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Hear about the lowest level user interface components (user32, comctl32) that appear in almost every Windows application. Learn about "recent" changes and enhancements in these subsystems, plus be subjected to some philosophical musings on how foreground activation is like love. (No…

This session shows you how the next version of the Microsoft Sync Framework makes it easier to synchronize distributed copies of data across desktops, devices, services, or anywhere else they may be stored. Lev Novik

The combination of FAST ESP and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 allows for the development of powerful search-driven portals. Learn about the architecture and functionality of FAST ESP, and see how FAST ESP can complement and extend existing search features in MOSS 2007. Watch a…

A single application can accidentally halve battery life for the average laptop. This session demonstrates best practices for designing energy efficient applications and shows utilities for diagnosing common application battery life problems. Learn about how Windows 7 makes it easier for…

The next version of ASP.NET MVC contains a new scaffolding feature based on Dynamic Data that provides a rich framework for creating data driven web sites. Learn how to quickly build a Dynamic Data web site using features like model level validation, field and entity templates, and…

This session presents a detailed look at how services are programmed in the cloud, including the differences between the cloud hosting stack and a typical IIS7/ASP.NET hosting stack. Daniel Wang Stefan Schackow Stefan works as a program manager on the ASP.NET team. He covers a number of…

Learn how we built SQL Server Data Services to address hard distributed systems and operations challenges. We describe how we solved problems like failure detection, leader election, and automatic failover using a new innovation called Distributed Data Fabric. We go deep and elaborate on the…

Learn how the next version of ASP.NET extends caching with an API that enables developers to plug-in custom cache implementations. Stefan Schackow Stefan works as a program manager on the ASP.NET team. He covers a number of areas in the ASP.NET core runtime, as well as having worked recently…

Learn how to build an employee on-boarding application that depends on a server located inside another company. We show how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to build the document workflow and have it asynchronously message a business service hosted behind another company's firewall. Alex…

Learn how the next version of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM data model can be manipulated through meta data. See how to add custom business logic, including plug-ins and custom messages for Microsoft Dynamics CRM entities. Andrew Bybee Andrew is currently a Principal Program Manager responsible…