Breakout Session

Learn about Microsoft's new language, F#, a typed functional programming language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. F# combines functional programming with the runtime support, libraries, tools, and object model of .NET. Understand how F# asynchronous workflows help tame the complexity of parallel…

Please Note: This session will be repeated on October 29th at 3:00PM. In this talk Microsoft Technical fellow and C# Chief Architect Anders Hejlsberg outlines the future of C#. He describes the many forces that influence and shape the future of programming languages and explain how they fit into…

Come learn how the next version of Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework can help you write better performing and more scalable applications. We take a tour of new .NET APIs, including the Task Parallel Library (TPL) and Parallel LINQ (PLINQ). We also introduce new features in the…

Build more responsive C++ programs that take full advantage of multicore hardware. We demonstrate how the new Parallel Pattern Library (PPL) enables you to express parallelism in your code and how the asynchronous messaging APIs can be used to separate shared state and increase your…

Learn when, where, and how to use the various managed to native interoperability technologies. See upcoming features and tools and how they make interoperability even easier. Jesse Kaplan

As PDC approaches, the buzz surrounding the Microsoft’s modeling platform, “Oslo,” grows louder and louder. The “Oslo” modeling language sits at the center of the “Oslo” platform, and has the potential to change the way developers think about modeling.  Join Chris Anderson and Giovanni…

Learn how to create management web services using Windows PowerShell. Topics include: how to script against of a large set of machines, how to manage raw HW devices using WS-MAN and Web Services, how to create custom "constrained environments" for scripts to run in and how to make those…

Learn how to access and manipulate SharePoint files and data remotely with Web Services, customize your design and layout, and create workflows using Office SharePoint Designer 2007. See these extensibility points for SharePoint Online and more as we show you how to improve collaboration without…

This session centers on globalization features for Windows 7, including sorting and string comparison, locale support, and coverage for new languages, with an eye to helping developers extend their applications to a global user base. This session introduces the Extended Linguistic Services API,…

The application development requirements in Windows 7 for UAC-compatibility are exactly the same as in Windows Vista: Vista-compatible applications will interact with UAC in Windows 7 without any modification. No new APIs are required or provided. The UAC improvements for Windows 7 will impact the…