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April 2005 - Posts

New on MSDN TV - Build Services Today

MSDN TV guidance on how to take advantage of service orientation concepts using currently-available technologies. Build Services Today - Richard Turner outlines the benefits of building systems out of distributed services rather than distributed components Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:58 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 2 Comments

Announcing Microsoft/SAP interoperability and reseller agreement - Mendocino

Just announced - enhanced integration between Microsoft Office and SAP - code named "Mendocino" http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/apr05/04-26SAPMSBusinessEfficiencyPR.asp Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:27 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

New - Metro Specification and Reference Guide for document-level interop

"Metro" is the codename for a set of conventions for the use of XML and other widely available technologies to describe the content and appearance of paginated documents. By proposing these specifciations, Microsoft hopes to enable document-level interoperability Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:59 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

New whitepaper - BizTalk Server Performance Characteristics

Very interesting - BizTalk architecture is extremely flexible and performance tuning can be quite complex due to the myriad of different configurations possible. This paper exposes some of the key performance variables to consider in planning a deployment Read More...
Posted Monday, April 25, 2005 6:53 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

Just posted - Bill Gates Keynote from WinHEC 2005

Check out Bill's keynote highlighting the advances in 64-bit computing, mobility, and a preview of Longhorn. See demos of a digital movie production platform, a comparison of a SQL DTS run of 5 million records on 32-bit vs. 64-bit, new devices that converge Read More...
Posted Monday, April 25, 2005 6:46 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments

Just released: Major update to Microsoft Interoperability Home Page

We just pushed live a major refresh of microsoft.com/interop - lots of new content, better organization, and, as requested by many bloggers, links to interop content posted by other major platform players. Check it out! http://www.microsoft.com/intero Read More...
Posted Friday, April 22, 2005 9:44 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

New on TheServerSide.net - SOA Versioning Covenant

New article by Rocky Lhotka on SOA governance - contracts vs. covenants and how to address the issues of service versioning in a loosely-coupled world. http://www.theserverside.net/articles/showarticle.tss?id=SOAVersioningCovenant Read More...
Posted Friday, April 22, 2005 12:07 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

Steve Ballmer keynote from Microsoft Management Summit showcases Sun interoperability

If you haven't seen it, Steve Ballmer is on stage with a rack of Sun servers, some running Windows, some Solaris. Demo is using WS-Management to use MOM on Windows to manage/failvoer both Sun/Windows and Sun/Solaris configurations. Pretty cool stuff highlighting Read More...
Posted Friday, April 22, 2005 11:57 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

Just released: Connected Systems Business Kit

Check out a cool new kit available for free at http://www.microsoft.com/connectedsystems . It features whitepapers, case studies, and architectural information on Connected Systems and SOA. In addition, it contains a walk-through of Microsoft's implementation Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:03 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

New BizTalk and .NET Training Available

There is a wealth of new training available in both physical lab and e-learning formats. Given that this training is in high demand, here are some links to the new offerings. New BizTalk e-Learning offerings from MS-Learning: 2434 : Introduction to Development Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:13 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments

WSRP and SharePoint portals

I've gotten a couple of questions lately on WSRP support and Sharepoint - here's some guidance I've gleaned from some experts in Redmond: Microsoft does not yet officially offer WSRP support, however the SharePoint team has developed two unofficial toolkits Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:43 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

Article: Querying and Updating a Database Using Web Services in InfoPath and ASP.NET

Interesting article on use web services to extend the functionality on InfoPath forms to non-InfoPath clients.... "This proof-of-concept article demonstrates how some functionality of a Microsoft Office InfoPath solution, based on a Web service, can also Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:26 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

New Article: Introduction to the Office 2003 Primary Interop Assemblies

Introductory guidance on how to write managed .NET code against unmanaged Office libraries - "interop" within the Microsoft product set, but interesting nonetheless. Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dno2k3ta/html/office2003piasamplelauncher.as Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:22 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

Upcoming Webcast: Developing Smart Client Applications Using SQL Server 2005 Native XML Support

Friday, April 15, 2005 11:00 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Presenter: Shankar Pal, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation Link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032271488&Culture=en-US Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:17 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

BizTalk Server High Availability Guide

Featured on MSDN home page: BizTalk Server 2004 Technical Guide for High Availability Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/BTS_2004WP/html/922d9b1a-c6f2-4d42-9f7a-2876eac7f50d.asp Read More...
Posted Friday, April 08, 2005 8:57 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

Just Announced - Mainframe Migration Alliance Conference 2005 - May 25-26 Chicago

Great event focusing on migration options from an IBM mainframe to a Windows/Intel datacenter. No marketing fluff, just presentations by actual customers who have done this and the partners who support them. Event information: http://www.realtime-productions.com/mmc/ Read More...
Posted Friday, April 01, 2005 4:27 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
 
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