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Content from the Canadian Connected Systems Conference

pkelcey — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:39:00 GMT

We've been to Vancouver and Toronto so far and lots of people have been asking about the presentations that we delivered at the Connected Systems Conference. We're uploading them now to a skydrive site and you should be able to access them at

http://cid-ece4536d84e10155.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Connected%20Systems%20Conference%202008/Final%20Slides

The site should be open for anyone to download the presentations and you won't need a password or ID. It may take us a day to get all of the presenters to upload their decks, so if you don't see the one you wanted, give it a day and then check back.

Cheers and keep on BizTalking

Peter

Canadian BizTalk 2006-R2/SOA Conference

pkelcey — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:17:00 GMT

Microsoft Canada is host a R2 launch conference in conjunction with a SOA conference. The conference will be held Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. The details and registration links are below.

2007 Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference

Microsoft Canada is pleased to announce the 2007 Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference to be held in Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. Be the first to hear about the new wave of innovation included in BizTalk Server 2006 R2, with enhanced capabilities such as native support for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and AS2 as well as RFID. During these 2 days you will learn about both Microsoft’s current portfolio and long-term strategy for SOA & Business Process initiatives. Whether you are a developer, architect, or business decision maker we will have something for you with tracks spanning the full spectrum of technology, architecture, and business value topics.

What You Can Expect

• Keynote Sessions

Business Value Track
The Business Value track will have multiple sessions that will focus on issues such as establishing a SOA roadmap. We will provide case studies and guidance to help your SOA and business process initiatives demonstrate value quickly and stay focused on business goals. Whether you are a partner practice manager evaluating the business opportunity of SOA and business process or an enterprise decision maker evaluating the potential return on investment of your SOA and BPM initiatives, the Business Value track is for you.

Technical Track
The Technical track will have multiple sessions that will focus on the design and implementation of service oriented and business process solutions. We will provide best practices and proven patterns for handling challenges with many aspects of solution architecture such as; data, identity, messaging, workflow, and rules.

• “Ask the Expert” Sessions *
• Technical Partner Business Planning Sessions *
• Evening Reception

The Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference is the event for customers and technology partners to get detailed guidance for planning and delivering solutions for Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management. Guidance will be provided across 2 tracks focused on Technical and Business Value topics.

**Session agendas will be provided shortly.

***Please join us on Day 1 of this 2 Day event for a social reception***

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Microsoft Canada a le plaisir d’annoncer le Congrès de Microsoft sur l'architecture orientée sur les services et sur les processus d'affaires 2007 qui se tiendra à Calgary, à Toronto et à Montréal. Soyez les premiers à découvrir les toutes dernières innovations de BizTalk Server 2006 R2 , incluant des fonctionnalités plus performantes telles que (native support) pour EDI et AS2, ainsi que pour le RFID. D’une durée de deux jours, le congrès vous offrira l’occasion de vous informer sur le portefeuille de produits actuel de Microsoft et sur sa stratégie à long terme en matière d’architecture orientée sur les services et de processus d’affaires. Que vous soyez un développeur, un spécialiste en architecture ou un décideur gestionnaire, nos ateliers qui couvrent le champ complet de la technologie, de l’architecture et de la valeur commerciale sauront vous intéresser.

Programme

• Discours d’ouverture

Atelier sur la valeur commerciale

L’atelier sur la valeur commerciale portera notamment sur l’établissement d’un guide relatif à l’architecture orientée sur les services. Nous présenterons des études de cas et donnerons des conseils pour que vos projets d’architecture orientée sur les services et de processus d’affaires génèrent rapidement de la valeur tout en respectant les objectifs de l’entreprise. Que vous soyez un directeur des services-conseils aux partenaires évaluant le potentiel commercial de l’architecture orientée sur les services ou un décideur-gestionnaire évaluant le rendement du capital investi potentiel de ses projets d’architecture orientée sur les services et de processus d’affaires, cet atelier s’adresse à vous.

Atelier technique

L’atelier technique portera sur la création et la mise en œuvre de solutions axées sur les services et les processus d’affaires. Nous parlerons des meilleures pratiques et des modèles éprouvés permettant d’affronter les difficultés en faisant appel à de nombreux aspects de l’architecture de solutions, tels que les données, la messagerie, le flux de travaux et les règles.

• Ateliers « Demandez à l’expert »*
• Ateliers sur la planification des affaires à l’intention des partenaires techniques*
• Réception

Le Congrès de Microsoft sur l'architecture orientée sur les services et sur les processus d'affaires est l’événement par excellence destiné aux clients et aux partenaires technologiques qui désirent obtenir de l’information détaillée en vue de planifier et d’offrir des solutions orientées sur les services et la gestion des processus administratifs. Cette information sera transmise dans le cadre d’un atelier technique et d’un atelier sur la valeur commerciale.

**Les agendas des différentes sessions seront disponibles sous peu

*** Joignez-vous à nous le premier jour de cet événement de deux jours pour une réception ***

	Date	Time	Location	Address	EventID
A	September 25 - 26, 2007	7:30 am - 6:30pm	The Westin Calgary	320 4th Avenue SW Calgary, AB, T2P 2S6	1032350673	A
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	Date	Time	Location	Address	EventID
A	October 3 - 4 , 2007	7:30 am - 6:30pm	Microsoft Canada Head Office	1950 Meadowvale Blvd Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 8L9	1032351073	A
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	Date	Time	Location	Address	EventID
A	October 24 - 25, 2007	7:30 am - 6:30pm	Hotel Place D'Armes	55 Saint-Jacques West Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 3X2	1032351086	A
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The Canadian BizTalk Partner Summit is Coming!

pkelcey — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:20:00 GMT

For those of you that won't be able to make it to the Redmond based SOA Conference in October, don't sweat it, you won't be left without a BizTalk related conference!

We've been working on this for a little while and I'm happy to be able to finally announce it publicly. The Canadian Business Process Integration (BPI) Partner summit is going to be rolling across Canada during the end of October and beginning of November. Whether you're new to BizTalk, experienced, sales focused or technically focused, we're going to have something for you. The details are below. Hope to see you there.

Overview:

Microsoft^® Canada Business Process Integration (BPI) Partner Summit: Whether you run the business or write the code, the BPI Partner Summit is the event you will want to attend to help ensure your BPI business is wildly successful now, and in the future. During this event technology partners will learn about positioning their BPI business for success, architecting Service Oriented Architectures, using best practices to implement Business Process Management projects, and much more. Technology partners will have an opportunity to attend this event in any of the three cities across Canada listed below. For those attending the Toronto event we will be joined by industry expert, David Chappell who will share his insights on building a successful business around Microsoft^® BizTalk^® Server.

About the Summit:
Over 2 days, attendees will learn about the strategies and technologies that Microsoft is delivering over the next year. Two technical tracks will provide depth and detail into best practices for building BPM solutions, guidance for advancing your SOA, and using the latest development tools and technologies for connecting people, processes and information. The Business Value track will focus on building a successful business around BizTalk and the Business Process Integration (BPI) partner competency. Whether you need to get up to speed fast, or are ready to dive deep, this is the event for technical training, networking, and business development for technology partners interested in Microsoft’s view of SOA, BPM, and Connected Systems.

When & Where:
October 17-18, 2006 – Calgary, AB
October 25-26, 2006 – Mississauga, ON
November 1-2, 2006 – Montreal, QC

Session Agenda:
Day 1:
Track 1: Business Value
The Business Value track will focus on the business opportunities for technology partners in the BPI competency. This track has been created specifically for business owners, practice leads and others interested in growing their BPI business.
Track 2: 101 for BizTalk - technical
The 101 track for BizTalk will provide attendees with a full-day of instructor led hands on training for BizTalk 2006. Topics covered will include working with adapters, pipelines, maps, orchestrations, administration, etc. This track is designed to act as a foundation from which to draw from in Day 2 during the “BPI In-Depth” track and is best suited to those with limited understanding of BizTalk to-date.
Day 2:

BPI In-Depth - technical
The BPI In-Depth track will include deep technical sessions and practical guidance on building applications using the latest technologies. Topics covered will include Windows^® Workflow Foundation, Service Oriented Architecture, Business Activity Monitoring, best practices and more. This track is best suited for Architects, Experienced developers of BizTalk, and those who participated in the “101 for BizTalk” track.

All sessions will be presented in English.

There is no fee to attend this training. Please register via the Partner Learning Centre for each track you are interested in.

Questions?
Please forward your questions to cdnplc@microsoft.com.

BPM/I Conference Details Announced

pkelcey — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:40:00 GMT

In my last post, I spoke about the upcoming BPM/I conference that the product team is hosting in October. Registration

Registration: (http://www.impactevents.com/biztalkconference/) This site also has an agenda posted.

It's running at the Microsoft Conference Center from October 3-6, 2005. Registration is $199.00, with an early bird discount price of $149.00 if you register by July 21st.

Cheers

Microsoft BPM&I Conference

pkelcey — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:26:00 GMT

If you haven't already heard, the next big conference that our folks in Redmond are planning is the 2nd annual Business Process Management and Integration conference. This conference is going to be sponsored by the BizTalk server product group and it's going to be held October 3rd through to the 6th at the Microsoft Conference Centre in Redmond (2006). Complete details are going to be made available in the early summer, but be sure to save those dates if you're interested.

People that attended last year tell me that they were around 500 partners and customers attending and that we had at least 40 from right here in Canada. We're expecting to get around 750 this year, so it'll be the place to meet other BizTalk experts, exchange BizTalk stories and generally ramp up your skills. Hope to see you there.

Cheers