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Please note this is a preliminary agenda and subject to change

The .NET Framework for VB Developers
Amanda Silver, Microsoft
Visual Basic .NET offers developers full access to the powerful features of the .NET Framework. In this session, you’ll learn about the new unified programming model (which brings together Windows, Web and COM+ models), language interoperability, and get the top 10 tips to succeed using the capabilities of the .NET Framework.
10:15 a.m.

Building Windows Applications with Visual Studio .NET
Steve Lasker, Microsoft
Organizations striving to provide customers with the richest client experience possible know the importance of Windows-based applications. With Visual Studio .NET, the biggest challenges surrounding Windows application development have been addressed, enabling faster develop ment and simplified deployment. In this session, learn the ins and outs of building robust Windows applications with Visual Studio .NET.
11:30 a.m.

Lunch Session: Building Microsoft Office Solutions with Visual Studio .NET
Robert Green, Microsoft
Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System brings the power and productivity of Visual Studio .NET and the.NET Framework to business solutions built on Office Word 2003 and Office Excel 2003. Visual Studio developers now have the ability to write Visual Basic and C# code that runs in Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in response to user actions. This offers several advantages, including building solutions with Visual Studio, auto-deployment of code that is stored in an assembly rather than in the document, and code-access security to reduce the risk of malicious code. This session will cover the basics of building Microsoft Office solutions with Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System.
12:30 p.m.

Web Applications and Web Services in Visual Studio .NET
Ken Getz, MCW Technologies, LLC
With Visual Studio .NET, your experience in building rich Windows applications easily translates into expert Web application and Web service development. Attend this session and find out how to bridge the gap between Windows and the Web. We ’ll discuss ASP.NET and Web Forms that bring Web application development within reach for all developers. You ’ll also learn how to leverage XML Web services within Windows, Web, and mobile applications.
1:45 p.m.

Visual Studio .NET Data Access
Paul Yuknewicz, Microsoft
If you ’re a COM-based ADO developer, you ’re in for a treat when moving to .NET. It ’s amazing how much you can accomplish with very little code using Visual Studio .NET ’s tools for working with data, along with the classes provided by the System.Data namespace. In this session, you ’ll learn
the basics of using the new ADO .NET Managed Providers, and how to retrieve, display, and modify data -all with very little code! Need to call a SQL Server stored procedure to retrieve data? No problem! In addition, you ’ll see how to dig into ADO.NET classes in code,as well. Almost every .NET application needs to manipulate data in one way or another, and this session gets you what you need to get up and running.
3 p.m.

Middle-Tier Component Development in Visual Studio .NET
Jay Schmelzer, Microsoft
Multi-tier development is an essential component for today and tomorrow ’s distributed Windows DNA apps. The Visual Studio development team will detail Visual Studio .NET ’s rich set of framework components at each tier of app devel opment:user interface, business logic and data.
4:15 p.m.

Deploying Visual Studio .NET Applications
Brian Randell, MCW Technologies LLC
Learn how to create installers applications written in Visual Studio .NET -both traditional Windows applications and Web applications. Learn how to include the .NET Framework in your installer, how to use dynamic properties to control the location of resources your application uses (such as Web services and databases) and how the new versioning policy of .NET affects setups.
5:30 p.m.