Paulo Morgado : Events

ReMIX 09 Is Coming To Lisbon, Portugal

Paulo Morgado — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:50:28 GMT

For the first time, ReMIX is coming to Portugal.

The event will have a keynote and 3 tracks (Web Developer, UX and Architect) with 4 sessions each by the best speakers in each field.

Don’t miss it! Register now!

Microsoft Tech•Ed Europe 2009 Registration Opened

Paulo Morgado — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:42:44 GMT

Microsoft Tech•Ed Europe 2009 Registration is now open.

There are a few novelties this year:

Due to attendee feedback, both the Developer and IT Pro editions will take place at the same time (November, 9-13).
The registration site uses Windows Live™ ID for authentication.
Registration prices are based on a tiered approach with the earlier you registration the more you will save. Register first, save the most!

Top Reasons To Attend Tech·Ed Europe 2009

EVERYONE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT:
- MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 - Learn about Microsoft's next-generation operating system
  
  Advancements Windows 7 brings to user productivity, security and PC management - all of which save businesses time and money.
- MICROSOFT OFFICE and new ways to maximize business productivity
  
  The Office System track will help you deploy, adopt and develop on business productivity applications.
  
  Learn about deploying Microsoft Office to your users, building pervasive Microsoft Office SharePoint solutions and managing your work with Microsoft Business Productivity Visio.
DEVELOPERS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT:
- STREAMLINING your way to cloud applications
  
  Find out how The Azure™ Services Platform reduces the need for up-front technology purchases, and enables developers to quickly and easily create applications running in the cloud.
- SECURITY that helps cut application support costs
  
  Find out how Microsoft’s ForeFront technologies can secure your IT environment faster, and help you write more secure code to eliminate application support costs.
- TRUTH about maximizing deployments and search
  
  Find out how SharePoint can help create that central repository, maximizing deployments and search that eliminates multiple versions and misunderstandings about the source of the "truth" on any given project.
IT PROFESSIONALS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT:
- VIRTUALISATION that helps leverage existing investments
  
  Get an in-depth understanding of today’s low-cost virtualization technologies and how they can help you make the most of your current software and hardware investments.
- HOSTING for economies of scale
  
  Learn how to take advantage of Microsoft’s hosted services to scale your IT department’s communications and collaboration offering. You’ll also lower your hardware, management and power costs.
- UNIFYING to reduce costs and help increase efficiencies
  
  Truly unified communications create a single communication infrastructure. That means reduced costs for PBX enhancements while improving productivity through unified inboxes along with rules that help workers manage interruptions.
- DEPLOYMENT - maximize your existing IT infrastructure and do more with what you've got
  
  Learn how to get maximum value out of your existing IT infrastructure.

MIX09 Session Presentation Slides

Paulo Morgado — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:51:20 GMT

On a previous post I introduced the feeds I created to subscribe to Mix09 session videos.

I’ve decided to also create a feed for the presentation slides:

PPTX: http://feeds.paulomorgado.net/PauloMorgado/Events/Mix09/SessionSlides

MIX09 Session Videos – How I Did It

Paulo Morgado — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:04:04 GMT

On my last post I introduced the feeds I created to subscribe to Mix09 session videos.

In case someone is interested on how I did it, here it is:

<%@ WebHandler Language="C#" Class="mix09" %>

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Web;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Xml;

public class mix09 : IHttpHandler, IHttpAsyncHandler
{
    class WebClientOpenReadAsyncResult : IAsyncResult
    {
        private AsyncCallback callback;

        public WebClientOpenReadAsyncResult()
        {
            this.IsCompleted = true;
            this.CompletedSynchronously = true;
        }

        public WebClientOpenReadAsyncResult(AsyncCallback callback)
        {
            this.callback = callback;
            this.IsCompleted = false;
            this.CompletedSynchronously = false;
        }

        public object AsyncState
        {
            get { return null; }
        }

        public bool CompletedSynchronously { get; private set; }

        public System.Threading.WaitHandle AsyncWaitHandle
        {
            get { throw new InvalidOperationException("ASP.NET should not use this property ."); }
        }

        public bool IsCompleted { get; private set; }

        public Stream Stream { get; private set; }

        public void Completed(object sender, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.IsCompleted = true;
            this.Stream = e.Result;
            if (this.callback != null)
            {
                this.callback(this);
            }
        }

    }

    private static Uri mixSessionsUri = new Uri("http://sessions.visitmix.com/RSS");

    private HttpContext context;

    private string type;

    #region IHttpHandler Members

    public bool IsReusable
    {
        get { return true; }
    }

    public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
    {
        WebClient wc = InitializeRequest(context);

        if (wc == null)
        {
            return;
        }

        OutputFeed(wc.OpenRead(mixSessionsUri));
    }

    #endregion

    #region IHttpAsyncHandler Members

    public IAsyncResult BeginProcessRequest(HttpContext context, AsyncCallback cb, object extraData)
    {
        WebClient wc = InitializeRequest(context);

        if (wc == null)
        {
            return new WebClientOpenReadAsyncResult();
        }

        WebClientOpenReadAsyncResult ar = new WebClientOpenReadAsyncResult(cb);

        wc.OpenReadCompleted += ar.Completed;

        wc.OpenReadAsync(mixSessionsUri, extraData);

        return ar;
    }

    public void EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result)
    {
        Stream stream = (result as WebClientOpenReadAsyncResult).Stream;

        if (stream != null)
        {
            OutputFeed(stream);
        }
    }

    #endregion

    private WebClient InitializeRequest(HttpContext context)
    {
        this.context = context;
        this.type = context.Request.QueryString["type"];

        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.type))
        {
            return null;
        }

        WebClient wc = new WebClient();
        wc.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.UserAgent] = "Required User Agent";
        return wc;
    }

    private void OutputFeed(Stream source)
    {
        XmlReader feedReader = XmlReader.Create(source);

        XDocument feed = XDocument.Load(feedReader);

        var rss = feed.Element("rss");
        var channel = rss.Element("channel");
        var title = channel.Element("title");

        title.Value = string.Format("{0} ({1})", title.Value, this.type.ToUpper());
        channel.Element("link").Value = "http://cli.gs/Mix09Sessions";

        foreach (var item in channel.Elements("item"))
        {
            string link = item.Element("link").Value;
            string session = link.Substring(link.LastIndexOf('/') + 1).ToLower();
            string enclosureUrl = string.Format("http://mschannel9.vo.msecnd.net/o9/mix/09/{0}/{1}.wmv", this.type.ToLower(), session);

            item.Add(
                new XElement("enclosure",
                    new XAttribute("url", enclosureUrl)));
        }

        this.context.Response.Write(feed.ToString());

        this.context.Response.ContentType = "application/rss+xml";

        HttpCachePolicy cache = this.context.Response.Cache;
        cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.ServerAndPrivate);
        cache.SetExpires(DateTime.Now.AddHours(1));
        cache.VaryByParams["type"] = true;
        cache.SetValidUntilExpires(true);
    }
}

MIX09 Session Videos

Paulo Morgado — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:06:00 GMT

Updated (2009Mar25): Added MP4 feed.

Mix09 is over and I would like to watch some sessions.

I like to watch these kind of videos by subscribing them using the Zune Software as a podcast. I like the Zune Software because it downloads the “episodes” and I can watch them in any order and it never forgets where I was – even if I was watching it in the Zune.

Unfortunately, the only feed available (http://sessions.visitmix.com/RSS) does not include the videos.

Fortunately, the address of the videos is very predictable and I was able to build my own feeds:

The session videos are not available in all formats for every session (at least, not now) but, if you subscribe to all, you’ll get videos for all the sessions.

Subscribe and enjoy.

PDC And Tech-Ed Wrap-Up

Paulo Morgado — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:57 GMT

(It might seem a bit late for this, but, lately, I’ve been having a lot on my mind. So here it goes.)

This was my first PDC. It was just as I had been told.

For those who don’t know, the PDC is all about the future. The near future (.NET 4.0 and Windows 7) and the further future (Windows Azure, “Oslo”, “Dublin”, “Geneva”).

Next year’s PDC (Yes! Apparently, there’ll be one next year) will be also held in Los Angeles from November 17 to 20, and (I suspect) will be the commercial launch of the Azure Services Platform and a better story to tell about “Oslo”.

Tech-ED EMEA Developers, on the other hand, is more about the present and the near future. But, this year, attendees were able to have a sneak peek at what had bee shown at the PDC.

Next year’s Tech-ED EMEA Developers will be held in Berlin from November 2 to 6. Probably, like in 2006, it will be the launch of .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010.

And I intend to attend both.

PDC2008 Is Over! PDC2009 Is Coming!

Paulo Morgado — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:06:08 GMT

PDC2008: Building A Schedule

Paulo Morgado — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:39:32 GMT

I’m having a hard time building a schedule for the PDC. I’m mainly interested in four areas:

Cloud
Parallel
Identity
Oslo

and they all have overlapping sessions.

I guess I’ll have to cook the PDC and Tech-Ed EMEA 2008 Developers schedules together to see if I can cover the most of the subjects.

PDC2008: Is My House On The Cloud Or Is The Cloud In My House?

Paulo Morgado — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:41:00 GMT

This year’s PDC is mostly about the cloud.

Everyone is talking about the cloud: cloud services, cloud computing, etc. but I’m not sure everyone has the same understanding of what the cloud is. Let’s say it’s a cloudy concept.

So, what is this cloud thing, anyway?

Let’s take Windows Home Server (WHS) as an example. Microsoft provides a set of services through homeserver.com that allows me to control my home server and access my other PCs in the home network. I guess I could say that homeserver.com is a cloud platform that puts my house in the cloud.

On the other hand, WHS is built on top of Windows Server 2003 which allows me to take full advantage of its web server (IIS) to expose services through homeserver.com. Services that could be for my personal use or that I could provide to others, thus putting my house on the cloud.

At a larger scale, that’s how I see the cloud and it’s usage. An indistinct universe of service providers and service consumers where some are just providers, others are just consumers and others are both (service aggregators, value added brokers, etc.)

I guess that Microsoft’s view in regards to the cloud and WHS is aligned with mine because there will be two PDC sessions about this:

Developing Connected Home Applications and Services for Windows Home Server

Tue 10/28 | 5:15 PM-6:30 PM | 409A

Presenter(s): CJ Saretto, Fabian Uhse

Learn how to build applications and services deployed on Windows Home Server that power PCs and devices throughout a connected home. See an example home automation and energy management service, and watch the creation of an on-premises service that exposes HVAC, window shades, and lighting controls to all devices on the home network. Hear how to package the service as a Windows Home Server add-in, quickly create a configuration UI, deploy a PC application for controlling the service, and demonstrate control from other devices such as TVs and cell phones.
Exposing Connected Home Services to the Internet via Windows Home Server

Wed 10/29 | 10:30 AM-11:45 AM | 409A

Presenter(s): Brendan Grant, CJ Saretto

Learn how to leverage the Remote Access platform in Windows Home Server to expose on-premises services running in the connected home to the Internet. See how to expose a home automation service running on Windows Home Server to the Internet, and watch a demonstration that shows how to expose services that may be hosted on other devices inside the connected home using Windows Home Server as a gateway. Finally, see a sneak preview of Home Server and Live Mesh working together to further enhance the remote experience for the connected home.

Windows Home Server Resources

Windows Home Server
Microsoft Windows Home Server Home Page
"Stay-At-Home" Server Neighbor Networks
An online bulletin board resource for families with "Stay-At-Home" Servers
We Got Served
Windows Home Server & Your Digital Home

And, suddenly, a cloud in your future is not a ad thing, quite the opposite.

PDC2008: Are Windows Forms Dead?

Paulo Morgado — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:33:59 GMT

This year’s PDC is all about the cloud (or cloudy as I call it) and the .NET Framework 4.0.

No one at Microsoft has ever told me that Windows Forms are dead (quite the opposite) but looking at the list of sessions for this year’s PDC I can only see WPF.

So the question remains: Are Windows Forms dead?

Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 Developers: Meet Me In Barcelona

Paulo Morgado — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:11:39 GMT

Once again, I’ll be at an ATE Booth at Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 Developers.

As I already said about the PDC, what I like most of these events is networking with Microsoft staff and other attendees. So, if you want to meet me, I’ll be glad to meet you.

PDC2008: Meet Me In Los Angeles

Paulo Morgado — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:23:28 GMT

It’s not the first time I try but, for one reason or another, this is the first time I will go to the PDC (Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference).

According to the site “The PDC is designed for leading-edge developers and software architects. If you’re interested in the future of the Microsoft platform, you’re responsible for the technical strategy in your organization, or you’re a highly skilled developer who likes to delve deep into the heart of the platform, then the PDC is for you!”. If you fit this description, hurry up and register. Early bird discount has been extended until September 8^th.

What I like most of these events is networking with Microsoft staff and other attendees. So, if you want to meet me, I’ll be glad to meet you.

Microsoft Tech-Ed EMEA 2008 – Registration Open

Paulo Morgado — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:37:08 GMT

Microsoft Tech-Ed EMEA 2008 is open for registration.

Do notice that, this year, the event for IT Professionals happens before the event for Developers.

Windows Home Server + Tsunami Tidal: To the Family 2.0

Paulo Morgado — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:22:03 GMT

During TechDays Portugal 2008, Microsoft Portugal and JP Sá Couto S.A., via its Tsunami brand, launched the first Portuguese machine with Windows Home Server: the Tsunami Tidal.

To mark the event, Tsunami held a contest offering one of these machines to the best sentence about it.

When you hear everyone talking about Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Life 2.0 and being at an event that promoted a World 2.0, the sentence that immediately popped my mind was: To the Family 2.0.

And it was with this sentence that I won the contest.

As I was giving my session wihle at the same time, Tsunami kindly allowed me to receive the price by proxy: my friend Nuno Gomes.

See the videos and photos of the event.

Upcoming Typemock Webcast on March 12

Paulo Morgado — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:10:35 GMT

Typemock is having a special Webcast on Wednesday March 12, 16:00 GMT

The live demo will include:

The Support of the new .NET 3.5 framework and specifically how to mock LINQ statements.
The improved IDE based on using colors to emphasize mocked methods.
Seamless integration with Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2008.

It is also an opportunity to meet Typemock’s development team, ask questions online and share some tips.

.....and one of you can win a Nintendo Wii during in the webcast!

Click here to participate in the Webcast

Techdays Portugal 2008 - For A World 2.0

Paulo Morgado — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:45:52 GMT

Microsoft Portugal will be hosting Techdays 2008 from Mars 12^nd to 14^th, right after the Portuguese launch of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Mars 11^th.

This is the biggest and greatest tech event in Portugal and there will be lots of national and international speakers and contests.

I'll be there. Come visit us.

WCSF geekSpeak: Download Available On Channel 9

Paulo Morgado — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:31:00 GMT

WCSF geekSpeak: Download Available At MSEVENTS

Paulo Morgado — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:25:27 GMT

For those who missed my webcast (and wanted to watch it) it's available to download at the MSEVENTS site.

WCSF geekSpeak: Online Resources

Paulo Morgado — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:46:42 GMT

Here is the list of topics covered in the WCSF geekSpeak webcast:

And here is a list of online resources:

WCSF geekSpeak: Real-Time Search Bundle Demo Code

Paulo Morgado — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:51:00 GMT

This demo e based on the demo included in the Real-Time Search Bundle download.

The demo includes an entry form with two implementations:

Using an Update Panel.
Using the WCSF's Real-Time Search Monitor.