BUILD is a new event that shows modern hardware and software developers how to take advantage of the future of Windows. Learn how to work with the all new touch-centric user experience to create fast, fluid, and dynamic applications that leverage the power and flexibility of the core of Windows, used by more than a billion people around the world.
Hear how the UI was designed to work seamlessly with a diversity of devices and form factors. Go behind the scenes and learn all about the new app model that allows you to create powerful new apps. All while retaining the ability to use your existing apps. Web-connected and web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript have access to the power of the PC. Touch-optimized browsing, with the full power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10 transforms your experiences with the web. BUILD is the first place to dive deep into the future of Windows.
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Capturing personal photos, video, and audio in Metro style apps
Every minute, people around the world are taking pictures and recording personal video and audio. They are capturing family memories, personal victories, and all the moments in between. You’ll learn how to capture these to provide powerful user experiences in Windows 8.
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Designing systems for continuous availability and scalability
Windows Server 8 includes fundamental enhancements to the core platform to enable deployment of continuously available services with great performance. To fully enable these new capabilities, new hardware platform features are required in networking, storage and the memory system. This session will outline...
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Designing systems for continuous availability - multi-node with block storage
This session discusses integrating with and designing continuously available Windows Server failover cluster solutions. It covers improvements in cluster shared volumes, including the new architecture and model for backup requestors, as well as other new features and their integration points. This session...
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Building continuously available systems with Hyper-V
Come learn how Hyper-V leverages modern hardware! Customers demand continuous availability from Hyper-V deployments. In the next version of Windows Server, Hyper-V can use many modern hardware features to deliver better availability and scalability to customers. This session will cover the server, network,...
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Platform storage evolved
The platform file system and storage stack has evolved significantly to enable exciting new scenarios including offloaded data transfers, optimal storage efficiency and utilization, service uptime despite failures, resilient scalable virtualized storage using commodity hardware and high-performance data...
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Make your product manageable
Manageability is increasingly the value differentiator between products. Customers need to create management solutions quickly and reliably. They need to manage their entire IT spectrum consistently using standard-based technologies. Come to this session to learn how to make your product manageable in...
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Reduce costs using new power efficiencies in Windows Server 8
The cost of power and cooling infrastructure in data centers continues to be top of mind for many companies. This, combined with the growing desire to be recognized as a green company and to reduce carbon emissions, provide a strong incentive to lower power usage in server systems. In this session, we...