Interested in how LINQ actually works, under the covers? In this session Jonathan Aneja (Microsoft Visual Basic Compiler PM) will take a close look at the VB2008 language features that enable LINQ. These features include Query Expressions, Type Inference, Anonymous Types, Extension Methods, Lambda Expressions, Closures, Expression Trees, Partial Methods, and Relaxed Delegates. He’ll also demonstrate examples involving LINQ to Dataset, LINQ to XML, Deferred Execution, and how to dynamically construct a LINQ query. By the time you leave this session, you’ll have a clear understanding of how queries and the individual VB2008 language features can be powerfully leveraged in your own applications to write less code.

This presentation explains how to easily test in a “test bed”, an application conceived with modular abstractions such as the “layer”. You will acquire fundamental knowledge about how to partitions into layers the concerns of the application. We will teach you the best practices regarding application architecture and modularity. We will demonstrate how to apply “top-down” as well as “test-driven” design techniques. You will learn how to correctly design the “velcro”, the visible interface of a module. In the same way, you will learn how to conceive a “fake” implementation, an efficient strategy to test a module in an autonomous way. Overall, you will learn how to design for testability and why we need a unit of modularity that goes beyond object.

Microsoft Reporting Services is the component of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 that provides an enterprise-ready and extensible presentation layer for the Microsoft business intelligence platform. Reporting Services now includes several new features that improve the report development, management, and delivery processes. The new tablix and chart controls give you more options for presenting data in a report, and the new server architecture makes it easier for administrators to manage server resources and for users to access and page through large reports. This session will introduce you to SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services.

Implementing Data Services in ADO.NET 3.5 -> when, how and at what performance cost

Microsoft Sync Framework is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline access for applications, services and devices. It features technologies and tools that enable roaming, sharing, and taking data offline. Using Microsoft Sync Framework, developers can build sync ecosystems that integrate any application, with any data from any store using any protocol over any network.