Venue & Travel

Conference Venue, Travel and Hotel Deals

Join us for VSLive Redmond 2010 on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Washington and experience in-depth developer training by technical experts.


Microsoft Campus
Microsoft Conference Center (Building 33)
16070 N.E. 36th Way
Redmond, WA 98052
Business Center Desk: 425.703.1800

Hotel Information

VSLive has partnered with the Marriott Redmond Town Center for conference attendees at the reduced rate of $169.00, plus tax, for single or double occupancy. This discounted rate is available through Friday, July 9, 2010. The Marriott Redmond Town Center is approximately 2.9 miles from the Microsoft Conference Center.

Special attendee rate: $169
Booked by July 9, 2010

To make your hotel reservation, please book online at:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/seamc?groupCode=vslvsla&app=resvlink&fromDate=8/1/10&toDate=8/7/10 or call Reservations at 800.228.9290 and ask for the VSLive Room Block.

Marriott Redmond Town Center
7401 164th Avenue NE
Redmond, WA, 98052
Phone: 425.498.4000
www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/seamc-redmond-marriott-town-center

Travel
Air Travel Discounts
American Airlines is offering a 5% discount to VSLive attendees for travel to Sea-Tac Airport between July 30 and August 9, 2010. Mileage members can receive credit for all American miles flown to attend this conference. To take advantage of these discounts, please call toll-free, or have your travel agent call: American Airlines: 1-800-433-1790 and reference number 9770AK. To book your discounted ticket online go to www.aa.com and use the discount reference number above as the aa.com promotion code.

Car Rental Discounts
Avis Rent-a-Car is offering a discount on car rental for VSLive attendees. To receive the discounted rates, call Avis at 1.800.331.1600 and use the Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) number D005872 or click here to make your reservation online.

Airport Transportation
Area hotels do not provide airport transportation, but there are several options:

Shuttle Express
206.622.1424
From SeaTac Airport: guests can dial 48 at the information center in baggage claim to arrange for transportation. Two hours advance reservation is required.
1st Adult: $26.00; 2nd Adult: $4.00; Additional Adults: $5.00 (Credit cards accepted)

Taxi or Town Car
One way fare averages $40-$45.

Directions to the Microsoft Conference Center (Building 33):
The Microsoft Conference Center (Building 33) is at the main Microsoft Headquarters Campus in Redmond in the eastern suburbs of Seattle, across Lake Washington.

Directions from Sea-Tac Airport:

  • Follow signs to Freeways; this will put you on SR 518 eastbound.
  • Follow signs to Interstate-5 and Interstate-405.
  • Take I-405 North-Renton (center lane).
  • Continue on North I-405 through Renton and Bellevue, approximately 14 miles.
  • Take SR-520 East exit toward Redmond.
  • Exit SR-520 at NE 40th St exit.
  • Turn Right at exit onto NE 40th St.
  • Cross over 156th Avenue NE.
  • Turn right onto 159th Avenue NE.
  • The Microsoft Conference Center (Building 33) is located on your left.

Directions from I-405 in Bellevue:

  • Exit onto SR-520 East, toward Redmond
  • Go about three miles to the 40th Street Exit and you are almost there
  • Turn RIGHT (East) onto NE 40th St
  • Turn RIGHT (South) onto 159th Ave NE
  • Bear LEFT (South) onto NE 36th Way
  • You will see Executive Briefing Center – Round the corner to the left and arrive at the Conference Center at 16070 NE 36th Way, Redmond, WA 98052

Directions from I-5 in Seattle:

  • Take I-5 Exit 168B, onto SR-520 East
  • Take SR-520 about 10 miles across the Lake Washington floating bridge, through
  • Bellevue, and past I-405
  • Take the 40th Street Exit and you are almost there
  • Turn RIGHT (East) onto NE 40th St
  • Turn RIGHT (South) onto 159th Ave NE
  • Bear LEFT (South) onto NE 36th Way
  • You will see Executive Briefing Center – Round the corner to the left and arrive at the Conference Center at 16070 NE 36th Way, Redmond, WA 98052

Parking:
Parking is available in the parking garages below and adjacent to the Microsoft Conference Center (Building 33). You will need to know your license number for registration.

Discover Redmond and Seattle Washington
Can’t wait to take in all the wonderful things Redmond and the “Emerald City” have to offer? Find out more at www.visitseattle.org.

 


VSLive Redmond Focus Topics:
  • Silverlight/WPF
    Silverlight, WPF, XAML, VS10 Xaml designer, Blend, WCF RIA Services
  • Web
    Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, AJAX
  • Visual Studio 2010/.NET 4
    Visual Studio features, TFS, languages, parallel extensions
  • Cloud Computing
    Includes cloud, server and messaging technologies
    Azure, Amazon, AppFabric, REST services, “Dallas”, WCF, Windows Workflow
  • SharePoint
    SharePoint, Office
  • Data Management
    SQL Server, BI, reporting, analysis, ADO.NET EF, ANDS, oData, Sync services