Tracks -- Visual Studio Live!: Training Conferences and Events for Enterprise Microsoft .NET and Azure Developers

Tracks

Track Key:
	ALM / DevOps		ASP.NET
	Cloud Computing		Database and Analytics
	JavaScript / HTML5 Client		Keynotes
	Mobile Client		Modern Apps Live!
	UX / Design		Visual Studio / .NET Framework
	Windows Client (Windows 10/UWP, WPF)		Workshops

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ALM / DevOps

M02 Workshop: DevOps in a Day Monday March 7 9:00am - 6:00pm

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

In this workshop, Brian will show you, end-to-end, how you can define a DevOps practice in your organization regardless of the tools you use. more

TH04 Effective Agile Software Requirements Thursday March 10 8:00am - 9:15am

Richard Hundhausen, Consultant & Trainer, Accentient

For most software development efforts, upfront requirements and documentation are waste. In this session, you will learn why this is true. more

TH09 Lessons Learned: Being Agile in a Waterfall World Thursday March 10 9:30am - 10:45am

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, Developer, Coach, Author, Teacher

This session starts with a refresher on Scrum, then uses real experiences from large enterprise development projects to teach you how to effectively work with non-agile teams. more

TH14 Real World Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2015 & Visual Studio Online Thursday March 10 11:00am - 12:15pm

Benjamin Day, Consultant & Trainer, Benjamin Day Consulting, Inc.

You'll learn how to address four of the main pieces of running a Scrum project using TFS2015: Stakeholder Interaction, Planning & Execution, Testing, and streamlining the Definition of Done (DoD). more

TH19 DevOps vs. ALM: Different Measures of Success Thursday March 10 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Mike Douglas, Solution Consultant, Deliveron Consulting Services

In this session, you'll learn how DevOps and ALM each measure success and how both provide invaluable insights into the success of the team and product. more

TH24 Use Visual Studio to Scale Agile in Your Enterprise Thursday March 10 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Richard Hundhausen, Consultant & Trainer, Accentient

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ASP.NET

T06 How to Scale Entity Framework Apps with Distributed Caching Tuesday March 8 10:45am - 12:00pm

Iqbal Khan, President & Technology Evangelist, Alachisoft

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T12 ASP.NET Core 1.0 in All Its Glory Tuesday March 8 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Adam Tuliper, Principal Software Engineer, DX, Microsoft

Learn what ASP.NET Core 1.0 (previously ASP.NET 5) brings to the table with the exciting changes going on in ASP.NET. more

T17 MVC 6 - The New Unified Web Programming Model Tuesday March 8 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Marcel de Vries, CTO, Xpirit

In this session, you'll see the changes that have been made to the ASP.NET 5 programming model. more

TH02 Responsive Web Design with ASP.NET Core 1.0 Thursday March 10 8:00am - 9:15am

Robert Boedigheimer, Principal Systems Developer, Schwans Shared Services, LLC

Learn how to create a responsive Web site that works great on a variety of devices using this new framework, Bootstrap and Visual Studio 2015. more

TH07 Tools for Modern Web Development Thursday March 10 9:30am - 10:45am

Ben Hoelting, Senior Technologist, Aspenware

The next version of ASP.NET embraces open source tools and technologies. This isn't a bad thing. more

TH12 SASS and CSS for Developers Thursday March 10 11:00am - 12:15pm

Robert Boedigheimer, Principal Systems Developer, Schwans Shared Services, LLC

Learn how to leverage CSS to separate your content and presentation. more

TH17 Hack Proofing Your Web Applications Thursday March 10 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Adam Tuliper, Principal Software Engineer, DX, Microsoft

Frameworks like jQuery, AngularJS, and ASP.NET do not automatically protect you and you - the developer - must be armed with techniques to protect your applications. more

TH22 Increase Website Performance and Search with Lucene.Net Indexing Thursday March 10 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Ben Hoelting, Senior Technologist, Aspenware

This session will introduce you to Lucene and show you how to implement it in your applications. more

F01 Workshop: ASP.NET Core: Upgrade Your Skills Friday March 11 8:00am - 5:00pm

Mark Michaelis, Chief Software Architect, IntelliTect

Jumpstart your development in ASP.NET Core by upgrading your skills into a new platform and paradigm in this post-conference workshop. more

Cloud Computing

M01 Workshop: Service Oriented Technologies - Designing, Developing, & Implementing WCF and the Web API Monday March 7 9:00am - 6:00pm

Miguel Castro MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

You'll learn what a Service Oriented Architecture is and how to use WCF & Web API from the ground up. more

T03 Introduction to Next Generation of Azure Compute - Service Fabric and Containers Tuesday March 8 9:15am - 10:30am

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer , AIS

This session will cover programming models available in Service Fabric to build highly available, low latency micro-services that can be deployed on Microsoft Azure or Windows Server. more

T08 Docker and Azure Tuesday March 8 10:45am - 12:00pm

Steve Lasker, Program Manager, Visual Studio Cloud Platform Tools , Microsoft

Docker has become one of the hottest topics for developer teams targeting either on-premises or in the cloud. more

T18 Building “Full Stack” Applications with Azure App Service Tuesday March 8 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer , AIS

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W03 Exploring Microservices in a Microsoft Landscape Wednesday March 9 8:00am - 9:15am

Marcel de Vries, CTO, Xpirit

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W08 Breaking Down Walls with Modern Identity Wednesday March 9 9:30am - 10:45am

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

In this session, you will learn about modern identity standards and terminology, the standards and protocols to use in various scenarios, how to get started with IdentityServer, Azure Active Directory, and how to integrate modern identity standards into your applications, desktop, web, APIs and mobile. more

W13 Real-World Azure DevOps Wednesday March 9 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

Brian will show you how you can take a commit to production with testing and validation in an automated release pipeline and have the analytics you need to manage your system. more

W18 Lock the Doors, Secure the Valuables, and Set the Alarm Wednesday March 9 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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W23 Managing Windows Azure with PowerShell Wednesday March 9 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Mark Michaelis, Chief Software Architect, IntelliTect

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Database and Analytics

M03 Workshop: Developer Dive Into SQL Server 2016 Monday March 7 9:00am - 6:00pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

This full-day workshop will get you up to speed on powerful features for developers in SQL Server 2016. more

T14 Exploring T-SQL Enhancements: Windowing and More Tuesday March 8 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

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T19 Geospatial Data Types in SQL Server Tuesday March 8 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Attend this session and embrace spatial programming today. more

W04 Database Lifecycle Management and the SQL Server Database Wednesday March 9 8:00am - 9:15am

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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W09 JSON and SQL Server, Finally Together Wednesday March 9 9:30am - 10:45am

Steve Hughes, Business Intelligence Architect, Pragmatic Works

This session will walk through demos of the most up-to-date JSON functionality in SQL Server 2016. more

W14 Using Hive and Hive ODBC with HDInsight and Power BI Wednesday March 9 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Steve Hughes, Business Intelligence Architect, Pragmatic Works

Learn how to use Hive to interact with data stored in an HDInsight cluster. more

W19 Introduction to Spark for C# Developers Wednesday March 9 3:00pm - 4:15pm

James McCaffrey , Research Software Engineer, Microsoft Research, Microsoft

You'll leave this presentation with a solid grasp of what Spark can (and cannot) do. more

W24 Introduction to R for C# Programmers Wednesday March 9 4:30pm - 5:45pm

James McCaffrey , Research Software Engineer, Microsoft Research, Microsoft

Learn exactly what the R language is by seeing example problems solved using both C# and R more

JavaScript / HTML5 Client

T02 Angular 2 101 Tuesday March 8 9:15am - 10:30am

Deborah Kurata, Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert

This beginner-level session introduces the .NET developer to Angular 2. more

T07 Angular 2.0: A Comparison Tuesday March 8 10:45am - 12:00pm

Deborah Kurata, Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert

We'll look at the similarities and differences in both Angular 1.x and in Angular 2.0 to help you make the transition to the new concepts and syntax. more

T13 Knockout in 75 Minutes (Or Less...) Tuesday March 8 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Christopher Harrison, Senior Content Developer, Microsoft

We'll show you how to get started with Knockout in 75 minutes. more

W02 Getting Started with Aurelia Wednesday March 9 8:00am - 9:15am

Brian Noyes, CTO and Co-founder, Solliance

Learn how to get started building applications with Aurelia. more

W07 Securing Single Page Applications Wednesday March 9 9:30am - 10:45am

Brian Noyes, CTO and Co-founder, Solliance

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W12 An Introduction to TypeScript Wednesday March 9 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Practice Lead, Magenic

Learn what TypeScript is, how it works, and why you should consider using it on future Web projects. more

W17 Take a Gulp, Make a Grunt, and Call me Bower Wednesday March 9 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Adam Tuliper, Principal Software Engineer, DX, Microsoft

Come find out how to utilize these great tools in your Web development workflow. more

W22 JavaScript for the C# (and Java) Developer Wednesday March 9 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, Developer, Coach, Author, Teacher

Learn what you need to know to take your JavaScript to the next level. more

Keynotes

Keynote: The Future of Application Development - Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 2015 Tuesday March 8 8:00am - 9:00am

Jay Schmelzer, Director of Program Management, Visual Studio Team, Microsoft

See how Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 2015 will increase your productivity building the apps you work on today and the new opportunities available to you in the future. more

General Session: What’s New in ASP.NET 5 and VS 2015 Wednesday March 9 11:00am - 12:00pm

Scott Hunter, Principal Program Manager Lead, ASP.NET Team, Microsoft

Come learn about the groundbreaking changes in ASP.NET 5. more

Mobile Client

T11 Native Mobile App Development for iOS, Android and Windows Using C# Tuesday March 8 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Marcel de Vries, CTO, Xpirit

Learn the process of building one app for multiple platforms. more

T16 Getting Started with Hybrid Mobile Apps with Visual Studio Tools for Cordova Tuesday March 8 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Brian Noyes, CTO and Co-founder, Solliance

Learn the basics of creating a mobile app with Cordova and leveraging the new tooling in Visual Studio for building and testing these kinds of apps. more

W01 Busy .NET Developer's Guide to Native iOS Wednesday March 9 8:00am - 9:15am

Ted Neward, Director, Developer Relations, Smartsheet.com

In this session, using Swift, you'll go from zero to working iOS app using nothing more than the tools that Apple gave us. more

W06 Busy Developer's Guide to Mobile HTML/JS Apps Wednesday March 9 9:30am - 10:45am

Ted Neward, Director, Developer Relations, Smartsheet.com

Examine some of the more popular HTML/JS mobile app development toolkits, and how to build one using Apache Cordova, a.k.a. PhoneGap. more

W11 Optimizing Applications for Performance Using the Xamarin Platform Wednesday March 9 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Kevin Ford, Mobile Practice Lead, Magenic

This session will examine the Xamarin garbage collector on iOS and Android and how that interacts with the system's underlying memory management systems. more

W16 Leverage Azure App Services Mobile Apps to Accelerate Your Mobile App Development Wednesday March 9 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Brian Noyes, CTO and Co-founder, Solliance

This session will give you a good understanding of what Azure Mobile App Services are all about, how they relate to what came before, what the capabilities are and how to get started leveraging them. more

W21 Building Cross-Platform Apps Using CSLA.NET Wednesday March 9 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

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TH01 Building for the Internet of Things: Hardware, Sensors & the Cloud Thursday March 10 8:00am - 9:15am

Nick Landry, Senior Technical Evangelist , Microsoft

The Internet of Things is full of opportunities for developers and this session is your best starting point to understand the big picture, and the possibilities. more

Modern Apps Live!

M04 Workshop: Modern App Technology Overview - Android, iOS, Cloud, and Web Monday March 7 9:00am - 6:00pm

Allen Conway, Lead Consultant , Magenic
Brent Edwards, Principal Lead Consultant, Magenic
Kevin Ford, Mobile Practice Lead, Magenic
Nick Landry, Senior Technical Evangelist , Microsoft

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T05 Defining Modern App Development Tuesday March 8 9:15am - 10:30am

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

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T10 Modern App Architecture Tuesday March 8 10:45am - 12:00pm

Brent Edwards, Principal Lead Consultant, Magenic

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T15 ALM with Visual Studio Team Services and Git Tuesday March 8 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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T20 DevOps and Modern Applications Tuesday March 8 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Dan Nordquist, Director of Technology, Bluespire Marketing

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W05 Reusing Logic Across Platforms Wednesday March 9 8:00am - 9:15am

Kevin Ford, Mobile Practice Lead, Magenic

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W10 Coding for Quality and Maintainability Wednesday March 9 9:30am - 10:45am

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Practice Lead, Magenic

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W15 Start Thinking Like a Designer Wednesday March 9 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Anthony Handley, UX Practice Lead, Magenic

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W20 Applied UX: iOS, Android, Windows Wednesday March 9 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Anthony Handley, UX Practice Lead, Magenic

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W25 Leveraging Azure Services Wednesday March 9 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Brent Edwards, Principal Lead Consultant, Magenic

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TH05 Building for the Modern Web with JavaScript Applications Thursday March 10 8:00am - 9:15am

Allen Conway, Lead Consultant , Magenic

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TH10 Building a Modern App with Xamarin Thursday March 10 9:30am - 10:45am

Kevin Ford, Mobile Practice Lead, Magenic

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TH15 Building a Modern Windows 10 Universal App Thursday March 10 11:00am - 12:15pm

Nick Landry, Senior Technical Evangelist , Microsoft

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TH20 Panel: Decoding Mobile Technologies Thursday March 10 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic
James Montemagno, Principal Program Manager – Xamarin, Microsoft
Ryan J. Salva, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft
Kevin Ford, Mobile Practice Lead, Magenic
Jacob Wilson, Director of Tax Technology, PWC

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TH25 Analyzing Results with Power BI Thursday March 10 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Scott Diehl, Practice Lead, Magenic

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F04 Workshop: Modern Development Deep Dive Friday March 11 8:00am - 5:00pm

Allen Conway, Lead Consultant , Magenic
Kevin Ford, Mobile Practice Lead, Magenic
Jason Bock MVP (C#), Practice Lead, Magenic
Brent Edwards, Principal Lead Consultant, Magenic

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UX / Design

TH06 User Experience Case Studies - Good and Bad Thursday March 10 9:30am - 10:45am

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

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TH11 Pretty, yet Powerful. How Data Visualization Transforms the way We Comprehend Information Thursday March 10 11:00am - 12:15pm

Walt Ritscher, Staff Author, Lynda.com at LinkedIn

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Visual Studio / .NET Framework

T01 Developer Productivity in Visual Studio 2015 Tuesday March 8 9:15am - 10:30am

Robert Green, Technical Evangelist, Developer Experience and Evangelism (DX), Microsoft

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T04 Technical Debt - Fight It with Science and Rigor Tuesday March 8 9:15am - 10:30am

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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TH03 Unit Testing & Test-Driven Development (TDD) for Mere Mortals Thursday March 10 8:00am - 9:15am

Benjamin Day, Consultant & Trainer, Benjamin Day Consulting, Inc.

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TH08 Unit Testing JavaScript Thursday March 10 9:30am - 10:45am

Ben Dewey MVP, Mobile Practice Lead, Windows Division, Tallan, Inc

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TH13 End-to-End Dependency Injection & Writing Testable Software Thursday March 10 11:00am - 12:15pm

Miguel Castro MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

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TH16 Exposing an Extensibility API for your Applications Thursday March 10 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Miguel Castro MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

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TH18 Async Patterns for .NET Development Thursday March 10 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Ben Dewey MVP, Mobile Practice Lead, Windows Division, Tallan, Inc

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TH23 Improving Quality for Agile Projects Through Manual and Automated UI Testing - NO CODING REQUIRED! Thursday March 10 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Mike Douglas, Solution Consultant, Deliveron Consulting Services

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Windows Client (Windows 10/UWP, WPF)

T09 Building Windows 10 Line of Business Applications Tuesday March 8 10:45am - 12:00pm

Robert Green, Technical Evangelist, Developer Experience and Evangelism (DX), Microsoft

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TH21 UWP Development for WPF and Silverlight Veterans Thursday March 10 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Walt Ritscher, Staff Author, Lynda.com at LinkedIn

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F02 Workshop: Building Business Apps on the Universal Windows Platform Friday March 11 8:00am - 5:00pm

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

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F03 Workshop: Creating Awesome 2D & 3D Games and Experiences with Unity Friday March 11 8:00am - 5:00pm

Adam Tuliper, Principal Software Engineer, DX, Microsoft

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