Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 Virtual Pressroom

Feature Stories

Developers making plans for Windows Azure, Windows 7 (November 17, 2008)
PDC2008 attendees fired up over potential shown by new Microsoft platforms for “cloud” computing.
Microsoft Research Demonstrates Software-driven Technology Breakthroughs at PDC2008 (October 29, 2008)
Developers get new tools and a glimpse into future of robotics, Surface, other Microsoft innovations designed to address societal issues and change the computing experience.
New Developer Tools and Investments Span from Traditional Application Models to Cloud Development (October 29, 2008)
Microsoft focuses on simplifying core tasks such as data and identity management, allowing developers to spend more time creating innovative applications and user experiences.
Microsoft to Extend Office to the Browser (October 28, 2008)
Q&A: Microsoft Senior Vice President Chris Capossela discusses how extending Office applications to the browser will increase choice and flexibility for customers.
Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform: Making Microsoft’s Software-plus-Services Vision a Reality (October 27, 2008)
New platform and services enable developers to create experiences that connect people across all devices by linking personal and business applications through the Web.

Microsoft Announces the Next Version of Windows Embedded Standard to Be Built on Windows 7 (October 29, 2008)
Microsoft Announces SPARKs Will Fly, Windows Embedded Developer Competition (October 29, 2008)
Microsoft Delivers Pre-Beta Release of Window 7 to Developers and Previews New Web Applications Based on Office Software (October 28, 2008)
Microsoft Unveils Windows® Azure™ at Professional Developers Conference 2008 (October 27, 2008)
Microsoft and PreEmptive Solutions to Provide Application Feature Monitoring, Usage Expiry and Tamper Defense in Visual Studio 2010 (October 27, 2008)

Rick Rashid: Day 3 Keynote, Microsoft PDC2008
Remarks by Rick Rashid, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Research, Day 3 of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008)
(October 29, 2008, Los Angeles)
Professional Developers Conference 2008 Day 2 Keynote: Ray Ozzie, Steven Sinofsky, Scott Guthrie, and David Treadwell
Remarks by: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Chief Software Architect; Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group; David Treadwell, Corporate Vice President, Live Platform Services; Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President, .NET Developer Division; Takeshi Numoto, General
(October 28, 2008)
Professional Developers Conference 2008 Day 1 Keynote: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia, Dave Thompson
Remarks by Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, Corporate Vice President, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Amitabh Srivastava; Senior Vice President, Server and Tools Business, Bob Muglia; Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Online, Dave Thompson. Oct. 27, 2008, Los Angeles
(October 27, 2008)

Azure Services Platform Delivers on Microsoft’s Commitment to Openness
Microsoft Director of Platform Strategy Sam Ramji, blogs at Port25 on fostering openness and interoperability, and creating opportunities for open source developers.