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Get the tools that give your apps an edge.
Take a closer look at Microsoft's latest tools and technologies to help you create more compelling applications. Discover how Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) helps you develop compelling user interfaces that really stand out. Learn about the advancements in Vista that will make your applications more secure than ever. And see the features introduced in Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2008 designed to target Windows, Office, and the Web. Register today for these free, live sessions.
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Today's applications need to do more than simply work. They need to draw in the user, and provide a differentiated experience. This means moving beyond battleship gray forms, boxy UIs, and providing a positive user experience. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides powerful capabilities to develop a compelling user interface, the kind that makes an application stand out. In this session, we'll examine the core concepts of WPF such as layout panels, data binding, styles and control templates, and we'll use them to develop an application UI from the ground up.
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- Core WPF concepts including layout panels, data binding, styles and control templates
- UI application development from the ground up
- How to create more compelling user interfaces and provide differentiated experiences
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Reputations are tough to shake - particularly in the software industry. While Microsoft Windows has enjoyed great market share, especially in the desktop OS space, its industry position has made it a target for hackers worldwide. Microsoft leadership recognized the need to develop a security engineering approach that could withstand global Internet scrutiny, and Windows Vista is the first desktop operating system to embody this significant philosophy shift. Vista is built from end to end with security at the very forefront of the project. In this session, you'll learn 10 reasons why your application is more secure when it's deployed on Vista. We'll also cover new capabilities designed to protect memory, minimize privilege and provide resource-oriented access control, plus a plethora of additional security enhancements.
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- 10 reasons why your application is more secure when deployed on Vista
- New ways to protect memory, minimize privilege and provide resource-oriented access control
- How Windows Vista delivers numerous security enhancements
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Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio 2008 introduce a wide variety of new features for targeting Windows, Office and the Web. This includes more controls, a streamlined setup, improved startup performance, fresh graphics features, improved AJAX support, and much more. We're also introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services, which are designed to simplify application data access by providing an extensible, conceptual model for data from any source, while enabling this model to closely reflect business requirements. Don't miss this lively session and learn how to use these powerful new features in your applications.
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- The extra controls, streamlined setup, fresh graphics and more in Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio 2008
- How to simplify application data access with the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services
- Powerful ways to use Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio 2008 features in your applications
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