Community Tech Update 2007

Community Technology Update 2007
Brought to you by
SGDotNet | Singapore Windows Group
Supported by SG Office Group | SG SQL Server UG | SG SBS UG

Event Details:

Date: 3rd Nov 2007 (Sat)
Time: 0830 hrs - 1730 hrs
Venue: Microsoft Singapore (1 Marina Boulevard #21-00)

Topics Details:

Time	Developer Tracks	IT Pro Track
0830 - 0900 hrs	Registration on Level 21 *Early bird gets a gift*, register before 9am - While stocks last (So be early and beat the crowd)
0900 - 0920hrs	Keynotes & Opening Address
0930 - 1040 hrs	Vista Developer Story (Alvin Lau, MVP ) Learn about the new APIs provided by Vista and how you can build secure and quality applications. In this session, the key fundamentals to building applications using new features provided by Vista will be covered. - Developing Secure Applicastions - Developing for Speech - Installation and Update Management - Connecting and Collaboration Technologies	OCS2007 Deployment Overview (Jeremy Tan, Microsoft) This session will cover: 1. Architectural Overview 2. Planning Considerations 3. Piloting an OCS 2007 deployment
1055 -1205 hrs	Embedding UC in LOB Application (Chewy Chong, Microsoft) Discover the product extensibility of Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007 and Exchange Server 2007, and learn how those extensions can be surfaced in Windows SharePoint Services. This session will show some key features of the extensibility capabilities of the UC platform including Contextual Collaboration, Integration of Communications into Business Processes, and Anywhere Information Access. The session will show the following technology components: - How easy it is to embed presence in an application, - What benefits contextual collaboration offers - Presence is something that can be extended with custom presence states, - It is possible to present an information mash-up from various Exchange calendars in a SharePoint site with Exchange Web Services - OCS 2007 Speech Server uses WF to author Information Access applications - EWS can be easily embedded in WF - Communications now also can leverage the bot capability of OCS - Business processes also can use outbound communications.	Vista Better together with Windows Server 2008: Firewall & Network Access Protection (Dennis Chung, MVP) This session will introduce the new features of Vista and Windows Server 2008 which makes the duo better together. You will learn about the new features of firewall in vista and Windows server 2008 and how the new firewall is so much more manageable and configurable. You will also learn about the latest hype, Network Access Protection and how to setup a simple DHCP NAP Lab.
1200 - 1315 hrs	Lunch Break (Level 21 & 22) - Lunch Provided Out of Band - Special Tracks Live Tools Showcase (Level 21) - (Alan Yap, MVP) Vista Backup & Restore Capabilities (Level 22) - (Tan Tian An, MVP)
1315 - 1425 hrs	Introduction to LINQ (Jocelyn Mae Villiaraza, Microsoft) When developing data-rich applications, developers often need to overcome semantic differences between the query languages ( e.g. SQL, XQuery) used to access data and the programming languages used for developing the applications. The Language INtegrated Query (LINQ) project provides an exciting integrated programming experience for developers, by allowing developers to query object, relational and XML data directly from within C# and Visual Basic. In this session, you will share about the immense opportunities presented by LINQ in developing next-generation data-rich applications. You will also learn about the set of extensions to the .NET Framework that encompass language-integrated query, set, and transform operations, and how you can make use of them in application development.	Windows Server Virtualization (Pom Figueroa, SGSQLUG) Been hearing about Windows Server Virtualization? This session serves to introduce you to the world of Virtualization. You will learn the concepts of Windows Server Virtualization and how is it better in implementation using Hypervisor. Come see the benefits of virtualization and how workloads can be managed through Virtualization.
1440 - 1550 hrs	Sharepoint Workflow with a twist (Loke Kit Kai, MVP) You probably have learn about workflow foundation, and probably know that SharePoint has workflow. But what are the key difference? Kit Kai is going to share with you what many might not know, even people that are selling workflow products.	Knowing the Office Document Format to your advantage (Chris Ismael, Microsoft) You will learn about the New Office System document format. You will understand the new document structure and what goes behind the format. You achieve better and more manageable document size and how you could simplify management of these new generation of document format. You will also learn about how to migrate your existing binary office documents into the new document format.
1605 - 1700 hrs	Closing and Lucky Draw (Level 21) Ensure that all Evals are submitted!! Lucky Draw is based on Evaluation Form. Vista Ultimate, Viso, MS Press and O'Reilly Books to be given away.
1700 - 1800 hrs	HALO 3 - The Final Survivors Win a HALO3 if you're the final survivor. To register, visit MIC (Level 22). Limited Spaces.

Other Happenings:

Event	When & Where	About
HALO 3 Shootout	0915 - 1700 hrs @ MIC (Level 22)	Come join squirmishes in team of 8 to 12. Just shoot out and relax
Faces Campaign	0915 - 1800 hrs (Level 22)	Interested in Windows Server 2008? Join us and put your face behind the Windows Server 2008 faces Campaign as an elite professional.
Ask the Experts	0915 - 1700 hrs ( Level 22)	Come armed with Questions. MVPs and Subject Matter Experts will be there to answer your questions.
HALO 3 - The Final Survivors (Final Survivor Takes away a HALO3 Game)	1700 - 1800 hrs @ MIC (Level 22)	Register for this competition. Final shootout will leave 1 survivor who will take home the HALO3 game. Only 24 spaces available, register at MIC on level 22 to play

Registration Details: Due to overwhelming response, the registration is now closed.