An Object Oriented approach to handling XML.

Understand the basics of the ODF format, and specifically its implementation in spreadsheet applications (OpenOffice.org Calc and Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP2). Presented is a demo application that writes/reads tabular data to/from .ODS files.

Discover an ADO.NET Entity Framework tutorial covering basic data operations for applications, including LINQ To Entities, Method Expressions, stored procedure mapping, and a little discussion about its usage in an enterprise environment.

Discover how to design user-driven applications

An ADO.NET Data Services Tutorial covering REST, querystring operations and expressions, HTTP verbs, Linq to Data Services, security, exceptions and tracing.

By Chris Bennett - Learn how to create Word documents in your application without using Office Interop or third-party libraries.

Gain an understanding of LINQ (Language Integrated Query) to XML and see why you'll never want to use the DOM again.

Learn to how to make SQL Server Integration Services a part of Windows Workflow Foundation.

Discover how to use the XamlReader to dynamically create a Datatemplate. Then, see how you can bind to a Dataset and display the data in a ListView control (via a sample application pointing to the Northwind database).

Let the .NET Framework write your XML Schema document (XSD) for you.

Many WPF demos focus on slick graphics and designer user interfaces. While this is all good, those regular business database applications will eventually make the transition from WinForms to WPF. Learn how to get started accessing business data in your WPF applications.

Want to store documents or photos in SQL server? Learn how SQL Server and ADO.NET together can provide an elegant solution for storing and retrieving BLOBs.

Store XML data directly in SQL Server. Use the power of the XML data type to store and manipulate XML data efficiently and easily.

Learn to build a Management Pack to monitor your application.

Learn about BizTalk 2006 R2's core features housed in the BizTalk Messaging Engine and what they can do for you.

Discover when and why you may want to use a custom XSL document for mapping rather than the BizTalk Mapper.

Learn to implement a Regular Expression search for .NET Streams.

The Visual Studio team has taken a first step toward integrating the BI (Business Intelligence) Report Wizard—a baby step.

Leverage the BizTalk POP3 Adapter to manage an inbox.

Learn how to implement the Content Enricher integration pattern using BizTalk 2006 R2 and SQL Server 2005.

Learn to use the EMC Centera SDK and the .NET wrapper being developed as an open source project to store "fixed content" on the EMC Centera storage appliance.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) 2007 introduced a mechanism to integrate back-end systems and Line of Business processes with the Portal infrastructure, bringing external data inside the Portal. In addition to creating XML schemas manually, with SharePoint's Object Model the BDC can be generated programmatically.

Learn how to more easily extend, re-use, and configure a BizTalk Custom Pipeline Component.

Learn how to encrypt and save BLOB data to a SQLite database using SQLitePlus.