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MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2010: Developing Rich Solutions in Silverlight

scottlum — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:46:00 GMT

MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2010: Developing Rich Solutions in Silverlight http://bit.ly/9YAlL2

Microsoft Silverlight is a great platform for developing rich and compelling Web applications, and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is a fantastic Web applications platform. In this webcast, we show you how to bring the two products together. Learn how to build and deploy Silverlight Web parts and field controls, how to access and update SharePoint content from Silverlight, how to handle large data sets, how to build client-side connections between Silverlight Web parts, and more. Join us to discover how all this can be done in a single development environment, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, where you can easily package both Silverlight and server code into a SharePoint solution package for release to your SharePoint Web site.

Presenter: Bob German, Technology Architect, Microsoft Corporation

Webcast: Getting a Development Job in the Current Economy

scottlum — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:28:00 GMT

Given the current state of the economy, how can you find a job? Join us for this webcast discussion with recruiters from across the country, and find out what it takes to get a job in today's market. We cover the top five things every developer needs to know when looking for a job, and then we have an open question and answer session so you can ask questions that are important to you. The discussion is moderated by Microsoft developer evangelist Zain Naboulsi, and it is one webcast you don't want to miss.

Friday, February 27, 2009 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

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Developer Webcasts: X-Box Game Development, SharePoint, WinMobile Security, REST & Azure

scottlum — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:10:00 GMT

MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies for Internet Site Development: Content Deployment (Level 200)

In this webcast, we discuss how to take advantage of content deployment to host content on your Internet site that is authored by people on the internal network. Content deployment enables you to run an Internet-facing site that contains content authored by people on your internal network. This capability enables network separation (for example, firewalls) between the intranet and the Internet-facing network. Presenter: Spencer Harbar, Enterprise Architect

1/6/2009 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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IT Manager Webcast: Platform Solution Blueprints: Next-Generation Web (Level 200)

In this webcast, we showcase some of the most important next-generation Web capabilities critical to IT Managers. If you are considering next-generation Web solutions as part of your IT strategy, be sure to attend this webcast and see how Microsoft delivers solutions when you need them. Presenters: John Henning, Enterprise Solutions Strategist, Advaiya, Inc., and Eric Zinn, Enterprise Solutions Specialist, Advaiya, Inc.

1/6/2009 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Introducing Xbox Community Games (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)

In this second part of the webcast series, we dive deep into the details around submitting your game, including how to prepare and submit trailer videos and box art, tweaking your submissions for international sale, and getting the most out of the peer review process with Playtest. If you are serious about getting your game on Xbox LIVE Community Games, do not miss this webcast. Presenter: Kathleen Sanders, Community Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

1/6/2009 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: BenkoTips Live and On Demand Working with LINQ in Visual C# (Level 200)

In this webcast, we look at some of these access technologies, including Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) and related tools, to see how they impact our development approach. We dive into data wherever it lives and show how we can integrate it into Microsoft Visual C# applications. Presenter: Mike Benkovich, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

1/7/2009 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: Windows Mobile Device Security (Level 300)

In this sample-filled Webcast, we explain how the Windows Mobile Security model works, and how you can mimic device security using the emulator in combination with the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Device Security Manager. We will also demonstrate how to sign your applications with certificates to allow them to run as either privileged or normal applications on Windows Mobile devices. Presenters: Constanze Roman, Community Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, and Maarten Struys, Embedded Evangelist, PTS Software

1/7/2009 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: REST and the Windows Azure Services Platform with Adnan Masood (Level 200)

Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage Web applications on the Internet. In this geekSpeak webcast, Adnan Masood illustrates how to create and host services in the cloud. Adnan highlights key features of the platform software development kit (SDK), addresses how to implement RESTful interfaces (available remotely and from the data center), and describes how to run Microsoft ASP.NET Web applications or Microsoft .NET code in the cloud. Guest Presenter: Adnan Masood, Senior Software Engineer, Green Dot Corporation

1/7/2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Silverlight and ADO.NET Data Services with John Papa (Level 200)

In this geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) John Papa explores how to consume ADO.NET Data Services from a Microsoft Silverlight 2 application. Be sure to bring your questions about Silverlight for John. Guest Presenter: John Papa, Trainer, ASPSOFT

1/8/2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Managing Cross-Site Scripting Using CAT.NET and AntiXSS (Level 200)

In this webcast, we provide an overview of the tools designed for discovery and mitigation of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET applications. Specifically, we look at CAT.NET, which is a static code analysis tool developed by the Microsoft Information Security team to identify vulnerabilities in managed code. We also look at the next version of the Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting (AntiXSS) library, which is used to mitigate cross-site scripting and was also developed by the Information Security team. Presenters: Anil Revuru, Senior SDE, Microsoft Corporation, and Vineet Batta, Senior SDE, Microsoft Corporation

1/9/2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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BenkoTips Webcast: Visual Studio Tips & Tricks from the Guys Who Wrote It

scottlum — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:36:00 GMT

MSDN Webcast: BenkoTips Live and On Demand: Visual Studio Tips and Tricks from the Guys Who Wrote It (Level 100)

In this webcast, we take tips to a whole new level. We go to the source and ask the experts. Mike Benkovich and a few special guests discuss how to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 to develop, test, and debug code. We look at how you can get the most from Visual Studio and really make it sing. BenkoTips Live and On-Demand brings events to you. This webcast series is dedicated to helping developers explore the possible. Join us each week as we take a look at what is new for developers, and see how to take advantage of the tools that developers use. From Microsoft Silverlight to Windows SharePoint Services, from Microsoft .NET Framework to Visual Studio, from Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 to membership, we explore it all.

12/17/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Developer Webcasts This Week: Xbox, SharePoint, Web Dev, Mobility, WPF, Silverlight

scottlum — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:46:00 GMT

Here are the upcoming Developer Webcasts for this week. All of these webcasts are free of charge. Topics include: Xbox Game development, SharePoint development, Testing Windows Mobile development, Benko Tips on Visual Studio, WPF and ADO & Silverlight development.

MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies for Internet Site Development: Web Interoperability (Level 200)

In this webcast, we demonstrate how to take advantage of Windows Live services for Internet-facing sites using Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. With more than 400 million users, Windows Live services lets you integrate your Web presence with services like Windows Live Contacts and extend your reach into a vibrant community with Windows Live Messenger. Presenter: Eric Shupps, President, BinaryWave

12/16/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Introducing Xbox Community Games (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)

12/16/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: BenkoTips Live and On Demand: Visual Studio Tips and Tricks from the Guys Who Wrote It (Level 100)

12/17/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: Testing Your Windows Mobile Applications (Level 300)

In this sample-filled webcast, we show you how to debug and test your Windows Mobile applications so you can to improve the quality of your code. There are a number of strategies to debug and test your Windows Mobile applications. You can make use of a number of different loggers, add debug messages or tracing code to your application, and make use of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 debugger. Additionally, you can also use the test tools that ship with the Windows Mobile software development kits (SDKs) to test your application under stress. Presenters: Constanze Roman, Microsoft Corporation, Joshua Partlow, Microsoft Corporation, and Maarten Struys, Embedded Evangelist, PTS Netherlands

12/17/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Windows Presentation Foundation Application Model (Level 200)

Join us to explore the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application model. WPF will be the de facto programming model for Windows native client applications. Jennifer Lee, from the WPF products team, discusses what's new in the application model realm for Windows Presentation Foundation version 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Topics include the improved cold start, splash screen, and a demonstration of HTML and XAML browser applications (XBAPs) using the new Web-browser control, and you get to ask questions directly to the people with their hands on WPF.

12/17/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Silverlight and ADO.NET Data Services with John Papa (Level 200)

In this geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) John Papa explores how to consume ADO.NET Data Services from a Microsoft Silverlight 2 application. Guest Presenter: John Papa, Trainer, ASPSOFT

12/17/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Harness the richness of ASP.NET controls to power up Visual WebGui (Level 200)

Now you can automatically wrap any ASP.NET control, using a simple integrated wizard to enhance the Visual WebGui power in developing and running data centric applications. This wrapper grants you the power to add any ASP.NET control to the WinForms 58 out-of-the-box controls that Visual WebGui offers as a standard. Presenter: Eyal Albert, Developer Experience Manager, Gizmox Ltd

12/18/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies for Internet Site Development: Search (Level 200)

One of the most compelling features for users of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies is the ease and power of its integrated search. In this webcast, we show you how to enable search for your .COM site and how to enable creation of a search scope. We also explain how to customize the search results for just the look and feel you want for your Internet site. Presenter: Robert Bogue, President, Thor Projects

12/18/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Windows Server and Vista FireStarter Event and Webcast for Devs and IT Pros

scottlum — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:47:00 GMT

The Windows FireStarter event will feature eight hours of content for Microsoft IT Pros and Developers covering Windows Server and Windows Vista. The live event and LiveMeeting broadcast is on Friday, December 12^th from 8:15 AM -5:00 PM Pacific Time.

Agenda:

Session Name

Kick off

Keynote/Why Vista!

The Case of the Unexplained

Break

Building Differentiated UI Applications Using Composite WPF

Lunch

Best Practices for Developing for Windows for Windows Standard User

Windows Security and Bitlocker

Break

(Windows 7 + Windows Server 2008 R2) Teaser Session

Windows for everyone!

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Game Development Webcasts for Microsoft Developers

scottlum — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:50:00 GMT

We have three Game Development Webcasts coming up this week. One is the first installment of a two part series on Xbox Community Game development and the other two are the final two parts of a six part series on using C++ and DarkGDK for developing games.

MSDN Webcast: Introducing Xbox Community Games (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)

The first webcast of the two-part series provides a high-level view of game creation, submission, peer review, and purchase on Xbox LIVE. In part two of the webcast series, we cover specifics about the submission and review process, taking a demo game all the way through to Xbox LIVE." Presenter: Kathleen Sanders, Community Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

12/9/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Game Programming in DarkGDK and C++ (Part 5 of 6): Explosions, Effects, and Information Displays (Level 100)

In this webcast, we cover the explosion effects in the game and examine how sounds are triggered by the various game elements. We also explore how to display information on-screen for things like scoring and explain how to control them with simple function calls. Presenter: Lee Bamber, The Game Creators Ltd, CEO and Founder

12/11/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Game Programming in DarkGDK and C++ (Part 6 of 6): Finalizing Levels, Testing, and Polish (Level 100)

Join us for this final installment of our six-part webcast series to learn how to set the difficulty curve of the game and make levels. We also discuss testing the game, making final adjustments to the game, and getting it ready for release. We explore how to take the game further with simple expansion possibilities. We finish with the idea that you are now better equipped to tackle a similar game yourself in C++ and DarkGDK. Presenter: Lee Bamber, The Game Creators Ltd., CEO and Founder

12/12/2008 12:00 - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Upcoming Developer Webcasts: SharePoint, Windows Mobile & Embedded, Silverlight and Cloud Services

scottlum — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:37:00 GMT

Here are the upcoming Microsoft Developer Webcasts this week. Topics include SharePoint development, App Lifecycle Mgt, Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded and Cloud services.

MSDN Webcast: Software Configuration Management (Level 300)

In this webcast we show you basic and advanced branching structures, tips and tricks for promoting your code from development to production, and how schedule affects the branching strategy. Join us to learn things that the books do not cover, and make your development and release process better. Presenter: Jeff Levinson, Application Lifecycle Management Practice Lead, Northwest Cadence

12/9/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies for Internet Site Development: Custom Fields, Web Parts, and Lists (Level 200)

In this webcast, we build upon our Getting Started session and focus on developing custom fields, Web parts, and lists. We demonstrate how to develop solutions for Internet sites and how to take advantage of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies to deliver these solutions. Presenter: Todd C. Bleeker, PhD., Chief Software Architect, Mindsharp

12/9/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration:60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: BenkoTips Live and On Demand: SharePoint Server Features with Scot Hillier (Level 100)

This week we are going to take a look at some features for working with SharePoint, and we have got the man who has coordinated the project on CodePlex to make them a reality. Join Mike Benkovich as he welcomes Scot Hillier to BenkoTips Live and On Demand in this week's edition of tips and tricks for developers. Scot takes a look at several of the more than 30 different SharePoint features that are available at www.codeplex.com/features. These features solve common SharePoint problems and end-user needs. There is bound to be a feature in this set that you can use in your SharePoint farm right away.

12/10/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: .NET Compact Framework Asynchronous Programming Techniques (Level 300)

Join this webcast to learn how to properly start and terminate threads, update user interface controls inside multiple threads, and call Web services asynchronously. In this sample-filled webcast, we demystify multithreading, so you can feel confident in developing your own multithreaded applications. Presenter: Maarten Struys, Software Developer, PTS Software B.V.

12/10/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration:60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Cloud Services for State and Local Government (Level 200)

In this webcast, we discuss recent Microsoft technology announcements at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and the relevance to state and local government customers. We consider the architectural implications of cloud computing and how cloud computing can enhance Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Software as a Service (SAAS) initiatives. We also discuss Web 2.0 integration and how rich Internet applications (RIA) that leverage SOA and cloud services can enhance user experiences. Presenters: Joel Reyes, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

12/10/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Silverlight Video Players with Corey Schuman (Level 200)

In this geekSpeak, Microsoft Silverlight expert Corey Schuman provides tips and tricks for building Silverlight video players, specifically what you need to consider in areas like UI and streaming the video. Guest Presenter: Corey Schuman, .NET Developer, Schematic

12/10/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Industrial Automation Solutions (Level 100)

The Windows Embedded family of products offers a broad range of embedded operating systems that have been deployed in demanding environments, and Windows Embedded operating systems will continue to drive the next generation of leading industrial automation solutions. Attend this webcast to learn more. Presenter: Chris Muench, Lead Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

12/11/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies for Internet Site Development: Authentication (Level 200)

In this webcast, we build upon our Getting Started session, focusing on the necessary process and steps to configure all the elements of enabling forms-based authentication. We explain how this has been achieved in our development environment, Adventure Works. We discuss forms-based authentication in Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies and show how to enable an Internet site to authenticate users outside the local domain. Presenter: Todd C. Bleeker, Ph.D., Chief Software Architect, Mindsharp

12/11/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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3 New ASP.NET Hands-on Virtual Labs

scottlum — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:22:00 GMT

Here are three new hands-on Virtual Labs for ASP and AJAX. Virtual Labs provide an easy way to test drive Microsoft technologies, online, in a guided environment without having to download the software or install them on your computer.

1. MSDN Virtual Labs: ASP AJAX 3.5 SP1

· Add history points to an ASP.NET AJAX Web application using server controls

· Add history points to an ASP.NET AJAX Web application

2. MSDN Virtual Labs: Developing ASP.NET Dynamic Data

· Create a data-driven web application using ASP.NET Dynamic Data

· Add validation to the data model of your application

· Customize ASP.NET Dynamic Data rendering

· Customize ASP.NET Dynamic Data pages

· Customize ASP.NET Dynamic Data fields

3. MSDN Virtual Labs: Introduction to ASP.NET MVC

· Understand ASP.NET MVC framework

· Create an ASP.NET MVC application

· Perform Testing when creating an ASP.NET MVC application

· Using the AJAX API

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Expression Webcast Series for Web Designers and Developers

scottlum — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:31:00 GMT

Web Designers and Developers; check out the Microsoft Expression Webcast series on MSDN. These free Webcasts give you detailed coverage of the various Expression products.

1. Expression Design – 2-part Webcast series

2. Expression Web – 4-part Webcast series

3. Expression Media – 3-part Webcast series

4. Expression Blend – 7-part Webcast series

5. Expression Encoder – 3-part Webcast series

6. Expression for Designers – 4-part Webcast series

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3 New .NET Hands-on Virtual Labs

scottlum — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:31:00 GMT

We recently launched three new .Net Virtual Labs. Virtual Labs allow you to try out the software online, in a guided hands-on experience, without having to download the software to your computer.

1. MSDN Virtual Lab: Introduction to ADO.NET Data Services

· Create an ADO.NET data service and consume it using the .NET Client

· Consume an ADO.NET data service using ASP.NET AJAX API

· Add Service Operations and Interceptors to the Data Service

2. MSDN Virtual Lab: Introduction to ADO.NET Entity Framework

· Create Entity Data Model

· Add new Tables to the Model After Creation

· Consume the Entity Data Model using Entity Client with Entity SQL

· Consume the Entity Data Model using Object Services with Entity SQL and LINQ

3. MSDN Virtual Lab Introduction to the .NET Framework Client Profile

· Target your client projects to .Net Framework 3.5 Client Profile

· Verify which assembly references are not included in the Client Profile

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Developer Webcasts: SharePoint, Game Development, VSTO, Windows Mobile, Cloud Services

scottlum — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:08:00 GMT

Here is a list of upcoming Microsoft Developer Webcasts for this week. Topics include SharePoint development, Windows Mobile, Cloud Services, VSTO and Game Development.

MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies for Internet Site Development: Getting Started (Level 100)

In this webcast, we set up an environment for developing Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies solutions. We explore tools like Microsoft Visual Studio extensions for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007. Presenter: Todd S. Baginski, Enterprise Solution Strategist, Advaiya

12/2/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: BenkoTips Live and On Demand: Practical Applications Using VSTO with John Wiese (Level 100)

In this webcast, we focus on the power and productivity of Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO). We give you tips and tricks for designing and building smart client applications with VSTO, which allows you to create managed code applications with .NET languages including Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C#. Learn how VSTO addresses some of the biggest challenges that Microsoft Office solution developers are facing today, including separation of data and view elements, server-side and offline scenarios, seamless integration with the Visual Studio tools, deployment, and updating. Presenters: John Wiese, ISV Architect Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation, and Mike Benkovich, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

12/3/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: IPC and True Push Technology on Windows Mobile (Level 300)

In this webcast, we show you how to create a simple device server service using sockets over TCP that accepts messages on the device then forwards them using IPC to an application running on the device. We show you how to divide large messages up into XML packets then consolidate them on the device once the message is complete. The server then sends the message to an interested application using IPC. We demonstrate a high-level service programming model for devices in this webcast. Presenters: Constanze Roman, Microsoft Corporation, and Simon Hart, Consultant, Edenbrook

12/3/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Cloud Services 101 with Aaron Skonnard (Level 200)

A new platform is emerging—one that simplifies the process around deploying, hosting, and managing your applications, using low-cost shared infrastructure provided by a particular vendor. This type of platform is commonly referred to as "the cloud." This movement is producing a great deal of energy and excitement throughout the IT industry because of the business and technical benefits inherent in the model. In this geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Aaron Skonnard explains what Microsoft is doing with cloud computing and how you can start taking advantage of "the cloud" in your applications. Guest Presenter: Aaron Skonnard, Co-founder, Pluralsight

12/3/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies for Internet Site Development: .COM Branding (Level 200)

In this webcast, we build upon our Getting Started session and focus on branding Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies for your Internet site presence. We discuss how to use and create master pages, page layouts, and content types. We also explore how to use field controls and Web parts for a branding experience. Presenter: Doug Ware, Managing Director, Elumenotion, LLC

12/4/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Game Programming in DarkGDK and C++ (Part 4 of 6): The Enemies (Level 100)

In this webcast, we cover the enemies in the game, explain the way they are set up and handled, and describe how they are controlled by the simplest of game artificial intelligence (AI). We explore how inter-enemy collisions and responses work and show how the player bullets interact with the enemies. At the end of this webcast, we will have the makings of our game as the player faces the enemy for the first time. Presenter: Lee Bamber, The Game Creators Ltd., CEO and Founder

12/4/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Developer Webcasts: Game Development, "Geneva", WPF, Unit Testing for Mobile Devices

scottlum — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:55:00 GMT

This week’s developer webcasts include a new game development series featuring DarkGDK, an introduction to the new Geneva Server, Unit Testing for Mobile Devices and Observer Patterns.

MSDN Webcast: "Geneva" Server and Framework Overview (Level 300)

Attend this webcast to see how you can use Microsoft code name "Geneva" Server and the claims-based identity model to enable single sign-on, strong authentication, federation, and the ability to flow user authentication between applications. Learn how to use "Geneva" with Microsoft ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Active Directory, Windows Live ID, and Windows CardSpace. Presenter: Stuart Kwan, Principal Group Manager, Microsoft Corporation

11/4/2008 11:00 - 12:00 PM AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: BenkoTIPS Live and On-Demand: Windows Presentation Foundation Demystified (Level 200)

In this webcast, we examine the core concepts of WPF, such as layout panels, data binding, styles, and control templates. We then use these to develop an application UI from the ground up. Today's applications need to do more than simply work. They need to draw in the user and provide a differentiated experience. This means moving beyond battleship-gray forms and boxy UIs to providing a positive user experience. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides powerful capabilities to develop a compelling user interface, the kind that makes an application stand out. Presenter: Mike Benkovich, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

11/5/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: Unit Testing for Mobile Devices (Level 300)

With Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, unit testing is now available for mobile device developers as well. In this sample-filled webcast explore unit testing for devices. Not only do you learn how to create unit tests for your smart device application, you learn how to debug unit tests and how to run unit tests inside a command prompt. After attending this webcast, you should rest assured knowing that your code works as intended. Presenters: Constanze Roman, Community Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, and Maarten Struys, Windows Mobile Developer Evangelist, PTS Software

11/5/2008 10:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: How to Watch Applications with the Observer Pattern Using Visual Basic and C# (Level 300)

They say ignorance is bliss. Unfortunately, that is not the case with objects. Keeping your objects aware of what is going on is vital to the success of your applications. In this webcast, we use the all-seeing, all-knowing Observer pattern to learn how we can keep an eye on things that are happening in our applications. Presenters: Zain Naboulsi, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

11/5/2008 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 90 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Developing for Your Digital Life (Part 1 of 5): Introduction (Level 100)

In this introductory webcast, we explore some of the free resources available to beginning developers who are looking to learn the basics. We tour the beginner developer learning center on MSDN, take Microsoft Popfly for a spin, and start working on our first programming project. At the end of this five-part series, you will have a few applications that can help you share photos with your friends and family. Presenter: Sam Gazitt, Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

11/6/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Game Programming in DarkGDK and C++ (Part 1 of 6): Introducing DarkGDK (Level 100)

In this first webcast, we explain what DarkGDK is and describe how it can make programming games much easier than it would be normally. The actual game will be available for you to download with all resource files. This is the game we dissect over the coming sessions in this webcast series. Presenter: Lee Bamber, The Game Creators Ltd, CEO and Founder

11/6/2008 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 11/6/2008 1:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Windows Embedded CE and Handheld Solutions (Level 100)

In this webcast, we cover what you need to know when you build a handheld Windows Embedded CE powered device. Windows Embedded CE is the ideal handheld platform with hardware support and software components to satisfy all the requirements of the next generation of connected, service-oriented handheld devices. Presenter: Dion Hutchings, Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

11/6/2008 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Security Webcast: Information Regarding an Out-of-Band Security Bulletin Release

scottlum — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:35:00 GMT

Microsoft released an urgent security update today for all supported versions of Windows.

TechNet Webcast: Information Regarding an Out-of-Band Security Bulletin Release (Level 200)

On October 23, 2008, Microsoft will release an out-of-band security bulletin. Join us for a brief overview of the technical details of the security bulletin. The intent of this webcast is to address your concerns. Therefore, most of the webcast is devoted to attendees asking questions about the bulletin and getting answers from our security experts. Presenters: Christopher Budd, Security Response Communications Lead, Microsoft Corporation, and Adrian Stone, Lead Security Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Friday, October 24, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

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Developer Webcasts: REST, ASP, Embedded Kiosk solutions, Design Patterns & Security Lifecycle

scottlum — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:28:00 GMT

Here is a list of upcoming developer webcasts. Topics include REST, ASP for non-ASP Developers, Windows Mobile development, Embedded Kiosk solutions, Design Patterns and Security Development Lifecycle.

MSDN Webcast: Windows Embedded Enterprise Kiosk and Self-Service Solutions (Level 100)

Attend this webcast to learn more about Windows Embedded Enterprise kiosk and self-service solutions. Windows Embedded Enterprise offers a productive set of tools and technologies and an active development community to give kiosk and digital signage original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) the confidence to bring their smart, connected, service-oriented devices to market faster. Presenter: Dan DeVries, Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

10/23/2008 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Southern Fried Road Show Presents REST and ASP.NET MVC (Level 200)

In this third of three webcasts, we introduce the ASP.NET MVC framework, which enables you to easily implement the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern for Web applications. This pattern lets you separate applications into loosely coupled, pluggable components for application design, processing logic, and display. A key benefit of ASP.NET MVC applications is that they provide clean URIs that can also be accessed in a RESTful manner. The MSDN Southern Fried Road Show is a half-day free developer event with a southern flair, where you learn about some of the latest developments in Microsoft technologies. Couldn't catch the road show when it came to your town? Then tune in to this series to see what you missed.

10/24/2008 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: Live Update from the Professional Developers Conference (Level 300)

Join us for the 24 hours of Windows Mobile Application Development webcast series live from the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC). During this webcast, we share lots of news announced at PDC and, if time permits, demonstrate some of the cool upcoming technologies. Presenters: Constanze Roman, Community Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, Maarten Struys, Windows Mobile Developer Evangelist, PTS Software, and Jim Wilson, President, JW Hedgehog, Inc.

10/29/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: BenkoTIPS Live and On-Demand: ASP.NET Overview for Non-ASP.NET Developers (Level 200)

In this webcast, we explore many of the core elements of ASP.NET development and share practical examples to help you get started building solutions with the ASP.NET framework. Presenter: Mike Benkovich, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

10/29/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration:60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Design Pattern Goodness: Introduction to Design Patterns (Level 300)

In this webcast, you learn how to make beautiful code and the who, what, where, and why of design patterns. Join Zain Naboulsi on this wondrous adventure of code discovery. We look at why you would want to use a design pattern and explore the strategy pattern in this webcast. Presenter: Zain Naboulsi, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

10/30/2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 90 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: More Secure Online Services Powered by the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (Level 300)

In this webcast, we demonstrate the most common and most dangerous threats to online services, and we describe the coding procedures and tools required by the SDL to mitigate or defeat these threats. Additionally, we discuss some strategies on how to implement the SDL successfully in the fast-paced environment of online services on the Internet, in which development teams can literally be delivering new versions of their products every single day. Presenter: Bryan Sullivan, Security Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

10/31/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Developer Webcasts: Application Lifecycle Mgt and Windows Mobile Development

scottlum — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:03:00 GMT

We have two developer webcasts this week featuring Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with Agile and VSTS and the continuation of the 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Webcast Series highlighting interoperability between managed and native code.

MSDN Webcast: Introducing Application Lifecycle Management with Agile and Visual Studio Team System 2008 (Level 200)

Development teams that desire to work more effectively with business stakeholders, reduce development errors, and lower application development costs are quickly adopting the principles of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). Though there are innumerable ways to deploy an ALM strategy, Agile development practices help achieve the most benefits for the majority of projects. Practices from the Agile community are well defined and easy to understand, and an Agile process template is already included as a part of the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) / Team Foundation Server (TFS) toolset to accelerate Agile implementation. In this webcast, we provide a background on ALM concepts, we discuss the benefits of the agile practices included in the VSTS/TFS Agile process template, and we provide some best practices for organization-wide rollout and adoption. Presenter: Bill Nazzaro, Chief Technology Officer, IconATG

10/14/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: Interoperability Between Managed and Native Code (Level 300)

Even though the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5 contains a lot of functionality, sometimes it is unavoidable to call back (P/Invoke) into native Win32. In this webcast, we show you the basics of P/Invoke. In the second part of this webcast, we show how you can use existing COM objects inside your managed applications. Of course, both P/Invoking into native code and using COM objects inside managed applications are illustrated by a number of code samples. Presenters: Constanze Roman, Community Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, and Maarten Struys, Technical Manager, PTS Software

10/15/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Developer Webcasts: Windows Mobile, SharePoint Wikis, Windows Embedded

scottlum — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:37:00 GMT

Upcoming Developer Webcasts this week on MSDN:

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: Using Pocket Outlook Data Inside a Managed Application (Level 300)

Windows Mobile devices ship with Microsoft Pocket Outlook. To limit the amount of data that is stored on Windows Mobile devices and to provide users with a consistent user interface when dealing with Personal Information Manager (PIM) data, you must frequently make use of Pocket Outlook functionality inside your own managed application. In this sample-filled webcast, we show you how to retrieve, use, and store PIM data inside your own managed applications through the Windows Mobile Managed APIs that ship as part of the Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6 software development kits (SDKs). Presenters: Constanze Roman, Microsoft Corporation and Maarten Struys, Technical Manager, PTS Software

10/8/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration:60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: SharePoint Wikis with David Mann (Level 200)

For this geekSpeak, David Mann, who was recently on geekSpeak in August 2008, returns for some more engaging discussion on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. This time, David enlightens us on best practices for implementing wiki sites using SharePoint Server. Bring your questions for David. Guest Presenter: David Mann, Software Architect, Mann Software, LLC

10/8/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration:60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems (Level 100)

The Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems operating system is a great solution for embedded systems including kiosks, automated teller machines (ATMs), industrial controllers, and large medical devices. Attend this webcast to learn how you can take advantage of the full power of the Windows XP Pro operating system. Presenter: Dan DeVries, Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

10/9/2008 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration:60 Minutes

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Developer Webcasts: Unit Testing for Mobile Devices; Silverlight LOB Development

scottlum — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:29:00 GMT

Here are the MSDN developer webcasts for this week. Topics include programming line of business applications using Silverlight and unit testing for mobile devices.

Programming a Full-Blown Silverlight Line-of-Business Application in 20 Minutes (Level 100)

In this webcast, we use the Gizmox Visual WebGui framework to "light up" a fully blown, line-of-business application in 20 minutes. We demonstrate how we make Windows Forms (WinForms) controls available for Microsoft Silverlight browser plug-in applications and how you can style your UI by using fully enabled Microsoft Expression Blend design software. The outcome is a Silverlight application with a very light footprint. As a bonus, the application is secured by design with no open ends to protect. Presenter: Guy Peled, Chief Technology Officer, Gizmox Ltd

7/23/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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Unit Testing for Mobile Devices (Level 300)

In this sample-filled webcast, Constanze Roman and Maarten Struys explore unit testing for devices. Not only do you learn how to create unit tests for your smart device application, you learn how to debug unit tests and how to run unit tests inside a command prompt. After attending this webcast, you should rest assured knowing that your code works as intended. Presenters: Constanze Roman, Content Project Manager II, Microsoft Corporation, and Maarten Struys, Windows Embedded Evangelist, PTS

7/23/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Developer Webcast: Bringing Enterprise Data to Life with SharePoint and WCF

scottlum — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:06:00 GMT

MSDN Webcast: Bringing Enterprise Data to Life with SharePoint Server and Windows Communication Foundation (Level 300)

Do you want bring your business data to life in Microsoft Office Applications like Microsoft and SAP have provided in Duet? Do you want to provide your employees with a view into your business data with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007? With Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and the WCF Line-of-Business Adapter software development kit (SDK), it is now possible to provide this level of integration to any line-of-business (LOB) application. Whether you are using Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, JD Edwards, or any other business application, you can develop Microsoft Office business applications and SharePoint Web parts to access your business data. In this webcast, we provide an overview on using WCF for application integration with Microsoft Office client and server products. Next, we show you how you can use WCF-based adapters for integration between your LOB applications and Microsoft Office business applications. Finally, you learn how to develop Web parts that utilize custom adapters for accessing business data. Each demonstration in this webcast utilizes a custom WCF-based JD Edwards EnterpriseOne adapter. Presenter: Joe Klug, Chief Technology Officer, Tellago, Inc

7/18/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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Developer Webcasts This Week: WCF & WF

scottlum — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:28:00 GMT

We have three MSDN developer webcasts this week covering the .NET Framework:

MSDN Webcast: Transactional Windows Communication Foundation Services with Juval Lowy (Level 200)

Transactions are the key to building robust, high quality service-oriented applications. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) provides a simple, declarative transaction support for service developers, enabling you to configure parameters such as enlistment and voting, all outside the scope of your service. In addition, WCF allows client applications to create transactions and to propagate transactions across service boundaries over a variety of transports. In this webcast, we explain how to configure transaction flow at the binding, contract, and service level, local versus distributed transactions, setting of service transactions, declarative voting, and the available configurations that best fit various application scenarios. Presenter: Juval Lowy, Principal and Software Architect, IDesign

7/7/2008 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 75 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: Using Windows Workflow Foundation to Build Services with Jon Flanders (Level 300)

Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a programming model, set of tools, and runtime environment which allows you to write declarative and reactive programs for Windows operating systems. WF is part of the Microsoft .NET Runtime, and it first appeared in Microsoft .NET 3.0. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is also a programming model, set of tools, and a runtime that first appeared in .NET 3.0. WCF is a framework for building applications that can communicate with each other over varied network protocols. In .NET 3.5, these programming models came closer together to allow easy integration, including allowing WF instances to use WCF to communicate to remote endpoints and allowing WF instances to become the service implementation for WCF endpoints. This is accomplished by two new Activities: ReceiveActivity and SendActivity as well as a new hosting infrastructure for service endpoints. In this webcast, we look at both sides of this integration to give you an overview of how to build WF/WCF applications. Presenter: Jon Flanders, Consultant, Pluralsight

7/9/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: WCF Extensibility Deep Dive with Jesus Rodriguez (Level 400)

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) provides a rich messaging framework that extends beyond its capabilities for modeling and implementing services. One of the aspects where WCF really shines when compared with competitive Web services stacks is its rich extensibility model that allows developers to customize the default behavior of the framework. The better we understand the WCF extensibility model the better chance we have to make the right use of WCF in real-world applications. In this webcast, we dive deeply into the WCF extensibility model, detailing the different extensibility points of WCF subsystems such as Channels, Hosting, Security, Metadata, Encoding, and others. Specifically, we provide practical demonstrations of how custom channels, behaviors, operation invokers, authorization managers, and metadata extensions can be used to extend WCF effectively without affecting the consistency of the programming model. We also highlight a set of best practices developers should consider to address their specific scenarios properly when extending WCF. Presenter: Jesus Rodriguez, Chief Architect, Tellago, Inc.

7/11/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Developer Webcasts: SAP Integration w/ Office & SharePoint; Favorite Developer Tools Series

scottlum — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:26:00 GMT

We have a light week of webcasts this week. One webcast will be on integrating SAP with Office & SharePoint and other is the final installment of the “It’s all about tools” series.

MSDN Webcast: Integrating SAP Software with Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Server (Level 300)

In this webcast, we provide an overview of how to integrate SAP software with client programs in the 2007 Microsoft Office system and with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We discuss building Web services within SAP, integrating SAP Web services with a custom Microsoft Office client program, and integrating SAP Web services with the SharePoint Server 2007 Business Data Catalog (BDC). We also provide a brief overview of other ways you can integrate SAP with Microsoft Office. This webcast is appropriate for technologists who are familiar with Web services, understand the basics of SAP, and have some knowledge about programming and the Microsoft .NET Framework. Presenters: Steve Fox, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation and Juegren Daiberl, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

6/30/2008 9:00 - 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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MSDN Webcast: It's All About Tools (Part 3 of 3) (Level 200)

In this series of webcasts, Microsoft developer evangelists Russ Fustino and Joe Healy and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Stan Schultes discuss and demonstrate their favorite developer tools. There is something here for everyone, from beginners to experts. In this third webcast of the series, we discuss and demonstrate Microsoft Expression Encoder, Microsoft Silverlight Live, Microsoft Virtual PC, Windows Live Quick Applications, XMLNotepad, Reflector and add-ins, PowerToys for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, CodeKeep, SyncToy, and FolderShare. We include scripts for the demos, so you can recreate our demos at home.

6/30/2008 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Lighter Webcast Registration

scottlum — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:14:00 GMT

We took a small step on removing some of the registration pages from our on-demand webcasts. If you view most of the recent (past two years) on-demand MSDN or TechNet webcasts on our Webcast Series landing page you’ll notice that the number of clicks it takes to view the webcast went down from seven to just three. Our goal will be to get it down to one.

So why’s this taking so long? I was hoping to get this done months ago, but trying to fix the problem within the existing infrastructure has proven to be frustrating and perplexing. This is a temporary workaround as we work on pulling our content onto new servers and building new landing pages that we hope will make finding the content much easier. So if you view the webcasts through some of our other MSDN and TechNet pages, or using the Search box you might still have to go through the standard registration process but it should be fine using this site. I like these series landing pages anyway as the best way to surf our webcast content.

Try it out. Let me know your thoughts…

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Developer Webcasts: Silverlight 2.0, WCF/WF Integration, ADO.Net Data Services, Office Communicator, OBA, Exchange Web Services

scottlum — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:21:00 GMT

Here are the MSDN developer webcasts for the week of June 23^rd. Topics include Silverlight 2.0, WCF/WF Integration, Office Communicator, ADO.Net Data Services, Exchange Web Services, and OBA.

Calling Services from Silverlight 2.0 with Jon Flanders (Level 300)

Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 browser plug-in provides an environment for building rich Internet applications (RIAs). Traditionally, these types of applications relied heavily on services such as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) for their functionality. In this webcast, we look at the facilities built into Silverlight 2.0 for calling services, and we discuss the options for implementing these services. Presenter: Jon Flanders, Consultant, Pluralsight

6/23/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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Look What You Can Do with Silverlight 2 (Part 4 of 6): Web Services Support (Level 200)

Microsoft Silverlight 2 has a robust networking stack, and it supports Representational State Transfer (REST), SOAP, WS*, HTTP endpoints, and even cross-domain networking. In this webcast, we examine how to implement calls to Web services from your Silverlight 2 Microsoft .NET-connected applications using a variety of methods, including standard ASP.NET Web Services (ASMX), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services, and REST. Presenter: Lindsay Rutter, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

6/23/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Driving Contextual Collaboration with Office Communicator 2007 (Level 300)

In this webcast, we use the Microsoft Unified Communication (UC) platform to create contextual collaboration solutions using IM, voice, and video communications built directly into applications. We start by building presence information into an application using the Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presence Controls so users can see if coworkers are available and willing to communicate. Using the Office Communicator software development kit (SDK), we use just a few lines of code to launch IM, voice, video, or conferencing sessions directly from an application. Presenter: Chris Mayo

6/24/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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ADO.NET Data Services Overview (Part 2 of 2) (Level 100)

In this follow-up to part one of our two-part series, Rob Bagby illustrates some of the advanced aspects of ADO.NET Data Services. He explains how to expose your own custom data sources with ADO.NET Data Services. Rob covers consuming ADO.NET Data Services from various client applications, including Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) client applications and Microsoft Silverlight 2. Rob also explores security surrounding ADO.NET Data Services. Presenter: Rob Bagby, Developer Evangelist

6/24/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Look What You Can Do with Silverlight 2 (Part 5 of 6): Testing Framework (Level 200)

A new testing framework is shipping with Microsoft Silverlight 2. This testing framework enables you to write unit tests for UI and non-UI functionality in Silverlight 2, and it includes more than 2,000 unit tests covering all of the released Silverlight 2 controls. In this webcast, we examine some of the built-in unit tests and how to build your own unit tests or extend the included unit tests, all of which are covered under an open-source license. We also discuss the support in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 for debugging your Silverlight 2 applications. Presenter: Lindsay Rutter

6/25/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation Integration in Depth with Jesus Rodriguez (Level 400)

In this webcast, we illustrate some of the most common scenarios for integrating WCF and WF, and we explore mechanisms such as Durable Services, Workflow Services, rules-based authorization, line-of-business workflows, and other mechanisms that are best implemented by combining WCF and WF. We also share a series of best practices and techniques that developers can follow in order to implement a seamless integration between WCF and WF. Presenter: Jesus Rodriguez, Chief Architect, Tellago, Inc.

6/25/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration:60 Minutes

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geekSpeak: Silverlight Line-of-Business Applications with Shawn Wildermuth (Level 200)

In this installment of geekSpeak, Shawn Wildermuth discusses the implications of using Microsoft Silverlight 2 browser plug-in technology in line-of-business applications, and he demonstrates consuming and changing database data from Silverlight 2. In addition, Shawn shares his opinion of where Silverlight 2 fits into the broader enterprise development spectrum, including intranet, extranet, and Internet development. Guest Presenter: Shawn Wildermuth, President, Wildermuth Consulting Services, LLC

6/25/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Windows Workflow Communication in Depth with Matt Milner (Level 400)

In this webcast, we cover the underlying communication architecture, how to create custom activities that allow you to wait for events or input, how to perform request/response style communication, and the send/receive activities available in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. Presenter: Matt Milner, Consultant, Pluralsight

6/26/2008 9:00 - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Building Asynchronous Contextual Collaboration with Exchange Web Services (Level 300)

Attend this webcast to learn how you can build mashups using the data in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). We show you what you can do with Exchange Web Services, and some examples with code such as resource schedules and interactive organizational charts. Also, learn how to move your old Exchange Server applications to the future of Exchange Server development: Exchange Web Services! Presenter: Chris Mayo

6/26/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Demystifying Office Business Applications for the Developer (Level 200)

This webcast provides an introductory look at how you build and deploy Office Business Applications (OBAs), specifically focusing on the what and the how. We discuss Microsoft Office client application customization, integration of custom Office client applications with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, SharePoint Products and Technologies business intelligence (BI) features, and more. This webcast is appropriate for technologists who are familiar with what an OBA is and are looking to take the next step to learn how you might go about building one. You should have a baseline understanding of programming concepts, as we walk through some high-level code samples. Presenter: Steve Fox, Technical Evangelist

6/27/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Look What You Can Do with Silverlight 2 (Part 6 of 6): Adaptive Streaming (Level 200)

In the last part of our Microsoft Silverlight 2 webcast series, we highlight adaptive streaming, which is an addition to the rich media capabilities of Silverlight 2. Adaptive streaming enables Silverlight 2 applications to examine the capabilities of the client computer, like CPU and bandwidth, and adjusts the bit-rate encoding of streaming video to handle network congestion and CPU usage automatically. We demonstrate how to implement adaptive streaming in Silverlight 2 applications, and we wrap up our webcast series with a brief look at some other cool features of Silverlight 2 and a glimpse of Silverlight Mobile. Presenter: Lindsay Rutter

6/27/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Developer Webcasts This Week - WCF, SharePoint, Silverlight, Workflow, Office Communicator

scottlum — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:08:00 GMT

Here are some of the upcoming developer webcasts for this week:

Introduction to SharePoint Products and Technologies for .NET Developers: Custom Content Types (Level 200)

In this webcast, we show how to create a custom content type and explain how to associate an event handler with the new content type to do data validation. Content types define what documents or other content types are used in SharePoint Products and Technologies document libraries. Content types can have several aspects associated with them, including custom menus and custom processing. Presenter: Robert L. Bogue, Microsoft MVP for SharePoint Server, Thor Projects LLC

6/18/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration: 60 Minutes

Beyond the Endpoints with Windows Communication Foundation with Juval Lowy (Level 100)

In this webcast, we describe the power and productivity of WCF and demonstrate how it is a “better .NET Framework.” We focus on the key system features of WCF so you can make educated decisions on aligning your product road map with WCF and assess the advantages of using WCF. We begin the webcast with a brief overview of WCF and the WCF architecture, and then we demonstrate data contract tolerance, instance management, transaction propagation, automatic synchronization, queued calls, and automatic security. Presenter: Juval Lowy, Principal and Software Architect, IDesign

6/18/2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 90 Minutes

Look What You Can Do with Silverlight 2 (Part 2 of 6): WPF UI Framework Continued (Level 200)

In the second part of this webcast series, we continue our investigation of the Microsoft Silverlight 2 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) UI framework. We discuss data-binding support and the ability to customize the appearance of your controls with the templating and skinning model in Silverlight 2. Learn how data-binding support in Silverlight 2 enables you to bind UI elements to business objects for rich data scenarios with model, view, and container separation. Presenter: Lindsay Rutter, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

6/18/2008 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

geekSpeak: Workflow Services in .NET 3.5 with Jon Flanders (Level 200)

In this installment of geekSpeak, Jon Flanders from Pluralsight introduces you to workflow services , and he describes how workflow services unites WCF and WF and provides great new features for building solutions. Guest Presenter: Jon Flanders, Consultant, Pluralsight

6/18/2008 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

Behind the Scenes with Communications Server 2007, Communicator 2007, and Exchange Server 2007 (Level 300)

We examine the server infrastructure of Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 and explain how to integrate those servers into your infrastructure. We discuss security, transport, and messaging to implement common developer scenarios. We also provide an overview of session initiation protocol (SIP) for UC development and explore how common principles like presence publication/subscription are applied in your solution. Take a look "under the hood" of UC and get everything you need to start creating killer applications with communication! Presenter: Chris Mayo, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

6/19/2008 10:00 AM -11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

It's All About Tools (Part 2 of 3) (Level 200)

Do you ever feel inundated with developer tools? Do you feel you are missing something that could make your life easier as a developer by being a power user? There are so many tools available to choose from and it keeps getting tougher to keep up with them. Tool familiarity continues to be one of the top developer challenges. In this series of webcasts, Microsoft developer evangelists Russ Fustino and Joe Healy and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Stan Schultes discuss and demonstrate their favorite developer tools. There is something here for everyone, from beginners to experts. In this second webcast of the series, we discuss and demonstrate Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Tools for the Microsoft Office system, Microsoft Popfly, Line Services Tool Bar, Windows Live SkyDrive, Windows Live ID with CardSpace, and Tafiti. We include scripts for the demos, so you can recreate our demos at home. Presenters: Russ Fustino, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation, and Stan Schultes, Systems Architect and Developer, Microsoft Corporation

6/19/2008 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

MSDN Webcast: Demystifying Office Business Applications for the Business Analyst (Level 100)

This webcast provides an introductory look at what Office Business Applications (OBAs) are, specifically focusing on the what, why, and, at a high level, the how. This webcast is appropriate for those business people and technologists who are looking to learn the fundamental business and technical value of OBAs to not only understand how you might implement them in your environment, but also how you can talk to your customers about them as well. Presenter: Steve Fox, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

6/20/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

Look What You Can Do with Silverlight 2 (Part 3 of 6): Introducing Deep Zoom (Level 200)

The Deep Zoom feature in Microsoft Silverlight 2, which is based on SeaDragon technology from Microsoft Research, allows users to easily and cleanly navigate through very large images and only download the portions of the images needed. In this third part of our Silverlight 2 webcast series, we take an in-depth look at Deep Zoom. We discuss the considerations that you must make when working with large images and we explain how Silverlight 2, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and Microsoft Expression Blend enable you to implement Deep Zoom in applications easily. Presenter: Lindsay Rutter, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

6/20/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration:60 Minutes

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Develop on SharePoint Site Launches at TechEd/Developer

scottlum — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:36:00 GMT

Check out the new Develop on SharePoint site that launched Monday at TechEd/Developer. The site has a wealth of resources from Virtual Labs, Webcasts, short videos and whitepapers. Topics include Web Parts, Data Lists, Event Handlers, Workflow, Silverlight integration, page navigation, page branding, web services, customer content types and user management. Check back in the upcoming weeks as we fill out more of the content at this site.

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