Tech·Ed North America 2011 Sessions

Deploying Windows Phone in the Enterprise

Darren Hall — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

Windows Phone is especially attractive for organizations because of its emphasis on interoperability with existing Windows infrastructures, and especially Microsoft Exchange Server. This session provides valuable practical insights into deploying Windows Phone with Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Phone security implications and device management. It is also helpful to those interested in networking options, and how Windows Phone Device Update works.

Connecting Windows Phones and Slates to Windows Azure

Rob Tiffany — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

The combination of mobile and cloud computing is like peanut butter and chocolate. Nobody does it better than Microsoft when Windows Phones and Slates are connected to Windows Azure over wireless. The Microsoft cloud platform offers mobile developers an easy way to add storage, compute power, database access, and web services that are accessible by any mobile platform. Join Rob as he helps you make sense of wireless-efficient web services and data transports such as XML and JSON. Learn how to implement data sharding to scale out via Windows Azure tables while de-coupling access to Microsoft SQL Azure databases through the use of worker roles and queues. Combine all this with caching to provide a responsive mobile experience at Internet scale.

Lessons Learned about Application Performance on Windows Phone

Maarten Struys — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

Users will appreciate your applications better if they perform well. You can benefit from lessons learned over the last year to optimize the performance of your Windows Phone apps. In this sample-filled session learn how to create responsive Microsoft Silverlight applications for Windows Phone. Learn about common performance bottlenecks, with a focus on how to optimize startup and reaction time. Also, learn which controls are more efficient than others and why background processing is important in certain application scenarios. To help you improve your app’s performance, you can make use of the built-in frame rate counters and additional performance analysis tools. In addition, learn how to assure that animations inside your application run fluently.

Distributed Scale-Out Applications On-Premises and in the Cloud: An Introduction to Windows HPC Server

David Chappell, Saptak Sen — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

High-performance computing (HPC) is used to address some of today’s most important problems. With the advent of the cloud, using HPC gets significantly easier, making this technology accessible to a broader audience. In this session, David Chappell introduces HPC, illustrating the kinds of problems it can solve, then describes how Windows HPC Server supports those solutions. The goal is to make clear what this technology is, how it works, and why it’s important.

Deployment Internals: Mastering Windows Deployment Services (Repeated from 5/18 at 5:00pm)

Johan Arwidmark — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

This session goes in-depth into Windows Deployment Services (WDS), it shows you the valid scenarios, and how to configure the PXE listener and Multicast features. It covers advanced techniques for automation, debugging and troubleshooting. You can expect lots of tips, tricks and live demos in this session. Last but not least, learn how WDS integrates with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Lite Touch.

Deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Lite Touch and Windows Deployment Services

Mikael Nystrom, Johan Arwidmark — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

The uber-demo spaceship has landed in Atlanta... Join Johan Arwidmark in an hour (plus) live demo on how to build a Windows Server 2008 R2 deployment solution, based on Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Lite Touch, from scratch to finish.

The Network Files, Case #53: Diagnosing Diseases of DNS

Mark Minasi — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

Network troubleshooters soon learn that the first place to look when the network stops working is DNS... and soon after that, they learn that the in-the-box DNS troubleshooting tool, nslookup, is a pretty basic answer. So if keeping DNS working is part of your job, don't miss this "beyond the basics" DNS troubleshooting session presented by Mark Minasi, the author of the Mastering Windows Server books that have taught DNS to more Windows admins than any other. We start with "dig," the nslookup replacement that is a must-know for DNS techies. Then we see how to give your troubled DNS queries a thorough workup with Network Monitor (even if you've never used Netmon), where you'll be able to find out why those dynamic updates aren't happening. From there, get the scoop on "EDNS," a feature of DNS servers since 2003 that has been blamed -- wrongly -- for a host of DNS ills. After that, see how to take your DNS system's pulse with DNSLint, a free, not-to-be-missed utility. Then see how to understand what those DNS logs are REALLY saying. Attend this talk and you'll soon be known as "Doctor DNS!"

Ten FREE Ways Windows Server 2008 R2 Helps You in Your Desktop Deployments

Matthew Hester, Chris Henley — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

At the center of any successful deployment is a powerful server and just as important tools. From Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), and to Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP), and many other FREE tools, Windows Server 2008 R2 helps you along the way to ensure a successful deployment for your desktops, even your virtual ones. Not only can R2 help you with the OS, what about deploying applications like Microsoft Office 2010 or Adobe Flash. Windows Server 2008 R2 combined with these FREE or built-in tools provides an extremely powerful and flexible deployment environment. Join Matt Hester and Chris Henley, authors of "Windows Server 2008 R2 Administrators Instant Reference" as they showcase how to get the most out Windows Server 2008 R2 for your desktop deployments!

Failover Clustering: Pro Troubleshooting in Windows Server 2008 R2

John Marlin — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2008 R2 has seen the fastest adoption rate of any clustering release, but do you know all the tips and tricks to make it even better? Do you know what to do when your mission-critical solution breaks? Do you know how to quickly triage issues to achieve the highest possible levels of availability? This session addresses some common issues for Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters with an emphasis on Hyper-V and Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), and offers strategies to identify, troubleshoot and solve these problems.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5 Enhanced Server Consolidation Assessments for Hyper-V

Kingsley Daniel — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

Are your customers ready for migration to Windows Server 2008 R2? Which of their existing servers are good candidates for Hyper-V consolidation? Attend this session to preview server consolidation enhancements in MAP that helps customers save time and efforts, and achieve better ROI. During this session, learn how to use the MAP Toolkit 5.5 to assess servers for Windows Server 2008 R2 readiness. We go through the MAP 5.5 enhanced server consolidation offering and showcase updated hardware libraries from the latest Intel and AMD processors. New capabilities in MAP include: customized server selection for easy editing of assessment data, more accurate performance data collection and reporting, and better scalability and reliability with little oversight on data collection process.

Windows PowerShell for Beginners

Jeffrey Snover, Mir Rosenberg — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

Learn about Windows PowerShell, Microsoft's interactive command line shell and scripting solution directly from its inventor and architect – Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Jeffrey Snover. PowerShell combines the interactivity of KSH or BASH, the programmability of Perl or Ruby, and the production-orientation of AS400 CL or VMS DCL. Whether you’re solving the problem at hand or scripting, standardizing, and automating your IT processes, PowerShell can help.

Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation: Technology Update (Repeated from 5/18 at 10:15am)

Jose Barreto — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

The File Services role in Windows Server 2008 R2 is a core function, accounting for a large number of server deployments. You probably see the trend, from small business to global enterprises, to consolidate multiple file servers into a small number of larger capacity servers, able to deal with the growth in unstructured data. In this presentation, we cover technology enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2, focusing on performance, scalability and availability. This includes details on the improvements in the SMB2 file protocol, with comparative performance data gathered using FSCT (the File Server Capacity Tool) that showcases how much Windows Server has improved over the past few releases. We also review a few scenarios in File Services consolidation, including Name Consolidation, Advanced Networking and High Availability. Throughout the presentation, recommended configurations are outlined, so they can spark ideas for your next upgrade or consolidation project.

Windows Authentication Deep Dive: What Every Administrator Should Know (Repeated from 5/18 at 5:00pm)

Don McCall, Gary Olsen — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

Active Directory is the core component of many infrastructures and handles authentication for a variety of applications and non-Windows clients. Windows Admins must be familiar with how authentication and authorization works with the Kerberos protocol. This session will describe the basics of Kerberos in authorization and authentication, how these principles apply to applications, as well as Linux and Unix clients. Troubleshooting tips for resolving authentication issues will also be covered.

Migrating to Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard and Essentials

Bodhi Deb — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

This practical session shows you tools and techniques to migrate from Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 and SBS 2008 to either SBS 2011 Standard or SBS 2011 Essentials. Learn about initial environment setup, prerequisite checking and the best practice analyzer. Overview both Microsoft and third-party migration options, as well as planning for migration to SBS 2011 Essentials and Microsoft Office 365 from previous versions.

Managing the Registry with Windows PowerShell 2.0

Jeffery Hicks — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

From its inception the Windows Registry has been a bane and boon to Windows administrators. Some might refer to it as a necessary evil. But managing the registry, especially for remote systems, has never been an easy task. Fortunately Windows PowerShell 2.0 can ease this administrative burden. In this session, learn how to handle and automate typical registry tasks for local and remote machines. We discuss the registry PSProvider and demonstrate registry management with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Microsoft .NET in Windows PowerShell 2.0.

Designing a BranchCache Infrastructure

Manish Kalra, Sandeep Singhal — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

The session provides a deep dive of BranchCache in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It explains what BranchCache is and how it works, covering the different modes of operation, deployment model and the architecture of the integration with the HTTP and SMB protocols. It also covers advanced features related to content chunking and hashing schemes and dives deep into the BranchCache security model with a discussion of anticipated attacks and mitigations. It includes live demos of the BranchCache deployment and management tools and shows several accelerated server workloads operating over a simulated slow network.

How to Troubleshoot DirectAccess

John Craddock — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

Ask a group of people who have run through the DirectAccess step-by-step guides, and they will report different levels of success. If DirectAccess doesn’t work, then the normal recourse has been to start again making sure that none of the steps are missed. It’s magic when it works but when it doesn’t, how do you start troubleshooting? Come to this session and learn from John’s experience of working with DirectAccess. This highly practical session, with lots of demos, shows you what you need to know to troubleshoot and resolve issues successfully with DirectAccess. Whether the problem is with one of the IPv6 transition technologies, certificates, name resolution or network location, learn how to successfully resolve issues.

Migrating to IPv6 with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Martijn Bellaard — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:57 GMT

That IPv6 has arrived is a fact. There is a lot of media coverage about IPv6. It’s time to take a serious look at IPv6, but do you really need to migrate? - Which steps are involved in the migration? What are the pitfalls? - Are Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 ready for IPv6? - What do you need to do to make your internal network or IPv6 ready? - Are your applications and organization IPv6 ready? During this session Martijn Bellaard takes a closer look at IPv6 migration. Martijn uses Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and IIS as a demo application to show which steps you need to take to check the IPv6 readiness of an application server. After this session you want nothing else than IPv6!

Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Advanced Routing Scenarios Deep Dive

Bill Thompson — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Come and learn about new Forefront Online Protection for Exchange provides capabilities to manage email traffic for standalone/on-premises and cross-premises scenarios.

Cloud Security: A Live Technical Analysis (Repeats on 5/19 at 4:30pm)

Marcus Murray — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

A live demonstration on how the cloud changes the threat landscape. During this session Marcus Murray demonstrates both how hackers target your cloud infrastructure and how you can mitigate the threats. This session is a must if you are planning to migrate to the cloud!

Cloud Security: A Live Technical Analysis (Repeated from 5/19 at 1pm)

Marcus Murray — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

The Ultimate Guide to Wireless Network Security

Hasain Alshakarti — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

The increasing number of mobile devices makes enterprise wireless LAN security a persistent concern for every system and network administrator today. This session provides best practices to promote security, privacy and manageability of wireless networking in today’s enterprises including mobile users, smart phones and business line wireless devices using the built in components of Windows Server 2008 R2. A step-by-step and demo-based approach is used to achieve the desired results looking at WEP, WPA, WPA2, 802.1x, Certificate based authentication, Network Access Protection, attacks and countermeasures on the client and infrastructure level.

Optimizing Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010

Arshad Ahmad, Mark Wahl — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Get better performance and reliability from Forefront Identity Manager 2010 deployment and avoid support calls.

Active Directory Rights Management Services Updates

Tejas Patel — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Learn what’s new for RMS customers in 2011. Hear about the investments in and the direction for RMS moving forward.

Using Active Directory with Microsoft Office 365

Ross Adams — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

When customers adopt productivity services in Office 365 they are enabling users in their Active Directory to use these services in the cloud. We go through the steps and process needed to get the most out of the on-premises Active Directory when extending it to Office 365.

User Identity and Authentication for Desktop and Phone Applications

Caleb Baker — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Explore options for writing rich client applications for the desktop and Windows Phone that use claims-based identity. Topics cover building Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) client applications that access federated services that can be hosted on premise or in Windows Azure. This includes integration with AD FS, ACS and Windows Identity Foundation.

Deep Dive: Windows Identity Foundation for Developers

Vittorio Bertocci — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Hear how Windows Identity Foundation makes advanced identity capabilities and open standards first-class citizens in the Microsoft .NET Framework. Learn how the Claims-Based access model integrates seamlessly with the traditional .NET identity object model while also giving developers complete control over every aspect of authentication, authorization and identity-driven application behavior. See examples of the point and click tooling with tight Microsoft Visual Studio integration, advanced STS capabilities, and much more that Windows Identity Foundation consistently provides across on-premise, service-based, Microsoft ASP.NET and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) applications.

Microsoft Forefront End-to-End Protection for Information Worker Business

Frank Trujillo — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Come and learn how Forefront protection technologies provide end-to-end on-premises and cloud protection to your customers.

Become an Expert in Active Directory Rights Management Services in 75 minutes

Tejas Patel — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

This session provides a one-hour technical introduction to Active Directory Rights Management Services. But this session is anything but “basic”. We cover all the fundamentals, including core architecture, functionality, core scenarios, cryptography and information flow. We also cover basic best practices around architecture, design and deployment. The objective of this session is to help you to understand more advanced capabilities in Active Directory Rights Management Services and have intelligent conversations with your customers about Information Protection, deliver architecture design sessions and help your customers understand the technologies involved.

Certificate Enrollment Using CEP/CES in Windows 2008 R2 and Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES)

John Morello, Rashmi Jha — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

In this session we discuss how to do certificate enrollment using Certificate Enrollment Service (CES) and Certificate Enrollment Policy (CEP), two new features of Windows 2008 R2. These services enable certificate policy retrieval and certificate enrollment over HTTPS. Together with the CEP web service, CES enables policy-based certificate enrollment when the client computer is not a member of a domain or when a domain member is not connected to the domain.

Client Management and Protection at Microsoft: Real-World Deployment Case Study of Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection

Satish Petwe, Shitanshu Verma — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Join this session to learn how Microsoft IT converged security management and desktop management using single infrastructure on 280,000 desktops. With just a single server purchase, see how Microsoft was able to integrate the existing System Center Configuration Manager 2007 environment with Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010. You will walk away with the knowledge of Microsoft IT’s FEP deployment architecture, client roll out strategy and best practices in integration. See just how easy it is to deploy FEP in your own organization.

Integrating the Microsoft System Center Stack for Process Compliance and Automation

Shitanshu Verma, Karthikeyan Jayavel — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

In this session, see how Microsoft has integrated System Center Configuration Manager Desired Configuration Manager (DCM), System Center Operations Manager, and System Center Service Manager to standardize the global Configuration Manager environment. The presentation shares using compliance/non-compliance information from DCM on security, IIS, and other standard settings, alerting through System Center Operations Manager, and managing tickets in System Center Service Manager. This integration is allowing for tighter security compliance and more actionable reporting so that the datacenter environment is secure and compliant for audits. In addition, this session shares dashboarding of the data including developing custom reports using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.

AVIcode: Diagnosing Application Problems

Chris Childers, Shawn Gibbs — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Learn how to leverage Microsoft's recently acquired AVIcode application monitoring technologies today and later within Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012. We show how to use AVIcode to diagnose applications and analyze problems, and demonstrate strategies for diagnosing and identifying application issues. The session focuses on how to interpret AVIcode diagnostics through event analysis and trend reporting.

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3: Technical Overview

Eric Alvarez — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 is the latest release of our flagship System Center product. This session offers a technical overview of the latest features included in the new R3 release. Topics covered in this session include Power Management, Scale and Performance improvements and OS Deployment enhancements. In addition, this session provides critical planning information to help your organization prepare for the next release of Configuration Manager 2012 currently in beta.

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012: Migrating from 2007 to 2012

Wally Mead — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Configuration Manager 2012 is now in Beta 2! As we enter a new era for IT Administration, the System Center flagship product is evolving. This technical session highlights the engineering investments made in 2012, the architectural considerations for migration and how to plan today for the next release at both the hardware and site infrastructure design levels.

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012: Advanced Topics, Part 4

Jason Buffington, David Allen — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

This final session in a series of four on Operations Manager 2012 covers several advanced topics including new dashboards, authoring and reporting. This session is full of demos from the next generation of Operations Manager!

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012: Network Monitoring, Part 3

Maarten Goet, Rob Kuehfus — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

One of the most exciting aspects of Operations Manager 2012 is the monitoring of network devices. Instead of just monitoring each server with Operations Manager, it is now possible to look at the underlying network topology which connects the servers. Operations Manager 2012 brings you a single view to help you understand how your server and network infrastructure is working as a whole – to provide you a complete end-to-end view from node to network to server(s) to applications and services. In this third session in a series of four, come learn about this new feature set available in the Operations Manager 2012 public beta, which is almost here.

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Server Fabric Lifecycle, Part 3 - Cluster Creation, Update Management

Carmen Summers — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

This session is the final in a series of three sessions and provides a technical overview of the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 Server Fabric Lifecycle, covering VMM 2012 features which enable the build-out and maintenance of the virtualized infrastructure. Specific features covered in this session include: Creating host clusters, Update Management (Hyper-V Cluster Orchestration) and Dynamic Optimization. Come and learn how fabric management from VMM 2012 enables the admin to seamlessly build-out and maintain the virtualization infrastructure.

Monitoring IT as a Service with Microsoft System Center

Jason Buffington, Sean Christensen, Adam Hall — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

To really be successful running IT as a Service, one needs to have a complete solution around monitoring health, issue tracking and remediation and the automation to make it happen consistently. In this session we demonstrate how Operations Manager, Service Manager and Opalis work together to deliver an integrated monitoring and response solution across the System Center suite.

Opalis Extensibility: "No Integration Pack, No Problem"

Charles Joy, Mark Gosson, Duane Bourgeois — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

What if the product you need to integrate doesn’t yet have an Integration Pack? How can you integrate to custom/home-grown applications? This session explores Extensibility options in Opalis, including using the SDK - Opalis Quick Integration Kit (QIK).

Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Server Infrastructure: Planning for Optimal App-V Management Server Performance and Scalability

Ben Fersenheim — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Have you deployed or are you planning to deploy an App-V Management Server and are curious to understand how to plan for optimal performance and scalability? This session helps you understand the performance and scalability characteristics of the App-V Management Server. Gain insight into supported scenarios, understand factors that affect server performance and factors to consider to arrive on the number of applications on your Management server and the number of clients to target.

Planning and Deploying VDI and Remote Desktop Services (Repeated from 5/18 at 3:15pm)

Michael Kleef — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

In this session we drill down into the architecture of the Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and determine what key questions need to be asked and answered around required components, networking, capacity and end user experience. We also discuss how this can fit within a Remote Desktop Services deployment.

Virtualizing Microsoft SharePoint Server with Hyper-V

Edwin Yuen, Matt McSpirit — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

This session covers virtualization scenarios for SharePoint Server and how the combination of Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center solves them. We perform a deep dive into SharePoint Server with Hyper-V. The session highlights examples of SharePoint Server performance under Hyper-V and best practices for a successful deployment. Finally, we also touch upon partner solutions, including the PRO packs and how these solutions enhance the benefits of running SharePoint virtually.

Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server with Hyper-V

Edwin Yuen, Matt McSpirit — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

This session covers virtualization scenarios for SQL Server 2008 R2 and how the combination of Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center solves them. We perform a deep dive into SQL Server with Hyper-V. The session highlights examples of SQL Server performance under Hyper-V and best practices for a successful deployment. Finally, we also touch upon partner solutions, including the PRO packs and how these solutions enhance the benefits of running SQL Server virtually.

Fluid Data Management at Indiana University

Janssen Jones — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

See how information flows to the right place at the right time for the Auxiliary IT group at Indiana University. Take a look inside AIT’s Hyper-V multi-site cluster deployment. Watch as Associate IT Director Janssen Jones spins up dozens of virtual machines and Live Volumes for migration using CSV snapshots and PowerShell. Then, follow along as he automatically migrates all of those VMs to a second data center, using Live Migration and Live Volume to dynamically move the servers and storage together.

Microsoft RDP and RemoteFX, ICA/HDX, EOP and PCoIP: VDI Remoting Protocols Turned Inside Out

Bernhard Tritsch, Shawn Bass — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Microsoft RDP/RemoteFX, Citrix ICA/HDX, Quest EOP and VMware/Teradici PCoIP represent a selection of popular virtual desktop remoting protocols. But how are they different from each other and what does this mean for Windows 7 users? How good is the user experience when remoting standard graphics and multimedia output formats, such as GDI, DirectX, OpenGL, Windows Presentation Foundation, Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, videos and animations? Join Remote Desktop MVP Benny Tritsch for an in-depth look at how graphics and media remoting really works, comparing the different remoting protocols head-to-head.

Building a Windows 7 Touch Optimized App: A Practical Guide from Design to Release

Pat Altimore, Ben Farmer — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Come hear from developers who have built Windows 7 Touch optimized applications and learn some great tips they gained along the way. This talk cover each of the available Microsoft platforms (Microsoft Visual C/C++, Microsoft .NET and Microsoft Silverlight) and shows you some real-world examples to help you get started on your Touch optimized app.

Upgrading Norway to Windows 7 (Repeats on May 19 at 2:45pm)

Olav Tvedt — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

During the early adopter program on Windows 7, Norway had 19 cases -- all very different, with quite different reasons and goals. With the help of Partners and a Deployment Ranger, it was a big success. The Deployment Ranger talks about prerequisites and strategy to succeed independent of size, and how to give customers what they want, when they sometimes don't know what they need. Come hear about these real-world case studies and learn the strategies that are right for your organization to take with you to ensure your own successful deployment.

Upgrading Norway to Windows 7 (Repeated from May 19 at 8:30am)

Olav Tvedt — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Windows Internet Explorer 9 in the Enterprise

Chris Jackson, Stephen Rose, Steven Yarnot, John Minnick — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Internet Explorer 9 has a number of features that are exciting to end users and developers – but what about IT pros? In this highly interactive session, join Chris Jackson (“The App Compat Guy”) and a panel of IT pros from enterprise customers around the world to discuss the benefits and process of migrating from older versions of Internet Explorer, real experiences with moving an application portfolio forward, strategies for incorporating the new features of Internet Explorer 9 into your application platform strategy, and best practices for deploying and managing Internet Explorer 9 in the enterprise. Whether you are on IE6 and are looking for best practices to move to a modern browser, or on IE8 and wondering about experiences from other organizations who have already deployed Internet Explorer 9 to a portion of their users (and whether it’s right for you), we share real-world best practices, demos, and a chance to talk to your peers about the experience.

A Geek's Guide to Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0

Johan Arwidmark — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Learn how USMT 4.0 can be used as an integral part of a fully automated Enterprise Deployment environment. This session shares advanced techniques for migrating user files and settings, including modifying and troubleshooting user state migration. Learn how to customize and use USMT together with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010, Lite Touch and Zero Touch. You can expect lots of tips, tricks and live demos in this session.

Case of the Unexplained 2011: Windows Troubleshooting with Mark Russinovich

Mark Russinovich — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Come hear Mark Russinovich, the master of Windows troubleshooting, walk you through step-by-step how he has solved seemingly unsolvable system and application problems on Windows. With all-new real case studies, Mark shows how to apply the Microsoft Debugging Tools and his own Sysinternals tools, including Process Explorer and Process Monitor, to solve system crashes, process hangs, security vulnerabilities, DLL conflicts, permissions problems, registry misconfiguration, network hangs and file system issues. These tools are used on a daily basis by Microsoft Product Support and have been used effectively to solve a wide variety of desktop and server issues, so being familiar with their operation and application will assist you in dealing with different problems on Windows.

Evaluating Deployment Options for Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT)

Douglas Klokow — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

The goal of this session is to review the viable solutions available to support a local installation of DaRT on your Windows 7 desktops. We walk through each option available and discuss the avantages of each solution.

Optimizing Group Policy in Virtual Desktop (VDI) Environments

Darren Mar-Elia — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Virtualizing Windows 7 desktops provides new challenges for Group Policy administrators, interested in managing desktop lockdown while at the same time ensuring that the advantages of VDI are maintained. This session looks at best practices around how to deploy and use Group Policy in VDI environments, including why and when to use loopback processing, which Group Policy settings can have a positive and negative impact on VDI performance and how best to incorporate Group Policy into your VDI “master image” processes.

Raiders of the Elevated Token: Understanding User Account Control and Session Isolation (Repeated from May 18 at 5pm)

Raymond Comvalius — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

You noticed that Windows 7 is much less frequent in its requests for elevation than Windows Vista. But why are some applications still requesting for elevation? Why do some applications running in the background require interaction to show their output? Is this security in Windows 7? This session demonstrates how security-related compatibility issues caused by legacy applications can be analyzed and what solutions are available to fix them yourself. The session has an overview of potential issues and what tools can enable you to take control over both legacy applications and web applications accessed by Windows Internet Explorer 8.

Sysinternals Primer: Autoruns, Disk2vhd, ProcDump, BgInfo and AccessChk

Aaron Margosis — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

The Sysinternals utilities are vital tools for any computer professional on the Windows platform. Mark Russinovich's popular "Case Of The Unexplained" demonstrates some of their capabilities in advanced troubleshooting scenarios. This complementary tutorial session focuses primarily on the utilities themselves, giving you tips and techniques for using their full functionality for troubleshooting and systems management. This session follows the same format as last year’s highly-rated delivery, and covers a different set of the most useful Sysinternals tools.

Troubleshooting Application Compatibility Issues with Windows Internet Explorer 9

Chris Jackson — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

When your website doesn't work with a new browser, what do you do? In this demo-heavy session we explore the primary causes of application troubles, take a deep dive into the compatibility infrastructure in the browser, and give you helpful tips and tricks to accelerate your applicaiton compatibility troubleshooting and remediation.

Windows Intune in Real Life (Repeated from May 18 at 8:30am)

Erdal Ozkaya — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Microsoft recently announced the commercial availability of Windows Intune, a new solution that simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7. Intune is a comprehensive offering that includes PC management, malware protection, and Windows upgrades all without the need to set up enterprise deployment infrastructure. This session gives you details on how Intune is being used in real-life and all the benefits it offers.

Inside Panther: Troubleshooting the Windows Setup Engine

Johan Arwidmark — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

This session dives deep into the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 setup engine, explains the driver store, log files, device driver ranking, and much more. It goes deep into the configuration passes, the Windows Servicing Stack, Windows System Image Manager, and Deployment Image Service and Management (DISM). You can expect lots of tips, tricks, and live demos in this session.

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Deployments: In Depth

Michael Niehaus, Keith Garner — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

In this session we explore a set of common issues encountered during the Windows 7 deployment process, digging as deeply as possible into the root causes and understanding how to troubleshoot similar issues.

WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY LUNCHEON - Developing a Strong Support Network: The Key to Being Successful as Women in Technology

Mary Jo Foley, Cheryl Platz, Betsy Speare, Amy Barzdukas — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:33 GMT

Technical women and organizations face challenges surrounding growth, retention and job satisfaction for women. The low number of women, behavior amongst women, and the industry culture can pose challenges in building personal and professional support. Join us for lunch and a panel discussion where panelists share various strategies for building your support network. Learn how investments in mentoring, developing sponsorship, creating a shared sense of identity as women and building women’s community might hold the keys to your success as a woman in technology.

Microsoft Lync 2010: Audio, Video and Web Conferencing Architecture and Experience

Cameron Parker, Ankit Tandon — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

This session covers Lync 2010 meeting features and architecture in Microsoft Lync 2010 Client and Server, for both on-premise and Microsoft Office 365 Service deployments. This session helps you understand both the conferencing features and the infrastructure required to support conferencing scenarios. This includes conferencing architecture, topologies, administrative control, monitoring and archiving.

Microsoft Exchange Online in Microsoft Office 365: Migration Case Study

Ann Vu, John Logan, Danny Kim — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Migrating to the cloud isn't a myth or just an in-theory demo,Exchange customers have done it successfully, pre-Office 365 launch through the Live@edu program. Come experience a real-life case study of how the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) migrated 700,000 mailboxes to Exchange Online over one weekend. John Logan of KDE and Danny Kim from Full Armor discuss KDE's challenges, how they planned their move from on-premise Exchange 2003 to the cloud, how they worked with a migration partner and how they were able to successfully migrate so many mailboxes so quickly. John also discusses how KDE better manages and maintains control over their Exchange environment in the cloud.

Microsoft Exchange Online in Microsoft Office 365: Simple Migration Live!

Ram Poornalingam — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

This presentation demos and describes when and how to take advantage of Simple Exchange Migration which supports migrating existing Exchange on-premise customers who want to move all of their mailboxes to the cloud with full data fidelity. Simple Exchange Migration also supports Exchange customers moving to the cloud that do not want to deploy Exchange Rich Coexistence and/or Exchange Server 2010 SP1 on premises.

Microsoft Lync 2010 and the Enterprise Network

Arish Alreja — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Everything you need to know about how Microsoft Lync works with the Enterprise Network. Learn all about new features like Call Admission Control and how the Lync media stack interacts with policy across the wide area network, improvements in Quality of Service tagging with DSCP and VLAN support, how partners are bringing optimized network solutions to market for Lync, and understanding bandwidth planning and requirements for enterprise deployments.

Microsoft Lync 2010: Core Voice Planning and Deployment

Roy Kuntz — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

In this session, we start off with the critical phase of planning for Lync voice and continue with a review of features such as location-based call routing, media bypass, number manipulation, caller ID support and others – allowing enterprises to deploy Lync as an alternative to existing PBX systems as well as co-existing with PBX systems.

Microsoft Lync 2010: Interoperability, Integration with Competition or Legacy

Francois Doremieux — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

The communications industry is undergoing a transformation from proprietary hardware-based communications systems to a more flexible software-based solution as provided by Microsoft. During this transformation, customers who have existing investments in infrastructure will need to ensure that these systems work well with Microsoft Lync 2010. In this session we show the different scenarios in which Microsoft Lync 2010 can co-exist with IM and Presence systems, PBXs and leading video infrastructure depending on the customer’s requirements.

Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Administering Lync Server Deployment

Cezar Ungureanasu, Anand Lakshminarayanan — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Come to this session and learn about the new manageability experience for Lync 2010. We talk about the new administration architecture for Lync 2010 and also look at the specific tools that help you with administration and management of Lync servers in your deployment. Also covered are supported topology options, virtualization support and server management tools. Demos include managing configuration with central management, using PowerShell and role-based access control for script-based administration experience and Lync Control Panel user interfaces.

Microsoft Exchange Online: Unified Messaging in Microsoft Office 365

Michael Wilson — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Exchange Online Unified Messaging (UM) is available in Office 365. This session explains the UM service architecture, what’s needed to connect to UM from customer premises, and compare the features of the Enterprise and Online versions of UM. Administration and operation of UM in Office 365 are demonstrated.

Top 10 Insights on Development of Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Lync Server 2010 against Microsoft Office 365

Albert Kooiman, Robin Thomas — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Exchange Online and Lync 2010 Online development is largely consistent with on premise development, leveraging the Exchange Web Services Managed API and the Lync 2010 Managed API and Visual Studio Controls. This session will give an overview of the capabilities of the Online platform and specifically will zoom in on certain gotcha’s especially around Exchange Online Development. We will walk through several most common scenarios you will have to deal with when developing communications applications working with Office 365.

Real-World Site Resilience Design in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Robert Gillies — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Deploying Site Resilience is a simple technological process with Exchange 2010. But, is Site Resilience really needed for your deployment? Site Resilience can be quite expensive, and many organizations do not know how to plan for Site Resilience, and do not understand the impact that Site Resilience can have on an Exchange 2010 deployment. In this session we discuss the planning and the impact of Site Resilient Exchange 2010 deployments, and help you understand how to deploy, test, maintain and manage your own Exchange 2010 Site Resilience deployment!

AppFabric Caching: How It Works and When You Should Use It

Jon Flanders — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Caching is a key technology to improving application performance and scale by taking the load off your database and moving into distributed memory, frequently used data that is very close to the application components accessing it. This session focuses on AppFabric Caching technology from Microsoft and provides a technical view of how developers can take advantage of it. The AppFabric Cache has both a cloud service on Windows Azure AppFabric as well as an on-premise version that is part of Windows Server AppFabric - we examine the key differences between the two. Finally, the session covers the key scenarios that the Cache is being used in and the value gained.

Building State Machine Workflows with Windows Workflow Foundation

Ron Jacobs — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Business processes that react and respond to events are best modeled as a State Machine. In this session, learn how you can use the new State Machine activity to model complex interactions of systems and users. We consider scenarios like a User Interface built with the Model View View-Model (MVVM) pattern and a long running business process which has to deal with escalations and transient failure conditions in a robust manner using Windows Server AppFabric.

Configuring Microsoft BizTalk Server for Performance

Mikael Håkansson — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Optimizing and verifying your BizTalk Server installation is not an easy thing to do. The documentation is good but very extensive. This presentation aims to guide you through the most important operations needed to boost the performance of BizTalk. The session includes a live demo that shows how these settings are applied and how it significantly improves performance.

Building Highly Scalable and Available WCF Services with Windows Azure AppFabric

Bob Schmidt, Santosh Chandwani — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

This session provides a deeper look at how to build applications and services using Windows Azure AppFabric. You will learn about the AppFabric programming model and runtime, and we will discuss patterns for achieving scalability and high availability. The session will also explore what the new AppFabric capabilities mean for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) developers, who now have the option of building stateful services.

Application Lifecycle Management: Microsoft Project Server 2010 and Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010, Better Together

Christophe Fiessinger, Ed Blankenship — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

The Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 and Project Server Integration Feature Pack further strengthens the Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management Solution by bridging the gap between Project Portfolio Management and Application Development. By bringing the best of these two worlds together, it creates a win-win situation that enables developers and project managers to use the tools and processes of their choice and collaborate at the granularity they desire. Bi-directional data synchronization between Team Foundation Server and Project Server allows the PMO and Development teams to share project information transparently and provide management with insight into resource utilization, portfolio execution and alignment with strategic objectives. This session provides an overview and demonstrates the Team Foundation Server and Project Server Integration feature pack.

Exploring the Office Developer Story in Microsoft Office 365

Tanuj Bansal, Devinder Singh — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

With Microsoft Office expanding out to the cloud, you may be asking what is the developer story for Office 365? How is it the same, and how is it different? What does a developer need to do to get started and going in this environment? In this session we answer these questions and more by walking you through both the client-side and the cloud-facing developer story. Specific topics include client-side add-ins accessing Microsoft SharePoint data, client object model, cloud-programmability with Microsoft Excel and Visio Services, and much more. If you’re looking to understand the "Office client" in the Office 365 developer story, then you won't want to miss this session.

Security and Compliance on the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite and Microsoft Office 365 Platforms

David Hayden — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Moving to the cloud requires a new way of thinking about security and compliance. Who does what will change, yet organizations must still comply with policies, regulations and laws. This session covers Microsoft’s overall approach to security, privacy and compliance, as well as specific features of BPOS that enable customers to take charge themselves. Many customers large and small, some from highly regulated industries, have been able to use BPOS and/or Office 365 to satisfy themselves about compliance. Learn about the questions they raised and how they were addressed.

Deploying Microsoft Office Professional Plus Subscription

Brian Shiers — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

With Microsoft Office 365, customers now have at the ability to buy Office as a subscription service. Office Professional Plus includes unique subscription activation technology, and this session discusses important deployment considerations for business of all sizes.

Developing Powerful Workflows in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online

Chris Mayo — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

SharePoint Online supports declarative workflows when automating business processes via SharePoint Online. In this session, we develop a workflow from beginning to end to show what is possible. We design the workflow in Microsoft Visio 2010 to show the overall business process and to provide a workflow visualization. We export that diagram to SharePoint Designer 2010 in order to implement the workflow declaratively via the designer and built-in conditions and actions. Finally, we extend the workflow using Visual Studio 2010 and Sandboxed Solutions to show how custom actions and events can add power and flexibility to declarative workflows. In conclusion, we discuss workflow distribution via packaging.

Working with the New SharePoint Logging Database

Elijah Van Eenwyk — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Learn what is provided by the new web analytics and health data collection framework and how you can extend it to suit your administration monitoring and usage reporting.

Virtualizing Your SharePoint Farm Architecture

Damir Bersinic — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

The addition of virtualization support has changed the way architects and SharePoint administrators need to look at availability. How does Hyper-V Live Migration or vMWare's vMotion work in conjunction Microsoft SharePoint and existing Microsoft SQL Server availability technologies available for use by SharePoint like database mirroring? As you architect your SharePoint farm virtually, what do you need to know to ensure that you structure it correctly and use physical and virtual elements in the most efficient and most available configuration? Through demonstration using a scenario-based approach, learn when and how to use virtualization availability features and Windows Failover Clustering in combination with SharePoint and SQL Server technologies and the impact of combining them. See how Live Migration does not cover you in all cases and how to combine SharePoint, SQL Server and Windows Server features in your virtual infrastructure to help ensure users can continue to access content when things go wrong. Come to this session and get answers to questions your managers or customers will be asking you, if they are not already.

Managing Microsoft Office in an Interoperable and Multi-Device World

Jeremy Chapman, Yoni Kirsh — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Is your company considering Bring Your Own PC/Device? Are you already BYO? As IT, you are under pressure to deliver company information through a wide range of new services and devices due to the Consumerization of IT. Microsoft Office management is becoming more complex as organizations consider management for their on-premise/hybrid/cloud and multi-platform Windows/Mac OS X solutions. All devices are not created equal, with various degrees of manageability/security through traditional tools. We dive into Office management and security solutions across these topic areas.

IT-Centric Dashboards in Minutes with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Using Microsoft Visio/Visio Services

Chris Hopkins, Aftab Alam — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

With the 2010 releases both for Visio and SharePoint, the ability to quickly create and share powerful, intuitive, automatically-refreshing web mash-up dashboard visualizations of both your critical IT and business data has never been more easy to accomplish. From start to finish, we take you through how, with little to no coding, you can leverage these Visio and SharePoint features to solve key problems and create value for your organizations. In sequence, we walk through getting access to multiple data sources, formatting data reports that enable Visio and SharePoint to accurately and consistently visualize the information, building and sharing those dashboards with key stakeholders, and enabling drill downs or triggering workflows that ensure the right people are proactively aware of and responding to changing circumstances.

Plan and Deploy My Site for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

Chris Gideon — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Learn the details of how SharePoint 2010 makes My Site creation easier and results in more rebust pages.

Configuring Cross-Farm Services in Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Shannon Bray — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

SharePoint 2010 ships with six service applications that can be consumed from other farms. In this session we explore these service applications and demonstrate how to configure them for sharing.

Creating Custom SharePoint Service Applications 101

Todd Bleeker — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 includes a new facility for moving intensive processing from the Web Front End servers and onto load balanced application servers. A Service Application Farm can even be configured to allow other Farms to offload their process to a centralized and/or dedicated set of application servers. However, with over a dozen moving parts, Service Applications can be quite overwhelming to create. In this session, Todd simplifies the process so that everyone can be successful implementing a Service Application.

Sneak Peek at Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2012 Concepts

Sean Christensen, Travis Wright — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

The upcoming version of Service Manager 2010 R2 will deliver standardized, compliant, and automated IT as a Service. Come to this session to see an early preview the all new Silverlight based SharePoint self-service portal, service catalog, service requests, release management, IT business intelligence, and many other improvements that are being added to Service Manager.

Monty WiFion and the Quest for the Holy Grail of Network Security! (Repeated from 5/17 at 10:15am)

Andy Malone — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

With millions of bits of your data transmitted over the airwaves every day, it’s critical that your wireless security solution is rock solid. In this intriguing 75min session Andy Malone takes you on a journey into the centre of a Wireless network. From planning to encryption and firewalls to management and troubleshooting. This session gives clear and practical advice on best practice scenarios and tips on avoiding the pitfalls. If you are concerned about wireless security this is one session you won’t want to miss.

Lessons from Hackwarts Vol 1: Defense against the Dark Arts 2011 (Repeated from 5/18 at 5pm)

Andy Malone — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Get your cloak and wand. Open your books and prepare for all new lessons in defense against the dark arts. In his latest cybercrime session Andy Malone not only brings you up to date with the latest cyber threats but also offers counter spells, aimed firmly at protecting you and your business from the cyber-criminal. This 75-minute session covers best practices across a range of important security areas including Risk and Threat Management, Security Auditing, implementing Security Policies and so much more.

Conficker - "Taming the Threat" (Repeats on 5/19 at 4:30pm)

Paul Devlin — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

This session offers real-life notes from the field of 14 different Conficker infections in the UK and how we overcame the problems with a winning team and great software.

Conficker - "Taming the Threat" (repeated from 5/19 at 10:15am)

Paul Devlin — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

This session offers real-life notes from the field of 14 different Conficker infections in the UK and how we overcame the problems with a winning team and great software.

Implementing a Security Baseline in Your Environment

Vince Johnson — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

This session covers the lessons learned implementing federal government mandated security guidance called FDCC now rebranded USGCB. This session covers implementing least-privilege user accounts,choosing a security baseline, inventory of applications,testing applications,remediating applications,identifying pilot groups,issues with user security groups,firewall settings,Internet Explorer problems,test lab creation,OS problem areas,developer concerns,add-on management,creating the GPOs using SCM,documenting issues and exceptions,and creating exceptions.

Unmasking Administrator's Evil

Paula Januszkiewicz — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

Have you ever wondered what could happen with your company if your administrator moved to the dark side? Today! Right now! Sounds scary, huh? There are no doubts that there are better business continuity testing methods available. What about the technical guru dismissal? Are you ready for that? Topics covered in this session help you to feel for the detective role and also protect your network from malicious pranks. During this intensive session Paula guides you through the forgotten regions that were available only for administrators: tracing, detection and protection from the administrative revenge. Don't count on making a truce… Very technical and entertaining session!

Securing Your Windows Platform

William Dixon, Solomon Lukie, Mark Simos — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:32 GMT

This session demonstrates tools that can be used right away to improve the security posture of Windows clients and servers on the Internet, such as: Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) – TWC tool for mitigation against malware exploit techniques for applications,AppLocker – Built-in Windows 7 technology to enforce application whitelists and blacklists,Security Compliance Manager (SCM) – applying a security template from Security Compliance Manager (SCM),Attack Surface Analyzer Beta (ASA) – TWC tool to report attack surfaces and provide baseline deltas of a Windows installation. Most of the time is spent on AppLocker and Attack Surface Analyzer. Attendees are encouraged to download the EMET, ASA and SCM tools ahead of time into a Windows 7 VM in Virtual PC to follow along during the session. The session focuses on securing Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, though techniques and tools are applicable to prior releases.

Ten Must-Have Tools for Windows Azure

Brian Prince — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Any platform, by its own nature, creates an ecosystem for third-party tools and helpers. Windows Azure is no different. In this session we look at a variety of the third-party tools available in the Windows Azure ecosystem. Included are tools for both developers and IT professionals. We look at tools that will help manage storage and resources, migration, scaling, diagnostics and software components that will help you build cloud applications.

Inside Windows Azure, the Cloud Operating System with Mark Russinovich

Mark Russinovich — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Join Mark Russinovich, now working on Azure, for an under-the-hood tour of the internals of Microsoft’s new cloud OS. Topics include datacenter architecture, cloud OS architecture, and what goes on behind the scenes when you deploy a service, a machine fails or comes online and a role fails.

Connecting Cloud and On-Premises Applications Using Windows Azure Virtual Network

Jason Chen — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Windows Azure Virtual Network is a component of Windows Azure 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 with a customer’s current infrastructure investments. For example, using the Windows Azure Virtual Network a customer can migrate a line-of-business application to Windows Azure that requires connectivity to an on-premise SQL Server database which is secured using Active Directory-based Windows Integrated Authentication. In this session, we will give an overview of Windows Azure Virtual Network's functionality, discuss usage scenarios, and walk through the steps involved in setting up and managing a Virtual Network.

Using Microsoft SQL Azure with On-Premises Data: Migration and Synchronization Strategies and Practices

Mark Scurrell — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Migrating data back and forth from on-premises to the cloud and back again is one of the toughest challenges facing developers and architects. Learn about tools, features and scenarios that easily enable data migration between SQL Azure and SQL Server, and SQL Azure and Microsoft Access. This session is highly interactive with live demonstrations illustrating how Microsoft tools, libraries and SQL Azure make this a reality.

Managing Windows Azure Applications

David Aiken — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

So you just made your first Windows Azure deployment. Now what? Is it healthy? How many instances do you need? What will my bill be? When do I need to scale up? Was that a DoS attack? Will auto-patching break me? Getting an application into Windows Azure is the first step, now you have to run the application for the next three years. Come to this session and see how to manage and operate your Windows Azure applications.

Microsoft StreamInsight: Introduction to Complex Event Processing with SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight (Repeated from May 17 at 5pm)

Torsten Grabs — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 introduces StreamInsight, a comprehensive platform for building event-driven applications. While typical relational database applications are query-driven, event-driven applications are characterized by continuously arriving new data, continuous processing of the incoming data, and oftentimes also latency requirements that make it impractical to store the data in a relational database before processing it. Event driven applications occur in many different industries, including manufacturing, oil and gas, utilities, financial services, health care, retail, web analytics, and data center monitoring. This session provides an overview of Microsoft StreamInsight, the main customer scenarios, the product architecture, and its integration into the Microsoft stack. As part of the session, we walk you through demos for different usage scenarios and illustrate how you can build event-driven applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 and StreamInsight. We also provide a brief outlook on new and upcoming features for the next version of StreamInsight.

Developing Compelling Applications with Java and PHP on Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Azure

Amina Saify — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

If you are interested in or currently developing Java and PHP applications for SQL Server and SQL Azure, then find out how the Microsoft multi-platform strategy can help you utilize the features of SQL Server and SQL Azure. During this session, hear about the enterprise-readiness and multi-platform connectivity components that will enable you to harness the power of SQL Server and SQL Azure. We showcase new "Denali" features in our JDBC and PHP driver for SQL Server. We also demonstrate developing Java and PHP applications for SQL Azure.

Using Contained Databases and DACs to Build Applications in Microsoft SQL Server Code-Named "Denali" and SQL Azure

Rick Negrin, Adrian Bethune — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Building data tier applications that can be deployed to and moved between on-premise and cloud is fast becoming a major requirement for applications. The SQL Server team is enabling customers to build such applications by adding platform technologies like contained databases (CDB) and data-tier applications (DAC). Together, CDB and DAC technologies represent a fundamental shift in the architecture that will streamline the development, deployment, and management of SQL Server applications between different environments (i.e., on-premise and cloud). This session covers how SQL is building a symmetric surface area for the development and management of database applications, details and demos on how CDB and DAC function, and a roadmap for the harmonization of the application model for SQL Server and SQL Azure.

Enterprise Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server

Mark Tabladillo — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

This presentation presents Microsoft SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM) for SQL Server Professionals based on the speaker's past presentations for SQL Saturday. Starting with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), the demo includes the interfaces important for professional development, including Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS), highlighting Integration Services, and PowerShell. The interactive demos are based on Microsoft's Contoso Retail sample data. Finally, we evaluate where Microsoft data mining can help you in a practical business environment, which may include Oracle and SAS.

What’s New in Security for Microsoft SQL Server Code-Named "Denali"

Il-Sung Lee — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Security continues to be a top concern for database administrators as they face the ever-present threat of data breaches and the increasing pressures from compliance regulations such as PCI and HIPAA. Fortunately, SQL Server 2008 delivered some key features, such as TDE and SQL Server Audit, to help administrators achieve their security goals and Denali makes further progress with enhancements to Audit and security manageability. This session takes an experienced users approach to the advanced topic of recent security enhancements to SQL Server and explains the new changes coming to Denali and how they can help you satisfy your security objectives.

Scale-Out Deployment of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

Carl Rabeler, Prash Shirolkar, Chuck Heinzelman — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

This session covers building and deploying large scale SQL Server Reporting Services environments including general guidance on how to set up, implement, and optimize an enterprise scale-out architecture for your SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) implementation.

Deploying and Managing Microsoft SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint

Dave Wickert, Dana Kaufman — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

In this session we will review the various deployment options that are available for PowerPivot. We will discuss the pros and cons of each configuration and how to extend and evolve your PowerPivot infrastructure. We will look at how SQL Server Denali improves upon that infrastructure with its new management control options and its new setup experience. We will also look at how you can use the new BI Appliance (HP Business Decision Appliance http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/solutions-technologies/appliances/hp-ssbi.aspx ) to quickly deploy a PowerPivot solution into your infrastructure.

Enriching Your BI Semantic Models Using Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

Ashvini Sharma, Kasper de Jonge — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) is a new calculation language introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 within PowerPivot. DAX is an extension to the Excel formula syntax and offers information workers an intuitive yet powerful tool to add business logic to their PowerPivot applications. In SQL Server code-named “Denali”, with the introduction of the BI Semantic Model, DAX becomes a key component of any Corporate Business Intelligence application built on the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack. The goal of this session is to introduce you to the concepts in DAX, how to add calculated columns and measure to your model, and the new DAX features coming in "Denali".

Introduction to SharePoint Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Mike Morton — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has evolved into a great developer platform with new tools, services and APIs. Visual Studio 2010 now provides a first-class development environment for building SharePoint 2010 solutions. This session provides an overview of the new project and item templates, flexible packaging and deployment, and many other development features and tools. If you're a SharePoint developer, or an ASP.NET developer planning to do SharePoint development, you won't want to miss this session.

Programming with MVVM

Miguel Castro — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) overwhelmed us with the most powerful data binding ever released in a development platform. It seemed there was so much to learn in order to use it, but it really isn't that complicated. However, to use it to its full potential, you really do need to introduce the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern. The ideas and goal around this pattern seem to vary from person to person, but the one thing that they all share is that it provides a point of binding for XAML pages. In this session, learn what MVVM is and how to use it and what to put in it, in order to get maximum potential out of XAML binding. Also, learn how to get a small MVVM Framework going for sharing across all your applications.

Identify and Fix Performance Problems with Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate

Benjamin Day — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

It’s a common problem: you’re getting close to when you’re supposed to deploy your new Microsoft ASP.NET or Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) application into production and somehow it just doesn’t seem very fast. Or maybe you’ve deployed your application into production and now you’re getting complaints from customers that it’s just plain crazy-slow. Yikes! You’ve got performance problems. Thankfully, Visual Studio 2010 has some great features to help out of this bind. This session begins with a running application with performance problems and shows you how to find and fix these performance problems using Web Performance Tests, Load Tests, Unit Tests, Performance Explorer and code profiling. Along the way, we discuss what a Load Test Rig is, how to set up a Load Test Rig, and how Micrsooft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server can help you to catch performance issues *before* they become problems.

Modern Native C++ Development for Maximum Productivity

Kate Gregory — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

C++0x, the next C++ standard, is almost upon us and it contains the most important updates to the language since the mid-90s. These new features bring more expressiveness and power to the native C++ developer. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 has added support for some of these key features in order to enable these modern programming techniques. This session clarifies what features are in Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and what is yet to come. It illustrates how new constructs such as lambda expressions enable better use of existing libraries and how your code can be simpler, safer and faster all at the same time. Also, see how simple it can be to implement concurrency in your application and how Visual C++ 2010 supports the difficult task of debugging parallelized code. If you are itching to show off how C++ is one of the coolest languages on the planet, this talk is for you!

Team Build 2010: From Build Definition to Custom Workflow Activities in 75 Minutes

Brian Randell — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

The Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Build component includes numerous improvements that let you build your solutions without writing code or custom build tasks. Under the covers Microsoft has built a more scalable and flexible architecture for your builds. In addition, Microsoft created new features like Gated Check-ins to help your team work better and faster. Beyond the UX, Microsoft put a nice gem into the bag by changing the Build engine’s orchestration engine to use Windows Workflow Foundation 4. In this session, learn about how the Build component of Team Foundation Server 2010 works. Get a crash course in build creation and management. Then learn when you need to consider writing custom workflow activities. Better yet, Brian shows you how to write a custom build activity, debug it, and deploy it to your build servers so you can use it in your builds.

Upgrading Your C# Programming Skills to Be a More Effective Developer

Mark Michaelis — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

If recent C# language features are passing you by or you are stuck developing with an older version of the Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Studio, this session is designed for you! In this session we help you catch up with the language and core .NET Framework developments of the past three years. Learn coding guidelines and best practices for how and when to leverage the features of C#. Attend this session to upgrade your C# skills and prepare for where C# is going in the future.

Best Practices for Building Custom Open Data Protocol (OData) Services with Windows Azure

Alex James — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Whether you have a simple collection of reference data, are building a Rich Internet Application or building the data platform for a high-end website, you'll benefit from this code-heavy session focused on the key technologies (Windows Azure, SQL Azure, etc.) and best practices to expose your data and its associated logic as an OData service. This session covers the basics and quickly progresses to the nuts and bolts of creating OData services and running them on Azure. Once your data is available as an OData feed it can be consumed by any of the available OData libraries/tools for Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Silverlight, AJAX, Java, PHP and Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Visual Studio IDE Futures

Weston Hutchins — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Be one of the first to get a sneak peek at the new IDE features planned for the next version of Visual Studio! At this session, see how we’ve improved the Visual Studio developer experience -- streamlining the common tasks, simplifying the environment and allowing you to focus on the code that matters.

The Accidental Team Foundation Server Admin

Martin Woodward — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Did you install Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) one day out of interest and suddenly discover that because you touched it last you are now the de-facto administrator of the single most important system that your entire development team rely on to get their jobs done? Did you inherit an existing installation from someone else and are wondering what you’ve let yourself in for? Are you thinking about installing Team Foundation Server and want to know the gotchas before you get started? Come along to this session to hear Martin Woodward explain the things he wished someone had told him when he accidentally became a TFS admin and some of the things he’s learned since accidentally joining Microsoft to work on the TFS team.

Enhancing Pinned Sites with Windows Internet Explorer 9

Jon Box — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Internet Explorer 9 allows developers to more tightly integrate their websites with the Windows 7 task bar and start menu. With Pinned Sites, you can add a website to the start menu, define Jump List tasks, create custom Jump List items, provide visual notifications on the task bar with icon overlays and even add custom buttons on the default thumbnail preview. This session provides guidance to add these enhancements to your site, including best practices for analytics, discoverability and better User Experience. You will also learn from the success of other popular Pinned Sites.

Hack Proofing Your Microsoft ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC Applications

Adam Tuliper — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Security is an afterthought with most developers. A common problem is that most web applications can be easily hacked. This presentation explores the most common attacks on web applications, how they work to exploit your app, and most importantly, how to protect against them. Techniques such as Cross Site Scripting, SQL Injection, Session Hijacking, and Cross Site Request Forgery will be covered. ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET Model-View-Controller (MVC) will be covered, as both have pros and cons that will be explored. We will start with a 'broken' application and secure it throughout the presentation. Learn about the various tools, techniques, and libraries to help protect your applications!

Improving Your Microsoft ASP.NET Application Performance with Asynchronous Pages and Actions

Tiberiu Covaci — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Do you have any page that needs to access the database, or a web service? Do any of those takes longer than five seconds? Do you know what happens to the rest of your application? All these questions get at least one answer during this session, together with some solutions to the problems that may arise.

Application Development with HTML5

Brandon Satrom — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

HTML5 is the biggest and most powerful HTML specification to ever come out of the W3C. Its roots come from a proposal to extend HTML4 to make it easier for web developers to create web applications. With more and more browsers supporting HTML5, ECMAScript 5 and other web standards, developers now have a strong web platform they can use to create a new class of application that is more powerful and interactive than ever before. What's in HTML5 that lets us take our applications to the next level?

Using JavaScript to Build HTML5 Applications

Jonathan Carter — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Ok, when was the last time you looked at JavaScript? Maybe you haven’t really taken a close look at it and dismissed it as a “toy” technology. JavaScript is a key part of building HTML5 applications. This session gets you up to speed with what JavaScript enables today, how JavaScript is used to build interesting applications, and gives you insight into some of the most popular JavaScript libraries available to help you build HTML5 apps faster.

Busy Microsoft .NET Developer’s Guide to the Microsoft Cloud

Ted Neward — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Building a cloud application on the Microsoft cloud stack isn’t always an obvious set of decisions. Building an app for the cloud requires a different perspective, and in this session we go over the key concepts and ideas developers need to understand in order to succeed with the cloud.

Integrating Security Roles into Microsoft Silverlight Applications

Dan Wahlin — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Security is a key component of applications and something that developers often struggle with to get right. How do you authenticate a Silverlight user? How do you integrate roles and use them to show or hide different parts of a screen? How do you ensure that users are prevented from accessing specific screens? Although Silverlight doesn’t allow direct access to user credentials and roles, there are several techniques that can be used to access this information. In this talk, Dan Wahlin discusses how to access authenticated users’ identity information such as user name and roles and integrate them into an application. Throughout the talk , see how a SecurityManager class can be used in XAML code-behind files or within ViewModel classes to show and hide different controls, handle calls to a security service and ensure that specific views are secured based upon user roles.

Yes, We Kanban!

Stephen Forte — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Imported from Japan, Kanban is an agile methodology that is gaining a lot of traction. Kanban, or Japanese for signal card, is a process that focuses on transparency and limiting the work in progress. By utilizing Kanban, you can pinpoint the bottlenecks and address them easily. In this session learn what Kanban is, how it evolved from its roots in the Toyota production system to software development, Kanban’s benefits, and how best to implement a Kanban system. We also discuss when not to use Kanban and how to modify other agile methodologies, such as Scrum, to be used in conjunction with Kanban.

Asymptotics and Algorithms: What You’ve Forgotten Since University

Gary Short — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

This presentation will be revision for some and new for others. In it we cover the process of calculating which algorithm is more efficient than another. This seems to be a forgotten skill since the advent of managed environments like the JVM and Microsoft .NET, we assume that the environment knows best, but does it? Learn how to calculate algorithm efficiency and see why it’s still important in the age of .NET.

Developing Enterprise-Grade Mobile Solutions

Simon Guest — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

Gartner predicts that by 2014, there will be close to 1bn smart mobile devices in use worldwide. Chances are that many of your customers are already part of this revolution. Given this incredible momentum, what are the opportunities for your organization? What mobile applications make sense for the enterprise, and how do you extend existing solutions into the mobile space? What is realistic today, and what are the challenges? In this session, you'll learn the answers to the above questions, together with what it takes to build an enterprise-grade mobile application across multiple devices and platforms. You'll explore the many types of mobile solutions that people are building, together with successful strategies that you can use in your own solutions.

Moving a 100TB Application from Oracle to Microsoft SQL Server

Praveen Srivatsa — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

This session offers a case study of redesigning a NMS application on Oracle handling 1TB/day (X100 days) to work on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. We walk through the key design principles that helped us achieve this scale using SQL Server 2008 R2.

Upgrading to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server Code-Named "Denali": A Comprehensive Look

Peter Saddow — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:31 GMT

This session provides an in-depth look at how to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 or how to upgrade to the next major release of SQL Server called SQL Server "Denali". The session covers the essential phases and steps involved in upgrading from SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server "Denali" by using best practices and available resources. We cover the complete upgrade cycle, including the preparation tasks, upgrade tasks and post-upgrade tasks. This session covers upgrading a stand-alone instance, upgrading a clustered instance, upgrading instances involved in mirroring, log shipping, and replication, feature-specific considerations and recommended tools for a successful upgrade. Several demos are given covering the process and the available tools. The new SQL Server "Denali" feature called “Product Update”, the next version of SQL Server slipstream is also covered showing you how to discover critical updates that you should include when installing or upgrading to SQL Server "Denali".

Advanced Dashboard Creation Using PerformancePoint Services

Jason Burns — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:00 GMT

Dashboards are most powerful when they provide a tailored experience for users, integrated into existing business processes. Microsoft SharePoint provides limitless opportunities for creating a custom Business Intelligence experience for users. This session covers the basics of working with PerformancePoint Services to build organizational dashboards, scorecards, and analytic reports. We also provide several examples of how PerformancePoint Services dashboards and reports can be integrated with custom content and SharePoint capabilities, such as workflow, to create an experience that blends perfectly with your existing SharePoint investments.

Efficient T-SQL Querying with Itzik Ben-Gan

Itzik Ben-Gan — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:01:00 GMT

This session covers a group of calculations in T-SQL that can help in addressing a wide variety of querying tasks. It first describes the limitations and shortcomings of traditional, or classic, T-SQL constructs that are used to address common querying tasks. It then explains how T-SQL evolved, and keeps evolving, adding new language constructs that address those limitations very elegantly and efficiently. This session describes the gradual improvements in SQL Server T-SQL support from SQL Server 2005 through SQL Server 11--code-named "Denali".

Windows Phone at Microsoft

Mark Riley — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

Consumerization of IT is a fact at Microsoft,and we have deployed thousands of Windows Phones to employees and contractors to make them more productive and connected. This session covers lessons learned and how to overcome hurdles when deploying Windows Phone in an enterprise environment. The speakers have taken the lead on this topic and share with you what they have learned about deploying Windows Phone with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint as well as how they supported and assisted new Windows Phone users. They have guidance for developers who want to develop business-to-employee types of applications for Windows Phone users,and also share how they are preparing for Windows Phone updates that are in development.

New Windows Phone Data Access Features

Tudor Toma, Sean McKenna — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

If you are a Windows Phone developer,this sample-filled session shows you how to create,manage and access structured data that is locally stored on the phone. This new functionality will be available in the next version of Windows Phone later this year. This session is a "must" if your application works with a lot of local structured data. Come and get a deep dive and learn how to use these capabilities.

Building Windows Phone Applications with Microsoft Silverlight and XNA

Rob Cameron — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

The XNA Framework vastly simplifies the building of cool interactive games on Windows Phone. In the next version of Windows Phone,we’ll be making it even better by adding full Silverlight/XNA interoperability. In this session we show you just how this works,and how it can unlock a whole new world of end user scenarios for XNA and Silverlight developers alike.

Building Your First Windows Phone Game with XNA

Rob Cameron — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

This session will walk you through the steps and resources available to build a game with the XNA Framework. During the session the presenter will go through the steps to code a game as part of the demo. Attend this session to learn key development concepts,game architecture,as well as performance considerations that will help you be successful in building your first Windows Phone 7 game.

Inexpensively Speed Up Branch Office Access and Reduce Wasted Time by Implementing BranchCache

Greg Shields — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

If you have branch offices,or really any offices that are connected by slow network lines,then you probably have network problems. Or,at least network slowness from time to time. One day,the network is working fine,and then Stan from Accounting downloads his 300 MB spreadsheet,and the whole connection dies for 45 minutes. Solve all these problems with one fell swoop using Microsoft's new BranchCache technology in Windows 7. Using this technology you can cache documents right at your remote offices,eliminating the download time,improving your user efficiency,and keeping people happy. It’s not hard,and doesn't even require a server. Learn to use it in 75 minutes or less.

Introducing Windows MultiPoint Server 2011

Michael Kleef, Dean Paron — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 released recently and provides a low-cost shared resource computing model targetted at academic environments. It's a great value solution to solve classroom contention for limited resources. In this session we plan to spend some time explaining what changed from Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 to Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 how it works,what it's based on,how you size it for the student workload and how it can integrate into your educational computing environment.

Dryad: Running “Big Data” Applications on a Windows HPC Server Cluster

Saptak Sen — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

Big data is a rapidly growing customer need. The HPC team is enabling commodity clusters running Windows HPC Server to address the “unstructured” part of the big data workload using the Dryad distributed runtime. We show demos of Dryad and Windows HPC Server,discuss how Dryad and Microsoft SQL Server can be combined in end-to-end solutions that handle both structured and unstructured data,and discuss how to administer Windows HPC Server clusters running Dryad applications.

Taking High Performance Computing to the Cloud: Windows HPC and Windows Azure

Wenming Ye, Saptak Sen — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

High Performance Computing (HPC) is expected to be the single largest workload on Windows Azure. This session discusses how Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 SP2 enables our customers to easily run their HPC applications on Windows Azure. It covers different usage scenarios (“bursting” to Windows Azure vs. running everything in Windows Azure),differences between running HPC applications on-premise vs. in Azure,best practices,limitations,etc. Real-world customers and their scenarios are highlighted. The key points are illustrated with live demos of HPC applications running in Windows Azure. This session is a must for everyone who wants to know about HPC and Windows Azure.

Deployment Internals: Mastering Windows Deployment Services (Repeats on 5/19 at 8:30am)

Johan Arwidmark — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

This session goes in-depth into Windows Deployment Services (WDS),it shows you the valid scenarios,and how to configure the PXE listener and Multicast features. It covers advanced techniques for automation,debugging and troubleshooting. You can expect lots of tips,tricks and live demos in this session. Last but not least,learn how WDS integrates with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Lite Touch.

Failover Clustering in 2008 R2: What's New in the Top High-Availability Solution (Repeated from 5/17 at 3:15pm)

Elden Christensen, Amitabh Tamhane — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

Learn about what makes Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering the #1 Server High-Availability solution! Clustering has changed in every area since 2003,so in this technical session,learn about Hyper-V,Live Migration,validation,flexible hardware requirements,easy deployment,migration,Cluster Shared Volumes multi-site clustering and easier management. A live demo deploys a Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster from scratch. Clustering knowledge recommended.

Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation: Technology Update (Repeats on 5/19 at 10:15am)

Jose Barreto — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

The File Services role in Windows Server 2008 R2 is a core function,accounting for a large number of server deployments. You probably see the trend,from small business to global enterprises,to consolidate multiple file servers into a small number of larger capacity servers,able to deal with the growth in unstructured data. In this presentation,we cover technology enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2,focusing on performance,scalability and availability. This includes details on the improvements in the SMB2 file protocol,with comparative performance data gathered using FSCT (the File Server Capacity Tool) that showcases how much Windows Server has improved over the past few releases. We also review a few scenarios in File Services consolidation,including Name Consolidation,Advanced Networking and High Availability. Throughout the presentation,recommended configurations are outlined,so they can spark ideas for your next upgrade or consolidation project.

Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Technical Overview

Joel Garcia, Scott M. Johnson — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is a superset of Windows Server 2008 R2 intended primarily for file server workloads. It contains all of the features,and adds other storage-specific features including Single Instance Storage (SIS) and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. Windows Storage Server is used primarily in storage appliances delivered by OEMs with special licensing and technical restrictions. We cover the following: • The unique features available on this platform and the performance improvements. • The File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) results that show comparative performance evaluations that indicate how much Windows Storage Server (and Windows Server) improved over previous versions. • The new two-node cluster setup,right out of the box! • An overview of Single Instance Storage (SIS) details,including how SIS can increase the amount of available storage on data volumes • An overview of Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 (now available on MSDN),which has significant reliability improvements and new features,like support for differencing virtual hard disks (VHDs) in HPC clusters. In addition,we’ll whet your appetite for the drill-downs on iSCSI Software Target 3.3 usage for application data storage and the iSCSI Boot feature that can boot hundreds of servers in just a few minutes!

Windows Authentication Deep Dive: What Every Administrator Should Know (Repeats on 5/19 at 10:15am)

Don McCall, Gary Olsen — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

Active Directory is the core component of many infrastructures and handles authentication for a variety of applications and non-Windows clients. Windows Admins must be familiar with how authentication and authorization works with the Kerberos protocol. This session will describe the basics of Kerberos in authorization and authentication,how these principles apply to applications,as well as Linux and Unix clients. Troubleshooting tips for resolving authentication issues will also be covered.

Information Governance for Unstructured Data Using the Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2008 R2

Gunjan Jain, Nir Ben-Zvi — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

Join and learn how Windows Server File Server Classification Infrastructure and Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2008 R2 Solution Accelerator help IT professionals enable information governance on unstructured data scattered across file servers in your organization. Today,data classification management programs require proper planning around the following critical areas: identification of applicable GRC authority documents,identification of appropriate data classification taxonomy,identification of applicable files and folders,and implementation of appropriate controls. In this presentation,learn how the Windows File Classification Infrastructure and the Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2008 R2 Solution Accelerator reduce the cost and complexity of data compliance through application of data classification configuration across the organization’s file servers. This configuration maps to authority documents such as HIPAA and PCI-DSS. This allows IT professional to monitor if policies are properly applied through consolidated classification reports. In this session we review and demo the three main pillars of the Data Classification Toolkit that include: * Information compliance knowledge * Multi server management and reporting * Implementation of classification and data handling compliance requirements

Security Configurations Simplified with the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager

Jeff Sigman, Tom Cloward — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

If you are responsible for understanding,implementing or verifying security configurations for compliance,join us! Learn how the Security Compliance Manager can help reduce your investment in security configuration research,accelerate the implementation of these settings in your Active Directory driven organization,and simplify the management of your “Gold Security Baselines” across the organization. Our security experts walk you through the features which will help you access and automate all of your organization’s security baselines in one centralized location,show you how to leverage the Microsoft recommended security and compliance configurations for Microsoft Operating Systems and Applications,and how to verify drift using SCCM.

Advanced Automation Using Windows PowerShell 2.0

Jeffrey Snover, Dan Harman — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:16 GMT

This session showcases the improvements to Windows PowerShell introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Demos for this talk include how to easily build administration GUI over PowerShell,how IT administrators can create cmdlet functionality without the need for programming skills,PowerShell Remoting,jobs,modules,script internationalization and debugging,among others.

Accelerating Your Journey to Microsoft Virtualization

Adrian Simays — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Come join this interactive session to learn how EMC technologies help customers to realize the full potential of Hyper-V. Technologies discussed include improved storage optimization and improved storage management,local virtual machine and application protection,site resiliency and Geoclustering,as well as storage federation with Live Migration for complete virtual machine mobility. Complete end-to-end proven solutions of virtualized applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server,Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SharePoint are also discussed.

Microsoft System Center Service Manager: A Deep Dive on How to Automate ITIL or MOF

Sean Christensen — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Learn how Service Manager,through the power of its integrated platform makes it easy to implement change,incident and problem management. Learn how easy it is to create and maintain a baseline CMDB. Learn how to get immediate value while maintaining your legacy systems through integration with Opalis.

Hybrid Cloud Management with Microsoft System Center Code-Named “Concero”

Vijay Tewari — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

The move to cloud-based deployment of services will result in deployments which are partly on private on-premise clouds based on Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Hyper-V and partly on Windows Azure. In this hybrid world,it is imperative to have a management tool that allows customers to deploy and manage their services across these environments. System Center code-named “Concero” is a self-service portal targeted at this customer base. This session provides an overview of "Concero".

Lessons from Hackwarts Vol 1: Defense against the Dark Arts 2011 (Repeats on 5/19 at 10:15am)

Andy Malone — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Get your cloak and wand. Open your books and prepare for all new lessons in defense against the dark arts. In his latest cybercrime session Andy Malone not only brings you up to date with the latest cyber threats but also offers counter spells,aimed firmly at protecting you and your business from the cyber-criminal. This 75-minute session covers best practices across a range of important security areas including Risk and Threat Management,Security Auditing,implementing Security Policies and so much more.

The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit

Matt Miller — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is a utility that helps prevent vulnerabilities in software from being successfully exploited. EMET achieves this by using security mitigation technologies. These technologies function as special protections and obstacles that an exploit author must defeat to exploit software vulnerabilities. These security mitigation technologies do not guarantee that vulnerabilities cannot be exploited. However,they work to make exploitation as difficult to perform as possible. In many instances,a fully-functional exploit that can bypass EMET may never be developed. Learning how mitigations can help block exploitation as well as how EMET can be used by IT admins to add these mitigations to protect the software of their choosing. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2458544 http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2010/09/02/enhanced-mitigation-experience-toolkit-emet-v2-0-0.aspx

Network Layers (in) Security

Marcus Murray, Paula Januszkiewicz — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Two people responsible for testing security combine forces! Everybody has heard about ISO/OSI model. On every layer of this model you can conduct many attacks and at the same time protect yourself using Windows settings. Every type of communication,when configured badly (or not configured at all) is vulnerable to many attack techniques. During this intensive session,well known 'bad girl' and 'bad boy' introduce you to the world of protocol security on every layer and show you how to avoid typical configuration mistakes. This content is a must-have for anybody who cares about data transmission security!

Troubleshoot Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) DirectAccess in 45 Minutes Flat!

Tom Shinder — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

In this session we cover the top 10 UAG DirectAccess issues and complete the troubleshooting exercises in 45 minutes flat! By the completion of this sesssion,you will be able to solve over 90% of the known DirectAccess problems that require troubleshooting.

Rethinking Cyber Threats: Experts Panel

Andy Malone, Marcus Murray, Paula Januszkiewicz, Laura Chappell, Jimmy Kuo — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

For more than two decades,people have struggled to understand the cyber threat,evaluate the risks to individuals and organizations (including nation-states),and craft appropriate responses. Although many organizations have invested significantly in information assurance,most computer security experts believe that a well-resourced and persistent adversary will,more often than not,be successful in attacking systems,especially if raising defenses is the only response to an attack. In a world of such diverse threats and increasing allegations of cybercrime,economic espionage,military espionage,and cyber warfare,it is critically important that governments and cyber security professionals think differently about malicious cyber events and how to respond to them. Join our Security Expert Panel to discuss the emerging changes in cyber threats that force us to rethink the ways we think about and take action against them.

Microsoft System Center Integration,Automation,Process and Compliance: Orchestrator and Service Manager

Sean Christensen, Adam Hall — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

See how the System Center Orchestrator and Service Manager tight integration allows you to build out system level integrations and orchestrations as part of your Process and Compliance requirements.

Extending Microsoft System Center Service Manager: Modeling Your Business Process

Sean Christensen, Alexandre Verkinderen — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

The power of Service Manager and its integrated platform means organizations can adapt their business processes and automate them using Service Manager and Opalis. This session discusses how Service Manager and Opalis,working together,can enhance your organization’s productivity and efficiency through greater standardization and automation of your business processes.

AVIcode: Setup and Deploy Intercept Studio

Chris Childers, Shawn Gibbs, Simon Skinner — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Microsoft recently acquired AVIcode,and some of its key application monitoring technologies will soon be available in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012. However,many of the features are available today! Come to this session to learn how you can begin proactively monitoring your applications. Useage rights for AVIcode are granted to all existing SMSE and SMSD customers,so if you have already deployed Operations Manager 2007 in your environment,you are ready to start monitoring your applications. Come to this session to learn how.

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012: Application Management

Wally Mead — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Configuration Manager 2012 promises to significantly improve application management for organizations of any size. In order to deliver this vision,the Application Model has been designed to provide different deployment types to different scenarios. In this technical overview of the new Software Distribution capability we will cover the key concepts and the associated functionality to support your new generation of workforce.

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012: Overview (Repeated from 5/16 at 4:45pm)

Jason Buffington, Gordon McKenna — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

The first of four sessions on Operations Manager 2012. The public beta is almost here – so be the first to see what is coming in the next generation of IT monitoring. This session provides you with an overview of the capabilities in Operations Manager 2012.

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012: Setup and Config,Part 2

Maarten Goet, Rob Kuehfus — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

With Operations Manager 2012 public beta almost here,this second in a series of four sessions will get you started by explaining the new Operations Manager 2012 configuration – without an RMS! We also look at configuring high availability and pooling of management servers,as well as other new concepts to be sure that you are ready to get the most out of the upcoming beta.

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Server Fabric Lifecycle,Part 2 - OSD,OOB and Agent Management

Carmen Summers — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

This is the second in a series of three sessions and provides a technical overview of the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 Server Fabric Lifecycle,covering VMM 2012 features which enable the build-out and maintenance of the virtualized infrastructure. Specific features covered in this session include VMM 2012 Bare Metal Provisioning,Out of Band Management,and Agent Management. Come and learn how to build out the fabric for VMM 2012 which enables the admin to seamlessly build-out and maintain the virtualization infrastructure.

Active Directory Federation Services,Part 1: How Do They Really Work?

John Craddock — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Secure applications must be able to “trust” the identity of users who are accessing the resources. It is simple to establish that trust when Active Directory Windows authentication is used. And,if the application needs further identity information about the user in order to qualify its response,the additional properties can be read from the Active Directory. When the application resides outside your realm,maybe in the Cloud or within a partner organization,how do we establish trust? This is where Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) provides a method of linking trust between disparate parties. One organization authenticates the user and creates an industry standard token that contains the identity of the user in the form of claims. The receiving organization accepts the user’s identity and responds with the appropriate resources because of the established trust. Come to this deep dive,demo-rich session and learn how to set up and leverage the true power of ADFS v2.

Active Directory Federation Services,Part 2: Building Federated Identity Solutions

John Craddock — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

In Part 1 of this session you learn how to build a federated solution using Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) v2 and Microsoft SharePoint. In Part 2,learn how to build enhanced solutions by combining Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway SP1 with ADFS. There are many challenges to supporting authentication and authorization for applications that may be on-premise,in the cloud or accessed by partner organizations. Claims-based federated identity provides you with an industry standard solution that works across multiple platforms. Federated identity is the hot topic for 2011 – make sure you are ahead of the curve. Come to this session and learn how the two products combine to provide a rich platform for supporting federation.

Best Practices for Private Cloud Implementation

Peter Meister — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Want to build out a Microsoft Private Cloud solution? Want to learn the best practices for implementing,managing and growing your Private cloud topology? Come to this session to ramp up on the various private cloud best practices and lessons learned during industry and internal implementations of Microsoft's Private Cloud solution. This session helps you to get the most out of your Microsoft Private Cloud implementation.

Failover Clustering and Hyper-V: Multi-Site Disaster Recovery

Jeff Hughes, Henry Aloysius — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

As servers are consolidated into VMs,the availability of those VMs is becoming increasingly important,along with providing disaster tolerance and business continuity. This session covers considerations of multi-site clustering,where virtual machines can be configured on a Hyper-V Failover Cluster that spans across sites. Learn how to conduct live migrations across datacenters and considerations of Cluster Shared Volumes with replication software.

Failover Clustering and Hyper-V: Planning Your Highly-Available Virtualization Environment

Elden Christensen, Symon Perriman — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

This technical session discusses Hyper-V and Failover Clustering live migration,deployment considerations,licensing,upgrades,host clustering,guest clustering,disaster recovery,multi-site clustering,Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager,hardware and validation. What are the pros and cons of each virtualization? What's right for my customer and their scenarios? What about combining physical and virtual machines in the same cluster? This session includes a live demo setting up a Hyper-V Cluster and performing a live migration from scratch.

How to Create App-V Packages More Efficiently with the New App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer

Alvin Chardon — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

In this session,learn about the new Sequencer enhancements in App-V 4.6 SP1. Through the Sequencing process we show many of the new features added to the 4.6 SP1 Sequencer - from workstation configuration to using diagnostic information to package applications to run in a virtual environment. Also,see Package Accelerators,a new technology in 4.6 SP1. Learn about the new capabilities in the Sequencer and how to package applications more efficiently.

Inside the LAB: Building Your Own Private Cloud Infrastructure

Mikael Nystrom — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

So you are thinking of having your own private cloud,maybe for testing,for building pilots or you really want to re-design your own infrastructure. In this session we look into this. This session is all about Hyper-V,Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM),Cluster,Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and some PowerShell. Learn how to deploy the physical servers,including recovery if/when they fail,and also how to use the same solution for deploying the VMs using MDT with SCVMM. Of course,there will also be a bunch of best practices on how-to.

Planning and Deploying VDI and Remote Desktop Services (Repeats on 5/19 at 3:15pm)

Michael Kleef — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

In this session we drill down into the architecture of the Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and determine what key questions need to be asked and answered around required components,networking,capacity and end user experience. We also discuss how this can fit within a Remote Desktop Services deployment.

Microsoft RemoteFX GPU Virtualization Technology Deep Dive

Karthik Lakshminarayanan, Rob Williams — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Learn about the Hyper-V feature that no other hypervisor has - GPU virtualization. Learn about how RemoteFX makes this all happen.

Understanding Server App-V,Sequencing and Deploying Datacenter Applications

Derrick Isoka — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V),which ships with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012,will dramatically simplify the deployment and management of datacenter applications without requiring a rewrite. Building on top of the shipping Desktop Application Virtualization codebase,Server App-V extends support for server applications that contain resource and settings such as: IIS,Windows Services,WMI Providers,COM+ and much more. This session offers a deep technical dive on how Server App-V works,discusses the types of applications and scenarios that will be supported along with a demo of deploying a multi-tier business application. See how Server App-V can help save time and effort in deployment,update and recovery of Services in your rapidly changing Dynamic Datacenter and Private Cloud Infrastructures. Gain an understanding of the Server App-V supported scenarios,application compatibility scope,along with an understanding on how to deploy applications using PowerShell Cmdlets and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012.

Modeling and Maintaining Virtualized Services in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

Stephen Baron — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Private clouds enable abstraction of services from the underlying fabric. This abstraction delivers benefits to the enterprise for fabric management as well as service management. Come and see how Virtual Machine Manager 2012 delivers industry leading service design,deployment and management for private cloud environments. See the power and benefits of using Server Application Virtualization and image based servicing. Learn how to create private clouds,design service templates and empower your end users to deploy and manage services in the private cloud. Attendees will gain an understanding of Virtual Machine Manager 2012 supported scenarios,along with an understanding of how to use these capabilities to build an on-premise private cloud.

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Deployment,Planning,Upgrade

Chaitanya Garikiparthi — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

This session provides a scenario rich detailed walk through Virtual Machine Manager 2012 deployment,planning,and upgrade scenarios. Come and learn how to best plan your rollout of Virtual Machine Manager 2012.

Using Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) to Solve Windows 7 Application Compatibility

Briton Zurcher — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

MED-V solves the tough application compatibility challenges,including Windows Internet Explorer 6 compatibility,by providing a way to use Windows XP applications on Windows 7. Targeted for the enterprise,MED-V integrates with enterprise management solutions like Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and adapts to your roles and processes for application management. This session describes MED-V version 2,explains the deployment strategies,and how MED-V v2 can accelerate your Windows 7 deployment.

Virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server with Hyper-V

Edwin Yuen, Matt McSpirit — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

This session covers virtualization scenarios for Exchange 2010 and how the combination of Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center solves them. We discuss the various deployment scenarios for Exchange and perform a deep dive into its use with Hyper-V. The session highlights examples of Exchange performance under Hyper-V and best practices for a successful deployment. Finally,we also touch upon partner solutions,including the PRO packs and how these solutions enhance the benefits of running Exchange virtually.

Windows 7 Touch Application Development: Selecting the Right Platform

Pat Altimore — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

If you are interested in taking advantage of the new Windows Touch enabled PCs,get some details regarding which development platform is right for your app,Windows Native APIs,Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft .NET support for Touch are covered along with some respective examples of shipping applications.

Windows Intune: PC Management with Cloud Services and Windows 7

Marc Shepard — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Windows Intune,Microsoft's cloud-based offering for PC management,simplifies and helps businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7. As an integrated Microsoft offering,Windows Intune brings together cloud services for PC management and protection with a Windows upgrade subscription – all without the need to set up enterprise deployment infrastructure. In this session,see how simple it is to get started with Windows Intune to deliver the essentials of management – updates,malware protection,and asset inventory – to unmanaged PCs. Learn how Microsoft cloud services deliver the reliability and security you expect for your business.

Windows Embedded Standard 7 in Disguise!

Alexander Wechsler — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

What if your project requires a system that should give not any hint about the OS it is running on? A system that instead should be branded with your corporate identity only? Well,this is quite hard to do using a standard desktop OS such as Windows 7 or Windows XP. But,there is help! This session introduces you to the powerful capabilities of Windows Embedded Standard 7,an operating system which enables customers to tailor systems exactly to their needs,while leveraging original Windows 7 functionality.

Raiders of the Elevated Token: Understanding User Account Control and Session Isolation (Repeats on May 19 at 1pm)

Raymond Comvalius — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Touch Me,Stretch Me,Squeeze Me: The Windows 7 WPF Multi-Touch Story

Guy Smith-Ferrier — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Arguably the most innovative and forward thinking feature of Windows 7 is its multi-touch support. And it should be no surprise to see that Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 4 boasts the same multi-touch support that utilizes this Windows 7 multi-touch support where available. In this session we explore this new feature in WPF 4 and see what we get for free (i.e.,without having to do any work),what you can get with only minimal additional work and what takes a bit more time and effort. Along the way we discover the basic touch support together with support for rotation,scaling and inertia as well as how to handle low level touch events using the raw API. Please note: The presentation shows true multi-touch – this is not a trick with two mice simulating multi-touch.

Windows 7 and Windows Internet Explorer Readiness Assessment with Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) 5.5 Toolkit

Kingsley Daniel — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Are you looking for a tool to simplify your organization's migration to Windows 7 and Windows Internet Explorer,for improved desktop security,reliability and manageability? The MAP 5.5 Internet Explorer Upgrade Assessment inventories your environment and reports on deployed web browsers,Microsoft ActiveX controls,plug-ins,and toolbars,and then generates a migration assessment report and proposal—information you need to more easily migrate to Windows 7 and Internet Explorer. The MAP toolkit helps you with recommendations and shortens the time it takes to plan your Windows 7 deployments. Attend this session for an in-depth understanding of MAP 5.5 tool kit inventory assessment details,and analyze various deployment scenarios for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer across your IT environment.

Windows Intune in Real Life (Repeats on May 19 at 1pm)

Erdal Ozkaya — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Microsoft recently announced the commercial availability of Windows Intune,a new solution that simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7. Intune is a comprehensive offering that includes PC management,malware protection,and Windows upgrades all without the need to set up enterprise deployment infrastructure. This session gives you details on how Intune is being used in real-life and all the benefits it offers.

Windows PowerShell Remoting: Definitely NOT Just for Servers

Don Jones — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Windows PowerShell v2 includes powerful remote control features. It's available all the way back to Windows XP,built into Windows 7,and it's a "killer reason" for deploying Windows 7 and learning Windows PowerShell. Thought remoting was just for servers? Think again,and let PowerShell MVP,Microsoft TechNet Magazine columnist,and book author Don Jones introduce you to a whole new world of remote control and management. Learn exactly how remoting,and the underlying WinRM service,work - along with tips for customizing them,securing them,and more. See live demonstrations of how to use remoting to troubleshoot and solve client problems from miles away - without your users seeing a thing. Collect and inventory management information to prepare for hardware,software,and OS upgrades (and much more). Make client firewall configuration easier and less problematic than with older remoting technologies like WMI. Leveraging material from Don's new book,Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches,this is an hour of power you won't want to miss.

Troubleshooting Application Compatibility Issues with Windows 7

Chris Jackson — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

In this demo-heavy session we examine a series of case studies for troubleshooting application compatibility issues with Windows 7. Using this approach,we show you more about how Windows 7 works and how to think about and resolve application compatibility problems based on real-world examples. In addition,we demonstrate the tools you would use to resolve these issues.

Troubleshooting Windows Deployment with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Lite Touch

Johan Arwidmark — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Join Johan Arwidmark,one of the world’s foremost deployment experts in a dazzling session that gives you the tools and processes to use when troubleshooting OS Deployments using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Lite Touch. Learn about common issues and their workarounds,parsing log files,driver handling,WinPE,PXE Troubleshooting,Unknown Computers and much more. Johan shares his notes from the field,and his tips & tricks making OS Deployment using MDT 2010 Lite Touch even better.

Mysteries of Memory Management Revealed,with Mark Russinovich (Part 1 of 2)

Mark Russinovich — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

If you want to know the difference between System Committed memory and Process Committed memory,wondered what all those memory numbers shown by Task Manager really mean,or want to gain insight into the memory-related impact of a process,then this talk is for you. Using various memory analysis tools including: Process Explorer,VMMap,RAMMap,and others to highlight concepts throughout,the presentation starts with an overview of virtual memory management,describing types of process address space memory and how they impact system virtual memory. Then it dives into physical memory management,discussing how Windows manages process working sets,how it keeps track of physical memory,and how memory moves between different states.

Mysteries of Memory Management Revealed,with Mark Russinovich (Part 2 of 2)

Mark Russinovich — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:15 GMT

Identifying,Modeling,Estimating and Reusing Services in Enterprise Project Using Smart Use Cases

Sander Hoogendoorn — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Use cases are a well-recognized and standardized requirements technique. Under regular circumstances,projects apply use cases to model and describe the interaction between the users and the system. Smart use cases extend this very basic technique and make more powerful use of the UML use case diagram,resulting in a collection of smaller,equally granular use cases. This technique allows projects to easily define reusable assets,in both front end and in back end systems. Over the past years,the smart use case technique has been enriched by many organizations and many (types of) projects,including Microsoft .NET,Java,Microsoft SharePoint,business intelligence and service-oriented projects. The smart use case technique nowadays comes with straightforward estimation,a collection of standard (stereo) types,many guidelines,and even code generation. Recent projects show that smart use cases also serve as an excellent unit of work when it comes to implementing business processes and workflows that underlie service-oriented projects. In his well-known enthusiastic presentation style,Sander Hoogendoorn,principal technology officer at Capgemini,demonstrates how to identify,model and estimate smart use cases from business processes,using any business analysis approach. Furthermore,this session shows how services can be modeled reusable in smart use case diagrams,and how the total complexity of service-oriented projects can be estimates in smart use case points (SUCP) using the smart estimation technique. Of course,this session contains many example diagrams and estimates from real-life projects including several types of front ends,middleware and back end services and components,including SAP,PeopleSoft,Java and .NET.

The Agile Buffet

Joel Semeniuk — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Scrum,Feature Driven Development,extreme programing,DSDM,Test Driven Development,Business Driven Development,Kanban - wow,lots to choose from. Why choose one when you can take the best from all of them? Let's talk about how to identify the best aspects of different methodologies and how you can work them into your software development practices.

Microsoft Lync Server Unified Communications Managed API: Writing Advanced SIP Applications

Albert Kooiman, Stephane Taine — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

The Unified Communications Managed API v3.0 is the foundation of the server side UC Platform. UCMA can be used by developers to deeply embed communications in business processes and to offer presence aware self-service applications. This session explains the new capabilities of UCMA 3.0 with Lync Server 2010,like a mobile voice companion,and advanced contact scenarios. We give an overview of the new capabilities in the UCMA 3.0,and explain the advanced architecture concepts behind the applications we demo.

Windows Communication Foundation RIA: Ready for Business

Brian Noyes — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

WCF RIA Services provides a prescriptive architecture pattern for building N-tier Rich Internet Applications. It allows you to focus on your application functionality instead of spending time on plumbing. WCF RIA Services is being used for intranet and internet line-of-business application developers outside and inside Microsoft because of the productivity benefits that lead you to a clean architecture. This session covers how customers are building Microsoft Silverlight and ASP.NET WebForms applications with WCF RIA Services. The session covers the key components,best practices,and sample applications based on real customer apps that demonstrate the power and ease of WCF RIA Services. The session also briefly covers the future directions of WCF RIA Services as well as the SP1 release.

Workflow in Windows Azure AppFabric

Dave Cliffe — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Learn how Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and the upcoming Windows Azure AppFabric CTP provide a great middle-tier platform for building,deploying,running and managing workflow solutions in Azure. Find out how your apps can leverage the power of WF in the cloud. Discover the highly reliable and scalable platform enabled in Azure via our new investments in WF and the AppFabric.

Best Practices for Testing,Deploying and Managing WCF Solutions

Jesus Rodriguez — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

During the past few years,Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) has established itself as the fundamental technology to enable service orientation in the Microsoft platform. However,adopting WCF in the big enterprise requires complementing the sophisticated capabilities of WCF with efficient practices in areas such as configuration management,unit/load testing,dependency management,and versioning among many others. Enabling these capabilities facilitates the adoption of WCF in the enterprise in an agile and simple manner. This session presents a series of solutions and best practices for addressing important aspects such as configuration management,endpoint discovery,automated unit/load testing,service dependencies,etc. We illustrate these solutions using a series of practical demonstrations that will help developers to implement large WCF solutions in a more efficient and agile manner. Additionally,the session presents three case studies that highlight how customers are implementing some of these solutions to adopt WCF at a big scale in the enterprise.

SharePoint Governance and Lifecycle Management with Microsoft Project Server 2010

Christophe Fiessinger, Scott Jamison, Brian Smith — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Is SharePoint becoming an important part of your company’s overall IT offering? If so,it's likely that you have a need to better manage SharePoint business requests – things like new sites,workflows,custom applications,web parts,and Business Intelligence dashboards. Join industry expert Scott Jamison as he discusses the importance of SharePoint lifecycle management from an IT governance perspective. We introduce a free,downloadable solution that provides a powerful request and workflow process,enabling IT to view,analyze,prioritize and resource requests using the workflow and portfolio analytics capabilities of Project Server 2010. Business users are able to make special project requests through a form in Project Web App,and project managers can monitor and assign resources,evaluate priorities,and manage their overall project portfolio more efficiently.

Zero to Hero in 75 minutes: Building a Fully Functioning Deployment Environment for Free

Brian Shiers, Richard Smith — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Are you ready to update your desktop to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010? Not sure the easiest way to pilot? Looking for the best place to get started? This session shows an Office 2003 and Windows XP machine migration to Office 2010 and Windows 7 in less than 75 minutes. The session features a free VHD kit that gives IT a deployment server with all the tools to do basic app and file compat discover,using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to customize the image for Office 2010 and Windows 7 installs including GPO,language packs,and a virtualized Office 2010 package,finally pushing that image to the machine with light-touch methods while also migrating user data and settings. This session also looks at the challenges facing typical desktop deployment and provides best practices and tips.

Advanced SharePoint Data Access with Microsoft Silverlight

Paul Stubbs, Scot Hillier — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

SharePoint and Silverlight make an unbeatable combination for building great web applications. In this session,learn how to develop these solutions more easily than ever with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and new SharePoint client object model and ADO.NET Data Services. We cover all aspects of data access from Silverlight in SharePoint,such as how to deal with large datasets,out-of-browser support,piggybacking data on the web page,external data access and more.

SAP Interoperability with Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP,BCS,and Microsoft Office 2010

Donovan Follette — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

With Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 there are a number of ways to integrate with SAP to provide business solutions. Some of these ways to integrate are out-of-the-box and others are programmatic. In this session we walk through some of the different integration options,paying special attention to Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS),SharePoint services and client object model,and a new option,Duet Enterprise. If you are looking to leverage SharePoint,Office and SAP integration,then you won't want to miss this session!

Developing Collaboration Solutions in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online

Chris Mayo — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

SharePoint Online moves Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to the cloud. With that move,SharePoint developers are now empowered to build collaboration solutions that run in the cloud using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010,Microsoft Silverlight 4,JavaScript and Workflow using the SharePoint platform they know and love. In this session learn how SharePoint Online development is the same as developing for SharePoint 2010 and where the key differences lie. When discussing the differences,we cover common solution patterns for developing solutions to work within the differences while still building powerful solutions. We discuss how to build SharePoint Online solutions using Sandbox Solutions so your code will be ready to run in the cloud from the start. Learn the important role Silverlight and JavaScript play in the SharePoint Online world and how to leverage the SharePoint Client Object Model to access SPO features and data using each technology. Learn how to develop workflow solutions that automate business processes and run in the cloud using Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 and Visual Studio 2010. If you want to build collaboration solutions for SharePoint 2010 that run in the cloud,this is the session for you!

Claims Identity in Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Paul Schaeflein — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

SharePoint has built-in user authorization so that a site owner can specify what access particular users have to resources. Authentication is the identification of who the user is and this is provided by other software external to SharePoint,such as Active Directory. There are many authorization and authentication requirements in custom solutions and this session helps to explain the technology landscape.

Building Search-Driven Applications for Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

Jeff Fried — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Search Driven Applications provide direct value for people in a wide variety of roles: research,operations,sales,consulting,etc. While there are many great examples of search-based applications,they have traditionally been expensive and complex to build. In this session we show how building applications with Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint provides a quicker path. It is a powerful search platform designed for fielding search-driven applications. Since FAST is now incorporated into the SharePoint SDK,you can tap the full power of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to create business applications that incorporate search,and that can be easily tailored by organizations without writing additional code.

Scaling Document Management on Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Travis Clayton — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

This session discusses how to scale document and records management workloads in SharePoint 2010. Learn what it takes to store an extremely large number of documents,and the considerations that must be made. Come understand the techniques,pitfalls and optimizations that need to take place in your SharePoint environment to enable extreme,large scale ECM scenarios while still preserving a functional SharePoint farm.

Automate Business Processes with Microsoft InfoPath,Business Connectivity Services,SharePoint Workflows and Microsoft Word Services

Keenan Newton — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Learn to use Microsoft InfoPath 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 to build form-centric composite applications. We show you a job applicant management application and then take you behind the scenes to build it step-by-step. We design InfoPath forms,bring in line-of-business data,author workflows,and generate Word and PDF documents using Word services. Along the way,we highlight new features and cover best practices for building composite applications on SharePoint.

Taking Office to the Cloud: Integrating Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows Azure

Steve Fox — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Office is one of Microsoft’s best-selling,long-standing products with amazing surface area across many industries and sectors. So what does it mean to take Office 2010 to the cloud? And what does it mean to exploit the surface area of this productivity platform to integrate with one of Microsoft’s most significant cloud offering,Windows Azure. In this session,come learn how you can architect and develop solutions that connect the most pervasive productivity platform with Windows Azure. Specific areas of coverage include,but are not limited to,leveraging Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) cloud services to augment Office 2010,using Microsoft Business Connectivity Services to connect to Microsoft SQL Azure,integrating Windows Azure with Microsoft Office 365,and amalgamating jQuery,Office Server-side services and services deployed to Azure. If you’re looking to understand how you can take advantage of Office,both rich-client and cloud versions,to integrate with Windows Azure then you can’t miss this session.

Managing Microsoft Access Databases in Your Organization with Microsoft SharePoint

J.R. Arredondo, Lois Wang — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

The agility of Microsoft Access is valued by large organizations around the world. However,some of these same organizations struggle with managing the myriad of Access databases in use. Learn how SharePoint and Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) can help your organization manage Access.

Microsoft Office 365: Directory Synchronization

Jono Luk — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

This session focuses on what the Directory Synchronization tool is used for,and what will be available in V2 of the tool. We demo the tool and discuss when a company should use it in a deployment,depending on the size and needs of the company.

Archiving and Discovery in Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 and Exchange Online (Repeated from 5/18 at 10:15am)

Krish Sundaresan — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Regulatory compliance drives the need to archive and retain messages sent within your Exchange environment. With increasing volumes of email being sent and received today,the ability to effectively archive,retain and discover messages is crucial. Exchange 2010 SP1 includes many improvements to the archiving,retention and discovery features introduced in Exchange 2010. This session helps you understand how Personal Archives,Retention Policies and Multi-Mailbox Search work,and best practices for deploying these features.

Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Office 365: How to Set Up a Hybrid Deployment

Jim Lucey — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

Exchange Server 2010 was designed to support hybrid deployments of on-premises and cloud users. Come and learn how rolling out an Exchange 2010 server in your current Exchange environment prepares you for seamless integration with Exchange Online. Whether you are piloting a few users or moving a large part of your workforce to the cloud,we give you the technical details on Exchange-to-cloud integration that you need to be successful.

Microsoft Lync 2010: High Availability and Resiliency

Mahendra Sekaran — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

In this session we explore the new High Availability and resiliency offerings from Microsoft Lync Server 2010 including branch office resiliency,data center resiliency and intra-site high availability architecture and capabilities for Instant Messaging,Conferencing and Voice workloads.

Setting Up and Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Edge Servers

Dr. Rez — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

If you are involved in selling,consulting or supporting Lync Server 2010 in customer organizations,this session is for you. Understanding the details on how to set up and deploy Edge Servers is a key feature to allow the customer investment to include users – domain members,partners in a federated infrastructure,and customers – outside of the internal network in the Lync Server experience. Edge Servers provide for: External user connection to the Lync Server platform using the Lync 2010 client External user connection to Lync Server using the Lync Web App Federated partner connection to the organization’s Lync Server Users installing and using the meeting Lync 2010 Attendee client Anonymous user attendance in meetings and conference calls Specifically,this session discusses how to define the Edge infrastructure using the Lync Server 2010 Topology Builder,Requirements (server and infrastructure in the perimeter and internal networks) needed to deploy Lync Server Edge Servers,Using the Deployment Wizard to setup the servers,Certificate requests and assignment,DNS Load Balancing / Hardware Load Balancers,and Reverse Proxy servers. At the conclusion of the breakout,you will be much better prepared to answer customer questions and to plan and implement an Edge Server infrastructure for Lync Server 2010.

Troubleshooting Microsoft Lync Server 2010

Byron Spurlock — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:14 GMT

This breakout session looks at what can go wrong with some of the core modalities of Lync Server 2007 R2 such as IM/Presence and Conferencing,and how to determine and resolve those issues. We provide an overview of the Lync Server architecture and how it interacts with the different components in an environment with DNS,Load Balancers,Certificates,and Firewalls. We can also explore the tools that can expedite Lync troubleshooting immensely like validation cmdlets,snooper,logger,and many more. In addition we provide common Lync Server deployment and operational scenarios that might occur and look into the diagnostic reports and logs that will uncover potentials issues. The following are just a few areas that we cover in the session: Federation issues,external users not able to connect to the internal environment,validation of the correct ports needed for remote and internal access Web Conferencing,and IM functions.

Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 and Beyond: Building Real-World Applications

Jeff Derstadt, Jonathan Aneja — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

The Entity Framework is Microsoft’s recommended data access technology,for both on-premises and the cloud. In this session,see how to leverage the best of Entity Framework to build robust,real-world applications. Applications today have many concerns,including versioning,caching/performance,and making use of new and legacy data. The Entity Framework helps solve these problems and gives you gains in quickness,agility,and time to solution. Finally,we preview the next version of Entity Framework and see several new features that have never been seen before!

Microsoft SQL Server Developer Tools,Code-Named "Juneau" and the ADO.NET Entity Framework: Best Friends Forever

Sarah McDevitt, Aditya Unnithan — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

In the SQL Server code-named “Denali” release,SQL Server Developer Tools,code-named "Juneau" will provide a brand-new developer experience for database developers,bringing a familiar Visual Studio development paradigm to bear on T-SQL Development. It will also enable database developers writing T-SQL to work hand-in-glove with Entity Framework projects. Come to this session to see how easily all this works whilst building a realistic EF-driven app.

Extending Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Applications

Beth Massi — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Visual Studio LightSwitch simplifies developing line-of-business applications and is extensible for future needs. In this demo-intensive session discover what is under the hood to better understand the architecture of a LightSwitch application. Learn how you can use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional and Microsoft Expression Blend 4 to customize and extend its UI and Data layers for when the application’s requirements grow beyond what is supported by default. Finally,learn how to develop extensions for your organization or customers using Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft Silverlight,create components that will be used in a completed LightSwitch line-of-business application without having to rewrite the application.

Demystifying Debugging with Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate and IntelliTrace

Mickey Gousset — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate provides a wealth of functionality for figuring out what is happening with your application or even being able to debug what happened up to that point with IntelliTrace. But for most developers pressing F5,adding the odd breakpoint and stepping through the application is about as far as they get when debugging. Come to this session if you want to learn more about how to use the debugger and also IntelliTrace to track down those hard to spot errors fast,leaving you more time to write the code you want to be writing.

A Taste of F#: Today and Future

Donald Syme — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 provides integrated support for F#,a productive new functional and object-oriented programming language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. This session highlights the many ways developers can leverage F# in Visual Studio 2010,including examples of when and where F# can be applied most effectively,and how F# integrates naturally with existing solutions,as well as showing many of the most exciting features of the F# language and tools. Demos range from real-world high-productivity exploration with the F# Interactive,up to robust .NET component development,introducing powerful F# language features including support for parallelism,succinct expressive syntax,rich access to .NET and the more declarative functional style of programming in F#. We also take a look at what’s ahead for F#,integrating data and services into the programming language through F# type providers.

C# and Visual Basic Future: Async Made Simple

Alex Turner — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Come hear Alex Turner,Program Manager for the Visual Basic and C# Compilers,describe the language innovations for the next version of Microsoft Visual Studio. See how the async language feature and new Microsoft .NET Framework APIs will come together to simplify asynchronous programming. No more callbacks! This is a demo-focused session where we explore a variety of asynchronous programming scenarios directly in Visual Studio. Finally,we provide a peek into future plans beyond the next release.

Moving Your App and Skills from Windows Forms to Microsoft Silverlight (and WPF)

Pete Brown — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Let's tackle moving a Windows Forms application to Silverlight. We cover the differences between the platforms and overall approaches,look at what is successful,and then run through an application migration using a data-oriented Windows Forms application. At the end of this session,you'll have seen a Windows Forms app moved to Silverlight,have seen the decision points for choosing between Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF),and will understand what you need to do to get started porting your Windows Forms knowledge and applications to XAML-based platforms.

NuGet: Microsoft .NET Package Management for the Enterprise

Scott Hanselman — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

There’s an Open Source package manager for .NET available now called NuGet. It’s supported and shipping with Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 3,but it’s not just for ASP.NET. In fact,it’s not just for open source. It’s also great for library management inside the firewall. Join Scott Hanselman as we learn all about NuGet,from the basics of consuming packages,to creating and distributing your own packages both internally and externally. Then learn some advanced Windows PowerShell techniques within NuGet packages,creating NuGet packages in continuous integration build server environments,and even how to run our own NuGet server instance inside our enterprise. There are a number of large companies with names you’d recognize distributing their internal libraries with NuGet. Come to this session and learn why zip files and file shares aren’t where it’s at anymore when it comes to enterprise libraries in .NET.

Offline Microsoft Silverlight Applications

Steve Lasker — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Like planning a trip into the mountains,developing offline/occasionally connected applications requires some up front thought. Planning what to take with you,and what you can do along the way. Containers to carry your clean clothes and supplies,and additional containers for your dirty clothes and disposables. In this session we explore the architecture and design patterns you’ll need to consider,such as caching reference data,queuing changed work,network awareness and user interfaces. Building occasionally connected applications is a robust way to enable even your mostly connected users to be productive regardless of the planned or unplanned connectivity challenges.

Why Web Performance Matters

Richard Campbell — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Developers love to make their web applications go fast. But do you know the real benefit of high performance websites? In a word,it's money. This session digs into the real revenue returns of high performance web applications with detailed data on how each second saved adds to the bottom line - more customers buy (reduced bounce rate) and they buy more. Learn how to evaluate the ROI of performance tuning to justify the cost of effort to the revenue increase. Beyond e-commerce,saving employees time on internal applications also has a real cost. Explore how to gather the real-world metric of high performance websites to know what your website earns,and how it can earn more!

Debugging Pesky HTML5 Websites with F12 in Windows Internet Explorer 9

Jon Box — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Are you a web developer or designer? Or are you just someone who is curious when a web page doesn’t act appropriately? Take advantage of your curiosity and use the developer tools that are available for free in Internet Explorer 9 with a simple stroke of the F12 key. Learn things like why document mode is important and its effect on a rendered page,how to un-minimize and debug a gaggle of JavaScript,as well as how to use the tools to do quick changes to a page as you prototype.

Using Tests to Drive the Entire Software Development Lifecycle

Jeff Levinson — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Given that you want to deliver high quality code,when you drive your entire software development lifecycle with tests – you will dramatically improve overall quality. Microsoft’s introduction of Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft Test Manager provides very powerful tools we can use to begin with tests. In this presentation we specify an entire system with tests. We begin with tests to ensure the business value of an application is testable and we know when we’re done. Using those tests,we clarify the requirements using acceptance criteria expressed as test cases. Finally,we decompose the requirements to specific testable behaviors that will drive our unit tests. Armed with the complete understanding of the application,we begin to work upwards again. We automate the unit tests to ensure our code is tested. Then,as our code begins to take shape,we automate the functional tests to ensure our requirements are met – and stay met as our code continues to evolve. Finally,we automate the system and integration tests to prove to our customers that we have met the end-to-end vision of the application. The final demonstration shows the integration of all tests running during an automated nightly build.

How Microsoft Manages Its Cloud Infrastructure at a Huge Scale

Rick Bakken — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Global Foundational Services (GFS) is the group that is the foundational platform for Microsoft’s search,advertising,live,cloud,and other online services including datacenters,networking,security,tier 1,infrastructure applications and tools,operational management,and environmental sustainability considerations. GFS supports over 200 Microsoft online services for consumers and businesses worldwide. This track exposes GFS capabilities as a definitive cloud infrastructure authority as understanding Microsoft’s global infrastructure and datacenter strategies has become a critical checkpoint for customers/partners considering the Microsoft Cloud platform. GFS designs,builds and runs Microsoft’s global datacenter footprint to include responsibilities for global connectivity and service availability.

Using Windows Azure Storage

Jai Haridas — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Windows Azure Storage is a scalable cloud storage service that provides the ability to store and manipulate blobs,structured non-relational entities,and persistent queues. In this session,learn tips,performance guidance and best practices for building new applications or migrating existing applications that use Windows Azure Storage.

Building Applications with the Windows Azure DataMarket

Roger Mall, Christian Liensberger — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

This session shows you how to build applications that leverage DataMarket as part of Windows Azure Marketplace. We are going to introduce the development model for DataMarket and then immediately jump into code to show how to extend an existing application with free and premium data from the cloud. Together we will build an application from scratch that leverages the Windows Phone platform,data from DataMarket and the location APIs,to build a compelling application that shows data around the end-user. The session will also show examples of how to use JavaScript,Silverlight and PHP to connect with the DataMarket APIs.

Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric Composite Applications

Karandeep Anand, Jurgen Willis — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

The Windows Azure AppFabric Composite Application service lets you easily build,deploy,run and manage applications that span application tiers and technologies. See how to build an application that composes multiple Azure services such as web roles,storage,Caching,SQL Azure,and ServiceBus,while leveraging familiarMicrosoft .NET developer experiences in Microsoft ASP.NET,Microsoft Silverlight,Windows Communication Foundation (WCF),and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). Leverage the Composite Application service to easily provision,deploy,monitor,scale and manage this application as a cohesive unit throughout its lifecycle.

BI Power Hour

Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

The legacy continues. The Microsoft Business Intelligence team is excited to once again present the BI PowerHour. In this entertaining session,we dazzle you with new demonstrations that expose the lighter side of Business Intelligence exposing the flexibility and power of the Microsoft BI Platform. If you’ve never been to a PowerHour session,you definitely don’t want to miss it. We promise you’ll walk away impressed.

Introducing the Next Generation Design Tools for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

Julie Strauss — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Microsoft SQL Server code-named “Denali” brings the simplicity and power of the PowerPivot technologies to corporate BI,and at the same time drives forward the PowerPivot self-service capabilities that we introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2. We give you a tour of building corporate BI Semantic Models in a new experience for Business Intelligence professionals in BI Development Studio (BIDS),and look at some of the opportunities and trade-offs of the new model. We show some of the great new features coming in both PowerPivot and BIDS for KPIs,hierarchies,DAX,diagram and more,as well as how you can build models that drive great Crescent experiences. We also cover some of the ways that BI Semantic Models can scale to huge data volumes using features like partitioning.

Microsoft SQL Server Reference Architecture and Appliances

D. Britton Johnston, Bernardo Zamora — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Learn what are the current and future SQL Server Appliances and References Architectures that allow customers to deploy OLTP,DW,BI and Database consolidation solutions in a very short time,with all the components configured and optimized. These appliances include all the Hardware,Software and Services for a complete,ready-to-run,out-of-the-box,high performance,energy efficient solutions.

Fast Track Data Warehouse Version 3.0 New Features and Best Practices

Jim Hautala, Michael Bassett, Anjan Das — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

This session depicts some of the new features and architecture changes present in version 3.0 of SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehousing. Best practices derived from HP's extensive joint testing with Microsoft during the development of its current Fast Track reference architectures are also detailed.

Microsoft SQL Azure Performance Considerations and Troubleshooting

Henry Zhang — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Become an expert on SQL Azure by learning how to best utilize the cloud database platform to your advantage. We show you the unique performance considerations to keep in mind when architecting your SQL Azure application. Learn the inside tips and tricks to quickly identify performance bottlenecks,connectivity issues,and leverage DMVs provided in SQL Azure for performance tuning and troubleshooting. Also learn how to make the most out of existing SQL Azure features to build scalable and resilient applications.

What’s New in Microsoft SQL Server Code-Named “Denali” for SQL Server Integration Services

Matt Masson — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

This session shows off the new features of Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services in SQL Server code-named “Denali”. Using customer scenarios,we demonstrate the migration process and highlight the benefits of the new SSIS server architecture. We cover the many improvements made to increase developer productivity,as well as the enhancements to the current configuration,deployment,and management experiences. If you’re wondering what’s in store for SSIS,you won’t want to miss this session!

Upsizing and Modernizing with the Microsoft BI Stack and Fast Track Data Warehouse

Kevin Cornett, Ilan Wajsman — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

In 2010,Stein Mart deployed a Microsoft SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse and launched an aggressive effort to become an information-based culture leveraging the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack. This session provides a detailed description of the infrastructure as it existed before and after the deployment of Microsoft Fast Track Data Warehouse Reference Architecture. Additionally,a detailed description of the Microsoft BI stack integration and how it is being used to create an information based culture using Microsoft SharePoint,Microsoft PerformancePoint Server,SQL Server Reporting Services,SQL Server Analysis Services,and new mobile devices are discussed. The main focus of the session is on how the Microsoft BI stack closely integrates with Stein Mart’s core business systems,and how the tools used to impact decision making. This session showcases the all up implemented solution with key-takeaways and learning experiences.

End-to-End PerformancePoint Services

Peter Myers — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

PerformancePoint Services 2010 (PPS) is the next generation performance management application from Microsoft. It delivers a design environment targeted at power users for creating and deploying sophisticated Key Performance Indicator (KPI),scorecard,report and dashboard definitions. The session will introduce the seven PPS elements and their relationships to each another. Demonstrations will include creating items of each element type,deploying a multi-page dashboard,and exploring the dashboard in Internet Explorer. This session is useful for IT professionals,power users,developers and information workers. Whether you think you do or don’t need scorecards and dashboards,this session will inspire you consider the potential of a Business Intelligence service that is included in SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise.

Integrating Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services with Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

Prash Shirolkar — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Deep dive into how and why to integrate SQL Server code-named “Denali” Reporting Services (SSRS) with SharePoint 2010,including an overview of the new claims-aware shared service architecture,IT experience,performance enhancements,and end user functionality.

Let’s Get Visual: The Art of Report Design

Paul Turley — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Do your users have the same old,mundane table reports they’ve been using for decades? Stop living in the past and make your reports pop. Learn to use design patterns,best practices and visuals that pack more usable information into fewer,more usable reports. Use Reporting Services and other Microsoft Business Intelligence tools to create dynamic,browse-able reports that answer important business questions at a glance and then let business users explore the details to gain insight and take action. Sure,Business Intelligence is all the rage but you don’t have to invest in an entire BI platform to have fresh,usable reports. With a little simple programming code,these design techniques apply to enterprise analytic solutions and smaller-scale operational reporting.

Innovative Storage and Data Management Strategies to Power Your Microsoft Enterprise Applications

Robert Quimbey, Alex Jauch — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

In this session,hear about innovative storage and data management strategies that are being used by leading organizations around the world to build highly efficient,flexible and reliable IT infrastructure to support their business-critical enterprise software including Microsoft Exchange 2010,SharePoint Server 2010 and applications running on SQL Server 2008 R2. Also learn how to automate critical datacenter functions such as Exchange Server disaster recovery and Hyper-V Server provisioning. During the session,we create Opalis workflows and explain how you can easily add automation to your existing Microsoft and NetApp environments.

Microsoft SQL Server Code-Named "Denali" AlwaysOn Series,Part 2: Building a Mission-Critical High Availability Solution Using AlwaysOn

Justin Erickson — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

In this session we walk you through the steps to deploy a high availability solution using AlwaysOn. This is a demo-heavy presentation and the experts from the product development team walk you through a high availability solution architecture and deployment,explain key architectural concepts and recommend best practices that will help you achieve the required level of availability for your mission critical applications. It is highly recommended that you attend the first part of this series since the new concepts are introduced in that session.

Microsoft Silverlight,WCF RIA Services and Your Business Objects

Deborah Kurata — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

So many of the Silverlight demos show how to use Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework with WCF RIA Services. But what if you already have an extensive investment in your own business objects? This talk focuses on communication between your Silverlight application and your own existing business objects using WCF RIA Services.

Jason Zander Unplugged

Jason Zander — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Join Jason Zander for a no-slides,just answers,Q&A session. Jason is the Corporate Vice President of the Developer Division,responsible for Microsoft Visual Studio. This is your opportunity to talk directly with one of the key leaders at Microsoft,and get answers to all of your developer tooling questions. In fact,Jason will answer any crazy question you have! Come early! Space is limited.

Microsoft Visual Studio Tips and Tricks

Dustin Campbell, Scott Cate — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:13 GMT

Learn how to become a Visual Studio coding guru! In this fast-paced session,learn to write code faster than a speeding bullet,leap around large projects in a single bound,and become more powerful than a locomotive with the debugger. We take a wild ride through C# and Visual Basic IDE features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and indispensible out-of-the-box solutions that will help you get your job done better and faster.

Hey,You! Get Off My Network! (Repeats on 5/19 at 8:30am)

Erdal Ozkaya — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

This session is all about Penetration Testing. We demonstrate how to hack-proof your Windows environment with Microsoft tools and we Pen Test our systems with free but reliable products to have a Zero Down,happy computing environment. This session is for both IT pros and developers,as security does not involve any boundaries.

Best Practices for Protecting and Recovering Your Hyper-V Environment

Jason Fisher — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Without a doubt,you know how important it is to protect your Hyper-V environment,but what’s the best approach to take to ensure that environment is not only protected but also easily recoverable? Attend this session for an in-depth discussion on the unique challenges that exist when protecting and recovering a Hyper-V environment as well as best practices and implementation approaches to resolve those challenges. See how Symantec Backup Exec’s flexible recovery capabilities including granular recovery of files and folders as well as Microsoft Exchange,SQL Server and Active Directory data within Hyper-V,and virtual machine-optimized deduplication provide you with maximum backup/restore performance and storage savings. This session also provides real-world use cases and insights into better managing your virtual information.

Monitoring Microsoft Lync 2010 Deployments

Arish Alreja, Jeffrey Reed — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Microsoft Lync™ 2010 delivers unmatched tools for monitoring system health and performance across all platform capabilities in real-time as well as long term trends. The Microsoft Lync™ SCOM pack and the Lync™ Monitoring Server Reports provide access to detailed information on Call Detail Records (CDRs) which allow admins to monitor system usage,and performance for billing,regulatory,risk management and ROI purposes as well as assessing the performance of the deployment with regards to call diagnostics,Quality of Experience (QoE) for audio/video and to enable end-user troubleshooting. This session covers a deep dive on how these tools come together to simplify day to day tasks for administrators,and how they enabled the Lync™ team deliver its highest quality release yet.

Exchange Server 2010 High Availability Management and Operations

Scott Schnoll — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

This is an advanced session that covers the operational aspects of a database availability group (DAG),including managing and activating mailbox database copies,lagged copies,database copy distribution,DAG member maintenance and upgrading and replication troubleshooting and diagnostics.

Increasing Your Data Center Efficency through Proven Practices

Eduardo Kassner — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Most of the time when we deploy practices in our Data Centers we are blind to the effect they will have in our operating environment. We have a very good indication that the result is worthwhile but how much should you expect,and how can you measure efficiency? In this session we share with you an extremely useful and very detailed study conducted by Microsoft with 162+ companies,looking into their best practice and the specific effect per workload each capability had,with respect to efficiency and cost benefits. This session allows you to validate your good initiatives,reinforce your good practices,and even provide some very good ideas on how to evolve your best practice further.

Archiving and Discovery in Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 and Exchange Online (Repeats on 5/18 at 5:00pm)

Krish Sundaresan — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

The Next Generation of Software: Leveraging Natural User Interface Technology to Deliver Improved User Experience

Tim Huckaby — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

For more than 30 years developers have been building software for small computers like the PC. Now a reinvigorated focus on user experience with rich client and rich internet application (RIA) developer technologies have created even greater opportunities for the creation of awesome applications. When you couple that with the advent of multi-touch capable hardware at consumer prices and the high level .NET APIs to leverage multi-touch capabilities,we have the start of the new age of software focused on the Natural User Experience (NUI). NUI applications manifest in “new” platforms and developer technologies such as Windows 7,Surface,Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF),Windows Phone and Microsoft Silverlight and all can leverage innovative capabilities like Multi-touch,Cloud and Parallel computing. But,NUI is more than just multi-touch. NUI is also gesture-based interfaces using the Kinect tracking full body movement,facial expressions,and voice recognition with precision. And within the decade NUI will be Neural based interfaces (both conscience and non-conscience). This demo-focused session takes an amusing look at the past and an impressive look at some of the best software being built today and into the immediate future that leverages the Natural User Interface. This session demonstrates how multi-touch enabled applications can be used in multiple vertical industries to improve the communication,education,collaboration,and experience overall across the software continuum.

Using Microsoft Visual Basic to Build Windows Phone Applications

Lucian Wischik — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Are you a Visual Basic developer,interested in building Windows Phone applications that scale with your user base? Come to this demo-packed session and learn tips to develop these applications. Start with an idea for a killer Windows Phone app. It needs an Azure backend because it’s online and connected and is going to scale to millions of users. You want to sell it on the Marketplace. How will you develop it? This demo shows technologies that will help you pull it off! It highlights some existing Visual Basic language features like LINQ to XML,and some upcoming language features like Async for ASP.NET,that will turbo-charge your development. The only thing it doesn’t cover is what kind of yacht to buy when your app hits the big time.

Pragmatic JavaScript,jQuery and AJAX with Microsoft ASP.NET

Damian Edwards — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

JQuery turned the world on its ear. Do we still write JavaScript or do we just write jQuery? Damian answers that question with new JavaScript techniques and AJAX as well as some jQuery plugin surprises up his sleeve. What are the best libraries and practices for using jQuery and JavaScript with ASP.NET? How should balanced applications be designed to make the best use of the power of the server and the power of the client?

A Lap around Microsoft Silverlight 5 (Repeated from 5/16 at 1:15pm)

Pete Brown — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Come see what’s new and exciting with the Silverlight 5 beta. Learn about features for business application development,visualization and casual gaming. In this demo- and code-focused developer session,we hit the major new features in Silverlight 5,and get you well on your way to being productive with the latest release of Silverlight.

HTML5 and CSS3 Techniques You Can Use Today

Todd Anglin — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

As more browsers deliver rich support for the next generation of standards-based web development,new techniques are enabling web developers to design with unprecedented levels of control. In this session,learn practical HTML5 and CSS3 techniques that you can use in any web project today. Learn how to easily add drop shadows to HTML objects,how to quickly create rounded corners,how to use custom fonts,and even how to animate with CSS. All techniques are demonstrated with special attention to cross-browser support and tips for supporting older browsers.

Test Automation with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: Coded UI Tests and Lab Management

Brian Keller — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Test automation with Visual Studio has never looked so good! In this session we take a detailed look at coded UI tests,which can be used to create fully automated UI tests for Microsoft Silverlight,Windows Forms,Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF),and web applications. Learn some techniques for creating robust coded UI tests which can be maintained over time along with your evolving application. We then spend the second half of this session examining Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management. Learn how to enable “continuous delivery” of your code changes into one or more virtual test labs,and enable a fully-automated build-deploy-test workflow.

Microsoft Expression for Developers: Demystifying User Interface Design

Brian Randell — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Ever since the drag and drop designer changed user interface construction,the way developers have built GUIs has been changing. HTML and XAML now permeate the world of Microsoft user interface design. In this session,you the developer,yes Brian’s talking to you,learn how broadening the tools you use to include SketchFlow and Expression Blend will enable you to deliver application interfaces that are more functional,more usable,and have more visual impact than using Visual Studio alone. Whether you are developing for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF),Microsoft Silverlight,or Windows Phone,if you’re looking to push your applications to the next level,this is the session for you!

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Design Challenges

Peter Myers — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services allows developers to produces cubes which,when designed well,can deliver intuitive,feature-rich and highly-performant data models. In many ways they are a key component to delivering Business Intelligence within the enterprise. To be clear,this session intentionally explores beyond the basics. It covers best practice design for dimensions and cubes,and also addresses common design challenges in relation to the supporting source schema design,cube calculations and security. This session is suitable for those already familiar with Analysis Services cube development. Additionally,some knowledge and experience of MDX is preferable to get the most out of this session.

Microsoft SQL Server in Virtualization and Private Cloud

Darmadi Komo, Guy Bowerman — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Come and learn how SQL Server fits into your company's strategy on virtualization and private cloud. We talk talk about SQL Server feautures that are relevant in virtualization and private cloud deployment,why Hyper-V is better for SQL Server virtualization,the upcoming HP Database Consolidation Appliance,and SQL Server support and licensing in virtualization scenarios.

Tips & Tricks: Low Latency Web Applications on the Windows Azure Platform

Matthew Kerner — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Some of us take elasticity,scalability,reliability and availability for granted in the cloud,but latency is not that simple. In this session we look at reducing latency through asynchronous design patterns,managing data access,tuning application performance,leveraging the Content Delivery Network (CDN) and integrating Windows Azure AppFabric Caching.

Understanding Windows Phone Marketplace

Todd Biggs, Analisa Roberts — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

Windows Phone presents developers and organizations with the ability to reach thousands of users and the opportunity to extend their reach and monetize their applications using Windows Phone Marketplace,which is designed to help solve important issues facing the Windows Phone developer community: distribution and monetization. This session provides application developers with insights and lessons learned about the tools and processes needed to submit an application to marketplace and begin distributing Windows Phone applications.

Understanding the Windows Phone Development Tools

Maarten Struys — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

Developing applications for Windows Phone is efficient and easy,thanks to an excellent suite of free development and design tools. To get the most out of your day-to-day work,it is important to understand the different capabilities of the different tools. This sample-filled session explains when to use Microsoft Expression Blend and when to use Microsoft Visual Studio from a software development perspective. Also,see how both tools operate together to create captivating applications for Windows Phone that will access Phone resources,such as the built-in camera or GPS hardware. After discussing the designer / development tools,you also learn how to unit-test your Silverlight-based Windows Phone applications and how you can profile your applications to find performance bottlenecks in your own code. Finally,the session explains the added value that you,as a developer,will get when using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional.

Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Phone

Joe Marini — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Phone brings more of the web to life on the small screen so you can easily see things and play on the web. Internet Explorer Mobile supports HTML5,CSS3,and SVG,and uses graphic hardware acceleration to bring cutting-edge HTML5 sites to life. To enhance the experience,the Windows Phone user interface has been refined and reduced so you can focus on the beauty of the web and not the browser frame. In this session,learn how to build sites that work well and look great on Windows Phone and across mobile devices. We cover the core mobile web scenarios,preparing content for mobile,and tips and techniques for debugging and testing your sites.

Multi-tasking and Application Switching for Windows Phone

Peter Torr — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

One of the most exciting new features coming to the next update for is the support for multi-tasking of applications and the ability for users to switch quickly between running third-party applications. Many developers have been waiting for this capability and in this session,learn how this is going to work and how to get your application ready now for this new functionality. This is a detailed,live coding session.

Enhanced Push Notifications and Live Tiles for Windows Phone

Peter Torr — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

Windows Phone has the unique ability to provide the end user direct access to the information they care most about,via Live Tiles. In the next release of Windows Phone,we’ll be substantially improving how this infrastructure works in order to make it easier than ever for developers to create dynamic,compelling experiences for end users.

RemoteFX Hardware Selection and Deployment Considerations for VDI and Sessions

Hector Angulo, Rommy Channe, Eric Han — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

In this session we talk about the various hardware configurations that support RemoteFX as well as deployment considerations for your environment.

Failover Clustering 101: Get Highly Available Now!

Jeff Hughes, Amitabh Tamhane — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

This session is for IT pros who want to learn about Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering for the first time. Learn how to build a highly-available File Server and Hyper-V cluster in just one hour. We cover planning,licensing,virtualization,support,validation,hardware,networking considerations,building a cluster,deploying workloads on a cluster,and deploying virtual machines on a cluster. A Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster is built from scratch in a live demo!

iSCSI and Windows Server: Getting Best Performance,High-Availability and Better Virtualization

Greg Shields — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

iSCSI is a great protocol. With it you can leverage existing network equipment to connect servers to storage. Virtual environments also gain through the everywhere-for-everyone nature of iSCSI. But iSCSI also has its dark side. It’s easy to configure it incorrectly. It’s easy to configure for bad performance. Navigate through iSCSI gotchas with MVP and iSCSI Expert Greg Shields. In it,learn the best ways to aggregate iSCSI links for load balancing,failover,and increased throughput. Learn the differences between MPIO and MCS,and why you should care. And leave with some smart reasons why iSCSI can be a best-fit solution for your datacenter and virtualization needs.

Failover Clustering in 2008 R2: What's New in the Top High-Availability Solution

Elden Christensen, Amitabh Tamhane — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

Get Out of Dodge: Migrating to Windows Server 2008 R2 x64

Rick Claus — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

You can't wait any longer. Your infrastructure is still clinging to the 2003 x86 server architecture but with every day that goes by,you worry more and more that the other shoe will drop. You know you have to bite the bullet and get these critical services over to more modern hardware paired with the current supported revisions of the server platform. These are the services that keep the lights on,the servers running and most importantly: the users happy! This demo-intensive session covers how to migrate essential services like DHCP,DNS,File/Print,Certificate Services and more. But migration is only half the battle. In order to not leave you hanging - this session wraps up with how to manage and maintain these services using the new remote administration tools and Windows PowerShell v2.0. If you have customers stuck in the x86 to x64 migration frontier - show them the path to x64 2008 R2 nirvana.

Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for Application Storage,Diskless Boot,and More!

Jian (Jane) Yan — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

SANs offer great performance in return for perceived complexity and expense. Many IT pros incorrectly equate SAN with Fibre Channel,but iSCSI offers an alternative that is widely available. Microsoft offers a software alternative (iSCSI Software Target 3.3) that has previously only been available with Windows Storage Server,but now can be downloaded from download center! In this session we describe in detail the significant performance improvements Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 offers over previous versions. We will discuss how to deploy iSCSI Boot,and show how Version 3.3 is able to support booting 500 HPC servers in under 10 minutes! The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target offers a low-cost means of supporting iSCSI booting for multiple server nodes from a single golden image,while using differencing VHDs to store only the unique data and paging for each server node.

Tricks-of-the-Trade after More Than a Decade of Microsoft Active Directory

Jairo Cadena — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

It is now common knowledge that Active Directory is widely deployed across all types of businesses. After more than a decade of deploying and managing Active Directory,you might well imagine that we’ve picked up a few things along the way. In this session we bring together a wide selection of many of the most valuable lessons including lesser-known Active Directory behaviors,some of the more deeply buried knobs,dials and switches,a few tricks-of-the-trade and perhaps even a get out of jail free(ish) card or two that will ultimately allow you to do your job better.

DirectAccess Implementation and Integration Deep Dive

Rand Morimoto — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:43 GMT

As an update from his DirectAccess implementation and integration deep dive from Tech·Ed 2010,Rand Morimoto,author and Microsoft MVP walks through the step-by-step process of implementing DirectAccess and Unified Access Gateway / DirectAccess including tips,tricks and lessons learned. This is a Level 400 session where Rand jumps right into the implementation of DirectAccess. All attendees are provided access to Rand’s deployment guide that he’lhe uses as the basis of this session.

What Are the Bridges between Private and Public Cloud?

Peter Meister — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

In this session we look at the core Hybrid Cloud topologies capable with Windows Azure and Windows Server Private Cloud Architecture. We showcase bridging the two environments together and how you can leverage private and public cloud to scale your enterprise needs.

Anatomy of HP Cloud Foundation for Hyper-V

Brad Kirby — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Learn how HP Cloud Foundation for Hyper-V works under the covers. What is a template? What is a workflow? How has HP enhanced standard Matrix templates and workflows with PowerShell scripts. How does it all work with Microsoft System Center? This session is intended for IT implementers.

Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track: A Reference Architecture for Private Cloud

Scott Rosenbloom, Bryon Surace — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track delivers the quickest path to Private Cloud via pre-validated configurations from Microsoft and server partners. Originally announced at Tech·Ed Europe in November of 2010,much has transpired since the initial launch. Here is your opportunity to learn more about the program and solutions currently available. We delve into the architecture and design principles focusing primarily on the compute,network,storage and management components. We also cover a sample of the configurations in the market today discussing the different approaches and the flexibility of the architecture.

Redelivering a Users Old Windows XP Environment inside Their New Windows 7 PC via Microsoft Deployment Toolkit w/P2V

Stephen Rose — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Ever wish Windows XP Mode actually redelivered your old configured Windows XP environment,with all of your old potentially incompatible applications,Internet Explorer 6 and the Internet Explorer add-ins you've been using for the last 3-5 years? Sysinternals Disk2VHD can snapshot a running copy of Windows to itself while it is running,and we can script everything necessary and integrate with an automated deployment task sequence. The result is that applications from the old OS are published to the start menu of the new OS,making them easy to find. The old OS still has its antivirus running,is still joined to the domain,ccmexec would still be there if it was before,and group policies are still managing the VM guests. All of this is even supported. While this isn’t something for every user,and requires Software Assurance and a volume license-activated system to be compliant,it can help in situations where a single,standard virtual machine will not suffice. Let us tell you more,and show you how to build it.

MDT,MAP,ACT,WDS,SCCM,AIS and P2V: You Can't Spell Deployment without Them

Tony Krijnen, Stephen Rose — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Learn about the key resources,tips and tricks to building images in minutes and deploying them in hours. This session focuses on the pre- and post-deployment gotchas as well as the key tools like Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) needed to quickly build and modify your Windows images and allow you to deploy them with ease.

Reduce VDI Costs with Windows Thin PC

Balagopalan Nikhil — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

As VDI adoption grows and stabilizes,customers are now looking to reduce their end point costs with thin client computing. Thin clients offer benefits such as lower power consumption and better device security,but most customers would need to buy new devices,in addition to paying for Windows VDA licensing for thin clients. Is there a way for customers to try out the thin client experience by leveraging existing resources? Windows Thin PC is the answer,enabling customers to repurpose existing PCs as thin clients. Come learn more about Windows Thin PC features and benefits,as well as see it in action.

Unleashing the Power of Consumerization: How We Can Help

Jason Leznek — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Consumerization is driving profound changes in how businesses think about IT. Employee-owned devices,consumer services,and a blurring of traditional work/life boundaries are all shaping how we conduct business,and this is putting increasing pressure on IT to provide solutions to end users while maintaining a secure and well-managed environment. How can IT embrace these changes and drive increased employee productivity while still ensuring that data is protected and assets are managed in a compliant way? Learn how Microsoft can empower you to seize these opportunities through a simpler,unified approach to client and device management that helps drive down cost and improve service.

Advanced Troubleshooting with Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP)

Jeffery Hicks — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This session demonstrates how to generate and use Group Policy Resultant Set of Policy reports that can assist in troubleshooting a user or computer configuration problem. Learn how to use the Group Policy management console to generate RSoP reports as well as command line solutions using Windows PowerShell.

How to Develop a Successful Desktop Strategy (Thin,Thick,VDI...)

Eduardo Kassner — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

New desktop technologies such as Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) are causing many to consider re-architecting their desktop infrastructure. In this session we show the progression of the Thin Client,VDI and Remote Desktop architectures,clarify and uncover some Desktop TCO myths,by reviewing major analyst’s opinions and their progression over time. We then go over successful and not so successful desktop selection methods on which we have participated in real IT environments. Finally we present the Microsoft desktop strategy that focuses on meeting desktop requirements based on roles/personas,rather than implying that one technology fits all. We walk through examples that illustrate when and how to use Presentation,Application,and HW Virtualization offerings,covering Remote Desktop Services,Microsoft Application Virtualization,as well as VDI through Hyper V.

Manage Group Policy with Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) 4.0

Jeremy Moskowitz — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Microsoft has a secret weapon to ensure that your whole team works together when it comes to Group Policy management. In this session,learn why a "change management" for Group Policy is needed,and what AGPM brings to the table to make that happen. Learn what's new in AGPM 4.0 including advanced offline scenarios and more.

Top 10 Windows Deployment Service (WDS) Common Issues and How to Resolve Them

Rhonda Layfield — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Deploying Microsoft operating systems using WDS is a snap if you know the most common mistakes and issues that are made and how to resolve them. In this session,learn about PXE boot issues… why they occur and how to fix them or work around them if necessary. The multicast protocol is supposed to help speed up your deployments but what happens when it actually slows them down? Look at multicast registry settings. And what happens when WDS causes a memory leak – is it really WDS and how do you fix it? Join 28-year IT veteran Rhonda Layfield for this intense packet level / registry setting session on WDS and how bring out the best of WDS in your environment.

Maximizing Windows 7 Performance: Troubleshooting Tips

Johan Arwidmark — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Ever thought about what Windows 7 actually is doing while you are waiting? Learn to troubleshoot and analyze of a wide range of performance problems including application start times,boot issues,deferred procedure calls and interrupt activity (DPCs and ISRs),system responsiveness issues,application resource usage and interrupt storms.

What's New in Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP): Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)

Anthony Smith, Stein Dolan — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This session provides a overview and demo of Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring which will provide an enterprise solution for BitLocker provisioning,monitoring and key recovery.

Introduction to Internet Explorer 9 for IT Pros

Anurag Pandit — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Internet Explorer 9 provides the premiere modern enterprise browser experience: fast,clean,and trusted. In this demo-heavy session,we will cover the impressive performance of IE9,including javascript improvements and hardware acceleration. We’ll review important security and manageability features so you can configure the browser to meet the needs of your organization. We’ll review the end user features,such as site pinning. We will also cover standards and HTML5. And we’ll cover all of it from the perspective that matters to you: the IT Pro. You’ll leave the session with a better understanding of the capabilities of IE9 and how your enterprise can benefit from deploying it. Come ready with questions and you could walk away with passes to the sought after Springboard Series Community Event.

Connected Media Devices Powered by Windows Embedded

Olivier Bloch — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Come and see what Windows Embedded can do in the Connected Media space. During this demo-intense and interactive session,see what devices running Windows Embedded can do.

The Ten Immutable Laws of Microsoft SharePoint Security

Richard Taylor — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Beginning with Law #1: “Thou Shalt secure the entire stack from Level 1 to 7”,you will see there is more to securing SharePoint than permissions and locking down IIS. Come to this session to learn Defense-In-Depth of properly securing SharePoint using the OSI model as your guide.

Complete Enterprise Content Management in Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Kurt Allebach, Oleg Kofman, Israel Vega — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This session walks through key scenarios to understand when deploying ECM across the your organization. It discusses pros and cons for some common deployment questions and helps you understand what can and can’t change later and how your decisions affect the overall deployment from all angles.

Building Your First Windows Phone Application for Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Paul Stubbs — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Take your SharePoint business applications on the go with Windows Phone. Windows Phone has great integration with SharePoint via the Microsoft Office hub,but how do access your custom line-of-business applications on the phone? In this session,learn how to build your first Windows Phone application for SharePoint. Learn the fundamentals that will give you a running start for your own applications

What Do Existing BPOS Customers Need to Do to Prepare for Microsoft Office 365?

Michael O'Neill, Edward Wu — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This session addresses your questions about moving from the current version of Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS-S) to the next version,Office 365. It highlights key areas you should be thinking of now,so that your customer will be ready to move to the next version.

Microsoft Office 365: Identity and Access Solutions

Ross Adams — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This session provides a preview of the identity and access solutions in the next generation of the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (Office 365). The session focuses on how authentication works for both web apps and rich client apps,how to enable single sign-on (SSO) using corporate Active Directory credentials and Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 to Office 365 services,and the different SSO deployment options for Office 365 services.

Integrating Microsoft SharePoint 2010 with Windows Azure

Steve Fox — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Many companies are beginning to use Windows Azure and looking to integrate SharePoint with Windows Azure. In this session,we’ll explore three primary ways that these technologies come together: cloud-based service integration,data and information storage and service bus connectivity for remote device integration. To help illustrate these patterns,this demo-heavy session will walk you through how you can build,deploy and secure integrated solutions. Specific topics that will be covered include WCF service integration,BI with SQL Azure,leveraging Windows Azure BLOB storage,integrating Windows Phone using the service bus,and securing your integrated solution. If you're looking to understand how to integrate these two technologies,then you won't want to miss this session.

HTML,jQuery,and JavaScript in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development

Joseph Homnick — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This session looks at integrating HTML (including 5) into your SharePoint 2010 development projects. HTML along with jQuery,OData and the SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model gives you a very compelling and efficient development solution. This solution results in a cross-browser compatible development effort that gracefully degrades across browser versions. We look at how to integrate these development options into your Microsoft Visual Studio and FrontPage Designer SharePoint 2010 development projects to create pages,web parts and extend master pages. Leave the session with an end-to-end development solution,including debugging HTML 5 applications within the SharePoint 2010 environment.

Integrating Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Girish Raja — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

SharePoint and CRM is a match made in heaven! With Dynamics CRM 2011 & CRM Online,Microsoft provides out-of-box document integration with SharePoint 2010 but customers are increasingly looking for ways to integrate these two technologies further. In this developer-focused session,we take a look at how you can bring CRM data to SharePoint using webparts,Business Connectivity Services (BCS),web services and more. You will also see demos of BCS Connector for CRM and an end-to-end online application connecting SharePoint Online,CRM Online,Microsoft Silverlight and Azure. If you’re looking to understand how you can integrate these two technologies,then you won’t want to miss this demo-filled session.

Developing Microsoft Office Business Solutions That Span the PC,Windows Phone and the Web

Donovan Follette, Steve Hansen — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Over the years,businesses have embraced Microsoft Office for their business solutions for its ease of use and broad feature set. Now with Office Services in Microsoft SharePoint 2010,Windows Azure,Office 365 and Windows Phone,Office solution development can provide a wide range of new user productivity experiences. In this session we discuss the key components and architecture for building an end-to-end Office solution that spans the PC,phone and browser.

Architecting Microsoft Office for Physical,Virtual and Cloud Deployments

Alistair Speirs, Isabelle Maury — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Desktop IT pros are faced with several methods to deliver Microsoft Office to client computers. Office offers a wide range of deployment options,ranging from the well proven setup program MSI installation to VDI,terminal services,and application virtualization. However,rarely does just one method meet the needs of an entire organization. This session discusses approaches to delivering Office 2010 to your users,from training considerations to deployment methods and extensibility. We show you how to merge on-premises,Microsoft Office 365 cloud and web services environments highlighting potential impacts to your network performance and data security.

Creating Great End-User Experiences with Fast Search for SharePoint 2010

Daniel Benson, Mark Stone — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This session will talk about customizations that can be made to Fast Search for SharePoint both at the backend and front-end to drive great search experiences.

The Taming of the Clouds: Integrating SaaS with Your On-Premise Environment

Dmitry Sotnikov — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Online applications such as Microsoft Office 365,Windows Intune,or Salesforce.com offer significantly lower cost of ownership and hold the promise of freeing up IT resources for business-critical operations. Yet,because of their cloud nature,if not properly connected to your existing IT infrastructure they can lead to provisioning,access management,and security issues. Come to this session to learn how major SaaS applications can be integrated with your existing Microsoft infrastructure including Active Directory,GPO,Microsoft System Center,and Windows desktops.

We Don't Need No Stinkin' GUI: Command-Line Capture Techniques (Remote Options)

Laura Chappell — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Why go to the GUI when the command-line capabilities of Tshark or tcpdump may be all you need to capture files to file sets,use a ring buffer,apply capture filters,extract specific fields,export traffic information for analysis in Microsoft Excel,or... you get the idea. In this session,Laura focuses on the methods used to capture local or remote traffic to troubleshoot,secure and optimize a network. Examining rpcapd.exe,Laura explains how to set up a remote host that sends you every little packet you want. Whipping out Tshark,Laura builds some pretty slick little batch files (remember those?) to send to a packet neophyte so you get just the traffic you want. It's 1984 all over again and the command-line rules,eh?

Microsoft Identity and Access Strategy

Mark Ryland — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Identity and Access will be critical elements of the next big computing waves: cloud,collaboration,and consumerization. At Microsoft we’ve been thinking about challenges and opportunities for identity in 2020 and beyond. In this session we outline key challenges,sketch some great scenarios for next-generation identity technology,and examine possible approaches to get there.

Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 Overview

Adam Hall — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

The next version of Opalis will be known as System Center Orchestrator. In this session,we cover the new capabilities that Orchestrator will bring to the System Center integration,orchestration and automation solutions,and how these align to the Microsoft Private Cloud offerings.

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: What’s in It,and How It Enables the Building of Private Clouds and Federation to the Public Cloud

Kenon Owens — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 is designed to deliver industry-leading virtual machine management,deployment and configuration for services in private cloud environments. It features deep investments in server application virtualization,service design,and service modeling -- all of which can be used to build an on-premises private cloud. This session includes an overview of key VMM 2012 capabilities like Image Based Management,Host Role Deployment,Service Design,Image Composability,Application Elasticity,and Fabric Management. This session also covers VMM 2012 features that can be used to create a unified management experience for public and private clouds,including migrating workloads between these clouds. Gain an understanding of VMM 2012 supported scenarios,along with an understanding of how to use these capabilities to build an on-premise private cloud with federation to the public cloud.

Monty WiFion and the Quest for the Holy Grail of Network Security!

Andy Malone — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

With millions of bits of your data transmitted over the airwaves every day,it’s critical that your wireless security solution is rock solid. In this intriguing 75min session Andy Malone takes you on a journey into the centre of a Wireless network. From planning to encryption and firewalls to management and troubleshooting. This session gives clear and practical advice on best practice scenarios and tips on avoiding the pitfalls. If you are concerned about wireless security this is one session you won’t want to miss.

Unintended Consequences of Security Lockdowns

Aaron Margosis — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Security-conscious organizations often lock down their systems based on prescriptive guidance from Microsoft,US Federal government agencies or other security organizations. Sometimes these settings can lead to unpleasant surprises and unexpected side effects. This session describes and demonstrates some of the common issues that can arise,and whether and how those settings actually help or hurt. Is there benefit to not granting Administrators the “Debug” privilege? Does “Hide mechanisms to remove zone information” break anything? Is the “Require trusted path for credential entry” setting worth the inconvenience? Come see!

Advanced Threat Detection and Remediation Using Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection

Randy Treit, Jason Conradt — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This session provides a deep dive into the protection capabilities provided by the Microsoft antimalware platform,which is included in Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010. Learn how Microsoft stays on top of the evolving threat landscape in order to protect your endpoint systems from advanced threats as they hit the wild. This session walks through the core protection features provided by the platform,such as policy-based controls,advanced threat detection and remediation,behavior monitoring,network vulnerability shielding,and the cloud-based dynamic signature service. Demos show several protection scenarios in action protecting endpoints under malware attack.

Cross-Organization Collaboration Using Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Active Directory Federation Services 2.0

Samuel Devasahayam — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

As the world grows more connected,demand is increasing for easy,secure ways to collaborate across companies and over the Internet using familiar tools and applications. In this session learn how to collaborate across boundaries using Microsoft Office,SharePoint,and Active Directory Federation Services 2.0.

Developer's View on Single Sign-On for Applications Using Windows Azure

Vittorio Bertocci — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Signing users in and granting them access is a core function of almost every cloud-based application. In this session we show you how to simplify your user experience by enabling users to sign in with an existing account such as a Windows Live ID,Google,Yahoo,Facebook or on-premises Active Directory account,implement access control and make secure connections between applications. Learn how the AppFabric Access Control Service,Windows Identity Foundation,and Active Directory Federation Services use a cloud-based identity architecture to help you to take advantage of the shift toward the cloud while still fully leveraging your on-premises investments.

Using Windows Azure Access Control Service 2.0 with Your Cloud Application

Vittorio Bertocci — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

The Windows Azure Access Control Service 2.0 provides comprehensive federation and authorization services for cloud applications,so that you don't have to build identity infrastructure yourself. Come to this session to learn how your application can take advantage of your user's existing Active Directory,Windows Live ID,Google,Yahoo,and Facebook accounts when they access your cloud application. This session is aimed at developers building cloud applications.

Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange and Microsoft Office 365: Better Together!

Sridhar Chandrashekar, Harpreet Singh Juneja — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Come and learn how Forefront Online Protection for Exchange 11.1 and Office 365 provides new scenarios to protect customers against viruses and spam while using advanced routing scenarios.

Technical Overview of Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2

Brjann Brekkan, Mark Wahl — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Join us for a lap around Forefront Identity Manager and the updates we are making in an upcoming R2 release. This session should give you a good understanding of how FIM 2010 and FIM 2010 R2 fits into your infrastructure and what it can do to put you in control of identities across different directories and applications.

Centralized Management of Anti-Malware/Anti-Spam Using Microsoft Forefront Protection Server Management Console

Mitchell Hall — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Learn about how Microsoft Forefront Protection Server Management Console and Forefront Protection Server Script Kit can help enterprise customers with large deployments of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server/Microsoft Exchange,improving visibility across business productivity application security of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint.

Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Deep Dive

Conor Morrison — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Come and learn about best practices to protect your email,using Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE). Learn how to integrate your on-premises FPE for Hybrid Protection scenarios.

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Server Fabric Lifecycle,Part 1 - Configuring Networking and Storage

Stephen Baron — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This first session in a series of three provides a scenario-based,rich,detailed walk through of new and more robust networking and storage features in Virtual Machine Manager 2012. In this session,learn how to discover,configure,and provision networking and storage fabric for use with the private cloud.

Protecting Client Data with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010

Young Kwon, Islam Gomaa — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Typically,Data Protection Manager (DPM) is thought of as a ‘Datacenter’ solution. But with up to 60% of corporate data often residing individual desktops,it is important that DPM be discussed in Optimized Desktop scenarios,as well. In this session,we take Client and OD specialists through the DPM 2010 Client protection scenario. We talk about how to get started,how to configure client protection and demonstrate the various restore scenarios.

A First Look at Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012

Jason Buffington, Prabu Ambravaneswaran — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

The next generation of Data Protection Manager (DPM) is on the way. While there is still some time before Beta,this is your first chance to look at what is coming in backup and recovery from System Center.

AVIcode: Overview of Application Monitoring That You Can Do Today

Victor Mushkatin — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Join us to discover what is new in application monitoring for Microsoft customers through the recently acquired AVIcode technologies,as well as other solutions from our partner community in extending Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and possibly find the solution to your immediate end-to-end service monitoring needs. Come and see the latest technology within the System Center family and understand the breadth of monitoring options now available.

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012: Deployment and Infrastructure Technical Overview

Wally Mead — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Configuration Manager 2012 is now in Beta 2! A strong engineering investment has been made in optimizing the site and hierarchy architecture for the Configuration Manager 2012 release. This session examines those changes and provides guidance on how best to design and deploy an optimized Configuration Manager 2012 infrastructure. This session covers topics such as site server roles,boundary management,Role Based Administration,Discovery,Inventory,content deployment and changes to Collections.

Microsoft System Center Advisor Technical Overview

Sachin Agrawal — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Offering highly available services in the datacenter depends among other things on adherence to best practices and awareness of the latest patches and updates. More information on managing your server environment can help increase uptime by decreasing the time to resolve unplanned downtime. Learn about System Center Advisor (formerly Microsoft code-named “Atlanta”),an online Microsoft tool available,to help analyze the configurations of Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Server deployments,identify potential issues and data corruption,and provide more information about systems to make problem resolution faster and more efficient.

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012: Technical Overview

Wally Mead — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Configuration Manager 2012 is now in Beta 2! By now you have hopefully had a chance to experience the beta of the next release of Configuration Manager,the world’s leading systems management toolset. As we enter a new era of work styles,the System Center flagship product is evolving. In this session we present a demo-rich technical overview of the next release of user-centric client management. We focus on the new improvements,infrastructure simplification and expanded capabilities.

Preparing Identities for Cloud Services with Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager

Mark Wahl — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This session outlines approaches and best practices to improve the quality of identity data (users and groups) in your on-premises Active Directory,leveraging Forefront Identity Manager integrating with data from existing databases and directories,and by using self-service for reviewing and refining security groups,to ensure that this data can be used to provision and enable access cloud services. This session demonstrates how identity data is transformed into claims by Active Directory Federation Services and used by applications deployed on the Microsoft cloud technology platform,including Windows Azure AppFabric.

Extending Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager to Specialized Devices with Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011

Robert Peterson — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Given the ever-rising adoption and deployment of embedded devices in the enterprise,business owners and administrators have been calling for administrative,management and reporting solutions that can be integrated into existing infrastructures with the least possible overhead add while at the same time granting the ability to manage embedded devices no differently than assets already in use. Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011 extends System Center Configuration Manager 2007,putting you on a path to effectively manage the growing list of Windows Embedded devices available and coming. Attend this session and see Device Manager 2011 in action,and learn how the product will grow with you and your growing embedded device investment

Creating “One Consistent Experience” across Your PC,Laptop and Tablet Desktops

Bernhard Tritsch, Jon Wallace — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

In this session,learn how user virtualization will enable you to deploy a consistent desktop experience and synchronize desktops,apps and data across PCs,laptops and tablets - and mobile devices too in the not too distant future. AppSense User virtualization technology creates true user abstraction,enabling a consistent,high performance personalized desktop across platforms.

Hyper-V and Dynamic Memory in Depth

Bryon Surace — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

Dynamic memory is a new feature of Hyper-V,coming to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Come and learn how Dynamic Memory enables Hyper-V to utilize system resources more efficiently,and how this can benefit your environment. Also learn how Dynamic Memory works under the covers,and what you should be preparing for with the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

Understanding How Microsoft Virtualization Compares to VMware

Edwin Yuen, Matt McSpirit — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:42 GMT

This is a must-see session for anyone who is comparing VMware with Microsoft's virtualization offerings. We will review Microsoft's technology compared to VMware,focusing on what differentiates the two technologies. The session will also cover effective strategies for integrating Microsoft virtualization into datacenter environments,and review one company's experience with implementing Microsoft virtualization. If you need to know how the Microsoft virtualization stack compares to VMware's,this is the session for you!

Manual Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2010

Brian Keller — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Are you tired of spending hours trying to reproduce and diagnose bugs? Do you have a hard time getting testers and developers to talk to each other? Is it difficult to determine which tests are most important to run after you produce a new build? If so,then this session is for you! Software testing is perhaps the #1 area of investment for the application lifecycle management capabilities of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. During this session we explore the new software testing architecture offered by Visual Studio 2010. We also examine the various testing roles played by members of the development and testing teams and show how they will interact with Visual Studio 2010 to more effectively test software and eliminate bugs. This session includes a detailed walkthrough of Microsoft Test Manager,authoring and organizing test cases,running test cases,filing "actionable bugs" and creating your first coded UI test.

From Zero to Silverlight in 75 Minutes

Paul Sheriff — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Confused about how to get started using Microsoft Silverlight? Have you attended Silverlight sessions only to find out that they are doing all this graphics stuff and you need to write a business application? This session focuses on Silverlight for the business application programmer. Learn to create a business application form using Silverlight. Learn the basics of XAML,where and why to use Silverlight and see an example of a standard data entry form.

The Future of Parallel Programming in the Microsoft .NET Framework

Danny Shih — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4 introduced a host of new features for building parallel applications that leverage the full power of today's multicore CPUs. In this session we introduce emerging trends in the realm of parallel programming and give a preview of technologies planned for future versions of the .NET Framework. In particular,we examine language and library enhancements focused on significantly easing asynchronous programming,and library support for developing parallel applications around the flow of data.

Advanced Programming Patterns for Windows 7

Kate Gregory — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Windows 7 development in managed code can be very simple,especially for those using the Windows API Code Pack. But there's more! Your integration with Windows 7 doesn't have to be limited to simple interactions with the new API. This session goes beyond the simple and into aspects of Windows 7 development that have in the past been left for you to explore on your own. See how to create a jumplist with a task that delivers a command to your application,as Messenger and Outlook do. Explore a simple and powerful recipe for connecting to Restart and Recovery with minimal effort. Discover how Trigger Started Services can reduce your power footprint while giving your users better responsiveness. Explore all that libraries have to offer beyond "File Open" and why using a library is a better approach than having a user setting for "save directory."

Branching and Merging for Parallel Development

Jeff Levinson — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Are too many branches leaving you tired and overworked? Not quite sure where your code is? Does your teammate keep overwriting your code? Learn how to set up solid branching structures and perform merges to help avoid things like code freeze,losing your code,and how to avoid the dreaded cherry-pick merge. Learn the standard branching patterns and when to use them,as well as when not use them.

Creating and Consuming Open Data Protocol (OData) Services

Beth Massi — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

The Open Data Protocol (OData) is a REST-ful protocol for exposing and consuming data on the web and is becoming the new standard for data-based services. In this session,learn how to easily create these services using WCF Data Services in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and gain a firm understanding of how they work. Also,see how to consume these services and connect them to other data sources in the cloud to create powerful Business Intelligence data analysis in Microsoft Excel 2010 using the PowerPivot add-in. Finally,we build our own Excel add-in that consumes OData services exposed by Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

Deep Dive into Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Reporting

Steven Borg — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Traditional status reporting is about as accurate as a fairgrounds fortune teller,and worse,it takes too much effort and time! Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 can help! Its’ built in reporting capabilities provide a strong foundation for understanding the current status of your project. Not only does it provide a series of built-in reports,it gathers the metrics to allow for excellent ad-hoc reports. Using both the built-in and ad hoc report capabilities,finding the current status of your project,and predicting your project’s probability of success or failure along several axes. Come learn how to predict your future! We briefly overview the out-of-the-box reports before diving into what makes these reports possible. We examine the behind-the-scenes data stores: the TFS_Warehouse and the OLAP cube,and understand their purpose. Then we step back up into the world of reporting where we create and extend reports from queries (built-in capability),create new Excel pivot-table reports and host them on a SharePoint portal,and modify SQL Server Reporting Services reports. Then we look at how to make decisions about what data to capture to help drive overall process improvement. As an added bonus,all attendees walk away with three new custom reports for teams implementing Kanban and Lean,or simply trying to make their development process more effective.

Code First Development in Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1

Jeff Derstadt, David Annesley-DeWinter — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Code First has been incredibly popular since its release,and in this session we take a deep dive into how it works. See how Code First uses convention over configuration to improve developer productivity. Its flexibility allows for either automatic database provisioning or the ability to work with an existing database. We show best practices and how to use it in real-world applications,and also talk about the roadmap going forward.

Designing Applications in the Era of Many-Core Computing

Tiberiu Covaci — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Do you ever have the feeling that the technology evolves faster than you are assimilating it? Do you ever wonder how you will develop applications tomorrow,or how the new many-core processors will affect your future as a programmer? Then this talk is for you!

ALM for C++ in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Terry Leeper — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

One area that people simply don’t talk often enough about is Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools for Visual C++ development teams. ALM tools are critical for planning,development,testing,and maintenance of native code bases of every size. Visual Studio Ultimate offers many “out of the box” features for managing a C++ code base efficiently and easily. Come join us and see some of the current shipping features for C++ and get a live sneak preview of the features shipping in the next version of Visual Studio. You might be very surprised at all the new features for native C++ developers!

Understanding Your Systems with Architectural Discovery in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Peter Provost — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Most projects start from an existing code base – whether you are enhancing an existing application or re-writing an application to modernize it. In either case,the documentation for the existing system is most likely non-existent,stale or just wrong. The people who wrote the system are no longer available to the new team,which is left trying to understand a system with no starting point. See how Visual Studio 2010 gives you that starting point and allows teams to be productive in a fraction of the time it takes today as well as ensuring that you have the tools to document the new work so you don’t end up with the same situation in the future.

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 for Developers

Steve Evans — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Learn how to set up,configure,and manage IIS 7 and IIS 7.5. Microsoft made significant changes in IIS 7. Everything from architectural changes,setup process,plug-in architecture,security configuration,IIS manager and much more. We cover the basics of IIS 7.5,new features,site creation and configuration (like what is a host header?),how SSL certificates work,and how to package and deploy your website. Developers rely on IIS to run their applications so come learn all that you need to know about IIS 7.5 and how it can make your life easier.

Tackle the Complexity of Async Calls in Microsoft Silverlight and WPF Clients

Brian Noyes — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Whenever doing blocking tasks,particularly service calls in a Silverlight or Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) client,you will need to make those calls asynchronously. While async calls have been around for a long time in Microsoft .NET,the patterns for addressing them have been changing and improving. This session covers several common patterns for addressing async calls in client applications,including new and emerging approaches to async patterns such as Reactive Extensions that let you treat asynchronous execution like a LINQ collection and the Task-based Async pattern and keywords coming for the C# and VB languages. This session takes the mystery and confusion out of what happens and when -- and how to keep your code clean and safe in an inherently asynchronous client world.

Web Deployment Made Easy: Seriously

Michael Palermo — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

If you are an experienced Microsoft ASP.NET developer who has yet to discover the benefits of the new Web Deploy feature in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010,this session is for you. You have procrastinated,but no worries. Come see how Web Deploy can be a part of your deployment strategies.

Writing an ASP.NET MVC View Engine

Louis DeJardin — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

The IViewEngine is a fantastic extensibility point. The two view engines built into MVC and many third party options are all based on this simple interface. In this session you will learn how to implement it correctly. With this you will be able to add additional template dsls to generate html,wrap the existing view engines,and receive calls from the Partial and RenderPartial html helper methods.

Web Forms: Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

Damian Edwards — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Microsoft ASP.NET is greater than WebForms,just as ASP.NET is greater than ASP.NET MVC. As MVC evolves so does WebForms. Join Damian Edwards for a tour of new features in the next version of ASP.NET WebForms,some of which you might recognize as friends of the ASP.NET MVC world. Learn more about Routing,Model Binding,optimizing CSS and JavaScript,advanced control templating techniques,and new thinking around how to structure applications using your favorite Web Framework.

Orchard 1.1: Build,Customize,Extend,Ship

Sebastien Ros — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Orchard is a free,open-source Web Content Management platform built on the Microsoft .NET Framework and built with Microsoft ASP.NET MVC. In this session we create a real public facing website,leveraging the best of the Orchard community eco-system. See how this website can be extended by integrating familiar ASP.NET MVC code. Finally,we leverage Orchard's flexible extensibility model to create reusable Website components that can be shared with the community.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Extensibility

Jon Flanders — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Often overlooked as a potential development time-saver,customizing Visual Studio has never been easier,with Visual Studio 2010. From the old familiar Macro system all the way to custom Packages,Visual Studio 2010 provides a number of options for extending its functionality. With the addition of the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) and the new VSIX packaging model,getting your extensibility solution loaded and distributed isn’t a difficult task,it’s a joy. Come to this session to see how you can take advantage of these different forms of extensibility and use them to improve your dev,test,debug and deployment experience.

Best Practices for Virtualization of Microsoft Exchange 2010

Jeff Mealiffe, Jim Lucey — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Many production Exchange deployments are virtualized in order to achieve better utilization of hardware or align with datacenter deployment standards. As a critical server application,it's important to understand the implications of virtualizing Exchange and ensure that deployments are aligned to Microsoft's best practices. We cover what we have learned about the best ways to deploy Exchange in a virtual environment,the various virtualization technologies that can impact Exchange user experience,and scenarios where virtualization may not be the best choice. We also discuss the differences between Exchange native data protection and the high availability and failover features offered by virtualization stacks,and the level of availability that each offer to a deployment.

Load Balancing with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Andrew Ehrensing — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Understand the Exchange 2010 requirements for load balancing. Review the pros and cons of current hardware-based load balancing solutions. Discuss the nuances of high-end/high-scale load balancing and the impact to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Watch a demo of a hardware load balancer (in a VM environment) and how to test in a lab.

Designing Microsoft Exchange 2010 Mailbox High Availability for Failure Domains

Ross Smith IV — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Exchange 2010 deployments often encounter teams wanting to share resources (such as storage,a hypervisor layer,network infrastructure,etc). Learn about the concept of failure domains and how to apply them to planning Exchange 2010 in a shared resource scenario. Discuss the concept of specifying requirements/specs and working with other teams. Understand how to properly test and validate Exchange 2010 in a shared resource scenario.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Tips and Tricks

Scott Schnoll — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

This session continues the 10+ year tradition of the Exchange Server Tips and Tricks presentation. In this session,get information on how to get more out of Exchange 2010 SP1. This deck is packed with all new tips for Tech·Ed North America 2011.

Microsoft Lync 2010: Setup,Deployment,Upgrade and Coexistence Scenarios

Peter Schmatz, Robert Flaming — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 features a new suite of planning,setup and deployment tools to use when planning new installations or making changes to a deployed system. This session reviews these new planning and deployment tools,how they streamline initial setup and help manage ongoing changes to an operating infrastructure. This session covers the supported coexistence and migration scenarios for Lync Server 2010,and touches on the process used to implement coexistence. The value of the tools and approaches for setup,deployment,migration,and coexistence is illustrated via a hands-on demo of Topology Builder creating a basic Lync Server 2010 topology.

An Overview of the Microsoft Middleware Strategy

Seetharaman Harikrishnan — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:53:41 GMT

Middleware is a critical component in most business applications today and Microsoft has a broad range of products and technologies in this space to use in building distributed applications. The Cloud is fundamentally transforming the industry including how Microsoft approaches building the next generation of both Cloud and on-premises middleware. Come and learn about these changes,what they mean for you and how should you think about these changes as they apply to your IT strategy.