The Key note was given by Ray Ozzie, CTO of Microsoft. Major focus of his speech was on getting software that are “People Ready” with Office 2007 based products. The new buzz is about Client-Server Service Synergy, which is how the current systems get transformed from traditional Client/Server systems to Service based systems.
Microsoft also made four promises for future with the key note
1. Manage Complexity
2. Secure Anywhere
3. Advance Business with IT Solutions
4. Amplify the Impact of People
To illustrate the above, there were 4 videos following the “24”drama format (Choloe O’Brien) and it was pretty humorous. There is also a new product that is going to be released for securing client systems called Microsoft ForeFront. Forefront is designed for organizational level management of network and machine security. There were also some cool demos on Windows Server virtualization on how dynamically Virtual machines in future can be managed.
Also the announcement of development portal for windows live (http://dev.live.com) was announced.