SQLServer 2008 is powerful. The list of new features and enhancements is exhaustive, but the one to really focus on for health plans is the reporting services engine. Health plans traditionally consist of heterogeneous, disparate, and complex systems...

· We're getting ready, almost there, are you? - As Microsoft puts the finishing touches on BizTalk 2009 our health care partners and clients should be finalizing their plans to support the new CMS mandated HIPAA 5010 standards while increasing their reporting...

What was originally going to be BizTalk 2006R3 is so full of new features, functions, and capabilities that is has become its own product - now called BizTalk Server 2009, this new version builds on the existing integration capabilities, which make it...

It's time to light up your Sharepoint applications with Silverligt 2.0! On August 19 th , Microsoft released source code for the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint—based on the Silverlight Beta 2 release. The Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint provide...

Wow, in early February I saw a Silverlight 2.0 demo for consumer engagement in the banking industry. The "eye-candy" value was huge but what really impressed me was the funcationality and ease-of-use provided by the Silverlight controls, meters, buttons...

I like what Microsoft's ESB Guidance kit has done to readily enable and "pre-solve" .NET and JAVA interoperability. I also really like what our partner, JNBridge, has done with their .NET / JMS adatpers for .NET 3.0 and for BizTalk. As one of our customers...

Microsoft has announced the first full release of our ESB/SOA guidance kit. The Microsoft ESB Guidance extends the functionality of BizTalk Server 2006 R2 to provide a range of new capabilities focused on building robust, connected, service-oriented applications...

Five or six years ago I was involved in some of the original HIPAA solutions architecture projects with some of the largest health plans in the US. At that time the solutions implemented by these plans required extensive effort and investments to fulfill...

I mentioned this yesterday after speaking with our Connected Services Division and now here it is. Microsoft's Connected Services Division group, working with the Patterns and Practices group, have updated and released the ESB/SOA guidance kit. You can...

We've spoken about this before and Microsoft's ESB/SOA guidance keeps on getting better. An updated version is due shortly, just in time for the September 2007 launch of BizTalk Server 2006 R2! The ESB/SOA guidance kit can be found at http://www.microsoft...

Great news! Microsoft's Health Plans Industry Center is up and running on the MSDN Industry Center architecture site. The Health Plans Industry Center is a place where you can find architecture guidance and technical material for CIOs, CTOs, Developers...

Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Hector Rodriguez. I joined Microsoft in 2004 and am currently the Industry Technology Strategist for Health Plans. I focus on working with Microsoft’s health plan customers, partners, product groups, and field...