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Teaching SolidQ Australia BI Bootcamp in Perth 1st week of October

BizTalkBill's Ramblings — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:31:22 GMT

It has been a while since I have been to Perth and I am looking forward to catching up with some of the people I know there. I will be there for the week of the 4th – 8th of October teaching the SolidQ BI Bootcamp course, of if you are interested in catching up or doing some SQL training drop me an email ....(read more)

A new lifetime gig

Santosh Benjamin's Weblog — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:37:19 GMT

I’m Dad again for the second time . Baby Rachel arrived last week and is already alert and ready to take over the world. Just check out the picture. Well, I guess that pretty much squeezes down my community project bandwidth down to a minimum. This is going to be a long project. Western parents [...]...(read more)

Troubleshooting the VS10 Experimental Instance

Santosh Benjamin's Weblog — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:38:17 GMT

Running the Experimental Instance from Command Line Sometimes when running the experimental instance (for example when debugging a visual studio extension such as Feature Builder), the system throws error messages such as the error in following screenshot and asks us to run the application (that is, the experimental instance) on the command line with a [...]...(read more)

Introduction to Feature Builder

Santosh Benjamin's Weblog — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:29:40 GMT

My first post for our MCS Solution Development Blog is now live and it’s on the topic of Feature Builder. This is the first in a series of posts in which we will go deep into the Feature Builder tooling and explore all that it offers for building Feature Extensions. I’ll link to the posts here [...]...(read more)

Agile User Experience Design

Tallan's Technology Blog — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:47:57 GMT

Integrating Agile methodology and User Experience Design has long been a challenge. This diagram shows how the two can work in harmony with each other to produce profitable products that meet the demands of stakeholders....(read more)

The UX Process

Tallan's Technology Blog — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:42:36 GMT

This diagram shows the stages and deliverables of the User Experience Design process....(read more)

endpoint.tv - Workflow Services as a Batch Job

The .NET Endpoint — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:01:04 GMT

Sometimes you have work that you want to schedule for off-peak times or have happen on a recurring schedule, such as every 3 hours. While there are many ways to do this, Workflow Services are an interesting option. In this episode, I'll show you how you can create a service that accepts start, stop, and query messages, and supports scheduling. WF4 Batch Job Example (MSDN Code Gallery) Ron Jacobs blog http://blogs.msdn.com/rjacobs twitter @ronljacobs...(read more)

Interview Series: Four Questions With … Mark Simms

Richard Seroter's Architecture Musings — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:28:34 GMT

Happy September and welcome to the 23rd interview with a thought leader in the “connected technology” space. This month I grabbed Mark Simms who is member of Microsoft’s AppFabric Customer Advisory team, blogger, author and willing recipient of my random emails. Mark is an expert on Microsoft StreamInsight and has a lot of practical customer [...]...(read more)

Storing Application Configuration Information in SSO

Stephen Kaufman's WebLog — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:59:12 GMT

For those using BizTalk, we have long had the need to store configuration information in a central location that is shared between each of the distributed BizTalk instances. BizTalk itself uses SSO for all of its internal configuration information. Unfortunately, we have not had a tool that allows us to take advantage of this functionality. Currently, in SSO there are three different utilities to perform SSO based tasks. These are the SSOConfig, SSOManage and the SSOClient...(read more)

Listening to customers: A simpler SO-Aware installer

Jesus Rodriguez's WebLog — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:35:00 GMT

Simplicity and the ability to listen to customers are some of the principles behind SO-Aware and Tellago Studios for that matter. Building sophisticated software that is still simple and intuitive from the user/operator perspective is one of those fundamental...( read more )...(read more)

BizTalk Application Tracing Made Easy with BizTalk CAT Instrumentation Framework Controller

Windows Server AppFabric Customer Advisory Team — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:33:00 GMT

When a busy developer is running under tight deadlines, every instrument that helps increase productivity would be in high demands. Visual Studio 2010 with Power Tools is a heaven for .NET developers but developers would always ask for more and it’s natural. We have recently come across a good tool that could help BizTalk developers save precious time so that it can be spent elsewhere whether it’s that another important feature, that last-minute bug or that delicious cup of strong Italian...(read more)

BizTalk Server 2010 Release Party in Sweden – September 8 & 9

Stephen W. Thomas — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:02:37 GMT

I am pleased once again to be asked to present in Sweden by the Sweden BizTalk Server Users Group. This event is the “BizTalk Server 2010 Release Party” and will feature content and topics from my soon to be released book: Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform.

This is much more than just a simple presentation. This is a 2-day EVENT packed with great content from multiple speakers. I will be presenting alongside fellow co-authors Richard Seroter and Ewan Fairweather.

This event will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on September 8th and 9th. Full details are available at: http://bugs20100908.eventbrite.com/. The event is currently sold out but you can get added to a Waitlist.

We expect to have over 10 MVPs and over 40 people from outside Sweden in attendance!

I am looking forward to my second trip to Sweden and getting the opportunity to present to this group again.

Hope to see you in Sweden!

BizTalk with Macintosh

Eric's BizTalk 2004/2006/2009 blog — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:55:32 GMT

A funny sight I saw today: I think they would be proud!...(read more)

August 29th Links: .NET, ASP.NET, IIS Express, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7

ScottGu's Blog — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:23:36 GMT

Here is the latest in my link-listing series . Also check out my VS 2010 and .NET 4 series and ASP.NET MVC 2 series for other on-going blog series I’m working on. [In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] .NET/WPF/EF 5 Little C#/.NET Wonders that Make Code Better : Nice blog post from James that highlights 5 nice language/framework tips you can take advantage of within your apps. I’m betting a lot of...(read more)

Patch for VS 2010 Find and Replace Dialog Growing

ScottGu's Blog — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:57:22 GMT

One of the top reported Microsoft Connect issues with VS 2010 has been an issue with the Find and Replace dialog – which grows 16px each time you use it (which is pretty annoying). The Visual Studio team recently released a patch that fixes this issue. You can download and apply it here . Hope this helps, Scott P.S. A few people reported issues installing the patch if they had an older version of the Silverlight 4 tools installed. If you see an error message that says you need an update to...(read more)

Troubleshooting Windows Server AppFabric–the case of the ANONYMOUS LOGON

Connected Thoughts - Thiago Almeida — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:52:58 GMT

We have recently developed a RESTful .NET 4 service which was deployed to a server running Windows Server AppFabric. We wanted to take advantage of all the Windows Server AppFabric goodness and its WCF monitoring capabilities. Deployment could not have been easier: after creating the zip file and release instructions, our admin deployed the service [...]...(read more)

BizTalk + Windows Server AppFabric CAT Team Blog

Connected Thoughts - Thiago Almeida — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:37:37 GMT

In case you have for some unfathomable reason missed the posts by Brian, Jon, Mick, Richard Steef-Jan and Yossi, I would also like to point you to the recently launched Windows Server AppFabric CAT Team Blog. It combines posts from some of the most talented people out there, sharing their experiences with technologies from the Microsoft [...]...(read more)

SOA Manifesto – Now in 9 Languages!

Blog.BrianLoesgen.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:11:03 GMT

I initially blogged about the SOA Manifesto that I was honored to be a part of almost a year ago. If you read through the signatories page , you’ll see some very prominent names (individuals and companies) and great comments supporting the work we did. We labored long and hard about the exact wording in English. The French looks good to me, but I’ll have to defer to others for the other languages. Dutch is “coming soon”, but currently it is available at the site in: English Chinese French German...(read more)

Solving the “No logical space left to create more user strings” Error and Improving performance of Pre-generated Views in Visual Studio .NET4 Entity Framework

Windows Server AppFabric Customer Advisory Team — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:08:00 GMT

As shown in the previous precompiled view blog ( Isolating Performance with Precompiled/Pre-generated Views in the Entity Framework 4 ), views can significantly improve performance in various scenarios such as first-run; memory usage; and execution of one-off queries. However, the creation of views for large complex models that consist of many entities and associations), can create lots of views which in turn will require heavy use of strings, and reach the .NET metadata format limit on the number...(read more)

Recent Launch of AppFabric CAT blog...

Mick's Breeze Blogs - Biztalk/Sharepoint/... — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:50:58 GMT

Hi folks, an email floated across my desk from Tim Wieman today tell me about a new AppFabric CAT blog. Thanks Tim. --- snippet --- Recently as part of building the Windows Server AppFabric Customer Advisory Team (or AppFabric CA T for short). This team brings under one “virtual roof” others like me from the team formerly known as the “BizTalk Rangers”, plus other technology experts in Windows Server AppFabric, AppFabric Caching, WF, WCF, StreamInsight, EF, etc. The new team blog is our commitment...(read more)

P ≠ NP proved?

Charles Young — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:14:23 GMT

Oh my. Somehow I missed this one from earlier this month. A guy from HP Labs called Vinay Deolalikar claims he has the proof. P ≠ NP. I'm nowhere near clever enough to follow his arguments (see http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Vinay_Deolalikar/Papers/pnp_synopsis.pdf for a synopsis), but I understand the impact. If he is right, then in a sense, nothing changes. It's just that we will now know for sure that there is no magic formula that will revolutionise the efficiency of our software. The...(read more)

IE9 Chrome

Charles Young — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:04:21 GMT

It was always obvious that IE9 was going to get new chrome. Why else publish the technical previews with a mocked-up UI? The very fact that the IE team has cleanly separated the core browser technology from the old IE chrome indicates that they are free to change the whole look and feel of the browser if they wish. And of course, they must want to do so. Everyone loves the clean, zippy feel of Google's Chrome. If IE9 is to halt the slow slide in 'market share' that previous versions of...(read more)

BizTalk Performance session at Tech·Ed Europe 2010

Mikael Håkansson — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:24:08 GMT

I just got the news my BizTalk Performance Optimization session was approved for Tech·Ed: Topic Information Primary Track Application Server & Infrastructure Session Type Lunchtime Session Session Title BizTalk Server Performance: Configuring BizTalk Server for performance Description Optimizing and verifying your BizTalk Server installation is not an easy thing to do. The documentation is good but very extensive. This presentation aims to guide you through the most important operations you need...(read more)

New Windows Server AppFabric Customer Advisory Team or AppFabric CAT Blog!

Jon Flanders' Blog — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:23:22 GMT

Hey readers - if you are interested in Windows Server AppFabric - make sure to check out the new AppFabric Cat team blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/appfabriccat looks like a great set of content! Check out my new book on REST ....(read more)

A New Blog is Born: Windows Server AppFabric Customer Advisory Team

Blog.BrianLoesgen.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:48:10 GMT

Microsoft’s Windows Server AppFabric Customer Advisory Team ( CAT) has launched a new blog focused on AppFabric (both Windows Server AppFabric and Azure AppFabric), WCF, WF, BizTalk, data modeling and StreamInsight. You can find the blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/appfabriccat/ . If you read my blog, then these are technologies that will be of interest to you, and this promises to be a good source of information. Thanks to the CAT team for putting this together!...(read more)

TechEd 2010: Mastering Microsoft Integration Solutions

Mick's Breeze Blogs - Biztalk/Sharepoint/... — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:40:00 GMT

Well as TechEd 2010 draws to a close this year in Australia, I had a great time getting away from it all and certainly experiencing a couple of firsts. For me this was one of the better TechEd’s I had been to – the sessions were a little light on, but the labs + exams made up for that big time. So Scotty and I developed an Integration Pre Conference Training Session aimed at working out which MS Integration technology to run where – unscrambling the mess. We got a great turn out for the training...(read more)

Do you know the Microsoft Customer Advisory Teams? You should.

Richard Seroter's Architecture Musings — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:01:40 GMT

For those who live and work with Microsoft application platform technologies, the Microsoft Customer Advisory Teams (CAT) are a great source of real-world info about products and technology. These are the small, expert-level teams whose sole job is to make sure customers are successful with Microsoft technology. Last month I had the pleasure of presenting [...]...(read more)

See you at Rules Fest

Charles Young — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:49:03 GMT

I've been taking quite a prolonged break from blogging, partly because my attention has been elsewhere. Writing several chapters for BizTalk Server 2010 Unleashed (due to be published towards the end of the year) has taken up a lot of time. I'm also involved in helping or organise Rules Fest 2010. And then there is the day job,...and four kids,...and two cats,...and management of a local youth club,...and organising my wife's 50th, etc., etc. Anyway, this is an unashamed plug for the...(read more)

BizTalk Standard Edition Application Limit

BizTalk Messages — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:22:00 GMT

As you might know the standard edition of BizTalk Server has a limit for the number of applications you can deploy. The BizTalk licensing FAQ states: “BizTalk Server 2009 STD may be the best option; however, BizTalk Server 2009 STD is limited to five BizTalk applications” For me reading the FAQ did not make things [...]...(read more)

Work for the Best … Pity the Rest

TimRayburn.net — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:24:43 GMT

Do you work for a company that truly, I mean truly, values technical leadership and skills? Do they value your abilities to communicate with non-IT staff? Do they encourage you to get involved in the community through a bonus compensation plan that includes things as simple as attending a local user group? No? Then perhaps its time to Improve your outlook… Improving Enterprises, my employer since March of 2009, is just such and employer. Improving has to be doing something...(read more)