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MSDN Webcast: Look What You Can Do With Silverlight 2 (Part 6 of 6): Adaptive Streaming (Level 200): This webcast highlights adaptive streaming, which is an addition to the rich media capabilities of Silverlight 2. Adaptive streaming enables Silverlight 2 applications to examine the capabilities of the client computer, like CPU and bandwidth, and adjusts the bit-rate encoding of streaming video to handle network congestion and CPU usage...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast; Webcasts 2008-06-27
MSDN Webcast: Demystifying Office Business Applications for the Developer (Level 200): This webcast provides an introductory look at how to build and deploy Office Business Applications OBAs, specifically focusing on what and the how. It discusses Microsoft Office client application customization, integration of custom Office client applications with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, SharePoint Products and Technologies Business Intelligence BI features,...; Tags: Developer, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Business Application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Office Suites, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-27
MSDN Webcast: Building Asynchronous Contextual Collaboration With Exchange Web Services (Level 300): This webcast shows how to build mashups using the data in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). It shows what one can do with Exchange Web Services, and some examples with code such as resource schedules and interactive organizational charts. The webcast also shows how to move old...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Web, Collaboration, Webcast, Microsoft Exchange Server, Web Service, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-26
MSDN Webcast: Windows Workflow Communication in Depth With Matt Milner (Level 400): Windows Workflow Foundation WF provides a powerful framework for building reactive programs, which are programs that respond to events and inputs. One of the biggest challenges faced by developers new to Windows WF is figuring out the best way to communicate with the workflows that are running in the runtime....; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Windows Workflow Foundation, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-26
MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Silverlight Line-of-Business Applications With Shawn Wildermuth (Level 200): This webcast discusses the implications of using Microsoft Silverlight 2 browser plug-in technology in line-of-business applications, and he demonstrates consuming and changing database data from Silverlight 2. In this webcast presenter shares his opinion of where Silverlight 2 fits into the broader enterprise development spectrum, including intranet, extranet, and Internet...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast; Webcasts 2008-06-25

MSDN Webcast: Look What You Can Do With Silverlight 2 (Part 5 of 6): Testing Framework (Level 200): A new testing framework is shipping with Microsoft Silverlight 2. This testing framework enables to write unit tests for UI and non-UI functionality in Silverlight 2 and it includes more than 2,000 unit tests covering all of the released Silverlight 2 controls. This webcast examines some of the built-in unit...; Tags: Unit Test, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Testing Framework; Webcasts 2008-06-25
MSDN Webcast: Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation Integration in Depth With Jesus Rodriguez (Level 400): The combination of Windows Communication Foundation WCF and Windows Workflow Foundation WF provides the building block for the next generation of Microsoft .NET applications. With the release of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, developers now have multiple alternatives to build applications that combine WCF and WF. This webcast illustrate some of...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Windows, Windows Communication Foundation, Integration; Webcasts 2008-06-25
MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Data Services Overview (Part 2 of 2) (Level 100): This webcast illustrates some of the advanced aspects of ADO.NET Data Services. It explains how to expose own custom data sources with ADO.NET Data Services. The webcast covers consuming ADO.NET Data Services from various client applications, including Asynchronous JavaScript and XML AJAX client applications and Microsoft Silverlight 2. It also...; Tags: Data Service, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Webcasts 2008-06-24
MSDN Webcast: Driving Contextual Collaboration With Office Communicator 2007 (Level 300): How often have users called or sent Instant Messages IMs to each other about information in application? Why not build that communications functionality directly into the application? This webcast use the Microsoft Unified Communication UC platform to create contextual collaboration solutions using IM, voice, and video communications built directly into...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Application, Webcast, IM, Video, Microsoft Corp., Instant Messaging, Corporate Communications, Collaboration, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites; Webcasts 2008-06-24
MSDN Webcast: Look What You Can Do With Silverlight 2 (Part 4 of 6): Web Services Support (Level 200): Microsoft Silverlight 2 has a robust networking stack, and it supports Representational State Transfer REST, SOAP, WS, HTTP endpoints, and even cross-domain networking. This webcast examines how to implement calls to Web services from the Silverlight 2 Microsoft .NET-connected applications using a variety of methods, including standard ASP.NET Web Services...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Web, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Web Service, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight 2, SOAP, Web Services, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-23
MSDN Webcast: Look What You Can Do With Silverlight 2 (Part 3 of 6): Introducing Deep Zoom (Level 200): The Deep Zoom feature in Microsoft Silverlight 2, which is based on SeaDragon technology from Microsoft Research, allows users to easily and cleanly navigate through very large images and only download the portions of the images needed. This webcast takes an in-depth look at Deep Zoom. It discusses the considerations...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Image; Webcasts 2008-06-20
MSDN Webcast: Demystifying Office Business Applications for the Business Analyst (Level 100): This webcast provides an introductory look at what Office Business Applications OBAs are, specifically focusing on the what, why, and, at a high level, the how. This webcast is appropriate for those business people and technologists who are looking to learn the fundamental business and technical value of OBAs to...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Business Application, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Office Suites, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-20
MSDN Webcast: Behind the Scenes With Communications Server 2007, Communicator 2007, and Exchange Server 2007 (Level 300): Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 provide the infrastructure for enterprise communications, including e-mail, voice, video, IM, conferencing, and unified messaging. Building on this infrastructure, the Microsoft Unified Communications UC Platform APIs provide a platform that one can take advantage of to build communications into the solutions,...; Tags: Netscape Communicator, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Webcast, Microsoft Exchange Server, Communications Server, Microsoft Corp., Infrastructure, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communications Server, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-19
MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Workflow Services in .NET 3.5 With Jon Flanders (Level 200): Windows Communication Foundation WCF and Windows Workflow Foundation WF are powerful technologies that were first introduced in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. In release 3.5 of the .NET Framework, these two technologies work even better together. This webcast introduces to workflow services, and describes how workflow services unites WCF and...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Workflow Service, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-18
MSDN Webcast: Introduction to SharePoint Products and Technologies for .NET Developers: Custom Content Types (Level 200): This webcast is on SharePoint Products and Technologies for Microsoft .NET developers. Content types define what documents or other content types are used in SharePoint Products and Technologies document libraries. Content types can have several aspects associated with them, including custom menus and custom processing. This webcast show how to...; Tags: Developer, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft .NET, Webcast, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-18
MSDN Webcast: Programming a Full-Blown AJAX Enterprise Application in 20 Minutes (Level 100): It is all about simplicity when programming next-generation, complex Asynchronous JavaScript And XML AJAX applications. This webcast develops a fully blown AJAX enterprise application by dragging and dropping controls using Windows Forms Designer and the Gizmox Visual WebGui VWG framework. It extends, customize, and invoke client resources, and it demonstrate...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Programming, AJAX, Development Tools, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Software Development; Webcasts 2008-06-18
MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Data Services Overview (Part 1 of 2) (Level 100): This webcast illustrates how to take advantage of ADO.NET Data Services (formerly code-named Astoria) to easily and securely expose data as services over HTTP. It gives an overview of REST, the architectural style underlying ADO.NET Data Services. Then it gives a high-level demonstration of how to expose an Entity Framework...; Tags: Data Service, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Webcasts 2008-06-17
MSDN Webcast: Introduction to SharePoint Products and Technologies for .NET Developers: User Management (Level 200): This webcast is on SharePoint Server Products and Technologies for Microsoft .NET developers. SharePoint Products and Technologies make it possible for users to create Web sites; when a user creates a site, he or she can also manage the user permissions on that site. This webcast shows how some aspects...; Tags: Developer, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft .NET, Webcast, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-17
MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Spatial Data in SQL Server 2008 With Denny Cherry (Level 200): This webcast explores the new support for spatial data in Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The presenter discusses the new features for handling spatial data, shares his vast experience managing huge SQL Server databases, and answers the questions about SQL Server.; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Webcasts 2008-06-11
MSDN Webcast: Introduction to SharePoint Products and Technologies for .NET Developers: Page Navigation (Level 200): This webcast is on SharePoint Products and Technologies for Microsoft .NET developers. This webcast look at how pages in SharePoint Products and Technologies are arranged into Web sites. It explains menus, such as the site actions menu, the top navigation bar menu, and the edit control block menu. It also...; Tags: Developer, Microsoft Developer Network, Menu, Microsoft .NET, Webcast, Microsoft SharePoint, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-11