U2U, Golden Sponsor of DevDays 2007

U2U at the Microsoft Developer & IT Pro Days 2007 in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

Microsoft Developer & IT Pro Days 2007, sponsored by U2U, developers and IT pros were prepared for the next "The Connected Generation" of applications and systems.

The U2U sessions @ DevDays 2007 in Belgium

U2U presented the following sessions:

MOSS 2007 Policies and the Records Center (Patrick Tisseghem)

This session first drills down from a developer perspective into the MOSS 2007 policy framework talking about the architecture of a policy, the out-of-the-box policies and continues with the creation of custom policies that can be enforced on content dropped and managed in the SharePoint sites. We�ll cover the essentials and finish of with the more advanced techniques of building custom policies. We'll of course also have a look at how policies can be deployed and made available for the SharePoint administrators. Second part of the session is all about records management with first of all the configuration of the Records Center, a new type of site delivered with MOSS 2007. We'll discuss how administrators can create file plans and how developers can build custom routers to move the submitted records into their proper place possibly converting the document into another format along the way. The submission can be done in a number of ways as we will see, not restricting the communiction to the Records Center only from SharePoint but allowing non-SharePoint application to talk as well to the Records Center. All of this spiced with plenty of demos, best practices, tips and useful resources.

Customizing and Programming MOSS 2007 Search (Patrick Tisseghem)

This session is fully targetting developers who have an interest in how to customize the Search Center and built custom applications communicating in some way with the index and search engine delivered with the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The session starts with some samples demonstrating the options you have with the new search administration object model. Next, you�ll be guided through the steps you can take to customize the Search Center and the customizations of the many search-related Web Parts, for example customizing the search results with your own XSLT files. Once SharePoint has built up an index file, custom apps can start executing search queries against it using two types of query syntaxes. Join the session and learn all about your different options you have, communicating directly with the new search object model , or communicating with the query Web service. To conclude, a demo will be delivered of building a custom security trimmer for the search results.

WPF Data Binding Explained (Peter Himschoot)

Almost every application needs to display data somehow, and of course WPF applications are no exception. In this session you will learn all about WPF data binding. We will start by looking at using simple data-binding controls to objects, how-to do data validation and converting data. We will use complex data binding for lists and master-detail, see how we can filter, sort and group data. We will see how templates are used to tweak and reuse the displaying of data-bound data and errors. Of course we will also look at how to data-bind datasets and xml. After attending this session you should have a clear idea on how data binding in WPF works.

Building Web Parts the Smart Way (Patrick Tisseghem, Jan Tielens en Kevin DeRuddere)

This session is all about building Web Parts in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. You'll learn how to start with the development of Web Parts, use the latest Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, see how you can leverage the Return of SmartPart to help you to be more productive, see some integration of AJAX technology and SharePoint Web Parts and you'll learn more about the various options to package, deploy and maintain your development work using SharePoint Solutions and the Solution Management support in WSS 3.0.

The U2U sessions @ DevDays 2007 in Luxembourg

U2U presented the following sessions:

Windows Vista Overview for Developers (Serge Luca & David Boschmans)

Welcome to Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, the new managed code programming model for Windows. If you want to create visually stunning user interfaces, build connected applications that interoperate across platforms, and model a range of business processes, and provide a better login and authentication experience for your customers, this is the session for you. In this session, you’ll learn how Microsoft’s next generation developer platform, .NET Framework 3.0, enables you to address all of these scenarios and more. You’ll get the big picture on .NET Framework 3.0, including an overview of its new technologies (Windows CardSpace, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)) and how it relates to .NET Framework 2.0. You’ll walk away understanding how .NET Framework 3.0 simplifies software development and enables you to build new types of applications.

Building WCF-based Services with WF-enabled Business Logic (Serge Luca)

The .NET Framework 3.0 has great technologies for building service-oriented communication software and great assets for building workflow-based business logic. But how do you use them together? Services and workflow look like twins separated at birth. This session demonstrates approaches to build communication aspects with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and business logic with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) into your applications.

The U2U sessions @ DevDays 2007 in the Netherlands

U2U presented the following sessions:

SharePoint Services v3 en Office SharePoint 2007 als ontwikkelplatform (Jan Tielens)

Slim webparts bouwen (Jan Tielens)

Deze sessie gaat over het ontwikkelen van webparts voor Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. In deze sessie zal gestart worden met ASP.NET webpart-development en de laatste versie van de Visual Studio Extensions voor WSS.

Ook zal de nieuwe versie van de SmartPart webpart worden besproken waarmee u snel en gemakkelijk webparts kunt bouwen voor SharePoint. Deze versie van de SmartPart laat toe om AJAX-technologie te gebruiken. De verschillende manieren om web parts te deployen worden ook besproken: SharePoint Solutions en Solution Management in WSS 3.0.

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF): een introductie (Peter Himschoot)

WPF is de nieuwe grafische presentatietechnologie van Microsoft. Het vergemakkelijkt geavanceerde grafische taken en opent daarmee vele deuren - de mogelijkheid om zeer productieve en originele user interfaces (UI) te maken, om 2D- en 3D-beelden eenvoudig in applicaties te verwerken, om aansprekende gebruikerservaringen te bieden en om het werk van grafische ontwerpers met business logica te vermengen. De architectuur achter WPF is opmerkelijke helder. Via demonstraties illustreert deze sessie hoe dat model mogelijkheden die eerst alleen voor specialisten bereikbaar waren, binnen handbereik van elke ontwikkelaar brengt.


Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF): databinding uitgelegd (Peter Himschoot)

Vrijwel elke applicatie moet op de een of andere manier data tonen. WPF-applicaties vormen daarop geen uitzondering. In de sessie leert u alles over WPF data binding. We beginnen met een blik op het gebruik van eenvoudige databinding-controls voor objecten. Het valideren en converteren van data komt ook aan bod. We gebruiken complexe data voor lijsten en master-detail en ontdekken hoe we data kunnen filteren, sorteren en groeperen. Verder kijken we hoe templates in te zetten voor verbetering en hergebruik van het tonen van data-bound data. Natuurlijk komt ook data binding van datasets en XML aan de orde. Verder bespreken we LINQ met WPF en demonstreren we Microsoft Expression Blend. Na een bezoek aan deze sessie heeft u een helder beeld van het functioneren van data binding in WPF.

U2U, Golden Sponsor of DevDays 2006

U2U at the Microsoft Developer & IT Pro Days 2006 in Belgium

Microsoft Developer & IT Pro Days 2006, sponsored by U2U, developers and IT pros were prepared for the next "The Connected Generation" of applications and systems.

The U2U sessions @ DevDays 2006 in Belgium and the Netherlands

U2U presented the following sessions:

Visual Studio Tools for Office: Building Office Solutions Using Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 (Peter Himschoot)

VSTO 2005 brings Office development to the professional .NET developers. With an integrated designer experience, host controls providing a .NET layer on top of your native Word and Excel controls, new data-binding capabilities, storage of XML as data islands, rich and flexible programming model for creating smart documents and smart tags, you as a .NET developer can leverage the powerful framework of Office 2003 as a smart client platform. In addition, VSTO 2005 also introduces a new add-in architecture for Office 2003, currently only for Outlook 2003. Join this session and we will give you a whirlwind tour of all these features and show you how .NET developers can create compelling applications for the information workers.

Office System: How SharePoint Services 2.0 developers today can take advantage of the new capabilities in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services �3.0� (Jan Tielens)

Windows SharePoint Services �v3� takes full advantage of Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 and the core Microsoft .NET 2.0 runtime. In this session, we will start from the WSS 2.0 features and give you a broad overview how these features have evolved in this new version of WSS. This session will cover: the new event model, the new ASP.NET 2.0 Web Part Framework, the new rich and easy techniques for branding and customizing your sites, the object model enhancements, the new data storage model including content types and extensible field types, the recycle bin and RSS Feeds, or how community solutions made it to v3, building workflow applications, and much more!

U2U, Golden Sponsor of DevDays 2005

U2U at the Microsoft Developer & IT Pro Days 2005

Plunge into rich technical content of Microsoft's products and technologies of today and tomorrow. Fish for a technical drill-down on building, deploying, securing and managing solutions that really solve business problems. Experience this year's theme of "The Human Spirit" by connecting with your developer, IT professional and IT architect peers. You will feel like a fish in water! Bill Gates, Chief Software Architect at Microsoft, will open the conference!

U2U, Golden Sponser of the Microsoft Developer IT Pro Days 2005

Microsoft Developer & IT Pro Days 2005 offered a combination of practice oriented information and in-depth technical sessions.

The U2U sessions @ DevDays 2005

U2U presented the following sessions:

Accessing Your Business' Data Through Information Bridge Framework
Find out what the buzz is all about. Get to know Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework - its value proposition, purpose of Microsoft Office solutions based on Information Bridge Framework, target audience, architecture, technology principals as well as see a live demo of the solution based on Information Bridge.

Hardcore Development For SharePoint Products & Technologies (part 1)
Find out everything you ever wanted to know in this deep technical session about SharePoint Products and Technologies. Learn about best practices, tools and resources you can use to develop great collaborative solutions fast.

Hardcore Development For SharePoint Products & Technologies (part 2)
Find out everything you ever wanted to know in this deep technical session about SharePoint Products and Technologies. Learn about best practices, tools and resources you can use to develop great collaborative solutions fast.

U2U at the Microsoft Developer & IT Pro Days 2004

Developer Days is the event for Belgian developers where Microsoft showed its state of the art technology, the event where developers, industry experts and technology met each other. In the 2004 Edition, the theme is "Innovation through Integration" and the focus is on the Microsoft software platform strategy for today and tomorrow and more specifically on the aspects of innovation and integration of our solutions.

The U2U sessions @ DevDays 2004

Communication and Collaboration: a developer�s overview

People and organizations have to work together all the time and implement processes to support communication and collaboration. The Microsoft Office System offers you a wide range of possibilities. In this session Patrick will demonstrate these techniques and how you can extend them as a developer; the Microsoft Office System, SharePoint Services and Visual Studio Tools for the Office System. Further Patrick will briefly talk about weblogs (a.k.a. blogs) and RSS feeds..

Overview of ASP.NET Whidbey

Walk through the most exciting release of ASP.NET yet -- "Whidbey". Learn how the new release enables developers to dramatically reduce the number of lines of code needed to write real-world web applications, provides much improved administration and management support, and dramatically improved performance.
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U2U Hands-on Labs on Whidbey @ DevDays

Get your hands on the latest tools and technologies and play around with them... Gain valuable experience working with a variety of current & future Microsoft products in the various U2U hands-on labs.

Hands-on Lab 1   Data binding in ASP.NET 2.0

Hands-on Lab 2   Refactoring in Visual Studio.NET Whidbey

Hands-on Lab 3   Master Pages in ASP.NET 2.0

Hands-on Lab 4   ADO.NET 2.0 - ObjectSpaces