VC++ Concurrency Runtime

I was not aware of any particular concurrency support in the VC++ environment, so I was delighted when a friend of mine posted about the VC++ Concurrency Runtime and lambda expressions.  Therefore, while the article was about using lambda expressions, I learned about the concurrency support and especially learning of the parallel pattern library.  Lambda expressions intrigue me, not for actually using them but rather I persist in imagining how cool they are.  I shall save lambdas for another post.