Content from the most recent East Region Architect Council meeting on February 12th is now posted to our team web site at http://www.arcstreameast.net/arcStreamEast/_WEB20_Content_/arcCouncil-WEB20.zip.

The zip file contains presentations by:

• Michael Platt, Director of Web Architecture Strategy at Microsoft in Redmond, where he examines the business, social and technical drivers behind this platform and Microsoft’s vision and technologies for the future.
• Dion Hinchcliffe, President and CTO, Hinchcliffe & Company and Editor-in-Chief, Web 2.0 Journal | AjaxWorld Magazine where he provides an informative exploration of the key aspects of Web 2.0 as it applies to creating application architectures and explores specific architectural principles and software design issues.
• Ibrahim Mohammed, Microsoft Developer Evangelist, where he discusses the Next generation UX with Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) and Expression Web Designer.

We also include the recently published paper titled "Bringing Web 2.0 to the Enterprise with the 2007 Office System" and a reference document to direct you to addtional readings on Web 2.0.

If you are interested in attending a future East Region Architect Council meeting please contact the Microsoft Architect Evangelist nearest you by looking them up at http://www.arcstreameast.net/arcStreamEast/Team.aspx and we will be sure to invite you to future events.