Upcoming MSDN Webcasts: September 2004

These technical webcasts are presented by an army of knowledgeable industry experts. Subject Matter Experts from the industry demonstrate, discuss, and answer questions on the latest developer tools from Microsoft. Live code demos and attendees asking in-depth, engaging questions are all part of this live webcast experience.

MSDN Webcast Series: Upcoming & On-Demand

Microsoft VP of Security Monthly Webcast

This monthly series of webcasts focuses on Microsoft’s new security technology, guidance, security issues and solutions. Each webcast provides top-level insight to help technology managers make informed decisions about their corporate security environment.

Windows Mobility Marvels - Solutions for Modern Day Productivity

Learn how Windows Mobile developers can extend existing enterprise solutions, leverage existing skills, tools and code and how to quickly bring applications to market. Every Wednesday at 11:00 AM. Attend any of the qualified Mobility series live webcasts in September and you could win a PocketPC Phone Editon or Smartphone!

MSDN Events Online

Developer Community Champions present daily on MSDN Webcasts to help you learn more about Microsoft developer tools and technologies.

Modern Software Development in Visual Basic .NET

Join us for this 15 part series on developing with Visual Basic .NET.

InfoPath 8-Part Webcast Series

The goal of these eight webcasts is to learn the key elements of building and deploying XML-based business process solutions using Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 and other applications in the Microsoft Office 2003 System.

The New C++

This six part series covers the new Visual C++ 2005 language aims and will provide you with both the knowledge and practical skills to create great software.

Upcoming MSDN Webcasts

MSDN Webcast: Russ' Tool Shed - Chapter 3: How to Debug with .NET - Level 200

Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Russ Fustino , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

The rules for debugging have completely changed with the advent of the Microsoft.NET Framework. In this webcast - derived from Chapter 3 of the book, “Russ' Tool Shed - Tinkering with Visual Studio.NET,” we will cover core debugging concepts using Microsoft .NET Framework. In addition, we will examine several advanced features of .NET that allow you to write better diagnostic and error handling code.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257513&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Secure Mobile Data Using the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework and SQL CE 2.0 - Level 300

Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Rob Tiffany, President, Hood Canal Mobility

Would you like to be certain that data on a mobile device is secure? Without needing any knowledge of cryptography, you can build an application that lets users check-in and check-out their sensitive files. This webcast focuses on building an encrypted, password-protected storage vault for files residing on Pocket PCs.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257382&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Russ' Tool Shed - Chapter 4: Russ Does Windows - Level 100

Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Russ Fustino , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

Join this webcast for a thorough exploration of Windows Forms development, derived from Chapter 4 of the book, “Russ' Tool Shed - Tinkering with Visual Studio.NET”. Beginning with a look at just what Windows Forms are, we will examine how they deal with some of the problems that existed in earlier Windows Application development. We will also consider some of the graphical enhancements that have been added to Windows Forms in comparison to earlier development tools. We will discuss how Windows Forms allows us to host our applications in the browser, and finish the presentation with a look at some of the deployment considerations for Windows Forms applications.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257411&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Russ' Tool Shed - Chapter 5: Using ASP.NET with VS.NET - Level 200

Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Russ Fustino , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

In this essential webcast - derived from Chapter 5 of the book, “Russ' Tool Shed - Tinkering with Visual Studio.NET,” we focus on ASP.NET, the successor to ASP.

As a compiled .NET Framework-based environment, ASP.NET allows developers to author applications in any .NET Framework compatible language, including Visual Basic®, Visual C#®, and JScript®. ASP.NET provides significant improvements to deployment, scalability, security, and reliability. We will also include a discussion of the ASP.NET web application security.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257423&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Essentials of Application Security (Part 1) - Secure Communications - Level: 200

Friday, September 3, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time

Ron Cundiff , MSDN Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corporation

This webcast is the first of a 3-part series about the importance of Application Security and its best practices and guidelines. This part specifically addresses Secure Communications in the context of secure application development. After an overview of the costs of inadequate security and the benefits of developing secure applications, this presentation concentrates on secure communications as part of a larger security solution, examining specific techniques such as using certificates in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The webcast includes two demonstrations: Buffer Overruns and SSL Server Certificates.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032257602&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Session 1: Windows Application Development with .NET - Introduction and Essential Concepts - Level 100

Friday, September 03, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

David Anthony , Senior Software Architect, Tech Head LLC

You hear it more and more these days: Microsoft Visual Studio® and the .NET Framework create the platform of choice for a wide range of challenging scenarios. Windows® Forms Applications provide a powerful and extensible solution to help you meet the challenges you face in development. Whether you're new to the subject or you're just looking to fill the gaps in your knowledge, you can't afford to miss David Anthony's top-notch 14-part series "Soup to Nuts - A Practical Guide to Building Windows Forms Applications with .NET." In this first webcast, you will learn background and general concepts behind Windows software development with .NET. We will introduce the .NET Framework and look at how to use the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257688&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Essentials of Application Security (Part 2) - Authentication - Level: 300

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time

Ron Cundiff , MSDN Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corporation

This webcast is the second of a 3-part series about the importance of Application Security and its best practices and guidelines. This part specifically addresses Authentication in the context of secure application development. After an overview of the costs of inadequate security and the benefits of developing secure applications, we concentrate on Authentication as part of a larger security solution, examining specific Authentication techniques and best practices in IIS. The webcast includes two demonstrations: Buffer Overruns and IIS Authentication Techniques.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032257885&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: “Ask The Developer Security Experts” Series: Windows XP Service Pack 2: A Developer Overview - Level: 200

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Pacific Time

Tony Goodhew , Product Manager, Microsoft

This webcast series brings together some of the sharpest security-focused Microsoft developers to provide expert answers to your security questions. Beginning with a brief overview of Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), we will focus the discussion on what these changes mean for you as a developer and how these changes will affect your various development tools. This presentation will be followed by an extensive Q&A period where you can “Ask the Experts” your in-depth questions about Windows XP SP2. Do you have a question you want to submit to the experts before the webcast? Send your security questions about Windows XP SP2 to our panel of experts ahead of time at devxcast@microsoft.com.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032257887&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: A Hackers View of Your Web Applications Part 1: Procedures for Code Security - Level: 300

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 - 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Pacific Time

Dennis Hurst, Senior Consulting Engineer, SPI Dynamics

With the threat of cyber attacks, today’s Web environment has made application security an essential element in the application development lifecycle. The first part of this two part series will define what Web application security is, why it is needed, and how it differs from other categories of Internet security. Additionally, we will examine appropriate procedures and technologies essential to the security of Web application code. Through a review of recent Web application breaches, we will expose the prolific methods hackers use to execute break-ins via the Web. By taking an in-depth look at how Web-based applications work and the techniques hackers use to exploit them, you will be better equipped to protect your confidential information.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032257889&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: MSDN Events DVD-ROM - A Guided Tour - Level 100

Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Bernard Wong , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

Attendees of MSDN Events live seminars in the U.S. during August and September will receive a free DVD-ROM that is absolutely jam-packed with goodies for developers, including the Visual Studio 2005 beta 1 and other software. In this webcast, we'll take you through a guided tour of the gigabytes of content and other resources that have been compiled together for this DVD-ROM, and as a special bonus, a quick review of the content from the previous edition (given out during the May and June MSDN Events).

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257425&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Tips, Tricks, Tools and Best Practices for the Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework Developer - Level 200

Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Thomas Krueger, Product Manager, Microsoft Corp.

If you have been using the Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework along with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2003 you have an idea of how simple it is to build mobile device applications. Although these tools are providing significant increases in your development productivity, you still want more. This webcast will demonstrate tips, tricks, tools, and best practices that help you develop killer apps in a shorter time.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257378&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: ASP.NET Best Practices - Level 200

Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Pacific Time

J Mel Harris, Chief Technologist, OnLion Training LLC, Toolman.jncd.com

This webcast will explore best practices to be used in the development of ASP.NET base application. We will look at the language and code as well as demonstrating server controls and user controls as we build Web pages. We will cover how to take advantage of the caching and state management capabilities that ASP.NET provides, and spend a little time looking at deployment and performance measurement techniques.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032257976&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Best Practices for CLR Objects in SQL Server 2005 - Level 200

Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Glen Gordon , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

The next version of SQL Server™, code-named "Yukon," will include support for creating database objects using familiar languages such as Microsoft Visual C#® .NET and Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET. In this webcast, you'll receive guidance on when and how to use the Common Language Runtime (CLR) for developing database applications. We will also show you how to manage and troubleshoot the CLR.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257431&Culture=en-US

MSDN Architecture Webcast: Patterns & Practices Live: Essential Resources for Architects and Developers, Powered by LogicLibrary Logidex - Level 200

Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Brent Carlson, VP of Technology and Co-founder, LogicLibrary

Patterns offer proven solutions to recurring application design problems within a particular context. Microsoft’s Platform Architectural Guidance (PAG) Group has developed a number of patterns and best practices for use by architects and developers as they design and build enterprise solutions. Learn how the MSDN Logidex .NET Library, powered by LogicLibrary Logidex, provides fast, easy access to the PAG patterns and practices on MSDN, and how you can make the most of this powerful resource. Join this webcast for an introduction to the text and model-based search capabilities of Logidex and to the content of the Logidex .NET Library. We will also explore application design and development scenarios using the Pet Shop Model.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257693&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Essentials of Application Security (Part 3) - Authorization - Level: 300

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time

Ron Cundiff , MSDN Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corporation

This webcast is the third of a 3-part series about the importance of Application Security and its best practices and guidelines. This part specifically addresses Authorization in the context of secure application development. After an overview of the costs of inadequate security and the benefits of developing secure applications, we concentrate on Authorization as part of a larger security solution, examining Trusted Subsystem Model Authorization techniques and best practices. The webcast includes two demonstrations: Buffer Overruns and Trusted Subsystem Model Authorization Techniques.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257892&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Session 2: Creating Top-Notch User Experiences with Windows Forms in Visual Studio .NET - Level 200

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

David Anthony , Senior Software Architect, Tech Head LLC

Excellent user experience is often what makes or breaks an application's successful implementation. Are your UIs as good as they could be? Learn what the powerful combination of Windows Forms and Visual Studio .NET can do to help you design first-class GUIs. In this second webcast in the 14-part series "Soup to Nuts - A Practical Guide to Building Windows Forms Applications with .NET," we will cover general GUI concepts and look at how you can visually design outstanding GUIs for a Windows forms application straight from the Visual Studio forms designer

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257707&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Using Mathematics-Based Software Models to Create Real World Applications - Level 200

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Pacific Time

Fred Botha, President and Business Application and Model Constructor, System Strategies Corporation

How much time and energy during the development cycle do you spend troubleshooting and correcting problems caused by simple human error? How much faster would your products get to market – and how many more applications could you produce – if avoidable mistakes weren't part of the process? If you have ever pondered these "what if" scenarios, you will definitely want to check out the first episode of a six-part webcast series exploring the ways in which mathematics-based software models and components make it possible to construct real world business applications instantly and accurately, with minimal preparation and input.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257433&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Using InfoPath with VS.NET - Level 200

Monday, September 13, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Rob Jackson , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

Developers working with InfoPath™ solutions will want to check out this webcast exploring the InfoPath Toolkit for Visual Studio® .NET. This toolkit will allow developers to easily create, debug and build InfoPath solutions using managed code.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257436&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: A Hackers View of Your Web Applications Part 2: Web Hacking - Attack Scenarios and Examples - Level: 300

Monday, September 13, 2004 - 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Pacific Time

Dennis Hurst, Senior Consulting Engineer, SPI Dynamics

By taking advantage of the public access to a company and using it to subvert your applications, hackers can gain easy access into your company's sensitive backend data. Firewalls and IDS will not stop such attacks because hackers using the Web application layer are not seen as intruders. In the 2nd part of this two-part series, learn how to defend against attacks at the Web application layer with examples covering recent hacking methods such as: SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting, Parameter Manipulation, Session Hijacking, and LDAP Injection.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257907&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Overview of XP SP2 for Developers - Level: 200

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Tony Goodhew , Product Manager, Microsoft

Review the changes that Windows XP Service Pack 2 delivers and what they mean for you. Windows XP SP2 is designed to deliver a number of safety technologies in the Internet Connection Firewall, Web Browsing experience, Email /IM and Application Memory Protection. Each of these areas has direct impact on developers and this session covers the major items and what you need to know. Learn how these changes will affect your various development tools.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257920&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Implementing Application Security Using the .NET Framework Part 1 - Level: 300

Wednesday, September 14, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time

Rob Jackson , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corporation

This is part 1 of a 3-part series for experienced developers. In this series, you will learn how to implement additional security features to secure applications that are built on the .NET Framework. You will learn how security features are integrated into the .NET Framework. You will learn how to use both code access security and role-based security to limit vulnerabilities. You will also learn how to use the cryptographic provider support in the .NET Framework to encrypt and sign data. Additionally, you will learn how to secure Web applications and Web services that are built by using ASP.NET. Finally, you will learn a few tips for writing secure code with the .NET Framework. Parts 2 and 3 of the series will be presented on 9/21 and 9/28, respectively.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257965&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Geek Speak: Control Enhancements with ASP.NET 2.0 - Level 200

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

David Waddleton, Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

Developers working with ASP.NET 2.0 won’t want to miss this webcast as we provide an essential overview of new and enhanced controls in ASP.NET 2.0.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257464&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Native Code Interoperability with Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework 2.0 - Level

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Steven Pratschner, Program Manager, Microsoft

Integrate native code with your Microsoft® .NET application more easily with several of the new features in Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework 2.0. A richer set of types is supported by Platform Invoke services, and now you can directly call COM components from your .NET application. This webcast walks you through the steps required to use the new COM support and to take advantage of the new features in Platform Invoke.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257385&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: No, T-SQL "ISN'T" Dead: All About T-SQL in SQL Server 2005 - Level 200

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Glen Gordon , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

By now you have heard that you can write stored procedures for SQL Server™ 2005 (code named "Yukon") in Visual C#® and Visual Basic® .NET. Does that mean T-SQL is dead? NO! A lot has changed in the world of T-SQL with the next version of SQL Server. See how efficient you can become with the new enhancements to T-SQL. Learn how you can now crosstab in seconds with the PIVOT statement, perform recursive queries much more easily with Common Table Expressions, manipulate XML data more efficiently with the XML datatype and aggregate with ease using the new TOP functions. Join this webcast for a good look at the new T-SQL enhancements, data types and the like, and see how to choose between CLR Stored Procedures and T-SQL.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257475&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Writing Secure Code - Threat Defense Part 1 - Level: 200

Friday, September 17, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time

David Deatherage, ,

This is part 1 of a 3-part series for experienced developers. In this series, you will learn established best practices for applying security principles throughout the development process. You will learn effective strategies for defending common security threats such as buffer overruns, cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and denial of service attacks. Parts 2 and 3 of the series will be presented on 9/24 and 10/1, respectively.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032258007&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Session 3: Bringing Quality Products to Market Faster - Rapid Application Development with Visual Studio .NET - Level 200

Friday, September 17, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

David Anthony , Senior Software Architect, Tech Head LLC

Rapid Application Development (RAD) is on everyone's mind – but what are the best tools and techniques to get your products to market faster without sacrificing quality or integrity? In this third webcast in the 14-part series "Soup to Nuts - A Practical Guide to Building Windows Forms Applications with .NET," you will see how concepts of RAD are applied with .NET and Windows® Forms to achieve faster time-to-market. Learn how the diverse array of designers, code generation options and wizards included in Visual Studio® .NET help you accelerate your development lifecycle and get your products into your customers' hands more rapidly than ever before.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257710&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Creating Highly Efficient Specification and Design Models Using Mathematics - Level 200

Friday, September 17, 2004 - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Pacific Time

Fred Botha, President and Business Application and Model Constructor, System Strategies Corporation

Have you noticed how many aspects of software design and architecture are repetitive and almost formulaic in nature? If this seems like an opportunity to improve efficiency to you, you won't want to miss the second webcast in this six-part series on mathematics-based software models and components. We will show you how to streamline your software development process using a few pre-defined specification and design models that can be combined in whatever way you need, and only ten well chosen, all-purpose component-types. These few elements will allow you to quickly and effectively construct business applications with high scalability and correct design.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257515&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: MSDN Events DVD-ROM - A Guided Tour - Level 100

Monday, September 20, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Bernard Wong , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

Attendees of MSDN Events live seminars in the U.S. during August and September will receive a free DVD-ROM that is absolutely jam-packed with goodies for developers, including the Visual Studio 2005 beta 1 and other software. In this webcast, we'll take you through a guided tour of the gigabytes of content and other resources that have been compiled together for this DVD-ROM, and as a special bonus, a quick review of the content from the previous edition (given out during the May and June MSDN Events).

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257477&culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Automated .NET Build Against Evolving Legacy Components - Level 300

Monday, September 20, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Brent Clark , Build Process Architect, SunGard

Consuming evolving COM components from a .NET build perspective is not trivial. This 90-minute case study presents how SunGard in Christchurch, New Zealand has extended their automated build processes to be able to interact between .NET and COM components. This webcast will examine compiling Microsoft® .NET solutions from Microsoft® Visual SourceSafe® with strong naming, version and copyright stamping; automatically producing interop files for the ever-changing COM components; and producing publisher policy files to patch the minimum number of files in a client installation. https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032258065&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: A First Look at ASP.NET 2.0 - Level 200

Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Rob Jackson , Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

Web application developers will appreciate the significant advances that ASP.NET 2.0 offers, providing a dramatic reduction in the number of lines of code required for common tasks. Join this webcast to explore the exciting new features in ASP.NET 2.0, such as Personalization, Master Pages, Navigation Controls, and Web Part customization, as well as a first look at productivity enhancements in Visual Studio 2005.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257479&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Implementing Application Security Using the .NET Framework Part 2 - Level: 300

Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time

Ron Cundiff , MSDN Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corporation

This is part 2 of a 3-part series for experienced developers. In this series, you will learn how to implement additional security features to secure applications that are built on the .NET Framework. You will learn how security features are integrated into the .NET Framework. You will learn how to use both code access security and role-based security to limit vulnerabilities. You will also learn how to use the cryptographic provider support in the .NET Framework to encrypt and sign data. Additionally, you will learn how to secure Web applications and Web services that are built by using ASP.NET. Finally, you will learn a few tips for writing secure code with the .NET Framework. Part 3 of the series will be presented on 9/28.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032258017&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Developing Managed Applications for Mobile and Embedded Devices - Level 300

Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Maarten Struys, Michel Verhagen, Product Manager Windows Embedded; Windows CE Consultan, PTS Software

Faced with the challenge of providing application access to mobile users? Using Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET 2003 in combination with the Microsoft®.NET Compact Framework it is possible to develop managed, full scale, multi-threaded applications for mobile and embedded devices running the Windows CE operating system. Develop using either language, Microsoft® Visual Basic® or Visual C#® .NET. This webcast begins with a look at multi-threaded applications with Visual Studio.NET 2003, the .NET Compact Framework version 1.0 and OpenNETCF.org’s Smart Device Framework. After getting the fundamentals, we will then look at development using Visual Studio® 2005 and the .NET Compact Framework version 2.0.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257389&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Looking Ahead to ASP.NET Version 2 - Level 200

Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Pacific Time

J Mel Harris, Chief Technologist, OnLion Training LLC, Toolman.jncd.com

This webcast focuses on the new features that will become available with the next release of ASP.NET. The session will demonstrate next large improvements in the Developer Tips and Tricksthat will be provided with this release. The way you will be designing and building web sites in the future will be effected by the following new tools and technologies that we will cover in the session; Master Pages, Web Part controls, Navigation controls, Data Source abstraction controls, and personalization. Some time will be devoted to the local Web server and FTP support as will as security. The goal of this webcast is to get you started thinking abut the new tools and techniques that will be available.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257984&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Application Tuning with SQL Server - Level 200

Thursday, September 23, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Mike Benkovich, Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

This informative webcast will show how you can benchmark your application and evaluate its performance and scalability using the tools and utilities that come with SQL Server™ and Visual Studio®.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257483&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: “Ask The Developer Security Experts” Series: Using WSE to Secure your Web Services with WS-Security - Level: 200

Thursday, September 23, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Pacific Time

Maarten Van De Bospoort, Consultant, Microsoft Corporation

This webcast series brings together some of the sharpest security-focused Microsoft developers to provide expert answers to your questions about securing your Web services. We will begin this webcast with a brief discussion of the advantages of using WS-Security over traditional wire level security on the protocol level, including an explanation of how WS-Security is built upon XML security and how the new Web Services Enhancements (WSE) make this easy to implement. After this overview, this session will continue with an extensive Q&A period where you can “Ask the Experts” your in-depth questions about securing your web services with WS-Security and WSE. Do you have a question you want to submit to the experts before the webcast? Send your questions about securing Web services to our panel of experts ahead of time to devxcast@microsoft.com.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032258027&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Writing Secure Code - Threat Defense Part 2 - Level: 200

Friday, September 24, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time

Ron Cundiff , MSDN Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corporation

This is part 2 of a 3-part series for experienced developers. In this series, you will learn established best practices for applying security principles throughout the development process. You will learn effective strategies for defending common security threats such as buffer overruns, cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and denial of service attacks. Part 3 of the series will be presented on 10/1.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032258029&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Session 4: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Object-Oriented Concepts in Microsoft .NET Winforms Applications - Level 200

Friday, September 24, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

David Anthony , Senior Software Architect, Tech Head LLC

Chances are your development approach is committed to an object-oriented methodology for writing extensible code. Join us for this fourth webcast in the essential 14-part series "Soup to Nuts - A Practical Guide to Building Windows Forms Applications with .NET," and learn more about object-oriented concepts such as reuse, encapsulation, polymorphism, and inheritance as we discuss how they apply to developing Windows Forms with .NET.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257712&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Streamlined Software Development Using Mathematics-Based Coding Models in C# - Level 200

Friday, September 24, 2004 - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Pacific Time

Fred Botha, President and Business Application and Model Constructor, System Strategies Corporation

How much valuable development time do you spend re-engineering your custom components to suit to new purposes, or adapting a design idea to address a new challenge? Imagine how much more efficient the process would be if you had a carefully thought out array of easily adaptable Visual C# program-types and a few well chosen, highly compatible components, all of which were designed to combine seamlessly and effectively. In this third installment in the six-part webcast series focusing on the powerful concept of mathematics-based software models and components, watch as we illustrate how easy it is to use these few elements to construct a complete range of correctly designed C# programs.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257517&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: ASP.NET 2.0 Membership and Personalization - Level 200

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Jacob Cynamon, Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

Discover the new Membership and Personalization features in ASP.NET 2.0. This webcast will show you how to reduce code and development time while adding powerful features to authenticate users and create highly personalized Web sites. We will explore new features that enable seamless customized user personalization and code-less security controls to handle login and creating users.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257485&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Implementing Application Security Using the .NET Framework Part 3 - Level: 300

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time

Rob Jackson , Microsoft Corporation

This is part 3 of a 3-part series for experienced developers. In this series, you will learn how to implement additional security features to secure applications that are built on the .NET Framework. You will learn how security features are integrated into the .NET Framework. You will learn how to use both code access security and role-based security to limit vulnerabilities. You will also learn how to use the cryptographic provider support in the .NET Framework to encrypt and sign data. Additionally, you will learn how to secure Web applications and Web services that are built by using ASP.NET. Finally, you will learn a few tips for writing secure code with the .NET Framework.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032258031&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Windows XP Server Pack 2 Change Walkthrough - Level: 300

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Tony Goodhew , Product Manager, Microsoft

This session is a detailed walkthrough of the changes to Windows XP with Service Pack 2. It will cover the 4 major areas of change – Networking, Web Browsing, Email/IM and Hardware. In each of these sections the change and its implication will be discussed.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032258033&Culture=en-US

MSDN Architecture Webcast: Best Practices for Implementing Effective Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Governance - Level 200

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Brent Carlson, VP of Technology and Co-founder, LogicLibrary

The use of Web services and service-oriented architectures (SOAs) is becoming more widespread as businesses seek an approach that offers application integration, increased IT productivity and software reuse. With SOA enablement on the rise, IT groups are focusing on SOA governance as a means of controlling what and how services are defined, developed and deployed. In this informative webcast, Brent Carlson, co-founder and VP of Technology at LogicLibrary, offers valuable best practices and implementation techniques for SOA governance. Learn how SOAs can help you manage and control assets and artifacts with the confidence that you are meeting the business and technical architectural standards required by your organization. He will also illustrate how you can monitor the UDDI publish process in a way that brings together the development and operational views of Web services within your organization.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257715&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Optimizing Web Applications in VB.NET - Level 200

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

Jacob Cynamon, Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

Would you like to learn more about optimizing your Windows Server™ 2003 Web applications for high performance? You’ll want to check out this webcast as we examine the intrinsic performance benefits of ASP.NET 1.1, show how to measure and analyze Web application performance, and explore the main design and development principles to follow when building Web applications for optimal performance.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257488&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Add Speech Capability to Your Applications and Games for Mobile Devices! - Level 200

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time

Lori Pape, PS Technology Corporation, PS Technology Corporation

Mobile users can’t always get the information they need when they need it. Make things easier by providing them with hands-free access to applications and games on Microsoft® Windows® CE mobile devices. This webcast takes you on a text-based adventure as you explore the key issues, options and techniques used when adding speech capability to an application or game. You will learn the features that must be supported by the target device hardware and tools that are available for the development process. Topics include the Microsoft® Speech Application SDK 1.0 (SASDK), the Microsoft® Speech API for Windows CE, and Microsoft® Speech Server 2004.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257391&Culture=en-US

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Visual Basic .NET with VB Express - Level 200

Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Pacific Time

David Waddleton, Developer Community Champion, Microsoft Corp.

If you are a Visual Basic .NET developer, this is one webcast you won’t want to miss! Join us as we take the new Visual Basic® Express product for a test drive and examine new product features and updates to the Visual Basic language.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032257491&Culture=en-US