| Primary Track |
Product/Technology |
Session Level |
Session Title |
Session Abstract |
Speakers |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Dynamic Systems Initiative / Visual Studio Team System |
300 |
Integrating your team better from development to deployment |
In many cases, the largest barrier to successful implementation of custom software is the communication process between the teams that develop the applications, and the teams that deploy them. Very rarely do they have a deep understanding of each other’s environment, or the constraints and challenges right across the lifecycle. Visual Studio Team System was built specifically to break down these communication barriers, helping Architects understand the end datacenter, and enabling IT Operations to understand the needs of the application - at design time. This allows IT to be an active part of the initial architectural design, to enable seamless validation of the application at design time to the existing datacenter, and eventually to enable seamless deployment. |
Michael Leworthy (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Host Integration Server 2006 |
|
Delivering Enterprise Integration Solutions with Host Integration Server 2006 |
Increasingly, you need to integrate existing applications and data with new composite applications that span multiple systems. Yet, these systems are inherently incompatible in terms of networking, security, application programming, and data storage. Learn how to extend your investments in existing IBM mainframe zSeries and midrange iSeries computers, while moving towards a connected systems infrastructure. Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006 offers key enabling technologies for integrating line of business transaction programs (AS/400 RPG, COBOL CICS and IMS) and vital data (DB2, IMS/DB, VSAM DataSets, AS/400 Files) with new solutions based on a services architecture using Microsoft .NET Framework and Windows Server 2003. HIS Transaction Integrator enables efficient publishing of XML Web Services to established transaction programs, while HIS data providers offer direct access to information from custom .NET smart clients or SQL Server. Applying recent approaches to cross-platform integration using HIS 2006 technologies, you can modernize your infrastructure while reducing costs to deploy and manage new connected systems solutions. |
Paul Larsen (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Services for UNIX / Windows Server 2003 R2 UNIX Interoperability Components |
300 |
Bridging the Gap between UNIX and Windows |
Today, many companies face the burden of managing various, heterogeneous platforms. This speech will introduce you to a technology that helps bridging the gap between Windows and UNIX, "Microsoft Services for UNIX 3.5" (SFU) and the new Windows Server 2003 R2 UNIX Interoperability Components, which represent a great step in Windows / UNIX interoperability, providing a full range of cross-platform services for blending the two environments. You will get an overview of the tools and capabilities provided by this technology, including the centralized network management across UNIX and Windows platforms, consisting of the identity-management and server for "Network Information System" (NIS) components, the integrated, cross-platform file systems that include the Network File System (NFS)-client, -server, and -gateway as well as the Interix subsystem technology, a UNIX environment that runs on top of the Windows kernel, enabling UNIX application and scripts to run on the Windows platform alongside Windows applications. |
Sascha P. Corti (Microsoft Switzerland) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
BizTalk Server 2006 |
|
tbd |
Abstract pending... |
Kris Horrocks (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
BizTalk Server 2006 |
|
tbd |
Abstract pending... |
Kris Horrocks (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Internet Information Server 6 |
300 |
Improved IIS Debugging: Inside Debug Diagnostics 1.0 |
The key to successfully attacking problems in IIS applications is to understand the architecture of IIS. Although this session focuses on IIS 6.0, it will outline what administrators and developers should know to successfully debug Web applications. Learn the techniques used by seasoned debuggers at Microsoft, while we also introduce a new but powerful tool called IIS Debug Diagnostics. IIS Debug Diagnostics is a slick tool used to configure the right debug method based on the symptoms. It gathers data then analyzes the data providing administrators and developers the potential causes and remedies for the problem. This session also demonstrates how you can successfully build objects to extend IIS Debug Diagnostics analysis capability. Upon completion, you will be more in tune with the techniques used at Microsoft to debug applications. You can then use that knowledge to successfully deploy and use the new debug toolkit released from Microsoft, IIS Debug Diagnostics. |
Chris Adams (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Internet Information Server 6 |
300 |
Important updates to IIS 6 in Service Pack 1 |
SP1 brought several significant updates to IIS 6. Some of these changes you will want to implement today! In this session you will see some extremely useful capabilities such as, tracing, SSL host headers, improved http.sys logging, HTTP application programming interface (API) improvements, the Security Configuration Wizard and more. |
Chris Adams (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Internet Information Server 7 |
300 |
IIS 7 Overview |
IIS 7.0, the next generation Microsoft Web server, has been completely re-architected to reach a new height in Web application development, deployment, and operation. IIS7 tightly integrates with ASP.NET to deliver a unified application model empowering developers to build and deploy Web applications and services that easily span browsers and middle-tier business logic. Come to this session to get a first-hand look at the many advancements in IIS 7.0 from its creators, including a fully componentized server core, a rich extensibility model, powerful diagnostics infrastructure, a brand new configuration system, and many others. |
Olga Londers (Microsoft EMEA) or Chris Adams (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Windows Messaging Framework (Codename: Indigo) |
|
tbd |
Abstract pending... |
Alex Weinert (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Windows Messaging Framework (Codename: Indigo) |
|
tbd |
Abstract pending... |
Alex Weinert (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Infrastructure Architecture |
|
Service Oriented Management: The Business Imperatives |
To be able to technically manage Web services to its full business potential, IT needs to have a clear statement of the business service levels; ideally serialized in XML for software. This session uses open international business standards as a reference point to model a standard Service Level Agreement, in XML, which can be directly used by IT management systems; in the support legally binding Web services. |
Dave Welsh (Microsoft Corp.) |
| Connected Systems Infrastructure |
Infrastructure Architecture |
200 |
A Service-Orientation Eye for an IT Pro Guy |
There are conferences called "No fluff, just stuff" for software developers and architects. People there talk about topics like service orientation on a very in-depth and very code-centric level. But what the heck is it? Who runs it? Come and see what services in a service-oriented world mean for the IT pro people. What is the consequence of discrete responsibilities and autonomy of services? What can you do to actually cope with the beast by monitoring and managing services? Those and a number of other tasks will eventually be part of an administartor's everyday job and should be understood and considered *now*. Don't fear: there won't be any code. |
Christian Weyer (thinktecture) / Bernhard Tritsch |
