At Build, we'll dive deep to cover all the areas you care about. How to design and build beautiful Windows 8 apps. How to sell your apps in the Windows 8 Store and make money. And much more. Join us on the Microsoft Campus for 4 days of extraordinary presentations delivered by the engineers behind the products and services to get you up to speed.
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Build 2012 Day 1 Keynote
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Day 1
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Oct 30, 2012 at 9:00AM
During the Build 2012 day 1 keynote Steve Ballmer, CEO, Steve Guggenheimer, corporate vice president and chief evangelist, developer & platform evangelism and Kevin Gallo, director of program management, Windows Phone, showcased the developer opportunities on Windows 8 and discussed momentum in the...
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BUILD 2012 Day 2 Keynote
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Day 2
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Oct 31, 2012 at 9:00AM
Watch the Build 2012 day 2 keynote as Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft's Server & Tools Business, speaks to thousands of developers about Windows taking developers across devices and into the cloud. Additional keynote presenters included Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president; Scott Hanselman,...
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BUILD 2012 Day 2 Keynote
Watch the Build 2012 day 2 keynote as Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft's Server & Tools Business, speaks to thousands of developers about Windows taking developers across devices and into the cloud. Additional keynote presenters included Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president; Scott Hanselman,...
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Super-Natural Interaction
The natural interaction movement is gaining momentum. But why stop at “natural”? Spurred by advances in sensing and display technologies, we envision 3D, mixed and augmented reality interfaces that go beyond touch screen interactions. I will present a number of prototypes from our lab that give users...
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Windows Azure Overview
Windows Azure is a flexible and open cloud platform for a wide variety of applications ranging from web sites to enterprise and mobile applications. In this session Scott Guthrie will demonstrate how to quickly build and deploy applications using the new Windows Azure features and services including...
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How to make your applications manageable
Learn how to leverage the new capabilities of WMI to build applications which generate events that can be used to monitor their behavior in real-time and (b) analyze the history of that behavior to find the root-causes of detected issues. Use CIM and WS-Man to define an object model-based interface...
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Designing great reading experiences
Come learn how to design great reading experiences for Windows 8. This session will cover key design elements for news, magazine, and book apps. We will step through the recommended user experience for managing an information hierarchy, filtering, getting tiles and notifications, using content...
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Graphics at the core of Windows 8 and your app
Graphics grab our attention, keep us engaged, and bring apps to life more than anything else! Windows 8 supports the most modern graphics development technologies, such as HTML5, XAML, and Direct3D 11.1. In this session, you’ll discover the best way to add stunning graphics to your app. You will also...
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Security in Windows Store apps
Windows Store apps provide enormous flexibility for developers to craft dynamic, interactive apps that customers will love. However, there are some key "gotchas" that developers can avoid that will make their apps as secure as they are enjoyable. We will cover common coding patterns...
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Lighting up Windows: From websites to apps
The introduction of Internet Explorer 10 and Windows 8 provides developers with new challenges and unique opportunities. Learn how you can prepare your website for the best experience in Windows 8, and how to integrate your website with your Windows apps.
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Building High-Performing JavaScript for Modern Engines
You've probably heard about the radical gains in JavaScript performance in the latest crop of Internet browsers. In this talk, we'll discuss the key insights and optimizations implemented in browser JavaScript engines, such as Chakra in Internet Explorer 10 or V8 in Chrome. More importantly, we'll explore...