geekSpeak

In this episode of geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Doug Finke takes us on a deep dive into PowerShell from a developer's point of view. Doug shows techniques for integrating/debugging PowerShell from and to C# code as well as using PowerShell with a Windows Presentation…

In this geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Keith Elder shares tips and techniques from his experience deploying Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services with Internet Information Services 7 (IIS7) in the enterprise. We look at setting up IIS7, configuring IIS 7 with…

In this episode of geekSpeak, author and expert Bill Wagner introduces us to one of the coolest language features of Microsoft Visual C# 4.0, dynamic keyword. Bill explains how to use the dynamic keyword without ever leaving Visual C#, and he shares techniques to minimize reflection and provide…

In this episode of geekSpeak, Microsoft SQL Server guru Aaron Nelson shows you how to take control of your SQL Server with PowerShell. Aaron demonstrates how to perform everyday database administrator tasks like backing up user databases, scripting table objects, and evaluating disk space usage,…

In this geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Andy Leonard discusses best practices for using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) in the enterprise. Andy explains what SSIS does well and doesn't do well and describes common struggles when learning SSIS (expressions,…

Persistence ignorance is one of the biggest features missing in Entity Framework 1 and one of the most exciting features coming with Entity Framework 4. In this webcast, Dane Morgridge explains how to use plain old CLR object (POCO) classes to build applications that take advantage of the Entity…

What's the best way to get your arms around a collection of data? In this geekSpeak, Steve Bearman helps us explore the Microsoft .NET Generic Collections, which includes the List, LinkedList, Stack, Queue, Dictionary, SortedList, SortedDictionary, and HashSet collection classes. We look at…

In this episode of geekSpeak, Microsoft regional director Andrew Brust answers the question: "Why should developers care about business intelligence?" Andrew gives an overview of Microsoft business intelligence (BI) and discusses why BI is advantageous over relational database…

In this geekSpeak, Jason Rainwater shows us the evolution of asynchronous programming and how techniques have changed as new features have been added to Microsoft .NET. Jason covers event-based asynchronous programming and callback-based asynchronous programming, and he introduces us to the new…

In this episode of geekSpeak, DevelopMentor instructor Scott Reed talks in depth about Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and its extensibility model. Scott provides an overview of what's available to be extended and some reasons you might want to extend WCF. He then describes the two…