Next week (ok in few days), the 2009 PDC will be underway. PDC is a special event for developers and enterprise architects (and everyone in between) that plays a role building great software for companies big and small.
This will truly be a great event.
There will a great success stories …I can’t tell secrets but there will be some great solutions in our showcase. Every story demonstrates the potential of the technology…the How. Even better, every story will demonstrate the business potential and in some cases the new business model that resulted…the Why, When, and Where.
Two things your should take from each solution story:
- A Fact: Top companies are using Microsoft technology to gain a competitive edge in this new economy.
- A Question: Are you taking advantage of your opportunity?
Check back this week for a list of PDC stories to test the facts and hopefully ask the right questions.
- jmp
Please share the following information with your development teams. Lots of great content, demo code, and instructor lead labs.
Today, Channel 9 launched two new training courses for SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 created by developers for developers. Channel 9 has always been about giving direct access to the engineers and future technologies from Microsoft, and now we’re extending this successful formula to bring you training that will allow developers to get started on learning about emerging technologies at their own pace. Today you’ll find extensive instructor recordings from top MVPs on how to develop against both SharePoint and office 2010. We’ll also be publishing more content at the beginning of December that will include hands-on labs, source code, and much more! All of this free for you to consume or download at your own pace.
SharePoint 2010 Developer Training
See how SharePoint 2010 has evolved into a first-class developer platform. Also, learn how SharePoint 2010 provides the business collaboration platform for developers to rapidly build solutions using familiar tools such as Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010 through this self-paced course.
Office 2010 Developer Training
Discover how Office 2010 Beta is a broadly extensible platform for building information worker productivity solutions and see how developing for Office with Visual Studio 2010 makes this easy. See online presentations with demos that will help you get started developing solutions from Add-ins to full featured Office Business Applications (OBAs) using Visual Studio 2010 with Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 as the core platform.
We hope you enjoy this initial set of training videos and will check back with Channel 9 in the near future as we build the learning center out to support SharePoint and Office 2010 development.
Recently, our New England-based team partnered the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI.org) to create a new solution to help health workers find best practice information to improve patient care and support. The solution is called the IHI Improvement Map and can be accessed @ http://www.ihi.org/imap/tool/
Silverlight powers the front end and helps user easily search and find the information they need:
An IE8 accelerator provides a simple way to cross reference this IHI solution and database from any web page. A fan of the site can easily add the IE8 accelerator to the browser via a quick download. To access the IHI database, the user selects a common health term like “heart”, right-clicks, and selects IHI Improvement Map from the menu.
Bob Familiar has posted a step-by-step abstract of how this solution was built @ http://blogs.msdn.com/innov8showcase/archive/2009/10/28/ihi-shines-silverlight-on-healthcare-improvement.aspx.
-jmp
As promised, i would like to share a list of articles you may find interesting.
Windows 7 is here. We are starting to see an uptick in “Why Windows 7” content to help you consider, plan, and start to deploy Windows 7:
PDC is right around the corner. For those attending PDC, have a great time at the premier Microsoft developer event. One of the expected technical stars of the show will be Windows Azure, Microsoft’s new platform for the cloud. In your are new to Windows Azure, you can find a lot of content online. I great place to start is http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/.
If you looking for an another point of view, listen to the following webcast from Michael Stiefel from Reliable Software. Michael maps the tenets of Software as a Service to Windows Azure
Tomorrow, I will share more articles focused on Silverlight, Web, and IE8.
- jmp
Each year around this time, I decide to reboot my blog and write a set of new chapters in the story of Microsoft, the platform, and the road ahead. I start with a topic or two, a perspective or two with the hope to keep both you and me interested. Eventually, we both lose interest. So, I start over :-).
This year, I have a better plan. Instead of sharing my view of the Microsoft platform and strategies to create great solutions, I have a better subject.
You.
I will share your success stories building innovative solutions on Microsoft’s emerging technologies. I am very fortunate since I represent a team of seasoned architects working with you to make these new solutions a reality. Each week I will share a story of great project that leverages technologies like Azure, Windows7, IE8, and Silverlight.
Along with each win, I will share a list of relevant technical articles that may help your team create the next win showcased on this blog. A comprehensive list of wins and articles will be on our team blog @ Innovation Showcase @ http://blogs.msdn.com/innov8showcase/
- jmp
