MSDN Events are back again!
After quite an exciting Heroes Happen Here Launch, MSDN Events are here again! This quarter we have some tantalizing new content for you to enjoy, and I'm kicking it off in a couple of weeks in New York City and Edison, New Jersey. Due to some unresolved venue selection, our msdnevents.com site isn't updated with information yet, but you can register directly for the events by going to https://www.microsoft.com/events and searching for In-Person Events. Here are the links for registering for the NYC and Edison events, and the abstracts of what will be covered:
August 26th, 2008 - New York, New York: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032383953&EventCategory=1&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
August 28th, 2008 - Edison, New Jersey: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032383955&EventCategory=1&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Demystifying WPF
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, boxy UIs, and 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. In this session, we’ll examine the core concepts of WPF such as layout panels, data binding, styles and control templates, and we’ll use them to develop an application UI from the ground up.
Ten reasons your applications will be more secure when deployed on Vista
Reputations are tough to shake – particularly in the software industry. While Microsoft Windows has enjoyed great market share, especially in the desktop OS space, its industry position has made it a target for hackers worldwide. Microsoft leadership recognized the need to develop a security engineering approach that could withstand global Internet scrutiny, and Windows Vista is the first desktop operating system to embody this significant philosophy shift. Vista is built from end to end with security at the very forefront of the project. In this session, you'll learn 10 reasons why your application is more secure when it's deployed on Vista. We'll also cover new capabilities designed to protect memory, minimize privilege and provide resource-oriented access control, plus a plethora of additional security enhancements.
Developing applications with Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio 2008 introduce a wide variety of new features for targeting Windows, Office and the Web. This includes more controls, a streamlined setup, improved startup performance, fresh graphics features, improved AJAX support, and much more. We’re also introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services, which are designed to simplify application data access by providing an extensible, conceptual model for data from any source, while enabling this model to closely reflect business requirements. Don’t miss this lively session and learn how to use these powerful new features in your applications.
Hope to see you there!