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We can also do onsite training on a date of your choice, please contact us.

Our team consists of technical experts also able to train on the latest Microsoft development technologies.

We are passionate about these technologies, we enjoy sharing our experience so that you can benefit for your projects. All our courses are heavily focused on practice, a laptop is required for the exercises to apply the concepts presented.


Trainings list

Introducing Silverlight 0.5 day
The new features of Silverlight 5 1 day
The Silverlight Tour 4 days
Advanced Silverlight 2 days
Understand and apply MVVM pattern with Silverlight 0.5 day
Silverlight for "designers" 2 days
Discovering Windows Phone 7 1 day
Development for Windows Phone 7 3 days
Web development with ASP.NET and AJAX 3 days
C# Development for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008/2010 2 days
Data Access with .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008/2010 2 days
Business application with Visual Studio LightSwitch 0.5 day
« Cloud Computing » with Windows Azure [french only] 5 days
SharePoint 2010 for Developpers [french only] 5 days
SharePoint 2010 for End Users [french only] 4 days
SharePoint 2010 for Administrators [french only] 5 days

"Thanks for the course. I am glad I took it. There were some "gaps" in my Silverlight knowledge that you addressed and I feel much more confident now."
- Klinger Torres - Calgary

"Thank you for the very useful explanations on Silverlight technology and the Telerik controls. I am sure this course will give us extra power to improve the functionalities and build better RIA applications for our customers."
- Vitaliy Yavlensky - Aerosystems International (ASI)

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Introducing Silverlight

Objectives

Discover the Microsoft Silverlight technology through examples and demos.

Prerequisites

None.

Duration

0.5 day

Price

249$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • This half day is for programmers, managers or decision makers.
  • Understand Silverlight position in the Microsoft ecosystem (Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ...)
  • Gives you the keys to identify the strengths and weaknesses of Silverlight to help you make decisions for your projects.


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The new features of Silverlight 5

Objectives

Discover what's new in Silverlight 5 through examples and demos.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Silverlight. (This is not an introduction to Silverlight)

Duration

1 day

Price

550$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • Databinding and MVVM
  • Implicit DataTemplate
  • Platform Invoke
  • WCF and RIA Services
  • Text and Vector Printing
  • Graphics
  • Out of Browser
  • Multiple OS Windows
  • Testing Tools
  • Performance
  • 3D API


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Silverlight Tour

Our "Star" course, the most comprehensive to learn everything about development of Rich Internet Applications (RIA) with Silverlight 5.



This course is part of the Silverlight Tour reputed to be the best SL training in the world. We are the exclusive partner to distribute it in Canada and Europe.

Note that each training participant receives a full license of Telerik Silverlight controls (worth U.S. $999).



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Advanced Silverlight

Objectives

Advanced topics for experienced Silverlight developers.

Prerequisites

Essential : Completed a Silverlight course. Knows .NET development with VB or C#.

Duration

2 days

Price

990$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • Silverlight 5
  • Advanced DataBinding and DataTemplates
  • LINQ To XAML
  • Reuse code between .NET projects (SL, ASP.NET, WPF, WP7, ...)
  • XAML Power Toys and Silverlight Spy
  • WFC RIA Services
  • NESL (Native Extension for Silverlight)
  • MVVM Pattern
    • Silverlight Commanding
    • MVVM Light Toolkit
    • Blend for MVVM Behaviors


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Understand and apply MVVM pattern with Silverlight

Objectives

Learn and master the MVVM pattern (Model View ViewModel) and apply it in a Silverlight project through a workshop.

Prerequisites

Mandatory: Have a first experience with Silverlight. Knowing the .NET development with VB or C#.

Duration

0.5 day

Price

249$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • The Model View ViewModel (MVVM) pattern
  • Apply MVVM in a Silverlight project
  • Take advantage of Commanding
  • MVVM Light Toolkit framework
  • Expression Blend behaviors for MVVM


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Silverlight for "designers"

Objectives

Being able to work the "design" aspect of applications with Expression Studio and the XAML language.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Adobe tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, ...) familiar with web design. This training is aimed at designers / integrators who want to create Silverlight applications.

Duration

2 days

Price

990$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • XAML Language
  • Expression Studio
    • Expression Blend
    • Expression Design
    • Expression Encoder
  • Deep Zoom Composer
  • Animations and Storyboards
  • Effects and Pixel Shaders
  • 3D Perspective
  • Out Of Browser mode
  • Themes, Styles, ImplicitStyleManager
  • Controls templates
  • Behaviors
  • Prototyping with SketchFlow


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Discovering Windows Phone 7

Objectives

Introduction to Silverlight application development for Windows Phone 7.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Visual Basic .NET or Visual C#. Notion of Silverlight.

Duration

1 day

Price

550$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • Introduction to the Windows Phone 7 platform
  • Development of a Silverlight application through a workshop to learn and test all the features of Windows Phone 7.


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Development for Windows Phone 7

Objectives

Write Silverlight applications for the Windows Phone 7 mobile platform through a practical workshop.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Visual Basic .NET or Visual C#. Notion of Silverlight.

Duration

3 days

Price

1290$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • Understanding the application life cycle
  • Policy changes
  • Geo-Location
  • Accessing the contact list
  • Making Calls
  • Working with the Zune service
  • Access accelerometer
  • Connection Notifications
  • Working with "gestures"
  • Multi-touch APIs
  • Hardware buttons
  • Create "live tiles"
  • Marketplace


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Web development with ASP.NET and AJAX

Objectives

In this course, you gain the skills necessary to develop, configure and deploy Web applications with ASP.NET. Through the complete discovery of Visual Studio you will learn to build sophisticated user interfaces with minimal code and integrate functions to access data through connections and data controls.

Prerequisites

Building forms with HTML, good knowledge of a .NET language (VB, C#), Notions of relational databases.

Duration

3 days

Price

1290$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

Module 1: Introduction to ASP.NET

  • .NET Framework
  • Development with Visual Studio
  • Structure of a Web project, special directories
  • Compilation Model
  • Debugging with Visual Studio Web Server and IIS

Module 2: Creating a Simple Page

  • Construction of a page with ASP.NET Controls
    • Event Management / code-behind Wizard and MultiView Controls
  • Forms and Validation of data
    • Validation checks
    • Groups validation
    • Validation page, and PostBack CrossPage PreviousPage
  • Create / Using User Controls

Module 3: Making a rich site

  • Definition with XML sitemap
  • Menu and SiteMapPath controls
  • Customization
    • Master Page
    • Themes Skins and CSS
    • Profile
  • Site Configuration
    • Configuration Files
    • Web Admin Console

Module 4: Displaying and Manipulating Data

  • data links (DataBinding)
  • controls data links: SqlDataSource, ObjectDataSource
  • Data Submission "no-code": GridView, DetailView and FormView
  • Databinding bidirectional

Module 5: Web Services

  • Presentation and Web Services use cases
  • Consumer Web Service
  • Creating Web Service

Module 6: Introduction to Reporting

  • Creating reports with Crystal Reports
  • Creating Reports with Reporting Services

Module 7: Managing Security "no-code"

  • Configuring Authentication and Authorization Forms
  • Membership provider and login controls
  • Managing users and roles, Web Site Administration Tool

Module 8: Persistence of data

  • client side
    • ViewState
  • Server side
    • Application
    • Cache
    • Session
    • Profile

Module 9: Administration

  • Configuration Console ASP.NET in IIS
  • Instrumentation
  • Methods for publishing a site


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Development C #. NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008/2010

Objectives

Mastering C # for programming .NET applications with Visual Studio.

Prerequisites

Knowning algorithms, have professional experience of development in other languages. There are no prerequisites on object-oriented concepts.

Duration

2 days

Price

990$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

Module 1: .NET Visual Basic, C#

  • Create a main program
  • Declaration / using variables / tables / Collections
  • Referenced types and value types
  • Enumeration
  • Strings
  • Control Structures
  • Creating procedures / functions
  • Compilation command line
  • Namespaces
  • Assemblies - Assembly, attribute, version control - strong name
  • Deploying Assemblies
  • Import and reference
  • Deputies
  • Exception Handling
  • Commenting code in XML
  • Iterators, Nullable

Module 2: Visual Studio IDE

  • Introducing the Development Environment
  • Creating Solutions and Projects
  • Refactoring tools
  • Debuging an application. NET
  • Creating / Using Code Snippets

Module 3: Object-Oriented Programming in Visual C #

  • Class: Field, Property, Method, Event
  • Constructor, Destructor
  • Abstraction through practice
  • Encapsulation in practice
  • Inheritance in practice
  • Polymorphism in practice
  • Object-Oriented Design

Module 4:. NET framework

  • Configuration
  • Memory Management
  • Flow Management (Stream)
  • XML Data Management
  • Serialization
  • Reflection and Attributes


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Data Access with. NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008/2010

Objectives

Technical data access. NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008/2010 through practical workshops.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Visual Basic. NET or Visual C #.

Duration

2 days

Price

990$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • Overview of different methods of data access in .NET
  • Querying with LINQ (collection of objects, XML)
  • Entity Framework (O / R mapping)
  • Web Services and WCF
  • ASP.NET Dynamic Data


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Business application with Visual Studio LightSwitch

Objectives

Create business applications with LightSwitch through a practical workshop.

Prerequisites

None.

Duration

0.5 day

Price

249$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • Discovering Visual Studio LightSwitch
  • Write a concrete application with LightSwitch
  • Data Validation
  • Extend LightSwitch with C# or VB.NET


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« Cloud Computing » avec Windows Azure [in french only]

Objectives

  • Découverte complète de la plateforme « Cloud Computing » de Microsoft
  • Maitriser tous les concepts de Windows Azure
  • Créer, déployer et gérer vos applications Windows Azure

Prerequisites

Connaissances en .NET et Visual Studio

Duration

5 days

Price

2190$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

MODULE 1 : Introduction au Cloud Computing - ½ journée

  • Historique
  • Objectifs du « Cloud Computing »
  • Les couches SaaS, IaaS et PaaS
  • Les architectures du Cloud
  • Les avantages
  • Les freins
  • La sécurité et interopérabilité de manière générale

MODULE 2 : Introduction à Windows Azure – ½ journée

  • L’architecture Windows Azure
  • Principes de fonctionnement
  • Modèle de programmation
  • Avantages
  • Pricing et réalisation d’estimation (MAP et WAC)

MODULE 3 : Introduction au développement Windows Azure, les concepts – ¼ journée

  • Les Services et Rôles
  • Les Outils
  • Processus de développement

MODULE 4 : La partie « Compute » - 1 journée

  • « Hello world »
  • Le packaging
  • Le déploiement
  • La configuration
  • Les sessions
  • Le local storage
  • Les endpoints
  • Les certificats (HTTPS/SSL)

MODULE 5 : La partie « Storage » - 1 journée

  • Les Tables
  • Les Blobs
  • Les Queues
  • Les Drives
  • CDN
  • Custom domain

MODULE 6 : SQL Azure – ½ journée

  • Principe de fonctionnement
  • Le « provising »
  • Administration
  • Utilisation
  • Outils

MODULE 7 : « AppFabric » - ½ journée

  • Le « Service Bus »
  • Le « Access Control »
  • Présentation des outils à venir (Caching, CompositeApp, AzureConnect, Integration)

MODULE 8 : Administration et Monitoring – ½ journée

  • La console Web
  • Automatisation par utilisation des API

MODULE 9 : Migration d’application – ½ journée

  • Migrer une application ASP.NET existante vers Windows Azure
  • Migrer une base de données SQL Server vers SQL Azure


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SharePoint 2010 pour développeurs [in french only]

Prerequisites

Avoir une connaissance de C#, ASP.NET, des Contrôles Serveur et des Services Web. La connaissance de la création de composants web parts dans Windows SharePoint Services v2, la connaissance générale de Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) et de Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) seront des plus.

Duration

5 days

Price

2190$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • Démarrer une introduction à WSS V3
  • D’apporter des améliorations par WSS V3
  • Gérer l’authentification dans WSS3 V3
  • Gérer les autorisations dans WSS V3
  • Gérer les fonctionnalités de WSS V3
  • Gérer les définitions de site sous WSS V3
  • Gérer les fondamentaux du modèle objet de WSS V3
  • Gérer les services Web dans WSS V3
  • Maîtriser les fondamentaux des composants Web Part Spécifiques
  • Gérer les composants Web Part personnalisés
  • Gérer les composants Web Part avancés
  • Gérer les événements dans WSS V3
  • Gérer les flux de travail de WSS V3


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SharePoint 2010 pour Utilisateur Final [in french only]

Prerequisites

Ce cours est destiné aux personnes (utilisateurs et gestionnaires de sites) qui n’ont jamais utilisé SharePoint ou très peu. Aucune expérience préalable n’est nécessaire.

Duration

4 jours

Price

1890$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • Trouver du contenu
  • Créer des bases sur les listes et les bibliothèques
  • Gérer les fonctionnalités d’intégration à Office
  • Gérer les fonctionnalités avancées des bibliothèques de documents
  • Structurer des documents
  • Créer et gérer des types de contenu
  • Créer et gérer des flux de travail
  • Personnaliser le site
  • Créer et supprimer des sites
  • Gérer les permissions et la sécurité
  • Administrer et gérer le site


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SharePoint 2010 pour Administrateur [in french only]

Prerequisites

Avoir des connaissances générales des concepts liés aux réseaux, ainsi que des notions de bases sur Windows Server 2008 et SharePoint Server.

Duration

5 days

Price

2190$

Contact

(514) 658 1988 / trainings@runatserver.com

  • Préparer une implémentation SharePoint
  • Comprendre l’architecture du SharePoint Server
  • Installer SharePoint Server
  • Gérer et configurer les paramètres de ferme dans SharePoint
  • Comprendre, gérer et administrer les applications Web
  • Introduire des collections de site
  • Créer et gérer des collections de site
  • Utiliser SharePoint server portals
  • Gouverner et assurer les informations
  • Gérer les types de contenus d’entreprise et les métadonnées gérées
  • Gérer des documents et enregistrements
  • Gérer les flux de travail
  • Implémenter et gérer la recherche
  • Gérer les réseaux sociaux
  • Restaurer les données


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