While many organizations are starting to benefit from service-oriented architecture (SOA), many are now challenged with efficiently scaling the number of services provided and the number of consumers supported through their current approach and implementations. These organizations are starting to recognize the profound need for capabilities provided through service life cycle management to help them address these challenges. In this webcast, we look at how organizations can attain a higher leve...
In this nuts-and-bolts session, we cover the new cluster storage architecture and describe how the new quorum model works in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise . We explore the new way that shared storage is managed, how clustering is now totally storage area network (SAN) friendly, how failover clusters arbitrate for disks to determine what to do when things go wrong, and what the other enhancements are. Join this webcast to learn why deploying Windows Server 2008 failover clusters can be a key wi...
In this session, we talk about disaster recovery in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We discuss how you can plan for disaster recovery by understanding what can go wrong with your servers running Exchange Server and the information they store and handle. We look at server roles, what each server role does, and what happens to your Exchange Server organization when a server role fails. When a disaster occurs, you need to get the server up and running as quickly as possible, so during the session,...
In this installment of MSDN geekSpeak, Jim Wilt covers a topic that is popping up in many of his current projects—the creation of secure, membership Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 sites that have a public-facing side with an input form that often requests sensitive information. Making a secure form for gathering sensitive, private information from an anonymous accessible site can be easily accomplished with a custom list using some creative features of Windows SharePoint Services. Jim fills in...
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) introduces an exciting new way for applications to build strongly typed queries that are deeply integrated into the programming language. The ADO.NET Entity Framework allows applications and services to work in terms of an application-oriented Entity Data Model, decoupling the application's data model from the storage considerations of the relational schema. Join this webcast to see how these two technologies work together to change the way applications work wit...
Step by step on getting started, building your first application, XAML, Javascript, the interaction among HTML, JS, and XAML, creating a useful application. Presenters: Jesse Liberty, Silverlight GeekJesse Liberty is a Senior Program Manager on the Microsoft Silverlight Developer Community Team About the Live From Redmond series. This series of Live Meeting presentations are designed specifically for the community by members of the Microsoft product teams. The presentations are all do...