I just posted a new screencast on Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=386824 . It's purpose is to show off the power of claims and claims transformation, especially in a hosted service like BizTalk Services.

The identity provider in BizTalk Services is a way for applications to delegate identity and access control to a hosted service. In other words, an application can use BizTalk Services to answer the all-important question "Who are you and what are...

A little while ago I ran into an interesting set of errors that may be of interest to you. Consider the following service contract snippet: [OperationContract] [WebGet(UriTemplate= "foobar/{value}" )] String GetData(String value ); ...

I'm not prone to publish non-techie topics on this blog, but I can't help this one :). I'm often asked what life is like at Microsoft, and this video pretty much sums it up... http://on10.net/blogs/tina/Life-At-Microsoft/