Strategy and Architecture Council : events

Architect Cafe | December 2009 Series | Online Webcasts

dpeuswr — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:04:24 GMT

December 22, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST
Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service
Michele Leroux Bustamante
The Access Control Service (ACS), part of Windows Azure platform AppFabric, makes it easy to secure REST-based services using a simple set of standard protocols. In addition to enabling secure calls to REST-based services from any client, the ACS uniquely makes it possible to secure calls from client-side script, and enables federation scenarios with REST-based services. This webcast will provide a tour of ACS features and demonstrate scenarios where the ACS can be employed to secure REST-based WCF services and other web resources. You’ll learn how to configure ACS, learn how to request a token from the ACS, and learn how applications and services can authorize access based on the ACS token.

Link to Register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032435379&Culture=en-US

For session recordings and content from the December 2009 series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/cafe-2009-12.aspx.

For information on other events part of the Architect Cafe series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/architect-cafe.aspx.

Event - Microsoft SharePoint as a Development Platform

dpeuswr — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:30:14 GMT

Maximize Your SharePoint Investment: Leverage It as a Development Platform!

We invite you to join us at this in-person event that will assist your agencies and organizations in further realizing the return on your existing SharePoint investment via Enterprise SharePoint Development. Enterprise Application Development on the SharePoint Platform enables a multitude of SharePoint benefits to be coupled with the power of the .NET platform. This combination allows the creation of flexible, integrated and secure line-of-business applications to be built in a fraction of the time of traditional development. So join us at a city near you as we explore Microsoft’s current and long term strategy for the Microsoft SharePoint Platform and supporting Development Tools. Seize this opportunity to immerse yourself in the exciting world of Enterprise SharePoint Development!

Agenda

Time	Session
8:30 AM–9:00 AM	Registration
9:00 AM–10:00 AM	Keynote: Taking your SharePoint Investment to the Next Level with Visual Studio 2010 This keynote session will provide an overview of the new platform capabilities in SharePoint 2010. You will also be among the first to see Visual Studio 2010’s tightly integrated experience for application developers building and deploying SharePoint solutions.
10:00 AM–11:00 AM	Realizing SharePoint as a Development Platform This session will focus on how SharePoint Products & Technologies can contribute to the acceleration of the solution development process by taking advantage of out-of-box capabilities in order to deliver composite business applications for your organization.
11:00 AM–12:30 PM	Unleashing the Power of SharePoint Apps with Visual Studio 2010 This demo-oriented session will provide a deeper look at SharePoint Development concepts, techniques & best practices.
12:30 PM–1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM–3:00 PM	Managing the SharePoint Application Development Lifecycle The final session of the day will provide a look at strategies and best practices for Team based SharePoint development

Who Should Attend

Developers, Architects, Web Designers and technical managers and stakeholders who wish to gain a better understanding of the long term vision of SharePoint as a platform and the benefit of developing for SharePoint.

Attend for your chance to win* a 16GB Zune HD!

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Register for a date & location near you!

Click the appropriate registration link below OR call 1.877.673.8368 and reference the Event ID.

Bellevue, WA

December, 3, 2009

Event ID: 1032431004

Irvine, CA

December 9, 2009

Event ID: 1032431005

Mountain View, CA

December 16, 2009

Event ID: 1032431003

Architect Council | 2010: A Cloud Odyssey

dpeuswr — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

The forecast for 2010 is looking very cloudy, with every technology company delivering some type of cloud offering, and analysts estimating that almost everyone will try some form of cloud computing. But from a practical stand point, how should organizations leverage cloud computing effectively? Is it to simply host existing and legacy assets somewhere else, or to create next-generation applications that enable differentiated capabilities? In addition, what role does SOA play in the age of cloud computing? And does this impact the way we manage and interact with data?

Facilitated by Microsoft, the premise of this half-day event is to provide an open forum where architects can meet to discuss technologies and insights with peers. This forum will provide first-hand experiences and best practices intended to help the community to collectively discover and generate knowledge. Please join us for this opportunity to learn, share and network with your peers and other thought leaders.

Event Summary

Provide a clear and profound understanding of Microsoft’s cloud strategy and roadmap, and latest updates on the Windows Azure Platform
Discuss the state of SOA, and its relevance in the age of cloud computing
Review case studies and models of cloud usage, and examine approaches to build next-generation capabilities leveraging the cloud
Explore trade-offs, best practices, and guidance on today’s myriad of data storage options
Explain the differences and patterns of using various data interaction frameworks

Who Should Attend

Technology and business stakeholders, including CTOs, CIOs, VPs, Directors, Program and Product Managers, Architects, Lead Engineers, and IT Managers

When & Where

12/01/09: Irvine, CA

12/02/09: Los Angeles, CA

12/03/09: Phoenix, AZ

12/08/09: Mountain View, CA

12/09/09: San Francisco, CA

12/10/09: Seattle, WA

12/15/09: Denver, CO

Agenda

12:45PM: Introduction and Announcements

01:00PM: Windows Azure Platform – Overview of the Microsoft Cloud

01:30PM: SOA and Cloud Computing

02:00PM: Architecting Solutions Leveraging the Cloud

02:30PM: Making Sense of Cloud Data Storage

03:15PM: Understanding Data Access Options

04:00PM: Groupthink

How to Attend

This is a FREE event; only an online registration is required. Please follow the links on the event page at http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/council-2009q4.aspx

Presentation Content

For the content we delivered at these events, please visit the event page at http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/council-2009q4.aspx

Architect Cafe | November 2009 Series | Online Webcasts

dpeuswr — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:27:47 GMT

November 24, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST
An Architect’s perspective on Silverlight 3
Tim Heuer
Many .NET developers are becoming more and more interested in the Rich Internet Application development space, and in particular Silverlight. In this session we will step back from a detailed implementation technology and take a higher level look at Silverlight from the architect’s perspective. We will discuss the types of applications where Silverlight makes sense and some scenarios where Silverlight may not be the appropriate technology. We will also delve into some of the architectural decisions that the architect must consider when writing applications for this platform and where some of the tradeoffs may lie.

Link to Register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032432980&Culture=en-US

November 25, 2009, 11:00am – 12:30pm PST
Cloud-computing architecture – designing multi-tenant applications on Windows Azure
Joseph Hofstader
Cloud computing is one of the hottest topics in information technology today. With all the confusion surrounding acronyms ending in ‘aas’ like Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) it can be intimidating for even seasoned IT professionals. This presentation will briefly discuss the different types of cloud platforms and then address one of the key business scenarios for the cloud: Software as a Service.
Software as a Service is a business model for making applications available over the Internet. One of the key tenets of SaaS is multi-tenancy, or software designed to be used by multiple parties. Designing SaaS applications touches on many of the technologies that comprise the Azure platform: Processing, Storage, Workflow, Database and most importantly security. This presentation will discuss how each of technologies can be utilized to define a flexible architecture for multi-tenant solutions.

Link to Register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032432981&Culture=en-US

For session recordings and content from the November 2009 series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/cafe-2009-11.aspx.

For information on other events part of the Architect Cafe series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/architect-cafe.aspx.

Windows Azure World Tour with David Chappell

dpeuswr — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:29:56 GMT

This week our team hosted the silicon valley stop (at our Mountain View campus) in David Chappell’s world-wide tour to talk about the impact of cloud computing, and latest developments on the Windows Azure Platform.

David Chappell’s talk looked at the Windows Azure platform and what it means for enterprises. The topics he covered include:

An overview of the Windows Azure platform: Technology and business model
The cloud platform context: Google, Amazon, Salesforce.com, and more
Using the Windows Azure platform: Application scenarios

He also provided a foundation for thinking about the Windows Azure platform, and then offered guidance on how to make good decisions for using it.

CEO of CSRware.com also showcased their “On-Demand Performance Management solution” for Sustainability and Green IT initiatives. Their current cloud initiative utilized Windows Azure, SQL Azure and hybrid (Software+Services) app dev pattern, for capturing tens of thousands of data points from their customer data center and aggregating them into a single data point to an on-premise SaaS offering.

A copy of the CSRware.com slide deck can be downloaded here:

David Chou also presented some additional views on how to architect applications using the Windows Azure Platform:

Architecting for the Windows Azure Platform -

Thanks to everyone who attended the event, and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or would like to discuss further.

Architect Cafe | October 2009 Series | Online Webcasts

dpeuswr — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:21:43 GMT

October 27, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST
An Architect’s perspective on Silverlight 3
Tim Heuer
Many .NET developers are becoming more and more interested in the Rich Internet Application development space, and in particular Silverlight. In this session we will step back from a detailed implementation technology and take a higher level look at Silverlight from the architect’s perspective. We will discuss the types of applications where Silverlight makes sense and some scenarios where Silverlight may not be the appropriate technology. We will also delve into some of the architectural decisions that the architect must consider when writing applications for this platform and where some of the tradeoffs may lie.
Event ID: 1032427862
Link to Register: An Architect’s perspective on Silverlight 3

October 28, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST
Deploying Windows 7 from an Infrastructure Architect’s Perspective
Doug Klokow
We’ll discuss 5 key areas centered on deploying Windows 7: Developing business justification – Evaluate the capabilities provided by Windows 7 and develop a plan for how to realize business value from these solutions; Where are you today – Explore the differences of preparing for Windows 7 based on your current desktop operating system; Application readiness – Explore the tools and resources available to gain insight into your readiness to deploy Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, and/or Office 2007/2010; Deployment readiness – Explore the tools and resources available to create a design and deployment solution for your enterprise; Training your employees – Discuss available resources for training your IT Staff and End Users.
Event ID: 1032427863
Link to Register: Deploying Windows 7 from an Infrastructure Architect’s Perspective

For up-to-date details and registration of the October 2009 series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/cafe-2009-10.aspx.

For information on other events part of the Architect Cafe series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/architect-cafe.aspx.

Architect Cafe | September 2009 Series | Online Webcasts

dpeuswr — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:59:00 GMT

DAY 1 – September 28, 2009 at Noon PST
From the Trenches: Using Architectural Skills to Increase Solution Adoption Success Rates
Jim Wilt
Products, Solution Frameworks, and Development Tools are too often touted by vendors and development teams as solutions to customer business problems. Why do development teams, customers, and users seek products to fill this gap? When solutions fail is it too easy to blame a given platform than for those really responsible to take responsibility? It more often has to do with one's level of problem solving skills, planning, and ability to align technology with business strategy. This session introduces proven field architectural practices in leadership, communication, and some strategy tools that will assist stakeholders in becoming owners of their solutions--taking responsibility for their outcomes. This results in greater customer satisfaction, as the focus is all about enabling problem solvers (not expecting products) to deliver successful solutions.

DAY 2 – September 29, 2009 at Noon PST
Software as a Service in the Cloud
Michael Stiefel
Architecting and building a Software as a Service application requires solving a series of problems that are independent of a particular software platform. First, a SaaS architecture follows directly from the fundamental principles of the business model. Second, a series of difficult technical problems must be solved in addition to providing the business functionality. These include certificate security, low-IT-capable clients, business continuity when connectivity is lost, provisioning of services, scalability as the number of clients increase, database design for clients, how to use virtualization, and how to integrate and release service functionality over several different client applications. Third, you have to effectively use the platform technology such as WCF and ASP.NET. If you approach building a SaaS application on these three levels, you can then leverage your work into new platforms such as Windows Azure.

SPEAKER BIOS
Jim Wilt - Chief Software Architect for Metrics Reporting Inc.

Michael Stiefel - Principal of Reliable Software, Inc.
Michael is a consultant on software architecture and development, and the alignment of information technology with business goals. He is also a Microsoft Solutions Architect MVP. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a Interdisciplinary Ph.D degree in Nuclear Engineering, Political Science, and History of Technology; M.S. in Nuclear Engineering; and B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He is an active member of the IEEE Consultants Network.

For up-to-date details and registration of the September 2009 series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/cafe-2009-09.aspx.

For information on other events part of the Architect Cafe series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/architect-cafe.aspx.

Silverlight 3 FireStarter | Thursday 2009.09.17 | Redmond, WA or Online

dpeuswr — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:51:47 GMT

The FREE Silverlight 3 Firestarter sessions in Redmond, WA and available as online webcasts on Thursday September 17th include a keynote from Scott Guthrie and presentations from Tim Heuer, Brad Abrams, Karl Shifflett and other Microsoft community leaders. You'll learn what's new and noteworthy in the latest releases of Silverlight and Expression 3. We'll also give you a rundown on .NET RIA services, toolkit, and more.

AGENDA:

TIME	SESSION	SPEAKERS
8:45am – 9:00am	Event Kick Off	Mithun Dhar
9:00am – 10:00am	Keynote	Scott Guthrie
10:00am – 11:00am	Key Silverlight Scenarios	Tim Heuer
11:00am – 11:15am	Break
11:15am – 12:15pm	Expression 3 Overview (Includes Behaviors)	Janete Perez
12:15pm – 1:00pm	Lunch Break
1:00pm – 1:30pm	Sketch Flow	Shawn Oster
1:30pm – 2:30pm	Toolkit & Controls	Justin Angel, Shawn Oster
2:30pm – 3:30pm	RIA Services	Brad Abrams
3:30pm – 3:45pm	Break
3:45pm – 4:30pm	Building Silverlight UIs with XAML Power Toys	Karl Shifflett
4:30pm – 5:00pm	Q & A Panel	All Speakers

LIVE EVENT (Redmond, WA) | REGISTER >>
LIVE WEBCAST | REGISTER >>

For more information or to register, visit:www.msdnevents.com/firestarter
OR CALL 1-877-MSEVENT

Architect Cafe | August 2009 Series | Online Webcasts

dpeuswr — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Adverse times are also best times for innovation! Choosing the right battles to fight, and reinventing ourselves with less resources are par for the course today. However, not all innovation needs to be revolutionary or transformative. In fact, in the current economic crisis, opportunities for innovation can be found in aspects of our core competencies, and implemented as incremental and iterative changes.

For this series of Architect Council live webcasts on August 24 and 25, 2009, we will discuss two of the many ways architects can innovate by recognizing the impact to architects, and learning how to effectively leverage cloud computing beyond just another place to host existing assets.

Role of the Architect in Turbulent Times – August 24, 2009
Miha Kralj – Architect, Microsoft

A Closer Look at an Internet Service Bus – August 25, 2009
Clemens Vasters – Principal Technical Lead .NET Services, Microsoft

For more details and registration, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/council-2009-08.aspx

For other events in the Architect Cafe series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/architect-cafe.aspx

See the Future of Microsoft Technology @ PDC09

dpeuswr — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:53:37 GMT

The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) has been Microsoft’s premier gathering of leading-edge developers and architects. Attendees come from around the world to learn about the future of Microsoft’s platform, exchange ideas with Microsoft product and technology experts and network with fellow professionals.

Read the full post on John Stame’s blog at http://jcstame.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/see-the-future-of-microsoft-technology-pdc09/

Architect Council | Pragmatic Patterns for Architects - WrapUp

dpeuswr — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:03:17 GMT

We have just completed this webcast series of Architect Council events. Thanks to everyone who attended for taking the time and providing your valuable feedback (the winners of our giveaways will be notified by email). As usual, if you have any specific topics you’d like to see in future events, please feel free to reach out and share your thoughts with us.

Slides and Videos are now available

For this series on “Pragmatic Patterns for Architects”, the slides and links to video recordings have been posted. You can find them on the event series page on this blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/council-2009q2.aspx.

Notes from the “Building Silverlight & WPF Applications with Prism” session:

Library of Patterns for Client & RIA Applications

Modularity, Composition, Separated Presentation…

Solid but Flexible Architectural Foundation

Promotes Re-use, Unit Testing, Independent Development
Supports Design-Time & Run-Time Extensibility

Multi-Targeting

Promotes Re-use across WPF & Silverlight
Support Multi User Experience or Migration

Code, Reference Implementation, Documentation & Quick-Starts Available on MSDN & CodePlex

Refresh for Silverlight 3.0 Late Summer 09

Where can you find it?

Links from the “Patterns for Parallel Computing” session:

.NET 4.0 Parallel APIs – http://msdn.com/concurrency
CCR & DSS Toolkit – http://microsoft.com/ccrdss
Dryad – http://research.microsoft.com/dryad
Azure Services Platform – http://azure.com
SQL Server “Madison” – http://microsoft.com/madison
Windows HPC Server 2008 – http://microsoft.com/hpc

BizTalk 2009 is coming

dpeuswr — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:28:41 GMT

A “First Look” at BizTalk Server 2009! – June 23, 2009

Enterprises across the world need to build applications that span their network and bring together services, systems, and people. The new BizTalk Server 2009 enables this connectivity while eliminating many of the cost and complexity challenges enterprises currently face.

Read the full article on Joe Shirey’s blog at http://www.joeshirey.com/2009/06/11/BizTalk2009IsComing.aspx

Roadmap for Major Technology Announced at TechEd

dpeuswr — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:32:24 GMT

Thanks to Network World for their article, Microsoft’s software pipeline set to burst. The product roadmaps for the coming year were announced at TechEd this past week.

Read the full article on Raj Ramabadran’s blog at http://rajramabadran.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/roadmap-for-major-technology-announced-at-teched/

Architect Council | The Importance of the Client - WrapUp

woodyp — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:15:00 GMT

Joe Shirey and I (Woody Pewitt) have recently concluded a series of Architect Councils titled The Importance of the Client. In 2 weeks and 1 day we did 10 events in 7 cities and while it is always great to meet customers working with our tools and technology due to the break neck travel involved we are happy it’s over!

We talked about what investments Microsoft as made and is making for web development including ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, AJAX Control Toolkit and ASP.NET 4.0 AJAX Preview 4 as well as the work we have done on Internet Explorer 8. We talked about the commitment Microsoft has made with IE8 as far as browser compliance. We also showed some of they ways developers can extend the IE8 shell\chrome with Accelerators, Web Slices and Search.

We had several questions about IE8 and Group Policy and the complete information about Group Policy and Internet Explorer 8 are available but I am happy to say that the developers tools can be turned off. There are many other setting that are manageable via Group Policies in IE8 checkout the Internet Explorer 8 Deployment Guide for more information on how to get IE out to your users with the settings you wan to have for your environment.

If you are interested in the slides I presented I have put them out on my SkyDrive.

Some links that may be of interest were:

What's New in Internet Explorer 8
SilverLight Demos
- Hard Rock Memorabilia
- Kelley Blue Book Perfect Car Finder: Photo Edition
- SnapFlow
- Local Chess
As an example of a ClickOnce once and rich visualization of data with WPF I showed Vertigo’s Family.Show application.
For an example of an application that extends the reach of a web site I showed Slideshare’s SlideShare Ribbon that enables interaction with Slideshare from within PowerPoint 2007.
As examples of extending on to the mobile platform I pointed out Pandora for Windows Mobile.
I also talked about rich mobile applications with the example of PockeTwit.

For all of you who made it to the events thanks for showing up for those who did not sorry we missed you but we hope you all can make our next set of events witch will be on line. Stay tuned to this blog for details.

More Upcoming MSDN Events

dpeuswr — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:48:25 GMT

Rob Bagby is making the tour again with another series of MSDN Events in May.

Registration Links

Albuquerque, NM - May 4, 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Salt Lake City, UT - May 6, 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 noon or May 6, 1:00 p.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Colorado Springs, CO - May 28, 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Denver, CO - May 26, 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. or May 27, 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 noon
Ft. Collins, CO - (date and registration tba)
Phoenix, AZ - May 18, 2009 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Read the full article on Joe Shirey’s blog at http://www.joeshirey.com/2009/04/17/MoreUpcomingMSDNEvents.aspx