Celebrate 10 years of Microsoft TechDays in Belgium! Year after year thousands of technology professionals come together to network with peers and experts, while diving deep into Microsoft technologies and learning about the latest products and solutions. TechDays is the biggest technical event in Belgium & Luxembourg and not to be missed.
Looking for the IT Pro sessions from TechDays 2012? You can find them here on TechNet Edge.
Featured
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Welcome to the Metro Application Platform
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Gill Cleeren,
Katrien De Graeve
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Metro,
application development,
Windows 8,
immersive applications apps,
Windows 8 Developer Preview Metro Application Platform,
Metro UI,
Developer,
Katrien De Graeve,
Gill CLeeren
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200
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267
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Day 1
- February 14, 2012
from 10:45AM to 12:00PM
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(1)
Metro is the new application development platform included in the next iteration of Windows, designed to support next generation immersive applications. Experience what Windows 8 Developer Preview is all about and discover the tools and languages that the Metro Application Platform brings. Get ready...
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Windows Phone Fast App Switching, Tombstoning and Multitasking
With Windows Phone 7.5 comes the ability for users to switch quickly between running applications. This dramatically enhances the end-user experience and will be expected by end-users. In this session you'll learn how fast app switching works and how to prepare your application for this functionality....
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A Look at ASP.NET MVC 4
ASP.NET MVC 4 is a significant release shipping later this year that brings with it some exciting new capabilities. Learn about the new Web API support it enables, great new features for building mobile and HTML5 applications, async language integration, web sockets, and more.
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HTML5 Quick Start
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Jeff Prosise
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Metro,
Windows 8,
Developer,
HTML5,
HTML5 canvas API,
Web storage,
Web workers,
geolocation,
browsers,
mobile,
Jeff Prosise
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300
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198
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Day 1
- February 14, 2012
from 2:30PM to 3:45PM
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There are two kinds of developers: those who know HTML5, and those who will be learning HTML5. Has your day job kept you too busy with mundane tasks to devote time to the most talked-about technology in years? Let us help by immersing you in HTML5 for 90 glorious, fun-filled minutes. Includes coverage...
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The Future of C# and Visual Basic
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Bart De Smet
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Developer,
C#,
Visual Basic,
Cloud,
Scalability,
Asynchronous Programming,
Future,
C# 5.0,
Visual Basic 11,
Async and Await Keywords,
Windows 8 Runtime API,
Bart De Smet
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300
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200
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Day 1
- February 14, 2012
from 2:30PM to 3:45PM
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(2)
"Today's trend of connected, service-oriented, cloud-centric applications forces us to rethink everyday programming tasks such as I/O, ensuring responsiveness and scalability. Asynchronous programming is an essential tool in achieving those goals, unfortunately lacking language support. With C#...
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Using the Windows 8 Runtime from C++
This talk will showcase upcoming innovations in Visual C++ that show the Windows Runtime as a core part of native development. Windows 8 comes packed with rich APIs that are all Windows Runtime based, and C++ continues to deliver the tools you need to achieve the power and performance...
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Devices + Cloud: Using Windows Azure with Windows Phone, iOS, Android, ...
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Nick Harris
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Developer,
Windows Phone,
Cloud,
Windows Azure,
Windows Phone apps,
Devices+Cloud,
Android apps,
IOS apps,
Multiple Devices Apps,
Nick Harris
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300
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201
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Day 1
- February 14, 2012
from 4:15PM to 5:30PM
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So, you’re building apps that span multiple devices apps and you’re curious about what the cloud can offer. Is it possible to deploy scalable Web apps and services on Windows Azure? How about storing data in the cloud? Is it possible to use the cloud for push notifications to the device? In this session,...
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What's new in Visual Studio 11 for Application Lifecycle Management
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Brian Keller
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Developer,
Visual Studio 11,
Application Lifecycle Management,
demo,
Web-based Project Management Tools,
IntelliTrace,
My Work,
code review,
Code Clone,
Brian Keller
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200
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245
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Day 1
- February 14, 2012
from 4:15PM to 5:30PM
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Microsoft’s application lifecycle management tooling is all about enabling teams to deliver great software. In this demo-packed session, you will learn how to more effectively plan and track work by using the new Web-based project management tools; how to bridge the divide between development and operations...
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Mastering advanced concepts in Silverlight
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Gill Cleeren
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Developer,
Gill CLeeren,
Silverlight,
advanced,
Unit Testing MEF,
Security and Authetication,
Advanced Printing Scenarios,
Sockets,
Data Binding Concepts,
Duplex Bindings,
XAML,
Web
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400
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281
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Day 1
- February 14, 2012
from 5:45PM to 7:00PM
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(1)
We've all had the time to play with Silverlight by now so we won’t be wasting time with building another “Hello World” application in this session. It's time to switch gears! In this advanced Silverlight session, Gill Cleeren will show you advanced topics in Silverlight, such as unit testing, MEF, security...
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Building rich Single Page Applications (SPAs) for desktop, mobile, and tablet with ASP.NET MVC 4
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Steve Sanderson
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Developer,
Developer Tools,
Developer Languages,
Single Page Applications,
SPA,
cross-device,
ASP.NET,
MC4,
JavaScript,
Steve Sanderson
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300
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199
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Day 1
- February 14, 2012
from 5:45PM to 7:00PM
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So you want to build a highly-responsive, native-like application that runs in a regular browser, and a mobile touch device browser, and in some cases can even be packaged and sold on a mobile app store? And you want to do it using only familiar web development technologies, including ASP.NET MVC 4 and...