This winter I gave a series of presentations on IIS 7 for Web Developers on MSDN Live. I've previously posted my Camtasia screen recording from the Stavanger presentation. Now Microsoft Norway have posted a video recording of the presentation I gave in Oslo. The sound in this presentation is way better than in the recording I created my self.

In the presentation I give a developer centric overview of the IIS 7 server. I use one demo through out the presentation where I build up a picture sharing website, using stuff like Virtual Earth, custom IIS 7 modules, XML based configuration, ASP.NET authentication for file handler and so fourth.

If you haven't seen the presentation, and are interested in a quick overview of what IIS 7 has to offer for you as a developer it's well worth checking out. Longhorn server is now in Beta 3 with a go-live licence for IIS 7. You might also want to check out my presentation of Outlook 2007 Mobile Services running in IIS 7 using self signed certificates.

NB! The presentation is in Norwegian

I recorded my IIS7 for Developers presentation in Bergen using Camtasia. I've encoded the recording as a Windows Media Video file, so if you didn't get a chance to attend MSDN Live this round the presentation is now available online.

The video is 48 minutes long. I didn't use a "professional" microphone, but the audio is still "decent".

• IIS7 for developers webcast
• Powerpoint presentation
• Example code

I'm currently sitting on the airport in Stavanger waiting for my flight back to Trondheim. For some reason Thursday is the busiest day of the week, so I didn't find a flight home before 21.25 tonight... So I'll have plenty of time to kill. Guess it's a good chance to catch up on podcasts, articles etc I have queued up.

I did my IIS7 presentation in Bergen Tuesday. This was the third time I did the presentation, so it went really well. In stead of flying back to Trondheim in the evening I decided to spend an extra day in Bergen, and go directly to Stavanger, the final city of the MSDN Live tour. So Tuesday evening I hooked up with Marianne, who is studying Medicine in Bergen. She invited me to a student party, which was tons of fun. I got a chance to check out the infamous rock scene "Hulen", which was great! I took it slow Wednesday and had a really good lunch with Marianne before going out to the Bergen Aquarium. It was actually quite nice to visit such a place alone. I could spend as much time as I wanted studying the different aquariums with out worrying about some one else who doesn't find the mountain trouts as fascinating as me!

Today I gave the final presentation in Stavanger. Jan Blomquist, Microsoft MVP and founder of TrainCert.net, is doing really well with online video training. He was using Camtasia to record his presentation in Bergen, so I figured this was an excellent idea so I did it my self in Bergen. Jan vas kind enough to let me borrow his microphone to get decent sound on the recording. This is something I'm definitely going to do on future presentations. It's much easier to do a good recording when doing it live, compared to doing it alone in front of your own in front of your computer.

I'm currently editing the recording and preparing it for online distribution. I'll write a separate post with a link to the webcast when it's available.

Thanks to everyone who showed up in Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger. I had a GREAT time, and hope you did as well. Feel free to post comments and questions, and I'll get back to you as fast as can!

See you on MSDN Live next time, in April/May!

Monday I spoke at the Microsoft MSDN Live event in Oslo. MSDN Live is a quarterly event, and this one was a huge success. About 600 attendees got a chance to learn more about web development using AJAX, IIS 7, and how to make their applications secure. I did a presentation on IIS 7 which went really well. I got some good feedback after the presentation. The pictures are taken from the stage at the end of the presentation.

The scenario I used trough out the demo was that I had some pictures I wanted to share online. I wanted to have some control over who could download the pictures. So I showed how to protect any file type using ASP.NET forms authentication and the ASP.NET integrated pipeline. I also showed how to create a managed module drawing a copyright message on all .jpg files served by IIS. In the end of the demo I replaced the directory browsing module with a new one that draws a nice looking gallery instead of the boring file list. To make things more interesting the start page was built using the Virtual Earth SDK, and each "folder" was laid out on the map.

If you want to learn how to use Virtual Earth just check out their interactive SDK.
If you just want the directory browsing module you can download it of the IIS.NET download center.
If you want the entire demo, download it here.
If you want the slides, click this link.

Hope you enjoyed the presentation! Three more cities left, starting with Trondheim tomorrow!