Nicole Herskowitz, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Visual Studio, Microsoft

This session will introduce the vision for Visual Studio 2013 and Visual Studio Online and the key capabilities included in this release for application lifecycle and application development. more

Ulf Schoo, Sr. Manager EC2 Windows Product Management, Amazon Web Services

Steve Roberts, Software Development Engineer , Amazon Web Services

In this session we will show you how you can leverage the performance, scale, and cost-effectiveness of AWS using your existing Microsoft tools and software. 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

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

In this session you'll see several options for modern app architecture with discussion about the pros and cons of each. more

Benjamin Day, Consultant & Trainer, Benjamin Day Consulting, Inc.

In this session you'll learn how git enables cross platform development using GitHub, Visual Studio Online, and various other git tools available on Windows and other platforms. more

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

Leaving this session you'll not only be able to set up your own TFS and Visual Studio projects, but you'll understand how to use Visual Studio Online to gather and manage requirements and the overall project lifecycle. more

Kevin Ford, Mobile Practice Lead, Magenic

In this session you'll learn how to minimize the challenges and maximize the rewards within a distributed project team. more

Kevin Ford, Mobile Practice Lead, Magenic

This session will demonstrate how to configure and deploy application server logic in Windows Server (private cloud) and in Windows Azure (public cloud) environments. more

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

In this session you will 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

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

Anthony Handley, UX Practice Lead, Magenic

This session builds on the previous session, showing how to apply higher level concepts to real-world application design more

Steve Hughes, Business Intelligence Architect, Pragmatic Works

Dave Stienessen , National Lead Solutions Architect, Magenic

You'll learn the trade-offs between the various options, and how to minimize the impact of any specific choice by abstracting the data access code from the rest of the application. more

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

In this session you will learn how to implement an effective unit testing strategy for Windows client and server code, as well as other modern app operating systems and platforms. more

Nick Landry, Senior Technical Evangelist , Microsoft

In this session you'll learn how to build an Android client app that makes use of the same business logic as a WinRT (Windows 8) client app, as well as leveraging the same back-end services in the same way as WinRT. more

Steve Hughes, Business Intelligence Architect, Pragmatic Works

In this whirlwind session you'll 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

Brent Edwards, Principal Lead Consultant, Magenic

This session will walk through the software design and implementation choices and details involved in building a modern app for Windows 8 and Windows Phone using C# and XAML. more

Lou Miranda, Technical Engineer, Mobility Group, Magenic

In this session you'll learn how to implement a mobile iPad application that provides a comparable user experience, while leveraging the same back-end code that supports Windows, Android, and JavaScript clients. more

Aidan Ryan, Lead Consultant, Magenic Technologies

In this session you'll learn what's involved in implementing an SPA using modern JavaScript frameworks, TypeScript, and HTML 5. more