You already know TechEd is coming in June.  And you also know we'll have a PDC this year.  Tough choices when you have a limited budget.  I'm going to make my pitch for TechEd now as we have a great line up of sessions and speakers in the SOA track.  Long description of the SOA track is below*.  Take a look at our lineup below for the Dev week.  Hope to see you in Orlando!  http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2008/default.mspx

 

Date Timeslot Code Title Session Type Speaker(s)

6/3/2008 16:45 - 18:00 SOA01-TLC Introduction to Workflow (WF) TLC Ron Jacobs
6/3/2008 13:15 - 14:30 SOA02-TLC Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Syndication, AJAX and REST Services in Web 2.0 with the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 TLC Justin Smith
6/3/2008 10:30 - 11:45 SOA03-TLC Real World Business Activity Monitoring TLC Jesus Rodriguez; Joseph Klug
6/5/2008 10:15 - 11:30 SOA04-TLC Delivering Enterprise Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Adapters for Host Systems TLC Nidal Saleh; Steve Smaller
6/4/2008 14:45 - 16:00 SOA05-TLC Avoid a Failed SOA: Business and Autonomous Components to the Rescue TLC Udi Dahan
6/5/2008 16:30 - 17:45 SOA06-TLC Publishing and Extending Business Rules in Mainframe (CICS and IMS) and AS/400 Programs Using Microsoft Host Integration Server TLC Andrew McLaren; Steve Smaller
6/4/2008 12:00 - 12:45 SOA07-TLC Automated Remote Microsoft BizTalk Server Deployments with Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server TLC Scott Colestock
6/6/2008 14:45 - 16:00 SOA08-TLC Developing Service Oriented Workflows TLC Brian Noyes
6/4/2008 08:30 - 09:45 SOA09-TLC Building Line-of-Business Adapters Based on Windows Communication Foundation Using the WCF LOB Adapter SDK TLC Mahadevan Venkatachalam
6/5/2008 13:00 - 14:15 SOA10-TLC More Windows Workflow Foundation Hosting Options than You Thought TLC Philip Wolfe
6/6/2008 10:15 - 11:30 SOA11-TLC Creating a RESTful Microsoft BizTalk Server TLC Jon Flanders
6/3/2008 10:30 - 11:45 SOA201 Microsoft and Mainframes, Taming the Beast, Empowering Developers, Solving Mysteries BRK Bash Badawi
6/3/2008 15:00 - 16:15 SOA202 Microsoft BizTalk RFID in Real World Deployments: Connecting Movements in the Physical World to Enterprise Applications BRK Sudhir Hasbe
6/3/2008 13:15 - 14:30 SOA203 Microsoft Strategy and Vision for SOA BRK Alisa Bourgoin; Oliver Sharp
6/4/2008 13:00 - 14:15 SOA204 Using Windows CardSpace for Safe and Convenient Sign-up and Sign-in to Your Web Application BRK Nigel Watling
6/3/2008 15:00 - 16:15 SOA205 Extending the Application Platform with Cloud Services BRK Michael Abbott; Tarri Edmonson
6/3/2008 10:30 - 11:45 SOA206 Messaging, Identity, and Workflow in the Cloud BRK Justin Smith
6/4/2008 10:15 - 11:30 SOA207 Platforms for SOA and Business Process Management: Comparing .NET and Java BRK David Chappell
6/4/2008 08:30 - 09:45 SOA208 Introduction to the Microsoft Next Generation Server and Developer Framework for Claims-Based Identity and Access BRK Stuart Kwan
6/5/2008 13:00 - 14:15 SOA209 The Road to “Oslo”: The Microsoft Services and Modeling Platform BRK David Chappell
6/4/2008 13:00 - 14:15 SOA301 AJAX-Enable Your Windows Communication Foundation Services BRK Aaron Skonnard
6/4/2008 16:30 - 17:45 SOA302 Framework and Microsoft BizTalk Best Practices with an Eye Toward "Oslo" BRK Jon Flanders
6/6/2008 08:30 - 09:45 SOA303 Technical Drilldown into Microsoft ESB Guidance BRK Brian Loesgen
6/4/2008 16:30 - 17:45 SOA304 Integrating Business Applications with Windows Communication Foundation BRK Jesus Rodriguez; Joseph Klug
6/6/2008 13:00 - 14:15 SOA305 Getting Workflows Running and Talking in Your Applications BRK Brian Noyes
6/6/2008 08:30 - 09:45 SOA306 Providing Load Balancing, Application-Level Failover, and Centralized Configuration Management with Windows Communication Foundation Services and Microsoft .NET Applications BRK Gregory Leake
6/6/2008 10:15 - 11:30 SOA307 Windows Communication Foundation Adapters in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 BRK Aaron Skonnard
6/3/2008 16:45 - 18:00 SOA308 What's New with Windows CardSpace in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 BRK Scott Golightly
6/4/2008 14:45 - 16:00 SOA309 Durable Windows Communication Foundation Services BRK Juval Lowy
6/5/2008 10:15 - 11:30 SOA310 Interoperability Scenarios with Microsoft .NET and J2EE BRK Gregory Leake
6/5/2008 08:30 - 09:45 SOA311 Building Human Workflows with Windows Workflow Foundation State Machines BRK Keith Pijanowski
6/6/2008 16:30 - 17:45 SOA312 Building Secure Web Services Using Windows Communication Foundation BRK Vittorio Bertocci
6/5/2008 16:30 - 17:45 SOA313 Building RESTful Services Using Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 BRK Jon Flanders
6/4/2008 08:30 - 09:45 SOA314 Microsoft BizTalk in the Supply Chain: Providing Supply Chain Visibility with EDI and Business Activity Monitoring BRK Chris Kabat; Elizabeth Graham
6/5/2008 14:45 - 16:00 SOA315 Productive Windows Communication Foundation BRK Juval Lowy
6/6/2008 14:45 - 16:00 SOA401 What Is the Context of This Conversation? Enabling Long Running Conversations in Workflow Services BRK Matthew Winkler
6/5/2008 14:45 - 16:00 SOA402 Degrees of Freedom Port Binding in Microsoft BizTalk Server BRK Matt Milner
6/5/2008 10:15 - 11:30 SOA403 Building Federated Solutions on the Internet Service Bus BRK Clemens Vasters

 *Not final until it is published on the TechEd website but this is close to what you'll find in the SOA track on dev week. 

SOA and Business Processes
Service orientation is a methodology for encapsulating, developing, maintaining, and deploying standalone and connected applications. Each resource, whether an application, a sub system, device, or even an individual class can be exposed as a service and composed into new dynamic applications, all based on industry standards. Complementing the methodology is an impressive array of Microsoft technologies covered in this track, from the well established Microsoft® BizTalk® Server, Windows® Communication Foundation, and Windows Workflow Foundation to the emerging technologies of Windows Cardspace™ for identity management and BizTalk Services for peer connections. In the SOA and Business Processes track, learn about the relevant enhancements in the .NET Framework 3.5, BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and essentials best practices, all from the top speakers and experts in our industry, sharing their perspectives, real-life experience, and the road ahead.