Public Sector Developer Weblog

Great PDC session on SharePoint 2010 sandbox solutions

NOTE: This was cross posted from here.

http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/PR10

I missed this session at PDC.  There were so many good sessions, it was hard to choose.  The good news is that the sessions are now showing up at http://microsoftpdc.com/Videos. 

I didn’t get to elaborate on sandbox solutions in any great detail during my recent developer dinner presentation on SharePoint 2010 due to time constraints.  However, this is a very important feature of SharePoint that you will want to dig into as you go explore SharePoint 2010.  Chances are the environment you will be deploying solutions to will only allow sandboxed solutions.

-Marc

Silverlight touch just got easier

NOTE: This was cross posted from here.

I’ve been waiting for this to happen!  The Surface team ported their Manipulation and Inertia APIs to Silverlight 3+.  They’ve made them available for download at:

http://tinyurl.com/SurfaceManipSilverlight

This is a must have set of APIs if you are interested in building multi-touch solutions on Windows 7 with Silverlight 3+.

-Marc

SharePoint as-a Platform Event : Content

Thanks to everyone who attended the SharePoint as-a Platform events in DC/Reston and Online.  Below are links to the recordings and decks from the Event.  Enjoy!

MSDN Video: SharePoint as a Development Platform (Part 3 of 4): SharePoint Application Development with Visual Studio

MSDN Video: SharePoint as a Development Platform (Part 4 of 4): Building a Successful SharePoint Development Team

ADO.NET Data Services for Java and PHP developers

NOTE: This was cross posted from here.

Every time I talk about ADO.NET Data Services, I mention that they can be consumed by any API that allows you to make http requests.  I usually show how you can use the Add Service Reference feature of Visual Studio to generate proxy classes to make it simple to interact with the data service.  Finally, I mention that Java and PHP toolkits exist to accomplish similar levels of developer productivity.  However, I don’t think I have ever put links to those toolkits in any of my presentations.  Here they are:

http://tinyurl.com/DataServicesJava

http://tinyurl.com/DataServicesPHP

SharePoint 2010 exposes lists as an ADO.NET Data Service.  Therefore, you can use these toolkits to interact with SharePoint!

-Marc

FOLLOW UP: Developer Dinner on SharePoint 2010

NOTE: This was cross posted from here.

Thanks to everyone for coming out.  As I mentioned at the dinner, we will skip December due to the holidays.  We will start up in January again.  Topic and date TBD.  Here’s the deck I used today:

Keep an eye out for the hidden slides.  There are quite a few more slides than I actually went through.

-Marc

SQL Azure and SSMS: happy together

NOTE: This was cross posted from here.

SQL Server Management Studio Support for SQL Azure

http://blogs.msdn.com/ssds/archive/2009/11/10/9920168.aspx

More details:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee621784.aspx

One of the things they don’t mention in the post is that all this works in SQL Server Management Studio Express!  Go get it:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c772467d-e45b-43e1-9208-2c7b663d7ad1

Happy SSMSing with SQL Azure!!!

-Marc

Public Sector/Healthcare & Life Sciences Dinner and Cloud Computing Showcase

An Invitation for partners in the LA area or those that are attending PDC: if you are a Public Sector partner or HLS customer please see below!

Please join us at the Figueroa hotel for cocktails, dinner, and discussion at the Public Sector/Healthcare & Life Sciences Cloud Computing Showcase on November 17, 2009 in conjunction with the PDC09 conference.  This invite-only event will bring together developers and technologists in the Public Sector and Healthcare & Life Sciences industry for a casual evening of networking with your peers, as well as the opportunity to see some highly compelling Windows Azure solutions that are being developed by some industry leaders.  In addition, we will have a short panel discussion to share best practices and ideas on Cloud Computing.

Agenda:

6:00pm-6:30pm Welcome/Cocktails

6:30pm-7:30pm Dinner

7:30pm-8:30pm Solution showcases

8:30pm-9:00pm Panel discussion

Location: 

Hotel Figueroa

Rabat Room

939 S. Figueroa Street

Los Angeles, CA 90015

213-627-8971

www.figueroahotel.com

RSVP:

To register or for more information, please send an email to PDC PS/HLS Dinner RSVP.  If you know of someone who might also be interested in this event, please send their email address to PDC PS/HLS Dinner RSVP so we can add them to the list and send out an invitation.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Note: Government employees who are prohibited from accepting free meals/gifts must pay for their meals at this event.  Should you be required to purchase your meals, the Cocktail Reception will be offered at the rate of $15 and dinner at $35.  In order to comply with all applicable gift and ethics rules Microsoft cannot provide meals/gifts to government employees (including military and educational institutions) without payment or a signed authorization letter from the agency/institution ethics officer/attorney or designated executive officer. Donations are in no way required or requested by Microsoft. The option to make meal donations is offered at the request of government and educational institutions to ensure adherence to all gifting policies.  All money received will be donated.

Going to PDC?

Our team is looking to connect with customers at PDC.  So if you work or are doing work (as contractor, consultant, etc.) for a US Government organization, then drop us a line here.  We’d love to connect at PDC.

-Marc

Harrisburg, Tallahassee Developers Conference – Event Material

I would like to thank those who attended our Conference in Harrisburg and Tallahassee. It is always a pleasure for us in the team to be able to interact directly with our customers.

Below is a link with the resources we promised to make available to you here…

• Resources 1 – Patrick, Piyush, Joel: Harrisburg and Tallahassee
• Resources 2 – Marc’s previous blog entry (Tallahassee)

Enjoy and feel free to ask questions via our blog.

Joel Reyes

REMINDER - Join us for the US Public Sector Virtual Launch Experience tomorrow - November 10th 2009!

Register at http://www.uspsvle.com/developer-agenda.aspx today! Do not miss this unique opportunity.

On November 10th at 9 am (PST)/12 pm (EST) you are invited to join Microsoft U.S. Public Sector Vice President Curt Kolcun and top technology leaders at “The New Efficiency” virtual launch event for government, education, and health.

The new efficiency virtual launch experience is happening now. Learn how cost savings and productivity come together with a new wave of Microsoft® products. Be one of the first to evaluate exciting innovations in Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

                •             Attend expert-led sessions for government, education, and health

                •             Download evaluation products

                •             Find out about special offers

                •             View product demos and deep dive sessions

Get into it!

•             Seamless, interoperable solutions

•             Simplified management and compliance

•             Familiar, supported tools

•             More secure connections for people and information

We look forward to having you join us for the U.S. Public Sector Virtual Launch experience on November 10th!

-Nandita

Simple, short videos on the Windows Azure Platform

Windows Azure Platform

Windows Azure

SQL Azure

.NET Services

Short, sweet, clear.  Brilliant!

-Marc

Microsoft Developer Dinner Series for Partners - An Overview of SharePoint 2010 from a Developer's Perspective

REGISTER TODAY!           

Click the link above OR call   1-877-673-8368 and reference Event ID 1032431147

LOCATION:  Please note that this event is NOT taking place in the Microsoft Reston office

Sheraton Reston Hotel
11810 Sunrise Valley Drive 
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 620-9000

Event Date: November 11, 2009

Registration: 17:30

Event Time: 18:00 – 20:00

Speaker for tonight's presentation

Marc Schweigert, Principal Developer Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation, US Public Sector Developer and Platform Evangelism Team

Abstract

Join Marc Schweigert for a developer focused walkthrough over dinner, jam packed with demos showcasing how SharePoint 2010 combined with Visual Studio 2010 is a very familiar and approachable platform for ASP.NET developers to build custom solutions faster by leveraging all that SharePoint 2010 has “in-the-box.”   SharePoint 2010 is a major step forward for SharePoint as a development platform not only because of the richer set of overall features that the platform supports but also because significant investments have been made in the suite of tools to make developers more productive. SharePoint is now more accessible to developers of all skill levels. 

What you will learn

·         Developing for SharePoint 2010 using Windows 7 and Windows Vista

·         Web Part advancements including using the new Visual Designer for SharePoint 2010

·         New advancements in accessing SharePoint list data

o   Server-Side APIs including LINQ to SharePoint

o   Client-Side APIs including .NET, Silverlight, and JavaScript

·         Integrating external data into SharePoint using Business Connectivity Services

·         Implementing custom business processes using workflow

·         Integration with Silverlight

·         Build solutions that integrate with the new Ribbon interface

·         And more…

Who Should Attend

Developers, Architects, Web Designers and technical managers who wish to get an early look at the next advancement in Software Development.   

Hello Windows 7 – One Feature Per Day [11]

Day 11: Windows7.Domain Join

The Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions are designed to join a domain quickly and more securely. Just follow the easy-to-use wizard, which prompts you to enter your network credentials. A few moments later you're in business.

Joel Reyes

Tallahassee follow up

NOTE: This was cross posted from here.

Thanks for taking the time to attend our developer day! 

For resources from my Windows 7 for .NET Developers session, see this post:

http://tinyurl.com/Win7DevDinner

The two decks and the GuestBook demo I used for the Windows/SQL Azure session are from the Windows Azure Training Kit:

http://tinyurl.com/WindowsAzureTrainingKit

The two helpful tools I demonstrated for SQL azure are:

http://sqlazureexplorer.codeplex.com/

http://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com/

These are MUST HAVE tools for anyone working with SQL Azure right now.

-Marc

Hello Windows 7 – One Feature Per Day [10]

Day 10: Windows7.DirectX11

New version of DirectX with numerous improvements: more efficient, multi-core processor aware, sophisticated shading and texturing, smoother 3-D animation and graphics.