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The Freedom rolled through Harrisburg, PA today as Lindsay, Dani and I spread the message of S+S. You can download my slide decks here:
The Harrisburg community is alive and well. Our audience of 50 or so developers and architects were engaging and full of great questions and comments as we covered a wealth of topics and technologies. w00t!
Windows Azure created quite a buzz coming out of our PDC this past Fall. We have seen tremendous interest in this platform for cloud computing evidence by the number of developers signing up for the CTP. We are keeping the momentum going with a series of videos that provide practical training on how to use this new platform.
The MSDN Azure Services Platform Developer Center has just posted the first 9 of 40 “how do I?” videos that give you code snippets and complete demonstrations of how to leverage our new platform for the cloud.
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If you’re a developer and you’re new to Windows Azure, start here! You’ll see what you need to download and install, and how to create a simple “Hello World” Windows Azure application. |
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Deploy a Windows Azure Application
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You’ll see what it takes to move your application into the cloud – you’ll see how to request and register a token, how to upload your Windows Azure application and how to move it between staging and production in the cloud. |
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Store Blobs in Windows Azure Storage?
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Learn how to leverage Windows Azure storage to store data as blobs. You’ll learn about blob storage, containers and the API that makes it easy to manage everything from managed code. |
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Leverage Queues in Windows Azure?
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Learn how to use queues to facilitate communication between Web and Worker roles in Windows Azure. |
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The Windows Azure SDK includes a development fabric that provides a "cloud on your desktop." In this screencast, learn how to debug your Windows Azure applications in this environment. |
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Get Started with .NET Services?
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.NET Services are a set of highly scalable building blocks for programming in the cloud. In this brief screencast, you’ll learn about the registration process, the SDK and the built-in samples – everything you need to know in order to get started. |
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Harness the Microsoft .NET Service Bus?
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The .NET Service Bus makes it easy to access your Web services no matter where they are. In this brief screencast, you’ll see how to take a basic Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service and expose it to the Internet with the .NET Service Bus. |
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Get Started with the Live Framework?
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If you are looking to get started developing with the Live Framework, this is the place to start! In this screencast you’ll learn how to get a Live Services token and what you need to download in order to start writing Live Framework applications. |
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Use the Microsoft Live Framework Resource Browser?
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The Live Framework Resource Model is a simple, straightforward information model based on entities, collections and relationships. In this brief screencast you’ll learn how to navigate the relationships between entities by using the Live Framework Resource Browser, which is a tool that ships with the Live Framework SDK. |
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Microsoft continues to champion developer freedom this first quarter of 2009 with more and better live events! We have 2 types of events: The MSDN Freedom Roadshows will run on weekdays from 1 pm to about 8 pm. We are changing the time so that you will not have to take the entire day off from work to participate in the goodness. Our Firestarter events will be held on Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm and will dive deep into Silverlight.
The theme for this quarter’s MSDN Freedom Roadshows is Software + Services. Here is the agenda:
Event Overview
The future is a combination of local software and Internet services interacting with one another. Software makes services better and services make software better. And by bringing together the best of both worlds, we maximize choice, flexibility and capabilities for our customers. We describe this evolutionary path in our industry as Software + Services. In this event, you will learn about the tools and technology Microsoft provides to enable organization to take full advantage of this new industry trend.
1:30 – 2:00 Registration and Welcome
2:00—3:00 Architectural Overview of S+S
3:00 – 4:00 Building S+S Application with ADO.Net Data Services
4:00 – 4:15 Break
4:15 – 5:15 Building your S+S Application with Windows Workflow Foundation
5:15-6:15 Windows Azure: Architecting & Managing Cloud Services
6:15 – 6:45 The Developer Power Dinner (Pizza and Soda)
6:45 – 7:45 .NET Services: Orchestrating Services and Business Processes Using Cloud- Based Workflow
7:45 – 8:00 Wrap-Up and Raffle
For Firestarters we focus on one technology. For this quarter out Firestarters will be on Silverlight. Here are the topics we will cover:
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| Session 1 | Keynote | Intro and overview of the Silverlight 2 platform. |
| Session 2 | XAML Basics | What is this funny mark-up language? |
| Session 3 | The Tools | Get the skinny on what you need to start your work. A look at designer & developer tools that work together. Coverage of Expression Blend 2.5 & Silverlight 2 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 |
| Session 4 | Controls, Data Binding | Silverlight 1 was just a tease. Now see what you can do with real controls, styles, and rich data binding. |
| Session 5 | Server Communication | Silverlight 2 is a rich Internet application platform. So how do you talk back to the cloud? Coverage of all the communication options. WCF/Astoria/REST/POX/AJAX/etc. |
| Session 6 | Silverlight and SharePoint | Learn how to integrate Silverlight and SharePoint |
Our friends at Lab49 continue to lead the way with WPF development. This video on architecting a WPF application is really worth the watch. Check it out.
