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Windows 7: Optimizing Applications for Remote File Services over the WAN

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:34:03 GMT

Windows 7 introduces many improvements designed to improve the file access experience for mobile users and users in branch offices. In this session, we introduce fundamental changes to the opportunistic locking model, discuss the various caching mechanisms, and explain how to ensure that your applications benefit from them. Hear about common programming patterns that lead to unnecessary network roundtrips and end-user delays. Learn how to write network-friendly applications that are WAN and branch ready.

Mathew George
Mathew George is a senior developer with the file access and distribution team. He is a co-designer of the SMB2 protocol stack and currently involved in the development of the SMB2 client filesystem stack for the Windows platform.

Extending Terminal Services and Hyper-V VDI in Windows 7

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:34:02 GMT

Come learn about advanced topics in the Windows Graphics remoting architecture (RDP 7).This talk introduces new Windows 7 remoting features, discusses how they are going to be leveraged in Microsoft's Windows 7 client and server products. Finally, this presentation covers how you can integrate well with core remoting infrastructure services to enhance your applications to run from anywhere, so that your applications will be available to end-users when they are on-the-go.

Niraj Agarwala
Christa Anderson

How to Develop Supercomputer Applications

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:46 GMT

Learn about both traditional and new High Performance Computing (HPC) programming models enabled via Windows HPC Server 2008. Discover how the Microsoft Message Passing Interface (MPI) enables distributed parallel computing scenarios and how to host Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services within a highly scalable compute cluster.

Jeff Baxter
Sean Mortazavi
Sean Mortazavi is an architect at Microsoft in the HPC group focusing on Developer Tools. Prior to WHPC he was in the Visual Studio and MSR divisions where he worked on Microsoft's next generation of compilers, JITs and Static Analysis tools. Before Microsoft he was at Sun Microsystems where he led the compiler code generation & optimization groups.

IIS 7.0 and Beyond: The Microsoft Web Platform Roadmap

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:48 GMT

The Web doesn't sit still and neither do you. One of the key features of IIS 7.0 is the ability to extend and customize almost any aspect of the Web server through .NET APIs, and the IIS team is already building and releasing modular extensions that add even more power and functionality to the platform. In this session, you'll learn about these new modules and future extensions, and what to expect from IIS in Windows Server 2008 R2.

Vijay Sen

Web Application Packaging and Deployment

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:50 GMT

In this session, you will learn how to use powerful new UI and command line tools for Web application packaging and deployment, and you'll dive under the hood of Visual Studio 10 to see how it will support one-click deployment to IIS. You'll learn how to transform your development settings to make them production ready and how a real world shared hosting environment may be securely connected to a developer web application in VS10. You will also hear best practices for setting up your server and development environment to get huge productivity gains.

Saad Ladki

Windows 7 Presentation Virtualization: Graphics Remoting ( RDP) Today and Tomorrow

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:34:00 GMT

Staying productive when you're mobile is getting easier, thanks to RDP 7 Graphics remoting technology.

Nadim Abdo
Gaurav Daga

Developing with Microsoft .NET and ASP.NET for Server Core

Charles — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:00 GMT

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 ensure existing code works within-the subset of .NET and ASP.NET that are in Server Core. In addition, this session covers how to use the existing toolset, a command line environment, to troubleshoot and debug on Server Core.

Ian Robinson
Andrew Mason

Enabling Test Automation Using Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:37 GMT

With Hyper-V, you can decrease your software test cycles, improve your test coverage, and provide testers and developers a safe, scalable test bed for applications. In this session we introduce the concepts that can assist you in development of an automation framework that can take advantage of Hyper-V.

Taylor Brown
Taylor Brown is a Test Lead in the Windows Core Operating System (COSD) division focused on ensuring customers and partners are enabled to fully utilize Windows virtualization technology. He has been focused on Virtualization since 2004 working on Virtual PC, Virtual Server, Virtual Server R2 and Hyper-V. Prior to joining the Core OS division Taylor worked on the Microsoft Smart Watch Project also known as MSN Direct as well as Windows power management and Windows 1394/fire wire teams.

Developing Solutions for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Using WMI

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:40 GMT

Hyper-V provides new capabilities through its WMI APIs. Learn how to apply these APIs while creating your own solutions.

Nihar Shah
My name is Nihar Shah, and I work on the Hyper-V team at Microsoft. I have been working in the virtualization space for 8 years, dating back to my pre-Microsoft days at Connectix. Among other things, I am the lead in charge of defining and implementing the Hyper-V WMI object model.

Developing Connected Home Applications and Services for Windows Home Server

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:42 GMT

Learn how to build applications and services deployed on Windows Home Server that power PCs and devices throughout a connected home. See an example home automation and energy management service, and watch the creation of an on-premises service that exposes HVAC, window shades, and lighting controls to all devices on the home network. Hear how to package the service as a Windows Home Server add-in, quickly create a configuration UI, deploy a PC application for controlling the service, and demonstrate control from other devices such as TVs and cell phones.

CJ Saretto
CJ is a North Carolina native from the small town of New Bern. For those who've never heard of New Bern (the vast majority I'm sure), it was the colonial capiatol of NC as well as the birth place of Pepsi Cola. CJ attended NC State University where he recieved his BS and MS in Computer Science before transplanting himself to western Washington to work for Microsoft just over 7 years ago. CJ has worked on a number of projects at Microsoft including threedegrees, Windows Live (then MSN) Messenger, and (most recently) Windows Home Server.
Fabian Uhse
Fabian hails from Germany. He lives and studies in the town of Cottbus located near Berlin. Fabian attended the Brandenburg University of Technology where he received his BS degree in Information and Media Technology. He is currently a graduate student in his last year before writing his master thesis. He has worked for Microsoft Germany for about 2 years as a Senior Student Partner. In short, he leads regional group of “student evangelists” that advocate the use of Microsoft development tools in academia. Fabian most recently began an internship as a program manager on the Windows Home Server team in Redmond, Washington.

Exposing Connected Home Services to the Internet via Windows Home Server

System — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:43 GMT

Learn how to leverage the Remote Access platform in Windows Home Server to expose on-premises services running in the connected home to the Internet. See how to expose a home automation service running on Windows Home Server to the Internet, and watch a demonstration that shows how to expose services that may be hosted on other devices inside the connected home using Windows Home Server as a gateway. Finally, see a sneak preview of Home Server and Live Mesh working together to further enhance the remote experience for the connected home.

Brendan Grant
CJ Saretto
CJ is a North Carolina native from the small town of New Bern. For those who've never heard of New Bern (the vast majority I'm sure), it was the colonial capiatol of NC as well as the birth place of Pepsi Cola. CJ attended NC State University where he recieved his BS and MS in Computer Science before transplanting himself to western Washington to work for Microsoft just over 7 years ago. CJ has worked on a number of projects at Microsoft including threedegrees, Windows Live (then MSN) Messenger, and (most recently) Windows Home Server.

Developing Applications for More Than 64 Logical Processors in Windows Server 2008 R2

Charles — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:00 GMT

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 allow for legacy processor affinity aware applications to perform well while applications and drivers using new APIs can take advantage of all processors on the system.

Arie van der Hoeven

Arie has been at Microsoft for 10 years working on technologies including ACPI, Windows Embedded, PCI Express, Plug and Play, WOW64, Server Power Management, Windows Hardware Error Architecture, and Scale Up. Prior to working at Microsfot he was an IT administrator, educator and US Army officer.