A must-have for early adopters, this preview shows programmers how to begin migrating to Longhorn, the most radical Windows update in more than ten years. Covering all of the major programming shifts introduced by Longhorn as well as the latest changes in the communications subsystem, this book explains how to upgrade current Windows .NET applications in order to take advantage of Longhorn's powerful new features. * Shows how to create and deploy native Longhorn applications * Provides lots of full example applications optimized and built for the Longhorn platform, written in both C# and VB.NET