The Microsoft interoperability teams are excited to announce an upcoming seminar that will be hosted in Shanghai, China on December 10, 11, and 12 2013. This free, three day event will cover a broad range of Microsoft interoperability topics from Windows, SQL, and Office. All implementers are welcome to attend, however space is limited so please contact plugfests@microsoft.com to register or to collect more details. Additional information will be posted as we get closer to the event, hope to see you there!
Most sessions will be translated or delivered in Mandarin.
| December 10, 2013 | ||
| Time | Session | Description |
| 9:30AM | Keynote: Interoperability Commitment | Event keynote address |
| 10:00AM | Microsoft Interoperability Programs | Description of all the available resources that exist in the Open Specification programs at Microsoft. |
| 10:30AM | Binary File Format Details | Working vocabularies, patterns & use cases, mapping back to the Open Specifications. “Lay of the land”… |
| 11:30AM | Word Binary File Format Overview (.doc) | An overview of the Word binary file format |
| 12:00PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00PM | Excel Binary File Format Overview (.xls) | An overview of the PowerPoint binary file format |
| 1:30PM | PowerPoint Binary File Format Overview (.ppt) | An overview of the Excel binary file format |
| 2:00PM | Office Gatekeeper & Binary File Format Tools | Office Gatekeeper: What it is, how it works, why it is there, and a demonstration. Binary File Format Validator and related BFF tools and demo |
| 2:45PM | An overview of OOXML | Connect OOXML to BFF, history, what it is, and high level overview |
| 3:45PM | Office Client Protocol Communication | Describe the protocol communication between the Office client and SharePoint Server. |
| 4:15PM | SharePoint Protocol Overview | An overview of the protocol landscape for SharePoint. |
| December 11, 2013 | ||
| 9:30AM | Open Specification Support | Overview of the Open Specification support program. Best practices, scope, etc |
| 10:00AM | SQL Protocols Overview | An overview of the SQL Server protocols |
| 10:30AM | OData Overview | An overview of the OData protocol |
| 11:30AM | OData Deep Dive & Demos | A deep dive into the OData protocol |
| 12:00PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00PM | OData Service Validation Tool | A demonstration and overview of the OData service validation tool |
| 1:45PM | Exchange Protocol Overview | An overview of the protocol families for Exchange Server 2013 |
| 2:30PM | Message Analyzer | Windows internal (ETW) tracing and on the wire packet analysis |
| 3:30PM | Office Network Debugging | Network Monitor and Message Analyzer parsers for Office Protocols. Along with RPX. |
| 4:00PM | Office Protocol Test Suites | Overview of the Office Protocol Test Suites |
| December 12, 2013 | ||
| 9:30AM | Model Based Testing | Model based protocol testing using test suites and Spec Explorer, a Visual Studio Power tool |
| 10:30AM | SMB 2 & 3 Protocol Family Test Suite | Using the File sharing protocol family test suite for interoperability testing with Windows and non-windows |
| 12:00PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00PM | Windows Protocol Debugging | Demonstrate debugging tools for troubleshooting and analysis of wire-level Windows protocol scenarios |
| 2:00PM | Windows Server Certification | An overview of the Windows Server Certification Program for partners |
| 3:00PM | OMI Manageability | OMI protocol interoperability and testing |