Owen Allen - The MOSS Garden

Brian Loesgen has a summary and comparison of Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and BizTalk Server on his blog that would be good to bookmark until more specific information is out. While he attended the BPI and WF conference at the beginning of October...

I was speaking with some customers today about on-line training available for BizTalk Server 2004, and wanted to remind you all that there are some convenient Virtual Labs for BizTalk available online, for a very nominal charge (free!) It's simple...

I'm going to be on a WF kick for the next few days, I believe, while I'm attending some WF training. Charles Young has an article about the WF rules engine in WF Beta 1 . What a great article. I got lost about half-way through it, but I...

While reading Laurence Timm's blog today (err, catching up with it...), I noticed his spot-on entry about BizTalk messaging errors , and how frustrating it can be when the error messages that BizTalk produces don't match up with what you are seeing. It...

So, I know that the Future of BizTalk Server is right around the corner, with BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 on the cusp of being released, and RTM scheduled for sometime early next year. However, today I saw an expanded version of Eddie Churchill 's PDC...

The PDC 05 Recordings are going to be made available on the MSFT web site for 6 months. This is 250 hours of your weekends and evenings that you have just lost, because you will be watching PDC goodness online. Sorry about that, but, not really. I'm looking...

Scott Woodgate has a response in this post to a question raised about Windows Workflow Foundation in relation to BizTalk Server. Of course, because all of you are serious about BizTalk Server, you've already read his blog entry... but just in case. ...

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 2 was released today. Download here . SP2 introduces support for the following: · Support for running on 64-bit machines in 32-bit emulation mode · Support for Reverse Proxy and Alternate URL support...

Well, I'm only a month behind on this one... I'm not sure how I missed this update, but I did. Get the September version of the Blogger's Guide to BizTalk (v1.7) . You'll be glad you did. I tincludes an improved section on BizTalk Server 2006. The...

CorasWorks is presenting a SharePoint "Workspace Workshop" in Seattle on November 14th. This is a hands-on workshop focusing on using their products with SharePoint. It is a free workshop, but registration is limited. Attendees will have a workstation...

Well, it's about time! It's good to see ourselves recognize that the PDF file format is in use by our customers and they want support for PDF in the product. I don't know if it was a licensing issue with Adobe or what held things up, but I'm glad to see...

This is one of the most potentially dangerous blogs I've encountered this week. And this entry is toxically hilarious. Warning -- Do not read this blog if you are sitting in a very technical Deep Dive training session and everyone else is listening to...

I had dinner earlier this week with a CMS MVP from Australia, Angus Logan ( blog ), and I had a great time. Angus is a bright guy who does a lot of CMS work for the consulting company that he works for. He was in Redmond attending a couple of conferences...

An update to my previous entry - the PDC 05 presentations are now available... http://microsoft.sitestream.com/PDC05/