This article is the first in a series of papers presenting an architectural design guide (and sample application) that demonstrates an approach for integrating enterprise CRM and other LOB applications within Microsoft Outlook. The guidance in this paper originated from Microsoft's Project Elixir, an internal Microsoft IT initiative to integrate critical customer data with Outlook.
The MSDN Architecture team has been busy putting together an excellent collection of resources that explain Microsoft's approach to model-driven development. Discover the end-to-end vision of DSI, read about Software Factories, and watch web-casts showing how modelling the entire SDLC - including infrastructure architecture, can help you quickly build more manageable solutions.
The patterns & practices team recently released an update to the Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0. This release aligns EntLib with the updated capabilities of the .NET framework, and includes useful blocks for caching, crypto, data access, exception handling, logging and security. This is an essential framework for anyone out there building enterprise applications who prefers avoiding re-inventing the wheel :)
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Welcome to the Microsoft Australia and New Zealand Architecture Resource Centre. I'm Nigel Watson, and I'm an Architect Adviser with the Microsoft ANZ Architect Team. We'll be keeping this site updated with the latest in IT architecture from our region and around the world. For regular direct updates, don't forget to register for the new Microsoft ANZ Architecture Newsletter. We're keen to hear your ideas on what you'd like to see on the site, so please feel free to contact us at msanzarc@microsoft.com. Enjoy!
Windows Mobile for Australia, Don Kerr, 12 July, 2009
Registration for #2 in the Codemason?s Guild Live Meeting Series (Jumpstart) is now open. This Friday at 1pm is the 2nd in our series of 3 Live Meetings to help Australian developers get started developing for Windows Mobile 6.5 ? and to get those apps in Marketplace (Windows Marketplace for Mobile ? Open for Developer registration) to distribute/sell to the millions of Windows Mobile users gl...
I have been away from Australia for about a a year now, and I came home the other night and noticed the intersection outside my old house has changed significantly. I thought wow, progress is a beast that never rests. Taped to one of the stop light poles was some flowers with a photo of a young 20 something male ? a death had occurred here my family tells me later. It struck me as odd, as here...
Windows Mobile for Australia, Don Kerr, 09 July, 2009
Last Friday James McCutcheon, Jeff Alexander & I (DonK) hosted the first in the Codemasons? Guild Jumpstart series. If you want to review the LiveMeeting or look at it for the first time ? keep an eye out on www.codemasons.com.au it will be posted there in the next few days. We had some fantastic questions asked through, and at the end of, the Live Meeting ? and here?s the listing of a whole ...
I?ve just locked in my dates for the Australian Silverlight & Expression 3 Tour. Session Details: Silverlight & Expression 3 launch is an important moment in Microsoft's timeline, as this is our V3 moment!. In light of this point in time, Scott has vowed to ensure all within his beloved home, Australia, get a deep insight into what just happened in both Silverlight and Expression 3. Not ...
Windows Mobile for Australia, Don Kerr, 02 July, 2009
Vodafone have the Sony Ericsson X1 in their latest Business catalogue. It?s on the $69 ?Single Business Plan? +$5 per month = $74 per month. What do you get on this plan? 250mins calls 300 V2V minutes 200 texts & PXTs 1Gig of Data ? that?s awesome Head to the Vodafone site for more information : http://store.vodafone.com.au/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-69-cap-contract-24-months-of...
Windows Mobile for Australia, Don Kerr, 02 July, 2009
Don?t forget the first in our series of Live Meetings on 6.5, Marketplace & App Dev for WinMo is happening today ? 1pm. Today?s Live Meeting will provide what?s new in 6.5 and outline what Marketplace is. If you haven?t registered yet, head to www.codemasons.com.au to register. Looking forward to talking to you all later on today. DonK Technorati Tags: windows Mobile 6.5,marketplace,codem...
Well, the 72 hour MIX Web 2.0 conference in Las Vegas has been and gone - and by all accounts was an incredible event, with the best and brightest of the web in attendance. If you didn't manage to get along, there is a great selection of MIX content at the Virtual MIX site as well as on Channel 9. The word from the team is that sessions from MIX will be available on Virtual MIX within the next month or so, so keep checking back with the site.
Team Foundation Server - the back-end for the teaming parts of Visual Studio Team System - has been released. Check out the TFS site for more details. There's also a great Visual Studio page for Architects at the MSDN Visual Studio Architecture page.
Ever tried explaining SOA to a business person, only to have their eyes glaze over as soon as you start speaking? MOTION is a framework and set of tools that can help close the communications gap between IT and business, helping to model the business as a set of capabilities that can be mapped directly onto people, process and technologies - and then onto services.
In this ArcCast (Part 1, Part 2), Ron Jacobs interviews MOTION strategy director Ric Merrifield, about the MOTION framework.
MSDN: U.S. Local Highlights, MSDN Architecture Team, 09 July, 2009
Take advantage of this resource that includes a full listing of the latest webcasts and how-to videos covering the technologies included in the Azure Services Platform: Windows Azure, .NET Services, SQL Data Services, and Live Services.
MSDN: U.S. Local Highlights, MSDN Architecture Team, 09 July, 2009
Watch this video to earn how to consume an ADO.NET Data Service from within a WPF application. ADO.NET Data Services provide a way to query and extract data from a data store. We will see how Linq gets translated into the required RESTful service request to return a subset of data.
MSDN: U.S. Local Highlights, MSDN Architecture Team, 08 July, 2009
Industry leaders and community developers share their top recession survival strategies. You?ll also find career advice, job postings, training resources, and more.
MSDN: U.S. Local Highlights, MSDN Architecture Team, 06 July, 2009
Channel 9 interviews SDL's Jeremy Dallman to learn about the latest free security tool. The SDL Process Template automates the creation of SDL requirements and enables development teams to begin adopting the SDL process without having to be fully trained on the SDL.
MSDN: U.S. Local Highlights, MSDN Architecture Team, 06 July, 2009
This document will help you set data privacy guidelines for developing your software products and services based on Microsoft's internal guidelines and experience with incorporating privacy into the development process.
MSDN: U.S. Local Highlights, MSDN Architecture Team, 06 July, 2009
Watch Dion Hutchings explain what you need to know when you build a handheld Windows Embedded CE-powered device. Learn more about Windows Embedded CE, the ideal handheld platform with hardware support and software components to satisfy all the requirements of the next generation of connected, service-oriented handheld devices.
