Blogs - keydet


Welcome to the Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI)[MP4] [0:14:30] [2010/04/09]
The Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) is an initiative led by Microsoft Public Sector Developer Evangelism team. OGDI uses the Windows Azure Platform to make it easier to publish and use a…


Improving perceived WPF app startup performance with MEF and a Splash Screen[MP4] [0:12:22] [2010/04/05]
In this screencast, Marc highlights some tips and tricks for improving perceived startup performance of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications using the Managed Extensibility Framework…


Running Reporting Services Reports in Windows Azure[MP4] [0:16:24] [2010/02/24]
In this screencast, Marc shows you how to run a SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 report in Windows Azure using the ReportViewer control that ships with Visual Studio 2010. As an added bonus, he…


Implementing Single Touch Gestures with MouseGestureTrigger[MP4] [0:05:33] [2010/02/15]
A common need for Windows 7 touch user interfaces is to react to a touch gesture. In this screencast, Marc demonstrates a very simple and easy way to interpret single touch gestures using…


Managing Browser History Using Client Script Without ScriptManager[MP4] [0:12:15] [2010/02/10]
ASP.NET Ajax has a great feature that helps make it easy to enable back/forward button and bookmarking support in your Ajax applications. However, most people think you need ASP.NET WebForms and…


US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners - Implementing Modern User Experiences with…[MP4] [1:35:27] [2009/02/10]
This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering "Implementing Modern User Experiences with Expression Blend & Silverlight" held on January 27, 2009 in…


US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners - Silverlight Business Applications[MP4] [1:49:19] [2009/01/26]
This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering "Building Business-Focused Applications Using Silverlight 2 and Beyond" held on January 15, 2009 in…


US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners - .NET Framework 3.5 SP1[MP4] [1:45:17] [2009/01/23]
This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 held on August 20, 2008 in Reston, Va. This presentation is a demo focused walkthrough of…


US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners - ASP.NET MVC[MP4] [1:25:16] [2008/12/22]
This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering ASP.NET MVC held on October 15, 2008 in Reston, Va. ASP.NET MVC enables you to build Model View Controller (MVC)…


Rendering Polygons from SQL Server 2008 on Virtual Earth[MP4] [0:15:54] [2008/07/19]
Marc Schweigert builds off of the concepts shown in his previous screencast and shows you how to render a polygon on a Virtual Earth map using REST, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to…


Saving Virtual Earth Polygons to SQL Server 2008[MP4] [0:15:54] [2008/07/19]
Marc Schweigert shows you how to draw a polygon on a Virtual Earth map and save it using ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the new geography data type in SQL…


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Hosting a Workflow in a Local Executable using Workflow Services Part I[MP4] [0:09:34] [2008/04/18]
When the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was first introduced in the .NET Framework 3.0, the only way to host a workflow in a client application was to use the WorkflowRuntime class…


Hosting a Workflow in a Local Executable using Workflow Services Part II[MP4] [0:34:22] [2008/04/18]
When the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was first introduced in the .NET Framework 3.0, the only way to host a workflow in a client application was to use the WorkflowRuntime class…


Hosting a Workflow in a Local Executable using Workflow Services Part III[MP4] [0:11:48] [2008/04/18]
When the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was first introduced in the .NET Framework 3.0, the only way to host a workflow in a client application was to use the WorkflowRuntime class…


Exposing/Consuming RSS/ATOM using WCF 3.5 & Silverlight 2[MP4] [0:15:43] [2008/04/12]
Marc Schweigert shows you how easy it is to expose RSS and Atom feeds using the new Web Programming Model (REST) features, classes in the new System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace, and LINQ…


Silverlight 2 DIGG Sample Part I[MP4] [0:13:23] [2008/04/04]
Scott Guthrie has a great eight part series titled First Look at Silverlight 2 where he walks you through building a Silverlight 2 sample app from scratch. The walkthrough highlights almost all…


Silverlight 2 DIGG Sample Part II[MP4] [0:14:22] [2008/04/04]
Scott Guthrie has a great eight part series titled First Look at Silverlight 2 where he walks you through building a Silverlight 2 sample app from scratch. The walkthrough highlights almost all…


Silverlight 2 DIGG Sample Part III[MP4] [0:17:07] [2008/04/04]
Scott Guthrie has a great eight part series titled First Look at Silverlight 2 where he walks you through building a Silverlight 2 sample app from scratch. The walkthrough highlights almost all…


JavaScript Intellisense for the Virtual Earth Map Control[MP4] [0:10:12] [2008/02/27]
UPDATE: Folks are experiencing issues sending to the contribution email address. This has been fixed. Details here. Have you ever wished you could get JavaScript Intellisense for the Virtual…


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Adding Closed Captioning to video using Expression Media Encoder and Silverlight[MP4] [0:06:30] [2007/07/31]
Do you have a need to produce cross browser video with Closed Captioning that targets both Windows and the Mac? If so, then you stumbled upon the right screencast! I'll show you how in a little over…


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[Mashup-101-Virtual-Earth-and-ASPNET-Atlas-Part-II]


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