I just returned from SD West, a conference a speak at each year in Santa Clara. Here I delivered several tutorials and sessions, many embracing new subject matter that excites me lately. The list of tutorials and sessions are below. I am a little behind schedule here as I am just now in the process of posting links to the code for each session. See links and comments below. Email me with any questions.

Microsoft Technology Roadmap Tutorial

• I updated my "technology avalanche" tutorial to reflect today's long list of things we should care about including F#; parallel computing; technologies related to data access, windows, web, SOA and workflow; new security platforms; model-driven development with Oslo and cloud computing. Whew! I will post a separate blog entry dedicated to this session and all the resources you need to get set up to work with these technologies and reference it from here.
• Update: 04/17/09
• • Here is a link to the technology roadmap post: http://www.dasblonde.net/2009/04/17/MicrosoftTechnologyRoadmapLinksAndResources.aspx

Cloud Computing with the Azure Services Platform Tutorial

• Zoiner Tejada (a good friend and colleague) and myself presented a full day of cloud computing on Azure.
• Zoiner's code samples are here: http://www.dasblonde.net/downloads/CloudTutorialSamplesZoiner.zip
• My  code samples are here: http://www.dasblonde.net/downloads/CloudTutorialSamplesMLB.zip

A Lap Around Geneva Framework

• One of my favorite subjects - federated security!
• I wrote two MSDN articles on this subject which have links to the sample code as well:
  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd278426.aspx
  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.01.genevests.aspx

Access Control Service: Federated Security in the Cloud

• Another favorite, all things federated!
• UPDATE: 05/21/09
  • Due to forthcoming changes in the ACS platform my article on the subject is delayed until later this year, so you should look to the SDK for now.

WS* or REST? Choosing the Right Approach for your WCF Services

• Many people in this session were new to WCF. All of my code samples for my book can be downloaded from here: http://www.thatindigogirl.com. Be sure to download the VS 2008 code.
• Here are my RESTful WCF samples: http://www.dasblonde.net/downloads/RESTfulWCF.zip

Architectural Scenarios for Workflow Services

• Get the code here: http://www.dasblonde.net/downloads/WorkflowServices.zip