A fellow Visual Studio ALM MVP, Martin Hinshelwood, who also happens to be an employee of Northwest Cadence, recently posted a list of training (“coffee”) talks offered for free. Here is the currently scheduled list of talks:
Coffee Talks
These coffee talks have some superb topics and you can get excellent interaction with the presenter as they are kind of informal.
| Date | Day | Time | Topic | Register Here |
| 01/04/11 | Tuesday | 8:30AM – 9:30AM PST | Real World Business and Technical Benefits of ALM with TFS 2010 | |
| 01/28/11 | Friday | 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST | The Full Testing Experience Professional Quality Assurance with Visual Studio 2010 | |
| 02/11/11 | Friday | 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST | Visual Source Safe to Team Foundation Server | |
| 02/25/11 | Friday | 2:00PM - 3:00PM PST | The Full Testing Experience Professional Quality Assurance with Visual Studio 2010 | |
| 03/11/11 | Friday | 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST | Lab Manager The Ultimate “No More No Repro” Tool | |
| 03/25/11 | Friday | 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST | The Full Testing Experience Professional Quality Assurance with Visual Studio 2010 | |
| 04/08/11 | Friday | 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST | Visual Source Safe to Team Foundation Server | |
| 04/22/11 | Friday | 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST | The Full Testing Experience Professional Quality Assurance with Visual Studio 2010 | |
| 05/06/11 | Friday | 2:00PM - 3:00PM PST | Real World Business and Technical Benefits of ALM with TFS 2010 | |
| 05/20/11 | Friday | 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST | The Full Testing Experience Professional Quality Assurance with Visual Studio 2010 | |
| 06/03/11 | Friday | 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST | Visual Source Safe to Team Foundation Server | |
| 06/17/11 | Friday | 9:00AM - 10:00AM PST | The Full Testing Experience Professional Quality Assurance with Visual Studio 2010 | |
There is also a program called the ALM Training Engagement Program which is free but requires a little bit more of an up-front commitment than the talks above.
Refer to Martin’s post for complete details regarding these sessions.