MIX09 Sessions

Ask The Gu

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:23:18 GMT

As a special offering for the viewing audience at home, 30 minutes after Scott Guthrie walked off the stage, he came back for a live, intimate, online-only video chat with Jeff Atwood (StackOverflow.com) and Jeff Sandquist (Microsoft DPE). Viewers submitted their questions live via Twitter using the #askthegu hash tag and watched the discussion live.

Day One Keynote

Bill Buxton — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:53:00 GMT

Day 1 keynote featuring Bill Buxton and Scott Guthrie.

Day Two Keynote

Dean Hachamovitch, Deborah Adler — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:53:00 GMT

Day 2 keynote featuring Dean Hachamovitch and Deborah Adler.

Overview of Windows Azure

Manuvir Das — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Curious about cloud computing? Come learn how to use Windows Azure to better address key challenges of running Internet-scale applications in the cloud. Also hear about the essential concepts of Windows Azure, including what's new.

Developing and Deploying Applications on Internet Information Services (IIS)

Thomas Deml — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how the Microsoft Web Platform fosters a powerful development ecosystem for Web applications, and how the latest wave of IIS extensions enable Microsoft ASP.NET and PHP to move seamlessly from a development environment to a production datacenter. Also learn how to package a Web application for the Windows Web Application Gallery to make it available to millions of users.

Effective Infographics with Interactivity

Joshua Allen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Infographics (short for Information Graphics) are part design, part data visualization. Come hear how we created the Descry set of data visualizations as well as tips for creating effective infographics in software.

Microsoft Silverlight Is Ready for Business

Ward Bell — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn how to build a Silverlight business application today with the new UI features including DataGrid, DataForm, validation and navigation. Also see an example of how to connect to services using a LINQ enabled, Entity Framework-backed, data management solution.

High-Speed RIA Development with the Microsoft Silverlight Toolkit

Shawn Oster — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn how the Silverlight Toolkit can help jumpstart development of stunning Web experiences, and learn how to use the latest controls to create more immersive, more manageable user experiences. Using Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression Blend, explore advanced debugging and unit testing techniques for building components that work across Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

RESTful Services for the Programmable Web with Windows Communication Foundation

Ron Jacobs — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Services are needed to light up the Web, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) makes it possible to build RESTful services more quickly and easily than ever before by using the new WCF REST Starter Kit. In this session, we demonstrate using WCF to build a simple REST Service through to advanced REST concepts of Addressability, Scalability, and Security.

Creating Interactivity with Microsoft Expression Blend

Peter Blois — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to create better interactivity for your user experience. See how polished, functional user interfaces can be brought to life without code using a range of powerful features in Expression Blend.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework

Pablo Castro — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come see how Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 enables building Web applications that take advantage of new features in the ADO.NET Entity Framework. Hear about the features that make building an MVC and Dynamic Data application easier, how to build an N-Tier solution with the Entity Framework, and how to better take advantage of it within your Web application.

Scaling a Rich Client to Half a Billion Users

Steve Zheng — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See how China's Tencent Corporation built a next-generation QQ Instant Messenger client using Microsoft Silverlight. Hear how one of the largest communities in the world with 400M+ active users and 50m+ concurrent users got to massive scale with Silverlight while leveraging UX to make more money with their services.

Modeling RESTful Data Services: Present and Future

Pablo Castro — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how use ADO.NET Data Services framework to approach the modeling of application behavior in terms that match the architectural style proposed by REST. Hear how to address common application needs such as authentication and authorization, and hear about the future direction of ADO.NET Data Services framework upcoming features.

Deep Zoom++ : Build Dynamic Deep Zoom Applications with Open Source

Allan Li, Ken Azuma — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Find out about Jellyfish, a collection of modules that you can install on your server to give your customers the ability to build, modify, and create Deep Zoom collections and provide useful Silverlight functions to developers. Hear about how the service has been used on real Web sites, and learn how to build your own server-side, scalable, easy to use enterprise Deep Zoom Solution.

Using Total Experience Design to Transform the Digital Building

Daren May, Paul Dawson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about the overall user experiences that link up physical spaces with a user's interaction on the Web, and see how businesses and buildings are using experience design to transcend the Web and kiosk and to integrate interactive experiences directly into the fabric of the buildings we live, work, shop, and play in.

Building a Rich Social Network Application

Miho Heo, Gilbok Lee — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to build a social networking site using Microsoft Silverlight. See how to mash up existing services, how to tag and store data in back-end services, and how to build a rich and engaging experience.

Using Microsoft ASP.NET MVC to Easily Extend a Web Site into the Mobile Space

John Stockton, Jared Eischen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to build mobile Web sites using the ASP.NET MVC framework. See how to create customized mobile experiences by extending the Views in the MVC framework and using the latest device detection techniques.

Microsoft Expression Web: No Platform Left Behind

Tyler Simpson, Steve Guttman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn how to use Expression Web to build resilient standards-based sites for use across a wide range of browsers and platforms. Hear about the current version of Expression Web and take some sneak peeks at future work that will make creating great sites even easier for designers. With a focus on workflow, you'll also see how well Expression Web integrates with ASP.NET and PHP.

<3 the New Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit for Social Websites

Keiji Kanazawa, Steve Gordon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See how to add IM to a site with the Windows Live Messenger Library and UI Controls, and how to build new relationships around content with Messenger social capabilities. Also hear how top sites and marketers are using the social connections of Windows Live users to grow and build brand loyalty.

Go Beyond Best Practices: Evolving Next Practices to Prosper in the 21st Century

Lou Carbone — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear Lou Carbone cite evidence and outline next practices based on sensing and responding to customers' needs versus a world of making and selling in which product manufacturing is rooted. Come learn why you need to view business differently-to evolve from best practices to next practices-if you are to survive and prosper in the years to come.

Improving UX through Application Lifecycle Management

Christian Thilmany, Chris Bernard — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how you can leverage Microsoft Expression and Microsoft Visual Studio Team System to improve your overall application lifecycle, decrease your time to market, and ultimately raise the quality of your applications.

Microsoft Silverlight Media End-to-End

Alex Zambelli — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Hear how Silverlight and the Microsoft Web Platform make it easier to create compelling and engaging media experiences including optimizing and delivering content in a flexible and cost-effective way. Learn about the tools and out-of-box templates that make it easier than ever to get started in the Media space, to get the most out of your existing media deployments, and to enable designers, developers, and media experts to work together. Also see how Silverlight, Microsoft Expression Studio, and Internet Information Services (IIS) Media Services work individually or as an integrated best-of-breed Media platform.

Choosing between ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC

Rachel Appel — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about the key concepts and features behind the two primary user interface technologies available for ASP.NET: MVC and Web Forms. Learn the pros and cons of both MVC and Web Forms, how to determine the best choice for a specific project, various techniques and patterns used to build MVC applications vs. Web Forms applications, and the implications for using each approach.

The Future of Microsoft Expression Blend

Douglas Olson, Christian Schormann — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Hear about the future plans for Expression Blend. See how Expression Blend improves the productivity of visual designers, providing better access to data and enhanced tools for interactivity. Learn how designers can be deeply engaged and remain in control of the creative decisions while enjoying improved collaboration with developers throughout the project lifecycle.

Build Applications on the Microsoft Platform Using Eclipse, Java, Ruby and PHP!

Vijay Rajagopalan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how Microsoft has delivered multiple technologies that focus on interoperability with non-Microsoft and Open Source technologies. Learn how to use the Eclipse tools today to build Silverlight applications that run on PCs and Macs, how to develop using combinations of Java, Ruby and PHP in addition to the standard Microsoft languages, and how Microsoft's commitment to openness with the Azure Services Platform and the use of claims-based identity supports heterogeneous identity systems.

Optimizing Performance for Microsoft Expression Encoder

James Clarke — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See demonstrations of how to fine tune your media for best encoding and Microsoft Silverlight playback performance. Learn encoding best practices to make sure your video playback is as fast and smooth as possible.

Enhancing Large Windows Media Platforms with Microsoft Silverlight

Matt Smith, Robert Ames — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See how Yahoo! is leveraging Silverlight plug-in components to deliver a visually appealing, rich, cross-platform user experience without having to re-do their various back-end infrastructures.

Adding Microsoft Silverlight to Your Company's Skill Set

Ken Martin, Noah Gedrich — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Discover how your team of Web designers and developers can add Silverlight to their toolbox without starting from scratch. Learn how to add the Microsoft Expression suite to your creative team's process and how to get your team of UI Developers, Flash Programmers, and Microsoft .NET experts working with Silverlight.

The Microsoft Web Sandbox: An Open Source Framework for Developing Secure Standards-Based Web Applications

Scott Isaacs — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Hear a discussion about key challenges with Web security today and how the Microsoft Web Sandbox is addressing these challenges by virtualizing both script execution and the DOM. Learn about the Web Sandbox open source framework that runs on all modern browsers and builds on the ongoing ECMA TC-39 security working group efforts.

Cloud Computing: What's in It for Me?

John Keagy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn what cloud computing is, what it can do for you, and how to quickly deploy and scale Web applications. Understand the competitive benefits and cost savings of cloud computing, and how to determine when it is the right solution for your needs.

State of the Art in Web Site Design on Microsoft SharePoint

Chris Auld — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come see how to construct and deploy themes to SharePoint using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. Also hear about the artifacts in SharePoint themes and how they are deployed to SharePoint.

Lighting Up Web and Client Applications with Microsoft Live Services

Gregory Renard — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to use Live Services to light up rich client applications or to extend Web applications to the desktop. See how to easily access Live Framework to produce and consume data that automatically syncs with the cloud and the devices in a user's digital life.

Building Out of Browser Experiences with Microsoft Silverlight 3

Mike Harsh — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to build Silverlight applications that can be consumed online or on the go. Hear about the new features in Silverlight 3 that facilitate out of browser RIAs.

A Lap around Windows Internet Explorer 8

Giorgio Sardo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Internet Explorer is back! Hear the inside story behind the development of Internet Explorer 8, and see how to develop innovative user experiences with Web Slices, Accelerators, and Visual Search. Discover nearly twenty new security enhancements that make browsing safer than ever, and find out about performance improvements that will help you build faster AJAX applications. Finally, see why Internet Explorer 8 is one of the most standards-compliant Web browsers on the market.

What's New in Microsoft Silverlight 3

Joe Stegman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Take a tour of the new features in Silverlight 3 including a dive into some of the new experience oriented features like pixel shaders, perspective 3D, animation enhancements, bitmap APIs and improvements to the media stack. Also hear about new Silverlight base framework additions including updates to the style model, data binding improvements, improved resource handling and improvements to the web services stack. This session will also introduce the Silverlight 3 out of browser model.

Integrating Microsoft Expression Blend with Adobe Creative Suite

Joanna Mason — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Explore how Expression Blend integrates with the design tools from Adobe's Creative Suite. Learn how to use content from Photoshop and Illustrator to efficiently create Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Microsoft Silverlight-based applications, and see a range of useful tips and tricks from one of the core Expression Blend team members.

Touch and Gesture Computing, What You Haven't Heard

Joseph Fletcher — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn about new patterns, behaviors, and design approaches for touch and gesture interfaces from a practitioners point of view. Learn early lessons from applied knowledge of touch applications, devices, and design methods.

Escaping Flatland in Application Design: Rich User Experiences

Peter Eckert, Jeff McLean — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how technology and rich application design can not only enhance seemingly ordinary interactions but also engage users like never before. We showcase examples of how to create more compelling user experiences on the Web and desktop. To top it off, we walk through building a highly interactive application making use of these principles.

The Way of the Whiteboard: Persuading with Pictures

Dan Roam — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Hear Dan Roam talk about persuading people with pictures. Whether convincing leadership to back a project, getting a VC to fund a business, building consensus on a project team, or selling a new technology platform within an organization, nothing is more powerful than a simple picture for discovering and developing technological concepts and business ideas. This session shows how to use the pictures we've created to persuade other people to take action.

Improving Mobile Experiences with the Microsoft Mobile Device Browser File

Chris Woods — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to make industry leading mobile Web sites using the newly-released open and free device information service from Microsoft. Hear how to better detect the mobile handsets viewing your site and tailor your content to maximize visibility and user experience.

Semantic HTML and Unobtrusive JavaScript

Nate Koechley — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Progressive enhancement has become the established best-practice approach to standards-based front-end web development. Using HTML correctly is the foundation of these techniques, but it is deceptively tricky. Writing and using JavaScript unobtrusively and responsibly is how you bring it all together. Bookended with these techniques, your site can offer the most modern and powerful capabilities, ensure maximum availability and accessibility, and can be easily modified into the future. In this workshop you'll learn how to create a rock-solid foundation for any web project and how to enrich it using the most user-friendly interface improvements available.

Using Dynamic Languages to Develop Microsoft Silverlight Applications

John Lam — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to use the Microsoft Visual Basic/C# DLR integration to test a statically-typed application with IronRuby. See how to develop a Silverlight application end-to-end with IronRuby, and how programming with dynamic languages helps improve the dev experience.

File|New -> Company: Creating NerdDinner.com with Microsoft ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC)

Scott Hanselman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

No slides. Just code. Start with File|New and build a real Web site with ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Authentication, Authorization, MVC, Microsoft SQL Server and jQuery in sixty-five minutes or less.

Live Framework and Mesh Services: Live Services for Developers

Ori Amiga — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn about the Live Framework including new and future services (such as Mesh Services), protocols, APIs, and tools which enable your Web, service, or client applications to access, store, and synchronize user data with Live Services, obtain audience analytics data, and more.

Building Web Applications with Windows Azure

Steve Marx — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn how to use Windows Azure to build a scalable Web application and deploy it to the cloud.

How'd they do it? Real App. Real Code. Two Weeks. Nothing but .NET

Scott Hanselman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Real-world applications are more than just a Web site and generally include smart client applications, powerful admin sites, databases, Web services, and more. Dive into the anatomy of an application that took just two weeks to write and uses Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft ADO.NET Data Services, Internet Information Services 7, Microsoft ASP.NET Dynamic Data, and the Microsoft Entity Framework on SQL.

Shio O Totte: Using What You Know

Adam Kinney, Grant Hinkson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Have you just started working on your first Silverlight project and wondering how it compares to Flash? Are you trying to figure out how to take your assets from Photoshop or Illustrator and turn them into XAML? And what's really the difference between ActionScript and C#? This workshop is going to cover all of those topics and more. The goal is for you as an experienced web developer or designer to learn how to use your skills and toolset in the world of XAML, Silverlight and WPF.

Creating a "Next Generation" E-Commerce Experience

Scott Cairney, Jean-Yves Martineau — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to create compelling and consistent e-commerce experiences. See a demo of an e-commerce experience that leverages a common commerce platform together with rich client application technologies that work on a range of Web and mobile platforms.

Developing for Experience with 3 Heads

Jose Fajardo, Rick Barraza, Scott Barnes, Michael Wolf — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

When it should be all about the user and creating sticky experiences, it's often the people problems in design and development that leads to sticky situations. With collaboration of the 3 roles (Designer / Devsigner / Developer) paramount, you'll learn how to use a 'look first' and experience-focused approach to solve issues across multiple platforms and form factors - web, desktop, mobile - without letting the technology drive the experience. Through workshops and sample we will show designer tricks from the developer toolbox, and developer tricks from the designer toolbox using the Expression suite and .net. Not just working together, but learning from one another. This session is ideal for both the in-the-trenches designers and developers, as well as managers who want to keep their designers and developers focused on developing truly engaging, sticky experiences.

Windows Mobile 6.5 Overview

Loke-Uei Tan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn about the cool new Windows Mobile 6.5 mobile platform! Hear about the new UI, the 6.5 emulator and other SDK tools, and Web enhancements in Internet Explorer Mobile including support for the W3C Mobile Widget Packaging and Configuration standard. Also see a demo of the new Windows Mobile 6.5 User Interface and productivity enhancements.

Miss March and Other Distractions

Scott Stanfield — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Don't miss Vertigo's tour of three major Microsoft Silverlight applications, including PlayboyArchive.com, KEXP and more. Highlights include Deep Zoom, Live Video, "Blendability" tips, VSM hacks, perspective transforms, SEO and deep linking tips for SL2 and SL3, out-of-browser and disconnected experiences, and more.

ASP.NET MVC: America's Next Top Model View Controller Framework

Phil Haack — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See how to build a simple application that highlights some of the key capabilities of ASP.NET MVC. Also, learn how to improve productivity using some of the cool new tooling features.

Microsoft ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC): Ninja on Fire Black Belt Tips

Phil Haack — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See a walkthrough of several tips and tricks for getting the most out of the ASP.NET MVC framework.

Copyright Laws for Web Designers and Developers

Jonathan Zuck — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn the rules for using content produced by others particularly as Web applications get richer and deep linking becomes more common. Get straight answers from a developer and not a lawyer to common copyright questions like "What are the real boundaries of the DMCA?", "Where does traditional copyright apply and what is fair use?", and "How do I license content for my Web site?".

Interaction Techniques Using the Wii Remote (and Other HCI Projects)

Johnny Lee — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

The Wii remote is a sophisticated controller containing a variety of sensing capabilities. In this session, Johnny Lee covers several interaction techniques enabled by the Wii remote and explains how you can develop your own applications. Johnny also introduces a few of his other research projects in the broader domain of Human-Computer Interaction.

Working across the Client Continuum

Laurent Bugnion — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come see how to build a continuum of client applications including HTML, AJAX, ASP.NET, Microsoft Silverlight, and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) that all consume the same Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service. Learn how to reuse as much code as possible, how to optimize the development process, and how to address key logistical issues like external servers and cross domain communication.

Designing the Windows 7 Desktop Experience

Stephan Hoefnagels — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

The new Windows 7 desktop experience, including the new taskbar and Aero Snap, is both a major user experience change for Windows and an early success story. How did we go about evolving pieces of UI that haven't seen major change since 1995? Come hear about our design process and see the evolution of the design through sketches and prototypes. Find out about our challenges and learn how we used iteration, developer collaboration and design principles to increase customer satisfaction and enthusiasm.

Interactive Prototyping with DHTML

Bill Scott — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Prototyping can be challenging. Especially prototyping in DHTML. But over the last few years a number of tools, techniques, libraries and frameworks have emerged making the task easier. Drawing from years of experience at companies such as Yahoo! and Netflix, come hear Bill Scott discuss these solutions and best practices for laying out pages rapidly, injecting interactive behavior and simulating data for prototyping your Web applications in DHTML.

User Experience Design Patterns for Business Applications with Microsoft Silverlight 3

Corrina-Black — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how creating great user experiences for business applications can result in both improved productivity and significant support cost savings. Learn how to use proven user experience patterns in cost effective ways with Silverlight 3, including rich data display, data input and advanced data validation, and application navigation.

Developing RESTful Services and Clients with "M"

Chris Sells, Douglas Purdy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how Web developers can use "M", a new language for describing data, metadata and domain specific languages, to enhance RESTful services like HTTP, JSON, RSS/Atom, and more. Also see how "M" can be used on premise or in the cloud to achieve greater development productivity and to create more compelling customer experiences.

Offline Network Detection in Microsoft Silverlight 3

Peter Smith — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how to structure Silverlight applications to support a sometimes connected scenario, and learn how to avoid the common pitfalls of implementing network detection.

Protecting Online Identities

Jorgen Thelin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how Microsoft provides a range of identity solutions for helping developers more easily build seamless user experiences that include Federation, Authentication, UX Customization, Open Standards, Open ID and more.

Principles of Microsoft Silverlight Animation

Jeff Paries — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come and learn the fundamentals of Silverlight animation. Start at the beginning with a review of storyboards and keyframes, and then break free from storyboards and explore procedural animations. This is where the rubber meets the road and your objects come to life-vectors, frame-based animations, collisions, particle systems, and VR objects.

A Shot of Windows Live Messenger and a Pint of Microsoft Silverlight

Jordan Snyder — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to add instant stickiness and drive new users to a Web site while uncovering the hidden social network within. Hear how Effective UI quickly and easily added these capabilities to its customers' existing Microsoft Silverlight projects using the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit.

See through the Clouds: Introduction to the Azure Services Platform

James Conard — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how Microsoft is building a new platform for applications, and learn about the key services that compose the platform as well as how to get started. Also hear Microsoft's roadmap for the Azure Services Platform and learn about new features that will be added.

Deep Dive into Microsoft Silverlight Graphics

Seema Ramchandani — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about the Silverlight 3 rendering pipeline, and learn how to enhance your application experience with the latest additions to the Silverlight graphics APIs.

How Razorfish Lights Up Brand with Microsoft SharePoint

Tony Jones — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Hear about SharePoint sites first hand from Razorfish, the agency behind SharePoint sites at Kroger, Dell Financial, and many more. Also learn how Web agencies use SharePoint to light up the brand for their customers.

Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0 : What's Next?

Stephen Walther — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn all about ASP.NET 4.0 and the new Microsoft Visual Studio improvements that will make you more productive. Hear how to build a simple video gallery Web site that takes advantage of new features to control the rendering of client ids and view state, and see how ASP.NET AJAX client-side templates and jQuery animations can be used to create a richly interactive Web application.

Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0 Data Access: Patterns for Success with Web Forms

David Ebbo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn about some cool new data access features for ASP.NET 4.0 Web Forms and beyond. Hear how a new Domain Data Source makes it easy to cleanly change your application's architecture from 2-tier to 3-tier and how a new query block lets you unleash the power of LINQ. Also hear about new Dynamic Data features like richer support for LINQ to Entities as well as how to use the ASP.NET data stack to target Windows Azure.

Wireframes That Work: Designing (Rich Internet) Applications

Aaron Adams — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how Cynergy Systems uses "Look First Development" to create great RIA and Desktop applications. See how Cynergy uses rapid iterative prototyping to capture, refine, and elaborate requirements and then build beautiful, desirable software.

Software Entrepreneurs: Go Big with BizSpark

Julien Codorniou — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn about Bizspark, a new partner program for early stage software startups. Discover how Bizspark provides startups the latest dev tools and production server licenses. Also hear about the worldwide network of experts available to help entrepreneurs succeed.

Delivering Media with Internet Information Services 7 (IIS) Media Services and Microsoft Silverlight

John Bishop, John Bocharov — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See how to deliver media with the best user experience in a cost-effective, scalable, and highly manageable way. Learn how to expand your reach and improve quality using Smooth Streaming, how to save on bandwidth, and how to maintain control when using Progressive Download. Understand how IIS Media Services and WMS light up the media ecosystem from encoding to playback.

Securing Web Applications

Eric Lawrence — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to take advantage of browser security improvements to help protect your Web applications and visitors.

Exposing Web Content to a Global Audience Using Machine Translation

Dr. Neil Roodyn — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to open your Web content to readers around the globe with the Microsoft Translator widget. See how to integrate the translator widget into a site and customize it.

Running PHP on Microsoft Servers and Services

Shaun Hirschman, Michael Joffe — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how to run PHP on various Microsoft platforms including Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft SQL Server, Windows, Azure Service Platform, and more.

Advance Your Design with UX Design Patterns

Ambrose Little — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about UX design patterns and a common design vocabulary to help facilitate collaboration among peers. Learn what resources are available to you in the community, and see an exciting new tool named Quince that makes finding, discovering, and using patterns much more practical.

A Lap around Microsoft .NET Services

John Shewchuk, Todd Holmquist-Sutherland — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn how to use .NET Services as building blocks for Web-based and hosted applications. Hear about the next generation of messaging, data, access control, and workflow services, and how developers can compose these .NET Services to create applications in the cloud and connect them with on-premises systems.

Microsoft ASP.NET: Taking AJAX to the Next Level

Stephen Walther — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Hear how ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 makes building pure client-side AJAX Web applications even easier, and watch us build an entire data-driven ASP.NET AJAX application from start to finish by taking advantage of only JavaScript, HTML pages, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services. Also learn about new ASP.NET AJAX features including the DataView control, declarative templates, live client-side data binding, WCF, and REST integration.

Design Prototyping: Bringing Wireframes to Life

Dan Harrelson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See how "design prototyping" differs from other techniques, and learn how to determine when a prototype is needed. Understand how to tailor your prototype to a particular audience, gather techniques for bringing paper sketches to life, and how interactive sketching can fit in an Agile process.

Protecting Against Internet Service Abuse

John Scarrow — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how Microsoft protects content and identities as servers and users become more distributed worldwide.

Windows Azure Storage

Brad Calder — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about the highly available and massively scalable cloud storage service that is provided by Windows Azure. Learn how to create and access the different types of Windows Azure storage available, including blobs, tables, and queues.

Hiking Mt. Avalon

Mike Hillberg, Robby Ingebretsen, Jaime Rodriguez — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

WPF has a reputation for a steep learning curve. Robby Ingebretsen and Jaime Rodriguez do remember back to the early Avalon days when things were hard: no tools, no docs, no sleep. Today, it is much easier: the tools are much better and there are a lot of lessons learned. This workshop will summarize their combined eight years of WPF experience into an actionable list of tips & tricks and good practices around organizing your projects, XAML guidelines, collaboration models, getting the most out of the tools, architecture patterns, etc. The workshop is aimed at intermediate WPFers, a little XAML experience is required.

Building Data-Driven Scalable AJAX Web Pages

Jon Flanders — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to enable rich communication patterns between your AJAX Web pages and Web server using existing and new features in Windows Communication Foundation.

Microsoft Xbox "Lips" and "Fable II": Multi Channel Experiences

Charles Duncan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn the background of Xbox "Lips" and "Fable II" campaigns from brainstorm to delivery. This session highlights interactive video and gaming experiences using Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft .NET, and Windows Mobile technologies under tight production timelines.

Caching REST with Windows Communication Foundation

Jon Flanders — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Without caching, the Web and scalable services wound not be possible. Come learn how to use Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to achieve caching nirvana with RESTful services.

Creating Media Content for Microsoft Silverlight Using Microsoft Expression Encoder

James Clarke — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how and why to create rich experiences for Silverlight using Expression Encoder using both VC-1 and H.264 CODECs. Learn about video encoding settings, how to encode for Smooth Streaming scenarios and working with player templates for effortless Silverlight experiences.

Oomph: A Microformat Toolkit

Tim Aidlin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn about Microformats and why we built the Oomph toolkit to make it easier to create, consume, and style Microformats. Also hear how you can get more involved with Microformats.

Consuming Web Services in Microsoft Silverlight 3

Eugene Osovetsky — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how to work with external REST, SOAP, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services from Silverlight. Learn how to securely and efficiently communicate with services using Binary XML, debug services with improved Faults support, and implement server-to-client "push" using the new Add Service Reference for Duplex functionality.

User Experience Design for Non-Designers

Shawn Konopinsky — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come participate in a discussion about changes in interface technology and a process for creating innovative user experiences that involve design briefs, brainstorming, feedback, ideation, composites, and production.

Delivering Ads to a Silverlight Media Player Application

Nicholas Brookins — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to add instream and companion ads (in Flash and Silverlight formats) to a Silverlight media player application. See real-world examples of how to use IAB's VAST and VPAID guidelines as well as other methods to display instream video advertisements along with companion display ads.

Building Amazing Business Centric Applications with Microsoft Silverlight 3

Brad Abrams — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how simple it is to build end-to-end data-intensive Silverlight applications with the new set of features in Silverlight 3 and .NET RIA Services. Explore Silverlight improvements that help to enable rapid development for business applications and to make your development process more productive.

Web Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio: Now and in the Future

Jeff King — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how Visual Studio 2008 SP1 simplifies building Web applications that take advantage of MVC, Dynamic Data, AJAX, enhanced WYSIWYG standards-based development, and more. Also get a look at the new Visual Studio 2010 tools for Web developers, including new deployment tools that enable frictionless transfers of Web projects and databases from machine to machine, new code focused editing features, and the next generation of JavaScript editing and navigation tools.

Connecting Applications across Networks with Microsoft .NET Services

Clemens Vasters — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to use the Service Bus in .NET Services to more easily connect applications together over the Internet. See how to address difficult connectivity, security, and discoverability issues with the Service Bus, and hear about solutions for traversing network topology and overcoming integration issues that are caused by network, security and organizational boundaries.

Going Inside Microsoft Silverlight: Exploring the Core CLR

Brandon Bray — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See how the CLR team slimmed down the size of the runtime into a small, zippy download, the Core CLR, yet kept the experience .NET developers have come to love.

Standards for Aggregating Activity Feeds and Social Aggregation Services

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear a broad panel discussion about aggregating social feeds and services from leading people and companies in this rapidly evolving area including Dare Obasanjo from Microsoft as panel moderator, John McCrea from Plaxo, Kevin Marks from Google, Luke Shepard from Facebook, Marc Canter from Broadband Mechanics, and Monica Keller from MySpace.

Using the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio to Build Cloud Services

Jim Nakashima — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how to use the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio to more easily create, build, debug, deploy, run and package scalable services on Windows Azure.

Ten Ways to Ensure RIA Failure

Anthony Franco — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Explore the lessons learned and pitfalls of inefficient workflows, worst practices, and poor communication that will ensure the demise of any software project. Anthony Franco gives tips and examples on how to avoid the broken philosophies and misguided ideas that are certain to run a project into the ground.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Web Developers

Thomas Deml — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn SEO best practices and proven techniques that can boost the position of a Web site in search results pages.

Automated User Interface (UI) Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2010

Brian Keller — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about the new Visual Studio Team System 2010 tools and APIs for helping test a broad range of UIs that can consist of Winforms, AJAX, and Windows Presentation Foundation. See how to use Team System 2010 to ensure UI and application quality.

Building Accessible RIAs in Microsoft Silverlight

Chris Auld, Reed Shaffner — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to maintain compliance with a growing number of accessibility standards (including 508 in the U.S., WCAG 2.0, and others) by using Silverlight to produce fully accessible RIAs that are policy compliant. See how to use the new User Interface Automation (UIA) technology included in Silverlight by walking through the design and development decisions made when building Buttercup, a Silverlight based DAISY talking book reader.

C# for Designers

Jennifer Smith, Fred Gerantabee — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Having some programming knowledge as an interactive professional can set you apart from the rest. Come learn the essentials of C# for creating interactivity in Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation in this session, and add another weapon to your design arsenal.

Creating a Great Experience on Digg with Windows Internet Explorer 8

Joel K. Neubeck — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how Terralever was able to use the powerful new features of Internet Explorer 8 to change how users interact with the Digg Web site. Learn how using Accelerators and Web Slices changed the way users are able to discover, as well as simplify submitting stories. We look at how taking advantage of these exciting features can improve a users experience, while increasing the number of users visiting your site.

Five Killer Scenarios for the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit

Chris Parker — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn how to make your site more engaging with the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit.

Sketch Flow: From Concept to Production

Celso Gomes, Christian Schormann — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to use Expression Blend to design great user experiences, from concept to production, with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight. See how Expression Blend makes design workflow faster, easier and richer, and explore how designers can lead the interactive experience throughout the design process.

Design Fundamentals for Developers

Robby Ingebretsen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

From colors to wireframes, this workshop introduces you to the fundamental principles and techniques of application design. The workshop is tuned especially for people who have some background in coding. If you are a developer who is working more frequently with designers, evolving to become a designer yourself, or simply a manager who needs to make sure that both roles work smoothly together, this session is an invaluable opportunity to jump-start the process.

Customized Live Search for Web and Client Applications

Alessandro Catorcini — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about the new Live Search 2.0 APIs that allow a Web site or client application to easily incorporate fully customizable Live Search capabilities and results. Also learn how to make money by including ads that together with search results can be configured and styled any way that best matches the content for a site or application.

Building High Performance Web Applications and Sites

John Hrvatin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to improve your Web application performance in the browser by avoiding common pitfalls in JavaScript, CSS, and HTTP caching techniques.

Building Microsoft Silverlight Controls

Karen Corby — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to encapsulate structure, animation, and logic inside custom controls that handle theming, layout, validation, and data binding. Using Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression Blend, explore advanced design, coding, debugging, and testing techniques for building components that work interchangeably in Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

Making XML Really, Really Easy with Microsoft Visual Basic 9

Alex Turner — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See how Visual Basic 9 makes generating rich XML orders of magnitude easier than using text concatenation or an object model. Come learn how XML literals, embedded expressions, LINQ integration, automatic schema generation, and other XML-specific Visual Basic 9.0 features will transform your XML experience!

What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 4

Kevin Gjerstad, Mark Wilson-Thomas — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about what's new in WPF 4, including MultiTouch, new controls, new themes, Windows 7 ribbon and taskbar integration.

Web Form Design

Luke Wrobleski — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear key considerations and best practices for Web form design based on international usability testing, eye-tracking studies, and over ten years of designing Web applications. Learn how the interaction and visual design of Web forms can make the difference between acquiring a customer and completing a transaction or not.

There's a Little Scripter in All of Us: Building a Web App for the Masses

Rob Conery — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about building an open, community-driven Web application. We explore concepts such as simplicity of code and tooling, fall-off-your chair extensibility, and zero-friction theming as it relates to the development of an MVC Storefront application.

Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF): Sharing Skills and Code

Jeff Wilcox — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come get an in-depth understanding of the compatibility between WPF and Silverlight. Learn the relationship between WPF and the various subsystems of Silverlight including: XAML parsing and serialization, control instantiation, styling and templating, layout, rendering, and more. Also, learn how to build applications that fully exploit both Silverlight and WPF.

Simplifying Distributed Access Control with Microsoft .NET Services

Justin Smith — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how the Access Control Service capabilities of .NET Services make it easy to add authorization to Web applications. See how to federate with Active Directory and Live Identity Services, request and parse security tokens, and perform session and state management.

What's New in Microsoft SQL Data Services

Nigel Ellis — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear how SQL Data Services is evolving to provide rich relational database capabilities and how easy it is to take existing database applications and extend them to the cloud. Learn how SQL Data Services provides highly available and scalable relational database storage and capabilities while allowing you to leverage existing SQL Server knowledge, protocols, client libraries and tools. Hear about our plans to accelerate delivery of the key relational data capabilities you've asked for through a service endpoint that directly supports the T-SQL language and the Tabular Data Stream (TDS) communications protocol as well as our rich support for breadth and open source development languages, frameworks and client libraries.

Introducing the Microsoft Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP

Chris Pendleton — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come see the new Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP, and dive deep into how to build the next generation of mapping applications with Virtual Earth and Silverlight.

Building an Optimized, Graphics-Intensive Application for Microsoft Silverlight

Seema Ramchandani — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to set performance goals with your design and development teams, build control-heavy applications, leverage the software and GPU pipelines for graphics and media, and how to profile your application.

.NET RIA Services - Building Data-Driven Applications with Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft ASP.NET

Nikhil Kothari — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how Microsoft is simplifying the traditional n-tier application pattern by bringing together ASP.NET and Silverlight. Learn about patterns for working with data, implementing reusable and independently testable application logic, and application services that readily scale with growing requirements.

Mesh-Enabled Web Applications

Arash Ghanaie-Sichanie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn how to extend your existing Web applications and get them to live and breathe within Live Mesh. See how Mesh-enabled Web applications can be accessed from anywhere through a Web browser as well as run locally (and offline) on a user's desktop. Also see how Web applications can take full advantage of value-add Mesh services such as a dedicated sandbox, online and offline synchronized storage, automatic application updates, identity, application catalogue, social computing, and more.

Introducing the Microsoft Web Platform

Lauren Cooney — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear an overview of the Microsoft Web Platform, including information about the vision, strategy and community efforts.

Measuring Social Media Marketing

Ryan Turner, Jason Burby — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come hear about some of the new challenges with measuring social media marketing including word-of-mouth, comments on blogs, connections in social networks, questions in support forums, and tags on online media. Learn about where to focus online marketing efforts as the social Web grows in importance over the coming years.

Extending Your Brand to the Desktop with Windows 7

Yochay Kiriaty — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Hear about the new Windows 7 user experience and how Window 7 helps Web developers extend their branded experiences to the client desktop using federated search, shell extensibility, activities, and more.

What's New for Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Developers in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Mark Wilson-Thomas — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Take a tour of new Visual Studio 2010 enhancements that will help developers build more compelling applications and be more productive. See demos that focus on Silverlight apps and also directly apply to WPF apps.

The Microsoft Web Platform: Starring Internet Information Services (IIS) and Your Application

Mai-lan Tomsen Bukovec, Crystal Hoyer — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

See how developers use IIS extensions to simplify the deployment and management of Web applications. Also, hear about other new extensions for IIS that extend the Web Platform for dynamic scaling of Web applications and other new features.

When Errors Happen: Debugging Microsoft Silverlight

John Papa — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come see how to debug Silverlight applications using Fiddler, Internet Explorer 8, and the Web Development Helper tools. Learn how using the right tool save precious time and effort whether dealing with cross domain policy recognition, RESTful response analysis, or just a general error.

Windows Internet Explorer 8 in the Real World: How Is Internet Explorer 8 Used

Paul Cutsinger — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come see behind the scenes and learn about the customer data that motivated the Internet Explorer 8 user experience design team. We discuss what people are doing in the browser and how that influenced the detailed design of new features. We also talk about the methodology for choosing the subtle refinements to existing features that have a big impact on ease of use and discoverability.

Building Scalable and Available Web Applications with Microsoft Project Code Name "Velocity"

Murali Krishnaprasad — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Learn how to build ASP.NET Web applications that take advantage of the "Velocity" distributed caching platform. Walk through a realistic ASP.NET application, describing installation, application development, and best practices for achieving high performance, scale, and availability.

A Website Named Desire

Nishant Kothary — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn about "A Website Named Desire", an infographic that celebrates the chaotic Web design process as it exists today as well as an honest exploration of the "real" Web design process through the lens of a recently launched MIX Online site. Hear about the practical lessons and notable experiences during the design and development of MIX Online from sketch to full-featured site.

Building Microsoft Silverlight Applications with Eclipse

Shawn Wildermuth — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:59 GMT

Come learn about plug-in support in Silverlight 2, and how to build a typical Silverlight-based application using the Silverlight tools for Eclipse.

Cascading Stylesheets

Molly Holzschlag — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:31:00 GMT

Responsible for visual design elements such as fonts, colors, and page layout, CSS also allows you to make your sites run better, gain improved speed, and enjoy improved accessibility and search engine optimization (SEO). In this session, you'll learn the many nuances and cross-browser insights that will improve your ability to work with CSS, and challenge browser concerns with greater ease.