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MS Office to Use XML File Formats
Microsoft has announced that the next version of Microsoft Office will use, BY DEFAULT, new OPEN XML...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 06/02/2005
MSFT RSS-Enabled KB Announcements
Microsoft is now publishing RSS Feeds for recently published KB articles for each of its products....
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 06/02/2005
Commerce Server at Tech Ed 2005
If you are going to Tech Ed 2005 this year (mmm... can I really attend Tech Ed 2005 any other year?)...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 05/24/2005
BizTalk 2004 Certification Exam
The BizTalk Server 2004 exam from MS Learning is now available. This exam was beta-tested back in...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 05/23/2005
Santa Monica and the Waz
Marty is throwing another BizTalk party (read: Deep Dive Training) and his heir apparent in the...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 05/23/2005
MS and Sun playing nice again
Friday's announcement about Sun and Microsoft Interoperability was interesting to me for the...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 05/16/2005
Enderle: How Linux Saved Microsoft?
Rob Enderle has published an opinion piece about the effect that Linux has had on Microsoft as an...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 04/21/2005
BizTalk Performance Blog
The BizTalk team at MSFT has created another blog - this one focused on BizTalk Server Performance....
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 04/11/2005
Chappell: Bottom-Up SOA
David Chappell has another good article about Service-Oriented Architecture on his blog. Thsi one...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 04/10/2005
Indigo and MSDN TV overview
Indigo is the managed communication stack that will ship with WinFX. It is the "V.Next" for ASP.NET...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 04/10/2005
Bad Posting Host, International Dental Assistant
Well, I've been avoiding the posting for the past few weeks as things have been busy. I was asked to...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 04/09/2005
David Chappell's Indigo Whitepaper
If you often find yourself looking for the right way to describe technology to business leaders, you...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/16/2005
BizTalk ODBC Adapter
A colleague of mine, Todd Van Nurden, has written an ODBC adapter for BizTalk Server 2004. Download...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/16/2005
Scenarios for BizTalk and SOA
Paul of SolidSoft has a good introduction to BizTalk and the uber-term "SOA". He describes how...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/16/2005
NEW BLOG - BizTalk Customer Response Team
This looks like a great start to a blog. The Customer Response Team for the Business Process and...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/15/2005
Installing BizTalk on a Production Server without VS.Net
One interesting learning today... I was building a BizTalk Server machine that was designed to be a...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/15/2005
MSFT Training in the Northwest
I received the latest training calendar from NetDesk in the mail today... The best classes on their...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/03/2005
Tom Peters on CEOs
Another Non-topical entry for today. (It's been an interesting week.) I've been following the Tom...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/28/2005
BizTalk Server Adapter Migration Toolkit
The Adapter Migration Toolkit is designed to simplify migration of BizTalk 2002 solutions to BizTalk...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/27/2005
BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 1
Service Pack 1 for BizTalk Server 2004 has shipped. Remember to check the READ ME. Get BizTalk...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/27/2005
Migration from Sterling Gentran to BizTalk
Covast has developed an accelerator to help with migration of Gentran maps to BizTalk. Covast is...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/22/2005
ComputerWorld describes BizTalk future
Computerworld has published an article describing some of the futures for BizTalk Server. Hat tip to...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/17/2005
MS Interoperability Webcasts
Starting Jan 18 (2005), there will be 3-4 weeks of webcasts available for architects and developers...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/17/2005
MSDN Events for the Northwest
Bliz has mentioned that the new MSDN Eventa schedule for Jan-March is out. It looks like a good...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/06/2005
Windows Antispyware (Beta)
Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/06/2005
What is an SOA Architect?
Jason Bloomberg has an older article (published March 2003) that is worth mentioning again. He...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/04/2005
WinXP SP2 - The Inside Story
Here's an interesting article about the design and production of Windows XP SP2. Some callout...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/02/2005
BizTalk Performance
Darren Jefford has a list of performance tips for BizTalk Server 2004 implementations. Check these...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/23/2004
Strong E-Commerce Season
Wired has a report about an increase in online shopping this season. In the first six weeks of the...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/23/2004
RFID
I'm starting to learn more about the RFID initiatives that industry is facing. This has impacts on...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/19/2004
The Commerce Server Godfather
The Godfather of Microsoft Commerce Server has started his next non-commercial venture - a blog....
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/19/2004
Commerce Server 2006 Overview
A brief Overview of Commerce Server 2006 has been published on microsoft.com. The most significant...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/30/2004
Commerce Server Pipeline for Diners Club and MasterCard
MasterCard and Diners Club have recently merged. Diners Club cards will be issued as MasterCard...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/30/2004
Commerce Server 2002 Starter Site
The Commerce Server 2002 Starter Site is a Microsoft tested, ASP.NET based accelerator site to be...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/30/2004
WSE 2.0 SP2
Thanks to Herveyw for his post about the Pre-Release of WSE 2.0 SP2.
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/30/2004
MIT Open Courseware Site
What an incredible concept... MIT, which can cost $40K annually, is giving away their content......
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/19/2004
BTS Quick Starts from Luke
Luke is providing training for young BTS Jedis... If you are looking for a good way to learn BizTalk...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/17/2004
Wal-Mart Imperialism
Aren't you a little short to be a Stormtrooper?I'm still laughing......
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/17/2004
Visual Studio: Free Partner Software Extensions for VS.Net
The Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) has been designed from the ground up to...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/16/2004
BizTalk Platform Installation
Luke's article about configuring the BizTalk platform in preparation for a BizTalk Server...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/13/2004
BTS with MSMQ, NLB, Firewalls - courtesy of Brandon Gross
Brandon Gross, one of the BizTalk wizards at the Interlink Group, in Seattle, has a blog -...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/12/2004
words almost can't express
Pat Hellend is a very inspiring speaker and thought leader, and I've enjoyed the challenge to make...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/29/2004
Telerik Editor news
Telerik is working on an upgrade to their CMS Placeholder control, and it should be available late...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/09/2004
How to Extend MCMS and other MCMS news
Mark Harrison, CMS Guru extraordinaire in the UK, has started another site dedicated to compatible...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/09/2004
Commerce Server 2002 Chat
The next Commerce Server 2002 chat will be held on October 14th - 10-11AM (Pacific Time). This is a...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/08/2004
BizTalk Adapters for SAP and MQSeries
Two new adapters for BizTalk have launched recently, the BizTalk Adapter v2.0 for mySAP Business...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/07/2004
NetDesk FirstLook events - October 2004
NetDesk, a local technology training company, provides "First Look" sessions periodically for a...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/07/2004
A bit slow, lately... Wazzup?
Well, my entries here have been a bit on the weak side lately... I've been pinged a few times about...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/01/2004