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Windows Phone 7 Unleashed on September 11th in Mountain View – FREE plus Cash PrizesAugust 25

Free all day training event for Windows 7

Cash Prizes available for best application
Come check out Windows Phone 7 Unleashed for everything you need to know to develop for WP7. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or you’re just starting with .NET development, there’s something in it for you. The first half of this deep dive event is lecture and hands on lab. At the half point mark of the day, you’ll have a solid foundation for building WP7 applications. The second half of the day is going straight to code. Build the best app and have a chance to win 3 cash levels of an American Express gift card! In order to deliver the best possible experience for attendees, seating at these events is VERY limited. Register now!

PREREQUISITES:
1. This event is a bring your own laptop event. Wireless internet will be available and you must have a laptop capable of connecting to wireless as no hard wired connection will be available. 2. Download the tools BEFORE the event: http://bit.ly/WP7toolsSV

Date and Location

All Day Event - Saturday September 11 in Mountain View
DATE: Saturday, September 11, 2010 LOCATION: Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus Building 1 1065 La Avenida Mountain View, CA 92614 TIME: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM

REGISTER: http://bit.ly/WP7unleashedSV

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Mark your calendar for a free and incredible learning opportunity on Sept 22nd in San FranciscoAugust 18

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032457122&Culture=en-US

Awesome learning opportunity

Rob Bagby (my good friend) discusses ADO.NET Entity Framework

Rare opportunity to learn from a brilliant developer
I am not kidding, this is a “must-see” if you are a developer. No ifs, ands, or buts. This is some of the best free learning ever made available to the public.

Part I: Modeling, Mapping and Relationships
In part I, Rob will start with an overview of Entity Framework 4. He will then delve into modeling and mapping with the EF. He will cover how you can create a “conceptual” or “application-centric” model within the framework to meet the needs of your application. He will also cover relationships in the Entity Framework, including the new Foreign Key relationships in Entity Framework 4.

Bruno Terkaly on the Computer Outlook Radio Show discussing innovation in Office 2010August 16

I enjoyed an hour long interview on the radio show Computer Outlook, discussing the innovation in Office 2010, tapping into an audience of 1,421,227 monthly listeners. The show was lead by John Iasiuolo and guest host Ralph Bond. The topic of the hour long broadcast was Office 2010 on Thursday, August 5. Computer Outlook broadcasts live over the Internet from Las Vegas, featuring what's new, what’s best and what’s next in the computer and IT industry. The nearly 60-minute interview was a lively discussion that included the evolution of Office software and Microsoft’s dedication to collaboration with the latest version. I mentioned key product features including online and offline sharing, image editing and support for multiple browsers. Services like Sparklines, cloud computing and Outlook calendaring were also highlighted. Alongside John and Ralph, I mentioned the ease with which consumers can upgrade to Office 2010. Everyone agreed that the process was elegant, seamless and well worth the investment. I felt my enthusiasm for Office 2010 really showed as I showcased our flagship Office Suite.

Additional Topics addressed

Security for Azure, WCF, Windows Phone 7, and Silverlight – Part 2 of many - Single Sign on, Claims-Driven Experience and Service Authorization for In-Browser Silverlight applicationsAugust 15

This is Part 2

I am assuming you've read Part 1 and that you've downloaded the Windows Identity Foundation Training kit

This post is about an "InBrowser" Silverlight Component needing Authorization and Authentication This post will guide you through using Windows Identity Foundation to give our Silverlight application a secure experience for gym members. Afterall, it is Silverlight that represents the user interface that our gym members will use. This post will show you how to authenticate the user, and based on the user, a custom interface in Silverlight will be presented. Gym members want to see a "personalized" interface. Thus every step in this post will allow us to provide a secure way for gym members to interact with the Silverlight Application (embedded in a browser). Users will even get a custom interface based on who they are.

MY PREVIOUS POST

Security for Azure, WCF, Windows Phone 7, and Silverlight – Part 1 of many - Introduction

Security for Silverlight – Part 1 of many - IntroductionAugust 14

Federated Scenarios - Windows Phone 7, WCF, and Azure

This is a big deal

Why wouldn't you want to control access?
The challenge with security is that it is cross-cutting – it spans multiple disciplines, even at Microsoft. This is serious and difficult stuff. I want to try to demystify it. Some of you want to see me continue developing the series "Leverage Cloud Computing with Windows Azure and Windows Phone 7 – Step 1 to Infinity." But first I want to get some security issues ironed out.

Confusing Territory

Security is a dark art
I'm throwing myself into this confusing area because as developers we all should know it. I always come up short when I think about it and now it is time to dive in.

Hide the complexity of using various identity providers

You have two main approaches you can take

Approach #1 - Using the Web Browser Control within Silverlight
You can add a WebBrowser control to the SL app on the phone, and us it negotiate the security token to access the Azure hosted service. This is a good approach if you want ACS to hide the complexity of using various identity providers ( like, LiveID, Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo, AD FS) from your app.

Approach #2 - Leveraging WS-Trust
The other approach is to use a web service based protocol for getting the user identity ( like WS-Trust ). This gives a bit more control to the app for managing the interaction with the identity provider