Windows 8 Developer Camp - HTML5 on Metro will be the biggest technical event Microsoft Singapore is organizing on Windows 8. HTML5 is here, and with it, web applications take on power, ease, scalability, and responsiveness like never before. HTML5 on Metro lets developers learn how to use the latest cutting-edge HTML5 web technology to build Windows 8 applications with unparalleled functionality, speed, and responsiveness. Featuring Giorgio Sardo, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation Giorgio is a popular speaker worldwide and in the last 5 years he has presented at many conferences about HTML5, the Web and Mobile Platform. He is the mind behind many beautiful HTML5 applications and games at beautyoftheweb.com and Cut the Rope for IE. AGENDA 10 AM Behind the Scenes of Cut The Rope 11 AM Getting started with Window 8 Metro Apps 12 PM Lunch 1 PM Metro for HTML/JS Developers 2 PM Responsive App Design 3 PM Break 4 PM Client + Cloud integration with Azure ...

Sign up for our workshops after submitting your app ideas to win8sg@microsoft.com Windows 8 changes everything. It is the single most important opportunity for developers right now. That’s why we’re going to get technical in these sessions. Come join us in one of these Windows 8 hands-on sessions that will allow you to the opportunity to go through the app development process with our Windows 8 experts. Topics to be covered, with focus on html and Javascript: ...

 Have you considered how you will extend your organization to the private or public cloud? Do you have a plan for implementing your own cloud infrastructure? Are you aware of everything you can do now? We’d like to invite you and your technical staff to join us at this interactive engagement to: Learn how Microsoft is delivering cloud solutions now and in the future. Get a deep understanding of what the Microsoft Private Cloud is – and how you can take advantage of it today. Use the latest private cloud technologies from Microsoft, including Windows Server® and the new Microsoft System Center®. TOPICS ...

Microsoft Management Submit 2012 is happening right now at Vegas. Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Management and Security Division delivered a fantastic keynote last night. The second day keynote will be happening tonight at 11:15PM - 12:45PM Singapore local time. You could watch it live (or on-demand) at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/new.aspx. After watching, I’m sure you will have questions that you would like to bounce off to someone. You can do that by joining the conversation that’s happening concurrently at Facebook MMS APAC Chat Wall. MVPs, community leaders and industry peers from Asia Pacific will be there to answer all your questions. Here are what people are talking about now! Get into the conversation!

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) is a reinvented certification for today’s technology solutions Microsoft has reinvented its certification program by building a broader and deeper set of technology solutions skills validation, starting with cloud-enabled solution skills. As one of the most recognized and respected certification programs, Microsoft is charting the path for IT Professionals and Developers to keep their skills relevant as new technology solutions are released. Reinvented, Not Just Renamed Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) emphasizes solutions Microsoft has reinvented its certifications to validate the skill sets needed to develop, deploy, and maintain Microsoft technology solutions. These certifications recognize IT Pros and Developers who have skill sets that run both broad and deep. Certifications are available at three skill levels: ...

What is Cloud? Okay, ‘Cloud’ is a over-used word these days in IT. Everyone is talking about Cloud, every IT vendor is talking about Cloud. So What is Cloud? Can you describe it? If you cannot, don’t worry you are not the only one. I always refer to the defination by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): “Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model promotes availability and is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models**:** _On-demand self-servic_e, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and measured service.” For the full defination, click HERE to visit the NIST website. The key word here is “Cloud Computing is a model” A model that delivers ...

HTML 5 is going to be the next big thing. It’s promise for openness and interactivity on both web and mobile is definitely one of the key attractions for developers. Juha from Non-Stop Games shares about his experience building HTML5 games at #MSCampfire. His company built Dollar Isle, which is a web game built on HTML5 - users set out to building an island filled sky scrapers, hotels and casinos that attract visitors around the virtual world. Juha opens by setting the stage with the definition of HTML5 in his case, which is HTML +JavaScript + CSS3. ...

We’ve got tonnes of great prizes waiting for you at #MSCampfire! Inside our UFO catcher are carebears tagged with #MSCampfire tags. Stand to win great prizes such as Lumia phones (sponsored by Nokia), IE T-shirts, Starbucks cards and many others! All you need to do is to scan your RFID Tags at the catchers and start playing! Most Amazing Booth Shot Contest! Strike a pose with our booth babes! The top 3 most-“Liked” photos uploaded by our Nokia booth babes to the Nokia Developers page wins a *white* Nokia Lumia 800, and 2 Nokia Lumia 710’s! * Visit and Like us at http://www.facebook.com/nokiadevs for more details on developer trainings and other developer contests. *The Most Amazing Booth Shot Contest ends 11.59pm 4/14 (Sat). Tag yourself in Facebook or leave namecard by the booth to verify winner. Email chris.ismael@nokia.com if you’re a developer!take a picture with the lovely ladies at the Nokia booth, you stand to win prizes Good luck!

Welcome to #MSCampfire ! We’re so excited to have you join us on for this action-packed event today! Remember to check back here for more photos, details and live coverage of the event as we reveal more exciting details along the way. Tweet us at @gospiffy for your feedback and remember to include the hashtag #MSCampfire, we’d love to find out what you think and how the event is for you :) Enjoy! Here’s a summary of what’s happening at #MSCampfire on Day One and Two. You can click on the links to get the latest updates on each session. At the end we will also be posting the slides from each session here! Day One: // THE WAREHOUSE 10:00 - 10:30 Opening - Ziriad Saibi 10:30 - 11:30 Keynote - Rob Miles (Coverage by E27) 11:30 - 12:30 Prototype, Prototype, Prototype - Shane Morris (Coverage by E27) 12:30 Lunch 13:30-14:30 10 Key HTML 5 Features you must know - Juha Paananen 14:30-15:30 Windows 8 Development - Hammad Rajjoub and Bruce Wang 15:30-16:30 The Metro Design Language; what it means to you - Shane Morris 16:30-17:30 The Kinect Effect: Infinite Possibilities - Rob Miles // CACHE & THE GRID 9:00-17:00 Imagine Cup Semifinals Day Two // THE GRID 10:00-12:30 Imagine Cup 2012 Finals // THE WAREHOUSE 10:00-11:00 Gamification - Natalie from Humming Bird Interactive Sanjay from Replaid talking about good mobile design practices 11:00-12:00 Mobile Web Design 13:00-17:00 Echelon Singapore Satellite by E27 Enjoy the day at #MSCampfire and come say hi to us! Cheers, The Microsoft Singapore DPE team

 When Microsoft launched Kinect for Xbox 360 a year and a half ago, our initial focus was controller-free games and entertainment. Once only the stuff of science fiction, Kinect became a phenomenon across the globe. Within the first 60 days, Kinect sold more than 8 million sensors, setting the Guinness Book World Record as the fastest-selling consumer electronics device. It extended the realm of what’s possible for a traditional gaming console and changed the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, bringing new categories of consumers to Xbox 360. What’s more important is the enthusiasm from the community to create exciting and creative applications in the areas of healthcare, rehab, education and so much more with the Kinect other than in the gaming industry. That’s why we’re excited to have Rob Miles talk to us about the Kinect and the inifinite possibilities it brings for us. Rob is a lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Hull in Great Britain where he teaches C# programming, Software Engineering and Embedded Development. He is also a Windows Phone MVP and has presented at many Microsoft conferences including TechED and Mix as well as delivering Windows Phone Jumpstart content to many thousands of budding Windows Phone developers. He is the author of a number of books on XNA game development and a text on the .NET Micro Framework and is just finishing off a book about development using the Kinect sensor. He has been fascinated by computers since the days of punched cards when he wrote his first programs, although nowadays he prefers Visual Studio 2010. He is a keen blogger at www.robmiles.com and can be found on Twitter as RobMiles. See you on Friday everyone! Register HERE.