James Conard, Senior Director, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft

You will see how Windows Azure can be used to build modern web sites and Web APIs, migrate your existing applications to the cloud, and develop cloud-connected apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. more

Steven Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President, Developer & Platform Evangelism Group, Microsoft

The Microsoft platform helps developers create and implement their great ideas and differentiate in the market. Steven Guggenheimer will cover how the Microsoft platform opens opportunities for apps across devices and services. more

Join Jim Nakashima, Principal Lead Program Manager for the Visual Studio Cloud Platform Tools Team at Microsoft for his Keynote: Visual Studio, .NET and the Cloud. more

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

In this session you'll see how and why Modern Apps is so important to you and your users, and you'll understand the high level process for designing and building this type of app. more

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

Learn to set up your own TFS and Visual Studio projects, understand how to use TFS to gather and manage requirements and the overall project lifecycle. more

Steven Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President, Developer & Platform Evangelism Group, Microsoft

The Microsoft platform helps developers create and implement their great ideas and differentiate in the market. Steven Guggenheimer will cover how the Microsoft platform opens opportunities for apps across devices and services. more

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Practice Lead, Magenic

In this session you will learn how to design and create a reusable business layer for your application. more

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

Learn some new ways of thinking that will enable you to reimagine application development, and techniques you can apply as you design your own modern apps. more

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Practice Lead, Magenic

Andy Tinkham, Principal Consultant, Magenic

Even the most basic code testing regimen provides amazing value to any software development effort, and you owe it to yourself and your organization to get started, or to continually improve your existing process. more

Steve Hughes, Business Intelligence Architect, Pragmatic Works

Learn the trade-offs between the various Data Access and SQL Server options, and how to minimize the impact of any specific choice by abstracting the data access code from the rest of the application. more

Microsoft and Magenic representatives will demonstrate the key features of TFS Online and Windows Azure. more

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

Learn how to use WCF and Web API service hosting to create scalable, secure, and reliable application servers for your applications. more

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

Anthony Handley, UX Practice Lead, Magenic

This session focuses on the user experience design process and the types of user experience requirements you must take into account when designing a modern app. more

Brent Edwards, Principal Lead Consultant, Magenic

In this session you'll learn how to implement a smart-client application on WinRT that leverages the business layer, application server, data layer, and mobile services created in previous talks in this track. more

Andy Tinkham, Principal Consultant, Magenic

Learn how to plan and prioritize testing efforts to provide valuable and timely information about the status of the system and how to effectively start implementing manual and automated testing for your application. more

Nick Landry, Senior Technical Evangelist , Microsoft

Learn how to implement a mobile iPad application that provides a comparable user experience, while leveraging the same back-end code that supports Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. more

Brent Edwards, Principal Lead Consultant, Magenic

Learn how to implement a smart-client mobile application on WinPRT that leverages the same business, data, and other services as the Windows 8 app. more

Steve Hughes, Business Intelligence Architect, Pragmatic Works

Learn the basic thinking behind design and implementation of a data mart or data warehouse, and how to establish a data model for analysis. more