Microsoft Vista for Developers

With Windows Vista, the aim with the advancements in security and reliability, along with its cost and operational efficiencies, is to give you and your users confidence in your company PCs. With Windows Vista, users have clear ways to organize and view their information, which enables them to focus on the most important aspect of their jobs. Windows Vista communication, mobility, and networking features keep users connected to people, information, and devices. Combined, these benefits bring clarity to your world and to the world of your end users.

Windows Vista (formerly Windows code name "Longhorn") is a substantial advance in Windows, with significant innovations in the developer platform. Windows Vista makes it easier than ever before to build applications that are more secure, reliable, and manageable. Windows Vista also enables developers and designers to create user-experience breakthroughs that improve usability and enable greater relevance to the work users do. Finally, Windows Vista makes it easy to connect to information, systems, people, and devices though a number of innovative integration technologies.

We will be focusing on the core Vista Frameworks:

   1. Windows Communication Foundation
   2. Windows Presentation Foundation
   3. Windows Workflow Foundation