TechEd 2006 Day 2
The weather is great here it's a shame we see so little of it. Outside it's close to 20 degrees Celsius and inside you almost need a sweater, a real TechEd day ;-).

No boring speakers today only very inspiring ones.

Today's highlights:

BizTalk Server 2006 R2:
  • BTF + WCF = BTF R2. The R2 release is built on top of the new Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
  • With WCF there will be new Adapters; BasicHTTP, WsHTTP, NetTCP, NetMsMQ, NetNamedPipes and a very powerful Custom Adapter.
  • The possibility of having web services without using IIS (NetTCP adapter), although just a demo it does show some of the new possibilities.
  • Full WS* support.
Two sessions with the comical duo Clemens Vasters and Steve Schwartz. These guys are constantly making fun of each other but between the jokes these guys have a very clear and analytical view on software architecture.

Takeaways on Data:
  • Not all data is equal.
  • Like logic, data access can be broken up into simple patterns.
  • Correct Data Architecture is the Ultimate Performance Optimization.
Takeaways on Presentation:
  • Connected Client Technologies open new opportunities.
  • You have more options that you possibly take advantage of.
  • Choose the right option for each task.
For both Data and Presentation the complex things were broken down to simple patterns. Very refreshing!

Then there was this session with Chad Hower (aka Kudzu). He talked about Mobile Agents. Mobile Agents are pieces of software that can move between machines. Huh?
At first it seemed a bit Academic but on second thought the are situation where this could be very useful.
One (working) demo showed a validation of a telephone number. The actual validation code was not present in the local application. At runtime the agent-code was fetched - from a so called hive - and included in the program.
For his demo he used the Indy Mobile Agents (http://www.indyproject.org).

The last session today was a raging Ted Pattison on the redesign of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.   
One of the big improvements is that everything is handled by ASP.NET.
Bye bye ISAPI filter, hello ASP.NET.
The concept of masterpages is implemented. So it's reasonable easy to change the look and feel of a complete (sub)site. There are still some caveats but overall it is a big improvement.
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