Today at Professional Developers Conference (PDC09) the news covers the foundational elements of the software experience made possible by the data center and in the cloud back-end developer experience. 

Here are the headlines from today’s announcements.

AppFabric Supports Moving Your Web Application from Windows Server to Windows Azure

Microsoft releases Windows Server AppFabric Beta 1, a set of integrated application services that enable developers to more easily deploy and manage applications spanning both server and cloud. Available for download today at http://msdn.microsoft.com/AppFabric with availability in 2010.

Windows Identity Foundation, ASP.NET MVC Beta 2 Supported on Windows Azure

Other announcements include Windows Server virtual machine support on Windows Azure, RTM of Windows Identity Foundation, and ASP.NET MVC beta 2, a free, fully-supported framework that enables developers to rapidly build standards-based Web applications.

Commercial, Reference Data Service Offered in Cloud

Microsoft introduces an information and brokerage service, codenamed “Dallas” that enables access to commercial and reference data from partners including Associated Press, Citysearch, ESRI, DATA.gov, NASA, National Geographic, RiskMetrics Group, the United Nations, WaveMarket, Weather Central, and more.

New Developer Training Courses Available

Just released today on Channel 9:

• New Identity Course for ASP.NET web site+WCF web services developers. Take advantage of the Windows Identity Foundation http://r.ch9.ms/id
• Windows HPC Server 2008 Training Course-get an understanding of this productive, cost-effective + high-performance solution http://r.ch9.ms/hpc
• Learn how to build applications that utilize Windows Azure + SQL Azure in this self-paced course http://r.ch9.ms/azpd

Connect with PDC

As always, leverage our world-class online event experience to listen, learn, evangelize, and connect:

• Track keynotes and conference information on the PDC website
• Each day after the keynotes, watch live video interviews with executives, developers, and partners on Channel 9 Live on microsoftpdc.com
• Track Microsoft PDC news and partner success stories in the Virtual Press Room
• Follow PDC09 on Twitter and Facebook
• Download all of the press releases, talking points, and narratives here so you can drive conversations in your markets with developers, partners, and the press

Bruce D. Kyle
ISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation