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Agenda

Windows 7 Track

9:00-9:45am      Taking Your Application to the Next Level with Windows® 7

9:45-9:55am       Break

9:55-10:40am     Beyond Human Interaction with Windows 7 Sensor and Location    

10:40-10:50am   Break

10:50-11:35am   Building the Next Generation User-Interface with
                            Multitouch Ribbon on Windows 7

11:35-1:15pm    Break

1:15-2:00pm      Windows 7 for the Optimized Desktop

2:00-2:10pm      Break

2:10-2:55pm      Windows 7: Make People Productive Anywhere

2:55-3:05pm      Break

3:05-3:50pm      Windows 7: Enhanced Security and Control

3:50-4:00pm      Break

4:00-4:45pm      Windows 7: Deployment Enhancements

Windows Server 2008 R2 Track

9:00-9:45am      What Developers Should Know About Windows Server 2008 R2

9:45-9:55am      Break

9:55-10:40am    Windows Server 2008 R2: Develop with New 
                           Parallel Computing Technologies

10:40-10:50am  Break

10:50-11:35am  Windows Server 2008 R2: Web and Enterprise Solutions

11:35-1:15pm   Break

1:15-2:00pm     What’s in Windows Server 2008 R2 for IT Administrators:
                          A Technical Overview Part 1

2:00-2:10pm    Break

2:10-2:55pm    What’s in Windows Server 2008 R2 for IT Administrators:
                         A Technical Overview Part 2

2:55-3:05pm    Break

3:05-3:50pm    Windows Server 2008 R2: New Server Deployment & Migration

3:50-4:00pm    Break

4:00-4:45pm    Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtualization Technologies–
                         Saving IT Costs

Exchange 2010 Track

1:15-2:00pm    Introducing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

2:00-2:10pm    Break

2:10-2:55pm    Voice Mail with Unified Messaging in Microsoft Exchange 2010

2:55-3:05pm    Break

3:05-3:50pm    Exchange 2010 High Availability and Storage

3:50-4:00pm    Break

4:00-4:45pm    Exchange 2010 Archiving and Retention

ABOUT THE PDC

The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is Microsoft’s premier gathering of leading-edge developers and architects.  Attendees come from around the world to learn about the future of Microsoft’s developer platform, exchange ideas with Microsoft technology experts, and network with fellow professionals.  This is the conference you need to attend if you want to stay ahead curve, and get a head start on planning your company’s products and technology investments.

Register by September 15^th and receive $500 off your conference pass – that’s the best discount you’ll get for PDC09.  Visit us online at www.microsoftpdc.com and learn more about the future-focused content, industry-leading speakers and other great

opportunities you’ll get at PDC09.

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR YOU AT PDC09

KEYNOTES

PDC is where our biggest names make the biggest announcements. Learn about the future of the Microsoft developer platform straight from the people who make it happen – Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, and the President of Server and Tools, Bob Muglia.

SESSIONS & SPEAKERS

For the first time ever, participate in a perfect storm of brilliance, insight, experience, and vision as we bring together Microsoft’s Technical Fellows for the Technical Leaders series of sessions at PDC09. These are the big brains that develop and drive technical strategies for Microsoft and the industry, and this is a series you won’t want to miss.  Visit the Sessions page for a full listing of published sessions.

WORKSHOPS

Join us a day early (on November 16) for a full day of in-depth content delivered by recognized industry leaders.  Workshops are available exclusively to attendees – they will not be made available online.  Don’t miss out on the opportunity to expand your developer skills at the PDC09 workshops.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Not only will you get great content and speakers, you’ll also get early access to the technology and opportunities to meet one-on-one with Microsoft developer technology experts and fellow professions at our special events.  Visit the Special Events page for more information.

Today we released the Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers as part of our ongoing effort to enrich existing content and provide additional valuable content for the developer community. This version of the training kit includes 10 presentations and 8 Hand-On-Labs, covering most of the Windows 7 light-up features as well as application compatibility topics.

Azure Services Training KitToday we released an updated version of the Azure Services Training Kit.   The first Azure Services Training Kit was released during the week of PDC and it contained all of the PDC hands-on labs.   Since then, the Azure Services Evangelism team has been creating new content covering new features in the platform.

The kit now includes the following content covering Windows Azure, .NET Services, SQL Services, and Live Services:

• 11 hands-on labs – including new hands-on labs for PHP and Native Code on Windows Azure.
• 18 demo scripts – These demo scripts are designed to provide detailed walkthroughs of key features so that someone can easily give a demo of a service
• 9 presentations – the presentations used for our 3 day training workshops including speaker notes.
• 2 additional hands-on labs for Windows Azure PHP and Native Code support

Download the package here

Azure Services Management Tools

The Azure Services Management Tools include an MMC SnapIn and Windows PowerShell cmdlets that enable a user to configure and manage several Azure Services including .NET Access Control Services, and the .NET Workflow Service. These tools can be helpful when developing and testing applications that use Azure Services. For instance, using these tools you can view and change .NET Access Control Rules, and deploy and view workflows.The November release of the management tools was downloaded 2190 times.Download here

The PHP on Windows Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including demos and hands-on labs to help you understand how to build PHP applications using Windows, IIS 7 and SQL Server 2008. The March RC1 release includes the following: PHP & SQL Server Demos * Integrating SQL Server Geo-Spatial with PHP * SQL Server Reporting Services and PHP PHP & SQL Server Hands On Labs * Introduction to Using SQL Server with PHP * Using Full Text Search over Office Documents in PHP PHP on Windows Hands On Labs * IIS Access Control Features for PHP * Using IIS 7.0 Media Features in a PHP Application * Troubleshooting PHP * Migrating PHP Applications to IIS 7.0

Here’s the download link