Mobile Security Seminar, Feb 27th London

Building a Security Infrastructure with Microsoft Forefront
presented by Ronald Beekelaar

Want to learn more about the future of Windows Mobile? Want to get greater management control of your Windows Mobile devices? This event will share with you Microsoft's roadmap for Windows Mobile as well as comprehensive insight into Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008, a security and device management solution that provides greater reliability, lower-cost manageability, and more secure access to your corporate network. As well as the opportunity to talk directly with Microsoft's experts you'll also hear from a customer who has deployed Windows Mobile and how our partners can help you make the most of this latest technology.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8151759

Date: 27 February 2008
Location: London

Windows Mobile Exams

Changes to enrolment requirements for the Mobile Competency within the Microsoft Partner Programme come into effect on 1 January 2008. Partners will be required to employ or contract with at least two individuals, each of whom must pass at least one of the following Microsoft certification exams.

• Microsoft Exam 70-500: Windows Mobile 5.0, Implementing and Managing
• Microsoft Exam 70-540: Windows Mobile Application Development.

Microsoft Mobile Device Manager 2008

Mobile Device Manager 2008 is a solution that gives organizations enhanced on-device security and over-the-air policy enforcement. It allows IT professionals to more easily manage phones within the organization, and gives mobile employees access to confidential information on corporate networks with firewalls.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7708997

Jason Langridge aka. Mr Mobile, is delivering two events in February on this new product - Jason really is knowledgeable in the mobile area, so it's worth going along to hear him speak:

19 February 2008, Manchester: Windows Mobile and System Center Device Manager

26 February 2008, London: Windows Mobile and System Center Device Manager

Microsoft Developer News

Dev Toolbar
There's an update to Microsoft's IE Developer Toolbar, handy tool for analysis your webpages in IE.

• Explore and modify the document object model (DOM) of a Web page.
• Locate and select specific elements on a Web page through a variety of techniques.
• Selectively disable Internet Explorer settings.
• View HTML object class names, ID's, and details such as link paths, tab index values, and access keys.
• Outline tables, table cells, images, or selected tags.
• Validate HTML, CSS, WAI, and RSS web feed links.
• Display image dimensions, file sizes, path information, and alternate (ALT) text.
• Immediately resize the browser window to a new resolution.
• Selectively clear the browser cache and saved cookies. Choose from all objects or those associated with a given domain.
• Display a fully featured design ruler to help accurately align and measure objects on your pages.
• Find the style rules used to set specific style values on an element.
• View the formatted and syntax colored source of HTML and CSS.

Download Developer Toolbar

MEDC 2007 Europe
MEDC 2007 Europe will be a concentrated TWO-DAY DEEP DIVE of technical training dedicated to mobile and embedded technologies. This annual event is tailored for developers, IT professionals, and business professionals who are looking to innovate and scale their mobile or embedded development investments, applications, and solutions.

25 - 26 June 2007, Berlin: Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon (MEDC) 2007 (££).

Device Emulator v2.0

Microsoft have released a new version of their Device Emulator for development on portable devices using Windows Mobile. This version supports Vista and the new Device Centre functionality.



What others are saying about this new version:
Anand Balachandran Blogs about Device Development
Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile!
Akhune's WebLog

Windows Mobile 6

Stuart J. Johnston talks about Windows Mobile 6, the .Net Compact Framework and how this is helping Microsoft boost their status in the mobile market place and how they can compete against rival platforms such as the blackberry.

http://reddevnews.com/news/devnews/article.aspx?editorialsid=187