Designing Mobile Applications for Laptops and Tablet PCs - Networking Data Power and Other Considerations With laptop notebook and Tablet PC sales growing faster than desktops Longhorn provides a platform for developing applications for mobile form factors i.e. ACPI Networking Data Synchronization etc. This session provides an overview of...

This session outlines the important concepts that application developers need to consider when writing applications that use networks. Explore real examples of applications that work well and those that don t. It also outlines APIs that give the developer the information they need to write intelligent network applications....

As anywhere anytime wireless network access becomes reality customers are starting to expect their mobile PCs to act more and more like cell phones. With over a billion cellular phones in use worldwide it s hard to argue with the opportunity presented by making mobile PCs run for days without needing to be plugged in. To take advantage of this opportunity...

The Longhorn location service provides an infrastructure that enables people and applications to be location aware anytime anywhere. The service and the location schema enables Windows to make use of location information from a broad range of location determination technologies and content providers. Focus on the location service landscape the location...

With a growing number of mobile users and devices the need to synchronize data with the PC is becoming more and more critical. This session focuses on Microsoft s plans around Synchronization. This includes the new user experience and platform for Synchronization Manager which becomes the new hub for all of your synchronization with your PC including...

This set of topics to get started with Indigo is intended to explain the most basic concepts and mechanics for providing an Indigo service and a client that can consume that service. The focus here is on the bare essentials. The discussion uses an elementary MathService example to illustrate the steps required to get started. This topic is also...

Eric Sink explains the importance of deep technology clue for non-coders in a small ISV....

Indigo is the managed communication stack that will ship with WinFX. It is the V.Next for ASP.NET Web Methods .NET Remoting Enterprise Services System.Messaging and WSE. Steve Swartz provides a brief conceptual overview of Indigo walks through some code and introduces you to his jackalope....

Those of you who regularly read my editorials will already be familiar with my Hamurabi.NET project. For those of you who aren t at the start of this year I began fooling around with a modern-day .NET implementation of the classic mainframe computer game Hamurabi....

The next version of the Windows operating system codenamed Longhorn has a new storage subsystem codenamed WinFS . In this article we will try to understand the need for WinFS ; define WinFS its type system and its data model; and learn how to write applications that take advantage of WinFS ....

See 10 things you can do to make your application shine when it runs on Windows Vista....

Get an overview of Windows Presentation Foundation formerly code-named Avalon and a context for this new graphics subsystem. Survey the architecture and major components available within this release for developers....

WinFX the managed Windows APIs for Windows Vista has a new home on MSDN. Get the latest information on the Windows Presentation Foundation the Windows Communication Foundation and other managed resources with WinFX....

Get system requirements for installing WinFX Runtime Components 3.0 Beta 2 PDC 2005 release describes installation known issues and provides troubleshooting steps for download errors....

Learn guidelines and suggested best practices for independent software vendor ISV developers on how to integrate with the new security infrastructure of User Account Protection UAP on Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 1....