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Microsoft Strategic Architect Forum (SAF) 2008

Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:43 PM

Today we announced the dates for this year's Microsoft Strategic Architect Forum, also known as SAF. This year we will be holding SAF on the 19th - 22nd November 2008 in San Francisco.

Now in it's 7th year, SAF is one of my favorite events - a gathering of around 350 of the smartest architects across a wide range of companies, cultures, and countries - discussing architectural challenges and sharing solutions. Although now retired, a tradition at all previous events has been an architect Q&A session with BillG himself.

Even though this is an invite-only event, we heard some great feedback about the online recordings that we posted of last year's event, and we definitely plan to do the same this year. We also use a lot of input as we plan the agenda for the event - so if you have ideas about topics that you would like to see at such an event, we'd love to hear from you.

Comments

orcmid

Re: topics. I was wondering how design for interoperability shows up in architectural principles and practices. Is interoperability a side-effect or is it a quality that one designs for? It seems to me that interoperability characteristics figure in system lifecycle considerations. Also, is there a "cost of interoperability" similar to "cost of quality?"

# July 21, 2008 3:49 PM

Ram

Hi, I am Ram and reside in the UK. I would like to know if there is any URL where I could register myself as a member of the Microsoft's Strategic Architect Forum(SAF)? Cheers... Ram

# September 2, 2008 9:41 AM

smguest

Ram - this is a by invitation-only event, although we do plan to do a lot this year to get all of the content online for those that don't attend.

If you believe you should be there, I would definitely encourage you to speak with your local Microsoft representative in the UK. Let me know if you need more details.

# September 2, 2008 10:40 AM