.NET User Groups, MVPs and Technical Magazines in Brazil – Sao Paulo
Brazil is a huge country with great possibilities and some information sources are growing fast according with the increased professional demand. You can find bellow a list of user groups in Sao Paulo with presencial meetings and some online communities available to everyone.
| Community Name | Location | Technologies | Link |
| .NET Architects | São Paulo | .NET Development – Best Practices | http://www.dotnetarchitects.net |
| AzureServiceBR | Online | Azure Technologies | http://azureservicesbr.ning.com |
| Codificando.NET | São Paulo | Software Development | http://www.codificando.net/ |
| Desenvolvendo para Web | Online | Software Development | http://www.desenvolvendoparaweb.net |
| Dynamic CRM | São Paulo | Dynamic CRM | http://www.dynamicscrm.com.br/ |
| IIS Help | Online | Internet Information Service | http://www.iishelp.com.br/ |
| PangeaNET | Online | Software Architecture – Competitor | http://pangeanet.org |
| SharePoint Brasil | São Paulo | SharePoint Technologies | http://www.sharepointbrasil.net/ |
| SilverlightBrasil | Online | Silverlight | http://silverlightbrasil.ning.com/ |
| SQL Server Day | Online | SQL Server | http://www.sqlserverday.com.br/ |
| Super C# | Online | Visual C# | http://supercsharp.ning.com |
| VSTS Brazil | Online | Visual Studio Team System | http://www.vstsbrasil.net/ |
| WCF Brasil | São Paulo | Windows Communication Foundation | www.wcfbrasil.ning.com |
| WinAjuda | Online | Windows Client | http://www.winajuda.com |
| WinSec | São Paulo | Infrastructure Management & Security | http://www.winsec.org |
“List source:” http://mvpbrasil.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F5F4692D000CDE16!1143.entry
I´ve done my registration on these two user groups:
“.NET Architects”, google user group: http://groups.google.com/group/dotnetarchitects
“Codificando.Net”, you can find me here: http://comunidade.codificando.net/profile/VanderleiPereira
I had many recommendations about these user groups, “.NET Architects” have participation of a Microsoft MVP that writes good technical blog in Portuguese-br:
Giovanni Bassi | Blog and “Codificando.Net” have participation of two Microsoft MVPs:
Alexandre Tarifa | Blog
Diego Nogare | Blog
Two magazines in Brazil available for .net programmers and architects, I´ve made my signature a couple of years ago and I like it very much:
.Net Magazine Technical Editor: Giovanni Bassi
Mundo .Net Technical Editor: Marcelo D’avila Pauli
Another Brazilian blogs that I like to follow:
Caio Proiete | Blog
Ivan Paulovich from: Netraptors
Eduardo Spaki | Blog

Man, how many guys have subscribed to dotnetarchitects user group? Now I realize for where the market is heading to. Do they use coding dojo techniques?
Yeah, they are using it, I´m following carefully this group, and I recommend you to join them to take a look, if you have any problem with the idiom, tell me ok?