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Join Danny Shih as he introduces the heart of the Task Parallel Library (TPL).  He’ll talk about two core types (Task and Task<TResult>) and two functionalities that they support (waiting and continuations).Learn more about the .NET Framework 4 and keep abreast of…

Leverage Windows Server 2008 R2 "Server Core" as an Application Server! ASP.NET is now an optional feature on Server Core.  Learn how to configure a remote debug session.  Watch this demo and read more detailed information at the following MSDN Code Gallery project page:…

With the Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI), you can connect your C/C++ client applications with web services. You can also create C/C++ server-side web service end-points. WWSAPI is new with Windows 7 (client) and Windows Server 2008 R2 (server). WWSAPI is also back-ported to all…

Leverage Windows Server 2008 R2 "Server Core" as an Application Server! ASP.NET is now an optional feature on Server Core.  Learn how to configure IIS and deploy an ASP.NET application.  Watch this demo and read more detailed information at the following MSDN Code Gallery…

Join James Brundage, Windows PowerShell Test Team SDE, as he introduces the -Object family of cmdlets.   Continue your video tour of Windows PowerShell V2 via MSDN Channel9 and TechNET Edge.  Find reusable scripts and techniques at the PowerShell Script-Center. …

Join Krishna Vutukuri, Windows PowerShell SDE, as he demonstrates advanced remoting concepts including command execution across a set of machines, session connection optimization, user-prompts within remote sessions, background jobs, connection state information, and passing session…

The File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) is a new Windows Server technology included within the File Server Role.  FCI is available with Windows Server 2008 R2.  FCI is used to: 1. Define file classification properties. 2. Define automatic classification policies, rules,…

In the next release of Windows Server, the Server Core installation option will support a subset of .NET and ASP.NET allowing your managed applications and web servers to take advantage of the reduced management and maintenance that Server Core provides. Learn about writing new code for-and how to…

Windows 7 will support more than 64 logical processors with improved kernel scheduler mechanisms that enable efficient scaling. Learn how to use new system software affinity APIs to aid application scalability beyond 64 logical processors through the use of "Kernel Groups." Kernel Groups…

Join James Brundage, Software Tester from the Windows PowerShell team as he introduces how you can use WPK (the WPF PowerShell Kit) to work with common UI containers in WPF.   WPK is available as part of the Windows PowerShell Pack.Continue your video tour of Windows PowerShell V2 via…