Steve Kirk's WebLog

Mary Jo Foley on Microsoft’s SOA Vision

Steve Kirk — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:07:00 GMT

Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley wrote on Microsoft’s SOA vision yesterday in eWeek.

Along with key points from an interview with Pat Helland:and a discussion on Whitehorse modeling she pointed to the new article Understanding Service-Oriented Architecture by the CBDI Forum’s David Sprott and Lawrence Wilkes published in the new Microsoft Architects JOURNAL here on MSDN.

Don't Forget Today's Architecture Webcasts

Steve Kirk — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:13:00 GMT

Architecting and Building Smart Client Solutions: The Future of Application Development - Level 200
April 22, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=25881
Tim Huckaby, CEO, InterKnowlolgy
In Spring of 2003, Tim Huckaby was tasked by Microsoft® Norway to develop and deliver a keynote level "Architecting and Building Smart Client Applications" presentation for the Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET 2003 launch in Oslo. In performing the research to put together the content and demos necessary for a great presentation, Tim discovered multiple instances of inconsistent messaging in smart client application development that still exists today. Even today, Microsoft has multiple conflicting definitions of what a smart client application is and there are still some very distinct and differing "siloed" opinions of smart client applications within the Microsoft Product Groups. Developers won't want to miss this webcasts demonstrations that will help demystify these inconsistencies and narrow the definition of what a smart client application is.

patterns & practices Live: p&p Update - Level 200
April 22, 2004
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=25880
Sandy Khaund, Group Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast will be a patterns & practices Spring 2004 Update. This is a follow-up to the October 2003 webcast about patterns & practices, the library of guidance and code to help build sound solutions for the .NET Framework. In this webcast, we will provide an overview of the upcoming deliverables provided by patterns & practices (Shadowfax

Pat Helland’s Metropolis in the Microsoft Architecture Journal

Steve Kirk — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:15:00 GMT

I’ve mentioned recorded talks Pat has given on Metropolis (a comparison of trends in IT with the development of American cities over the last two centuries). Pat’s recent article on Metropolis has just been published on MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/journal/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnmaj/html/aj2metrop.asp as part of the spring Microsoft Architects Journal.

Webcast today at 11:00 AM PST: Logidex .NET Library accesses p&p

Steve Kirk — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:28:00 GMT

Brent Carlson from LogicLibrary cover the MSDN Logidex .NET Library which simplifies access to patterns & practices on MSDN.

More info at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=25875

Microsoft Architects Journal on MSDN

Steve Kirk — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:59:00 GMT

The Microsoft Architects Journal is new to MSDN and we’re really happy to make it available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/journal/ . The two issues published to date contain some of the best writing on architectural topics we’ve published so far.

Topics in the new spring issue http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/journal/
-Metropolis
-Service Orientated Architecture – Considerations for Agile Systems
-Service Orientated Architecture Implementation Challenges
-Business Patterns for Software Engineering Use – Part 1
-Messaging Patterns in Service Oriented Architecture – Part 1

Topics covered in the inaugural issue http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/journal/
-Best Practices for Rule-Based Application Development
-Business Process Decomposition and Service Identification Using Communication Patterns
-DasBlog: Notes from Building a Distributed .NET Collaboration System
-Enterprise Architecture Design and the Integrated Architecture Framework
-Metadata-Driven Application Design and Development
-Understanding Service-Oriented Architecture

Vote for the TechEd Architecture Track

Steve Kirk — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 21:30:00 GMT

Those of you attending the TechEd Architecture Track can help us gauge interest in the sessions that you most want to attend by filling out the session preference survey. This tool also lets us optimize room capacity, planning, and assign sessions to breakout rooms based on demand.

Go to http://www.msteched.com/survey/
Enter your TechEd username and password (you created this password during event registration).

Indicate the 22 sessions that you think would be the most useful to you by selecting one session per timeslot. Please feel free to choose sessions from across all eleven tracks.

New Microsoft Services Site

Steve Kirk — Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:00:00 GMT

I've learned about the various service offerings available from Microsoft in bits and pieces over time so I'm happy to see these laid out in a well orgainized way on this new site http://www.microsoft.com/microsoftservices . Services civered there include:

Consulting and industry specific offerings

Microsoft support channels

Microsoft Technology Centers

The MTCs are especially interesting for:

-Strategy Briefing (one day)
-Architectural Design Session (one or two day)
-Proof-of-Concept Workshop (three-week)

Training and education

Ron Jeffries Test Driven Development Webcast Rescheduled for April 15

Steve Kirk — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 16:54:00 GMT

Ron Jeffries will give the "Test Driven Development" Webcast originally scheduled for April 8 on April 15.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032247637&Culture=en-US

Ron is a leader in the extreme programming movement and a great speaker.

Identity and Access Management for Architects

Steve Kirk — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:32:00 GMT

On March 8, I announced plans for an identity management pre-conference session for architects at TechEd in San Diego.
Here are some details:

Identity and Access Management for Architects
Michel Baladi, Principal Consultant, Microsoft Services
James Booth, Program Manger, Windows Customer Experience Team
Derick Campbell, Program Manager for the Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series
Frederick Chong, Solutions Architect .NET Enterprise Architecture Team
David Mowers, Development Lead for the Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series
Learn how an integrated identity and access management architecture can reduce costs, increase security, and improve the user sign on experience. This session covers the many identity and access management solutions that can be achieved, and the effort required, using Microsoft and partner technologies in heterogeneous IT environments. This session will be presented by the development team for the Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series and experts from Microsoft product groups and Microsoft Services.

This all-day pre-conference session is scheduled for Sunday May 23rd.

Visit the TechEd pre-conference site for more information. .

Pat Helland's VSLive talk covered by InfoWorld

Steve Kirk — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:25:00 GMT

InfoWorld's Paul Krill covered Pat's VSLive talk last Thursday:
IT business processes evolving like cities, Microsoft exec says
Official stresses need for standards, service-oriented architectures
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/25/HNhelland_1.html

A related talk, Metropolis : Envisioning the Service-Oriented Enterprise (November 2003), is available as part of the Architecture Strategy Series http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/overview/series/ and Pat will anchor the TechEd Architecture track in San Diego with a similar talk (ARC300) http://www.msteched.com/content/breakouts.aspx .

Not mentioned in the InfoWorld coverage is that these talks are useful for architects. They cover SOA concepts including independence, autonomy, and trust and they address problems such as exactly-once execution. The comments and questions that these talks elicit help drive their evolution (visit Pat's blog http://blogs.msdn.com/pathelland/ to participate).

Pat's TechTalk Interview on TheServerSide.NET

Steve Kirk — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:04:00 GMT

Pat Helland recently participated in a TechTalk interview with TheServerSide.NET http://www.theserverside.net/talks/library.tss#PatHelland where he addressed questions on the Service Oriented Enterprise and SOA. I enjoy those (TechTalk) interviews and wish TSS.NET well as a resource for enterprise developers.

Pat Helland: It’s All in a Name: What’s a Service

Steve Kirk — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:54:00 GMT

Pat joins blog space and enters the fray with
It's All in a Name: What's a Service?

As the TechEd Architecture Track is one of my major interests I’ll add that Pat will give key architecture track sessions in San Diego:

Metropolis: Envisioning the Service-Oriented Enterprise
Speaker(s): Pat Helland
Track(s): Architecture
Cities emerge one building at a time, but with the right planning codes the result can be more graceful and functional than anything one architect could conceive alone. Are services the cornerstone of information technology uniting old and new to the benefit of all? What will an organizational technology portfolio look like in ten years? How will advances in technology transform business and business processes? What are the key architectural patterns? What are the new limits? What do you set in motion today to anticipate the architecture of tomorrow? This session establishes the overall architectural metaphor "metropolis" that anchors this year's TechEd Architecture Track.

Metropolis: Building Applications in the Service-Oriented Enterprise
Speaker(s): Pat Helland
Track(s): Architecture
There are many interesting comparisons to draw between building design, construction, and rennovation and the lifecycle of solutions. In the same way buildings are remodeled to adapt to changing requirements, solutions will evolve. Learn how Services-Oriented applications can be architected, built, and enhanced to provide business value over the long term.

Metropolis: Using Information in the Service-Oriented Enterprise
Speaker(s): Pat Helland
Track(s): Architecture
Looking at the evolution of manufactured goods and the impact of standards on manufacturing, we can learn a lot about the standardization of structured data. As application semantics become increasingly standardized, it will be easier to integrate systems in a service-oriented enterprise. This session explains the changes that we see in data and the standardization of data as driven by the econmic forces in today's world

See http://www.msteched.com/content/breakouts.aspx for more on TechEd content.

An Identity Management Session for the Tech Ed Architecture Track

Steve Kirk — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 18:58:00 GMT

I’m happy to announce that we will have an Identity Management session as part of the Architecture Track at TechEd San Diego. It will be an all-day pre-conference session held Sunday May 23. Details will follow (probably this week) on the TechEd pre-conference page at http://www.msteched.com/content/precons.aspx .

Please don’t confuse this with the Active Directory session

Tech Ed Architecture Session Details Now Live

Steve Kirk — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 22:22:00 GMT

The TechEd session listings with abstracts and speakers just went live on http://www.msteched.com/content/breakouts.aspx .

In addition to these breakout sessions there will be (at least) one architecture pre-conference session, small group sessions at the architecture lounge, pre-conference architecture webcasts, and BOFs.

TechEd Architecture Track: What do you think?

Steve Kirk — Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:26:00 GMT

Are we covering the right topics?
Are the session titles clear?
By title: What do you want covered?

Pre conference Architecture Track
What should be available online before the conference?

Post Conference
What should be available online after the conference?