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Ok, so if you haven't seen SQL Gal, well get ready cause here she comes to kick database @$$.  Check her out at the Source Fource site and get all the details on how to add her to your collection based on March Webcasts and Virtual Labs. What better way to spend the weekend than downloading and playing the new version of the Source Fource Video Game where NOW you can play as SQL Girl as well.

Bryan Baker - The other MSDN Webcast Guy!

Hot off the presses, the February Webcast MP3 Player Sweepstakes Winners are in. (Wow, that was a mouthful).

4 of the 10 winners were MSDN Webcast viewers.  This is a totally random drawing, so it's not anything you can control, but 40% is a nice showing!

SQL Server Gal has finally made her small screen debut. What took her so long, anyway? 

She won't say, but obviously it takes some effort to get that orange highlight in her hair just right.

Can't get enough of the Source Fource? Don't worry, there is still one more character to be released. Check out the Source Fource site April 1 to find out the last character.  Are there any guesses as to who he/she may be? (No, it's not an April Fools joke, either!)

Finally, he's here. Virtual Labs Guy.

This guy is a real character, as you can imagine. He's a little rough around the edges, but he's as smart as a whip, he has a strange, almost mystical sense of humor, and heck, he's pretty much got the best job in the world...aside from the MSDN Webcast Guy's job, of course.

Stop in to the Source Fource Website and check out Virtual Labs Guy. April is the last month to earn your Source Fource characters. Go to two live MSDN Webcasts or two MSDN Virtual Labs in April and submit the evaluation and you'll get your very own free-wheelin' Virtual Labs Guy.

Hot off the presses - here are the March MP3/WMA player winners. These lucky folks won a 40 gigabyte MP3 player from the webcast team:

Reasmei Soeung - Tacoma, Washington

MSDN Webcast: Leveraging the Enterprise Library in Your Site (Level 200)

Inessa Vainder - Toronto, Ontario

MSDN Architecture Webcast: Using GridView and DetailsView Controls in ASP.NET 2.0 (Level 200)

Larry Boucher - Toronto, Ontario

MSDN Architecture Webcast: Digging into the Customization of ASP.NET 2.0 Authentication and Membership (Level 200)

Danny Way - Gaithersburg, Maryland

MSDN Webcast: Introduction to ASP.NET for Cold Fusion Developers (Part 1 of 3): Adding ASP.NET to Your Repertoire (Level 200)

Derrick Wood - Atlanta, Georgia

MSDN Architecture Webcast: Visual Studio Guidance Package for Smart Client Development (Level 200)

Greg Sawin - San Francisco, California

MSDN Webcast: User Interface Elements Using C# (Part 2 of 4) (Level 200)

Walter Lonnborg - Gulfport, Mississippi

MSDN Webcast: User Interface Elements Using Visual Basic .NET (Part 2 of 4) (Level 200)

Barbara Jaeckel - Glendale, Wisconsin

TechNet Webcast: An Overview of Exchange “12” (Level 200)

 

Diane Thon - Seattle, Washington

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2005 for the IT Professional (Part 2 of 11): Security (Level 200)

 

Judy Luo - Cheshire, Connecticut

TechNet Webcast: Efficient Deployment and Management of ASP.NET 2.0 Applications on IIS 6.0 (Level 300)

Some exciting news about this promotion: starting April 1, all live and on-demand Microsoft webcasts are included in this sweepstakes. You're entered to win each time you submit a post-webcast evaluation following any live or on demand Microsoft webcast.

Is everyone in your office running around with members of the Source Fource and you missed out? No worries.

Due to popular demand, the entire Fource will be available again, starting in June and running through September. This will be it, though, so get your missing characters while you can. 

The rules are the same this time - go to two live MSDN webcasts or two MSDN virtual labs, or one of each, submit and eval, and you'll get your character of the month. Please note - the characters are shipped at the beginning of the month for the month prior, so if you don't get your guy or gal right away - please be patient.

And, if you're wondering why there still isn't a video finale to the Adventures of the Source Fource - it's coming. Those characters let the fame go to their heads and we had to really corral them back in to get them in the studio to finish their last video. Celebrities. I mean, give 'em a few minutes of fame and then there is just no reasoning with them.

If you attended two MSDN Webcasts or Virtual Labs and submitted evaluations last month, you qualified for the Virtual Labs Guy hero from the Source Fource. These characters should ship out the last week of May. They were held up a bit in transit, so we wanted to update you about this delay. Rest assured, they are coming - they're just fashionably late.

And, remember, if you missed any character in the Fource, you can qualify again from June - September by going to two MSDN Webcasts or Virtual Labs (and submitting an evaluation).

Congrats to the lucky folks below for winning a 40 GB Creative Zen MP3 player from the Microsoft Webcasts team last month.

Want to know how you, too, can win an MP3 player? Simply go to any live or on demand Microsoft webcast (MSDN, TechNet, Office, etc.) and fill out the post-event evaluation form. We randomly select 10 winners per month from all the evaluations received.  Full rules are located here.

April Winners:

If you're going to TechEd in Boston in a few weeks, be sure to visit MSDN Webcasts and Virtual Labs. We'll be set up in a special community area across the hall from the hands-on labs area. We have some fun things in store for this year's event, including some surprises and special appearances. Stay tuned for some hints as to what we have planned.

If you're not going to TechEd, or you want to do a little-pre-TechEd learning,  check out our pre-TechEd webcasts for ITPros and developers. We'll also be simulcasting about 40 sessions during TechEd live, if you can't make it to Boston.  And if you're a blogger, join the party at: http://techedbloggers.net/ and you can always get more out of events and webcasts at: http://msdneventsbloggers.net.