Data has always had the power to transform business and Microsoft SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform have been at the heart of that transformation. The new wave of groundbreaking Microsoft…

The rise of public cloud computing has brought with it a new set of security considerations that are not widely understood. With a unique perspective from working on the security systems of a public…

Enterprise Social is enabling organizations across the world to transform their businesses, to harnesses the power of their most valuable asset, their people, by connecting employees, customers, and…

Delight users of your desktop apps by taking advantages of touch/pen/mouse/touchpad input, high DPI displays, and rich animations. In this talk for Win32 developers, we cover desktop platform advances…

Upgrading technologies can always be a challenge and dangerous. By using your backup solution and virtualization technology (Hyper-V) you can try out everything upfront on your real production data…

This breakout take a deep look at performance and configuration changes to optimize your Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment on Hyper-V. We focus on the updates which are unique to Windows…

Lync-Skype Connectivity is foundational to delivering on our promise to connect enterprise to consumers around the world. In this session we cover the configuration basics, a technical deep dive, best…

When you think of ASP.NET security, the first thing that comes to mind are Windows authentication and Forms authentication using ASP.NET Membership. For years, those were the common authentication…

Azure Media Services is a platform-as-a-service that enables you to build customizable media workflow; you could upload, encode, encrypt, package, and deliver video content to multiple platforms and…

In this session, we show some of the new features in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 for building XAML applications. We take a look at the toolset that helps you build awesome XAML applications across…

An exciting part of Windows Phone 8.1 is that you can now start building applications natively in HTML and JavaScript. Come watch us walk through building an application for both Windows and Windows…

The world of virtualization has expanded to include not only operating systems but the application workloads they support. Today, you can run infrastructure workloads like Microsoft Exchange, SQL,…

In the current times, threat intelligence (and the proper use thereof) is one of the more powerful weapons the anti-cybercrime community has in countering cyber-attacks from malicious actors. At…

OK, so an attacker got into your infrastructure, used server’s misconfiguration, created themselves an account and… Exactly! And what? Or maybe you would like to know where to gather information about…

Microsoft Azure (and its "cousins" in the public cloud) change the way architecture investments and strategies work. This session walks you through the impact of Azure as the new “normal”…

If you are a developer or a systems admin who has just been handed a Microsoft SQL Server database, and you've got no idea what to do with it—this session has some answers for you. We cover a variety…

In this session, learn how you can size, deploy, and manage Microsoft Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2 with Dell storage-optimized PowerEdge servers and affordable external PowerVault storage.…

Taking MDT 2013 to its outer limits. Learn about the new features in MDT 2013 and how to customize it to fit your organization's needs. You can expect a lot of live demos, tips, and tricks.

Organizations are adopting Application Virtualization with App-V 5.0 for the positive impact or for lifecycle management. The end result from a user and administrator perspective is that the…

This presentation discusses Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) infrastructure design and lessons learned from a series of customer deployments. Topics include Management and Reporting Server…

Windows Phone 8.1 offers an enormous leap forward when it comes to security and manageability, making it an excellent choice for those with even the highest level of security requirements. In this…

Whether you call them "Metro apps," "Windows 8 Design-Style apps," "RT apps," or "modern apps," the new class of applications for Windows 8 and later tablets…

Join this session for a journey through the lifecycle of a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0 package. From the birth of a sequenced package through deployment, streaming, configuration,…

Come hear the master of Windows troubleshooting, walk you step-by-step through how he has solved seemingly unsolvable system and application problems on Windows. With all new real case studies, Mark…

Windows 8 extends the security and isolation capabilities of Windows to help build a far more trusted application experience. In this session, get a review of the Windows features that have been…

Windows applications can run on phones, tablets, PCs and beyond. Designing and building your application to take advantage of different screen sizes and resolutions is critical to making beautiful,…

In this session, we cover the basics of writing a Windows Store app using HTML5, focusing on using community libraries and tools commonly used for web development.

With the release of XenDesktop 7, Citrix has closely integrated with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0 to support Application Virtualization in deployments. In this session, we provide…

Windows and Windows Phone have a converged Live Tiles platform and development model. In Windows Phone 8.1 you’ll be able to do great new things with the Tiles Platform and this session is targeted…

Join this session to learn how Microsoft IT is successfully managing the Application lifecycle in their System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 environment with zero touch. Deep technical overview…

This session focuses on management of Mac OS X clients and Linux/UNIX servers using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. Join this session if your customers manage or plan to manage Mac or Linux…

This session discusses the different ways that you can deploy and use Windows Server Work Folders to gain oversight of IW corporate data. The session touches on different deployment options as well as…

With Multi-Factor Authentication adding a second factor of authentication to on-premises and cloud applications is easier than ever. Join this session for an deep technical breakdown of Multi-Factor…

Join this session to learn how Microsoft IT is successfully running Unified Device Management by leveraging Windows Intune and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager to embrace BYOD scenarios…

The increasingly popular trends of 'BYOD (bring your own device) to work' and 'work from anywhere' expose corporate IT resources to greater risk. Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)…

Organizational customers want consistent identities and access control across Active Directory (AD) and the software-as-a-service apps they rely upon, including Microsoft Office 365, salesforce.com,…

This session provides an overview of the new Dynamic Access Control capabilities built into Windows Server 8 and examples of how it is used for Compliance and Data Leakage Prevention. Administrators…

The Lync Call Quality Methodology (CQM) is a practical approach that applies the broad guidance we have published in the Lync Networking Guide. CQM is a data driven framework backed by SQL queries and…

The first major decision when planning for a Lync deployment is how to deploy Microsoft Lync: as Lync Server 2013 on premises, or Lync Online with Microsoft Office 365 in the cloud. This first…

Microsoft Lync includes capabilities for real-time communications such as IM, audio, video, and conferencing. Learn how virtualization solutions impact these communications and how to best deploy Lync…

SharePoint consultants and developers work in projects, and most SharePoint environments are large. As a best practice, the development and test environments should be as equal as possible to the…

Whether it is at Rest or in Transit, Exchange and SharePoint protects your data using a variety of encryption mechanisms. Come learn about the different types of encryption technologies in Exchange…

Learn about the new eDiscovery features in Office 2013 and Office 365 to support legal teams for risk mitigation that lowers costs and has minimal business interruption. We demo in-place holds,…

Role Based Access Control (RBAC) was introduced with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Other Microsoft products such as Lync Server use the powerful RBAC framework as well. In this session, learn from…

Join us to learn about our experiences from the field, migrating to Exchange Server 2013. We discuss the steps involved, pitfalls, and the experience for end-users. Was their experience better with…

You know by now that Office 365 uses Azure Active Directory and that you can synchronize accounts from your On-Premises Active Directory using the DirSync tool and you can do federated authentication…

While each of the three products provide great experience and functionality by itself, when you combine the power of them working together, it becomes a great productivity booster and an amazing user…

In this session, we share a proven adoption methodology, key success factors, best practices, and relevant resources to help drive both rapid and sustained adoption of Microsoft Lync. We showcase a…

SharePoint search has the power to index a variety of content. With SharePoint 2013, it has the ability to infer a variety of details about the content. In this session, learn more about the…

In this session the Microsoft Office team shows you tips and tricks across applications and devices that will help you and your organization make the most of your Office 365 investment. See how…

Habits are hard to break, but the benefits outweigh the costs. Come hear how to break down barriers and overcome obstacles around implementing social within your organization. We share how you can be…

This Exam Prep session focuses on what you need to know to get certified and pass the SQL Server Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-462 (Administering SQL Server 2012 Databases). The session is…

This Exam Prep session focuses on what you need to know to get certified and pass the SQL Server Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-461 (Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012). The session is led…

This Exam Prep session focuses on what you need to know to get certified and pass the Private Cloud Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-246 and exam 70-247. The session is led by an expert…

You’ve got lots of ASP.NET applications running in-house or at a host, but when it comes time to move those apps to the cloud, there are some architectural things to consider to ensure your app…

Come learn how to build end-to-end apps using AngularJS and BreezeJS on the ASP.NET platform. We explore how to manage multiple screens, maintain clean code with popular patterns, implement CRUD,…

This session takes a deep dive into the new features and APIs in the Cloud App Model for Apps for SharePoint.

The new SharePoint 2013 app model extends native SharePoint applications into the cloud, allowing developers to write applications that interact with SharePoint data remotely. With these new…

Not every SharePoint customer has moved completely to Microsoft Office 365. So how do you leverage the SharePoint app model on-premises? In this session, learn how to correctly set up your development…

The Microsoft Azure Portal is a great place to manage your cloud-based architectures, but in many cases (take Web-based SaaS systems that need to spin up customer websites based on user input as an…

The new Azure API Management service makes it easy for you to roll out a successful API program for your business. In this session we will have some fun with the product while exploring the end-to-end…

The advent of the Internet of Things and connected devices presents numerous integration and messaging challenges you can tackle with Service Bus. In this session, we demonstrate how to use queues and…

Learn about building cloud scale integration solutions based on BizTalk Services—a secure dedicated platform to host your custom artifacts and components.

Code Map and debugger maps help you understand your code, either in a Visual Studio solution, even debugging, or for code coming from Production. Come and learn scenarios you might not have imagined,…

No matter which methodology you use, defining and managing requirements well is essential in achieving project success. End-to-end traceability, automatic artifact generation, and requirements…

Join us as we explore top scenarios where your managed application might benefit from the speed and native power of C++. We look at elements of modern C++, key similarities and…

Development teams today use a mix of tools and cloud services to manage their development, test, build, and release processes. This is especially true for organizations developing apps across multiple…

In this session we cover how you can perform lightweight testing using the web-based test case management capabilities of Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Online. We cover recent improvements…

Enterprise Application Integration or EAI solutions bridge systems with disparate data formats and communication protocols. Solutions increasingly need to connect on-premise systems with applications…

Today's data-driven apps are all powered by an easy-to-use backend. In this session, we take deep dive into one such backend: Azure Mobile Services. Learn how to connect your app to a .NET Mobile…

Support for Git was added into Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 and Team Foundation Server 2013. In this session, learn more about why you might want to use Git for your next project, what makes DVCS a…

Come to this demo-driven session to learn how to use the latest diagnostic tools in Visual Studio 2013 to make your Windows Phone 8.1 XAML apps reliable, fast, and efficient. Learn how to make the…

Microsoft Azure Redis Cache is a secure, dedicated cache service from Microsoft, based on the OSS Redis Cache engine. In this session we will firstly introduce users to Redis and the features it…

This session details the new advanced extensibility and development options within the Microsoft Office platform, including Office and SharePoint. The details of the various APIs and customization…

Do you want to look at your entire application as a unit, create a template for your app and deploy it automatically for your dev-test environment? Do you want to make sure dependencies across your…

ExpressRoute is a new Azure service that allows customers to establish private, high-throughput connections with Microsoft Azure. These connections are available through Exchange Providers as well as…

During this session, gain a deep understanding of how you can deliver BaaS (Backup as a Service), RaaS (Restore as a Service) and DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service) in a modern dynamic datacenter.…

If you are an Operations Manager administrator or want to be, this is the session you have been looking for. This is not a history lesson on Operations Manager but rather a “lessons learned in the…

Take a deep dive into monitoring Microsoft SQL Server with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Advisor and protection with System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager.…

Join this session to learn about how you build a hybrid infrastructure with Virtual Networking and ExpressRoute. We demonstrates use cases and cover a few end-to-end scenarios.

This session shows how to leverage Hyper-V Recovery Manager Service to build disaster recovery plans for common Microsoft Workloads like SharePoint, SQL based Apps, IIS Apps, BizTalk Server, etc. We…

Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 will reach End of Life (EOL) on July 15th, 2015! That’s just a little over a year, and for organizations that have not started their planning, or have…

Get introduced to runbook design from start to finish. This session focuses on planning your runbooks, designing the runbooks, and best practices learned from experience in the field. For both…

This presentation is focused on how IPv6 impacts Microsoft Private Cloud deployments. Topics covered include Hyper-V Network Virtualization (HNV), HNV Gateways, NVGRE, Windows PowerShell configuration…

With Window Server and System Center in the 2012 R2 release getting deployed in large scale cloud environments, System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager is in a very unique position as the…

Learn about a global deployment of IT Service Management for over 200,000 users and 30,000 servers, transforming the business for the cloud using System Center, Office 365, and Microsoft Business…

This session covers how Operations Manager as a platform has been extended with System Center Advisor to provide Operational Intelligence about customers’ environments by capturing their…

Mark provides an overview of several Sysinternals tools, including Process Monitor, Process Explorer, and Autoruns, focusing on the features useful for malware analysis and removal. These utilities…

If there is a weakness in your IT security system, wouldn't it be better to find it before someone else does? The worst thing is that even a small scale security breach could leave your business in…

SQL Server 2014 now supports deploying Failover Cluster Instances on top of Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV). You can now leverage the same CSV storage deployment model you do for…

In this session, see a real-world implementation of a fully automated IT service catalog developed by a Fortune 500 company for supporting self-service requests. This service catalog is based in…

Microsoft Azure has been the choice of platform for many enterprises running their business applications. In this session, we discuss considerations for using Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services…

The information you need to make the right choices about how you plan capacity for your private and public cloud infrastructure is at your fingertips in the data that you collect with Operations…

In a private cloud environment it is important to follow security best practices and to be able to validate that your environment is secure. This session reviews the guidance provided directly by the…

Microsoft Monitoring Agent is a new agent that combines .NET Application Performance Monitoring in System Center 2012 R2 with the full functionality of IntelliTrace Collector in the Microsoft Visual…

The addition of updateable columnstore in Microsoft SQL Server 2014 offers order of magnitude or more query performance. In this session, we first spend a few minutes on what the impact of this means…

SQL Server 2014 introduces in-memory technology for optimizing OLTP workloads. In this session we focus on the new concepts for database developers. We discuss the new memory-optimized tables and the…

In this session, we share our experience upgrading mission critical databases supporting large workloads to SQL Server 2014 with minimal downtime. We then discuss the practical process of enabling…

Ever feel like your Transact-SQL solution to a tricky issue was almost just as difficult as the problem itself? Ever find yourself unable to cleanly express the logic you really need in T-SQL for your…

Power BI offers many tools to explore a data model created in Power Pivot, such as Excel, Power View and Q&A. You can improve the user experience and the accessibility of information by creating…

So far, we've been able to create Power View reports against data models in Excel workbooks and against Analysis Services tabular models. But what if you want to create one against an existing…

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 introduced the Business Intelligence Semantic Model, which includes a new type of analytical model known as the tabular model. While customers are rapidly adopting this new…

This session covers high availability and disaster recovery technologies for SQL Server in Microsoft Azure virtual machines. Through demos, learn how to ensure high availability of SQL Server on Azure…

We have a number of experiences to share around customer migrations to SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP through working with them in the TAP and Early Adoption programs. This session provides feedback…

Join this session to learn about the latest investments Azure’s relational database service, SQL Database. We will demonstrate key architectural patterns gathered during close customer engagements to…

Resource Governor was introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to achieve predictable performance in a multi-tenant environment, to support mixed workload patterns, to provide mechanisms and tools to…

SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) provides a MPP scale-out solution for data warehouse implementations. The recent release of Appliance Update 1 includes a set of features to better allow…

The traditional enterprise data warehouse has been around a long time, and it isn’t going away anytime soon. However, with modern options based on Hadoop like HDInsight and PolyBase, and new analytic…

Monitoring infrastructure is a crucial function in any datacenters. Due to the complexities involved, IT administrators have traditionally either requested services from consultant firms or bought…

Do you want to create automated tests for your Windows Phone apps? With Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 you can now create automated tests for your XAML-based Windows Phone apps. Starting from…

In this session, learn how Azure Automation enables you to automate the creation, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of resources in your Microsoft Azure environment using a highly scalable and…

WebSockets has heralded the coming of the real-time web, enabling amazing new experiences in your web browser and connected device. But new paradigms bring new challenges. What about clients that…

Move beyond the conceptual overview of external data and business connectivity services with a practical implementation. See an external data source configured from scratch and examples of practical…

Join this session to learn about the best techniques to derive business insights using Microsoft BI tools connecting to the SAP ERP and SAP BI Platform. We outline best approaches to connect to the…

Acquiring and analyzing physical memory as done by forensics professionals is a skill crucial to understanding how an operating system works or worked during the incident. For hobbyists, working with…

Tiered Storage Spaces offer the best of both SSDs and HDDs: SSDs for your current working set and HDDs for everything else in your dataset. In this session, hear the design team's deployment guidance,…

Stale Hansen, the creator of Get-UnusedNumbers PowerShell script, walks through how phone number management is done throughout different Lync deployments. The session starts with some of the basics…

Publishing Exchange used to be easy. You installed Microsoft Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server or Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) and considered your work done. But with the changes in…

Regardless of whether you’re building on a private infrastructure, in a hybrid environment, or deploying to a public cloud, there are optimizations you can make in storage and availability that will…

Configuration Manager gives users access to business applications on a wide array of platforms. In this session we provide a deep technical overview of the application model and demonstrate how an IT…

This Exam Prep session focuses on what you need to know to get certified and pass the C# Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-483 (Programming in C#). The session is led by an expert Microsoft…

You've migrated parts of your application to in-memory. But now you are not seeing a serious performance improvement, or maybe even a performance degradation! What's going on? In this session we walk…

In this session, we discuss how to transform the economics of hybrid clouds built with Cloud OS. We look at the process of metering granular usage and cost data for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2,…

Team Foundation Server 2013 and Visual Studio Online bring a valuable set of new features and capabilities to agile teams. They provide a simple-to-use experience on top of a powerful, customizable…

Windows Phone 8.1 introduces new mechanisms to allow applications to execute while not in the foreground. A converged Triggers and Background Tasks implementation allows tasks to launch on time,…

How can you survive a project that uses JavaScript massively on both the client and the server using node.js? The project is about on-line development components, such as the TypeScript playground…

Come to this session to learn about new features in SQL Server 2014 geared towards private and hybrid cloud. This session is demo-heavy and you will walk away with great understanding on how the…

You may be looking at deploying Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) to support Microsoft Office 365, implement authentication to cloud applications or integrate diverse identities from…

Do you have an old static company or department portal? Are you spending too much time actively maintaining relevant content for it? Social is in! In this session we enhance a company portal in a few…

In addition to making strong contractual commitments about the privacy and sovereignty of your data, Microsoft enables governance of your data in Microsoft Azure through advanced technologies to…

ExpressRoute is a new Azure service that allows customers to establish private, high-throughput connections with Microsoft Azure. These connections are available through Exchange Providers as well as…

Most mobile apps require the ability to store data locally on a device to deal with the realities of a disconnected world where a ubiquitous wireless data network is non-existent. While many consumer…

This session demonstrates how a new class of scenarios and user experiences can be enabled by re-imagining solutions using cloud-based technology and Apps for Office. Learn how to make cloud-based…

Are you a Windows Server administrator now tasked with managing Linux servers as well? Are you interested in consolidating your hypervisors and management tools for both Windows and Linux workloads?…

Identity Management for customers' on-premises environments remains a significant area of focus. In this session we explore Forefront Identity Manager vNext and the areas we are investing in for the…

Office 365 is an ideal business app platform providing a core set of services expected in today’s business apps like collaboration, presence, and integrated workflows; and a central location for…

As a deep dive into Office 365 security, compliance, and privacy, this session focuses on the how we implement our risk management process, a systematic approach of evaluating and prioritizing new…

The Microsoft cloud platform offers more than Windows-based software—there’s plenty of support for open source technologies. This session takes a broad look at the open source offerings that Azure…

Microsoft Cloud OS front-end Azure Pack, goes head-to-head with shooting star OpenStack, as we uncloak the Clouds. Join us as we compare, contrast, and reveal the best of the nebula.

This session is born of the hard lessons learned from years of working with diverse companies using metrics to improve their software development processes. Come learn from our successes and be warned…

This session covers all that is new with operating system deployment, both in Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013. Learn how to deploy…

You've got an application with no tests. Trust me. You're not alone. You'd love to get some great code coverage but no one ever thought about tests while they were building the app. It's…

More than 10 years after the initial release of Microsoft ASP.NET, the web forms framework is still alive and kicking. We show you the latest features and tricks that are available when creating web…

This session walks through the architecture of RDS solutions hosted in Azure, public, and private clouds. The discussion includes high availability considerations and capacity planning, as well as…

With the release of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 we also got a new release of MVC with lots of great new features. The good news is, it won't fundamentally change anything about the way you build…

Windows 8.1 offers an enormous leap forward when it comes to security, and when it comes to identity and access control you’re going to find huge advancements. In this session, we focus on our…

Lync is a platform with many APIs. The Lync Managed API, the UC Managed API, the Lync Server API, the UC Web API: many APIs. So when should one use one API over the other API and what is the roadmap…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows 8 and who are interested in taking the 70-689. This exam is required for the new MCSA: Windows 8 certification. Attendees of this…

The Microsoft Entity Framework is Microsoft's strategic approach to data access technology. While it fits well in smaller applications, implementation in large applications can become challenging.…

Provide apps to use while composing messages and appointments in Microsoft Outlook, easily access attachments or entire mail items, save messages and appointments to SharePoint and more! Since Apps…

In this session, we talk about Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Windows Server Deployment, Client Deployment, Media Deployment, Lite Touch, Zero Touch, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager,…

Can single sign-on be accomplished with SharePoint? How do I integrate my on-premises apps with the cloud in a secure manner? I need to authenticate devices; how can SharePoint help me? This session…

Are you still supporting infrastructure from 2003? Are you one of those IT Pros that think “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? I’m sorry to say that End of Life (EOL) is approaching fast (July-2015). …

The days of requiring extensive hardware and resources to build out a decent test environment are fading fast as new technology and more powerful hardware come out. Yet, often times companies…

Today, IT departments have an unprecedented opportunity to transform their business by providing solutions that help people get things done more efficiently, from anywhere and with anyone. As IT, how…

In this session we share the experiences we had with the early test and deployment with some of our largest customers. Real-world rollouts and real-world problems.

The PowerShell Deployment Toolkit (PDT) was first unveiled at MMS 2013 and TechEd 2013, and has since become the primary way that both Microsoft and partner consultants deploy Microsoft System Center…

The Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) role is widely deployed, but has not seen significant updates in years. Windows Server 2012 R2 adds substantial features to DFSR in order to bring it in…

SharePoint 2013 enables developers to create SharePoint Apps that run on the client side in the browser. In this session, learn how to build a SharePoint App using the popular presentation framework…

Search-driven publishing is alive in SharePoint Online! This includes the Content Search Web Part (CSWP) and Cross-Site Collection Publishing—both enhance the number and quality of search-driven…

In this session, learn how to create the perfect, real-world, production ready, master image of Windows 8.1. Learn how Sysprep and the Unattend.xml really work in Windows 8.1. Learn to automate builds…

Microsoft Premier Services offer the latest, best practices guidance, workshops, and hands-on work to help you securely defend and operate your Microsoft infrastructure. This session is presented by…

In a demo-oriented session, two acknowledged Enterprise Security MVPs share their insights about security tools and features built in the Windows platform, and how you can utilize these tools and…

Windows Azure Pack and Azure Web Sites provides businesses with the ability to setup their own on-premise web-hosting cloud infrastructure, which opens the door to building enterprise-class…

API Management solutions help organizations expose and publish their backend services as APIs for external and internal consumption. Join us to find out more about the new API Management capability in…

In a Corporate BI environment, it is common having data available in controlled data sources such as Data Warehouse, relational Data Marts, and Analysis Services cubes. Consuming this data with…

You can't even access the Safemode with F8 in Windows 8.1 so you can easily say things have substantially changed in OS troubleshooting! Come and join this session to see one of the world's leading…

This session provides a detailed technical presentation of the functionality and architecture of Release Management for Visual Studio 2013. We start by presenting an overview of the key concepts,…

Learn about how Lync connects to and leverages key Microsoft technologies, driving efficiency through infrastructure and skills re-use.

Learn how to build Windows Store business apps that validate user input for correctness, provides a live tile to make the app inviting to your customers, manages app data and provide a great touch…

This session delves into how to build, test, and deploy Apps for Microsoft Office that work in Microsoft Excel and Access. This session also includes a discussion around private and public…

Office Mix is an easy way to take your PowerPoint presentations and bring them to life as interactive online lessons. From recording audio or video of yourself giving a lecture, to directly writing in…

In this session, we take a look at important performance metrics to look at when monitoring your Hyper-V 2012 environment. Pinpoint the specific counters, spot trends, and detect performance…

One of the challenges of enabling work from anywhere is being able to make on-premises corporate IT resources accessible from the Internet while making sure that associated risk is controlled…

Did you know that you can use Visual Studio to diagnose issues in your production environments? In this session, learn how to collect diagnostic data from your production machines, and bring it back…

Now that you have your application migrated to in-memory OLTP Engine and you're getting good performance with your workload, your main focus is to keep it operational. This session walks through…

This session is based on the Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) in Windows Server 2012 R2. It includes an overview of the new practical applications of this version of AD FS, including…

This session dives deep into practical and real-world examples and war stories of optimizing ASP.NET applications. See how to use features within IIS and ASP.NET to measure and adjust both new and…

Microsoft Azure HDInsight enables you to embrace Hadoop with seamless management of any type or size of data. The Microsoft Big Data and BI platforms enable data enrichment through discovery and…

This Exam Prep session focuses on what you need to know to get certified and pass the Private Cloud Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-246 and exam 70-247. The session is led by an expert…

Learn about the agile release cadence for the Office 365 and the channels for sharing new features with our customers.

Hold the mail you want to keep, expire the mail you don't. Designing good retention policies that contain the right tags to enforce the desired deletion or archiving behavior can be difficult,…

Career obstacles can come in many forms, both internal and external. Overcoming those obstacles requires an ability to envision what’s possible. Join us for a panel discussion centered on breaking…

Windows PowerShell provides a single management interface for provisioning and configuring Windows software and systems, both on-premises and online. This session demonstrates the recently release…

Leverage the capabilities of Service Manager and its expandability to support your on-premise and hosted cloud solutions. Come and hear the System Center Service Manager product team talk about single…

Learn how companies can publish their line-of-business apps for deployment to Windows and Windows Phone, and then manage the lifecycles of those apps. The two platforms haven’t yet converged on a…

Big Data has created very high demand for Data Science and Advanced Analytics. With large data volumes and the rise of new data sources such as social media, customers now have a unique opportunity to…

You’ve invested time and money in your on-premises directory infrastructure—now make that investment work for you in the cloud! This session focuses on how you can leverage your existing on-premises…

Do you find it painful to set up infrastructure to run performance and load tests? Do you think load testing is an expensive affair? Do you have a need for testing your service with a large burst load…

As more powerful devices and sensors are connected to the cloud, developers have the opportunity to leverage big data in the development and operations of their cloud + device solutions. In this…

Learn about the tools used by Microsoft when they need to test the Windows Performance. Want to improve performance for computers that are starting slowly? Need to diagnose and fix problems caused by…

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is changing the way enterprises think about their network infrastructure. In this session, we review Microsoft strategy and investments in SDN, the applicability to…

Ever open a huge query plan to track down a performance issue and instead find yourself overwhelmed by the sheer number of objects on the screen? How do you figure out which part of the plan is…

This session takes you through the capabilities provided by System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and Windows Intune to help protect your corporate data. From mobile device compliance settings,…

This session provides an overview of the most stable enterprise monitoring product available today and the new innovations that arrived in R2 and since. This session also features a panel discussion…

Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 provides you with the best tools to build and diagnose cloud applications that run on Microsoft Azure. In this session, see the latest tools for Azure developers inside…

The TOR Network started life as an open source project to bring an anonymous voice to the oppressed. But over the years it has been twisted into a dark place where criminals and hackers lurk and trade…

If you want to really protect your Windows environment then you should know what is used by the cyber criminals. This session shows you the hacking tools of today, the damage they can inflict, and how…

You've seen what Microsoft’s Business Intelligence technologies can do. From lightning fast data mashups to dynamic reports to natural language queries. The question now is, "How do I get it to…

When asked what to do about corporate hacking, Ex NSA Director Michael Hayden replied, “Man up and defend yourselves." Within a few years, Edward Snowden rocked the world by disclosing…

Many monitoring metrics can be used to analyze your infrastructure. Want to know how user activities impact your LOB applications? Need to plan future capacity? Think of moving to the cloud? There is…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows Server 2012 who are interested in taking the 70-413 (Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure) and 70-414 (Implementing…

This session discusses the best methods of performance monitoring and trending for Exchange 2013, including important thresholds to pay attention to. In addition, it covers suggested ways to tune the…

This session discusses tools provided by System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager and Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) that help customers in moving virtual machines running on the…

Multi-Factor Authentication is where a user is required to provide an account password and another form of authentication to sign-in. Office 365 now includes support for Multi-Factor Authentication…

This session provides a deep dive for the management and deployment of the new Enterprise Client Sync capabilities in Windows. Enterprise Client Sync allows information workers to have their files…

The new Microsoft Rights Management services (RMS) enables customers to protect their most sensitive information, but a big part of the value of RMS comes from enabling secure collaboration between…

With the complexity and growth of storage in enterprise datacenters, the need for simplified storage infrastructure and management while reducing costs is essential. Join this session to learn how…

The Yammer Power User is the foundation of enterprise social networking, assisting their organization by strengthening engagement. This session showcases advanced skills for creating groups and notes,…

Information workers and developers alike want more data and more value from their existing Office investments. In this session we focus on how the OData protocol connects a variety of servers and…

DAX (Data Analysis eXpressions) formulas are at the core of every analytical application, whether you use Microsoft Excel to create a PowerPivot workbook or Visual Studio to create Microsoft SQL…

Cloud hosting and geo distribution takes the challenge of the problems that cause the "works at my desk" phenomenon to a whole new level. In this session we show you how Visual Studio Online…

Trying to defend against pass the hash (PtH) attacks on your Active Directory? Worried it’s hard to implement or may make AD Admin work difficult? Come learn about the architectural approaches used by…

This session provides an overview of networking technologies in Azure with a special focus on newer networking features that have been added to the platform. Topics covered include Azure Virtual…

In this session, we look at how Windows RT 8.1 can be used in enterprise environments, including new enterprise-focused functionality in several areas (including manageability and connectivity) that…

Windows To Go made its debut over a year ago with Windows 8. More and more enterprises are testing, trialing, and deploying Windows To Go across a wide range of scenarios like mobile workers or…

Notification Hubs is the perfect solution for your pushing needs whether you’re building apps for Windows Store, Windows Phone, iOS, or Android. You get great capabilities like managed device…

You probably know that Hyper-V can run Linux and FreeBSD as guest operating systems. But how do you set up Linux or FreeBSD to work? What Linux distros are supported? Where do the Linux Integration…

The Windows Runtime now provides the foundation for both Windows and Windows Phone apps, providing developers with thousands of APIs to build innovative experiences. In this session we explore the…

Keep your services online by using System Center 2012 R2 high-availability features to dynamically and automatically manage your highly-virtualized datacenter. Attend this session and learn how System…

In this session, we show how Exchange Online Protection (EOP) can be used to protect against spam, malware, viruses, etc. Discover the new features of EOP and how they can be used by your…

Are your software releases inconsistent, infrequent, and unreliable? Can you deploy software at the rate demanded by your stakeholders? A key aspect of DevOps is aligning people, processes, and…

We are going to show a web app written with Angular and Node.js integrating with Windows. Learn how to take advantage of Live Tiles, Sharing contracts with only metadata. See how you can leverage…

Learn how Microsoft and CommVault can improve your data management efficiency by enabling a single, Windows Centric Data Management software solution to give administrators and users better and more…

Business applications on the web and on mobile devices need to be able to sign-in business users and navigate the organizational hierarchy. In this session, join us for a deep dive on how to build web…

SQL Server 2014 introduces in-memory technology for optimizing OLTP workloads. In this DBA-focused session we take a deep dive into how in-memory tables and indexes are managed in memory and on…

This session takes a deep dive showing the integration between Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 and Microsoft System Center, allowing for Agile infrastructure deployment and monitoring, resulting in Agile…

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines is a robust infrastructure for Microsoft SQL Server, providing the full benefits of infrastructure-as-a-service offering in Microsoft data centers. SQL Server in a…

Come talk desktop development with the product teams. Meet members of the teams and ask your desktop development questions about C++, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft .NET, and…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows Server 2012 who are interested in taking the 70-415 (Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure) and 70-416 (Implementing Desktop…

Rick and Joey talk with The Krewe members Michael Bender, Jared Shockley, and Patrik Wennberg.

Dan Fernandez with Habib Heydarian and Mads Torgersen discuss the .NET Framework and answer questions that are submitted live on air.

It's a call in show, two IT guys (Patch and Switch) who are talking about whatever comes up for this episode. Can you say Tangent! I forgot to mention, this is LIVE at TechEd 2014 in Houston!!! What's…

Dan Fernandez with Corey Sanders and Brady Gaster

Mark Minasi with Richard Campbell

Robert Green with Andy Wigley

This is a HARDCORE session designed to stretch, challenge, and entertain even an expert in the field. Windows debugging and Windows internals is something you can never really master, and everyone has…

In this session we explore a set of common issues encountered during the Windows 8.1 deployment process, digging as deeply as possible into the root causes and understanding how to troubleshoot…

In this session we give you all the details of the new enterprise phone management features in the next version of Windows Phone. We cover Enterprise/Wifi, Certificate management, all new MDM…

Using the new tools included in the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK, it is easier than ever to create apps that share most of their code. Code can be shared using the new shared app template in Visual Studio,…

This session provides a deep dive of User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) 2.0, which allows your customers to personalize their experience across virtualized and physical environments. Specifically,…

Office is one of the top requested applications to be virtualized on Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0, and if you're unfamiliar with it, this can be tricky. In this 300-level session,…

Many businesses are finding they need new versions of their trusty LOB apps for their increasingly mobile workforce. However, these businesses also want to leverage the existing investments they have…

In the push to retire Windows XP, application compatibility was all about "getting it over the line," particularly for those who were trying to finish up before the end of support this past…

Take a lightning tour of the many connectivity options for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 Store Apps. There are more than ever before: HTTP networking APIs, NFC and Bluetooth including ‘tap to…

Last year you saw how the F12 debugging tools in Windows Internet Explorer were rebooted to better serve the needs of today's web developers. The story gets even better this year. Skip over exceptions…

Deploying a new Operating System in your enterprise is always an exciting endeavor. Join this session to see how we deployed Windows 8.1 using Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.

Enterprise Mode for Windows Internet Explorer 11 will provide improved Internet Explorer 8 compatibility, and tools to manage which web apps use it. This session is a deep-dive on deploying and…

Enterprise mobility is a top priority for Chief Information Officers who must empower employees and reach customers by moving data from backend systems out to apps on mobile devices. This data must…

Learn about the new security APIs available to application developers in Windows Phone 8.1. This session will cover authentication, single sign-on, credential management, encryption, cryptography, and…

Follow the setup Wizards, click, click, click… And you are done! But what if, it doesn’t work or it started to work and then stopped. Come to this session and learn how to take a pragmatic approach to…

The new Microsoft Rights Management services (RMS) enables customers to protect their most sensitive information. Some customers want to put this data in the cloud while retaining control over it,…

There are many fantastic and useful community tools created to take an already fantastic product in Configuration Manager 2012 to a new level. We showcase many of these community tools during this…

Today we are able to see a clear shift in how enterprises are targeted by malware engineers. The attack landscape has adapted to the new world and they now perform targeted attacks, especially over…

System Center Configuration Manager and Windows Intune provide a unified approach for device management on-premise and through the cloud. Come and learn how this can help organizations address the…

Today, people want to work anywhere on any device. How do you enable this, yet retain control and meet compliance requirements? In this session we take a look at how Microsoft is approaching this…

This session dives into what you'll do at the server level to drive Configuration Manager and Windows Intune integration for mobile device management. The session includes subscription, connectors,…

With the proliferation of devices used today, most enterprises are facing one of the biggest dilemmas in technology, which is to enable users to use their own devices, on their own terms, while…

Real-time communications are mission critical, so the decision of which high-availability architecture to use is vital for the optimum health of your Lync Server deployment. During this 400-level…

This deep-dive session covers topics of Lync Meeting specific AV media flows, codecs, and more. Bring your binoculars. There will be eye charts in this one!

Every developer has been there: your app should work, but one way Lync does not like your code. Whether it is a UCMA application or a UCWA application, in almost any case, your diagnostics start with…

Whether you're using Lync Server, hybrid, hosted or online, the client still needs to sign in to get everything started. Join this session to understand the internals of this process across the Lync…

Lync Server 2013 allows you to deploy Lync in hybrid deployment in which some users are homed on-premises and some users are homed online sharing the same domain. This session provides an overview of…

Setting up Enterprise Voice is a big project even for seasoned Lync experts. The interplay between dial plans, voice policies, routes, PSTN usages and trunk translation rules can make it complicated…

You are in the middle of discussions with the customer on deploying Lync. The networking department starts asking you questions like: How much bandwidth do we need to provide for Lync traffic in our…

Is there rogue usage of consumer, non-approved file, sync and share technologies in your organization? Come to this session to learn how to get up and running fast with OneDrive for Business and…

This session provides an overview of Data Loss Prevention (DLP). DLP enables you to identify, monitor, and protect sensitive information in the organization. Learn how the rich DLP functionality…

This session covers updates for high availability and site resilience in Service Pack 1. In addition, it also covers using new Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 features with database…

Visio is gaining immense popularity within the SharePoint customer community as an effective real time dashboarding tool. Visio Services enable dynamic data connected diagrams to be published to…

This session covers managed availability, the internal monitoring and recovery-oriented features that help prevent failures, proactively restore services, initiate server failovers automatically, or…

Learn how to migrate Public Folders from Exchange Server 2007 and 2010 to Modern Public Folders in Exchange Server 2013. See a live demo walk-through of all PowerShell cmdlets to perform a migration.…

Synergy and availability of data to make meaning information is critical to any business, SMB through Enterprise. Employing SharePoint Server 2013 with Service Pack 1 and SharePoint Online provides…

This session introduces IT professionals to the core foundations of Office 365, the economies of scale and richness of feature and scenario capabilities. Get an inside look at how the Office 365 team…

This session continues the long-standing tradition of the Exchange Tips and Tricks series. This is the debut Tips and Tricks session for Exchange 2013 SP1, with all new and never before seen tips,…

This session details Microsoft’s recommended deployment methodology for Office 365. Deploying a cloud service is unlike a traditional client-server deployment project and requires new skills and…

Come see how we reimagined search and discovery across Microsoft Office with Codename "Oslo," powered by the Office Graph. "Oslo" enables you to work like a network, by proactively…

All your work files are accessible from anywhere. Come to this session and learn about OneDrive for Business and everything it has to offer for your organizations, from simple sharing and team…

With the rapid adoption of public cloud services, much attention has been paid to cloud security practices. In this session, learn about the less frequently discussed practices that cloud services…

When it comes to project management, every individual, team, and organization has unique needs. Microsoft's vision for project management is to enable individuals and teams to choose the tool that is…

In this session, experts from the Office 365 team cover the principles that Microsoft follows in design, development, and operation of Office 365. This includes helping you better understand the…

In this session, learn how to manage your SharePoint Online (SPO) environment in the browser (the SharePoint Online Admin Center) and by using the SharePoint Online Management Shell (a.k.a., Microsoft…

User management is easy in Office 365, if you just add all your users in the Office 365 admin portal—which works great for teams of less than 25 users. Larger organizations will want to use their…

Do more with the tool you already know, rather than learning more about new tools you don't need. With Excel, you can now discover, analyze, and visualize large volumes of multi-sourced data like…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows Server 2012 who are interested in taking the 70-410 (Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012) exam or the 70-417…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Office 365 and who are interested in taking the 70-346 (Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements) and 70-347 (Enabling Office 365…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Exchange Server 2013 and who are interested in taking the 70-341 (Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013) and 70-342 (Advanced…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Lync Server 2013 and who are interested in taking the 70-336 (Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server 2013) and 70-337 (Enterprise Voice…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with SharePoint Server 2013 and who are interested in taking the 70-331 (Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013) and 70-332…

Developing multi-tiered applications in the cloud world and integrating with Microsoft Azure Active Directory offers great benefits, as it allows flexible scaling as the business and usage grows. This…

This session covers a number of client-side technologies including AngularJS. How do these MVVM and MVC patterns change your existing server-side architectures? Discover how to build modern…

Dependency Injection is one of those terms that advanced programmers throw out with an expectation and assumption of full understanding on the part of the receiver. It's easy to get infatuated by a…

Microsoft Game Studios has placed big bets on Application Insights to help them gain confidence in their production services. In this session you will learn how they rapidly build, maintain and…

In this session we look at some of the options for running Java on Azure, Microsoft’s cloud platform. We look at the Azure plugin for Eclipse and how it enables creation, development, testing, and…

Microsoft Azure Web Sites has been developing at a rapid pace, and since last year’s BUILD 2013 Conference, many new features have been added. This presentation discusses the most important new…

Team Foundation Server has customizable workflows, enterprise level reporting, and incredible scalability. Visual Studio Online has elastic load testing, Application Insights and deep integration with…

The Microsoft Managed Languages team has been focused on rebuilding the VB and C# compilers and editing experiences. This effort has paved the way for these languages to continue evolving for many…

Aggregates are likely the least well understood among Domain-Driven Design's (DDD) tactical techniques when designing Domain Entity Models. Yet, by applying some rules of thumb, Aggregates can be made…

To build a cross-platform mobile app capable of delivering a truly personalized and responsive experience, you need to effectively utilize a cloud-connected app backend and mobile push notifications.…

The economics and agility of the cloud can no longer be ignored. In this session, learn how to get started implementing development and test on Azure to enjoy the cost benefits and implementation…

This session allows you to examine the essential elements of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), both the strategic and tactical modeling tools. Attendees see the problems commonly faced without the use of…

Realize the dream of “write once and deploy everywhere” with a cross-platform extension for Visual Studio 2013. In this session, we build an application deployed to the Windows, Windows Phone, Android…

Microsoft Visual Studio has come a long way over the past few years, and it's full of hidden time savers. This talk powers through many time saving features.

This session takes a deep dive into the new features and APIs in the Cloud App Model for Apps for Office.

Access is the normal user's app creation tool. This session is an end-to-end tutorial for power users to learn to build SharePoint apps without writing any code, and make it available as an app for…

Xamarin enables C# developers to become native iOS, Android, and Windows mobile developers overnight. In this session, learn how to leverage your existing skills, tools, and code to build mobile apps…

Attend this session to learn how two dramatically different teams at Microsoft make use of Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Visual Studio Online (VSO) to manage their software development projects.…

Release management is one of the key processes in a DevOps strategy. This session presents an overview of the key concepts of continuous delivery and then focuses on capabilities of Release Management…

Windows PowerShell 4.0 introduces Desired State Configuration (DSC), and it's time to put it to use. With DSC, you declaratively tell computers what you want them to look like, and how you want them…

Leverage System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to automate the provisioning of capacity in your datacenter automatically. Just Rack, Stack, and Enjoy, as System Center 2012 R2 Virtual…

So you’ve deployed Hyper-V 2012 R2 and want to move your virtual machines over, but how do you do that without interrupting service delivery? Do you know what steps to take? And how do you safely roll…

As we move into the Cloud OS space with the new Windows Azure Pack it will be important that your existing systems can integrate into the Cloud OS stack to provide end-to-end delivery and management…

The adoption of virtualization and cloud has created a demand for IT infrastructure that is not only high performing, but also simple to manage, VM-centric and highly scalable. In this technical…

Security in the Cloud is a key consideration by an organization seriously thinking of adopting public cloud computing. In fact, many organizations are looking to using anti-virus, encryption and other…

Strap in. This is a no-holds-barred competitive discussion of the Microsoft Cloud vs. VMware. Hot on the heels of the release of Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft System Center 2012; we have the 2012…

If you've heard about Hyper-V Network Virtualization and are excited about it, come to this session to see how it works in theoretical and practical aspects with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft…

Pass-the-hash transforms the breach of one machine into total compromise of infrastructure. The publication of attacks and lack of tools to respond have forced enterprises to rely on onerous and…

This session will give the complete roadmap of the wealth of new Failover Clustering features and features which enable high availability scenarios in Windows Server 2012 R2. If you are going to…

Microsoft Azure Virtual Networks allow you to build and extend your on-premises IT infrastructure as an organized set of subnets and virtual machines using Microsoft Azure infrastructure services.…

In this session, learn how network configuration can optimize for common workloads in Windows Server 2012 R2, such as for SQL, web servers and such.

Automatic maps and performance monitoring of cross-system applications is simple with System Center. The challenge is discovering the maps, putting them into useful views, and keeping them up to date…

Compliance and patch management is super important, even for Linux and UNIX computers. Starting with System Center 2012 SP1, you can deploy and update software on Linux and UNIX servers using…

When we investigate cybercrime we often find traces of commonly known hacker tools, trojans, etc. In this highly interactive demo session, we show you the hacking tools of today, the damage they can…

The cloud doesn’t magically make applications perform better or avoid failures. Cloud infrastructure can—and will—fail from time to time, and it’s up to the application architect to compose…

Microsoft has shared the Private Cloud Vision that leverages the storage innovations in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. That vision is implemented as a Software-Defined Storage…

You may have noticed that Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator has a new partner in automation, Service Management Automation. But what exactly is Service Management Automation (SMA) and how…

Learn how integration between System Center 2012 R2 and Azure Pack delivers efficient IT Service Management. Leverage the native capabilities of System Center Service Manager to bring governance,…

As organizations want to integrate Azure IaaS with existing on-premise datacenter resources, the key is to ensure best practices at stretching the corporate network to Azure are achieved.

See how Microsoft and our hardware partners are providing you the ability to have high-availability solutions that you can afford to purchase and deploy. With the release of Windows Server 2012 R2,…

Understand how Windows Server 2012 R2 manages cloud virtual networks (SDN).

"The Windows Azure Pack delivers flexible self-service capabilities for your datacenter with a user experience consistent to the Microsoft Azure portal. Learn how to leverage this capability for…

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 has bare metal OSD deployment built-in. This session is all about that. Learn how to do discover, how to deal with drivers, networking, and how to…

In this session, learn how to use Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services to deploy SharePoint Server for production environments or for development and test. Learn the key features of virtual…

Learn how you can make the most of your Microsoft Cloud environment from NetApp, Microsoft’s Server Platform and Private Cloud Partner of the Year. Deep dive into NetApp’s native integration with…

HP Converged Infrastructure is tightly integrated with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 to provide comprehensive and simplified management of virtualized Microsoft environments. This session highlights…

The Cisco Microsoft alliance over the past three years has provided a stream of technology innovation ranging from the introduction of our UCS compute family, our Hyper-V Extensible Switch offer Nexus…

StorSimple has introduced a cloud-integrated solution for primary storage, backup, archive, and disaster recovery, combined with Microsoft Azure. Hear directly from customers about how they on-boarded…

Tired of getting paged at 2:00am due to a bug in the developer’s code or infrastructure problems? Frustrated by Shadow IT and developers going around your back to publish applications? IT operations…

This primer on Microsoft Azure offers insights into its industry-leading approach to security and compliance in the cloud. Learn more about Azure security capabilities; what we do to safeguard Azure…

Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track delivers a fast and easy path to deploying your own private cloud. Together with our hardware partners, Microsoft provides validated solutions for simplifying…

Many enterprises face the challenge of delivering services and compute resources to a wide range of internal teams and departments in a timely and elastic way. Users expect fast response times and…

We have talked to hundreds of IT professionals in the top enterprise IT organizations in the world who are either planning to build or are deploying a private, public, or hybrid cloud. This session…

Microsoft Power Query for Excel includes a powerful query engine and a formula language that enables self-service data integration and shaping over a diverse set of data sources, ranging from simple…

As the de facto platform for Big Data Apache Hadoop has matured to occupy a central place in the next generation data architecture. Hadoop does not replace existing technologies rather complements…

SQL Server In-Memory OLTP is a key new feature included in SQL Server 2014. It has been proven to dramatically increase OLTP performance without hardware changes. However, there are numerous nuances…

SQL Server 2014 includes a new cardinality estimator. This feature allows for statistics to be updated more frequently than previous versions of SQL Server, resulting in better query performance.…

We have all heard about the Polybase feature of the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse, but what are the use cases for this technology? In this session we explore and demonstrate…

Imagine taking historical stock market data and using data science to more accurately predict future stock values. This is precisely the aim of the Microsoft Time Series data mining algorithm. Of…

In this session, we take a deep dive into Power View, Microsoft’s interactive data visualization experience. Through some cool demos, learn how to create beautiful, interactive Power View reports…

Q&A is the new natural language data exploration technology in Power BI. With Q&A you can tell engaging and jaw-dropping stories with data, enable users across an organization to explore and…

SQL Server 2014 ships with powerful, new features, two of these can really take your performance to the next level are In-Memory OLTP (Codename "Hekaton") and the Buffer Pool Extension…

The Microsoft Business Intelligence team is excited to once again present the BI Power Hour. In this entertaining session, we dazzle you with new demos that expose the lighter side of Business…

Symon Perriman with Vishal Mehrotra and Manoj K Jain

Simon May with Adam Hall

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows Server 2012 who are interested in taking the 70-412 (Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services) exam or the 70-417…

Just getting started with your Lync Voice deployment? Come join us as we explore the wide range of Lync voice telephony capabilities that you'll want to know about to make your deployment a success,…

Everything in the OWASP TOP 10 is covered in this session, including: Injections, Broken Authentication and Session Management, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Insecure Direct Object References, Security…

After working with System Center Service Manager for five years, we've managed to learn quite a bit of what to do and what not to do. This session teaches you many of the DO's and DON'Ts on the…

Today, people want to work anywhere on any device. How do you enable this, yet retain control and meet compliance requirements in both on-premises and cloud environments? Join us to learn more on the…

Application Insights delivers the holy grail of EASILY determining how customers are using your product, what their experience is, the environments your customers are using, and ensuring your…

Learn how to leverage Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration to operationalize “DevOps” capabilities on Azure. We start with the basics of PowerShell DSC working through the basic…

The cloud, on your own terms! Whether you're looking for a flexible way of migrating email to the cloud, or possibly just thinking about running both Microsoft Office 365 and Exchange Server 2013…

Two self-proclaimed “Server Huggers” will take you along their journey of how they overcame their apprehension of Cloud technologies to level up their IT Skills. In other words bringing clarity to the…

Converged networking has great potential for increasing the performance, flexibility, and cost effectiveness of your Hyper-V deployment. However, it also introduces new concepts and new potentials for…

Join the Windows Server and Microsoft System Center product teams once again as we take a deeper dive into the automation specifics related to tenant provisioning in the Azure Pack solution. In this…

Monumental shifts are hitting the workplace, necessitating changes in how and with whom we communicate and collaborate. For the first time in history, four different generations are working…

You already know the ingredients: Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Visual Studio. Now, using real-world customer examples and a comprehensive demo,…

Over the last years, many customers have had to deal with cyber attacks targeted at intellectual property. We have entered a new phase in which criminals unleash destructive attacks, rendering IT…

Windows Phone is an even better choice for business. We cover all enterprise aspects for Windows Phone 8.1 management, productivity, security, applications, and more.

In this session we cover different aspects of Hyper-V Recovery Manager, an enterprise-scale Disaster Recovery solution to provide a single click failover in case of disaster (e.g., automation of…

Microsoft Office and SharePoint Server 2013 introduce a new app model that brings the best of web development to Office and SharePoint. This session shows you how to get started and quickly create…

Recent updates to Mobile Services make it easier than ever to add a mobility layer to existing enterprise systems and data. Learn how you can take advantage of key features like authenticating users…

This is a fast-paced session taking you through a tour of the new features available to C++ developers in Microsoft Visual Studio 2013. This talk covers the breadth of the Visual C++…

We are excited to share the new, Microsoft Azure Portal Preview – reimagined, redesigned, and remade for you. Join us for this journey into the future of DevOps, integrating Visual Studio Online and…

DAX is not only an expression language, but also a query language and, when it comes to performance, the xVelocity in-memory engine is second to none. Scanning fact tables and performing leaf-level…

Windows 8.1 offers an enormous leap forward when it comes to security, and when it comes to malware resistance that couldn’t be more true. It was one of the biggest investment areas in Windows 8 and…

This deep-dive session presents new advances in .NET for building applications. Learn how features such as cloud compilation, a new Just-In-Time compiler (JIT) and parallel processing enable you to…

Building an SDK and Visual Studio extension used by developers is no easy task, but using tools provided by Microsoft and other third parties makes it significantly easier. Join Wade Wegner, Technical…

This session covers the brand new innovations in the Operations Manager dashboard infrastructure that allows you to build custom dashboards for any audience.

Planning a Service Management project and barely know how to spell ITIL? Come to the ITIL Crash Course for IT professionals so you can engage in re-discovering how to deliver on IT better. Find out…

In-Memory OLTP (formerly known as "Hekaton") is a key feature in the In-Memory offerings of SQL Server 2014. In this overview session, we discuss the user scenarios and the hardware trends…

Lync Meetings often include people outside of our company, some who have Microsoft Lync and others who do not. This session covers the ways in which you can securely and confidently allow those…

Come check out the new version of Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring 2.5—from the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for Software Assurance—it takes BitLocker to the next level…

Windows Azure Pack provides powerful capabilities for building a private cloud. It allows you to leverage the learnings from the large-scale deployment of public Microsoft Azure itself. There are many…

Microsoft Azure now provides the right services for enterprises. But what scenarios are most interesting to enterprise leaders, and why? Which of these do most enterprises want to start with, why do…

​What separates the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform from the competition? Be armed with the Office and SharePoint Server 2013 integrated analytics platform that allows your customers to…

SharePoint 2013 is now a company standard, but what is supported, sensible, or even practicable? How do we go about monitoring and managing SharePoint? In this session, we discuss the virtualization…

Microsoft Power Query for Excel is a new set of experiences to empower business analysts and end users to discover, acquire, and transform data of any shape and size. Join us to learn more about Power…

Have you heard of the S.O.L.I.D. principles? You have? Can you explain them all? And make your colleague understand them, and why they are useful? If not, you should definitely go to this session, as…

Learn what is new with our Lync Mobile clients for Windows Phone, iPhone, iPad and Android since last year's Lync Conference. The Lync Mobile Team has released a large number of features and…

Two self-proclaimed “Server Huggers” will take you along their journey of how they overcame their apprehension of Cloud technologies to level up their IT Skills. In other words bringing clarity to the…

Over the last several years we’ve seen many organizations benefit from the investments they’ve made in cloud services. These investments have provided cost benefits, the ability to alter capacity…

Visual Studio Online (www.visualstudio.com) brings together Microsoft Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, and Microsoft Azure into an easy-to-consume cloud-hosted solution for application lifecycle…

This session covers site provisioning from Microsoft SharePoint Online and on-premises using provider-hosted apps that can be hosted on Microsoft Azure. Besides the creation of the site collections,…

Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 include a new mobile device management (MDM) capability that provides functionality for deploying apps, managing settings, configuring VPN and wireless, deploying certs…

Delivering solutions that meet users' needs for reliability and availability while driving down costs is a challenge faced by service providers and enterprises alike. Windows Server 2012 ushered in a…

Do you want to learn about how you can keep your data safe in Office 365? Do you want to understand the fundamentals that guide Office 365 to ensure customers’ data is kept secure, private and…

Do you still need to convince yourself, your colleagues or your boss that BitLocker is safe for enterprise use? Are you worried about DMA or Princeton attacks? Would you like to have one less password…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows Server 2012 who are interested in taking the 70-411 (Administering Windows Server 2012) exam or the 70-417 (Upgrading Your Skills…

This session walks you through the infrastructure improvements in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, including deployment enhancements, operational enhancements, and content distribution…

Learn about the latest features in Visual Studio 2013, including dozens of tips and tricks for building web applications using ASP.NET and Visual Studio 2013. Learn about the new HTML5 editor, new…

You’ve heard that Microsoft SharePoint implementations are technically challenging and complex because of all of the pieces. However, the real truth is that much of what makes SharePoint difficult to…

Azure Storage is a highly scalable, available, and durable cloud storage system that stores trillions of objects and serves in excess of 1 million requests per second. It provides abstractions like…

Ever wanted to understand the ways Outlook connects to Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 or Microsoft Office 365? Join this session to gain a deep understanding of the way Outlook connects to Exchange –…

StorSimple enables enterprise customers to integrate Microsoft Azure with their datacenter. This session discusses the building blocks for the StorSimple solution (linear tier storage, object storage,…

There is no better time for being a developer than today. Companies nowadays use software to differentiate from the competition, be more agile, and provide the best experience for customers. Every…

Today, over 80% of the global workforce spends at least some portion of their time working outside of the office. Anytime, anywhere access is the new normal, and device proliferation, whether…

Cloud computing continues to shift the technology landscape, but most are still working to truly harness its potential for their organizations. How can you bring cloud computing models and…

Delivering high-quality, modern applications requires modern application lifecycle management tools and processes. In this demo-packed session, learn about updates to the Microsoft application…

JavaScript has grown from a webpage toy to being used in large-scale deployments both on the server and in the browser. This rapid growth has outpaced the growth of the language itself, which lacks…

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows Server 2012 who are interested in taking the 70-410 (Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012) exam or the 70-417…

The average user these days is often equally as IT savvy as a lot of the professionals that deliver IT. They expect technology to be seamless and to allow them to work anywhere, anytime. This includes…

As a developer, regardless of your programming language or the platform that you target, you use the debugger on a daily basis. Come to this all-demo session to learn how to make the most of the…

Virtualization simplifies consolidation by enabling multiple workloads to share the same hardware, including the same storage. Hosting multiple datasets in and serving multiple workloads from the same…

Come and see how to use the Yammer REST API along with the SharePoint App Model to build integrated applications using .NET server side code. This session begins with the basic process of using the…

Join this session and learn how you can build resilient architectures and achieve highly reliable applications running in Azure. The session demonstrates use cases and a few end-to-end scenarios.

Hybrid connections is a new feature of Azure BizTalk Services that makes it easier than ever for application developers to build hybrid Azure Web Sites and Mobile Services. Build applications that…

Come see an end-to-end view of the .NET Framework in the new world of devices powered by cloud services. In this session, see the present and the future of .NET in key areas such as the runtime,…

Learn to halt hackers in their tracks. This session demonstrates the best tools and techniques to harden your devices—from your laptop, to your cell phone, to your servers and your services. Gain key…

Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 includes multiple investments in storage: performance, resiliency, efficiency, provisioning, automation, classification, and discovery. This…

This session describes the AlwaysOn enhancements in SQL Server 2014 and how customers can leverage them to ensure high availability.

Last year, we announced the General Availability for Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS). Since then, we have continually innovated and added new and existing features to the IaaS platform.…

Everyone is talking about collaboration, workflow, and ticketing systems these days. With SharePoint and Yammer on Microsoft Office 365, we can collaborate more effectively in our teams and with our…

The new release of Windows Phone dramatically expands the ways in which developers can build applications and games, by adding several new programming models, and also expanding the application model…

In this session, we discuss the new cloud-first delivery model and how features will be released in Office 365 and the next major release of Exchange Server. We also demo new Exchange features and…

Partners have used the extensibility of the Hyper-V Virtual Switch to provide innovative datacenter solutions. Three partners will show the workflow and walk-through the steps to configure their…

Power BI for Office 365 delivers a compelling set of Self-Service BI tools and services for the discovery, analysis, and visualization of on-premises and cloud-based data. In this session we introduce…

Guaranteeing that your virtual machines are fully and efficiently protected is critical in private cloud environments. Come to this session to learn about how Backup has evolved in Hyper-V, and how…

Come join us for a sneak peek at Video for Office 365, a new out-of-the-box enterprise video streaming service for Microsoft Office 365. It is built on top of SharePoint Online and Azure Media…

Windows 8.1 offers an enormous leap forward when it comes to security and it includes the largest set of security improvements that we’ve ever delivered a single release. Some say those features are…

Come hear about the latest in enterprise mobility management using Windows Intune and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. See the newest Windows Intune enhancements for managing Windows…

Have you ever found yourself lost in a sea of snooper traces with no clear path or direction to take? During this session we perform investigations using relevant log files and systematic…

How is Office 365 ProPlus deployment different than “traditional” Office deployment? What’s the difference between MSI and Click-to-Run? How does Office 365 activation work? How do I get more familiar…

Rick Claus with Mark Russinovich, Technical Fellow.

Rick Claus with Jeffrey Snover, Distinguished Engineer

Simon May with Brad McCabe and Ben Hunter

The Scotts answer your questions live!

Symon Perriman with Charles Joy

Get insight from DevOps experts in this panel interview shot live at TechEd NorthAmerica 2014 on the Channel 9 stage. Check out other weekly Edge Show episodes at https://aka.ms/edge. On the panel we…

Join the Lesser Scotts, Hunter and Hanselman, as they introduce you to new thinking around ASP.NET and the .NET Framework. What does ASP.NET look like in 2014 and beyond? In a world of NuGets and…

In this session, Configuration Manager MVPs demonstrate how to take Configuration Manager 2012 R2 to the next level. Attend this session to see how Configuration Manager MVPs are using the product and…

Brian Harry, Corporate Vice President, Developer Division

Dan Fernandez with Amanda Silver and Kirupa Chinnathambi.

Simon May with Wally Mead

Rick with Corey Sanders, Principal Group Program Manager, Windows Azure.

Rick and Joey bring you the final countdown show, live from Houston!

TechEd 101 explains the many learning opportunities available throughout the week, and what has changed since you last attended, so you can create your ideal conference experience. Get an overview of…

The legend returns with new case studies! Does your logon script spin for minutes? Are your machines sluggish after logon? This demo-heavy session (inspired by real-world Microsoft support cases)…

This session will overview what VDI is and how it is enabled by the capabilities if Windows Server 2012 R2. We will show options and alternatives for deployment (Remote App, Remote Desktop, pooled VMs…

The async support available now with Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Studio makes it easier than ever before to compose the asynchrony in your apps, but are you doing so effectively? From…

The uber-demo spaceship has landed... Join Johan Arwidmark in an hour (plus) live demo on how to build a Windows 8 deployment solution, based on Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013. Learn about…

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V set a new bar for virtualization and 2012 R2 Hyper-V increases the lead even further over VMware. This session provides a complete overview of why Windows Server 2012…

Windows PowerShell has found a place in our environments as a tool for automation—but are you using it in a way that's sustainable, supportable, and maintainable? Many Windows PowerShell scripters…

In this session we explore the features available in Entity Framework, including the latest EF 6.1 release. See how these features can be used to build and test applications, including integration…

Join Mark Russinovich and Mark Minasi for a lively discussion as they share their views on the cloud computing disruption and what it means for IT pros and developers. Mark Russinovich brings his…

When you look at the many information protection technologies that Microsoft offers (e.g., BitLocker, AD RMS, Exchange DLP) it can seem overwhelming. In this session, see how our information…

The latest edition of the popular Sysinternals Primer series with Aaron Margosis, Mark Russinovich’s co-author of The Windows Sysinternals Administrator’s Reference. The Sysinternals utilities are…

This session provides an overview of Microsoft Desktop Virtualization solution and products under this solution, not only on-premise but also in Microsoft Azure (personal, pooled Virtual Machine…

You use Group Policy, but are you really USING it? In this session, learn some hidden tricks, tips, and troubleshooting techniques you should know about if you want to get the most out of Windows.…

Scott Hanselman joins developer David Fowler for this Part 2 Deep Dive into what’s coming in Microsoft ASP.NET. We explore what a decoupled stack looks like, how modules plug together, what this means…

This session gives a brief overview of utilizing RemoteApp for Mobility and BYOD scenarios where IT can enable users to access corporate data and applications while ensuring compliance. With the new…

Come learn PowerShell the way PowerShell was meant to be learned—exploring Windows from the console. In this session, Distinguished Engineer Jeffrey Snover starts with the Get-Help cmdlet and shows…

People want to choose their own devices and be productive in a way that best suits them. IT is responsible for managing corporate assets and resources. Once users are working on mobile devices across…

Join us for the TechEd 2014 opening Keynote with Microsoft’s Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President, Windows Server and System Center Program Management.