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 :)
Welcome!
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, 23 July, 2008
The blog posts have been delayed over the last week, not because I'm slack (well, some may argue the point), but due to some overseas travel. So that shouldn't impact a bloggers life?? For a newbie blogger it does, especially when your at a conference in Atlanta USA, and the hotel you're staying in delivers slower than 54k dial-up to your room, and RPC/HTTPs won't even connect it's so slow. That ...
Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia, Nick Mayhew, 23 July, 2008
http://blogs.msdn.com/ozpartnertv/archive/2008/07/23/partner-tv-nick-mayhew-defines-software-services.aspx Recorded this Monday down in the gorgeous Sydney harbour, check it out for a short and hopefully useful summary of software plus services and some useful resources....
Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia, Nick Mayhew, 22 July, 2008
Christian Longstaff (ISV Marketing Manager) is running an ISV Pre-Day the day before the Australian Partner Conference officially opens in Port Douglas. The day will focus on readying partners for our Software+Services vision. If you are interested in attending, please review the agenda below and email Christian to register. Proposed agenda for Mon 4 Aug Pre-Day: Get ready for Software+Serv...
Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia, Nick Mayhew, 21 July, 2008
Robbie beat me to it on the SBSC blog - this is a great resource for partners selling products like EBS and SBS: http://blogs.msdn.com/sbsc_australia/archive/2008/07/21/latest-demo-showcase-for-smbs-now-available.aspx or download directly here.
Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia, Nick Mayhew, 21 July, 2008
Good spot by Jamie Thomson (via Steve Clayton) - the BBC using VE for their interactive Olympics map: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7493757.stm Want to find out more about Virtual Earth ? Attend the pre-day at Australian Partner Conference.
Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia, Nick Mayhew, 17 July, 2008
These are typically not at a great time for Aussie partners but are available shortly after the live time on demand so worth a look: FOR31PAL: Overview of ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Presented by Adam Jung and Jim Harrison Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:00 – 9:00 AM Pacific Time (GMT-07:00) Level 200 Partner Type: Authorized Education Reseller, Enterprise Sof...
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.
