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.


Close
Welcome to The Region.
Joe Homnick is the principal owner of Homnick Systems, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, located in Boca Raton, Florida. He has been a featured speaker at Microsoft Tech Ed for eight years in America, Europe and Latin America, the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC), all Microsoft DevDays events and the SQL PASS Summit. Most recently Joe has been selected by Microsoft as a Metro trainer for SharePoint, Visual Studio, SQL Server, CRM and AX. He has delivered training for Microsoft on their Early Adopters program for these technologies throughout the US, Europe, South America, Australia, Canada and China. Joe holds the designations of CPA, Microsoft Regional Director Ambassador, Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: Enterprise, Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator and Business Intelligence Developer, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, and Microsoft Solutions Framework Practitioner. He founded the Gold Coast Users Group http://GCUsersGroup.org which serves the South Florida area delivering Microsoft SQL Server, O/S and Developer knowledge to the community for over 15 years. His previous professional experience includes being an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University and a Computer Audit Specialist for KPMG. Check out his blog at http://JoeBlog.Homnick.com and network with him on FaceBook, Twitter and LinkdIn.
Visual Studio 03 Aug 2010

VS LightSwitch Deploys on the Cloud or Desktop

Joe Homnick writes "...You can deploy this on the Cloud or the Desktop and start a polished application almost right out of the File->New box. LightSwitch delivers that RAD environment that VB 6.0 developers are used to, while incorporating the latest/greatest technologies and unlimited extensibility. You can get more information at..." Read post »
TechTalk 26 Jul 2010

Controlling Chaos in Software Development

Joe Homnick writes "...how do you control this chaos in software development? We have been doing a lot of work with the Scrum approach to software development implemented with Visual Studio Team System the last few years and I feel this is the best approach to controlling this creative chaotic process in software development. Scrum...has its roots of meaning in the process during a Rugby match where..." Read post »
Editors Picks 14 Apr 2010

How to Boot To VHD - Undo Snapshot and Reuse of VHDs

Joe Homnick writes "...To create a Boot To VHD system, you start with a VPC or Hyper-V generated VHD and run Sysprep on the Virtual Machine (VM) contained in the VHD. You then need to run some BCDEdit command lines against the..." Read post »
North America

Joe Homnick

Homnick Systems Boca Raton, FL, US Send email to Joe Joe's blog  »
09 Sep 2010 September Users Group Meeting - Boca Raton Presentation on LightSwitch and Web Matrix
25 Sep 2010 Present at SW Florida CodeCamp on LightSwitch/Web Matrix Present at SW Florida CodeCamp on LightSwitch/Web Matrix
Technical Expertise .NET Development, .NET Framework, Agile Development Practices, Application Integration, Application Lifecycle Management, Architecture, ASP .NET, Audio & Video, Business Analyst, Business Architect, Business Intelligence, Business Solutions, C#, Data Access Technologies, Enterprise Architect, LINQ, Microsoft CRM, Mobility, Pocket PC & Smartphone, Public Speaking, Reporting Services, Scrum, Security, Service Orientation, SharePoint Products and Technologies, Silverlight, Software Architect, SQL Server, Team Foundation Server, Technical Training, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Studio 2010, WCF, Web Development, Windows Mobile
Years of Experience 25
Certifications MCAD, MCDBA, MCITP-BID, MCITP-BID8, MCITP-DA08, MCITP-DD08, MCP, MCSD, MCSE, MCT, METRO-C, METRO-T
Awards Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: Enterprise, Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator and Developer, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer +I, Microsoft Solutions Framework Practitioner and is a Florida Certified Public Accountant.
Vertical Industries Served Accounting and Financial, Analytics and Reporting, Customer Relationship Management, E-Business, Sales and Inventory, Project Management, Biotech applications, Engineering applications, Defense, Education, Finance, Government, Healthcare, Non-Profit
04 Aug 2010Posting to DotNeterati List on LightSwitch
31 Jul 2010Postings to Social Networks
30 Jun 2010Postings to Social Networks