My PDC2009 Favorites

by Klaus Graefensteiner 14. November 2009 07:50

The Microsoft PDC 2009 starts next week and I just finished going through the list of sessions and picked the ones that either are important for my job as tester, sound very interesting or promise great entertainment. As always there are too many sessions. I picked the ones that I will attend live and the ones that I'd like to watch on video. Here is my selection:

The ones with "Red Category" are the sessions that I hope to see live and the rest I will hopefully see soon on video.

 

Subject StartDate StartTime EndDate EndTime Categories Description Location
Lap Around the Windows Azure Platform 11/17/2009 11:00:00 AM 11/17/2009 12:00:00 PM   Come hear how the Windows Azure Platform provides a scalable compute and storage environment with Windows Azure, secure connectivity with Service Bus and Access Control Service, and a relational database with SQL Azure. Learn about these new services and Hall E
Data Programming and Modeling for the Microsoft .NET Developer 11/17/2009 11:00:00 AM 11/17/2009 12:00:00 PM Red Category Come see this code-centric talk that focuses on the advances being made in tools, languages, and frameworks that simplify how to model, consume, or produce data. Hear about the future of data programming and modeling using Microsoft products and services. 403AB
Concurrency Fuzzing & Data Races 11/17/2009 12:30:00 PM 11/17/2009 1:15:00 PM   Learn about two concurrency tools from Microsoft Research:  "Cuzz" and "FeatherLite". Cuzz (for Concurrency Fuzzing) is a tool that significantly improves the concurrency coverage achieved with existing stress tests. Cuzz uses a randomized algorithm to fu 515B
Using Dynamic Languages to Build Scriptable Applications 11/17/2009 12:30:00 PM 11/17/2009 1:15:00 PM Red Category The Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) brings the power of dynamic languages to .NET.  It provides the plumbing for IronPython and IronRuby, a shared lanaguage hosting API, and also enables interoperability with static languages like C# and Visual Basic.  Com 403AB
Windows Azure Present and Future 11/17/2009 1:30:00 PM 11/17/2009 2:30:00 PM   Learn how Windows Azure has changed since its initial preview last year and what you can expect from Windows Azure in the future. Hall E
Become a Web Debugging Virtuoso with Fiddler 11/17/2009 1:30:00 PM 11/17/2009 2:30:00 PM Red Category Learn how teams around Microsoft and ISVs around the world use the Fiddler Web debugging tool to find bugs, troubleshoot performance problems, and uncover security vulnerabilities in both client and server code. Explore the best add-ons for Fiddler, and b 408B
Microsoft ASP.NET Futures 11/17/2009 1:30:00 PM 11/17/2009 2:30:00 PM   ASP.NET has evolved a lot in the last few years with the addition of ASP.NET MVC and Dynamic Data, as well as the continuous improvement of WebForms and ASP.NET AJAX. This session will provide a roadmap of the changes that are coming with ASP.NET 4 and VS Petree Hall D
Evolving ADO.NET Entity Framework in Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and Beyond 11/17/2009 3:00:00 PM 11/17/2009 4:00:00 PM   Come see how the ADO.NET Entity Framework enables new capabilities to leverage multiple development approaches, for example the use of code-first, model-first, and database-first. Hear how, regardless of the development approach, developers will benefit f Petree Hall D
Tooling on Agile Teams 11/17/2009 3:00:00 PM 11/17/2009 4:00:00 PM   Agile practices focus on customer value and team interactions. There is significantly growing and important set of tools that work to help Agile teams be more “agile”. In this session, we would like to hear what you have to say about tools for Agile teams 309
Windows Touch Deep Dive 11/17/2009 3:00:00 PM 11/17/2009 4:00:00 PM Red Category Windows provides applications a default experience for gestures and touch interaction. Applications that want to go beyond that basic experience have a powerful platform to build on top of. This session is targeted at developers interested in building tou 515A
Code Contracts and Pex: Power Charge Your Assertions and Unit Tests 11/17/2009 4:30:00 PM 11/17/2009 5:30:00 PM Red Category Come hear how Code Contracts provides a set of tools for design-by-contract programming and how Pex is an advanced unit-testing tool that uses automated program exploration to intelligently create unit tests with high code coverage. See how they work toge 408A
Building Sensor- and Location-Aware Applications with Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 11/17/2009 4:30:00 PM 11/17/2009 5:30:00 PM   How many times have you thought to yourself, “My application would be so much better if it knew where the user was?”  With Windows 7 and the .NET Framework 4.0, you now have the tools at your fingertips to location-enable your applications.  Based on the 515A
Behavior-Driven Development vs. Test-Driven Development: What’s What? 11/17/2009 4:30:00 PM 11/17/2009 5:30:00 PM   Automated testing is a hot item these days and Microsoft is jumping on board with ASP.NET MVC and Visual Studio 2010. Test-Driven Development and Behavior-Driven Development both try to significantly improve the quality of both the design and the product- 309
Microsoft Perspectives on the Future of Programming 11/18/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/18/2009 12:30:00 PM   Come hear from several of the Microsoft senior technical leaders about the future of programming, programming languages, and tools. Petree Hall C
Microsoft Silverlight Roadmap and Futures 11/18/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/18/2009 12:30:00 PM   With Silverlight 3 shipped earlier this year, the team is working on what comes next. In this session, we give you an early preview of the roadmap for Silverlight, and offer a sneak peek at some of the features that we’re considering as part of the next r Hall F
Developing REST Applications with the .NET Framework 11/18/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/18/2009 12:30:00 PM   Come hear an overview of the REST principles and why REST is becoming popular beyond traditional Web applications. Learn how to write applications that produce and consume RESTful services using the .NET Framework 4 and the improvements we have planned fo Hall E
ASP.NET MVC 2: Ninjas Still on Fire Black Belt Tips 11/18/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/18/2009 12:30:00 PM Red Category Having the customer on your back to deliver features on time and under budget with tight deadlines can make you feel like you’re being chased by ninjas on fire. Join Scott Hanselman and he’ll walk through lots of tips and tricks to get the most out of the Petree Hall D
Building Data-Driven Applications Using Microsoft Project Code Name "Quadrant" and Microsoft Project Code Name "M" 11/18/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/18/2009 12:30:00 PM   Come learn how to use "Quadrant" and "M", part of the Microsoft data platform, to interact with Microsoft SQL Server databases in rich new ways, including dynamic views and multi-user editing. See how to rapidly create the data-tier of your Microsoft .NET 408B
Microsoft Project Code Name “M”: The Data and Modeling Language 11/18/2009 1:00:00 PM 11/18/2009 1:45:00 PM   Come review how to use “M” to build a DSL and author data schema, then hear how we're going to make “M” more relevant to you, the Microsoft .NET developer. Explore the future of “M” where DSL, schema, and lots of other great ideas come together as a singl 408A
Mastering WPF Graphics and Beyond 11/18/2009 1:00:00 PM 11/18/2009 1:45:00 PM Red Category Learn how to take advantage of the latest graphics features in WPF to build polished, responsive applications.  See examples of how to boost the visual sharpness of your applications, how to take full advantage of new layout rounding capabilities, how to Hall E
What’s New in Microsoft ASP.NET 4 Web Forms and Dynamic Data 11/18/2009 2:00:00 PM 11/18/2009 3:00:00 PM   Come hear how to improve productivity while getting more control over building web applications including handling element id’s, using CSS styling, getting finer control over ViewState and controlling the markup.  Also hear how to improve SEO by creating Petree Hall D
Should I Use Silverlight, MVC, or Web Forms for Web User Interface Development? 11/18/2009 2:00:00 PM 11/18/2009 3:00:00 PM   When ASP.NET was released Web Forms was the only choice for web user interface development. As .NET has evolved there are now several powerful technologies including Web Forms, Silverlight, and ASP.NET MVC which overlap making it challenging to determine 309
A New Approach to Exploring Information on the Web 11/18/2009 2:00:00 PM 11/18/2009 3:00:00 PM Red Category Come hear Gary Flake talk for the first time about a Microsoft Live Labs experiment that is exploring new ways to organize, access and experience large amounts of information on the web.  See examples of the exciting new scenarios that are possible when b Petree Hall C
Modern 3D Graphics Using Windows 7 and Direct3D 11 Hardware 11/18/2009 2:00:00 PM 11/18/2009 3:00:00 PM   Dig deep into the capabilities of Direct3D and Windows 7. With the onset of new Direct3D 11 hardware, gain practical knowledge to help you push graphics to the limit. Learn about the new tessellation stage in Direct3D 11, which enables an unprecedented le Hall E
ADO.NET Data Services: What’s New with the RESTful Data Services Framework 11/18/2009 2:00:00 PM 11/18/2009 3:00:00 PM   Join this code-heavy session to discuss the upcoming version of ADO.NET Data Services, a simple, standards-based RESTful service interface for data access. Come see new features in action and learn how Microsoft products are using ADO.NET Data Services to 515B
Spice Up Your Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation 4 11/18/2009 2:00:00 PM 11/18/2009 3:00:00 PM   Discover how your applications can achieve a new degree of flexibility, transparency, and end-user control with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). Expose tailored, productive authoring experiences for your users to define business and application logic wit 515A
Tips and Tricks for Using Visual Studio 2010 to Build Applications that Run on Windows Azure 11/18/2009 2:00:00 PM 11/18/2009 3:00:00 PM   A platform is only as powerful as the tools that let you build applications for it.  This session focuses on using demos, not slides, to show the best way to use Visual Studio 2010 to develop Windows Azure applications.  Learn tips, tricks and solutions t 502A
Networking and Web Services in Microsoft Silverlight 11/18/2009 3:15:00 PM 11/18/2009 4:15:00 PM   This session presents an overview of how to expose data to a Silverlight application by accessing SOAP Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services and REST services. In the WCF space, we cover Silverlight 3 approaches for securing services and improvi Hall E
The State of Parallel Programming 11/18/2009 3:15:00 PM 11/18/2009 4:15:00 PM   Parallel programming has been more difficult than it needs to be, perhaps because its tools have been treated as an “add-on” to serial programming. The objectives of composability and productivity demand something better. Come hear a relatively recent con Petree Hall C
Rx: Reactive Extensions for .NET 11/18/2009 3:15:00 PM 11/18/2009 4:15:00 PM   Hear how to model reactive applications using push-based, observable collections, and how to glue together complex event processing and asynchronous programs using declarative LINQ queries. Learn how Rx is part of the Business Platform Division and Live L 502A
Windows Workflow Foundation 4 from the Inside Out 11/18/2009 3:15:00 PM 11/18/2009 4:15:00 PM   See why Windows Workflow Foundation 4 is a powerful platform for simplifying application coordination logic and state management. Learn about the core runtime abstractions and under-the-hood improvements related to areas such as performance, transactions, 515A
Microsoft AJAX Library, jQuery, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 11/18/2009 3:15:00 PM 11/18/2009 4:15:00 PM   Come learn how Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX enables you to easily create and use AJAX Control Toolkit controls in both ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC applications. Learn about all of the new features and improvements to the AJAX Control Toolkit controls such Petree Hall D
Windows PowerShell: An Automation Toolbox for Building Solutions That Span Small Businesses, Enterprises, and Cloud Services 11/18/2009 3:15:00 PM 11/18/2009 4:15:00 PM Red Category Come learn how you can leverage Windows PowerShell to automate the administration of client and server operating systems all the way from small businesses to large enterprises and cloud services. 408A
Storing and Manipulating Blobs and Files with Windows Azure Storage 11/18/2009 4:30:00 PM 11/18/2009 5:30:00 PM   Learn about the new features in Windows Azure for storing and manipulating blobs and files in the cloud, as well as tips, tricks, and performance guidelines for using blobs. 515B
Petabytes for Peanuts! Making Sense out of “Ambient” Data. 11/18/2009 4:30:00 PM 11/18/2009 5:30:00 PM   Today, the key to success with data is no longer about who can afford to acquire, store and process data effectively. That’s the cheap and easy part. The challenge now is to develop ways to better use data than your competition so you can make sense of al Petree Hall C
Developing with the Windows API Code Pack for Microsoft .NET Framework 11/18/2009 4:30:00 PM 11/18/2009 5:30:00 PM   The Windows API Code Pack for Microsoft .NET Framework provides a source code library that can be used to access some new Windows 7 features (and some existing features of older versions of Windows operating system) from managed code. These Windows featur Hall E
Exception Management – Handling and Reporting Exceptions Effectively 11/18/2009 4:30:00 PM 11/18/2009 5:30:00 PM   There are many ways to handle exceptions in .NET. What do you do to ensure that exception information is not lost? How do you report exceptions to your end-user and to your system administrator? This BOF will examine various techniques for good exception 309
Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 2: The New Stuff 11/18/2009 4:30:00 PM 11/18/2009 5:30:00 PM   Come learn about the new features being introduced with ASP.NET MVC 2. Templated helpers allow associating edit and display elements with data types automatically. Areas provide a means of dividing a large Web application into multiple projects. Data anno Petree Hall D
Building Your Administration GUI over Windows PowerShell 11/18/2009 4:30:00 PM 11/18/2009 5:30:00 PM Red Category Learn how to use PowerShell to help quickly create a custom UI to simplify enterprise administration.  Come find out why layering administration GUI on top of Windows PowerShell makes delivering a UX quick and easy. See how to write rich automation and in 408A
Microsoft Silverlight 3: Advanced Performance and Profiling Techniques 11/19/2009 8:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 9:30:00 AM   Learn how to leverage the Silverlight stack to optimize your managed code with a focus on the common bottlenecks in writing large Silverlight applications and complex data controls. Also learn how to profile your application, and how to use the results to Hall E
Silverlight Development Tools – Picking the Right Ones 11/19/2009 8:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 9:30:00 AM   The list of tools for Silverlight is bewildering: Prism, MVVM, RIA Services, ADO.NET Data Services, MEF, Reactive Framework and the list goes on. What are the core tools for being successful? Let’s get together and talk about how to select the right tools 309
Embodiment: The Third Great Wave of Computing Applications 11/19/2009 8:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 9:30:00 AM   Come hear about the next major wave of computing applications from Butler Lampson, a recognized leader in modern networking, and alumnus of Berkeley, Xerox PARC, and Digital’s Systems Research Center. Learn how computing applications evolved beginning wit Petree Hall C
Infer.NET: Building Software with Intelligence 11/19/2009 8:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 9:30:00 AM Red Category Would you like to write software that can adapt to the user, learn from examples or work with uncertain information? Infer.NET is a machine learning framework that lets you build these capabilities directly into your .NET application. The framework allows 515B
Web Deployment Painkillers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 & MS Deploy 11/19/2009 8:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 9:30:00 AM   Learn about next generation of ASP.NET Web Deployment with tips & guidance on how you can reuse and extend the technologies available with VS 2010 to build a hassle free web deployment solution for your team.  See how to use VS 2010 and MS Deploy to assis Petree Hall D
PLINQ: LINQ, but Faster! 11/19/2009 8:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 9:30:00 AM   Multi-core processors are everywhere! Parallel Language Integrated Query (PLINQ) in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 offers a minimal-code solution to take advantage of this parallel hardware, providing an implementation of the .NET Standard Query Operators 515A
Automating the Application Lifecycle with Windows Azure 11/19/2009 10:00:00 AM 11/19/2009 11:00:00 AM   Come learn how to use Windows Azure to automate the deployment of your application, scale your application automatically based on usage, and stage your application in multiple environments.  Also learn how to use Windows Azure to automate the entire appli 515B
Windows Presentation Foundation 4 Plumbing and Internals 11/19/2009 10:00:00 AM 11/19/2009 11:00:00 AM   Come get the inside scoop on how Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) powers all its rich services – like layout, databinding, and animation. There is a lot of heavy lifting done for you under the hood; in this session, we crack open these system compone Hall E
Axum: A .NET Language for Safe and Scalable Concurrency 11/19/2009 10:00:00 AM 11/19/2009 11:00:00 AM   Axum is an incubation project from Microsoft's Parallel Computing Platform that aims to validate a safe and productive parallel programming model for the .NET framework. It's a language that builds on the principles of isolation, agents, and message-passi 515A
Oslo Modeling and DSL 11/19/2009 10:00:00 AM 11/19/2009 11:00:00 AM   "Oslo provides capabilities for modeling data using “M”, but in addition using the DSL tools available to us with MGrammar should provide a good framework for modeling behaviors and business rules in our applications. Have you tried using Oslo to model be 309
Microsoft Visual Studio Lab Management to the Build Setup Rescue 11/19/2009 10:00:00 AM 11/19/2009 11:00:00 AM   Hear how Visual Studio Lab Management extends Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server to give you a seamless build, deploy and test workflow.  Learn how every build can be automatically deployed into a virtualized multi-machine test environment and 408B
A Lap Around Microsoft Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2010 11/19/2009 10:00:00 AM 11/19/2009 11:00:00 AM   Come learn how Visual Studio advances developer productivity with new tools for application debugging, and designers for key technologies such as Sharepoint.  See how the new modeling tools allow you to explore application structure while validating that Petree Hall C
Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight 11/19/2009 10:00:00 AM 11/19/2009 11:00:00 AM Red Category Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 includes an exciting new platform called StreamInsight for building rich data processing over real-time event streams. This technology is ideal for applications that need to process high volumes of event stream data with no la 502A
Building Extensible Rich Internet Applications with the Managed Extensibility Framework 11/19/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 12:30:00 PM   Learn how the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 introduces the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) for building customizable applications that can easily be extended by third parties. Whether you are building an extensible data grid, a custom rules engine, a p Hall F
Microsoft Project Code Name “Repository”: Using Metadata to Drive Application Design, Development, and Management 11/19/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 12:30:00 PM   Come see how to use the Microsoft SQL Server "Repository" to increase speed and accuracy of development, deployment, maintenance, and management of your enterprise applications.  The "Repository" is a central management database for application lifecycle 515B
Building Amazing Business Applications with Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft .NET RIA Services 11/19/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 12:30:00 PM   Learn how to build n-tier Rich Internet Applications (RIA) on Silverlight by tapping the power of .NET RIA Services. Walk through an example of building an application from scratch using the pattern run-time components and tools provided by .NET RIA Servi Hall E
DirectX11 DirectCompute 11/19/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 12:30:00 PM   DirectX 11 introduces DirectCompute as a way to access the computational capability of the GPU in a more flexible way.  It opens the door to operations on more general data-structures beyond just arrays, and to new classes of algorithms as well.  This tal 408A
Multi-Touch on Microsoft Surface and Windows 7 for .NET Developers 11/19/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 12:30:00 PM   Multi-touch is going mainstream as part of Microsoft Surface and Windows 7.  Come to this session to learn about how to create innovative new user experiences with touch – and how .NET developers can share code between both of these platforms.  You’ll get Petree Hall C
Developing Rich Reporting Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 11/19/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 12:30:00 PM Red Category SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) provides a comprehensive platform for developing and delivering rich enterprise reporting functionality over the Web. SSRS reports support rich data visualization and navigation features, and can be rendered in most po 502A
Microsoft SQL Azure Database: Under the Hood 11/19/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 12:30:00 PM   SQL Azure Database is a highly available and secure relational database service that offers customers a friction free provisioning interface while maintaining a compatible programming model with SQL Server.  This session will focus on the underlying SQL A 403AB
F# for Parallel and Asynchronous Programming 11/19/2009 11:30:00 AM 11/19/2009 12:30:00 PM   Concurrency is increasingly important for many applications. The shift to manycore brings abundant parallelism to the desktop. The Web, Microsoft Silverlight, and distributed systems increase the demand for asynchronous solutions. F#, a functional and obj 515A
Build a .NET Business Application in 60 Minutes with xRM and SharePoint 11/19/2009 12:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 1:30:00 PM   You know the Web Services let you quickly build interoperable applications; come see how quickly as we use the business application building capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint to build a high scale business application in one hour.   We 502A
Microsoft Visual C# IDE Tips and Tricks 11/19/2009 12:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 1:30:00 PM   Come learn about a series of features and technologies available through Microsoft Visual Studio and out-of-box solutions that will make you more productive in the Visual C# IDE.  Whether you're trying to come up to speed with an unfamiliar code base, nav Petree Hall D
Custom Behaviors for Advanced Microsoft Silverlight UI Effects 11/19/2009 12:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 1:30:00 PM   Learn how to light up your Silverlight application by using behaviors to add physics-based animation and rich interactivity. Hear tips and tricks on how to create advanced behaviors, techniques to make them extensible, and how they can be integrated to cr Hall F
Developing Testable Silverlight Applications 11/19/2009 12:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 1:30:00 PM Red Category Learn how to keep your customers, management, and quality assurance team happy by building testable Silverlight applications. Explore how the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) and Inversion of Control principles can be used with .Net RIA Services to create Silv Hall E
Microsoft Semantic Engine 11/19/2009 12:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 1:30:00 PM   See how the Microsoft Semantic Engine brings search, structured query, and analytics together in a simple, unified Search-Discover-Organize usage model. Learn how it addresses the need to have unified access to structured and unstructured enterprise data 408A
Deep Dive on Bing Maps Silverlight Control 11/19/2009 12:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 1:30:00 PM   The Bing Maps Platform has grown immensely over the past year from our Bing Maps AJAX Map Control to our Bing Maps Web Services and now our Bing Maps Silverlight Control. Come and join us as we take you on a tour of all the features and dig deep into the 515A
New Developer Tools in Windows Embedded Standard 2011 11/19/2009 1:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 2:45:00 PM   See how Windows Embedded Standard 2011 fuses the power and functionality of Windows 7 with the flexibility and workflow needed for the embedded developer to make devices come to life.  Discover 2 distinct development experiences, Image Based Wizard v. Ima 515A
It's All about the Services: Developing Custom Applications for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Using Microsoft ASP.NET, WCF, and REST 11/19/2009 1:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 2:45:00 PM   Many developers use services to build and integrate applications and line-of-business systems with SharePoint. With SharePoint 2010, developers now have a wider array of options that include ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and RESTful ser Petree Hall C
XAML Futures in Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Silverlight and Tools 11/19/2009 1:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 2:45:00 PM   Dive into advances in XAML happening in future versions of .NET, Silverlight, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Microsoft Expresssion Blend. Hear about XAML parsers, markup compilers, analysis, transformations, localization, and tools.  Dig even deeper into pe Hall F
Advanced Diagnostics, IntelliTrace™ and Test Automation 11/19/2009 1:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 2:45:00 PM Red Category As applications become more complex and pressures to decrease costs increase, we need tools to facilitate reducing the turn-around time for testers and developers to find and fix bugs. Microsoft Test and Lab Manager enables testers to collect more detaile 502A
Scrum in the Enterprise and Process Customization with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 11/19/2009 1:45:00 PM 11/19/2009 2:45:00 PM   Scrum for Team System v3 significantly evolves the leading Scrum process template by leveraging the capabilities of Visual Studio Team System 2010 Team Foundation Server (TFS 2010) to enhance the support for Agile best practices. Hear how a large customer 408A
Unleashing the Power of Excel on the Web 11/19/2009 3:00:00 PM 11/19/2009 4:00:00 PM   Microsoft Excel workbooks are everywhere, and they are a mini-database, a data-layer, a visual designer, and a programming language all packed into a single technology. Microsoft Office 2010 introduces a new REST API and a JavaScript object model for Exce 515A
Advanced Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight 11/19/2009 3:00:00 PM 11/19/2009 4:00:00 PM Red Category This is the second session in a series focusing on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight, a new platform for building rich data processing over real-time event streams. Come get a detailed architectural walkthrough of the three major components of St 515B
Developing xRM Solutions Using Windows Azure 11/19/2009 3:00:00 PM 11/19/2009 4:00:00 PM   Come learn how Microsoft Dynamics CRM can be used to rapidly develop on-premises or services-based "anything" Relationship Management (xRM) applications on the Microsoft platform. See how to develop high scale, connected business solutions that extend to 502A
Power Tools for Debugging 11/19/2009 3:00:00 PM 11/19/2009 4:00:00 PM   Learn about DebugAdvisor, a search based tool to find related bugs, and other related information such as people and files, Holmes, a statistical debugger based on coverage data that can be used to  root-cause a bug by narrowing down the code path that re Hall F
Using the Microsoft Sync Framework to Connect Apps to the Cloud 11/19/2009 3:00:00 PM 11/19/2009 4:00:00 PM   Come hear how the Microsoft Sync Framework can be used to bridge on-premises data to SQL Azure and Windows Azure storage.  Learn to quickly build applications that use the cloud as a data hub for aggregation of enterprise, partner, desktop and device data Hall E
Automating "Done Done" in  the Team Workflows with Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate and Team Foundation Server 2010 11/19/2009 3:00:00 PM 11/19/2009 4:00:00 PM   Learn how Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010 automates the validation of code quality and enriches the interaction between developers and testers on a software team. Explore how the VSTS 2010 automated build process can be configured to validate code c

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Here is the trick

I created this table by selecting my sessions first at http://microsoftpdc.com and adding them to my Microsoft Outlook 2007 calendar. Then I exported my appointments as Excel file. From there I copied and pasted the workbook cells directly into Microsoft Expression Blend. At this point I was able to use the html directly in TinyMCE.

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I am exited to go to the PDC next week and I hope I get lots of inspiration. Visual Studio 2010 seems to take development into a new level and the Azure cloud computing is ready for prime time. See you at the PDC next week.

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