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(+5:30 GMT) | For Developers | For IT Pros |
| Building Next Generation Client Applications | Developing cloud applications with Windows Azure | Developing database applications with SQL Server | Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Better Together | Exchange Server 2010 |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Keynote |
| 10:30am - 11:45am | Inside Windows 7: "Inside windows 7" changes that developers must know | | Inside Windows 7: "Inside windows 7" changes that developers must know | | | Timing: 10:30am-11:45am | | | |
| | What are the under the hood changes and improvements that make windows 7 the best? What makes it a powerful platform for developers. Attend this session to know about Direct2D, DirectWrite, Sensor and Location APIs, what's new in user32 and comctl32, Instrumentation and Diagnostics, energy efficient applications, Scenic Ribbons etc and how you can make use of these powerful features in various scenarios. |
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| | Speaker: Bijoy Singhal |
| Windows Azure : Inside - Out Overview | | Windows Azure : Inside - Out Overview | | | Timing: 10:30am-11:45am | | | |
| | This session will highlight the differences between on-premise, hosted and cloud deployments and discuss the various levels of services (operating system level services, .net framework level services, database level services) that are available where applications can be moved to the cloud. The bulk of the session will be to demystify cloud for an average user and talk about the internals of cloud operating system- Windows azure, its manageability, compute, storage & developer ease of use. We will talk how to migrate existing web applications to the cloud. In short, The session aims to provide an end to end overview of Microsoft’s offering in the cloud computing space. |
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| | Speaker: Ramaprasanna Chellamuthu |
| SQL Server 2008: Top Ten Reasons for Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services | | SQL Server 2008: Top Ten Reasons for Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services | | | Timing: 10:30am-11:45am | | | |
| | This session highlights the key advantages and benefits of Reporting Services Management tools, server and report creation. We also discuss the key new features in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008. Have you said "Reporting Services can't do this" lately? Challenging reporting requirements can push the limits of any reporting tool. However, with some out-of-the-box thinking, you can bend Reporting Services to your needs. Join this session to learn practical tips harvested from real-life projects that will help you get the most out of Reporting Services. |
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| | Speaker: Praveen Srivatsa |
| Active Directory - Technical Drilldown | | Active Directory - Technical Drilldown | | | Timing: 10:30am-11:45am | | | |
| | The session will explore Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory features that enhance Identity Management and simplified management capabilities to provide more control of management resources. We will begin by a quick recap of some of the enhancements we brought in Windows Server 2008, like: Restartable AD, RODC, Fine Grained Password Policies and auditing enhancements. We shall examine the improved management capabilities that automate Active Directory tasks using Windows PowerShell and improved administrative tasks using Administrative Center for Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 R2. Then we will discuss the Best Practice Analyzers to help manage active directory deployments and Active Directory Recycle Bin that allows you to recover deleted objects. |
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| | Speaker: MS Anand |
| Introducing Exchange Server 2010 | | Introducing Exchange Server 2010 | | | Timing: 10:30am-11:45am | | | |
| | In a time when your organization requires its communication tools to be cost effective and flexible, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 enables you to achieve new levels of reliability and performance, by delivering features that can help simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility. In this presentation, we’ll introduce you to Exchange Server 2010, the cornerstone of Microsoft’s Unified Communication Solution, and highlight how this latest release can help you realize the new efficiency, by enabling you with less, to do more. |
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| | Speaker: Dinesh Kursija |
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| 11:45am - 12:00pm | Break |
| 12:00pm - 1:15pm | Developing Custom Application for SharePoint 2010 for Windows 7 | | Developing Custom Application for SharePoint 2010 for Windows 7 | | | Timing: 12:00pm-1:15pm | | | |
| | There are numerous new features in SharePoint 2010 that make SharePoint development a lot more easier and functional for developers. One of the major limitations like having to use a server machine (Win 2K3/2K8) where MOSS/WSS is installed is now taken care of by introducing a scale down version both SP Server/Services for client OS. Other features supporting team development and build etc have also been introduced. This session will introduce the attendees with that environment and associated tools (VS 2010, SPD 2010, Visio 2010). And also with different new paradigms of Sharepoin application development like Visual Web Part, Sandboxed solution and SharePoint Dev Tools Continuum within VS 2010, SPD 2010 and Visio 2010. |
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| | Speaker: Pranab Paul |
| Data storage using Windows Azure Cloud Storage Services - A Deep Dive | | Data storage using Windows Azure Cloud Storage Services - A Deep Dive | | | Timing: 12:00pm-1:15pm | | | |
| | Commercial availability of Windows Azure (Microsoft’s cloud operating system offered as a platform as a service)is around the corner and we have more APIs and features being added progressively to the main components. This session will be a deep dive into Windows Azure Storage concepts and illustrate a real life scenario to use the 3 main storage components (blobs, tables & queues) with Windows Azure web and worker roles. The session will conclude with highlights of latest API enhancement for the REST based calls to the storage components. |
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| | Speaker: Saranya Sriram |
| Nuts & Bolts of SQL Server Execution Plans - | | Nuts & Bolts of SQL Server Execution Plans - | | | Timing: 12:00pm-1:15pm | | | |
| | One single inefficient query can have disastrous effect on your SQL Server performance and it can overload all the processors preventing other processes from executing efficiently. This is a session for every Developer, DBA working with SQL Server which provides you with the nuts and bolts of SQL Server Query Execution Plans and how to analyze them. This session will drill in to the Architecture of Query Processing, Operators and Iterators in Execution plans, Basic Operators, Seek vs. scans, Joins-Merge Vs Hash Vs Nested Loop which will help you tune and optimize your SQL Server performance. |
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| | Speaker: Roji Pulimoottil Thomas, Sivaram Annadurai |
| Automating OS Deployment - Lite Touch Installation | | Automating OS Deployment - Lite Touch Installation | | | Timing: 12:00pm-1:15pm | | | |
| | In this session we will see how Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 can help deploy Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 efficiently. The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 offers guidance for Lite Touch Installation (LTI) deployments. You may use LTI when you do not have Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to perform your client deployments. In addition, LTI deployment requires minimal interaction by users or designated personnel, while providing flexibility for desktop configurations. |
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| | Speaker: Aviraj Ajgekar |
| Flexible and Reliable Messaging with Exchange Server 2010 | | Flexible and Reliable Messaging with Exchange Server 2010 | | | Timing: 12:00pm-1:15pm | | | |
| | IT organizations are looking for ways to provide a more reliable messaging infrastructure, while reducing their costs and streamlining administration. Using Exchange 2010 is a great way… to achieve those goals. In this presentation, we’ll explore how Exchange 2010 gives you the flexibility to provide a Reliable Messaging Infrastructure which meets the needs of your organization at a lower cost. |
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| | Speaker: Dinesh Kursija |
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| 1:15pm - 2:15pm | Lunch Break |
| 2:15pm - 3:30pm | What new in Windows Mobile 6.5 | | What new in Windows Mobile 6.5 | | | Timing: 2:15pm-3:30pm | | | |
| | WM 6.5 is the latest version of mobile operating system to be available on Windows Phones. How can you as a developer take advantage of the new features in WM 6.5 and build richer mobile applications. This session will help you answer that question and learn features like widgets and new APIs. |
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| | Speaker: Abhishek Baxi |
| Essence of SQL Azure - Migrating an asp.net web application with SQL database to a cloud application | | Essence of SQL Azure - Migrating an asp.net web application with SQL database to a cloud application | | | Timing: 2:15pm-3:30pm | | | |
| | SQL Azure showcases a SQL server database on the cloud using the same protocols(TDS) and connectors (ADO.net, ODBC, OLEDB, php, ruby).This session is an introduction to SQL Azure that will highlight the key capabilities and differences of an on-premise SQL Server database & the cloud database. The main focus and bulk for the session will be focused on migrating an existing asp.net web application with SQL Server database, to first move the schema of the database to SQL Azure, then move the actual data to the cloud, then have an on-premise web application connecting to cloud database and finally transitioning the asp.net application to be a web cloud application hosted of Windows Azure and connecting to SQL Azure database. |
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| | Speaker: Harish Ranganathan |
| SQL Server 2008: Performance Monitoring Using Management Studio | | SQL Server 2008: Performance Monitoring Using Management Studio | | | Timing: 2:15pm-3:30pm | | | |
| | The main objective of the session is to introduce you to Performance Studio. We will also show you how to do monitoring and performance troubleshooting using Performance Studio and what new features are going to be available in SQL Server 2008. Finally, we will show you what is in store for performance monitoring in the future. We will go through - Performance Studio concepts (i.e. data collection, management data warehouse), How to monitor/troubleshoot performance issues using Performance Studio, New performance monitoring features in SQL Server 2008 and Long term investment: Foundations for performance monitoring in the future. |
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| | Speaker: Vinod Kumar |
| Migrating Your Server Infrastructure to Windows Server 2008 R2 | | Migrating Your Server Infrastructure to Windows Server 2008 R2 | | | Timing: 2:15pm-3:30pm | | | |
| | The session will explore Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration Tools. We will cover how to install the Windows Server Migration Tools. Next we will guide you through Active Directory and Infrastructure server migration which include IP, DNS and DHCP migrations. Then we will discuss how to migrate file and printer servers. Finally, we will cover local user and group migrations. For each of the above workloads we would also be discussing the approach if the migration is being planned for Windows Server 2008, without the migration tools. |
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| | Speaker: MS Anand |
| Anywhere Access with Exchange 2010 | | Anywhere Access with Exchange 2010 | | | Timing: 2:15pm-3:30pm | | | |
| | We will over Outlook, OWA, Outlook Mobile and Outlook Voice Access in this presentation so that people can see all the different ways the Outlook experience can be had to access their Exchange Server 2010 information. We will cover all the Outlook experiences in this presentation. |
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| | Speaker: Dinesh Kursija |
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| 3:30pm - 3:45pm | Break |
| 3:45pm - 5:00pm | Enterprise & Consumer Solution Showcase – Built for Windows 7 | | Enterprise & Consumer Solution Showcase – Built for Windows 7 | | | Timing: 3:45pm-5:00pm | | | |
| | Welcome to the world of next generation client applications. You would witness solutions built with mass appeal and state of the art user experience. Be it Enterprise or a consumer scenario, you are up for a treat. |
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| | Speaker: Sandeep J Alur |
| Creating Rich Internet application on Windows Azure | | Creating Rich Internet application on Windows Azure | | | Timing: 3:45pm-5:00pm | | | |
| | Windows Azure is Microsoft’s cloud operating system and it is not an independent product. This session focuses on real life scenario of building today’s “rich internet applications” and deploy / host in Windows Azure. The session primarily talks on integration of Silverlight, .NET RIA services , WCF in an asp.net web cloud application. The session assumes you have a fair idea of Windows Azure & it will be best if you have attended the 1st three sessions in today’s track. |
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| | Speaker: Saranya Sriram |
| SQL Server 2008 - Tips and tricks in programming | | SQL Server 2008 - Tips and tricks in programming | | | Timing: 3:45pm-5:00pm | | | |
| | Join this session to get some of the lesser understood simple tips when working with SQL Server. We will talk from performance, troubleshooting and from best practices fronts to connect, consume and then code against SQL Server. We will talk about ADO.NET and then dive deep into SQL Server to understand how these simple tips can improve your productivity and ultimately make your code production ready. |
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| | Speaker: Arun Balachandran |
| Migration Tools and Techniques for Windows 7 | | Migration Tools and Techniques for Windows 7 | | | Timing: 3:45pm-5:00pm | | | |
| | In this session we will cover migrations tools such as Windows Easy Transfer, User State Migration Toolkit 4.0 along with Windows XP to Windows 7 Hard-Link Migration of User Files and Settings. To maintain settings when installing Windows 7 on a computer running Windows® XP, you must migrate files and settings using a tool such as Windows 7 Easy Transfer and then reinstall your software programs. (Windows Easy Transfer (Migwiz.exe) is installed with Windows 7 and is available on the Windows 7 DVD in the Support\Migwiz directory.) Additionally, if you are installing Windows 7 on a new computer, you can transfer settings and files from any other computer running Windows Vista or Windows XP. |
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| | Speaker: Aviraj Ajgekar |
| Protection and Compliance with Exchange 2010 | | Protection and Compliance with Exchange 2010 | | | Timing: 3:45pm-5:00pm | | | |
| | Based on customer feedback, we focused on e-mail protection and compliance as one our four key investment areas in Exchange 2010. In this presentation, we’ll show you how Exchange 2010 can help reduce the complexity of this increasingly important workload. |
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| | Speaker: Dinesh Kursija |
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| 5:00pm - 5:15pm | Closing Note |