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Software + Services: Taxonomy

2008-03-27T06:50:50Z

Moving forward within the software-platform continuum inevitably does (and will) involve taking a closer look at the implications of conceiving software as a service both on premise as well as on the cloud. As a software visionary it means thinking progressively about ways in which new solutions can be 'composed' from existing software assets as well as bringing onto the surface totally new, potentially outthought of, possibilities. As an software architect it means considering the impact on current and future architectures taking into account integration challenges, identity and access management, data 'flow', operational and 'infrastructural' requirements. As a software developer it means rethinking the crafting of software modules whereas the business or algorithmic logic may or may not reside locally; so that control is not necessary within the tight control of local instances defined within the context of environmentally reachable runtimes.

The following taxonomy enables a clear depiction of software plus services:

·Traditional software refers to applications installed in the infrastructure accessed exclusively by internal users.

·Building block services provide low-level capabilities that can be consumed by developers when building a composite application. These services exist in the cloud.

·Attached services provide a higher level of functionality compared with building block services. Applications leverage attached services to add functionality.

·Finished services are analogous to full-blown applications, delivered over the Internet using the SaaS model.

·S+S refers to the use of applications that consume attached services or one that is built with building block services.

To learn more about the implications Software +Services consumption for the Enterprise, please refer to this MSDN article which explores the areas of concern mentioned here and more: Implications of Software + Services Consumption for Enterprise IT

Joel

Reading MSDN the WPF Way - Download MSDN Reader Today!

2008-03-26T04:37:06Z

I may have posted about this before, but if you have not yet downloaded this amazing reader do it now... you will be Very Impressed and will find yourself reading MSDN more often than never before. Zero touch deployment makes it a breeze and it is a good showcase of our new UI technology... Enjoy it!

Download MSDN Reader

Joel

Webcast: Building Mobile Applications with Visual Studio 2008

2008-03-15T08:39:54Z

Technorati Tags: Windows Mobile 6,Compact Framework,Smartphone,PocketPC,WM6 SDK

The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework is a key part of realizing Microsoft's goal to provide customers with great experiences any time, any place, and on any device. The .NET Compact Framework's managed code and XML Web services enable the development of secure, downloadable applications on devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, and set-top boxes. During this webcast we will explore the productive integration offered by VS2008 to enable product development and testing of mobile applications as well as exploring new additions to the mobile development platform.

Please join me this coming Thursday, March 20th @ 2:00PM EST. I will build a mobile application that will allow us to explore the different device emulators, Cellular Emulator, WebServices consumption, SMS Message Interception, SMS logging into Windows Event Log, Sound, Battery level notification, Security, and more...

Start Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Joel Reyes

Windows Mobile 6: Configuration Steps to Test localhost Web-Services

2008-03-13T02:02:39Z

Windows Mobile 6 offers a great developer experience in Visual Studio 2008. The combined features of WM6 SDK + VS2008 provide excellent new ways for testing your applications for reliability and resiliency. Testing WebServices, however, is not an out of the box experience. So, developers have to take specific steps to make sure they can consume (test) the WebServices hosted locally in the development machine from the emulator.

Following is my suggested sequence of steps you should take to make this work:

1) FROM WITHIN VISUAL STUDIO:

The WebService proxy class will show localhost as the address for the service, if left unchanged the mobile application will never find the actual service as localhost then would be the device itself. Instead change the service URL to http://your-machine-IP-address:port#/service.asmx prior to calling into it.
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Activate the Device Emulator Manager (DEM)

2) FROM WITHIN THE DEVICE EMULATOR MANAGER

The device must be in Cradle mode. Right Click on the connected device (i.e. ) and select Cradle. -- Make sure to press Refresh (sometimes the DEM won't show which device is active)

3) FROM WINDOWS MOBILE DEVICE CENTER (WMDC) (This is required to make DMA the transport between the device and the host)

Run WMDC. (Upgrade to version 6.1.6965 if necessary). WMDC should automatically connect to the device. On the device you will see a progress notification similar to this
If WMDC doesn't connect, make sure to check that it is configured to use DMA (Mobile Device Settings | Connection Settings |. Also, you may want to check to make sure the Device transport property within Visual Studio is set to DMA (Tools | Options... | Device Tools | Devices ) , otherwise you should see on WMDC and be ready to go.
At this point you can proceed to trigger the WebServices call.

Good luck in your mobility journey!

Joel

Have you heard of Microsoft Sharedview?

2008-03-10T22:26:09Z

This is a handy little free tool for sharing documents and screen views with your team, close friends and family from anywhere. It is called Microsoft Sharedview! You can download it here. You can initiate a session directly from Live Messenger or send invitation via email. It is basically a lightweight cousin of Live-Meeting. It requires a Windows Live™ ID.

Enjoy it!

Joel Reyes

Get On The Bus!!! - The Microsoft Enterprise Services Bus (ESB)

2008-02-25T18:20:01Z

Join us this Friday, Feb 29, to explore the Microsoft Enterprise Services Bus (ESB)!!!

Microsoft provides a comprehensive ESB offering through its Application Platform including Windows Server 2003, Windows Communication Foundation (.NET 3.0), and BizTalk Server 2006 R2. This platform delivers an infrastructure that enables the flexible and secure reuse of infrastructure and business services and the ability to orchestrate existing services into new end-to-end business processes. This session explores the rationale and techniques used to build an ESB on the Microsoft platform as well as demonstrating its core components in action.

Please click on the following link for more information regarding this Webcast: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366276&Culture=en-US

Joel Reyes

Webcast: What is New for Data Access in Visual Basic 9

2007-12-05T05:36:49Z

Please join us this coming Friday when Mike Benkovich from MSDN will explore the exciting new Data Access features added to Visual Basic 9.

When: Friday, December 7^th 2:00pm – 3:30pm EST

Target: Public Sector Developers/Architects

Event Description: Visual Basic continues to be an exciting and powerful language! Equality enabling the enterprise professional developers as well as individual programmers… innovation in the language continues. In this Webcast we will explore the new data access capabilities brought into VB9 via LINQ. There are features of LINQ specific to Visual Basic, a testimony of the commitment to innovation in the language of generations. Come learn about simplifying querying data via integrated query and transform operations, as well as simplifications in working with XML, like imposing structure on XML w/no schema… and more…

Joel

Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit

2007-12-03T19:37:38Z

This link contains an excellent resource: Visual Studio 2008 training kit available from http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7602397 - I referenced this in my last two talks...

Enjoy!

Joel

VS2008 (Communication Foundation and Workflow Foundation) - Silver

2007-11-27T21:42:54Z

This Friday @ 2pm EST: Communication Foundation and Workflow Foundation are two very relevant technologies within .NET 3.x for Public Sector applications. WCF represents a total unification layer for building connected systems and WF provides a powerful foundation for process reengineering. Combine them and you have an unbelievable set of capabilities for building robust enterprise application that involve both process automation as well as human and machine to machine workflow and process communication. Come learn the basis of how to build WCF services using workflow foundation in the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2008.

Registration: Please click on the following link for more information regarding this Webcast: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032356918&Culture=en-US

Joel

Austin Dev Conf... PPTs and Samples

2007-11-16T08:46:05Z

If you attended this weeks' conference in Austin you can download the material here !!

Thank you for attending we hope you found it useful...

Joel Reyes