Last week I was in Sydney for the Mobile and Embedded DevCon (MEDC) and it was a great opportunity to catch up with what’s been happening in the Microsoft space.  With TechEd 2007 just around the corner, I was able to chat with Darryl Burling on just why it’s going to be an event not to be missed. 

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess]

Last year before I left New Zealand I managed to grab some time with Mitch right after the Ready tour - around the time that Vista and Office went RTM.  I must apologise to both Mitch and listeners for the delay in getting this posted but better late than never.  Although there are a couple of points which we discuss that have been and gone, for the most part the points raised are as relevant now as they were 5 months ago!

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess]

00:10 - Intro - Mitch Denny
00:20 - SQL Code Camp NZ (topics: performance, data, dev v’s dba)
01:20 - Mitch Denny -> Code Camp Oz Co-ordinator/Readify
02:50 - Orcas CTP/Beta (Linq, ADO.NET vNext)
03:40 - MS Sync Services (Correction: it IS now tied to Orcas ship cycle AFAIK)
04:20 - MS Ajax library
05:10 - Vista specific and .NET FX v3 (Correction: It is now RTM so licenses ARE now available)
08:00 - Fujitsu lighbook v’s IBM Thinkpad
08:55 - UMPC devices - not quite there (Hugo blogging on UMPC) - connectivity is the key!
10:45 - Vista development story
11:10 - Security - User Account control (2 tokens for administrative users)
12:55 - Virtual Store - writing to program files/registry
14:15 - Embedded manifests to inform Vista on requirements
16:15 - Running as Administrator - same user, different token
17:40 - SP1 for Visual Studio 2005/IDE support for embedding manifests (Update: IDE support never made it into SP1 - expect in Orcas)
18:30 - Apps still run ok on winXP with the manifest
18:55 - Service Packs/updates for working on Vista (Update: SQL Server SP2, VS SP1 w update - both now available for download)
20:50 - Enable SSCE to run as backend db for ASP.NET website (see post)
22:00 - DB dependent designer code - ADO.NET Entities is better for this
23:00 - User Experience - glassing - taking advantage of this as a developer (WinForms v’s WPF)
25:00 - Testing/Screencapture - automation api
29:20 - Vista extensibility - Sidebar, sync manager, Sideshow
31:35 - Spot, Microframework
32:50 - RSS Platform for business applications
33:40 - Doug Stockwell - RikiReader
35:05 - Powershell for doing bulk actions
37:00 - Getting started with powershell - download and get started!

Listen to the show HERE

The next recording was taken at this month’s session of the Perth .NET Community of Practice where David Gardner (Chief Architect at Intilecta) discussed the good, bad and the ugly of Ajax. The slides from this session should be available shorly

Everything you need to know about Ajax

It’s been so long I’ve almost forgotten the process for getting new shows on the air.  Anyhow I’m back and have a couple of pre-recorded sessions to upload before we get onto new content.  The first of these was recorded at the March meeting of the Perth .NET Community of Practice where I covered a range of Microsoft synchronisation technologies such as RDA, Merge and the new MS Sync Services.  I repeated this session at the recent Code Camp Oz and the slides will be available on my blog in the next couple of days.

Microsoft Synchronisation Technologies

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels). 

15 Tips for Better Reporting Services
Adam Cogan

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels). 

ORM’s & LINQ
Andrew Tokely

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels).  

Forum Discussion : Data 2.0 - The future of relational databases in an OO world

Last week both the Perth SQL User Group and the Perth .NET Community of Practice had the privilege of having David Lemphers present.  Whilst Mr DotBoto got a bit of publicity at the .NET group, Dave saved the discussion of Linq and the future of data access layers for the SQL group.  Luckily I was lucky enough to attend this session and managed to capture it via my iPod (isn’t technology great!).  Unfortunately the audio quality is not that great (actually it’s more of a volume issue) but hopefully you will find it useful.

Grab the session here

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels). 

SQL Error Handling
Greg Low

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels).   

Avoiding Stored Procedure Recompiles
Greg Low

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels). 

A Methodology for Troubleshooting and Tuning SQL Server
Victor Isakov

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels). 

Advanced Indexing Strategies
Adam Cogan

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels). 

From Data Transformation Services to SQL Server Integration Services
Pat Martin

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels). 

SQL 2005 on Steriods - 64 Bit Readiness
Rob Hawthorne

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels). 

Going Mobile with SQL Server Compact Edition
Nick Randolph

In the coming months we are likely to see a new style of applications being built.  Although SQL Mobile has been around for some time, it has previously been restricted to applications designed for Windows Mobile devices or Tablet PCs.  With the release of SQL Server Compact Edition desktop applications can be built and deployed with an in-process database that can be used to cache data locally.  This is an enabling technology that will simplify the development of applications that can seamlessly work on or offline (similar to Outlook’s cached mode).  In this podcast I talk with Steve Lasker about the future of building applications, in particular applications that are occasionally connected.

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess]

00:11 - Introduction - Steve Lasker
01:31 - Occassionally Connected Applications
05:56 - Caching data locally (Datasets, XML, MSDE, SQL Server Express, SQL Server Compact Edition)
07:26 - SQL Server Compact Edition
10:51 - SQL Server CE v’s Jet
13:56 - Migration from SQL Server CE through to SQL Server 2005
16:56 - SQL Server CE with ASP.NET
21:46 - Synchronisation technologies (Merge replication and RDA)
23:31 - Microsoft Sync Services
28:11 - Pay-to-Play for Synchronisation
33:06 - Merging of Web and Client application models - Intro WPF/e
38:11 - Future direction of WPF/e around mobile devices and local data
44:11 - Evolution of Applications in Summary
Listen to the show HERE

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels). 

Keynote :: DataDude - Team System for DB Pro’s
Adam Cogan & Greg Low