VB.NET)

This course introduces students to Microsoft .NET Framework through hands-on exercises and live demos. Both C# and VB.NET code is provided side-by-side giving the students a deeper understanding of the commonalities between the languages.

Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server (TFS)

Visual Studio 2012 ALM

In this session you will see an overview of the Visual Studio suite of tools and how they can improve your development cycle.

Visual Studio 2010 ALM: Drilling into Work Items and Customization

In this session you will be taken through everything you need to know to optimize your software development cycle using Visual Studio

SQL Server

UTS SQL Server 2008 R2 for Developers

This course provides attendees with the knowledge necessary to take full advantage of SQL Server 2008. It provides a comprehensive overview of technologies, security and design best practises with particular emphasis on hands-on skills.

Microsoft Access: Upgrading and Migrating to SQL Server and .NET

The entire process of converting from Access to an enterprise level solution will be covered in two days, using a modified version of Northwind as an example. The attendees will approach the task as a real world problem where the entire project will be migrated in four steps (releases).

Business Intelligence

Creating Reporting Solutions Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

This course provides attendees with the knowledge and skills to author, deploy and manage reports using Microsoft Reporting Services.

BI 2010 - The Glory: staring PerformancePoint Services, Power Pivot and Office 2010

The release of SQL Server 2008 R2 and SharePoint 2010 delivers a new generation of data tools with a focus of self-service BI. Learn how Excel 2010 has been enhanced to provide richer reporting and analytic features, and how PerformancePoint has evolved to deliver KPI, Scorecard and Report definitions, and interactive dashboard experiences.

BI 2010 - The Guts: SQL Server 2008, Office System 2010 and PerformancePoint Services

Written and presented by industry experts, this intensive five day workshop gives professional developers the information and hands-on experience they need to deliver state-of-the-art integrated reporting and analytics solutions using Microsoft Business Intelligence.

Webinars

SharePoint 101 for Business Webinar

Why do I even need SharePoint for my business? Many business people have heard about SharePoint but struggle to understand exactly how SharePoint can improve their processes. A search on Google will provide a lot of technical information, but this is difficult for a non IT person to understand. This workshop presents the features of SharePoint from a business perspective.

Windows Azure

Is moving to the Cloud the right decision for your business? More and more companies are moving their infrastructure to the cloud, driven by low cost in terms of hardware, bandwidth and the promised reduction of support staff to maintain the infrastructure. Microsoft Australia's Andrew Coates discusses the benefits and pitfalls of adopting the cloud as your platform.

Top 8 ways to speed up your SQL Server Database

How do I improve the performance of my database? Users are starting a report and then wandering off to make coffee. They're complaining about timeouts. This workshop explains the major contributions to poor performance and takes a look at the Top 8 methods to speed up your Database.

ASP.NET MVC Webinar (Part 1)

Why should I use ASP.NET MVC for my projects? Microsoft developers are swarming to ASP.NET MVC. In this webinar, find out what the fuss is all about, why developers love it and why businesses should love it too. SSW's Eric Phan discusses Microsoft's next big web platform and his experiences in real world projects.

ASP.NET MVC Webinar (Part 2)

Do you want to enjoy the art of coding again? Are you sick of fighting with the Web Forms page lifecycle? Do you want to spend more time building better functionality instead of finding elusive bugs?

ASP.NET MVC Webinar (Part 3)

MVC is a giant leap forward for ASP.NET developers and represents the best way to build new web applications. Unfortunately, not every project is a green fields project, and most organisations have at least a few applications running on Web Forms that need to be maintained.

The Pros and Cons of using LightSwitch

LightSwitch will help developers create prototypes of applications with just a few clicks, but can it assist you to build your next Windows, Web or mobile app in record time?

Mastering Scrum

Scrum is easy to learn but hard to master. The Scrum Guide teaches you the rules of engagement to start using Scrum, but doesn’t give you the strategy to overcome the challenges that may arise.

SolidQ

BI Bootcamp

Written and presented by industry experts, this intensive five-day workshop gives professional developers the information and hands-on experience they need to deliver state-of-the-art, integrated reporting and analytics solutions using Microsoft Business Intelligence.

SQL Optimization and Performance

This five day intensive course is designed to give attendees a broad look at the performance tuning concepts and methods found in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008.

Accelerated SQL Server 2012 Integration Services

This 4-day instructor led training focuses on developing and managing SSIS 2012 in the enterprise.

T-SQL Fundamentals

This course is intended for TSQL developers, DBAs and SQL Server power users who work with SQL Server and need to write queries and develop code using Transact-SQL SQL Server's dialect of the standard ANSI-SQL language.

The Perfect Training

SSW invites you to maximise your investment in Microsoft technologies. Led by technical expert Adam Cogan, Database Services Manager for SSW and a Microsoft Regional Director, the seminars will guide you through the latest Microsoft technologies and help you improve your development processes.

Get a head start by attending SSW's series of seminars and conferences led by industry experts.

Hours are customizeable and flexible
Our trainers can come to you
Wide range of topics on Microsoft technologies

Whether you want to improve your skills, project or resume, SSW can help you achieve your goals. Our courses cover a broad range of topics in various formats from full-day workshops to evening courses that spans across ten weeks. Small group size guarantees close individual attention given by our knowledgeable and passionate trainers.

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