In the start page in VS (which I guess annoys many people, including me, so they turn it off), there's an item about devcamps. Here's the link:
http://www.webcamps.ms/
Free, but you have to be near a major city.
Instructors look like Microsoft MVPs, employees, evangelists.
Here's the propaganda:
ABOUT MICROSOFT WEB CAMPS
function WebCamps () {
Day1.Learn();
Day2.Build();
}
Interested in learning how new innovations in Microsoft's Web Platform and developer tools like ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 can make you a more productive web developer? If you're currently working with PHP, Ruby, ASP or older versions of ASP.NET and want to hear how you can create amazing websites more easily, then register for a Web Camp near you today!
Microsoft's Web Camps are free, two-day events that allow you to learn and build on the Microsoft Web Platform. At camp, you will hear from Microsoft experts on the latest components of the platform, including ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, Entity Framework, IIS, Visual Studio 2010 and much more.
Web Camps also provide the opportunity to get hands on with labs and get creative by building in teams. All this with Microsoft experts on hand to guide you through.
We look forward to seeing you at camp soon!