This webcast explains about the exciting new tools for Web application development in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Microsoft ASP.NET "Atlas" is the code name for a new ASP.NET Web development technology that integrates client script libraries with the ASP.NET 2.0 server-based development framework, enabling one to build Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)-style applications quickly and easily.

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services provides support for .NET Web development. The .NET-managed object models serve as a platform for customizing SharePoint Web sites and for integrating custom Web applications developed upon the .NET Framework. One of the ways to build custom/integrated solutions is through the use of Custom Web Parts. This webcast discusses Web Part Architectures and solutions and demonstrates how to build Web Parts using ASP.NET. The demonstrations will show how to build basic web parts, tool parts, tool part properties, and connected web parts.

Creating a multi-channel web application from scratch using MobileAware technology is a very simple process, extending the web development skills and toolsets of web developers. This paper will explain how to design the multi-channel web application from the start to overcome device diversity issues. The important point to gain from this paper is that developing a multi-channel web application with MobileAware uses the same skills and methodology for developing HTML with minimum extra effort to achieve delivery to multi-channel.

Choice Hotels International has eight brands that combine to offer more than 5000 lodging options open or under development worldwide. Though satisfied with its use of Vicinity, Choice Hotels wanted to completely reevaluate its website location solution to ensure it can meet current and future customer needs. Tapping the power of Microsoft Web Service, Choice Hotels developed a comprehensive website location solution across all eight of its hotel brands.