Chris Koenig

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Chris Koenig is a Senior Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, based in Dallas, TX. Prior to joining Microsoft in March of 2007, Chris worked as a Senior Architect for The Capital Group in San Antonio, and as an Architect for the global solution provider Avanade. As an Architect and consultant, Chris worked with a variety of clients from many vertical markets, ISVs and other solution providers on enterprise-class Windows and web-based applications. Today, Chris focuses on building, growing, and enhancing the developer communities in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana while specializing in Windows Phone 7 and Silverlight development.

Sessions

Overview of Windows Phone "Mango"

Level: 300
Track: None
Time: 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Day: 2
Room: TextControl

Windows Phone 7 was only the beginning. Later this year we’ll release a new version of Windows Phone, codenamed "Mango" that will unlock new capabilities for developers. In this session, Microsoft Senior Developer Evangelist Chris Koenig will deliver a demo-heavy preview of the new features in Windows Phone "Mango" - there will be lots of code and lots of examples on everything from multi-tasking, notifications, task switching and more.

To the cloud! Taking your PHP applications to the cloud with Windows Azure

Level: 300
Track: None
Time: 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Day: 1
Room: DevExpress

Join Microsoft Senior Developer Evangelist Chris Koenig for a deep-dive session on migrating your PHP/MySQL application to the Windows Azure Platform. During this talk we'll discuss the latest tools and SDKs for taking your PHP application "to the cloud!" including the Windows Azure SDK, the Windows Azure Command Line Tools for PHP as well as tools for migrating your MySQL database to SQL Azure and employing Windows Azure Blob and Table Storage for even more scalability.