This is the second post in my series on thinking about SQL Server Developer Tools, Codename “Juneau” (SSDT). The intent of this series is to orient new SSDT users with the product by comparing SSDT’s program model to the program model...

  After a lot of hard work by the team, the CTP3 bits for SQL Server Developer Tools, Codename “Juneau” (SSDT) are now available for everyone to take for a spin. The SSDT install experience is based on Microsoft’s Web Platform Installer (Web PI)...

<Disclaimer> Folks that are familiar with Visual Studio 2010 SQL Server database projects will find most of this post to be old hat. Additionally, the contents of this post are the opinions of one PM and don’t reflect the opinions of my Architect...

Even though I currently work as Program Manager I spent most of my career working as a software architect and architecture remains my first love. As such, I thought I would share a whitepaper I recently wrote for one of my Master’s degree classes. The...

This blog has been dark for 7 months as I’ve been working on the next generation of Microsoft’s database development tools – SQL Server Developer Tools, Codename “Juneau” (which I will abbreviate as SSDT for obvious reasons ;-). As SSDT has reached a...

Unfortunately this blog has been quite dark in the past months as I’ve been heads down doing PM work on the UML Domain of SQL Server Modeling Services (SSMoS). As Don Box documented here , in the time since my last post there has been a change in product...

Just wanted to let everyone know that the SQL Server Modeling Nov 2009 CTP has been refreshed to R3 and now works with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 RTM! Be sure to get the latest bits here . Enjoy!

Part 2 of this series provided a query, when combined with the query from Part 1 that allows for the querying of UML class data from the SQL Server Modeling Services (SSMoS) UML Domain in a manner analogous to the class data typically displayed on a UML...

In part 1 of this series I illustrated querying the Microsoft.Uml2 domain to get class data. In particular, I demonstrated how to query Microsoft.Uml2 in such a way to return the data in a manner that is conceptually similar to the way UML class data...

As I’ve written about previously , I’m a big fan of the possibilities of the System.Identity domain of SQL Server Modeling Services (SSMoS). System.Identity’s Party Model implementation elegantly addresses so many scenarios that modern enterprise LOB...

I’ve decided to write a series of blog posts about working with the Microsoft.Uml2 domain, focusing specifically on the SQL Server Modeling Services Nov 2009 CTP Release 2 bits. It’s my goal to illustrate how to work with the UML domain for some of the...

In this last post of the series , I’ll wrap up the loose ends around populating Contoso’s business rule repository with some Repository folders and sample data. I’ll also illustrate how to work with the Repository’s security model to lock down Contoso...

As I noted in Part 3 of this series, the subject of this post will be the work necessary to deploy Contoso’s ‘M’ business rule model to the Repository. Given that Contoso’s model implementation leverages the PatternApplication sample , there will be some...

<Author’s note>At the first of the year I started a sweet new gig working on the Modeling Services Repository, focusing on the UML Domain. My nefarious plan (let’s hope I succeed) is to bring the perspective of Big IT to the development Modeling...

As I mentioned last time , this subject of this post will be wiring up all the Modeling Services “architectural plumbing” to enable the Contoso business rule repository to enjoy all the goodness that Modeling Services has to offer. In the current Modeling...

I realized that there was a significant oversight in my last post of this series – namely a specific hypothetical scenario that provides some context for this series. As I mentioned in my previous post, this hypothetical scenario was inspired by my post...

I’ve been playing around with SQL Server Modeling Services and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 quite bit over the holiday break. Specifically, I’ve been playing around with bringing an Archetype Pattern to life in Modeling Services, with a specific focus on...

As I wrote about last time , I’ve been watching a number of PDC Videos to see what Microsoft’s been doing that can make a Big IT guy’s job a little easier. In particular, I recently watched James Baker’s and Shoshanna Budzianowski’s very interesting ...

For any number of reasons I’m just now catching up on my PDC videos . Among the many that interest me as an Architect working in a very large IT shop, are a great presentation by Kim Cameron and Gert Drapers on System.Identity titled “ The ‘M’-Based System...

This latest post on developing a fluent interface for the Oslo System.Identity schema will start an implementation of the Party class. Per the architectural specifications for the fluent interface, the Party class will adhere to the Law of Demeter and...

I’m going to take a small detour from my series on a fluent interface for Oslo’s System.Identity schema to propose a real world scenario where Oslo could be leveraged. This post has its genesis in Kraig Brockschmidt's recent post “ What Exactly Does One...

<Author’s Note> It’s been quite a while since my last blog post. The reason for the gap was due to my non-work time being consumed with swimming (some might say wallowing ;-) in the architectural soup writing a ThinkWeek paper related to Microsoft...

As I wrote about last time , leveraging the System.Identity schema with the Oslo Repository introduces some ORM database persistence considerations into the design of the fluent interface . In the last article I introduced how to override the Equals(...

As I wrote in Part 2 of the series, System.Identity ships in the latest Oslo CTP as part of the Oslo Repository . This has the direct effect of introducing ORM database persistence considerations into the design of the System.Identity fluent interface...

Part 1 of this series functioned as an introduction to the motivations for creating a fluent interface for Oslo’s System.Identity . Part 1 also covered a number of architectural and design specifications that will be followed in the shaping of the interface...