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whitepaper MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Going From Developer to 'Dev-igner' With Frank La Vigne (Level 200)2008-08-20 Microsoft
  Yearning to become a "Dev-igner," a developer/designer hybrid? The old cliché is that developers make poor designers, and many developers needlessly tremble at the site of designer tools such as Microsoft Expression or Photoshop. Graphic design is a process, just like software development. If one learns the basics, he or she can soon turn out better user experiences and find inspiration in the world. The presenter of this webcast shares tips and techniques on how technologies such as Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and XAML can help to retire the "Battleship gray" UIs so often sported by applications. Turtlenecks and berets are optional.

Tags: .NET, Application Development		   
whitepaper Web Hosting Provider Enables Unprecedented Access to Services, Wows Customers2008-08-19 Microsoft
  No shared hosting service provider would agree to provide full server administrator privileges directly to customers - yet increasing numbers of customers at DiscountASP.NET wanted to modify their Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0-based Web sites using parameters that required such privileges. DiscountASP.NET had built a set of tools accessible through a control panel that enabled indirect access to some of these parameters, but developing those tools was a complex and costly process. Under Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0, though, DiscountASP.NET officials have found that they can use the Web server's feature delegation capabilities and ASP.NET enhancements to enable customer access to key Web service parameters quickly, securely, and more cost-effectively than ever.

Tags: .NET, Windows Server 2008		   
whitepaper MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Windows Communication Foundation as the New .NET With Juval Lowy (Level 200)2008-08-13 Microsoft
  Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) provides off-the-shelf plumbing for connecting services together. The more granular the services are the more use the application makes of the WCF infrastructure and the less plumbing the developers have to write. Taken to the ultimate conclusion, every class and primitive should be a service to maximize the use of the ready-made infrastructure and to avoid handcrafting plumbing. In theory, this enables effortless transactional integers, secure strings, and reliable classes. However, is it viable in practice? Can Microsoft .NET support it? Will future platforms offer this option? In this webcast, the presenter shares his thoughts on the state of the industry, what is practical and feasible today, and the future of the platform.

Tags: Programming Languages, Application Development		   
whitepaper Live From Redmond: Memory Efficient Multi-Page Applications in Silverlight.2008-08-06 Microsoft
  The presenter of this webcast will demonstrate how to create a multi-page Silverlight application that allows the user to switch among an unlimited number of "Pages" and user controls without wasting client-side memory.

Tags: Graphics Applications, .NET		   
whitepaper Fast-Growing Software-as-a-Service Provider Uses New Tools to Hit Key Business Target2008-08-01 Microsoft
  Companies worldwide increasingly rely on testing to screen prospective employees and evaluate existing staff. The Test Factory, a fast-growing software development firm based in Durham, England, provides an online solution for creating and administering tests to meet this growing need. Following the brilliant debut of its Web-based testing solution, The Test Factory pushed ahead with an aggressive schedule for the delivery of version two of its application. Using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and technologies introduced in Service Pack 1 for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, a team of five developers completed version two in four months - two months ahead of schedule. Now, The Test Factory benefits from faster development, improved application scalability, and increased business agility.

Tags: .NET, Application Development		   
whitepaper Fast, Powerful Visualization Tools Help Game Builder Hit Casino Jackpot2008-07-18 Microsoft
  International Game Technology (IGT) builds game equipment and systems for the gaming industry. The industry has adopted standards to move from mechanical to networked games that casinos can configure electronically, rather than through mechanical retrofitting. IGT needed to create a gaming system that would enable casino managers to dynamically modify game themes and content on the casino floor. The company turned to Windows Presentation Foundation - part of the Microsoft .NET Framework - to create the richer visualizations needed to make the new system easy and intuitive to use.

Tags: .NET, Application Development		   
whitepaper Dundas Helping D2D Save Significant Time and Money2008-07-16 Dundas Data Visualization
  Data2Decision Inc. (D2D) specializes in providing technical solutions to the print media distribution industry. D2D, in collaboration with City Print Distribution Inc., needed to develop an enterprise distribution management and reporting system that integrated these key analysis features: reporting, automation, data collection and mapping. By using the package's Dundas Chart and Dundas Gauge components, D2D developed an innovative dashboard display that provides immediate performance feedback and allows rapid decision making in distribution placement and volume. Also, web-based mapping via Dundas Map now provides real-time access to client assets and distribution performance geographically.

Tags: .NET, Application Development		   
whitepaper MSDN Webcast: Using Windows Workflow Foundation to Build Services With Jon Flanders (Level 300)2008-07-09 Microsoft
  Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a programming model, set of tools, and runtime environment which allows to write declarative and reactive programs for Windows operating systems. WF is part of the Microsoft .NET Runtime, and it first appeared in Microsoft .NET 3.0. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is also a programming model, set of tools, and a runtime that first appeared in .NET 3.0. WCF is a framework for building applications that can communicate with each other over varied network protocols. In .NET 3.5, these programming models came closer together to allow easy integration, including allowing WF instances to use WCF to communicate to remote endpoints and allowing WF instances to become the service implementation for WCF endpoints.

Tags: .NET, Application Development		   
whitepaper MSDN Webcast: Transactional Windows Communication Foundation Services With Juval Lowy (Level 200)2008-07-07 Microsoft
  Transactions are the key to building robust, high quality service-oriented applications. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) provides a simple, declarative transaction support for service developers, enabling to configure parameters such as enlistment and voting, all outside the scope of the service. In addition, WCF allows client applications to create transactions and to propagate transactions across service boundaries over a variety of transports. The presenter of this webcast explains how to configure transaction flow at the binding, contract, and service level, local versus distributed transactions, setting of service transactions, declarative voting, and the available configurations that best fit various application scenarios.

Tags: Application Development		   
whitepaper Defence Manufacturer Chooses Standards-Based Infrastructure and Simplifies Processes2008-07-01 Microsoft
  With a disparate technology infrastructure, Elbit Systems wanted to accelerate the process of integrating and building new applications. To keep up with continuing technological advances while meeting a range of operational requirements, the company planned to introduce a standards-based IT environment. Elbit Systems approached Microsoft to implement a solution based on Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database software, and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.

Tags: Application Servers, .NET		   


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