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D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Sharing "Awesome" Across Multiple ScreensWindows Phone apps don't just simply run on Windows 8 as they are. There are ways. However, to architect your code so that you can share your "awesome" across multiple screens. Alnur Ismail shows how.Join the Conversation Do you see yourself writing a complete app and then refactoring to use portable class libraries? or architecting with portable classes from the beginning? Start a new conversation in the Canadian Developer Connection group on LinkedIn. Alnur, as well as fellow Canadian developers are there networking, sharing, and learning. While visiting the group, make sure to join...2012-12-0646 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9December News - Developer Movement, Windows 8 App Labs, Upcoming LIVE Streamed Events, and New On-Demand VideosHost Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:Developer Movement is back - join the Developer Movement to earn points and be rewarded for publishing Windows Store and Windows Phone apps, with bonus points for adding in Windows Azure services. Windows 8 Celebrate the launch of Windows 8 with Tim Horton's - register for your Windows Store developer account, forward your confirmation email to win8cdn@microsoft.com and enjoy. More details here. Get started building apps - 5 steps to get you going Learn Windows 8 with hands-on labs Start your app Give your app some oomph Check...2012-12-0612 min
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: The Complete Cloud Picture- Stories from the TrenchesAs children we are enthralled by the stories that we hear. Stories teach us and fire our imaginations to what is possible in this world. And as adults, we're not much different. It's one thing to hear about a process, product or idea, but hearing the story of the trials and triumphs that accompanied the implementation of that process, product or idea is what sticks with us and gives our imagination flight as to the possibilities within our own situation.Case studies are like stories and there are a whole host of them that Microsoft has put...2012-11-1131 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Windows 8: Pure Imagination - The In-Person and Virtual ExperienceThe buzz word is REIMAGINATION. The list of new products and technologies launching is endless. Windows 8: Pure Imagination will bring developers, designers, game builders, students and start-ups entrepreneurs together to explore the possibilities of Windows 8. At Windows 8: Pure Imagination you'll be encouraged to look beyond the features... to what can be accomplished when inspiration and technology intersect. Tommy Lee dishes the details about this weekend developer must attend event!About Windows 8: Pure ImaginationWindows 8: Pure Imagination brings developers, designers, game builders, students and start-ups entrepreneurs together to explore the possibilities of Windows 8. You'll b...2012-11-0915 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9//build Debrief with James Chambers, Colin Melia, and Bruce JohnsonCanadian MVPs James Chambers, Colin Melia, and Bruce Johnson recap key moments from //build. Hear about what they saw and heard during the week they spent in Redmond, what's new and exciting for developers, interesting sessions to watch on-demand, and more.Join the ConversationWhere you at //build? Do you have a story to share? Do you have questions for James, Colin, and/or Bruce? Start a new conversation in the Canadian Developer Connection group on LinkedIn. James, Colin, and Bruce, as well as fellow Canadian developers are there networking, sharing, and learning. While v...2012-11-0932 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9November News - Developer Events, Canadian Developer Connection Windows Store App, Developer Movement and MoreHost Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:Technology Post Roundup - 5th Edition Canadian Developer Events - One stop to get all of the developer events happening nationwide. Canadian Developer Connection Windows Store app - NOW available in the Windows Store. Download now. Canadian Developer Connection Windows Phone app - Updated with new features. Download now. Developer Movement is back - join the Developer Movement to earn points and be rewarded for publishing Windows Store and Windows Phone apps, with bonus points for adding in Windows Azure services. Windows 8 Celebrate the launch of Windows 8 w...2012-11-0819 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: An App for Every BusinessApps enable a new level of customer engagement and are ushering a new wave of business for new and existing organizations. Are you thinking of app opportunities for your organization? The opportunity may or may not be obvious, but it is there. Hosts Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit explore the motivations behind enabling business through Apps.ResourcesVisit W00t – a site centered around building apps. The Windows Phone Dev Center will get you started building applications for Windows Phone. The Windows 8 Dev Center will get you started building applications for Windows 8. Jean-Luc DavidJe...2012-10-3038 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9The Cloud and the WhiteboardSome things are just better explained on a whiteboard. According to Windows Azure guru Cory Fowler, the Cloud is one of those things. Watch as he demystifies Windows Azure using nothing other than a whiteboard.Watch the news from this episode >>D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guests. LIVE and INTERAC...2012-10-0743 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9October News - Windows Store Welcomes Canadian Devs, Windows Azure Virtual Workshops, Visual Studio Event, .NET Rocks, AppFests, and ConferencesHost Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:Technology Post Roundup - 4th Edition Windows 8 Windows Store Welcomes Canadian Developers - all Canadian developers now have access to the Windows Store. Visit the Windows Store Dashboard, sign up for your account, register your app names (so that no one else can get them!), and start building apps! Windows Azure Virtual Workshop: Cloud Variations - October 15 (Register today) Virtual Workshop: Building Connected Apps with Windows Azure - October 22 (Register today) Virtual Workshop: Migrating Applications to the Cloud - October 29 (Register today) Visual Studio Visual Studio 2012 Virtual Laun...2012-10-0508 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9September News - Tech Post Roundups, Windows Azure DevCamps/Virtual Workshops, Visual Studio 2012, AppFests, AtariHost Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:Technology Post Roundup - 3rd Edition Windows Azure Virtual DevCamp / Virtual Workshops Virtual DevCamp On-Demand Virtual DevCamp - Windows Azure in a Nutshell - October 3 (Register today) Virtual Workshop: Cloud Variations - October 15 (Register today) Virtual Workshop: Building Connected Apps with Windows Azure - October 22 (Register today) Virtual Workshop: Migrating Applications to the Cloud - October 29 (Register today) Visual Studio 2012: Virtual Launch Event On-Demand .NET AppFest Revolution - In a City Near You Register for conferences to attend: Prairie Dev Con (October 1-3), SDEC 12 (October 15-17), SELA Dev...2012-09-1513 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Consistent App Experiences with Paul LabergeGreat apps have a special ingredient to them that make them great – the experience of the app itself. Paul Laberge comes back to D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE for a chat on what it takes to create great, but more importantly, consistent, app experiences.Watch the new from this episode >>D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of developme...2012-08-0656 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9August News - Windows 8, BUILD 2012, Metro, Visual Studio 2012, and ConferencesHost Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:Announced today: Windows 8 officially RTM'd Save the date: Windows 8 General Availability - October 26, 2012 Windows 8 Upgrade offer Announcing //build 2012 - Registration opens 8.8.2012 at 8AM PDT (stay tuned to buildwindows.com) Build Windows 8 apps at Windows 8 Hackathons - Register today Windows 8 Development Resources: What's a Metro Style App?, Making Great Metro Style Apps, Building Metro Style Apps: What Web Developers Need to Know Get your app reviewed by a Microsoft Field Engineer Announced today: Visual Studio 2012 RTM'd Visual Studio Virtual Launch Event - September 12, 2012 Office 2013 - A new Office ha...2012-08-0209 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Excitement All Around (Developer Opportunity Continued) with Mary Jo FoleyZDNet's All About Microsoft blog editor and frequent commentator on all things Microsoft, Mary Jo Foley, gives an industry take on the Developer Opportunity made possible with the recent announcements for Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, and Visual Studio 2012. Plus: Mary Jo answers questions from the live chat and discussion on the Canadian Developer Connection LinkedIn group.Watch the start of this conversation with Richard Campbell >>Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has been a tech journalist for more than 25 years. She has worked for a variety of tech publications and Web...2012-07-1257 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9July News - Windows 8, Surface, Windows Phone 8, Windows Azure DevCamp, ConferencesHost Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:Windows 8 milestones announced: RTM on track for the first week of August, General availability by the end of October. Amazing upgrade to Windows 8 offer. Check out Microsoft's new tablet device - Surface. See what's coming with Windows Phone 8 - Windows Phone Summit Get up to speed with all of the latest features released in the June release of Windows Azure with sessions from the Windows Azure DevCamp recorded live in Toronto. Register for conferences to attend: Prairie Dev Con (October 1-3), SDEC 12 (October 15-17), and DevTeach (December 10-1...2012-07-1206 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Tech Talk UnpluggedSome of the best conversations happen when you least expect them – after that important meeting has finished, before the official interview starts, in the cafeteria over lunch or coffee. Jonathan and Ruth noticed it was the same with the AlignIT broadcast. So for the last few months they decided to keep the cameras rolling after the live broadcast was finished and here is the result – some very relaxed, very passionate, very real conversations with their expert guests.Hosts Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit review some of the conversations they've had with their guests "off the air" and unplu...2012-07-0142 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Change is a Developer's Opportunity with Richard CampbellAccording to Richard Campbell, there are big changes in the development world on the horizon, and while potentially scary, change is a great opportunity for developers. Hear about the history of how we got here and why the things you know now will stay valuable when you add a bit more in. Plus: Richard shares his advice on embracing change to propel you forward.Richard Campbell Richard Campbell has been involved with microcomputers and software since 1977. His career has spanned the industry both on the hardware and software sides, from manufacturing to sales, service, game...2012-06-0746 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9June Developer News - Windows 8 RP, Visual Studio 2012 RC, Apps! Apps! Apps!, Windows Azure Events, TechDays TV, and Developer MovementHost Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:Latest Bits: Download the Windows 8 Release Preview Latest Bits: Download the Visual Studio 2012 RC Windows 8 Codeapaloozas in Ottawa and Montreal Canada Windows 8 App Excellence Labs Think you know Windows Azure? Think Again - Meet Windows Azure Live from San Fransisco (June 7) Think you know Windows Azure? Think Again - Learn Windows Azure Live from Orlando (June 11) Think you know Windows Azure? Think Again - Windows Azure DevCamp Live in and from Toronto (June 20) TechDays TV - DEV282: What's New in TFS and Test Manager 11 (with Dave Lloyd...2012-06-0613 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Confidence in the CloudRecent surveys indicate that while cloud computing is a top priority for Canadian CIOs, assurance in cloud services remains the principle inhibitor for adoption. 2012 is proving to be the year of accelerating adoption as organizations gain a deeper appreciation of cloud services and how they can be adopted in a trusted manner. Host Jonathan Rozenblit, and guest, John Weigelt, National Technology Officer for Microsoft Canada, as they explore the security and privacy considerations of Cloud Computing.ResourcesRead detailed information on Windows Azure's security, privacy, and compliance practices Read detailed information on Office 365's security, privacy, a...2012-06-0233 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Scott Guthrie on Cloud-Powered RevolutionsFull post here >>Recorded live on location at Vancouver TechFest 2012, Scott talks about revolutions that are made possible by the Cloud. Plus: Scott dives deep into how Windows Azure enables developers to drive those revolutions.D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE In case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guests. LI...2012-05-041h 00D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9May Developer News - New Phone App, TechDays TV, Windows 8 Mini Camps, Windows Azure Workshops, and the Developer MovementWatch the full episode >>Host Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:Canadian Developer Connection Windows Phone App (Windows Phone Marketplace) TechDays TV - May 8 - WIN280 - Metro in Windows 8 and Windows Phone TechDays TV - May 22 - DEV281 - Visual Studio 11 and .NET 4.5 Windows 8 Mini Camps Windows Azure Workshops Developer Movement: Windows Phone Apps - due May 20 Developer Movement: Windows Azure - The Cloud is Strong in This One D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE In case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show...2012-05-0309 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Making the Case: Development Platform vNextThe recent beta release of Visual Studio 11 and Team Foundation Server, as well as the discounts available for upgrades will have you contemplating whether you will make a case for an upgrade. What will you gain by upgrading and what will it mean to you, to the dev teams, to the infrastructure teams, and to the business stakeholders? What are the pros and cons of making this move and do they make it worthwhile? Make the right decision for your team. Join Ruth Morton, Jonathan Rozenblit, and guests, ObjectSharp partners Dave Lloyd and Barry Gervin for the debate.2012-04-2431 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Sue Varty on Building YOUFull post here >>Social media and career development educator Sue Varty offers advice on how to showcase yourself and your expertise to help getting ahead in your career.D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE In case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guests. LIVE and INTERACTIVE means that you'll be par...2012-04-0648 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9April Developer News: D³ Podcast, TechFest, TechDays TV, and MoreWatch the full episode >>Host Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE podcasts now available: Zune, iTunes, or RSS Vancouver TechFest Web+Cloud and Mobile+Cloud Workshops TechDays TV - April 10 - WIN180 – What They Didn't Tell You About WP Development (Lessons Learned through Coding and Too Much Soda) TechDays TV - April 24 - WIN380 - Push Notifications and Live Tiles in Windows Phone Developer Movement Windows Azure Camp Challenge D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE In case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthl...2012-04-0509 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Jonathan Rozenblit on Be Ahead, Be Compatible with Internet Explorer 10Full post >>Jonathan Rozenblit talks about the Internet Explorer Developer Center and about what developers can do right now to be ahead and be compatible with Internet Explorer 10.D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE In case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guests. LIVE and INTERACTIVE means that you'll be pa...2012-03-2903 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Joel Semeniuk and David Wesst on Touring Visual Studio 11 BetaRead the full post >>MVPs Joel Semeniuk and David Wesst share what they're excited about in the new version of Visual Studio.Questions? Comments? Share them with myself, the team, and the larger Canadian developer community – start a conversation in the Canadian Developer Connection group on LinkedIn.Joel SemeniukJoel is a founder of Imaginet and also services as the Executive VP at Telerik in charge of the Agile Project Management division. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM and has a degree in Computer Science. With over 18 yea...2012-03-2425 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Thomas Lewis' Cornucopia of Windows 8 GoodnessFull post >>Windows 8 guru Thomas Lewis shares his list of top Windows 8 blogs to watch, tools to check out, designer resources, social connections, and developer resources.THOMAS LEWISThomas Lewis is a Principal Technical Evangelist who at 8 years old thought that there was a frog apocalypse happening in his yard. It just turned out that the rain made all the frogs come out and hop around. He has been at Microsoft for over 12 years and has evangelized everything from Visual Basic 6 to HTML5 to Design for web developers and designers world-wide. He e...2012-03-1621 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9March Developer News, Prairie Dev Con West, Windows Azure Camp Challenge, TechDays TV, and Developer MovementWatch the rest of the episode >>Host Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news segment: Prairie Dev Con West, Windows Azure Camp Challenge, what's up on TechDays TV, and introduced the Windows Azure Developer Movement.D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVEIn case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and gue...2012-03-1006 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9Joël Hébert and Steve Syfuhs on Securing .NET ApplicationsWatch the rest of the episode >>Security experts Joël Hébert and Steve Syfuhs talk all about security – principles, documentation, attack vectors, testing tools, and more.For a deeper look at ASP.NET securityWatch Joël's session, ARC340 – Building a Security Skeleton for Your ASP.NET Applications, on TechDays Online. Watch Steve's session, CLD307 – Security on Windows Azure, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud, on TechDays Online. Watch Manu Cohen-Yashar's TechDays TV session - ARC380 – Securing ASP.NET Applications. JOEL HEBERTJoël Hébert [ASP.N...2012-02-2521 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9February Developer News, TechDays Online, and Start SomethingWatch the rest of the episode >>Host Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news segment, introducing TechDays Online and TechDays TV. Plus: Get a peak at Paul Laberge's absolutely awesome and hilarious Start Something commercial.D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE In case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guest...2012-02-2107 minD³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE (MP4) - Channel 9D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE - EP3 - Joël Hébert on Building an ASP.NET Security SkeletonRead the full post >>ASP.NET MVP Joël Hébert had one of the most attended sessions at TechDays 2011. In the session, he walked through creating a template that can be re-used in every ASP.NET-based application to protect against common security vulnerabilities and attacks. The full session is available on-demand on TechDays Online. Here, Joël explores a common software architecture document and discusses the need to document threats and mitigations right from the design phases of an application. He then provides an overview of his ASP.NET security skeleton and recommends tools use...2012-02-1716 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Your Enterprise On the GoWindows Phone goes beyond email and calendaring to deliver productivity to the enterprise. Mobile access to corporate applications like Office and SharePoint come out of the box, but line of business can be extended to the phone using skills and tools your infrastructure and developer teams already have. Ruth Morton, Jonathan Rozenblit, and guest Paul Laberge, Developer Advisor at Microsoft Canada and Windows Phone expert discuss how you can leverage Windows Phone to extend your applications and enable a mobile workforce. ResourcesSee it for yourself. Download the SDKs, samples, documentation, videos, and more. To learn more about Win...2012-02-1400 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: De-risking Your Windows DeploymentWith any big change to your IT infrastructure comes risk, but of course you're hoping that the rewards will out weigh those risks. In fact, you're doing more than just hoping – you're planning, strategizing, and putting your organization in a good position to mitigate those risks.Deploying a new operating system throughout a company can be disruptive and complex because so much is dependant on that OS – the applications running on top of the OS, the drivers that allow peripherals like printers to work, to name but a few. If all goes well, the operating system should be i...2012-02-0127 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Empowering Your Team Through KnowledgeIt is that time of the year. You are most likely sitting down with each of your team members and are helping them with their personal development plans. On this episode of AlignIT Manager Tech Talk, Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit talk with Stuart Ngai about the importance of training as part of personal development, as well as when and how training can and should be weaved into employees' busy schedules.ResourcesFree online training at the Microsoft Virtual Academy Get Microsoft virtualization certified Download the Own Your Own Future eBook Download trial software at the M...2012-01-1032 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Mary Jo Foley on the Future of ITDon’t you wish sometimes that you had a crystal ball showing you what technology is coming down the pipe and if it’s going to disrupt your status quo? It would just make life so much easier. No more guessing what the CIO is going to insist be deployed ASAP just because he read about it in PC magazine. You’d be ready for it already. No more jumping through hoops because a competing company is harnessing IT innovations allowing them to steal your customers and undercut your business. You’d be doing it already.Ok well, we...2011-12-1335 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Agile Software Delivery (Part 2 of 2)While you're working hard with today's technologies, you need to stay abreast of tomorrow's innovations. In this episode of the AlignIT Manager Tech Talk, Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit chat with Sam Guckenheimer, the man who wrote the book on Agile and Visual Studio, about how development teams can optimize Application Lifecycle Management, utilize advanced methods to deliver higher-value software faster, and systematically eliminate waste and inefficiency throughout the entire development lifecycle.They discuss the concepts in Sam's latest book, Agile Software Engineering with Visual Studio: From Concept to Continuous Feedback including, but not limited to:...2011-11-2831 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Agile Software Delivery (Part 1 of 2)While you're working hard with today's technologies, you need to stay abreast of tomorrow's innovations. On this episode of the AlignIT Manager Tech Talk, Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit chat with Sam Guckenheimer, the man who wrote the book on Agile and Visual Studio, about how development teams can optimize Application Lifecycle Management, utilize advanced methods to deliver higher-value software faster, and systematically eliminate waste and inefficiency throughout the entire development lifecycle.The discussion centers around around concepts discussed in Sam's latest book, Agile Software Engineering with Visual Studio: From Concept to Continuous Feedback including, but not l...2011-11-2732 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Planning Your Windows RoadmapIt's a bit of a Catch-22 – deploying a new operating system can be an expensive proposition, but not using up to date technology can cost a business worker productivity, recruitment of top talent, and integration with customers and partners. For development shops, making sure your application runs on the latest platform contributes to the longevity of a useful product. It's exhausting trying to keep up but not to do so can mean obsolesce.The question is, are there things you can do today to make things easier tomorrow? Coming hot on the heels of the BUILD conference an...2011-10-2031 minAlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Straight Talk About Windows AzureBy now, you've heard the term "Cloud", but what does it actually mean to your developers and architects, your IT staff, and your organization. For developers and architects, the Cloud is a flexible and familiar environment to easily create and host applications that can have nearly infinite scale. For IT staff, the Cloud means on-demand computing with the right infrastructure to host, scale, and manage all your services with ease and speed. For your organization, it means being always available and being global while cutting down on maintenance and operational overhead costs by paying for a service....2011-10-0329 min