My webcast on AppFabric Connect

I recently presented a webcast on BizTalk and AppFabric. Check it out!

Extending the Reach of BizTalk 2010
Cloud computing is here to stay. Organizations can realize reduced cost and management by moving their applications to the cloud; however, this approach requires the ability to maintain a bridge between existing on-premise assets and those in the cloud. BizTalk Server 2010 introduces a new feature called “AppFabric Connect”, which enables organizations to leverage existing legacy investments on-premise while integrating with their next generation of applications in the cloud. BizTalk 2010 brings these capabilities to Windows Server AppFabric and Windows Azure AppFabric. In Windows Server AppFabric, this capability enables developers to leverage the power of the BizTalk LOB Adapters and the BizTalk Mapper from inside Windows Workflow applications. In Windows Azure AppFabric, it enables you to expose your BizTalk artifacts as service endpoints in the cloud. In this presentation, you will see how you can leverage your existing .NET investments to extend the reach of BizTalk 2010 both on-premise and in the cloud.

http://www.neudesic.com/insight/Presentation/Pages/PW20110405.aspx

Business Integration Roadshow in Columbus

I had another great opportunity to speak at the Business Integration Roadshow in Columbus, Ohio. This session highlighted some great new capabilities in the MSFT platform such as AppFabric Connect, Server AppFabric and BizTalk 2010. Check out the presentation below.

BizTalk Integration Roadshow in Philadelphia

I recently presented at the Microsoft Business Integration Roadshow 2011 in Philadelphia on Monday 3/7/2011.  This presentation covered AppFabric, BizTalk 2010, and AppFabric Connect for BizTalk. Check it out.

DogFood 2 Conference Recap

I had the pleasure of presenting at the second annual DogFood 2 conference.  I spoke to a number of people in the community and got to see their perspective on how they look at enterprise integration challenges.  If you are interested in learning more about SOA, ESB, and enterprise integration, please reach out to me via this blog.  See the slide deck below.

Dog Food 2 Slide Deck

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I’m a dog trainer this year at the Dog Food Conference II

Not really…but I am presenting at the second annual Microsoft DogFood Conference.  I will be presenting on BizTalk Server 2009.  I have been using BizTalk 2009 as early as April this year and even helped a client go live as part of the Technical Adoption Program. ( TAP – http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/isv/bb190413.aspx) I started developing on BizTalk 2004 and I can honestly say that this product has matured into a robust platform for developing enterprise integration solutions.  Come check out all the new features and learn about the future roadmap of BizTalk. Ohh yeah, don’t forget to stick around for all the other wonderful topics.  Go to the website below to register and see the full agenda.

http://www.dogfoodcon.com/

My Webcast on SOA

Enjoy!  You will need to provide your email address to see the webcast.  I promise you that you will not receive any spam.

Bite-Sized SOA: An Iterative Approach To SOA
Implementing a Service Oriented Architecture can seem like a daunting task; however, if one starts with a single business process and takes an iterative approach, the chances of success improve significantly. In this webcast, Neudesic will explore ‘starting small’ by decomposing a business process and designing services to facilitate it. We will demonstrate how this ‘middle-out’ approach can be extended in subsequent iterations to continuously add value and align to business objectives.

http://www.neudesic.com/insight/Presentation/Pages/PW20090513.aspx

Presenting at the SOA Roadshow in Mason on 2/11/2009

I will be presenting at the upcoming SOA Roadshow in Mason, Ohio on 2/11/2009.  My topic will be the BizTalk Adapter Pack.

SOA Roadshow

Microsoft Dogfood Conference

The Microsoft Dogfood Conference went really well today.  The topic of my presentation was SOA and ESB with BizTalk Server.  You can download the presentation and the sample code below.

SOA and ESB with BizTalk Server
Dogfood BizTalk Demo Sample Code

Presenting @ Microsoft Dogfood Developers Conference – 11/20/2008

** Track 0: MS Multipurpose Room **
8:00 to 9:00 AM Register
9:00 to 9:45
- Software + Services, MS Roadmaps, PDC Announcements
Speaker: Brian Prince, MS
9:55 to 11:35
- MOSS: ECM, KnowledgeLake, Imaging Capture
Speakers: Mike Miller and Mark Oman, KnowledgeLake
Noon to 1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 to 2:20 PM
- MOSS Development
Speaker: Leon Gersing, Telligent
2:30 to 3:30
- Virtual Earth
Speaker: Steve Millroy, MS
3:30 to 5:00 PM
-Ask the Experts

** Track 1: DeVry 501 **
8:00 to 9:00 AM Register
9:00 to 9:45
- Software + Services, MS Roadmaps, PDC Announcements
Speaker: Jeff Blankenburg, MS
9:55 to 11:35
-IE Application Compatibility, Web 2.0, Web Slices and extension
Speaker: Mike Lutton, Sogeti
Noon to 1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 to 2:20
-SilverLight/WPF Overview
Speaker: Jeff Blankenburg, MS
2:30 to 3:30
-MVC Overview
Speaker: Steve  Smith, MS MVP and Nimble Software Professionals
3:30 to 5:00
-Ask the Experts

** Track 2, DeVry 502**
8:00 to 9:00 AM Register
9:00 to 9:45
- Software + Services, MS Roadmaps, PDC Announcements
Speaker: Jim Holmes, MS MVP
9:55 to 11:35
- BizTalk: SOA and ESB
Speaker: Monish Nagisetty, Quick Solutions
Noon to 1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 to 2:20
-Legacy Modernization: Tools for COBOL, AS/400 and Mainframe migrations to .NET
Speakers: Hewitt Wright, MS and Walter Sweat, Fujitsu
2:30 to 3:30
- Writing Secure Code
Speaker: Steve  Webb, Information Control Corporation
3:30 to 5:00
-Ask the Experts:
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** Subject Matter Experts Panel **
-Carey Payette, President of the Central Ohio .NET Developer’s Group:
C#, .NET
-Alexei Govorine, Co-founder of Central OH Application Lifecycle Management Group:
Team Foundation Server, ALM
-Rick Kierner, HMB Consultant:
MOSS Development
-Jim Holmes, MS MVP:
.NET, MOSS Development
-Monish Nagisetty, Founder of Mid-Ohio Connected Systems Developers User Group:
SOA, BizTalk
-Leon Gersing, Telligent
MOSS development
-Jeff Hunsaker, Co-founder of Central OH Application Lifecycle Management Group:
Team Foundation Server, ALM
-Mario Fulan, Microsoft Consulting Services:
MOSS Governance and development
-Tom Sears, Microsoft Consulting Services:
.NET Architecture, Architectural Guidance
-Steve Smith, MS MVP:
ASP.NET, MVC, Agile Practices
-David Baliles, MS SLG Dev Tools, Solution Specialist:
MSDN and TFS
-Mike Gresley, MS SLG Developer Technology Specialist:
.NET and TFS

BizTalk Busines Rule Engine at MOCSDUG on 10/2/2008

I presented on the BizTalk Business Rule Engine at MOCSDUG last week.  The crowd seemed very interested based on the questions and feedback I received.  Richard Broida asked a good question regarding the ability to use Value Types in the BRE Composer when referencing .NET Classes.  See the screenshot below.  Only type close to the Int32 value type in the .NET Classes pane is an Int32Converter class.  It appears that the .NET Classes pane is configured to return only reference types.

BizTalk BRE Presentation (Office 2003)

BizTalk BRE Presentation (Office 2007)

BRE Sample Code