Everything Silverlight, and more!

This new announcement brings Bing to the top of the search experience!

Check out the detail in this blog from the Bing team

Or watch the video and be Bingcredibly Amazed!

<A href="http://video.msn.com/?vid=8d047c40-51dd-4728-8519-8393ce44a333&mkt=en-us&src=SLPl:embed:syndication:uuids&from=shareembed-syndication" target="_new" title="Spend Less Time Searching, More Time Doing: Introducing the New Bing">Video: Spend Less Time Searching, More Time Doing: Introducing the New Bing</A>

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Phone: Tools, Devices
Cloud: Tools, Account
Client: WebMatrix
Resources: Infokit
Apps Ideas: Ideas

June is hot in Phoenix... and June 19th is just a week before what was the hottest we've ever had. AZGroups is going to give 6/26/1990 a run for it's money by having Scott Guthrie back in town for an all-day free event!

Scott is being joined this year by Scott Hanselman and Brady Gaster and will present on the following topics: Azure, ASP.NET, SignalR, and Web API.


Seating is great but limited

We're back to the Scottsdale Center for the Arts this year... great facility, and happy to be there, but there's only 800 seats.

This thing 'sells out' folks, so sign yourself up now before you find yourself without a seat when the music stops... and by 'sells out' I mean registers... there's no cost.

I'll see you there, and

Stay in the 'Light!

Microsoft Public Sector Live - Win8 At Night Event Series

Register today!

Event Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm EDT

Event Location: Microsoft Chevy Chase Office, 5404 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 700, Chevy Chase, MD 20815

The broad reach of Windows, best-in-class developer tools, a reimagined user experience, support for new chipsets, and a built-in Store with industry-leading business terms make Windows 8 the largest developer opportunity, ever! Join us for thise free 2-hour evening event designed to share the knowledge you need to start building Metro-style applications for Windows 8.

The topic for May 10th will be Building Metro style apps with XAML: What .NET developers need to know.  If you are experienced with .NET or Silverlight and are already familiar with XAML, this session will teach you everything you need to know to create a Metro style app for Windows 8. This session will cover updates to familiar features and explore concepts that are new for Windows 8. This session will show you how to turn your XAML skills into money-making Metro style apps.

 

Microsoft Public Sector DPE has several flavors of Windows 8 developer events in market. Please register to attend these events to learn about Metro style application development for Windows 8.

The following are the events:

• PubSec Live - Win8 At Night Events - free, weekly 2-hour evening in person events in Reston, VA and Chevy Chase, DC
• PubSec TechBytes - Win8 Online Events - free, weekly 1-hour online sessions
• PubSec 1-Day Win8 Dev Camp Events - free, 1-day in person sessions

 Windows 8 Developer Center – Metro Style Apps: Access free Windows 8 developer resources here

-Nandita

The broad reach of Windows, best-in-class developer tools, a reimagined user experience, support for new chipsets, and a built-in Store with industry-leading business terms make Windows 8 the largest developer opportunity, ever! Join us for these free, one day developer camp events designed to share the knowledge you need to start building Metro-style applications for Windows 8. Register today using the links beneath to attend these events in Reston, VA and Chevy Chase, MD!

May 24, 2012 – Chevy Chase, MD

June 5, 2012 – Reston, VA

Event Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm EDT

Event Locations:

Microsoft Reston Office: 12012 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190

Microsoft Chevy Chase Office: 5404 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 700, Chevy Chase, MD 20815

AGENDA

The agenda will include the following topics:

· Introduction to Windows 8 and the new Windows Store

· Designing a Metro Style App

· Building Metro Style Apps with HTML and JavaScript

· Building Metro Style Apps with XAML: What .NET Developers Need to Know

· Integrating the Windows 8 Experience with Contracts

· How and When Metro Style Apps Run

· Contoso CookBook Hands on Lab and General Hackathon

Notice to all U.S. government employees (including Military and Public Education personnel)

Due to applicable government gift and ethics rules, Microsoft cannot provide government employees with “giveaways” of Microsoft products or other items of value. In an effort to comply with these rules, Microsoft will not be providing any food during this event. Further information on Microsoft compliance with U.S. government gift and ethics rules can be found here.

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“I am building a solution using CRM 2011, but I need to migrate a significant amount of data from an existing system.  The Import Data wizard in the CRM 211 UI doesn’t meet my needs due to the amount of data and the logic necessary to transform the data from the source system into the destination system.”

This scenario is often referred to as Extract Transform and Load (ETL).  The first thing most people look at is using SQL Server Integrations Services (SSIS), because it is the ETL tool that comes with SQL Server.  … read more …

Jayway have started a series on porting a Windows Phone app to Windows 8 step by step. Should be an interesting series.

They are covering all of this

1. Introduction
2. Conversion strategy
3. Setting up the project
4. XAML has a new home
5. HttpClient vs. HttpWebRequest
6. Working with third party libraries and JSON
7. Cache and working with storage
8. Navigation
9. Localization of your application
10. Live tiles

Check it out

http://metroappdiary.tumblr.com/

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Phone: Tools, Devices
Cloud: Tools, Account
Client: WebMatrix
Resources: Infokit
Apps Ideas: Ideas

THIS IS IT! The last of our series… If you have already attended or don’t need to attend because you are already deep into coding… THEN please share this blog entry with your peers and development circle of influence!

SERIES: LET’S BUILD SOMETHING MOBILE (List All)

SESSONS I: FAST TRACK YOUR FIRST APP

By attending you’ll be exposed to the basics of creating a Windows Phone App and deploying to the Marketplace. As an attendee, you will be given some time during the session to use what you’ve learned to develop your own apps which access freely-available Public Sector data. The presenter along with resources from Microsoft and ComponentOne will be available to support you along the way.

• 11:30AM – FAST TRACK YOUR FIRST APP
• 04:30PM – FAST TRACK YOUR FIRST APP

SESSIONS II: GIVE YOUR APP SOME POP

Enhance the look and functionality of your existing Windows Phone app (or one created in the Fast Track Your First App session) by leveraging capabilities specific to the Windows Phone API and by using advanced UI controls. You’ll get a feel for Microsoft’s Expression Blend design tools too. As an attendee, you will be given some time during the session to use what you’ve learned in order to make improvements to your apps. The presenter along with resources from Microsoft and ComponentOne will be available to support you along the way.

• 11:30PM – GIVE YOUR APP SOME POP
• 04:30PM – GIVE YOUR APP SOME POP

INSENTIVES
See Notice to all Public Sector Employees below

• Attendees will be entered into a raffle for a Nokia 800
• Attendees will receive a license from ComponentOne for their Studio for Windows Phone
• Build and publish a Public Sector App and you will received a Nokia 800 or Samsung Focus to test your apps

RESOURCES

• This are resources available to you in preparation for the webcast

Phone: Tools, Devices
Cloud: Tools, Account
Client: WebMatrix
Resources: Infokit
Apps Ideas: Ideas

REQUEST

• Share this blog and tweet about the event so we can get maximum attendance

 

 

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Notice to all Public Sector Employees: Due to government gift and ethics laws and Microsoft policy, government employees (including military and employees of public education institutions) are not eligible to participate in any give-away that may be associated with this program. Further information on Microsoft compliance with U.S. government gift and ethics rules can be found here.