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We’ve just put the final touches on Issue 14 of the Microsoft Architecture Journal, which goes to print later this month. As we head into the New Year, the theme of the next issue will be around The Role of an Architect. This is the first time that we are going to look at the role and our [...]
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With 13 issues and over 60,000 subscribers, you are probably already familiar with the printed and PDF versions of the Microsoft Architecture Journal. At the Strategic Architect Forum (SAF) last week we released a new way of reading the Journal: The Architecture Journal Reader. Based on WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and the upcoming NewsReader SDK, [...]
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In case you missed it, Issue 13 of the Architecture Journal is now live here in online format. The theme for this issue is Software + Services, and includes articles on the Internet Service Bus, Astoria, Software + Services consumption for Enterprise IT, Enterprise Mashups, Microsoft Office as a Platform for Software + Services, and A Planet ruled [...]
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When I was attending the ALT.NET conference a couple of weekends ago, it became apparent that few people had even heard of the Agile Development Center that we had on MSDN. To help it become more discoverable, we’ve now fixed a few of the URLs. You can now access the site through this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/agile We are [...]
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Starting with Issue 14, the Architecture Journal will feature architecture case studies in each issue. We will dedicate one or two pages in each issue to some of the most intriguing architecture projects worldwide, the lessons learned, what worked, what didn’t, and so on. We feel that this is a great way of both highlighting [...]
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The folks at IASA have announced three upcoming software architect conferences in the US. There are three dates and locations during September and October: Atlanta, GA - September 13 – 14 Washington D.C. – October 8 – 9 San Diego, CA – October 15 – 16 I will be speaking at the San Diego on the [...]
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The latest issue of the Microsoft Architecture Journal (Issue 12) is now live! The theme of this issue is Web Architecture. Leading the issue with the topic of Web 2.0 in the Enterprise, we have returning author Michael Platt. Michael discusses some of the technology, data, and people principles of Web 2.0, and then maps [...]
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It’s been a crazy few weeks here, wrapping up the current issue of the Microsoft Architecture Journal, which goes to print later this month. Due to popular request, the theme of the next issue (Issue #14) is going to be focused on Mobile Architecture. Many organizations are doing a lot of work in this area, [...]
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If you are at TechEd this week you may have heard of our Iron Architect contest. The submissions are coming in quickly, and the quality looks very high this year - we’ve seen a great set of presentations so far. If you are considering entering, you’ll need to send your submission (either PowerPoint or Word document to ironarch@microsoft.com) before 6pm today! Remember, the [...]
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Do you consider yourself a top-rate architect? Do you think that you can design systems far superior than anyone else? Come to the TechEd Architecture lounge to prove it in front of your peers! This year we are running another round of the Iron Architect contest. This is your chance to present a solution to [...]
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