(+5:30 GMT) Web Developer Platform Administering Windows Server 2008 10:00am - 10:45am Keynote by Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft Corporation Speaker: Steve Ballmer 11:15am - 12:30pm Welcome to ASP.NET 4.0 - Developing next gen web applications Welcome to ASP.NET 4.0 - Developing next gen web applications Timing: 11:15am-12:30pm In this session we will explore the new features in ASP.NET 4.0 that make web development easier. While we have a choice between Webform based development as well as MVC Development, the traditional webform model gets a lot of enhancements in terms of server control referencing etc., Also lets explore into the various enhancements for deployment using Visual Studio 2010 that makes deploying ASP.NET Applications a breeze Speaker: Stephen Walther Windows Server 2008 R2 Streamlined Management Windows Server 2008 R2 Streamlined Management Timing: 11:15am-12:30pm Improving manageability is a long-term investment area for Windows Server -- one of paramount importance in supporting the IT professional community and making Windows the platform of choice for services. Come to this session for an overview of the new manageability features coming in Windows Server 2008 R2 including Server Manager and Migration, Best Practice Analyzers, and manageability platform enhancements in PowerShell, WinRM and WMI Speaker: SJ Haribabu 12:30pm - 12:45pm Break Break Timing: 12:30pm-12:45pm Break 12:45pm - 2:00pm Developing MVC based web apps using ASP.NET MVC Developing MVC based web apps using ASP.NET MVC Timing: 12:45pm-2:00pm In this session we will explore the Model View Controller pattern released recently as v1 version. The MVC Pattern allows building web sites with clean separation of concerns. Lets explore how MVC helps test driven development and supports finer control over HTML as well as providing intuitive URLs Speaker: Stephen Walther Bye-Bye VPN! Remote Access With Direct Access Bye-Bye VPN! Remote Access With Direct Access Timing: 12:45pm-2:00pm For years, end users have complained about the difficulty of using VPNs. IT managers have complained about the difficulty of managing and supporting those same users. With Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, these problems are a thing of the past. DirectAccess provides an "always-on" connection to the corporate network for remote users, anytime, anywhere. Users can seamlessly access the Internet and corporate resources. IT managers can monitor, patch, troubleshoot, and support remote users any time they are Internet-connected. In this talk, we discuss the deployment of DirectAccess. We cover the client, server, and infrastructure components. We describe underlying technologies such as IPv6 and IPsec. We also describe the policy options that allow DirectAccess to be customized to meet the security and connectivity requirements of particular enterprise networks Speaker: Vishal Shirodkar 2:00pm - 3:00pm Break Break Timing: 2:00pm-3:00pm Break 3:00pm - 4:15pm ASP.NET Dynamic Data - Creating Data Driven Websites at the speed of your thinking ASP.NET Dynamic Data - Creating Data Driven Websites at the speed of your thinking Timing: 3:00pm-4:15pm ASP.NET Dynamic Data work son the Dynamic Data engine shipped with Visual Studio 2008 SP1. It allows users to create data driven websites very quickly using the scaffolding mechanism. Lets explore how ASP.NET Dynamic Data has evolved and the Dynamic Controls and engine that help you build data driven websites ina breeze Speaker: Harish Ranganathan Windows Clients and Windows Server 2008 NAP (Network Access Protection) Better Together Windows Clients and Windows Server 2008 NAP (Network Access Protection) Better Together Timing: 3:00pm-4:15pm This talk explores the use of Network Access Protection built into Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008. Network Access Protection (NAP) is a platform and solution that controls access to network resources based on a client computer's identity and compliance with corporate governance policy. NAP allows network administrators to define granular levels of network access based on who a client is, the groups to which the client belongs, and the degree to which that client is compliant with corporate governance policy. If a client is not compliant, NAP provides a mechanism to automatically bring the client back into compliance and then dynamically increase its level of network access. We cover how to design, set up, and configure Network Access Protection (NAP), as well as five key ideas that you should know when planning a NAP installation. This presentation shows how server and client work better together. The use of demos and a quick set-up guide will help you in deploying NAP back at your company after this presentation. Speaker: Ranjana Jain 4:15pm - 4:30pm Break Break Timing: 4:15pm-4:30pm Break 4:30pm - 5:45pm Running ASP.NET on Server Core - Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 7.5 Running ASP.NET on Server Core - Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 7.5 Timing: 4:30pm-5:45pm Windows 2008 introduced Server Core with IIS Support, but ASP.NET and the .NET Fx was not supported as part of that. Windows Server 2008 R2 now introduces support for ASP.NET applications on the Server Core. In this session, we will look dive deep into enabling ASP.NET support on Server core and will also take a look at how we can manage, monitor and administer ASP.NET Applications on Server Core. Speaker: Praveen Srivatsa Active Directory Management Simplified !! Active Directory Management Simplified !! Timing: 4:30pm-5:45pm Windows Server 2008 R2 is coming soon, and that means new tools for directory service IT professionals. For the occasional admin, Active Directory Users and Computers is still around, but now it's got a task-oriented sibling, the "Administrative Center for Active Directory (ACAD)." What's that, you're not a GUI fan? Then you'll smile when you learn that under the hood, ACAD just kicks off command-line PowerShell commands to get its work done, which brings us to the premier advance in Windows Server 2008 R2--more than 85 PowerShell cmdlets. That might well be enough to justify an "R2" upgrade, but there's more: an "AD recycle bin" that lets you undelete things that were, um, accidentally eliminated. A centralized, secured way to create and manage service accounts. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services, or ADLDS (what was once called ADAM) as well as Active Directory both get new functional modes, and R2 supports "offline domain joins. For the details, don't miss this fast-paced, entertaining presentation! Speaker: MS Anand