Is Microsoft Interested in Helping Architects?

I often talk to architects who are frustrated when trying to find good material relevant to their field, particularly from Microsoft.  For instance, we just held a very successful Professional Developer Conference whose title seems to indicate where we put our focus.  The fact of the matter is, Microsoft produces LOTS  of high quality content focused on architecture.  For some reason, the architects I talk to have a hard time finding it all. 

 

Enter Diego Dagum and the Platform Architecture Team who produce a great architecture portal off of the Microsoft web property.  On this site, you will find:

 

• The PDC 2008 Architect Edition gives you downloadable video of the sessions at PDC that were most relevant to Architects such as: Live Framework Programming Model Architecture and Insights
• Featured content from Microsoft Pattern’s & Practices Group like their Architecture Guide 2.0
• New videos from ArcCast.TV
• The current issue of the Architecture Journal
• Material from non-Microsoft sources like InfoQ and The Server Side