For those of you who are interested in a deeper dive on some really great new features of the .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 - here are links to my extended talk on these topics:

  • NET 3.5, Visual Studio Enhancements
  • Lifecycle tools ALM, C#, VB9, Interop, LINQ
  • ParallelFX PLINQ - Be sure to check this out - wicked cool!
  • Services (WCF, WF, CardSpace)
  • Windows Applications
  • Web Applications
  • Office Applications
  • Mobile Applications
  • Synch Services for ADO.NET

Orcas_For_Architects_Jbarnes - Part_1.zip - 3.6 MB

Orcas_For_Architects_Jbarnes - Part_2.zip - 4.8 MB 

Orcas_For_Architects_Jbarnes - Part_3_Links And Resources.zip 188 KB

And don't forget to download your FREE Visual Studio 2008 Rhythm Training Kit (125 mb).  Contains a full 5-days of technical content including 20 hands-on labs, 28 presentations, and 20 scripted demos.  Technologies include: LINQ, C# 3.0, VB 9, WCF, WF, WPF, Windows CardSpace, Silverlight, ASP.NET Ajax, .NET Compact Framework 3.5, VSTO 3.0, Visual Studio Team System, and Team Foundation Server.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7602397