With TechEd Developer closer at hand, I've put together the latest schedule data for sessions of interest to developers for each of the different products. The first group is sessions of general interest. The second group is sessions focusing on WCF and WF development. The third group is sessions focusing on CardSpace development. The fourth group is sessions focusing on BizTalk development. Microsoft Strategy and Vision for SOA by Oliver Sharp Services are fundamentally changing the way we build, deploy, and manage applications. In this session we identify common challenges, and share our latest guidance and success stories. In addition, we outline Microsoft's strategy to simplify complexity in a service oriented world using our frameworks, servers, and online services. The Road to "Oslo": The Microsoft Services and Modeling Platform by David Chappell Microsoft's "Oslo" project aims at creating a unified platform for model-based, service-oriented applications. This new approach will affect the next versions of several products and technologies, including the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft System Center, and more. Although many details of "Oslo" won't be public until later in 2008, this session provides an overview of what Microsoft has revealed so far. Along with a description of the problems it addresses, the session includes a look at several new "Oslo" technologies, including a general-purpose modeling language, role-specific modeling tools, a shared model repository, and a distributed service bus. Platforms for SOA and Business Process Management: Comparing .NET and Java by David Chappell The .NET and Java/J2EE worlds have been competitors for several years. How do things stack up today? And what will the future look like? This session provides an independent perspective on how these two environments compare, focused on technologies for SOA and BPM. Comparisons include Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) vs. pure BPEL workflow and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) vs. Service Component Architecture (SCA). Framework and Microsoft BizTalk Best Practices with an Eye Toward "Oslo" by Jon Flanders Microsoft has announced "Oslo", the code-name for a wave of technology affecting the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft BizTalk Server, and the idea of building service-oriented systems using Microsoft technologies. In this session we discuss what we know so far about these technologies, and how to think about
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