The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the definitive developer event focused on the technical strategy of the Microsoft developer platform. Attendees come from around the world to learn about the Microsoft developer platform directly from the people who make it happen.
The PDC is for developers, architects and technology leaders who are involved in making strategic technology decisions for their company or organization.
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Understanding Windows Azure Connect
Windows Azure Connect is a new Windows Azure service that enables customers to setup secure, IP-level network connectivity between their Windows Azure compute services and existing, on-premise resources. This eases enterprise adoption by allowing Windows Azure applications to leverage and integrate...
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What's New in Windows Azure
At PDC 2010 we are introducing several new and exciting features for Windows Azure. In this session we will provide a high-level overview of the new capabilities including: new Virtual Machine Role, IIS Web Role enhancements, Elevated Privileges, Remote Desktop, Windows Azure Virtual Networking, new...
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Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus Futures
The Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus allows for bi-directional connectivity and message exchange between applications, irrespective of whether those applications sit directly on the Internet or span NATs or Firewalls. Since we released the first version of Service Bus, we’ve received a lot of feedback,...
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What's New in SQL Azure?
SQL Azure is Microsoft’s cloud data platform. Initially offering a relational database as a service, there are new enhancements to the user experience and additions to the relational data services provided. Most notably, updates to SQL Azure Data Sync enable data synchronization between on-premises...
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WPF Today and Tomorrow
Drilling deep into where Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) has been, and where it is going. During this session we'll share our focus areas for WPF today and tomorrow. We focus on several key topics for WPF Application builders, as seen through examples from the building of Microsoft WebMatrix. Among...
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The Rich Mobile Web – Today and Tomorrow
Come learn how to plan and design for today's - and tomorrow's - Rich Mobile Web, whether you have an existing site that you want to get mobilized or are starting from scratch.
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Best Practices for Building Cross-Browser Web Applications
Learn how developers can address the challenges with creating complex sites that are safe and that work well across browsers. Come see how Internet Explorer 9 makes it easier to create Web sites using interoperable HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. While the session focuses on Internet Explorer, these lessons...
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Introducing HTML5 Graphics : Canvas and SVG
HTML5 adds new graphical capabilities with Canvas and SVG. Internet Explorer 9 leverages fully hardware acclerated graphics to enable developers to deliver new types of applications that were previously not possible. Learn how to take full advantage of your PC’s hardware through Windows to build graphically...
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Making Money with the Windows Phone Market Place
In Windows Phone 7, Microsoft provides a central mechanism for distributing your application or game to all Windows Phone users: the Windows Phone Marketplace. In this session, we’ll review the high level workings of the Marketplace, but more importantly, we’ll drill deep on the functional criteria...
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Get Accelerated! How Every Developer Can Use the GPU in Any Application
Will leveraging the GPU help your app? Come hear what you need to know about the GPU including the broad range of application areas where the GPU provides important benefits, the Microsoft technologies currently being adopted by developers to exploit the GPU, and recent examples of GPU usage inside...