Tech.Ed 2006

News

• HD should be wired: Intel

  Current wireless networking standards aren't fit for streaming high-definition (HD) content between a media centre PC and multiple extender devices, according to Intel and Microsoft...Read more »

• Microsoft winds back Office ribbon

  Microsoft has modified its new interface for Office 2007 after complaints from beta testers that the 'ribbon' system took up too much space on screen..Read more »

• No conspiracy to neglect Firefox: Microsoft

  At Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference in Sydney this week, the software giant claimed that all the company's Live services will fully support alternative browsers such as Firefox and Opera..Read more »

• Bash + cmd = Powershell?

  Commentary: Microsoft's PowerShell is a solid step forward in script-language design. The power of the system comes from the background use of objects, as opposed to plain text.Read more »

• Developers flock to Sydney for codefest

  Over 2600 developers from around Australia have gathered in Sydney for Microsoft's thirteenth annual Tech.Ed conference. Read more »

Interviews

• Interview: Microsoft's security guru, Steve Riley

  Before the start of Tech.Ed 06 Builder AU caught up with Steve Riley who works at Microsoft as a Senior Security Strategist to talk about Vista's new networking stack, security vs usability, and the uptake of IPv6. Read more »

• Developer Spotlight: Greg Low

  Greg Low is a SQL Server expert and one of the top speakers at this year at this year's Tech.Ed conference held in Sydney this year. A proud Queenslander, Greg currently works as a senior consultant at Readify, a company specialising in .NET solutions. Builder AU interviewed Greg via e-mail before the start of Tech.Ed to talk about beta software, free databases, and the future of database development. Read more »

Blogs

• Builder AU Blogs

• Tech.Ed 06 looking good

  I've been down at Microsoft's Tech.Ed 06 conference this week, where 2600 devotees are wandering around, attending sessions and getting up to speed on the latest from Redmond. Oh, and playing a bit of Xbox 360 while they're there.Read more »

• Tech.Ed day 1: C# by the sea shore

  Anne Kirah, Microsoft’s Senior Design Anthropologist delivered the opening keynote for this year's Tech.Ed event from the Sydney Convention Centre this morning. While she told the audience "I'm no techno expert" there were plenty of entertaining pointers to take away. Read more »

• Microsoft's Web strategy at Tech.Ed

  This year it will be interesting for me to see what Microsoft are doing in the online space for Web developers. Microsoft have had a rather patchy past on delivering content over the Web on browsers or platforms that aren't developed in Redmond. Read more »
• Community Blogs

• The Tech.Ed community project is off and racing…

  Well, day one of Tech.Ed is over and I am back at the hotel taking stock. It has been really quite amazing to see how attendees and a few individuals in particular (you know who you are) have taken to building a solution for The Smith Family community project. Read more »

• Webcasts/PODCasts from TechEd

  For the folks that cannot attend TechEd we have some great news for you! I am working with Ron Jacobs, Greg Low, Paul Glavich, Windows Media Encoder and a JVC handycam to deliver over 20 of the sessions and interviews for your "viewing" pleasure. Read more »

• Getting ready for Tech.Ed

  In getting ready for Tech.Ed I started having a bit of a play with the main technologies in the sessions that I'm going to attend - which are: Architecture, LINQ, Atlas, and performance/testing. Read more »

• Free TechEd Mego’s For ALL

  Not sure how long this has been out for but i only learnt about it recently with the upcoming TechEd in Australia Microsoft are celebrating the occasion by giving away free TechEd megos for your Messenger account. Read more »

• Tech.Ed Preparation

  Tomorrow afternoon I jump on a plane to head up to Tech.Ed in Sydney. I’ve spent this weekend working through my various presentations and at course, ensuring that things are ready to go on the community project come Wednesday morning. Read more »

Recent Articles

• Client-side programming with Atlas

  Microsoft has developed its own approach to AJAX development called Atlas, which promises browser ubiquity as well as tight, albeit optional, ASP.NET integration. In this column, we survey the Atlas architecture to get a better understanding of how you may use it in your development work. Read more »

• Return resources to the system to improve .NET performance

  The promise of .NET's garbage collection feature meant no more worrying about object cleanup since .NET handles everything behind the scenes automatically. But I continually face database connections gone bad as developers fail to clean up after themselves. I'll explore this problem in more detail and suggest how you can avoid such issues in your project. Read more »

• Integrate PostgreSQL with .NET

  The PostgreSQL database server provides a reliable, robust database solution at no cost. Tony Patton walks you through the steps of using PostgreSQL as the backend for .NET applications. Read more »

• Using SQL Server 2005 to document Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

  My CIO and I have looked at a number of commercial solutions for documenting Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. However, we decided to use SQL Server 2005's built-in tools to create our own "home-grown" auditing system. Find out how we did this. Read more »

• Developing an Intranet with ASP.NET 2.0

  In the first part of this series we are going to look at a range of possible modules, such as contact and document management functions, and construct the SQL Server database for the application. Read more »

• Hunt down buggy .NET code faster

  Learn how you can use continuous integration to automate the build process and provide instant feedback on .NET coding errors. Read more »

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Photo Gallery

Sneak peek at Tech.Ed
Before Tech.Ed 06 opened we took some pictures of what you can expect down at the event.

Day One at Tech.Ed
Builder AU walked around and took some pictures from day one at Tech.Ed 06.