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Greater Buffalo IT/Dev Day: July 21st

joneil — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:02:00 GMT

Mark your calendars! MSDN and TechNet in conjunction with the Western New York .NET Users Group are bringing the Greater Buffalo IT/Dev Day to Daemen College in Amherst on July 21st. Special thanks to David Hockenberry of WNYDNUG for spearheading and coordinating the logistics of this event!

This IT/Dev Day comprises separate TechNet Unleashed and MSDN Unleashed events, with morning TechNet sessions focused on the IT Professional audience, and afternoon MSDN sessions geared toward the .NET developer audience. Attendees at either event (or both events!) are welcome to stay - or come early as the case may be - for a light lunch courtesy of our sponsor, PSI Professional Support Inc.

Oh yeah… before I forget, in addition to the great content outlined below, all attendees will receive a copy of the Windows 7 Release Candidate media!!

Greater Buffalo IT/Dev Day

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

107 Schenck Hall
Daemen College
4380 Main Street
Amherst, NY 14226


8:30 – 11 a.m		1 – 4:30 p.m.
Lunch: noon – 1 p.m.		Lunch: noon – 1 p.m.
Register here!		Register here!

Moving to the Modern OS Roadmap In this welcome session, we will discuss some of the key challenges IT professionals face in today’s economy. We’ll talk about scenarios with Windows 2000 and Windows XP and the importance of moving to a modern OS. In addition, we will cover Windows Vista and improvements that have been made with SP2 as well as review guidance concerning Windows Vista deployments.		Developing Cloud Applications with Windows Azure Cloud computing is one of more recent buzzwords in software development, and Microsoft has thrown its hat in the ring with Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform. You’ll discover what makes Microsoft’s unique Software + Services approach tick through discussions and demonstrations of key components like Azure storage, the .NET Service Bus, Live Services, and SQL Data Services.

Windows Security and Application/Driver Compatibility This session discusses security, data protection with the new “Bitlocker-To-Go”, rich support tools like Reliability Monitor, Resource Monitor, Windows Recovery Environment, and the new System Restore and Problem Steps Recorder. We will also cover application control using group policy and implement simple rule structures that include working with an application to Allow, Exception or Deny the installation. We’ll also discuss Group Policy Preferences and how users can change their own policy settings.		Developing Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight Silverlight is the technology of choice for building applications with rich features and broad reach. Using Silverlight 2 today, we’ll show you what you can accomplish with .NET and XAML to deliver a great user experience. Then, we’ll up the ante with a preview of Silverlight 3 including out-of-browser support and productivity and performance enhancements. We’ll also take a look at some of the great features in Expression Blend 3, sure to please your designer side.

Windows 7 Release Candidate The way Microsoft develops Windows has changed. We’ll discuss the changes we have made in Windows Vista that affect Windows 7, such as hardware, and new features that work with Windows Server 2008 R2 like DirectAccess™, which provides seamless remote access to corporate network resources. We also will cover BranchCache ™, which caches content downloaded from file and web servers; users in the branch can quickly open files stored in the cache, which frees up network bandwidth for other uses.		Developing applications with Windows Mobile With worldwide mobile phone shipments predicted to grow at a 31% rate in 2009, there’s no time like the present to bring your applications to Windows Mobile. In this session we’ll discuss the components of the Windows Mobile Platform, notably the Compact Framework and SDK, and use familiar tools and constructs in Visual Studio to build and deploy a mobile application from the ground up. There’s also a look forward to some of the great features coming in Windows Mobile 6.5.

A very special thanks to the event sponsors below for making it possible to bring this event to the Buffalo area!

Got MSDN? Get CCR and DSS

joneil — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:27:42 GMT

This just out. If you have an MSDN Professional or Premium subscription, you now have access to the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio Standard Edition (an upgrade from the previous, free Express Edition).

You’ll also get the Microsoft CCR and DSS Toolkit Standard Edition, technologies that were originally released with Robotics Studio. And what does that get me, you ask?

CCR stands for Concurrency and Coordination Runtime and provides an architecture and classes for passing in-memory messages to coordinate and orchestrate data and work. Think sensors collection myriads of readings and being able to process that input efficiently.
DSS is Decentralized Software Services, and completely decoupled from CCR. In a few words, DSS facilitates creating loosely-coupled, state-driven applications.

Along with the core components, the toolkit includes a Visual Programming Language to support application composition and deployment.

Clear as mud? Well, here’s a couple of real-world uses of CCR (from from Tyco Software House and Siemens) to get you thinking of how you might be able to leverage this technology, sans C3PO.

Click here for Siemens Case Study

Syracuse MSDN Event

joneil — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:40:19 GMT

Thanks to all the folks that turned out for the MSDN event ~~today~~ yesterday in Syracuse. We had a full docket of topics, so I hope that everyone got something valuable out of the presentations.

As promised, I’ve uploaded my demos and PowerPoint slides to my SkyDrive. You can download the materials from the links below.

Demystifying Azure: An Overview of the Azure Services Platform for Developers
Deepen Your Debugging: Tips and Tricks for the Visual Studio 2008 Debugger
Developing for Windows Mobile Devices

Hope to see some of you in Rochester next week for the Northeast Roadshow!

Azure, Debugging, and Mobile... Oh My!

joneil — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:48:08 GMT

Hello Syracuse and neighbors! Yours truly will be in town on Thursday, March 5th, at the Regal Carousel Mall Stadium 17 theater for the only MSDN Event in the Northeast this quarter.

The program is free, and runs from 1 to 5 p.m. You can register right here!

As the title proclaims, I’ve got a wide variety of technical topics to talk about; a full agenda follows. Hope to see you there, and hey, maybe you can catch Slumdog Millionaire afterwards!

SESSION 1 | Demystifying Azure: An Overview of the Azure Services Platform for Developers

The Azure™ Services Platform (Azure) is an Internet-scale cloud services platform with an operating system and developer services set that can be used individually or together. Hosted in Microsoft data centers, Azure’s flexible and interoperable platform can help you build new applications to run from the cloud or to enhance existing applications with cloud-based capabilities. With open architecture, Azure gives developers the ability to build Web applications, and applications running on connected devices, PCs, servers, and hybrid solutions that offer the best of online and on-premises functionality. Confused about the Azure hype? Come discover and demystify the Azure concepts, and see demos of Azure in action with a variety of services.

SESSION 2 | Deepen your Debugging: Tips and Tricks for the Visual Studio 2008 Debugger

The Visual Studio debugger is a highly underutilized tool for many developers. In this session, you’ll learn how to use it like a pro, while picking up new techniques to fast-forward your problem solving and debugging abilities. We’ll show you how to use advanced breakpoints, advanced watch window / Expression evaluator tricks, modifiers, assertions on the fly, remote debugging, and more. Whether you’re writing C#, VB, WPF, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, or services, we’ll provide tips and tricks that will have you debugging faster and much more efficiently. The debugger is your primary tool for finding bugs, so join us and learn how to make the most of it.

SESSION 3 | Developing for Windows Mobile Devices

Mobile development is growing fast, and Windows Mobile is at the forefront with over 18 million phones shipped last year and many more cutting-edge devices on the way. Visual Studio developers have tremendous opportunities in this space. Why? Developing for a Windows Mobile phone leverages your existing coding experience and takes it to new heights. In this session, we’ll look at some of the coolest new devices, you’ll learn how to set up Visual Studio with the latest SDK and device emulators, and you’ll see how to build, deploy and debug Windows Mobile applications.

Thank You Syracuse – I’ll Be Back (March 5th)

joneil — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:23:40 GMT

Thanks to newly crowed MVP, Andy Beaulieu, for the invitation to speak on all things Services at the Central New York .NET Developer Group last night. For those of you that didn’t get a chance to get the Microsoft Tag leading to the download, here it is again (or just click on the image and go straight to my SkyDrive).

Now for the Ahnold reference… yes, indeed, I’ll be returning to Syracuse on Thursday, March 5th on the MSDN Events circuit. It’s a free afternoon of three different presentations on Windows Azure, Debugging Tips and Tricks, and Windows Mobile Development, so we’ll be all over the map in terms of Microsoft technologies. The event is being held at the Regal Carousel Mall Stadium 17 in Syracuse. Hope to see you there!

Wasn't That a Party!

joneil — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:06:50 GMT

Could'a been the Azure.
Might'a been the F#,
Could'a been the three or four partners,
I don't know, but look at the time we spent,
My head is full of .NET,
I think I'm gonna code,
oh me, oh me, oh my, wasn't that an MDC!

I know, I know... don't quit my day job for a songwriting career, but if you were one of the nearly 500 people at the Sheraton Boston yesterday for the MSDN Developer Conference, you know what I'm talking about.

It was a great day of tech talks, keynotes, and community gathering around all of the recent technology announcements from Microsoft: Azure Services, Oslo, ASP.NET 4.0 and more, presented by some awesome speakers and industry experts like Richard Hale Shaw, Jesse Liberty, and Fritz Onion, to name just a few. It was great to be a part of it and have a chance to reconnect with a lot of folks I've met since joining Microsoft as well as quite a few from my days at Sybase.

I really don't see how it could have gone smoother, and that's due to the superb folks at the helm of the event, namely Chris Bowen, the Boston city lead, and Bob Familiar, who spearheaded all eleven MDC events across the country. Be sure to give them a quick pat-on-the-back and thank-you next time you see them!

Now on to New England Data Camp v1.0 tomorrow!

MSDN Attendees: Installed Vista yet?

joneil — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:09:19 GMT

Those of you that attended the MSDN live events last quarter, namely those in Nashua, Boston, Waterbury, and Stamford (for the Northeast District) received copies of Vista Ultimate when you attended (or perhaps after the fact). If you haven't yet claimed your product key, you'll be met now with the rather disappointing note below:

Fear not, hope is alive (ok, a little too much Obama inauguration leftovers there...) The registration will be reopened shortly with a new expiry date of February 29th. I'm told the site

http://www.registerwindowsvistasp1.com/

should be live in the next week or so, so please check it out in a few days if you're affected.

MDC Boston - Whaddaya Waitin' For?

joneil — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:30:57 GMT

The MSDN Developer Conference in Boston is literally right around the corner - Thursday, January 22nd at the Sheraton Boston!

Have you registered yet? If not, time's running out - you can sign up right here. In addition to three tracks of four technical sessions each, there's a number of other events going on at the conference - take a look below. Oh yeah, there's some cool giveaways too!

Lego SeriousPlay WomenBuild Workshop

Open to all, the workshop makes use of Lego blocks in a series of interactive exercises to foster discussions on gender diversity in the workplace and to brainstorm actionable solutions for enhancing diversity in the software industry. Check out the clip below in which the ever-dynamic Asli Bilgin talks with Telerik's Stephen Forte about the program.

These workshops have proved quite popular at other MDC events, and there's two opportunities to participate, making it a bit easier to work into your schedule.

Community Courtyard

Running in tandem with the presentations, Community Courtyard is an open discussion area where you choose the subjects and the participants. Whether you want to mingle with the presenters, talk about an MDC session, discuss a related subject, or just network, you have the opportunity - this area is yours.

Partner Area

Thanks to our platinum, gold, and silver partners for their support as well. Be sure to stop by and visit their booths when you're at the event!

Platinum Sponsors PreEmptive Solutions

SoftLayer Technology

Gold Sponsors InnerWorkings

Sybase

Novell

O'Reilly

Microsoft Visual Studio Team

Microsoft Partner Team

Silver Sponsors Pluralsight

Telerik

Gaming Area

All work and no play... not at the MDC. We'll have an XBox gaming area set up with Halo, Gears of War, and other favorites. Stop by for a few minutes (or longer) and show your stuff (don't worry, we won't tell your boss!).

MDC Session Agenda

8:30 - 10:00 Keynote - Amanda Silver

10:15-11:30 A Lap Around Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform
Michael Stiefel

ASP.NET and JQuery
Chris Bowen

The Future of Managed Languages: C# and Visual Basic
Richard Hale Shaw

12:30-1:45 Developing and Deploying Your First Azure Service
Ben Day

Developing Data-Centric Applications Using the WPF DataGrid and Ribbon Controls
Allan Da Costa Pinto

A Lap Around "Oslo"
Michael Cummings

2:00-3:15 A Lap Around the Live Framework and Mesh Services
Griffith Townsend

Building Business-Focused Applications Using Silverlight 2
Jesse Liberty

A Lap Around VSTS 2010
Todd Mancini

3:30-4:45 Developing Applications Using Microsoft SQL Data Services
Jim O'Neil

ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap
Fritz Onion

An Introduction to Microsoft F#
Talbott Crowell
Chris Bowen

Giveaways

Everyone, and I mean everyone, will get a Windows 7 Beta DVD mailed to them when the media is ready. It's hot of the presses, so unfortunately we weren't able to have the DVDs on hand. You'll also get a SWAG bag, including the ubiquitous Microsoft gel pen, 2 free Microsoft Press e-books on CD, and a few other surprises.

A lucky thirteen of the attendees will walk away with one of:

Four MSDN Subscriptions - Visual Studio System 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium (an $11,000 value!) - will be given out at the end of the day at each track. And we'll get things started by giving one away after the morning keynote!

Three Robotics Packs, including a Mindstorms NXT robot and a copy of Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio will be given out at the end of each track as well.

Three Microsoft Mobility Packs, including the LifeCam NX-6000 and Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 will also be raffled off at the end of day in each track.

Three gamer packs - you guessed it - will be awarded at the end of each track too. The packs include the Xbox 360 wireless headset, a three month subscription to Xbox Live, and three games (Gears of War 2, Project Gotham Racing 4, and Mass Effect).

Experience Windows 7 at the MDc

joneil — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:55:59 GMT

Hot off the presses! Attendees at the MSDN Developer Conferences being held over the next couple months will each receive a DVD containing Windows 7 Beta 1. So not only will you be "among the first to see Windows 7", you'll be among the first to install and try out Windows 7!

This is so new, that we'll have to ship DVDs to those attending the early events in Orlando, Houston, and Atlanta after the fact, but they should be ready to hand out at the Boston and New York events in January.

Of course, there's a lot more going at at MDC - three tracks and twelve sessions on Windows Azure and cloud computing, the future of the Microsoft languages (Visual Basic, C#, and F#), the evolution of .NET 4.0 and VS 2010, and more.

Here's the registration links for our area, followed by the complete list of venues across the country. I'll be presenting in Boston, so look forward to seeing you there.

January 20, 2009 - New York (Marriott Marquis)

January 22, 2009 - Boston (Sheraton Boston)

MSDN Conference Venues

Date	City
12/9/08	Houston, TX
12/11/08	Orlando, FL
12/16/08	Atlanta, GA
1/13/09	Chicago, IL
1/13/09	Minneapolis, MN
1/16/09	Washington, DC
1/20/09	New York, NY
1/22/09	Boston, MA
1/22/09	Detroit, MI
1/26/09	Dallas, TX
2/19/09	San Francisco, CA

D.C.: Got a (Silver)light?

joneil — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:34:08 GMT

Apologies to my friends in the Washington D.C. area for the delay. As promised I've recorded the Silverlight 2 session from this quarter's MSDN events. This is my inaugural effort at doing a screencast at Microsoft, and I just found out that I don't have all the accounts setup internally to post this quite yet. I've started that process, but in the meantime have uploaded the WMV file to my SkyDrive so you can get to it right away. Be warned: it's a hefty download (25 MB) and runs just about 30 minutes; I'll post a link to the streaming version as soon as it gets set up.

I have also posted three ZIP files containing the latest version of the slides and demos from all three sessions:

Building Applications with SQL Server 2008 (2.0 MB)

Building Powerful Applications Using Visual Studio Tools for Office (15.2 MB)

Silverlight 2: A Developer Overview (3.7 MB)

Last Call! SQL Server, VSTO, Silverlight 2

joneil — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:48:16 GMT

This coming Thursday, November 13th, marks the last stop of this quarter's MSDN tour in the Northeast District. I'll be at the Sheraton Boston, 39 Dalton Street, from 1 to 5 presenting on three topics:

SQL Server 2008 for Developers
Building Applications with Visual Studio Tools for Office
Silverlight 2, A Developer Overview

It's not too late to register! Hope to see you there.

Come to MDC and See Why Azure is Red-Hot

joneil — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:56:25 GMT

Admit it. You're just a wee bit envious of all those who went to PDC to hear first-hand about the next-generation of computing on the Microsoft platform, namely Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform, as well as updates to the .NET Framework, Windows 7, and a host of other goodies. While there's plenty of material to review - keynotes, Channel 9 videos, whitepapers, and blogs - nothing beats hearing it first hand, experiencing the buzz live, and discussing the technology and its impact with your fellow developers.

Well, we're in luck here in the Northeast. Boston is one of eleven US cities to host the MSDN Developer Conference, a one-day conference consisting of 12-sessions across three tracks.

Cloud Services

Lap Around Cloud Services
Developing and Deploying Your First Cloud Services
A Lap Around the Live Framework and Mesh Services
Developing Applications Using Data Services

Client and Presentation

Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) Roadmap
Developing Data-centric Applications Using the WPF DataGrid and Ribbon Controls
Building Business Focused Applications using Silverlight 2
ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap

Tools, Languages and Framework

The Future of Managed Languages: F#, C#, and Visual Basic
A Lap Around "Oslo"
"Rosario": A Sprint with the Next Version of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
Parallel Programming for Managed Code Developers

With MDC, we're bringing the best of the PDC experience straight to you! The Boston event will be held on January 22, 2009, at the Sheraton Boston, 39 Dalton Street. Make sure you reserve a spot and register now (cost is only $99!).

Some Upcoming Events

joneil — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:51:30 GMT

I'll be out and about in New England during the first two weeks of November, so just wanted to let you all know of a few events

Nov 4th, 5 - 8 p.m.	Rhode Island .NET User Group Roger Williams University Bristol, Rhode Island Topic: ASP.NET Dynamic Data
Nov 5th, 1 - 5 p.m.	MSDN Event (click to register) Courtyard by Mariott 63 Grand Street Waterbury, Connecticut
Nov 13th, 1 - 5 p.m.	MSDN Event (click to register) Sheraton Boston 39 Dalton Street Boston, Massachusetts

MSDN Follow-up: Silverlight 2

joneil — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:28:28 GMT

Click the image to the right to get my Silverlight 2 presentation slides.

This wraps up my set of three posts to follow up on questions asked during the MSDN events in Nashua and Stamford. Let me again invite you to send me an e-mail if there's something that came up during the sessions that I haven't addressed in my posts.

Is there an "express" version of Expression Blend?
Does Silverlight have a 'native' TreeView control?
Is there a framework for building Silverlight applications?
What media-encoding formats does Silverlight support?
How can I upload files through Silverlight?
How are those revolving picture displays (carousels) in WPF and Silverlight implemented?
Is there a Deep Zoom API?

Is there an "express" version of Expression Blend?

There isn't; however, there is a free 30-day trial available. Note too that Expression Blend (and Expression Web) are available with an MSDN Premium subscription. Programs such as Microsoft Empower for ISVs and DreamSpark are other avenues that you may be able to use toward procuring Microsoft design and development tools for reduced costs.

Does Silverlight have a 'native' TreeView control?

Not at this time; however, there is a CodePlex project that provides one. I also found implementations by VectorLight.Net, Telerik, and ComponentOne, and I suspect there will be others as well.

Is there a framework for building Silverlight applications?

The patterns and practices team at Microsoft recently released the Composite Application Guidance for WPF (formerly code-named Prism) that provides guidance on building scalable and testable applications with WPF. That body of work is being extended to support Silverlight as well, and an initial drop of "Prism 2.0" is available. The contrib project on CodePlex for Composite WPF guidance also includes a "Prism to Silverlight" offering. You might also want to check into Ninject, which provides dependency injection support for Silverlight.

What media-encoding formats does Silverlight support?

One of the 'eye-chart' slides in the presentation lists the following: VC-1, WMA, and MP3. In September, Microsoft announced we would also be supporting MPEG-4 (namely, H.264 for video and AAC for audio) in a forthcoming release of Silverlight. As I mentioned in the talk, Microsoft Expression Encoder is also available and can re-encode over two dozen audio, video, and image formats.

How can I upload files through Silverlight?

The Silverlight site has a great video by Tim Heuer on just this topic. There's also a sample project on the Microsoft Silverlight Gallery that provides for multi-file uploads.

How are those revolving picture displays (carousels) in WPF and Silverlight implemented?

There's a video (with code) on the Silverlight site you may want to review. I also found a couple of references to implementations from others that you may be able to leverage in part or in whole:

ElementFlow is a part of a CodePlex project called FluidKit. This is the work of Pavan Podila; you can read his blog entry on ElementFlow.
Microsoft's North Face In-Store Explorer Proof-of-Concept includes some details on the carousel implementation done there.

Infragistics, Telerik, and ComponentOne (to name a few) also have a carousel control you can purchase if you don't want to roll your own.

Is there a Deep Zoom API?

Deep Zoom is the technology I demonstrated that provides for the great user experience in the Hard Rock Cafe memorabilia site. Deep Zoom Composer provides an interface into building the MultiScaleImage that provides the experience, but the question refers to whether there is an API that would allow programmatically constructing the image from a series of other images. Here is a Silverlight forum post that provides an option - by wrapping a command line utility called SparseImageTool.exe that ships with Deep Zoom; PhotoZoom is apparently built with this technique.

MSDN Follow-up: Visual Studio Tools for Office

joneil — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:39:29 GMT

First things first.... you can download the content from my SkyDrive below.

Next, let's address the unanswered questions I recall from the sessions. Again, if I missed your question, just shoot me a quick e-mail.

Where can I download the prerequisites for VSTO applications?
How can I interface Excel with an cube from SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)?

Where can I download the prerequisites for VSTO applications?

As we discussed, there are three prerequisites for running VSTO applications on the client machine. If you are using Visual Studio 2008 SP1, all three are bootstrapped automatically when you deploy via the Publish (Click-Once) option. Prior to SP1, you had to get the Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) for the appropriate version of Office as an extra step. See Mary Lee's blog post if you want to add this as a prerequisite, and you haven't yet installed SP1.

Here are links to the individual downloads. Note, there are service packs to .NET 3.5 and VSTO 3.0 that must be in concert:

.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 OR
.NET Framework Client Profile Offline Installer

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0 Runtime) Service Pack 1

2007 Microsoft Office System Update: Redistributable Primary Interop Assemblies AND/OR
Office 2003 Update: Redistributable Primary Interop Assemblies

How can I use VSTO to interface Excel with an cube from SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)?

First, a disclaimer! SSAS is not an area with which I have much familiarity; however, I did find a few resources that seem to be relevant. If you know of others, or find the following links are way out in left field, please let me know.

OLAP Pivot Table Extensions for Excel (on CodePlex) - an Excel add-in built with VSTO 2005. Since CodePlex is an open-source site, you'd be able to adapt what is here to your needs.

ADOMD.NET - this seems like a good lead, providing a data provider for SSAS that you could, of course, leverage with VSTO.

Article on accessing data from an OLAP server with Excel - this article is pretty dated (it used SQL Analysis Server 2000), but the content may remain relevant.

OBA Composition Reference Toolkit - this appears to be a resource for anyone contemplating a large-scale OBAs. There's a ton of sample code, and requirements and interfaces to SSAS are listed in the prerequisites, but I'm not certain there's anything specific to cubes.

	Platinum Sponsors	PreEmptive Solutions
		SoftLayer Technology
	Gold Sponsors	InnerWorkings
		Sybase
		Novell
		O'Reilly
		Microsoft Visual Studio Team
		Microsoft Partner Team
	Silver Sponsors	Pluralsight
		Telerik

8:30 - 10:00	Keynote - Amanda Silver
10:15-11:30	A Lap Around Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform Michael Stiefel ASP.NET and JQuery Chris Bowen The Future of Managed Languages: C# and Visual Basic Richard Hale Shaw
12:30-1:45	Developing and Deploying Your First Azure Service Ben Day Developing Data-Centric Applications Using the WPF DataGrid and Ribbon Controls Allan Da Costa Pinto A Lap Around "Oslo" Michael Cummings
2:00-3:15	A Lap Around the Live Framework and Mesh Services Griffith Townsend Building Business-Focused Applications Using Silverlight 2 Jesse Liberty A Lap Around VSTS 2010 Todd Mancini
3:30-4:45	Developing Applications Using Microsoft SQL Data Services Jim O'Neil ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap Fritz Onion An Introduction to Microsoft F# Talbott Crowell Chris Bowen