Well, after years of no blogging, I'm excited to be in a new role here at Microsoft that will give me plenty of opportunities to be involved in the community again, both blogging and with our local user groups. I'm now a Developer Solution Specialist...

Once you get hooked on integrated search in Outlook 2007 and Vista, it's really frustrating to suddenly be confronted with this notice: " search results may be incomplete because items are still being indexed ". And for it to stay that way... for days...

Sorry this took so long to post - the presentation from the March meeting of the South Florida Enterprise Arhcitect SIG are now (finally) available! I have been waiting for the Architect Journal Issue 7 to be posted, which is now is. The slides give a...

Hello South Florida! This is a reminder about Tuesdays night's (3/21/2006) Enterprise & Strategy Architecture SIG meeting at the Microsoft Ft. Lauderdale office, on the topic of Service Oriented Modeling for Connected Systems . You will also be able...

I am excited to announce that we have set a date for our first Architect SIG meeting! We're still working on the details of logistics and branding and so forth, but that's not the important part. What is important is when, where and what we'll be talking...

What a great weekend! Saturday's Code Camp was a huge success in my observation. Although the sessions and content was the "reason" for the event - the attendees and speakers was where the real value was. I've been to many events in my career, and the...

I just submitted my application to speak at the South Florida .NET Code Camp on a subject I am very passionate about: Microsoft Solutions Framework version 4.0 . And what exactly is it that fuels my passion about MSF 4.0? It's all about the thrill of...

According to my data, SQL Server usage has grown 58% since last year in South Florida . WOW! If you are a database administrator who is taking the time to learn SQL Server 2005, then you are making a good investment in your future - at least in South...

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 launch in South Florida will be at the Broward County Convention Center on March 7 . Register here . Microsoft Dynamics CRM is one of the fastest growing segments of the application platform business in the South Florida...

Speaker slots are still open as well. If interested in speaking, checkout the website. http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?culture=en-US&eventid=1032288786&x=17&y=9 Saturday, February 04, 2006 8:00 AM - Saturday, February...

Hello South Florida ! I've recently relocated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida (from Atlanta, where I've been with Microsoft for 8 years) to serve enterprise customers here as an Application Platform Solution Specialist. That means I'm accountable for making...