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

Learn the techniques that can have the largest impact on web performance with the least amount of work. more

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

In this session, I will take you through these and the rest of the new features, and how to take advantage of them in existing projects as well as greenfield development. more

Miguel Castro MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

In this session, I'll introduce you to the platform and by providing frames of references with web forms and hopefully providing you with the pluses and minuses of both platforms. more

Michael Washington, Founder, AiHelpWebsite.com

Visual Studio LightSwitch provides the fastest way to create forms over data line of business applications. By leveraging OData you can use LightSwitch to efficiently create web applications. more

Marcel de Vries, CTO, Xpirit

After attending this session you will know what Single Page Applications are, when to use them and how to build them using the power of ASP.NET MVC 4, Upshot.js and Knockout.js more

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer , AIS

You will walk away with enough information to start digging deeper into the features that make sense to you and your project. more

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer , AIS

This session is for anyone who wants to get better understand of the recently-announced Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering. more

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

In this session, we will take a simple, traditional ASP.NET app and walk through the migration to Windows Azure. more

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

In this session, we will explore the traditional Windows Azure web and worker compute roles and walk through the common challenges encountered when using these. more

Jesus Rodriguez, Chief Architect, Tellago and Tellago Studios

This session will highlight best practices and techniques to leverage technologies such as NodeJS, Hadoop, MongoDB, Solr or Memcache as part of your Windows Azure applications. more

Sasha Goldshtein, CTO, SELA Group

In this talk we'll build a Node.js application from scratch and deploy it to Windows Azure in a matter of seconds. more

Jesus Rodriguez, Chief Architect, Tellago and Tellago Studios

This session will explore the capabilities of the Windows Azure platform that can enable sophisticated, highly scalable mobile enterprise applications. more

Sasha Goldshtein, CTO, SELA Group

In this talk we'll build a backend for a Windows 8 app, a Windows Phone 8 app, and an Android app using WAMS and Parse, featuring push notifications, database and triggers, user management and more. more

Michael Collier, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft

In this session we'll provide a crash course in claims as they relate to identity management. more

Michael Collier, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft

Besides covering deployment options with PowerShell and TFS, in this session we'll also discuss techniques for using handling the inevitable updates of our cloud services. more

Anthony Handley, UX Practice Lead, Magenic

This session focuses on the user experience design process and the types of user experience requirements you must take into account when designing a modern app. more

Rachel Appel, Senior Developer Evangelist, Microsoft

In this session you will learn what you need to get started writing data-driven mobile web applications in Visual Studio with ASP.NET MVC more

Marcel de Vries, CTO, Xpirit

This session will show the tools Visual Studio, Mono for Android and Mono Touch for iOS to program all the devices using C#. more

Nick Landry, Senior Technical Evangelist , Microsoft

If you've ever considered dipping your toes in the iWaters, this session is your chance to take your first dive. more

Nick Landry, Senior Technical Evangelist , Microsoft

From iOS to Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8, discover how to send push notifications from cloud-hosted services to a mobile app running on a tablet or phone, and learn how to handle those alerts in your mobile app. more

Michael Washington, Founder, AiHelpWebsite.com

Visual Studio LightSwitch allows you to create HTML5 mobile websites using the new HTML Client. This allows you to quickly and easily build and deploy applications in minutes that would normally take hours. more

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

This full-day workshop will get you up to speed on powerful new features in SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, and SQL Server 2012. Lenni and Andrew will pull no punches as they rip through the most important SQL Server features for developers in this intensive demo-packed tour. more

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

In this session, Microsoft BI expert and ZDNet Big Data blogger Andrew Brust will introduce you to HDInsight and its developer tools, demonstrate relevant BI tools and show how they work together. He’ll also show how developers with relational database skills can make the jump into this exciting and opportunity-filled area. more

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

In this session, longtime Microsoft BI expert and ZDNet Big Data blogger Andrew Brust will explain BISM, by showing it to you at work inside PowerPivot, SQL Server Analysis Services and Power View. more

Ted Neward, Director, Developer Relations, Smartsheet.com

In this session, we'll tackle that precise challenge: to understand how Mongo works and get started working with it, including how to put data into it, find data within it, and so on. Come with an open mind (and maybe a laptop to code alongside as we go). more

Ted Neward, Director, Developer Relations, Smartsheet.com

In this session, you'll get a first-hand look at the Cassandra column-oriented data model, how Cassandra stores things in a "ring" of servers to scale, and more importantly, how to store, retrieve, and scale it. more

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Don't miss out on this demo-centric information-packed session on the new generation of database tools for application developers! more

Jim Wooley, Solution Architect, Slalom Consulting

By the end of this session, you should have an understanding of when to use each of these new and emerging technologies to improve your LINQ code. more

Gil Fink, Senior Architect, Sela

This session will explain what the Open Data Protocol (OData) is and how to create OData feeds using WCF Data Services. more

Gil Fink, Senior Architect, Sela

This session will cover several Entity Framework features such as Code First, DbContext API and Migrations. more

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

The session will review how to use the library for very useful features while avoiding browser inconsistencies, and making AJAX calls to the server. Several plug-ins will be demonstrated which provide stunning client experiences with as little as one (1) line of code! Learn how JQuery greatly simplifies client side development. more

Ben Hoelting, Senior Technologist, Aspenware

This session will discuss some of the tooling advancements in Visual Studio 2012 related to JavaScript development. more

Ben Hoelting, Senior Technologist, Aspenware

This session will define these new capabilities and provide some tips and tricks on how to use them effectively in your web applications. more

Rick Garibay, Senior Software Development Manager, Amazon.com

In this talk, we'll look at why Node.js is the perfect framework for building a fast, slick little URL shortening service that is easy to maintain and scales really well on the web. We'll look at a few persistence options as well as benchmarks and who knows, we might just write the next killer URL shortening service! more

Rick Garibay, Senior Software Development Manager, Amazon.com

Come learn how Microsoft is leading the innovation behind this exciting capability with an interactive presentation covering Microsoft's implementation of the HTML5 WebSockets API and how you can provide the performance and functionality required to deliver great user experiences with HTML5, ASP.NET, WCF, Node.js and Windows Azure today. more

Gil Fink, Senior Architect, Sela

In this session we will deep dive into the new storage options that HTML5 brings and how to use them. The session will discuss Web Storage, IndexedDB and AppCache APIs. more

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

Visual Studio 2012 and .NET provides application developers the tools they need to meet these demands with the unmatched productivity you expect from Visual Studio. more

Craig Kitterman, Group Product Manager, Visual Studio Team, Microsoft

In this keynote session, we will cut through the buzz words and take a close look - with live demos - at some key benefits of Windows Azure that you can take advantage of immediately. more

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

Miguel Castro MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

Marcel de Vries, CTO, Xpirit

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

Join some of your favorite Visual Studio Live! Chicago speakers as they discuss the new content presented during the conference. more

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

In this introductory session, Brian will provide you with a clear understanding of the various tools and technologies you have available for you today in 2013 to build great collaboration solutions on top of the Office family of products. more

Jim Wooley, Solution Architect, Slalom Consulting

In this session you will see how to incorporate unit testing into your SharePoint development approach. more

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

In this workshop, Brian will show you how Microsoft’s tool suite has changed and evolved to help you manage your entire lifecycle. more

Marcel de Vries, CTO, Xpirit

Come and see why this feature can be a game changer for you today, and even more so when we look at the future of where we can use it in a production environment! more

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

Ben will start by giving you a tour of the features. Then he'll move on to show you how to configure your build servers, builds and how to extend and customize the default build scripts to handle environment-specific configuration files, configuring IIS applications, and more. more

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

You’ll see how you can take a single idea and get it into production on an hourly basis if you choose. So get rid of your Federation uniform and your Klingon bat'leth just be a citizen of the universe with DevOps. more

Marcel de Vries, CTO, Xpirit

See the concepts of parallel and asynchronous programming and how to apply them in code. more

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

In this session, Ben will start by clarifying the difference between unit and integrationtests. After that, he'll demonstrate how using dependency injection, mocks objects and stubs can help break dependencies and simplify your tests. more

Raj Krishnan, Technology Architect, Microsoft

Visual Studio 2012 – Everything You Need to Design, Build, Deploy, Operate and Maintain Quality Software more

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

In this session, you'll get a tour of the elements behind this new API, such as syntax trees and engines, and how you can use them in code analysis and metaprogramming techniques. more

Miguel Castro MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

In this session, Miguel will explain dependency injection from concept to implementation, and use raw code samples to show you how it works and what problems it solves. more

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

In this session, you'll see how you can use static analysis tools (like Code Analysis/FxCop) to find all kinds of implementation issues before they show up in a release. more

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

By the end of the day you’ll have a good understanding of WinRT development and everything the Windows 8 platform has to offer. more

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

In this session, Philip will teach you what you need to know to get started writing applications for Windows 8 using WinJS. more

Dave Bost, Technical Evangelist, Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) Division, Microsoft

With Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, there are several tools and game engines out there that make it real easy for the budding game developer. more

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

This session will cover the most important Windows 8 guidelines for typical developers, including layout, navigation patterns, and working with the OS via charms and other functions. more

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

This presentation offers a complete example of a Windows Store app using all the latest technologies. more

Billy Hollis, XAML Slinger

This session will discuss the new elements and controls, demonstrate their usage, and discuss the touch scenarios in which the elements are useful. more

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

In this presentation Ben Dewey will show the many ways in which you can communicate to your user via Tiles and Notifications. more

Brian Peek, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

In this session, Brian will demonstrate the fundamentals of Windows Phone development while building a very simple application which covers all of the important points of the new platforms architecture. more

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

In this talk, Ben Dewey will show various techniques to optimize the use of Portable Class Libraries and maximize the code that is shared between a sample Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 application. more

Christopher Woodruff, Director, Perficient, Inc.

Come see why you should know the tricks of the trade before developing that killer Windows Phone 8 app. more

Brian Peek, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

In this session, we will explore these contracts and how they can be used in any Windows Store application to provide a seamless, integrated experience for users. more

Brian Noyes, CTO and Co-founder, Solliance

This session will make clear what the realm of possibilities are, what the similarities and differences are between those choices, and what some of the driving factors are. more

Ken Hilker, Product Manager - Installation Solutions, Flexera

Join Ken Hilker from Flexera for two mini-sessions on Application Virtualization and sideloading. more

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

By the end of the day you’ll have a good understanding of WinRT development and everything the Windows 8 platform has to offer. more

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

This full-day workshop will get you up to speed on powerful new features in SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, and SQL Server 2012. Lenni and Andrew will pull no punches as they rip through the most important SQL Server features for developers in this intensive demo-packed tour. more

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

In this workshop, Brian will show you how Microsoft’s tool suite has changed and evolved to help you manage your entire lifecycle. more

Brian Noyes, CTO and Co-founder, Solliance

You'll walk away with a baseline architecture and sample code for achieving it that will let you grow and extend your WPF and Silverlight client apps over time without needing to constantly crack open the core code and do surgery to add new features. more

Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic

In this session you will learn how to migrate WPF and Silverlight apps to WinRT. more