The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the definitive event focused on the technical strategy of the Microsoft developer platform. Attendees come from around the world to learn about the future of Microsoft developer technology directly from the people who make it happen. If you’re a developer, architect or technology leader involved in making strategic technology decisions, the PDC is for you.
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Day 1 Keynote
Watch Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, and Bob Muglia, President of the Server and Tools Business, in their day 1 keynote at the 2009 Professional Developers Conference where they describe Microsoft’s three screens and a cloud strategy.
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Day 2 Keynote
Watch the day 2 keynote at the 2009 Professional Developers Conference with Steven Sinofsky, Scott Guthrie and Kurt DelBene.
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Using Dynamic Languages to Build Scriptable Applications
The Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) brings the power of dynamic languages to .NET. It provides the plumbing for IronPython and IronRuby, a shared lanaguage hosting API, and also enables interoperability with static languages like C# and Visual Basic. Come hear how you can leverage these technologies...
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Microsoft Expression Blend 3 for Developers: Tips, Tricks and Best Practices
Hear how developers can leverage Expression Blend to rapidly create sophisticated and compelling Silverlight and WPF applications. See what a difference adding animation, transitions and interactivity can make in traditional line of business applications. Also learn how to leverage advanced data-binding...
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Windows Error Reporting
Learn how to create a positive customer experience by using the Windows Error Reporting (WER) platform. See how WER provides mechanisms to communicate directly with customers who are experiencing crashes. See how WER can be used to learn from crashes, collect additional information, and inform your...
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Microsoft Application Server Technologies: Present and Future
Hear how Microsoft is evolving its application server technologies to address the challenges of building, deploying, and managing composite applications in Windows Server and Windows Azure. See how .NET-connected applications built on Microsoft ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and Windows...
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C++ Forever: Interactive Applications in the Age of Manycore
Developing concurrent applications is hard. Making them robust and responsive is even more challenging. The new Asynchronous Agents library, Parallel Pattern Library and parallel debugging and profiling support in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 simplify the situation, enabling you to develop I/O- and computationally-intensive...
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Microsoft ASP.NET Futures
ASP.NET has evolved a lot in the last few years with the addition of ASP.NET MVC and Dynamic Data, as well as the continuous improvement of WebForms and ASP.NET AJAX. This session will provide a roadmap of the changes that are coming with ASP.NET 4 and VS 2010 and include demo’s of future directions...
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Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Kernel Changes
Come explore beneath the hood of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and learn about the key changes in the kernel. Topics include: scalability improvements, security improvements, power efficiency enhancements, core architecture changes to modularize Windows, and much more. Note: This session spans...
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Agile – Tales of Triumph, Tribulation, Tools, and Teams
More and more development teams are turning to agile methodologies like Scrum, Lean, XP, FDD and others to improve their effectiveness. This session encourages learning from each other by sharing experiences on issues like:
- What methodologies teams are using and how they are working.
- Shedding...
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Advanced Graphics Functionality Using DirectX
The number of PC configurations is exploding. With the onset of netbooks as well as high-end desktop systems using the latest in graphics hardware, creating an application that can target all of these systems is getting harder every year. Join us as we explore the many options available in Windows 7...