Sessions

.NET Fundamentals

C# Ninjitsu

C# has humble beginnings as an object oriented language of the purest kind. It was class-based, it was imperative, and it was component-oriented. For many years, the classic object-oriented design principles served class library designers well, and the programming world rejoiced. Chaos began creeping its way into the world of C#. They were minor things at first: a generic list here, a nullable type there. Developers used these elements to enhance their work. But those that understood utilized them to varying degrees. Some applied the new techniques with wanton abandon. Some kept the old traditions in mind. Then the dark specter of functional programming infiltrated the language. For those that were doomed to a life of incoherent language usage, there was no hope. But those that held onto the old traditions managed to get by. There is another way. C# is no longer a purely object-oriented language. It is no longer just an imperative, class-based, component oriented discipline. It is also a generic, declarative, functional discipline. I will reexamine the object-oriented principles and introduce new principles. I will then introduce new refactorings as we move toward a more declarative, fluent world.

Introduction to Regular Expressions

by Ahmad Mageed

Do you find regular expressions intimidating? Care to learn about an elegant method to search and validate data? This session will introduce some basic to intermediate regular expression patterns for search and validation while covering the .NET Regex class and its methods. Some of the areas that we will explore include using a regular expression editor to easily design and test patterns, utilizing named groups, basic replacement and custom replacement via the MatchEvaluator, commenting, and scenarios where using regular expressions make sense. [Part 1/2]

Advanced Regular Expressions

by Ahmad Mageed

Join me and the usual cast of (meta)characters while we move onto more advanced regex patterns and techniques. This session will delve into positive and negative look-arounds (and their non-consuming nature), regex options and modifiers, conditional patterns, balanced groups, working with HTML, and some performance tips. [Part 2/2]

Garbage Collection Deep Dive

by Scott Dorman

IDisposable and the Dispose Pattern

by Scott Dorman

Continuing the discussion on memory management in .NET, we’ll re-cap the basics of how the garbage collection system works and then talk about the IDisposable interface and the Dispose pattern. This will cover not just how to use the pattern but also how to implement the pattern into your own classes. (Part 2/2)

Understanding Lambda Expressions

by Scott Dorman

Architecture & Goodies

Prototyping with SketchFlow

by Nikita Polyakov

Behavior Driven Development 101

by Sean Chambers

Behavior Driven Development is the natural evolution from Test Driven Development and involves a deeper understanding of business logic attached to specifications. Far too often we design our software from a technical perspective when we should be focusing on the domain instead. BDD addresses specifically that. All tests that are written can be attached to expectations dictated by the stakeholder, which in turn are realized via source code. Contrary to popular belief, TDD is not a requirement before getting started with BDD and the community has found that BDD is easier for newcomers to learn than traditional TDD. Come learn how to writer some specs and make your software behave more like it was intended.

MEF U

by Kevin Rohling

Getting into WPF

by Shervin Shakibi

After a quick overview of WPF, we will create a simple WPF application that demonstrates the following Key points: * Handling Events and Commands. * Navigating Between Pages. * Building User Interfaces by Using Content Controls. * Building User Interfaces by Using Items Controls. * Hosting Windows Forms Controls.

Powershell for Developers

by John Wang

UML Modeling and Code Generation

by Oleg Sych

UML modeling is an exciting new feature in Visual Studio 2010. This session discusses benefits of modeling and code generation during application development; and provides an overview of UML modeling in Visual Studio 2010, focusing on custom UML Profiles and generating code from models with T4 text templates.

ASP.NET/Visual Studio

What's New in ASP.NET 4

by David Hayden

Getting RAD with Visual Studio 2010

by Stan Schultes

This demo-intensive session covers the improved support for building distributed business applications in VS2010. The focus of this session is on some of the improvements and new advanced features that will release next year. We'll highlight Visual Studio's support for n-Tier development, building and consuming WCF services, sharing business validation rules between the client and server, dataset querying using LINQ, implementing local caching of read-only data on the client, WPF UI development, and more. This is a very compelling talk if you're using Visual Studio on a regular basis, and want to see what's in your future.

VS 2010 Testing - No More “No Repro”

by Oleg Sych

How many times have you used or heard the line, “it works on my machine,” or, “I can’t recreate that bug”? During most software projects, countless hours are spent (wasted?) trying to communicate bugs – what happened, when, why, how – between testers and developers. Many bugs get swept away because they can’t be reproduced, only to be found the bugs really do exist – when the end users are running the system in production. In this session we’ll take a look at how Visual Studio 2010 will help eliminate this game of “no repro ping pong,” and streamline communications between developers and QA. Outline * How Do We Test Software? * Visual Studio 2010 Test Elements o Manual Test Cases o Test Case Parameters o Action Recording and Fast Forward o Shared Steps o Bug Reporting o IntelliTrace o Bug Verification o Test Configuration and Assignments o Reports

jQuery vs AjaxControlToolKit

by Kevin Landivar

In this session you will experience the differences and similarities between jQuery and AjaxControlToolkit. You will learn how you can use both technologies to increase productivity and minimize coding time. Both tehcnologies will be presented with sample code that you can plug into your current applications. I will present issues encountered in each technologies and work arounds. This session promotes open discussions with attendees.

ASP.NET MVC Custom View Helpers

by Sayed Hashimi

If you have been using ASP.NET MVC then you certainly have been using some of the built in view helper methods that are available, you know those expressions like Html.TextBox("textBoxName") and Html.ValidationMessage("Required"). View helpers are nothing more than extension methods which create HTML that is injected into your views based on the method and its parameters. Creating your own view helpers is very simple and can be extremely beneficial. By writing your own custom view helpers you will benefit in at least the following ways • Simplifies Your Views • Easies Rehydrating HTML Elements with ModelState Values • Standardizes the Creation of Common HTML Components • Helps you Implement the DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) Principal We will take an in depth look at how you can easily and effectively create your own view helpers. We will also discuss how the default view helpers were created and the benefits that they provide.

Simplifying deployments with MSDeploy and VS 2010

by Sayed Hashimi

In this session we will demonstrate how to greatly simplify deployments of web applications using MSDeploy. MSDeploy is shipped with Visual Studio 2010 and is available as a seperate download. Visual Studio 2010 has enhances support for MSDeploy and we will go over many of those details in this session. We will also be discussing how MSDeploy can be used as a stand alone tool outside of Visual Studio 2010. So if you are not able to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 but developing web applications this is still a great for you.

Azure

Cloud Robots

by Jason Milgram

Learn how to build a robot, trick it out, and control it from anywhere in the world using cloud computing. In this session we will demonstrate how the robot is built, from the physical components to the coding, and allow several members of the audience to then control the robot through a C# client app running on a laptop. You will learn how you can bridge the gap between the cyber and physical world using Azure, Linxter, C#, controllers and motors.

Scalable Cloud Applications with Table Storage

by Esteban Garcia

Connect to Azure with Web Services and Silverlight

by David Silverlight

We'll look at opening up a Windows Azure application through a set of web services for third parties to develop clients that interface with your application. Items discussed include: Windows Azure in general. Why you want to open your application. The mechanics of opening an applications. Some of the choices that I ran into with regards to the web services. Then we will switch and open up a silverlight application that interfaces with this application. In it, we'll look at the challenges of using web services for a third party within a silverlight application.

Intro to Windows Azure

by Wally McClure

Windows Azure is Microsoft's entry into the cloud computing marketplace. We'll look at getting an application up and running with azure, data storage in azure, exposing web services over azure, and finally an overview of a running application in Azure. Attendees will be able to start writing applications for Windows Azure immediately after attending the session.

Career/Other

Social and Not So Social Networking

by Andy Warren

Preparing for Technical Job Interviews

by Michael Knopf

Successfully Running your own Coding Business

by Paul Swengler

The world of independent software consultants is duff with domestic and now an emerging competitive bazaar of international remote developers. Functioning as a employee has tangible advantages, but working independent offers a whole world of opportunities. The problems associated with being an independent consultant are both general and specific. They fall into these areas: What works? What doesn't? In order to succeed you need a book of business and reliable clients who actually pay on time. And you need to balance your time to generating business against delivering product. These are not easy and often frustrate the independent software developer who would rather code than review contracts or make sales calls. How do you find work? How do you evaluate a contract? How do you handle project creep? How do you balance personal life with a demanding client? How do you Market yourself? How do you say "NO!" without destroying the relationship. How do you manage your time? Where is the profit in consulting? that are the topics for discussion.

Paul Swengler Website

CEO @ Software Experts

Paul is responsible for bringing success to a select number of software developers.

His experience in international business is highlighted with a successful track record with Addressograph’s Documentor Division – Pacific Area, RCA and Univac’s early store-and-forward (precursor to todays email) in Asia, Wang Asia Marketing Support Manager. He led the sales team to #10 on Elance and over a million dollars in sales in just 3 years.

His vision and has always been that computers are to serve people not the other way around. He is an experienced high ticket – high tech professional with a domestic and international track record including VAR development. He can transcend technology into human terms:

• Regarding technology: New software and hardware must function and be competitive. It must serve and improve the users experience. Learning software is not the end, it is the means to improving our buyers ROI. Developers are often educated in technology, not business, and have a language which is industry specific. Paul speaks that language as well as the language of business.

• On the human side: Buyers can range from techno-phobes to techno-geeks. They may be entry level operators, executives, managers and accountants, all these buyers need to be included in the process. They need not understand the technology only how to use it and what the benefits are. Paul speaks tech and business on your terms.

Paul communicates with a demonstrated cross cultural adaptability and over 20 years experience promoting leading edge technology at the executive level. His published articles date back to the 1970’s on issues related to computer implementation. But more than communications and culture, Paul has a record of performance in high end and technical products and services sales. He understands the bottom line of hardware/software solutions and associated services in our extremely competitive global economy.

This sessions is designed for user with experience developing Access applications. It will focus on Access 2010 with SharePoint 2010 to explore the different degrees of publishing Access and how it solve issues many IT departments have with Access including: Access databases are never backed up. Every copy of the XYZ Access database has different data in it. Publishing form and report updates to dozens or hundreds of users is a nightmare. We will then dive deep into how IT departments can publish an Access application to Access Services on SharePoint with Web forms, reports, queries, and macros that eliminate the need for Access on the client machine entirely.

Content Management

Install & Upgrade DotNetNuke & DNN Modules

by Will Strohl

There are quite a few misconceptions out there about the level of difficulty when installing and upgrading DotNetNuke. This session is intended to walk you through the entire installation and upgrade process, outlining some of the common problems and solutions. As an add-on, we will also go through installing modules on DNN. At the end of this session, you will walk out being inspired to install DotNetNuke right away, and install all of your favorite modules. After we're done, you too will think it's easy!

How To AJAX-ify Your DotNetNuke Modules

by Will Strohl

With all of the competing technologies and practices out there, many ASP.Net sites tend to fall through the cracks when it comes to instant gratification for your visitors using AJAX. DotNetNuke® is no different. In this session, we will show you some simple ways to get your DNN modules more usable and faster, using a few different AJAX techniques.

Slicing & Skinning DNN Doesn't have to be Torture!

by Ralph Williams

We will be covering how to go from a design to a DotNetNuke skin. We will discuss some things to consider when designing for a DNN skin and some effective slicing techniques. We will then walk through creating a completely table-less based skin, as well as some tricks learned over the years to get you through that difficult transition from table-based skins to pure CSS-based skins.

Secure Module Development: Threat Modeling, Code Review, and Static Analysis.

by Brandon Haynes

Although virtually all developers appreciate the importance of creating secure applications, relatively few such developers are familiar with the techniques and processes that may be used to effectuate this end. In this session, we discuss some common approaches to threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, and code review in a DotNetNuke context. We examine the tradeoffs between manual and automated analysis, and touch on some common static analysis tools. These concepts are applied to DotNetNuke development through a number of collaborative exercises. Although this session focuses on secure DotNetNuke module development, it is also appropriate for other ASP.NET developers who wish to learn more about secure application design.

Using Silverlight with SharePoint 2010

by Ryan Morgan

Integrating Silverlight with SP 2007

by Raul Rodila

Data Access

XML 101 for the SQL Developer

by Michael Antonovich

This session is designed as a lead-in to the session by Scott Klein. It defines what XM is and how it differs from regular HTML, It looks at how to define data type variables and columns in SQL to store XML, how to output XML from existing table structures. It also covers how to use OPENXML, how to create and use your own namespaces, and the difference between typed XML and untyped XML.

Databinding with WPF

by Shervin Shakibi

After a quick overview of Databinding, we will discuss the following Key points: * Creating a Data Binding * Implementing Property Change Notification * Converting Data * Validating Data * Binding to Collections of Objects * Presenting Data by Using Collection Views * Presenting Data by Using Data Templates

Linq 4.0

by Greg Leonardo

Introduction to NHibernate

by Sean Chambers

NHibernate is an Object Relational Mapping framework much like Entity Framework. It handles persisting plain .NET objects to and from an underlying relational database. Given an XML description of your entities and relationships, NHibernate automatically generates SQL for loading and storing the objects. Optionally, you can describe your mapping metadata with attributes in your source code.

Introduction to nHydrate

by Michael Knight

Use model-driven architecture! Stop worrying about how to get data and start writing business logic. nHydrate is an open source project that creates strongly-typed, extendable classes inside of a framework. It is completely integrated into VS.NET. The model controls database generation, LINQ syntax, API, DAL, and more. In this session you will get a crash course of nHydrate’s most useful features.

ADO.NET 4.0 Entity Framework

by Scott Klein

Mobile

iPhone Development for .NET/C# Developers.

by Wally McClure

The iPhone is the smartphone leader in mindshare and the amount of money spent on applications. This lead in money spent on applications is expected to grow over the next several years. Objective-C is the native language for iPhone development. .NET developers, who work in the largest general area of development frameworks, have looked at iPhone developers with a great deal of envy. But with the release of MonoTouch, .NET/C# developers can apply their knowledge to iPhone development. This talk with show .NET developers how they can write applictions that run natively on the iPhone. In this talk, the attendee will be able to immediately being writing and exploring code on the .NET

Windows Mobile

by Kevin D. Wolf

Windows Mobile

by Kevin D. Wolf

Windows Mobile

by Nikita Polyakov

Windows Phone

by Bill Reiss

Oracle .NET Development

Getting Started with Oracle and .NET

by Jenny Besaw

This entry level session introduces Oracle's offerings for .NET programmers including the Oracle Data Provider for .NET, Oracle's high performance ADO.NET data provider. Also, learn about the Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio, Oracle Providers for ASP.NET, and .NET Stored Procedures. Step by step demos will be used to illustrate how you can get started using each of these free products. New features in Oracle's latest .NET release will also be highlighted in this session.

Optimize Oracle Data Access Performance with .NET

by Jenny Besaw

This session explores how to tune Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) for fast data retrieval and statement execution. Particular emphasis will be made on new ODP.NET and Oracle Developer Tools (ODT) for Visual Studio tuning features. ODP.NET introduces self-tuning, which optimizes data retrieval based on run-time sampling, and faster DataSet and OracleDataReader retrieval. ODT now includes the Oracle Performance Analyzer, which monitors the running application, highlights performance problems, and offers specific recommendations, such as SQL tuning and indexing. This session will show how to use these new features and existing performance tuning techniques, including statement caching, setting fetch sizes, and statement batching. The speaker, who works for Oracle Support, will also highlight the major "gotchas" that her customers frequently encounter.

The Ins and Outs of .NET/Oracle Development

by James Taylor

What are the Ins and Outs of .NET/Oracle Development? Mr. Taylor will cover the following useful sub-topics: * Quick Comparison of Oracle .NET Providers (ADO/EF/Native/3rd Party) and the insider scoops * Quick comparison of ORMs/Persistence Frameworks that integrate well with Oracle (DevForce/ LightSpeed/ CSLA / EL ) * Quick review of essentials on .NET coding techniques to make connection, fire commands and get and set data and data type conversion (based on Mark William's book) * Final notes and concerns on installation, setup and configuration of Oracle database, clients, TOAD and other essential tools to be well integrated with Visual Studio 2008/05/03 and backwards compatibility issues.

Other

Design for Developers

by Diane Leeper

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. It’s also the secret weapon of your developer toolkit. Learn five of the key fundamentals of design and how they can help your applications stand out. Find out how the design process helps you select a “look and feel,” pick a graphics program, prototype, and create testing methods (to evaluate and troubleshoot design). This session is a hearty mix of tips and tricks to make the appearance and interaction of your application just as compelling as its coded functionality.

Intro to OCS Programming

by Marshall Harrison

This session will cover Office Communications Server programming and introduce the attendee to UCMA 2.0 programming. I will cover the tools and APIs needed and show developers how they can setup and access a hosted development sandbox at GotUC.net. I will demonstrate coding and testing of an application using the sandbox.

Introduction to Speech Server

by Marshall Harrison

Servers & Services

Windows Services For Beginners

by Walter Williams

Windows Services are becoming more important to applications. With .NET, they can be built by any developer, not just someone knowledgeable about C++. A Windows Service is an application that runs in the background and does not require a user to be logged into the computer. This session will cover what a Windows Service is and some examples of usage, the sections and code needed for creating and/or maintaining a Windows Service, how to communicate with other applications and some general tips for designing and building your own Windows Service. Two different install methods will also be covered.

Windows Services - Manage an EXE w/o logging in

by Walter Williams

Windows Services are becoming more important to applications. With .NET, they can be built by any developer, not just someone knowledgeable about C++. This presentation will take you through the code needed to have a Windows Service manage a EXE. The reason you need this is because you have an EXE that you have log in to run, and then you have to leave the account logged in. With this Windows Service example, you will be shown a way to run this EXE at the time the computer starts.

RESTful Data

by Chris Eargle

REST is an architectural style that allows for a layered, scalable, and cacheable enterprise information system. With WCF Data Services, a database can be surfaced to a service as a REST-style resource collection that is addressable with natural URIs and can be interacted with using the usual HTTP verbs: GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. This session will describe RESTful Data, the benefits it conveys, and its uses. Then we will set up a data service using an existing database that developers would then access rather than accessing the database directly.

What To Know About WF4.0

by Bayer White

When WF3.0 was released over three years ago, it revolutionized how business processes are built. Instead of defining processes with just code, they could also be defined using "activities" as the basic building block of a process. Since then WF has continued to rapidly mature just as any new technology, therefore WF4.0 is scheduled to be released in a couple of months with Visual Studio 2010. This presentation helps identify a roadmap for the transition to WF4.0, and identifies some of the cool new features that have been implemented to help make the framework a better candidate for adoption.

Intro to Biztalk Server 2009

by Kevin Landivar

In this session you will learn how you can use BizTalk server to maximize efficiency in your current systems. We will start with a quick introduction to the overall system and quickly move to the actual features and the ways Biztalk can help you do your job better. The session will demystify the technology and we will use code samples to demonstrate Biztalk actually working. You will get an inside on this technology and will be able to quickly assess if it brings value to your company’s line of business. This session is recommended for developers, project engineers, architects, technology management.

BizTalk 2009 Architecture and Development

by Greg Leonardo

Silverlight

Silverlight Animations 101+

by Henry Lee

To bring that “Wow” factor into Silverlight we need animation elements incorporated into the application. We will look at basics of animations like matrix theory, easing functions, use of transparency, tips and tricks using multiple layers. Then we will look at how Blend can help us simplify creating animations and how more complicated animations can be accomplished using pure code. We will look at frame based, and time based approach to animations.

In-Depth Databinding and Validation

by Ryan Morgan

Whats this MVVM thing and why should I care?

by Michael Knopf

Stream it! Live + HD + Silverlight

by Kevin Rohling

WCF Ria Data Services

by John Mcfetridge

Microsoft .NET RIA Services simplifies the traditional N-tier application pattern by bringing together the ASP.NET and Silverlight platforms. Application logic is written on the mid-tier to control access to data via queries, updates and custom operations.I am going to build up a series of examples from a simple CRUD app, to a Details view using a object graph to MV-VM pattern

What's new in SL4

by David Silverlight

SQL Server

Configuring SQL Access for the Web Developer

by Kendal Van Dyke

This session will demonstrate the ways that ASP & ASP.NET applications can be configured to make connections to SQL Server from different versions of IIS so that we can keep our servers secure and our DBAs happy. Session Goals: - Learn when to use SQL logins and when to use Windows Authentication - Understand the concept of impersonation - Learn how ASP and ASP.NET applications can be configured to use impersonation to make secure connections to SQL Server - Learn how to configure IIS 5, 6, & 7 and Windows XP, 2003, and 2008 to support impersonation

Building a Data Warehouse using SQL Server 2008

by Wes Dumey

Developing OLAP Solutions with SSAS 2008

by Adam Jorgensen

Refactoring SQL for Performance

by Plamen Ratchev

Many people live by the motto “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it”. But if you believe that you are missing all enhancements introduced in newer versions of SQL Server (2005/2008). These new features can help you develop better solutions with improved performance, scalability, and maintainability. Learn how to craft a better query using the new MERGE statement, ranking functions, and more. Practical examples with tips and tricks.

Understanding SQL Server Statistics

by Andy Warren

Version your database with FluentMigrator

by Sean Chambers

Sick of sql change scripts? Driving yourself insane trying to version your database? Say hello to FluentMigrator. FluentMigrator is an open source library used for versioning your database using a domain specific language in c#. It was originally developed by Nate Kohari, Justin Etheredge and Sean Chambers as a port from another Migration library. Come learn how to easily and quickly version your database and free yourself from database change management.

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.NET Fundamentals

C# Ninjitsu

Chris Eargle Website • Blog

Software Architect @ SC Farm Bureau Insurance

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Introduction to Regular Expressions

Ahmad Mageed Website

Senior Consultant @ Sogeti USA

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Advanced Regular Expressions

Ahmad Mageed Website

Senior Consultant @ Sogeti USA

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Garbage Collection Deep Dive

Scott Dorman • Blog

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IDisposable and the Dispose Pattern

Scott Dorman • Blog

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Understanding Lambda Expressions

Scott Dorman • Blog

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Architecture & Goodies

Prototyping with SketchFlow

Nikita Polyakov • Blog

Technical Consultant @ Tribridge

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Behavior Driven Development 101

Sean Chambers Website • Blog

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MEF U

Kevin Rohling Website

Senior Software Engineer @ Vertigo Software

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Getting into WPF

Shervin Shakibi Website • Blog

Chief Technical Officer @ Computer Ways

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Powershell for Developers

John Wang

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UML Modeling and Code Generation

Oleg Sych Website • Blog

Senior Lead Consultant @ Catapult Systems

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ASP.NET/Visual Studio

What's New in ASP.NET 4

David Hayden Website • Blog

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Getting RAD with Visual Studio 2010

Stan Schultes Website • Blog

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VS 2010 Testing - No More “No Repro”

Oleg Sych Website • Blog

Senior Lead Consultant @ Catapult Systems

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jQuery vs AjaxControlToolKit

Kevin Landivar Website • Blog

Software Architect @ Logical Tech Solutions

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ASP.NET MVC Custom View Helpers

Sayed Hashimi Website • Blog

Sedo Technologies

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Simplifying deployments with MSDeploy and VS 2010

Sayed Hashimi Website • Blog

Sedo Technologies

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Azure

Cloud Robots

Jason Milgram Website • Blog

CEO @ Linxter

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Scalable Cloud Applications with Table Storage

Esteban Garcia Website • Blog

Principal Consultant @ M2E Solutions

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Connect to Azure with Web Services and Silverlight