Michael Johnson's Connection http://www.mjconnection.com Technologist 1st, Developer 2nd & Microsoft Evangelist 3rd Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:33:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Entity Framework training http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/17/entity-framework-training/ http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/17/entity-framework-training/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:33:26 +0000 Fireplug http://www.mjconnection.com/?p=257 Entity Framework training  event is taking place in Spokane, WA on March 28!

Here’s a summary from the registration site and the link to the registration site

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Essential Entity Framework Development

Over the past 25 years developers all over the world have been faced with the challenges of integrating object-oriented and relational database designs. In spite of continued advances in Object Relational Mapping (or ORM) technology, developing solutions that use object-oriented and relational technologies continues to prove painful.  However, within the last five years Microsoft has significantly eased these pains by releasing the Entity Framework (EF).


In this session, IntelliTect’s Mark Michaelis and Allen Greaves will reveal the power of Entity Framework and all it has to offer as an object data access layer. As a team they will begin with the essential Entity Framework principles to bring everyone up to speed and then quickly move to more complex scenarios. If you have been looking to jump start your Entity Framework development or to take your skill-set to the next level this is a session you shouldn’t miss.

Topics to be covered:
Entity Framework Mind Map

]]> http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/17/entity-framework-training/feed/ 0 Facebook has updated their app for windows phone 7 http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/16/facebook-has-updated-their-app-for-windows-phone-7/ http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/16/facebook-has-updated-their-app-for-windows-phone-7/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:16:00 +0000 Fireplug http://www.mjconnection.com/?p=248 Facebook made some nice improvements to their Windows Phone 7 App that is really

 

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Click here to check out the Facebook For Windows Phone Page

Test out your groups. Visit your pages. Look at who likes your posts. Change the banner image. Check out the improved news feed performance. Use the new filters. Explore the improved navigation.

To access the Windows Phone Web Marketplace and install the Facebook app click here!

 

Check out the Engadgets post about the Facebook app for Windows Phone 7: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/14/facebook-app-windows-phone-update/

Just a few of the highlights of the new features:

  • redesigned profile and panoramic design
  • “news feed performance improvements”
  • including support for filters
  • include support for Facebook Groups, pages and banner images, which can now be changed directly from a user’s handset.
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview

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Are you building an amazing new app right now? Want to get it out in front of a big audience? Windows Phone and Nokia are looking for innovative apps from targeted for Windows Phone 7.5. Selected apps will be showcased in our Windows Phone & Nokia ad campaigns including banner advertising, public relations outreach, events and social media activities. Open to all developers who publish apps published in and appropriate for the US Marketplace. Think your app is amazing? Tell us today at http://www.wpyourapphere.com

]]> http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/15/your-app-here-promotional-campaign-from-windows-phone-nokia/feed/ 0 Deliver the promise of the cloud with up to $3,700 of MSDN cloud benefits on Windows Azure http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/15/deliver-the-promise-of-the-cloud-with-up-to-3700-of-msdn-cloud-benefits-on-windows-azure/ http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/15/deliver-the-promise-of-the-cloud-with-up-to-3700-of-msdn-cloud-benefits-on-windows-azure/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:13:09 +0000 Fireplug http://www.mjconnection.com/?p=223  

Visual Studio Professional, Premium or Ultimate with MSDN subscriber, you get free access to Windows Azure each month, and up to $3,700.00 in annual Windows Azure benefits at no extra charge. Click HERE for more info or HERE to download the Windows Azure SDK

]]> http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/15/deliver-the-promise-of-the-cloud-with-up-to-3700-of-msdn-cloud-benefits-on-windows-azure/feed/ 3 WP7 Uploading to Facebook http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/13/wp7-uploading-to-facebook/ http://www.mjconnection.com/2012/02/13/wp7-uploading-to-facebook/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:21:39 +0000 Fireplug http://www.mjconnection.com/?p=209 Over that last year and a half, I have been to may Window Phone events. From hack – a – thons, to Dev Camps, to Unleashed events and surprisingly , one of the most common tasks I get asked about is integrating Facebook into a Windows Phone 7 application.   So today I came across this great blog post from Matthias Shapiro @matthiasshapiro about this exact subject.

This is a full-featured tutorial, walking through design, structure, UI and photo formatting. If you just want to know how to get from a Windows Phone 7 PhotoResult to posting that photo to Facebook, skip down to “Capture and Format the Photo” and start from there.

Read More :  http://bit.ly/yQETjq

It really is a great walk through… Check it out and let me know what you think.

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The series has a strong focus on delivering the skills required to take and pass the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659). But even if you aren’t interested in taking the exam, the information provided is invaluable to anyone that is just starting to use the Microsoft Virtualization platform. There is also some deep dive technical information planned for those that already work with virtualization.

Check out the blog series at his blog!

Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 1 – Study Resources

Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 2 – Skills Measured

Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 3 – Installing and Configuring Host and Parent Settings

Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 4 – Creating and Configuring Guest VM’s

Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 5 – I’m a Developer! Why Virtualize?

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