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Presentations
The presentations in this kit can be used for your information or as a resource to teach your peers about these technologies.
Overview
Lap Around the .NET Framework 4
This presentation goes over the new technologies and enhancements being made in the version 4 release of the .NET Framework.
PowerpointWhat's New In Visual Studio 2010
This presentation covers is a high-level over of the value propositions for Visual Studio 2010 and a walkthrough some of the great features being added to the IDE.
Managed Languages
What's New In C# 4 and Visual Basic 10
This presentation reviews new features and improvements to C# 4.0 and Visual Basic 10 and helps you understand the ongoing relationship between them as they evolve.
ASP.NET 4
Introduction to ASP.NET MVC
This presentation is an introduction to ASP.NET MVC. It covers how MVC fits within the ASP.NET ecosystem and what value propositions it offers. It includes demos showing how to create a basic ASP.NET MVC application as well as how to unit test it.
Whats New In ASP.NET Web Forms 4
This presentation goes over several of the improvements to ASP.NET in the .NET Framework 4 that give you more control over the HTML in your application, making client-side development easier and covers the ehancements being made to server controls.
Web Deployment with Visual Studio 2010
This presentation reviews how Visual Studio 2010 makes it easier to manage multiple Web.config files and how Visual Studio 2010 helps automate the packaging and deployment of Web applications.
Windows
What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation 4
This presentation goes over the new features in Windows Presentation Foundation 4, including how WPF enables developers to exploit features in Windows 7. Also covered in this session is the the new WPF tooling in Visual Studio 2010.
Windows Workflow
Workflow Services and Windows Server AppFabric
This presentation goes over the benefits of the new Workflow technology in .NET Framework 4 and describes the scenarios where it can be used. We'll also go through the new Windows Server AppFabric Beta 1 and its integration to Workflow Services.
Office and SharePoint
Office 2010 UI Customization
This presentation introduces you to customizing the Office 2010 User Interface using Visual Studio 2010. You'll see how Visual Studio 2010 provides support to customize the Ribbon, create Custom Task Panes and work with Outlook Form Regions.
SharePoint Development with Visual Studio 2010
This presentation covers the new tooling in Visual Studio 2010 for developing SharePoint solutions. You'll see the new SharePoint explorer, project templates, project items and deployment features.
Silverlight
Introduction to .NET RIA Services
In this presentation, you will be introduced to .NET RIA Services, a framework for making it easier to construct of client/server applications using Silverlight.
Data Platform
Whats New In Entity Framework 4
Entity Framework 4 addresses several key scenarios that were not included in the first version, including enhancements to the Entity Data Model and the Entity Framework components for consuming those models. This presentation will go over the new features including lazy loading, model-first development and the use of plain .NET objects.
Whats New In ADONET Data Services 1.5
ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 is being released as an update to the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. This presentation goes over enhancements to the server and client functionality in this release including row count, server-side paging, friendly feeds, BLOB streams and WPF/Silverlight binding.
Parallel Computing
Parallel Computing for Managed Developers
The shift to parallel computing is bringing new challenges to developers who are building modern client and server applications. This presentation discusses the shift to parallel computing and the technologies being introduced to the .NET Framework 4 that will ease this transition for developers.
Extensibility
Introduction to the Managed Extensibility Framework
This presentation will introduce you to the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) that is new to the .NET Framework 4. We'll go over what extensibility means, the basics of MEF and how it is used in an application.
Windows Azure
Windows Azure Platform Overview
This presentation provides an overview of the Windows Azure Platform. After this presentation you will understand the services Microsoft is providing as part of the Windows Azure Platform, the key concepts, and how to get started. The additional presentations in this training kit will drill into key services.
