Free .Net Online Learning Resources
For anyone interesting in free online .Net & Microsoft platform development training here is a list of links I’ve compiled recently for my development team:
Free Plural Sight Courses: http://www.asp.net/web-forms for web forms. Also MVC ones available http://www.asp.net/mvc
http://www.asp.net hundreds of screencasts from the Microsoft web team
http://www.silverlight.net/learn/ hundreds of screencasts from the Silverlight team
http://windowsclient.net/learn/ hundreds of screencasts from the Microsoft Windows Forms and WPF teams
MS Showcase Videos : http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/categories/audience/dev
Upcoming Visual Studio Live Meeting events: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-gb/visual-studio-events
http://www.msdev.com A huge repository of free learning covering SQL Server, Windows Azure, Visual Studio and more.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Learn Free technical training on emerging Microsoft products and technologies.
http://dimecasts.net/ is a great place for 10minute screencasts on a wide range of .NET technologies.
http://www.dnrtv.com .Net technology videos.
MSDN Subscription based free training: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/subscriptions/ee461390.aspx
The Gu’s list of free ASP.Net training: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2011/05/15/great-free-video-training-on-asp-net-web-forms-and-asp-net-mvc.aspx
Tech Ed Session Videos (from 2008 to 2011 and growing): http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd
The VS2010 & .Net 4.0 Training Kit download: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=23507
MSDN Virtual Labs http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa570323. Guided, hands-on labs which can be completed in 90 minutes or less (no installation required).
Microsoft Virtual Academy for lots of information on Microsoft’s virtualisation technologies http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Home.aspx