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Office 2010 Developer Training Content on Channel 9

wesy — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:23:36 +0000

The Office 2010 developer training content on Channel 9 and its downloadable Office 2010 Developer Training Kit has been updated. All hands-on labs and source code have been refreshed and the HOLs are now available for viewing on Channel 9.

Eight videos have been added across the three new modules, Access 2010, Application Compatibility and Core Office Development.

The new Access 2010 videos cover getting started, an introduction to the new design tools and using web

databases. The HOL has been refreshed.

The Application Compatibility videos discuss the new IT Pro tool, Office Environment Assessment Tool (OEAT), for assessing the enterprise environment and the Microsoft Office Code Compatibility Inspector tool for developers to help evaluate their VBA and VSTO code for Office 2010 compatibility. A HOL helps you get acquainted with these tools.

The Core Office Development videos cover working with data in Office, writing VBA code and core UI customization with VBA. The HOL highlights working with data in Office using Excel and document assembly in Word using VBA.

The new 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (RTM) VHD has just been released for download as well. All the above Office 2010 developer content has been tested on this version of the VM. So download the VHD, install the Office 2010 Developer Training Kit and you will be all set.

Lastly, the SharePoint 2010 developer content on Channel 9 has been refreshed as well so be sure to check it out too.

Technorati Tags: Office,Developer

Updated for WebCamp Redmond (Seattle) 6/18-19

wesy — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:01:40 +0000

The Microsoft Web Team is excited to announce a new series of events called Microsoft Web Camps!

function WebCamps () {
Day1.Learn();
Day2.Build();
}

Interested in learning how new innovations in Microsoft’s Web Platform and developer tools like ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 can make you a more productive web developer? If you’re currently working with PHP, Ruby, ASP or older versions of ASP.NET and want to hear how you can create amazing websites more easily, then register for a Web Camp near you today!

Microsoft’s Web Camps are free, two-day events that allow you to learn and build on the Microsoft Web Platform. At camp, you will hear from Microsoft experts on the latest components of the platform, including ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, Entity Framework, IIS, Visual Studio 2010 and much more. See the full agenda here.

Register now

and we look forward to seeing you at camp soon!

Webcamp Location

Microsoft Conference Center
Hood Room, 16070 NE 36th Way
Bldg 33
Redmond

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Webcamp Redmond Speakers

Scott Guthrie

James Senior

Jon Galloway

WebCamps Coming to Mountain View and Seattle!

wesy — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:50:52 +0000

The Microsoft Web Team is excited to announce a new series of events called Microsoft Web Camps!

function WebCamps () {
Day1.Learn();
Day2.Build();
}

Register now

and we look forward to seeing you at camp soon!

Technorati Tags: Web Dev,Camps,Social Silicon Valley

Mountain View,CA 5/27-28

1065 La Avenida
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: (650) 693-4000

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Speakers

Jon Galloway works for Scott Hanselman as an ASP.NET Community Program Manager helping to evangelize and promote the ASP.NET framework and Web Platform. Jon previously worked at Vertigo Software, where he worked on several Microsoft conference websites (PDC08, MIX09, WPC09), built the CBS March Madness video player, and lead a team which created several Silverlight advertising demos for MIX08. Prior to that, he’s worked in a wide range of web development shops, from scrappy startups to Fortune 500 financial companies. He was an ASP.NET and Silverlight Insider, ASP.NET MVP, published author, regular contributor to several open source .NET projects. He runs the Herding Code podcast (http://herdingcode.com) and blogs at http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway

Announcing Availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 – Want Free Access?

wesy — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:14:10 +0000

The new release of Visual Studio 2010 has plenty of compelling new features and updates that will make every developer more productive.

Visual Studio 2010 allows users target of the right platform for their application, including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008, SharePoint. Office, Windows Azure, and Windows Phone 7 applications using their existing skills.
Visual Studio 2010 is a rich, personalized development environment. We know that software developers spend much of their time in the IDE, and features like the new editor and multi-monitor support make your time in Visual Studio more productive and enjoyable.
Teams are able to work more efficiently using Application Lifecycle Management tools. We’ve done a great deal of work in Visual Studio 2010 to improve testing and debugging tools. Features like IntelliTrace and easy project management help your team ensure high quality.

Want free access to Visual Studio 2010 Pro, Expression Studio 3, Windows Server and more? Do you create websites for others – either full or part time?

How Big is the Cloud for Microsoft?

wesy — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:22:44 +0000

No, it’s not a rhetorical question, but in simple terms here are some factoids from both some internal and external services. I feel like Cliff Claven

1 billion: Windows Live ID authentications each day
3 to 4 billion: # of emails filtered daily from >6 million mail boxes by Forefront
450 million: Hotmail users
20 million: Xbox Live users
700,000: Square footage of one of our new datacenters

Want to be a More Productive Web Developer? Attend the Free 2-day Microsoft Web Camps!

wesy — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:20:50 +0000

function WebCamps () {
Day1.Learn();
Day2.Build();
}

Web Camps also provide the opportunity to get hands on with labs and get creative by building in teams. All this with Microsoft experts on hand to guide you through.

Space is limited so register now!

US Dates

Mountain View May 27-28
Chicago June 11-12
Redmond, WA June 18-19
New York June 25-26

World Wide Dates

Toronto May 07-08
Moscow May 19-19
Beijing May 21-22
Shanghai May 24-25
Sydney May 28-29
Singapore June 04-05
London June 04-05
Munich June 07-08

IE Security Update

wesy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:01:12 +0000

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-018 – Critical

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (980182)

Published: March 30, 2010

Version: 1.0

General Information

Executive Summary

This security update resolves nine privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

This security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Internet Explorer 6 on Windows clients, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows clients. For Internet Explorer 6 on Windows servers, this update is rated Important. And for Internet Explorer 8 on Windows servers, this update is rated Moderate.

The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Internet Explorer verifies the origin of scripts and handles objects in memory, content using encoding strings, and long URL. For more information about the vulnerabilities, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection under the next section, Vulnerability Information.

This security update also addresses the vulnerability first described in Microsoft Security Advisory 981374. The vulnerability, CVE-2010-0806, does not affect Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Internet Explorer 8.

Recommendation. The majority of customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to take any action because this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled automatic updating need to check for updates and install this update manually. For information about specific configuration options in automatic updating, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 294871.

For administrators and enterprise installations, or end users who want to install this security update manually, Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately using update management software, or by checking for updates using the Microsoft Update service.

Windows Azure Sessions at MIX10

wesy — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:01:28 +0000

Here’s a list of sessions using “cloud” tags, “Windows Azure Platform” tags and “Windows Azure” tags (there is a slight variance in what you pull up with each – I listed the sessions below using the “Windows Azure Platform” tag. I’ve also included a link to a very interesting session by James Hamilton

Cloud Computing Economies of Scale

James is VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services where he focuses on infrastructure efficiency, reliability, and scaling. Prior to AWS, James was architect on the Microsoft Data Center Futures team and, over the years, has held leadership roles on several high-scale services and products, including Exchange Hosted Services, Microsoft SQL Server, and IBM DB2. James loves all things server related and is interested in optimizing all components from data center power and cooling infrastructure, through server design, to the distributed software systems they host. He maintains a blog at http://perspectives.mvdirona.com.Monday 3:30 PM

Lap around the Windows Azure Platform

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The Windows Azure platform provides a comprehensive set of services for building and running scalable applications targeted at the cloud. In this session we go on a coding tour of the Windows Azure platform. On this tour, see how web applications can use the scalable compute and storage services with Windows Azure, secure connectivity with Service Bus and Access Control Service, and a relational database with Microsoft SQL Azure.

Building and Deploying Windows Azure-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

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Visual Studio makes it easy to quickly build web applications for the Windows Azure Platform by allowing you to leverage your existing skills as a .NET web developer. In this session, see how to use the new Visual Studio 2010 tools to build, debug, and deploy web applications that target the cloud. We use familiar technologies such as Microsoft ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server and call out the key considerations when targeting the Windows Azure Platform. Whether you’re just getting started with Windows Azure or if you’re already a pro, in this session learn new tips and tricks for using the Visual Studio 2010 tools to accelerate the development of cloud applications.

Building Facebook Apps with Microsoft .NET and Deploying to Windows Azure

Jim Zimmerman in Lagoon F on Tuesday at 1:30 PM

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There are so many ways to develop Facebook apps now in .NET. Come and learn how to build Facebook applications with the Facebook Developer Toolkit. Walk through several real-world Facebook web apps in Microsoft ASP.NET and see how to best structure your app. Social media applications require dynamic scalability so a highly scalable computing infrastructure is mandatory to deliver a consistent user experience. Learn how to leverage all the components of Azure to meet the needs of successful viral applications.

Microsoft Project Code Name "Dallas": Data For Your Apps

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“Dallas” enables developers to consume premium commercial and public domain data to power consumer and business apps on any platform or device. Do you need mapping or government data? These datasets and many, many, many more are all available through “Dallas” with a simple and consistent REST-based APIs, simple terms of use, and a simple consumption-based billing model. In this session, you will see how “Dallas” removes the friction for accessing common datasets by enabling you to visually discover, explore, and purchase data of virtually any data type (images, real-time web services, databases, blobs, etc) provided by trusted partners from a single …

Building PHP Applications using the Windows Azure Platform

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The Windows Azure platform has been built from the ground up with interoperability in mind, supporting multiples languages and development tools to build applications which run on Windows Azure and/or integrate with other cloud platforms or on-premises components. Come learn how to run your PHP and MySQL applications on Windows Azure using open source tools & SDKs while taking advantage of new Windows Azure features. This session will cover developing for Windows Azure using PHP, deployment choices, patterns and practices in building & scaling PHP applications using cross platform open source SDKs using a choice of development tools, including command-line tools and Eclipse.

Using Storage in the Windows Azure Platform

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Building big web apps requires unique approaches to storing data. In this session we share hard-won lessons from Azure early adopters on how they’ve combined Microsoft SQL Azure and Windows Azure Storage to handle typical storage needs in the cloud. We discuss sharding and data partitioning approaches and how these can impact transaction throughput in SQL Azure as well as techniques to get the best out of "NoSQL" data stores like Azure Table Storage.

Building Web Applications with Microsoft SQL Azure

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SQL Azure provides a highly available and scalable relational database engine in the cloud. In this demo-intensive and interactive session, learn how to quickly build web applications with SQL Azure Databases and familiar web technologies. We demonstrate how you can quickly provision, build and populate a new SQL Azure database directly from your web browser. Also, see firsthand several new enhancements we are adding to SQL Azure based on the feedback we’ve received from the community since launching the service earlier this year.

IE9 Session from MIX2010

wesy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:50:50 +0000

Here’s a list of relevant IE9 content from MIX2010. Check out the Platform Demos and Dean Hachamovitch’s Keynote on Day 2.

Internet Explorer 9: Platforms Demos <- Get a copy of the preview and run the demos

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

Mix10:IE9 Keynote Day 2 with Dean Hachamovitch. IE9 Preview Demos

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/KEY02

Mix10: In-Depth Look at Internet Explorer 9

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/CL28

Mix10: Advanced Web Debugging with Fiddler. Eric Lawrence

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/FT50

Mix10: The Tale of JavaScript. I Mean ECMAScript. Douglas Crockford

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/EX39

Mix10: How jQuery Makes Hard Things Simple

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/EX36

Mix10: Internet Explorer Developer Tools. John Seitel

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/FT51

Mix10: HTML5: Cross-Browser Best Practices

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/CL27

Mix10: HTML5: High Performance Best Practices for Web Sites

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/CL29

SVG: The Past, Present and Future of Vector Graphics for the Web

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/EX30

IEBLOG: HTML5, Hardware Accelerated: First IE9 Platform Preview Available for Developers

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/16/html5-hardware-accelerated-first-ie9-platform-preview-available-for-developers.aspx

IEBLOG: More Standards Documentation Available

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/17/more-standards-documentation-available.aspx

IEBLOG: The New Javascript Engine in Internet Explorer 9

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/18/the-new-javascript-engine-in-internet-explorer-9.aspx

IEBLOG: SVG in IE 9 Roadmap

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/18/svg-in-ie9-roadmap.aspx

IEBLOG: The CSS Corder: About CSS Corners

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/19/the-css-corner-about-css-corners.aspx

IEBLOG: The Internet Explorer Testcenter Welcome page: Clarification & Corrections

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/19/the-internet-explorer-testcenter-welcome-page-clarification-corrections.aspx

IEBLOG: Introducing the IE9 Developer Platform Preview

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Introducing-the-IE9-Developer-Platform-Preview/

IEBLOG: IE 9 and SVG – Past, Present a…of Vector Graphics for the Web

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/In-your-hands-IE9-and-SVG-Past-Present-and-Future-of-Vector-Graphics-for-the-Web/

CHANNEL9: IE9 at MIX10

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Internet-Explorer-9-at-MIX10/

CHANNEL9: First look at the new JS Engine

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/IE-9-First-look-at-the-new-JS-Engine/

CHANNEL9: IE 9 – Surf on Metal with GPU Powered HTML5

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/In-your-hands-IE-9-Surfing-on-Metal-GPU-Powered-HTML5/

CHANNEL9: IE 9 Performance Pipeline Overview

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/In-your-hands-IE-9-Performance-From-JS-to-COM-to-DOM-to-HTML5-on-GPU/

CHANNEL9: IE 9: Surfing on the GPU with D2D

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/IE-9-Surfing-on-the-GPU-with-D2D/

CHANNEL9: IE 9: Standards and Interoperability

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/IE-9-Standards-and-Interoperability/

Tools for Learning – Silverlight and Expression Studio

wesy — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:08:52 +0000

.toolbox is a free online training program from Microsoft for designers and developers that focuses on the design and UX aspects of Silverlight using Expression Studio, as well as on User Experience best practices.

This program will be helpful for your designers to ramp up in the use of Expression Blend and become Silverlight-ready, as well as for your developers who want to ramp up on design composition and best UX practices. .toolbox will guide them through 100 to 400 level training modules. The curriculum offers approximately 36 hours of training content around Expression Blend and Silverlight and approximately 12 hours UX principles training content making .toolbox a comprehensive learning program. People on your team will be able to study the modules at their own pace and schedule.

.toolbox is a structured curriculum-based program that features two core learning tracks with materials that increase in difficulty to build individuals’ knowledge and understanding.

· In Design Scenarios, designers and developers learn to create dynamically-rich Silverlight applications using Expression Studio. They learn to add code-free functionality to designs by following step-by-step tutorials that illustrate how to create interactive user experiences.

· In Design Principles, designers and developers learn fundamental UX concepts (e.g., choosing the right colors, alignment, grids) along with tips in how to apply them.

Badges are earned and accumulated in both tracks upon successful completion of the evaluation found at the end of each level.

To Get Started

1. Go to .toolbox and sign up using your Windows Live ID

2. Visit the School section and explore the curriculum.

3. Select a module, watch the videos, and follow along using the provided guide and assets.

4. Take the evaluation for a completed level to achieve a badge.

5. Broadcast your achievements by posting to Twitter and Facebook.

Useful Links

· .toolbox Website | http://www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox

· .toolbox Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/designtoolbox

· .toolbox Facebook | http://www.facebook.com/pages/toolbox/349923567926

· .toolbox YouTube | http://www.youtube.com/designtoolbox