Given the near term focus of the TechEd conference, the breakout session coverage of Windows Communication Foundation and other connected systems technology was relatively light last year. This year, things are lining up to be very different. In the connected systems track we have over 40 sessions scheduled.

I will be presenting the following talk…

Title: (WinFX) Windows Communication Foundation: Integrating with COM+ and MSMQ Applications

Abstract: The Windows Communication Foundation provides a rich future for connected systems, but how can you get there from today's deployed distributed applications? This session presents a typical distributed application using COM+ and MSMQ, and shows how you can use WCF integration features to help preserve existing investments. At the same time, learn how WCF offers a staged upgrade path to a more service oriented and interoperable application.

Timeslot: Thursday, June 15 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

If you’re using COM, COM+ and MSMQ today in distributed apps then I hope to convince you that you’re probably in a good place for WCF adoption and not cul-de-sac bound.

The slides and demos are not locked down (I’m working on an IT Pro manageability aspect right now) so feedback, content requests and questions are welcome prior to this.

Note that this post is my first using the very slick Word 2007 “Blog Post” feature – if this post looks good then I love the feature. If it turns out “challenged” then I’ll report some bugs.