Owen Allen - The MOSS Garden

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Microsoft has announced that the next version of Microsoft Office will use, BY DEFAULT, new OPEN XML...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 06/02/2005

Microsoft is now publishing RSS Feeds for recently published KB articles for each of its products....

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 06/02/2005

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

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

Marty is throwing another BizTalk party (read: Deep Dive Training) and his heir apparent in the...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 05/23/2005

Friday's announcement about Sun and Microsoft Interoperability was interesting to me for the...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 05/16/2005

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

The BizTalk team at MSFT has created another blog - this one focused on BizTalk Server Performance....

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 04/11/2005

David Chappell has another good article about Service-Oriented Architecture on his blog. Thsi one...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 04/10/2005

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

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

If you often find yourself looking for the right way to describe technology to business leaders, you...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/16/2005

A colleague of mine, Todd Van Nurden, has written an ODBC adapter for BizTalk Server 2004. Download...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/16/2005

Paul of SolidSoft has a good introduction to BizTalk and the uber-term "SOA". He describes how...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/16/2005

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

One interesting learning today... I was building a BizTalk Server machine that was designed to be a...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/15/2005

I received the latest training calendar from NetDesk in the mail today... The best classes on their...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/03/2005

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

The Adapter Migration Toolkit is designed to simplify migration of BizTalk 2002 solutions to BizTalk...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/27/2005

Service Pack 1 for BizTalk Server 2004 has shipped. Remember to check the READ ME. Get BizTalk...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/27/2005

Covast has developed an accelerator to help with migration of Gentran maps to BizTalk. Covast is...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/22/2005

Computerworld has published an article describing some of the futures for BizTalk Server. Hat tip to...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/17/2005

Starting Jan 18 (2005), there will be 3-4 weeks of webcasts available for architects and developers...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/17/2005

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) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/06/2005

Jason Bloomberg has an older article (published March 2003) that is worth mentioning again. He...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/04/2005

Here's an interesting article about the design and production of Windows XP SP2. Some callout...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/02/2005

Darren Jefford has a list of performance tips for BizTalk Server 2004 implementations. Check these...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/23/2004

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

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 Godfather of Microsoft Commerce Server has started his next non-commercial venture - a blog....

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/19/2004

A brief Overview of Commerce Server 2006 has been published on microsoft.com. The most significant...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/30/2004

MasterCard and Diners Club have recently merged. Diners Club cards will be issued as MasterCard...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/30/2004

The Commerce Server 2002 Starter Site is a Microsoft tested, ASP.NET based accelerator site to be...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/30/2004

Thanks to Herveyw for his post about the Pre-Release of WSE 2.0 SP2.

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/30/2004

What an incredible concept... MIT, which can cost $40K annually, is giving away their content......

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/19/2004

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

Aren't you a little short to be a Stormtrooper?I'm still laughing......

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/17/2004

The Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) has been designed from the ground up to...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/16/2004

Luke's article about configuring the BizTalk platform in preparation for a BizTalk Server...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/13/2004

Brandon Gross, one of the BizTalk wizards at the Interlink Group, in Seattle, has a blog -...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/12/2004

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 is working on an upgrade to their CMS Placeholder control, and it should be available late...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/09/2004

Mark Harrison, CMS Guru extraordinaire in the UK, has started another site dedicated to compatible...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/09/2004

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

Two new adapters for BizTalk have launched recently, the BizTalk Adapter v2.0 for mySAP Business...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/07/2004

NetDesk, a local technology training company, provides "First Look" sessions periodically for a...

Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/07/2004

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

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