• [1:58] What has improved in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager to support new devices running Windows 8?
• [3:38] Can Configuration Manager manage non-Windows based devices as well?
• [4:25] How does System Center 2012 better support the mobile user?

Download the Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation today and test your applications, hardware and deployment strategies with Windows 8.

Resources:

• Windows 8 Enterprise
• Windows 8 Licensing
• The Springboard Series Blog
• Windows 8 Resources for IT Pros on Springboard
• Resources for Developers to Build Windows 8 Apps
• Windows 8 resources for partners on Microsoft Partner Network

Microsoft knows, because you’ve told us, that giving your workforce the ability to be productive from anywhere – truly productive mobility – is high on your list of priorities.  Today’s show will try to help provide insight into the importance of a well managed mobile platform as well as describe some of the capabilities found within Windows 8, such as DirectAccess, Mobile Broadband, BrancheCache and Windows to Go that can help empower your business and workforce.

• [2:15] Why is a well managed mobile platform so important for IT and businesses?
• [4:22] Which features in a Windows 8 device can help?
• [10:42] What is Windows to Go?
• [15:02] What are some scenarios that might make Windows to Go useful for businesses?
• [19:06] Why not just copy Windows 8 onto a USB stick? Isn’t that the same thing?!?
• [20:19] In this BYOD using Windows 8 scenario, how can users access their files or company data?

Download the Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation today and test your applications, hardware and deployment strategies with Windows 8.

Resources:

• Windows 8 Enterprise
• Windows 8 Licensing
• The Springboard Series Blog
• Windows 8 Resources for IT Pros on Springboard
• Resources for Developers to Build Windows 8 Apps
• Windows 8 resources for partners on Microsoft Partner Network

• [04:56] - Mobile Web facts
• [12:43] - Mobile Web best practices
• [33:55] - Leveraging HTML5 and IE10 to build web apps

Full course outline:

• Mod 01a: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 1
• Mod 01b: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 2
• Mod 02: Designing Windows Phone 8 Apps
• Mod 03: Building Windows Phone 8 Apps
• Mod 04: Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8
• Mod 05: Windows Phone 8 Application Lifecycle
• Mod 06: Background Agents
• Mod 07: Tiles and Lock Screen Notifications
• Mod 08: Push Notifications
• Mod 09: Using Phone Resources in Windows Phone 8
• Mod 10: App to App Communication in Windows Phone 8
• Mod 11: Network Communication in Windows Phone 8
• Mod 12: Proximity Sensors and Bluetooth in Windows Phone 8
• Mod 13: Speech Input in Windows Phone 8
• Mod 14: Maps and Location in Windows Phone 8
• Mod 15: Wallet Support
• Mod 16: In-App Purchasing
• Mod 17: The Windows Phone Store
• Mod 18: Enterprise App Architecture
• Mod 19: Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 Cross Platform Development
• Mod 20: Mobile Web

After watching this video, follow these next steps:

Step #1 – Download Microsoft Private Cloud Evaluation Software
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Step #3 – Download Your FREE Copy of Hyper-V Server 2012

If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information:

Resources:

• Microsoft Virtual Academy
• Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform website

Websites & Blogs:

• Keith Mayer’s Blog

Videos:

• New Features in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1
• Site Hierarchy and Role Enhancements with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1
• Supporting Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1
• Supporting Linux, Unix and Mac clients with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1

Virtual Labs:

• TechNet Virtual Labs: System Center 2012

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In addition to the support for the platform, a new theme is available that allows to fully integrate the Sencha Touch based applications into the Windows Phone 8 experience.

Check out the kitchen sink demo to see how a Sencha Touch application looks like on Windows Phone 8.

You can learn more about recent added support for Windows Phone 8 in open source and cross platform frameworks here.

In this episode, Josh Twist of the Windows Azure Mobile Services team does a quick walk-through of Mobile Services and discusses topics of interest for web developers. Josh walks us through a short architectural overview of how Mobile Services works, how the service is built on top of Windows Azure Web Sites, and how web developers should feel comfortable with the JavaScript syntax available for customizing the way their mobile applications function. If you're a web developer considering Mobile Services or and you're curious how the feature will ease your mobile development efforts, this episode will walk you through an introduction to the topic.

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In this interview they chat about:

• [00:30] Big announcements
  • Consumerization in the datacenter with greater mobile management
  • Moving Intune from SMB to larger customers with better AD integration and increased scalability
• [03:19] Discussion of Configuration Manager integration with Intune
• [Demo] [05:08] Alerting area cleanup and grouping, configure alters and thresholds, AD integration between the public and private cloud
• [13:00] Advanced features in mobile management, such as sideloading on IOS and Android apps
• [15:17] Will Windows Intune eventually support deep mobile device management?

Watch the rest of the Edge Show interviews at MMS 2012

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The YOW! Developer Conference offers outstanding opportunities to learn more about the latest practices, technologies, and methodologies for building innovative software solutions as well as the chance to meet and network with international software experts and other talented developers in Australia. Thanks to Dave Thomas and the event's excellent staff - Mary Catherine (MC), Lisa, Aino, Melissa, and others - for inviting me to this excellent pure developer event and thanks to all of the speakers for letting me take some of their time to record conversations for Channel 9. If you live in Australia, or aren't too far away, or just like to travel (who doesn't?), then you need to go to this yearly event. It's outstanding. There are many great developers down under. That's for sure. The speakers are exceptional—Dave and team set a high bar!

• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Release Candidate available
• System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection – Release Candidate available
• System Center 2012 Service Manager – Beta available
• System Center 2012 Application Controller – Beta available
• System Center 2012 Orchestrator – Release Candidate available

Technical Interview:
Starting at [03:30] – we interview Principal Program manager Jeffrey Sutherland on how System Center Configuration Manger 2012 manages mobile devices. More specifically, we ask:

• What are the advantages of managing mobile devices using Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) with SCCM versus natively in Exchange or Office 365?
• How does SCCM utilize EAS to manage mobile devices?
• How frequently does SCCM query the CAS for the updates to detected devices?
• Where is the connecting device type stored at?
• How can you connect to multiple exchange organizations to manage devices?
• How can we do deeper device management with SCCM 2012 than what EAS provides?
• What kind of architecture design can you have with your Enrollment server, EWS, and DMP?
• How can you streamline the enrollment process for devices under deeper management using SCCM?

Resources:
Download a trial of the System Center 2012 products @ http://aka.ms/SCTrial
Read a blog post from Jeffrey about MDM in SCCM 2012

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Walker Fenton and Brian Reischl of Sepial Labs talk with ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle about why they chose Windows Azure to connect to the various phones. Brian explains how they used WCF using REST on Windows Azure. They do a demo of each phone using Azure to process messages across phone platforms using notifications. They show how you can sharie photos, videos, and locations.

For more information about the technologies used by Sepia Labs, see:

• Azure Table Encryption via Attribute
• REST on WCF
• Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone

About Glassboard

Glassboard is an app for sharing privately with groups (or 'boards' as we call them). With Glassboard you can message a group of people quickly & easily (looks like a text on your phone but it isn't!), share photos and videos, and even show your location when appropriate. Everything within a board is _completely_ private. Only the board chair can invite you to a board, and there is no way for someone not invited to search or discover a board. It's your own private corner of the Internet. 

Sepia Labs is a spinoff from NewsGator, from SharePoint partner of Social Sites.

Take advantage of this special about mobility scenarios to dive a little deeper into one of the hot topics of the moment during the summer months. We have information geared to fit in with your busy schedule. Only have 30 minutes or half a day to spare? Choose from the basics through to the best tools and resources for getting to know these important mobile scenarios like the back of your hand.

Mobility scenarios is the third topic that we're diving into this summer. You can expect one last topic by mid-August on leveraging the Web.

So keep an eye on your mailbox and dive in this summer with MSDN!

Explore and dive into mobility solutions

Over the last couple of years, demand for mobile and remote work solutions has been growing.  This demand is being accelerated by various factors: on one hand, the technology for allowing this is commoditizing (e.g. smartphones, tablet PCs, ubiquitous Wi-Fi access); on the other hand, people are growing more and more accustomed to mobile applications, allowing them to be 'online' any time, anywhere (e.g. social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, etc.); finally, as traffic density and the associated economic and social impact are continuously growing, telecommuting is becoming the norm in many organizations.

As an independent software vendor (ISV), how easy is it for your customers to accommodate remote and mobile work scenarios using your application?  Does it require significant network or hardware investments (e.g. VPN  infrastructure)?  Does the application need a network connection all the time or do you support offline scenarios?  Can you take advantage of new device form factors and user experiences, such as smartphones, tables PCs and multi-touch?

Have a look at our website and discover a handpicked choice of articles, white papers and videos explaining how you can add support for mobile work scenarios and make them a competitive advantage for you as an ISV.

Speaker : Nick Trogh

Other interesting Summer Campaigns :

- For Developers : Windows Phone 7 Mango, Visual Studio 2010 ALM, HTML5

- For IT Professionals : Virtualisation(Part 1), Desktop Deployment, Virtualisation (Part 2)

- For Architects : Cloud Power, the Windows Azure Platform, Cloud Patterns and Practices

 You get can get the toolkit—and all the source code—on github:

• https://github.com/microsoft-dpe/watoolkitios-lib
• https://github.com/microsoft-dpe/watoolkitios-samples
• https://github.com/microsoft-dpe/watoolkitios-doc

For details on how to get started, see Wade Wegner's post on Getting Started with the Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS.

Randy Starr, VP of Technology at Blue Dot Solutions, demonstrates the Advanced Mobile 311 solution with ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle. Randy explains how Blue Dot Solutions used Windows Phone and Windows Azure to build out the system.

This application allows a citizen to report the actual GPS location of a problem or issue and the appropriate Service Code, and to optionally include a photograph and text comments related to the Service Request.  The Mobile 311 application interacts with a set of Windows Azure based Web Services that route the service requests to the appropriate municipality based upon the Service Request location or the selected Jurisdiction ID.  Windows Azure provides the 7x24x365 uptime, dynamic scalability, and affordability required by Blue Dot for the Advanced Mobile 311 solution as well as the opportunity to utilize the Microsoft .NET skills and enterprise mobile IP developed over the last several years.

Advanced Mobile 311 is a winner for State and Local Governments for Windows Phone 7 applications.

About Blue Dot Solutions

Blue Dot Solutions is a leading provider of Packaged Mobile Line of Business Applications for ISVs specializing in enterprise solutions for asset intensive industries.  Blue Dot mobile LOB solutions are developed using the Advanced Mobile Platform, a Microsoft .NET-based enterprise mobility platform that provides on-premise or cloud-based data communications services and data transformation and integration services for a variety of industry leading EAM, ERP, and T&L systems.

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Other ISV Videos

For videos on developing for Windows Phone 7, see:

• Talking  with Karmak.com about business applications on Windows Phone 7
• BinaryDads talk about building applications for Windows Phone 7
• Game Design and Development in Silverlight for Windows Phone 7
• Credit Card Processing for Windows Phone 7 on Windows Azure

For videos on Windows Azure Platform, see:

• Accumulus Makes Subscription Billing Easy for Windows Azure
• Azure Email-Enables Lists, Low-Cost Storage for SharePoint

For other videos about independent software vendors (ISVs):

• Quark Extends SharePoint for Dynamic Publishing
• ProModel Adds Simulation, Visualization to Microsoft Project
• Slingbox Maker Sling Media Describes Cross-Platform Commitment to Silverlight

Up to Date News for ISVs and Software Developers

See US ISV Community blog.

Sign up with your state and license plate (US only for now) and you’ll be able to message other drivers via voice-activated commands on your phone (a mobile web app is currently available), or a photo snapshot of the license plate (taken whilst your both stationary, obviously). Voice messages, emails and texts can be swapped between users, and in the future the plan is for roadside discounts to be on offer to eligible drivers based on your location. With links to Twitter, Facebook and even Match.com, Bump clearly believe their service will put an end to angry driving and spread peace and love amongst American drivers. That is, as long as they’re all registered with Bump.

If this all sounds a little far fetched, Mashable report that the startup has recently received $1 million in a first round of funding and are seeking up to $8 million in round two. Your concerns on privacy, one handed license-plate photography and texting whilst driving are noted. But scarier still, Road Rage just went multi-channel.

(via PocketNow)

Loke Uei Tan is the Senior Technical Product Manager, Mobile Developer Experience at Microsoft, a role he has worked in for seven years. He is currently responsible for engaging and developing relationships with ISVs and developers to build innovative and unique solutions for Windows Mobile.

Loke Uei has actively executed a worldwide Mobile Embedded & Developer Conference series across nine countries. Prior to his career with Microsoft, he was in software development for several leading software development companies in Malaysia. Loke Uei has been in the software business for 20 years.

Loke Uei blogs at http://blogs.msdn.com/lokeuei and participates actively in the social media scene at http://twitter.com/lokeuei.

Stuff Loke recommends you check out

• Loke's Blog
• Follow Loke on Twitter
• Watch Scott Guthrie and Joe Belfiore's keynote at MIX10
• Getting started with Windows Phone Development
• Windows Phone Developer Center
• Windows Phone Developer Tools
• Windows Phone Developer team blog

Kurt Brockett has a few different roles for IdentityMine. One part Computer Engineer, one part business development and sales with a tad of product manager mixed in. Educated as a computer engineer, Kurt spent 6 years in QA and Product Management at Veritas, Sonic Solutions, and Roxio through numerous acquisitions. He joined IdentityMine in 2007 and has been helping the company move and stay at the forefront of UX and NUI technologies. His main focus at the company now is business development while managing their community involvement via their /forward blog property and various social networks.

Stuff Kurt recommends you check out

• Watch Scott Guthrie and Joe Belfiore's keynote at MIX10
• Getting started with Windows Phone Development
• Windows Phone Developer Center
• Windows Phone Developer team blog
• IdentityMine
• IdentityMine team blog

The new ShopSavvy app takes full advantage of WP7’s “Metro” UI and features sections labeled, “scan,” “deals,” “lists,” “settings,” and more, similar to their other applications. After a scan, it appears that there are also sections for comparing prices via the Web or locally and reading reviews, also like their other apps.

The company has uploaded a whole slew of photos to Flickr, showing off the UI. From the looks of it, it seems Bing Maps will be used to plot out the local deals, too.

You can see all the photos here. And if you want to be notified when ShopSavvy becomes available for WP7 you can sign up here.

Everything works in this current release, including the ability to perform check-ins, find friends and see what’s happening in a given locale, but the code is still in the process of being cleaned up, according to the app’s page on Codeplex.  But already this Silverlight-infused WP7 app is looking great, based on these screenshots. Also of note: the app has integrated Bing Maps functionality where you can get the name, address, phone number and Twitter account for a particular business. A “Get Directions” button will even tell you how to get there.

Can’t wait to see this one in action! If you’ve managed to get your hands on some early Windows Phone 7 hardware, the app is available for download from here now.

The up-and-coming app dubbed MySquare looks to have it all: check-ins, tips, friend lists, the ability to explore points and badges, GPS access, and more. It will be available in two versions: a free, ad-supported client and a premium, ad-free version with full map services integration.

MySquare is still in alpha, so if you want to be notified when it launches, you have to sign up here.

MySquare will work on Windows Phone version 6.0 and higher and requires a touch display. We hope they port this app to the new Windows Phone 7, too – it looks great!

The Silverlight technology brings the following features to these Nokia users (according to the Team blog post):

• Media: Hardware assisted Media playback of H.264 content. This gives a great media viewing experience using full hardware decode and hardware post processing.

• IIS Smooth Streaming: Enables users to access live and on demand media content streamed using IIS Smooth Streaming including multiple bit rate switching.

• Rich UI: Developers get access to the Silverlight V2 surface area to create Rich Interactive Web Applications.

• .NET Programmability: .NET Compact Framework class libraries and runtime.

But as an end user, you may want to know what exactly you can do with Silverlight on your Nokia phone. Well for starters, there’s a handy Bing app featuring News, Entertainment, Video, Sports, Weather, Money and Stocks info. There’s also an HSN app which lets you watch the Home Shopping network Live, On Demand while also providing quick access to the “deal of the day” and more.

Developers interested in building their own apps should check out the developer tools and device runtime.

From the home page, you’ll notice a “Social” option. You can use this feature to connect both your Twitter and Facebook accounts to the Bing app. After doing so, when you search for something using Bing, you’ll also see relevant results returned from your social network. For example, if you search for a movie, after the movie showtimes, the app will show what your friends on these networks have said about the movie itself.

Another new feature is visual scanning. Using the phone’s camera, you can scan the barcode of any product or the cover art of books, CDs, DVDs, or video games. This returns reviews, prices, and links to merchant websites, allowing you to perform comparison shopping right from your device.

Finally, the Movies section has been updated with more video and trailers and improved access to showtimes. The Shopping section has seen a few tweaks too, helping you find products, prices and links faster than before.

To get the new application, download it from iTunes now or just update the Bing app already on your phone.