Jay's team owns the business application tooling in Visual Studio. He and Robert discuss what's new in Visual Studio 2012 for LightSwitch [01:00], Azure [12:30], and SharePoint and Office [16:00].

Robert and John used to work together, and after catching up John offers his opinion on XAML developers making the move to Windows 8 [21:00] and developing with JavaScript [27:00].

Nick shows the following:

• Windows Azure Web Sites [07:45]
• Virtual Machines [24:15]
• Cloud Services [28:45]

About Orville

As a product marketing manager in Microsoft's developer tools marketing group, Orville McDonald is responsible for Windows Phone and Windows Azure tooling in Visual Studio. Prior to this role, Orville helped develop privacy and security technology as a program manager for Windows Live ID, which is used by half a billion people. With degrees in computer science and business, Orville likes to geek out over technologies and the business models they enable. In his free time he is tinkering, reading, or enjoying time with his family. Follow his tweets @orville_m or visit his blog http://orvillemcdonald.com.

About Tim

Tim Huckaby is focused on the Natural User Interface (NUI) in Rich Client and Rich Internet Application (RIA) Technologies like Silverlight & WPF on the computer, the Surface, and Windows Phone 7. He has been called a "Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution" by the press.

Tim has been awarded multiple times for the highest rated Keynote and technical presentations for Microsoft and numerous other technology conferences around the world by Microsoft Corporation. Tim has done presentations on Microsoft technologies at technology events like Microsoft Tech Ed, Product Launch events, Dev Days, MEC, World Wide Partner Conference, MGB, MGX, and the PDC, along with 3rd party technology conferences all over the world is consistently rated in the top 10% of all speakers at these events. Tim was selected by Microsoft as a speaker for the International .NET Association and speaks at events world-wide on Microsoft's behalf. Tim has done keynote demos at big Microsoft events and product launches for numerous Microsoft executives including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

Tim founded InterKnowlogy, experts in Microsoft .NET and Microsoft Platforms, and Actus Interactive Software, and has 25+ years experience including serving on a Microsoft product team as a development lead on an architecture team. Tim is a Microsoft Regional Director, an MVP and serves on multiple Microsoft councils and boards like the Microsoft .NET Partner Advisory Council.

Orville McDonald and Tim Huckaby recommend you check out

• Orville's blog
• Follow Orville on Twitter
• Visual Studio 2012 RC Download
• Visual Studio Dev Center
• Tim Huckaby's blog
• Follow Tim on Twitter

Want more information on portable class libraries? Check out these resources:

• MSDN Portable Class Library Documentation
• MSDN: Using Portable Class Library with Model-View-View Model
• Portable Library Tools for VS2010
• Portable Library Tools blog post with supported feature/platform matrix
• Create a Continuous Client Using Portable Class Libraries
• "Going Deep" Channel 9 Video with David Kean and Mircea Trofin on Portable Libraries
• Reactive Extensions – Towards a Portable Library world
• MEF and TPL Dataflow blog post
• Understanding the Portable Library by Chasing ICommand
• Portable Libraries
  • Json.NET – JSON framework
  • Autofac – IoC Container
  • MvvmCross – MVVM framework for MonoTouch, MonoDroid, Windows Phone, and Windows Metro style
  • MVVM Light Toolkit portable fork – Popular MVVM framework
  • Portable Class Libraries Contrib – Portable adapters and APIsh

Tune in and find out more about page inspector, Visual Studio Metro Style UI element selector and Express Blend interactive mode. This informative and fun interview is one you will want to share with your peers.

About Jason

Jason Zander is the corporate vice president of the Visual Studio Team in the Developer Division at Microsoft. Zander's responsibilities include the Visual Studio family of products, which covers a range of technologies: programming languages; JavaScript runtime and tools; integrated development environment and ecosystem; Microsoft Office, SharePoint and cloud tooling integration; source control and work item tracking; and advanced architecture, developer, and testing tools.

As one of the original developers of the Common Language Runtime (CLR), Zander's primary technical areas of contribution include file formats, metadata, compilers, debugging and profiling, and integration of the system into key platforms such as operating systems and databases. Before joining the Visual Studio Team, Zander was the general manager for the .NET Framework Team. He has worked on numerous products at Microsoft, including the first several releases of the CLR and .NET Framework, Silverlight, SourceSafe, and ODBC. Before joining Microsoft in 1992, Zander worked at IBM Corp. on distributed SQL and SQL/400 at the Rochester lab.

Zander holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Minnesota State University. In his spare time, he enjoys playing with his three children and making furniture in his shop.

About Tim

Tim Huckaby is focused on the Natural User Interface (NUI) in Rich Client and Rich Internet Application (RIA) Technologies like Silverlight & WPF on the computer, the Surface, and Windows Phone 7. He has been called a "Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution" by the press.

Tim has been awarded multiple times for the highest rated Keynote and technical presentations for Microsoft and numerous other technology conferences around the world by Microsoft Corporation. Tim has done presentations on Microsoft technologies at technology events like Microsoft Tech Ed, Product Launch events, Dev Days, MEC, World Wide Partner Conference, MGB, MGX, and the PDC, along with 3rd party technology conferences all over the world is consistently rated in the top 10% of all speakers at these events. Tim was selected by Microsoft as a speaker for the International .NET Association and speaks at events world-wide on Microsoft's behalf. Tim has done keynote demos at big Microsoft events and product launches for numerous Microsoft executives including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

Tim founded InterKnowlogy, experts in Microsoft .NET and Microsoft Platforms, and Actus Interactive Software, and has 25+ years experience including serving on a Microsoft product team as a development lead on an architecture team. Tim is a Microsoft Regional Director, an MVP and serves on multiple Microsoft councils and boards like the Microsoft .NET Partner Advisory Council.

Jason Zander and Tim Huckaby recommend you check out

• Download Visual Studio 2012 RC
• Jason Zander's blog
• Follow Jason on Twitter
• Tim Huckaby's blog
• Follow Tim on Twitter

DEV282 - What's New in TFS and Test Manager 11
The word in the TFS/Test manager world for 2012 is "Agile". Lightweight requirements gathering through PowerPoint Storyboarding. Additional reporting, including a task board, in TFS and exploratory/agile testing through Test Manager. Lots of new features to delve into and they will be in this session.

Watch >>

This Session's Experts

Dave Lloyd (Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn)
Debra Forsyth (Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn)

This session was recorded live at ObjectSharp's annual "At The Movies" event - May 1, 2012, Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.

The word in the TFS/Test manager world for 2012 is "Agile". Lightweight requirements gathering through PowerPoint Storyboarding. Additional reporting, including a task board, in TFS and exploratory/agile testing through Test Manager. Lots of new features to delve into and they will be in this session.

Watch the live Q&A with Dave Llyod and Debra Forsyth >>

This Session's Experts

Dave Lloyd (Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn)
Debra Forsyth (Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn)

This session was recorded live at ObjectSharp's annual "At The Movies" event - May 1, 2012, Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.

Live Q&A with Colin Bowern.

DEV281 - Visual Studio 11, .NET 4.5, and Parallelism
We're still a few months away from its release, but the beta version of Visual Studio 11 and .NET 4.5 is available and with a Go-Live license too. With Visual Studio, reduction and simplification are the keywords. For .NET, assistance with parallelism this session is the big topic. Between these and other topics, the tools that will make your development life easier are covered.

Watch the session >>

This Session's Experts

Colin Bowern (Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn)

This session was recorded live at ObjectSharp's annual "At The Movies" event - May 1, 2012, Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.

We're still a few months away from its release, but the beta version of Visual Studio 11 and .NET 4.5 is available and with a Go-Live license too. With Visual Studio, reduction and simplification are the keywords. For .NET, assistance with parallelism this session is the big topic. Between these and other topics, the tools that will make your development life easier are covered.

Watch the live Q&A with Colin Bowern >>

This Session's Experts

Colin Bowern (Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn)

This session was recorded live at ObjectSharp's annual "At The Movies" event - May 1, 2012, Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.

Live Q&A with Bruce Johnson and Atley Hunter.

WIN280 - Metro in Windows 8 and Windows Phone (Part 1)
The Metro interface has the potential to change how a lot of people use computers. You've already seen a little of it in the Windows Phone. More if you have downloaded the Windows 8 consumer preview. In this session, we will demonstrate how the power exposed by Metro (through live tiles, push notifications, immersive user experiences, etc.) can be harnessed to provide a usable and intuitive application.

Watch >>

This Session's Experts

Barry Gervin (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog)
Bruce Johnson (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog)
Atley Hunter (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog)

This TechDays TV Q&A session was recorded live May 8, 2012.

The Metro interface has the potential to change how a lot of people use computers. You've already seen a little of it in the Windows Phone. More if you have downloaded the Windows 8 consumer preview. In this session, we will demonstrate how the power exposed by Metro (through live tiles, push notifications, immersive user experiences, etc.) can be harnessed to provide a usable and intuitive application.

Watch the Live Q&A interview with Bruce Johnson and Atley Hunter >>

This Session's Experts

Barry Gervin (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog)
Bruce Johnson (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog)
Atley Hunter (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog)

This session was recorded live at ObjectSharp's annual "At The Movies" event - May 1, 2012, Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.

Visual Studio 11 Express Beta for Windows 8 Download

About Jim

Jim Griesmer has worked at Microsoft since 1995 mostly as a developer, then development lead for the Visual Studio Debugger. Jim's most recent role is with the Visual C++ team as development lead responsible for C++ productivity tooling, including graphics and GPU diagnostics, features such as Intellisense™, and the C++ project and build system. Jim has always been strongly drawn to innovative and highly functional UI so he invests much time "investigating" the state-of-the-art in UI interaction by "using" games.

About Jerry

Jerry Nixon is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist in Colorado. He has been developing and designing on the Microsoft platform for 15 years. He speaks at universities, events and groups on Kinect, XAML, Windows Phone, and Windows 8. Most of Jerry's days are spent teaching his three daughters Star Trek character backstories and episode plots.

Jim Griesmer and Jerry Nixon recommend you check out

• Tools for game development on Windows
• Windows Pix, debugging tool - originally an xbox tool, now on windows
• Visual C++ Team Blog: Game Debugging in Visual Studio 11
• What's New in Visual Studio 11 Beta
• Download Visual Studio 11 Beta
• Developing games
• Developing a Metro style game with C++ and DirectX (Marble Maze)
• Jerry Nixon's blog
• Follow Jerry on Twitter

• [0:34] Announcing Windows Azure Media Services (Scott Guthrie), windowsazure.com Media Dev Center
• [1:51] Channel 9 Windows 8 Application (Lee Stott)
• [2:29] Microsoft’s MAVIS audio and video indexing - now available on demand (Steve Clayton), Microsoft Video Web (MAVIS), MAVIS (MSR)
• [3:50] Reclaiming memory from Metro style apps (Steven Sinofsky, Bill Karagounis)
• [5:02] .NET for Metro style apps (Brandon Bray)
• [6:35] How to share your Metro style Windows 8 app with another developer (Matt Harrington)
• [7:07] Visual Studio 11 Fakes Part 1 - Stubs (Peter Provost)
• [8:15] Lang.NEXT 2012 - Martyn Lovell: The Windows Runtime (Martyn Lovell)

Picks of the Week!

• Clint's Pick of the Week: [10:03] Prince of Persia Source Code — Posted! (Jordan Mechner)
• Dan's Pick of the Week: [11:37] XNA on Windows 8 Metro (Miguel de Icaza)

About Boris

Boris Jabes has spent the last seven years at Microsoft working on developer tools that focus on the needs of cutting-edge native developers. Today, his team is working to make Visual Studio more awesome for game development. Boris was previously responsible for improving the C++ IDE experience.

About Jerry

Jerry Nixon is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist in Colorado. He has been developing and designing on the Microsoft platform for 15 years. He speaks at universities, events and groups on Kinect, XAML, Windows Phone, and Windows 8. Most of Jerry's days are spent teaching his three daughters Star Trek character backstories and episode plots.

Boris Jabes and Jerry Nixon recommend you check out

• What's New in Visual Studio 11 Beta
• Download the Visual Studio 11 Beta
• Developing a Metro style game with C++ and DirectX (Marble Maze)
• Jerry Nixon's blog
• Follow Jerry on Twitter

And here are a few additional links to more information about C++ that will help you learn how to use it in your projects:

• TechEd PreConference Seminar: "C++ In Visual Studio 11: Modern Readable, Safe, Fast"
  Kate Gregory will be doing a day long intensive seminar at both TechEd North America (June 10^th in Orlando) and TechEd Europe (June 25^th in Amsterdam).
  You can register for TechEd North America here: http://northamerica.msteched.com/registration
  And TechEd Europe here: https://register.europe.msteched.com

• GoingNative 2012
  This event was held back in February, and was streamed live throughout the world. It featured industry experts discussing the importance of C++ and its proper use in modern application development. All of the sessions are available for "on demand" viewing over on Channel 9.
  You can access all of the videos here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012

• Sutter's Mill
  If you want to catch more of Herb Sutter and his thoughts on C++, you should check out his blog.
  You can find Herb's blog here: http://herbsutter.com/
  And specifically the "Elements of Modern C++ Style" reference that Herb refered to can be found here: http://herbsutter.com/elements-of-modern-c-style/

• Welcome Back to C++ (Modern C++)
  For Visual Studio 11, MSDN has prepared details on the advancement and use of C++ which includes examples, reference material, and information on the currently supported features. It is definitely worth checking out to get up to speed.
  The MSDN C++ content starts here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh279654(v=vs.110).aspx

It's exciting times for software developers, with the beta release of Visual Studio 11 and the .NET Framework 4.5. In addition, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and associated tools to create stunning new apps are here! There's so much new in the Visual Studio tooling, it's hard to know where to start! In this session, you'll walk through the new IDE, new application models and designers, and new language capabilities that give developers incredible productivity enhancements and let them quickly build the next generation of their applications.

This Session's Experts

Adam Gallant (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog)

This session was recorded live on TechDays TV - March 27, 2012. Join host Jonathan Rozenblit every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 12:00 PM EST for live TechDays presentations on the very latest in technical training topics.

MVPs Joel Semeniuk and David Wesst share what they're excited about in the new version of Visual Studio.

Questions? Comments? Share them with myself, the team, and the larger Canadian developer community – start a conversation in the Canadian Developer Connection group on LinkedIn.

Joel Semeniuk
Joel is a founder of Imaginet and also services as the Executive VP at Telerik in charge of the Agile Project Management division. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM and has a degree in Computer Science. With over 18 years of experience, Joel specializes in helping organizations around the world realize their potential through maturing their software development and information technology practices. Joel is passionate about Application Lifecycle Management tooling, techniques, and mindsets and regularly speaks at conferences around the world on a wide range of ALM topics. Joel is also the co-author of "Managing Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System" published by Microsoft Press as well as dozens of other articles for popular trade magazines.

David Wesst
David Wesst has been working with web and user experience development for the past 5 years and currently works for Imaginet as a User Experience Consultant in Winnipeg, Manitoba. After finishing university, David has continued to follow his passion about the future of web development, experience design, technology, and game development both in and outside of the workplace. David has spoken at a number of conferences across Canada about HTML5 development and recently received his MVP award in the area of Internet Explorer.

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