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• Reviewing Managed Code

  This paper discusses best practices for reviewing managed code. Some practices are universal to reviewing managed and unmanaged code. Others are unique to reviewing managed code. There is no assumption that you are an experienced reviewer of managed code. Read More... Posted Feb 10 2007, 06:18 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, Visual Studio 2005, .NET development, .NET Framework, C#, Technical article, Visual Basic .NET, Testers, Windows Forms, Practices

• Architecting Regulatory-Compliant Architectures

  This paper serves as a guide for architects who want to design banking solutions that are compliant with the latest regulatory laws. It will provide interesting insight into how these regulatory concerns can be addressed by using the latest MS technology. Read More... Posted Feb 08 2007, 06:15 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, SQL Server 2005, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, BizTalk Server 2006, Windows Communication Foundation, Technical article, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Office Excel, Business solutions, Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Communicator, Windows Presentation Foundation

• What's New in the "WPF/E" (Code Name) February 2007 CTP

  On February 5, Microsoft is making available the Feb CTP of "WPF/E." The release incorporates feedback from customers, as well as new features and performance enhancements. The new CTP in general is backward-compatible with the former Dec 2006 CTP. Read More... Posted Feb 03 2007, 06:55 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Web developers, Windows, Web development, CPU, .NET Framework, C#, Technical article, JScript, WinFX, Macintosh

• Architecting Composite Smart Clients Using CAB and SCSF

  Microsoft's offerings for building composite smart clients include Composite UI Application Block (CAB) and the Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF) from the Patterns & Practices Group. This article unveils the architectural details of CAB and SCSF. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2007, 08:03 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, Visual Studio 2005, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, C#, XML, Technical article, Design, ASP.NET 2.0, Visual Studio Tools for Office, Business intelligence, Microsoft Office, Smart Client, .NET Remoting Framework

• Context-Driven Access via Microsoft Office

  Aggregating document-centric content from heterogeneous systems is an ongoing challenge for system architects, as it is for the information workers who require that content. Open Text solved this problem using MS Office & the Information Bridge Framework. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2007, 07:58 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, XML, Technical article, Web Services, Business intelligence, 2007 Microsoft Office suites, Windows Server 2003, HTML, email, SQL Server 2000, Accessibility, Microsoft Office Outlook, Smart Tags, Microsoft Office 2003, Information Bridge Framework

• Composite Applications: The New Paradigm

  Composite applications offer a long-sought-after business nirvana whereby empowered technical business users can stitch together componentized business capabilities. Composability represents a paradigm shift in computing. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2007, 07:57 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Technical article, Web, Component development, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, 2007 Microsoft Office suites, Component developers, BizTalk Server

• Journal 10

  A foreword & 7 articles on composite applications, including context-driven access, building OBAs, chat with architect Scott Guthrie, expediting a real-world banking application, data quality, and bridging the gap between business strategy & architecture. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2007, 07:55 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, Visual Studio 2005, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, XML, Technical article, Web Services, C++, UML, Visual Web Developer, .NET Compact Framework, Visual Studio Tools for Office, Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, ASP.NET, Business solutions, 2007 Microsoft Office suites, ASP, JScript, Smart Client, BizTalk Server, Windows Server 2003, Web Parts, OLAP, SQL Server 2000, Information Bridge Framework, IIS (Internet Information Svc), Microsoft Office 2003 Professional

• An Overview of Service-Oriented Architecture in Retail

  Service orientation offers great benefits in moving from legacy retail systems to more flexible and agile systems. This article looks at the challenges faced by retailers, what is service orientation, and how it can benefit the retail enterprises. Read More... Posted Jan 25 2007, 09:19 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Technical article, Web Services, Business intelligence, Business solutions, 2007 Microsoft Office suites

• Windows Workflow Foundation: Tracking Services Deep Dive

  The Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) tracking infrastructure and services provide the facility to monitor and query the execution of a workflow instance. This article describes the tracking mechanism and the features available in WF tracking services. Read More... Posted Jan 18 2007, 06:52 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Development, Windows, CPU, Visual Studio 2005, .NET development, .NET Framework, Visual C#, Technical article

• Windows Workflow Foundation: Tracking Services Introduction

  This article provides an introduction to the tracking services in Windows Workflow Foundation and describes the key elements of the tracking services, how they work, and how you can use them in your own applications. Read More... Posted Jan 18 2007, 06:51 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Development, Windows, CPU, Visual Studio 2005, .NET development, .NET Framework, Visual C#, Technical article

• Retail Industry OBAs

  Retailers are faced with the challenges of globalization, regulation, growing costs, and demanding customers. In addition, there are now multiple channels to reach customers. This all increases the need for flexibility & agility in business applications. Read More... Posted Jan 10 2007, 07:55 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, BizTalk Server 2006, Deployment, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Business solutions, 2007 Microsoft Office suites, Book, Web Parts

• Financial Services OBA

  This paper will walk you through a loan-origination scenario. This scenario is tailored for the banking industry. It will provide guidance for making architecture decisions around real-world business and technology issues that plague the banking industry. Read More... Posted Jan 10 2007, 07:54 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, Visual Studio, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, C#, XML, BizTalk Server 2006, Deployment, ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, Office solutions development, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, SQL Server, Business solutions, 2007 Microsoft Office suites, Book, Web Parts, Smart clients, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007

• Sample Composite Applications in the Enterprise

  This white paper is the fourth in a set of composite applications. It'll provide more specific guidance for building enterprise applications and will focus on enterprises that manufacture goods and get them to retail outlets through distribution networks. Read More... Posted Jan 10 2007, 07:52 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, C#, XML, BizTalk Server 2006, Deployment, Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, Enterprise development, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Business intelligence, 2007 Microsoft Office suites, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, SQL Server 2005 Reporting Svcs, XSD, Book, Web Parts

• Deploying Composite Applications in the Enterprise

  This white paper will drill down into architectural patterns for deploying composite applications in the enterprise. These patterns will then be leveraged in subsequent chapters to provide guidance that is specific to particular industry verticals. Read More... Posted Jan 10 2007, 07:50 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, XML, BizTalk Server 2006, Deployment, Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Business intelligence, SQL Server, 2007 Microsoft Office suites, Book

• The 2007 Microsoft Office System and Other Platform Technologies for Building Composite Applications

  This chapter will delve into specific platform technologies for building and deploying composite applications. It will walk through the capabilities of various platform technologies that make up the MS platform and discuss the various containers provided. Read More... Posted Jan 10 2007, 07:48 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, SQL Server 2005, CPU, Visual Studio, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, XML, BizTalk Server 2006, Deployment, Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Active Directory, 2007 Microsoft Office suites, Book, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007

• What Are Composite Applications?

  In many cases, the platform, tools, and architecture for composition introduce new technical complexity that is overwhelming in itself. This chapter introduces the notion of composite applications as an architectural pattern for solving this problem. Read More... Posted Jan 10 2007, 07:45 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Integration, Web Services, Deployment, Microsoft Office 2007, Book

• Continuous Integration Using Team Foundation Build

  Create a regularly available public build securely and reliably with continuous integration. Read More... Posted Jan 05 2007, 05:01 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2005, .NET development, .NET Framework, Technical article, Enterprise development, Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server

• Pragmatic Architecture: Security

  No other topic has so influenced and embroiled our industry as has the subject of security. Not to say that this influence has always been positive. We hear the statistics, read the news, and even swap the war stories at conferences and team meetings. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2006, 08:22 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Development, Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Technical article, Security, SQL Server, ASP.NET, MSMQ (Msg Queueing Services), Cryptography

• Building Composite Applications Using the Microsoft Platform

  This book is about composite applications and how they can be developed as OBAs using the 2007 Microsoft Office System. It gives several examples from various industries to build OBAs using composition at the presentation, business-logic, and data layers. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2006, 04:07 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Development, Windows, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Deployment, Design, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, 2007 Microsoft Office suites, Book, BizTalk Server

• Commonwealth Bank of Australia CommSee Solution: Part 1

  Design, development, and implementation of CommSee application, relationship banking solution custom-built by CBA using MS .NET technologies. It was developed as a Microsoft Windows Forms-based Smart Client that consumes standards-based .NET Web services. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 09:46 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Development, Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Visual Basic, Architecture, Integration, XML, Windows Communication Foundation, Technical article, Web Services, Design, C++, ASP.NET, Web Services Enhancements 2.0, Host Integration Server 2004, Windows Server 2003, Windows Forms, BizTalk Server 2004, C, Visual Basic 6.0

• The Perspective-Based Architecture Method

  The Perspective-Base Architecture (PBA) method is the result of over two years of field-based development. Its ultimate goal is to promote high-quality decision making, which is accomplished through three stages that contain structured, focused questions. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:53 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Development, Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Technical article, Business intelligence, Processes

• A GSI’s Perspective of Software Factories

  How does a GSI manage to become more agile and cost-effective, while its developers might be spread across many geographic regions? How does a company know what it knows? And, more importantly, how does it leverage this knowledge in a consistent way? Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:52 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Development, Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Technical article, Windows Vista, Windows SharePoint Services, Business intelligence, Visual Basic 6.0, Web Parts

• Adopting and Benefiting from Agile Processes in Offshore Software Development

  Offshore outsourcing of software development presents unique challenges. See why modern tools, the global communications infrastructure, and a good offshore partner are critical for agile processes. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:41 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Development, Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Technical article, Windows SharePoint Services, Business intelligence, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio 2005 Team System, Microsoft Solutions Framework for Agile Software Development, email, Voice over IP, Microsoft Solutions Framework

• The Nordic Object/Relational Database Design

  An O/R hybrid model provides power, flexibility, performance, and data integrity. Discover how the Nordic Object/Relational Database Design emulates object-oriented features in today's relational database engines. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:41 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, Database design, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Technical article, Web, TSQL, SQL, SQL Server, HTML

• Patterns for High-Integrity Data Consumption and Composition

  The Web is becoming less about visual pages and more about services, pure data, and content. Get acquainted with some patterns that lead to less brittle, more loosely coupled, and high-integrity data consumption and composition. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:40 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, Web development, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, XML, Windows Communication Foundation, Technical article, Web, ADO.NET, XSD, HTTP

• Data Replication as an Enterprise SOA Antipattern

  The positives and negatives of data replication can help enterprise architects deliver service-oriented strategies successfully. Discover how to use an antipattern and a pattern to describe data replication for your enterprise. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:39 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Windows Communication Foundation, Technical article, Web Services, SQL, Enterprise development, SQL Server

• Autonomous Services and Enterprise Entity Aggregation

  Heterogeneous systems manage their own data, which often are not exposed for external consumption. Take a look at how autonomous services transform the way we develop systems to more closely match business processes. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:39 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, Technical article, Business intelligence, Visual Studio .NET, OLAP

• A Flexible Model for Data Integration

  Organizations use XML data described by XML schema and exchanged through Web services to integrate systems. Find out three causes for failure that data-centric integration projects can encounter, and their solutions. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:37 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET development, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, XML, Technical article, Web Services, Business solutions, XSD, email, SOAP

• Reliability in Connected Systems

  Loosely coupled, asynchronous, service-oriented applications impose unique reliability requirements. Learn about reliability issues to consider when architecting a connected services application. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:37 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, SQL Server 2005, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, BizTalk Server 2006, Windows Communication Foundation, Technical article, Web Services, TSQL, Business intelligence, MSMQ (Msg Queueing Services), SOAP, TCP/IP

• Journal 8

  A foreword & 8 articles on "Data by Design" (reliability for data; models for data integration; entity aggregation; data replication as antipattern for SOA; data consumption & composition; Nordic; agile processes; modeling for connected systems, part 2). Read More... Posted Dec 28 2006, 08:36 AM by MSDN Just Published Filed under: Developers (general), Windows, CPU, .NET Framework, Architects, Architecture, XML, Technical article, Web, Business intelligence, SQL Server, Business solutions, email