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July 2007 - Posts

Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference 2007

Microsoft has announced the 2007 Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference to be held from October 29th through November 2nd, 2007 at the Microsoft Conference Center on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA. The web site states: During 4 days
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BizTalk Architects on Facebook

For all you facebookers out there with BizTalk Architecture inclinations join the BizTalk Architects group and rub shoulders with the likes of Mike Woods, Clem Vasters, Darren Jefford and folks from Solidsoft
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BizTalk HotRod

The second issue of the BizTalk HotRod mag is available for download. Please find it here: BizTalk HotRod Mag
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Visual Studio 2008 - Beta 2

Come and get it here: Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Dates now avaialable for release: SQL 2008, .Net 3.5, Visual Studio and Windows Server 2008 are now scheduled for a Feb 27 2008 release. Of couse RTM and MSDN availability may be before that :-)
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BizTalk.Net Services in the Cloud: Homework

So decided it was time I did a little homework on this baby. First I read the bumpf, downloaded the SDK. I then watched my old pal from Windows WF days, Dennis's video on Channel 9. What could be more simple....so followed the instructions :- registered
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What the keen BizTalker should be looking at!

Orcas Beta 1 (Visual Studio 2008 BizTalk.Net Services CTP BPEL for Windows Workflow CTP And that's just for starters...
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More on the SOA SKU and other info

Steven Martin, CSD Product Manager at Microsoft in his blog states: Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, we announced that BizTalk Server 2006 R2, is set to launch in September of this year!  We also gave details on pricing, licensing
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BizTalk 2006: New White papers

Two new BizTalk Server whitepapers: Best Practices for the Sql Adapter Sample Design Patterns for Consuming and Exposing Web Services from an Orchestration.
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Update BizTalk Road Map

Have a look at the new updates to the BizTalk Road Map
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MOSS VHD from Microsoft

A VHD of MOSS 2007 (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) has been uploaded to Microsoft Connect. This is a new improved version and now contains Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 + Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 + Microsoft Visio 2007 + Microsoft
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More on the SOA SKU and other info

Steven Martin, CSD Product Manager at Microsoft in his blog states: Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, we announced that BizTalk Server 2006 R2, is set to launch in September of this year!  We also gave details on pricing, licensing
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Is Microsoft producing a SOA SKU?

There is a buzz around the post WPC world that Microsoft may be about to launch a single SKU that in real terms is the Microsoft shrink wrapped SOA product. Burley Kawasaki, director of product management with Microsoft’s Connected Systems Division,
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Is Microsoft producing a SOA SKU?

There is a buzz around the post WPC world that Microsoft may be about to launch a single SKU that in real terms is the Microsoft shrink wrapped SOA product. Burley Kawasaki, director of product management with Microsoft’s Connected Systems Division,
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Patterns for using BizTalk WCF Adapter

Have a look at the BizTalk Adapter Development Blog for some great usage patterns for the WCF LOB Adapter, Get it Here
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BizTalk 2006 R2

So at last the final list of R2 additions plus price point: BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Evaluation Edition  - Free BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Branch Edition       - $1,899 (but must connect to a Ent. Edition BizTalk Server 2006
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Microsoft's Dynamics Live CRM

Microsoft showcased its new on-demand Dynamics Live CRM service July 10, which will be operated and managed within its data centers and initially available in the United States. It is based on the upcoming release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, code-named
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How cool is that!

My father is in Wikipedia! Read all at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_James_(mountaineer)
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Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 has been released and is available as a free download at www.microsoft.com/virtualserver.
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