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January 2006 - Posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:24 PM

I want more than ASMX on my design surface!

A question we continually get is whether VSTS Architect will come with any new types. I, therefore, wanted to post our reply below: "In general, the plan is to work with the platform teams like Indigo to define the SDM models required to describe additional
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Saturday, January 28, 2006 6:02 PM

Rough around the edges?

As a V1 product, the product is a little rough around the edges. We hope to resolve most of these issues in the next version of the product. Therefore, we, in the product group, are looking for people who have purchased the VSTS Architect SKU in order
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:58 AM

Guess who just joined EFT!!!

I am glad to announce that David Trowbridge has joined EFT fulltime as a Senior PM Lead. Until recently, David was an architect for the Patterns and Practices group at Microsoft. This is exciting because we've already been working with David, for a while
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Friday, January 20, 2006 4:27 PM

Our silent competitor in the architure tools space...

One of the key tools that an architect uses over the SDLC is the whiteboard ( https://blogs.msdn.com/garethj/archive/2004/10/13/241985.aspx ). Regardless of whether they eventually wind up using UML and various other abstractions to describe their architecture,
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:42 PM

Tools for Architects?

While VSTA has been pitched as a tool for the software architect discipline, I think of VSTA in a different way. I think of it simply as architecture tools. While useful for any of the various types of architects ( http://blogs.msdn.com/smguest/archive/2005/12/12/503001.aspx
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Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:06 PM

Don't ask me architecture questions...

Instead, post them on Architecture forums: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=229&SiteID=1 As this forum ramps up, I expect some interesting dialogs to ensue. Cheers, Ali
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:34 PM

The System Designer's time will come ...

Bill Gibson has written a series of TechNotes that cover the concept of the System (and the System Designer) and its purpose. While I highly recommend you read all his TechNotes, these I feel are particularly insightful if you are keeping an eye on what
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