The 2007 Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference is only six weeks away! During 4 days of breakout sessions, chalk talk discussions, hands-on-labs, peer networking, social events, and interaction with the Microsoft product groups you will learn about both Microsoft’s current portfolio and long-term strategy for SOA & Business Process initiatives. Whether you are a developer, architect, or business decision maker we will have something for you with tracks spanning the full spectrum of technology, architecture, and business value topics. Every session at the conference is focused on providing Real World guidance based on proven practices and solutions.
What You Can Expect
- Keynote Sessions by Senior Microsoft Executives and Technical Leaders
- Over 60 Breakout Sessions
- Hand-On-Labs
- Customer Case-Studies & Roundtables
- Community Birds of a Feather Reception
- Ask The Experts Reception
- Partner Expo
- Discounted pre/post conference training
Registration is filling up fast so check out the details below and register at the conference website:
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Keynote Speakers
Don Ferguson
Technical Fellow, Office of the CTO, Microsoft Corp.Dr. Donald Ferguson is a Microsoft Technical Fellow in Platforms and Strategy in the Office of the CTO. Don focuses on both the evolutionary and revolutionary role of information technology in business. Microsoft expects that Don will be involved in a variety of forward-looking projects.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Don was an IBM Fellow and Chief Architect for IBM’s Software Group (SWG). Don provided overall technical leadership for WebSphere, Tivoli, DB2, Rational and Lotus products. He also chaired the SWG Architecture Board (SWG AB). The SWG AB focused on product integration, cross-product initiatives and emerging technology. Some of the public focus areas were Web services, patterns, Web 2.0 and business driven development. Don guided IBM’s strategy and architecture for SOA and Web services, and co-authored many of the initial Web service specifications.
Don’s primary hobby is martial arts, specifically Kenpo Karate. He earned his black belt in December, 2005.
Robert Wahbe
Corporate Vice President, Connected Systems Division, Microsoft Corp.As corporate vice president for the Connected Systems Division at Microsoft Corp., Robert Wahbe leads the team responsible for Microsoft’s service-oriented architecture and Web services platform. His key product responsibilities include Microsoft BizTalk Server, Windows Server Active Directory, Microsoft Certificate Lifecycle Manager, and the wide array of distributed system technologies available in Windows and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. Through these efforts, Wahbe leads the Connected Systems Division’s efforts to make it substantially easier to build, deploy and manage distributed applications.
Since joining Microsoft in 1996, Wahbe has served in a number of product development roles with a focus on enterprise development tools in Visual Studio. In 2000 he co-founded the team chartered to deliver Web services and the Windows Communication Foundation; out of this grew the Connected Systems Division.
Before joining Microsoft, Wahbe was co-founder of Colusa Software Inc., a privately held software company acquired by Microsoft in 1996. Wahbe graduated in 1992 from the University of California, Berkeley.
Content Tracks
SOA & Business Process issues reach across the entire organization from developers service enabling existing investments to architects recommending IT standards to business analysts optimizing processes and business owners investing in their IT portfolios. The Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference will provide guidance across this spectrum through tracks focused on Solution Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture and Business Value.
Frameworks & Tools
The Frameworks & Tools track will provide details on the broad portfolio of SOA and business process tools and technologies available from Microsoft and its partner ecosystem. You can expect sessions on everything from the new designers coming in Visual Studio “Orcas” to the wide array of offerings from our SOA & Business Process Alliance partners. You will also see how to leverage new tools in the .NET Framework, BizTalk Server 2006 R2, Office System 2007, System Center, and others.
Solution Architecture
The Solution Architecture track will focus on the design and implementation of service oriented and business process solutions. We will provide best practices and proven patterns for handling challenges with many aspects of solution architecture including: data, identity, user experience, messaging, workflow, and rules. We will also focus on key capabilities such as service and process analysis and design, service enablement, service composition, process modeling, service instrumentation, service & process lifecycle management and others.
Infrastructure Architecture
The Infrastructure Architecture track will focus on the organizational and technical issues faced when planning and establishing service oriented and business process infrastructures in the enterprise. We will provide guidance and best practices on topics ranging from designing and implementing shared infrastructure for service and process management to overcoming cultural challenges when defining standard governance processes. We will also focus on key infrastructure capabilities such as service virtualization, SLA management, policy enforcement, service and process monitoring, governing service consumption and others.
Business Value
The Business Value track will focus on issues ranging from business capability analysis to establishing a SOA roadmap to defining metrics to measure your return on investment. We will provide case studies and guidance to ensure your SOA and business process initiatives demonstrate value quickly and stay focused on business goals. Whether you are a partner practice manager evaluating the business opportunity of SOA and business process or an enterprise decision maker evaluating the potential return on investment of your SOA/BPM initiatives, the Business Value track is for you.
Breakout Session List
Anatomy & Business Value of BPM Solutions
Full-Lifecycle BPM: Process Modeling, Execution, and Implementation in the Microsoft Ecosystem
Driving Value and Alignment Across IT and Business through Business Architecture
Implementing Decision Services in a SOA Infrastructure: Disease Identification Case Study
Enhance the Power of BPM with Workflow and Business Rules
From Shopping Cart to Delivery: Comprehensive Order Lifecycle Management on the Microsoft Platform
Extending the Reach of ERP Solutions through SOA & BPM
Legacy Modernization Best Practices
Lessons Learned from Implementing Multi-Channel B2B Services
Architecture of the Microsoft ESB Guidance
Building Solutions with the Microsoft ESB Guidance
Architecting a Real World Business Process: Loose Coupling and Best of Breed Technology Selection
Facilitating SOA Roadmap Discussions using the Microsoft SOA Maturity Model for Application Platform Optimization (SOAMM)
Aligning, Planning, and Delivering Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture: Microsoft IT Case Study
Driving Successful SOA Platform Conversations with the Microsoft Customer Engagement Solutions
From IT Agility to Business Agility: Deliver Business enabled SOA and New Level of People-Driven Operational Excellence with A Modern BPMS
Industrialized Service Delivery Platforms: Today and Tomorrow
Internet Service Bus: Service Connectivity at Internet Scale
SOA in Banking: Building a Roadmap
Carrier Grade BizTalk: Lessons Learned from a Mission Critical SOA Solution
SOA in the Commercial Sector: Overcoming Challenging LOB Issues in Manufacturing, Retail, and Financial Services
Healthcare Enterprise Integration: Examining the Impact of SOA & BPM on Healthcare Initiatives
Building and Evolving a SOA Solution in a Rapidly Changing Business Environment: A Case Study in Agility
Connecting the Digital and Physical Worlds through RFID and SOA
Designing a Flexible Governance Infrastructure
SOA Governance and the Microsoft Ecosystem
Service Integrity: Using Visual Studio Team System to Deliver the Right Services at the Right Time
Service Lifecycle Management: Overcoming Challenges in Managing the Provider/Consumer Relationship
Building a Service Monitoring Infrastructure with BizTalk Business Activity Monitoring
Gaining Control of Your SOA: Management and Visibility of Your Services
Defining and Measuring Service Levels in Distributed Systems
Service Virtualization with .NET and BizTalk Server
Building Composite Applications on the Office Platform: A Loan Origination Case Study
Microsoft Excel: Software + Services Made Real Today
The Human-Facing SOA: Realizing the Value of Process and Services with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
User Experience Today: An Architectural Perspective of Silverlight, AJAX, and ASP.NET
Building Service Oriented UI using Smart Client Software Factory and Acropolis
Demystifying Identity for Developers
Interoperability of .NET and WebSphere: .NET Stock Trader Reference Application
Comparing and Contrasting .NET and J2EE Programming Models
Integrating EJB, JMS and CORBA Assets with BizTalk Server 2006 R2
Real World Interoperability with WCF
Web Service Software Factory: Driving Consistency and Best Practices into Your Service Design
Choosing Between BizTalk Server and Windows Workflow Foundation
Robust Error Handling for BizTalk Solutions
BizTalk Adapters for WCF
Reliable Messaging on the Microsoft Platform
Building HIPAA Solutions with BizTalk Server 2006 R2
Unifying Line of Business Integration: Introducing the .NET LOB Adapter SDK
Best Practices for Testing BizTalk Solutions
Best Practices for Creating Composite Activities in WF
BizTalk Server Advanced Orchestration Concepts
Discounted Training Offers for Conference Attendees
We are pleased to announce discounted training offers from our training partners QuickLearn and PluralSight. These courses have been scheduled to run either immediately before or after the conference in an effort to maximize your travel investment and provide as many learning opportunities as possible. You can find course schedules and links to the training partner sites with more details on the contents, price and style of each offering on the conference website.
Sponsors & Exhibitors
Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities including expo booths, general sessions, and co-branding are available to partners to showcase their latest solutions and innovation allowing attendees to test-drive key technologies and receive one-on-one, informed answers to questions. If you are interested in sponsorship, please email MicrosoftEvents@DynamicEvents.com.
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