TechEd 2006 Day 1
The TechEd 2006 is different this year. This year it's split up in TechEd  Developers and TechEd IT Forum. I don't think that is a good thing. I liked the combination as it was. Software development mixed with the server technology.
On the other hand there are some advantages as well. Due to the size there are less sessions to choose making life easier ;-)

Highlights of the day:
  • An 11 year old girl from Pakistan who was already Microsoft certified.
  • All native servers are going to offer web services. Exchange 2007 web service is already implemented.
  • ATLAS is dead, long live ASP.NET AJAX check http://ajax.asp.net/ it's a hot topic here. Beta 2 is recently released the RTM is expected to ship around the end of the year.
  • LINQ, Language Integrated Query, new functionality implemented in C# 3.0. "If Ienumerable is implemented then you can query it"
  • Vista and Office 2007 are RTM (Release To Manufacturer) meaning the bits are ready no more changes before launch.
  • Vista only: PeopleNearMe API.
  • WCF, Windows Communication Foundation is a part of .NET 3.0 the next step in the Application Services Evolution. WCF also the next evolutionary step in Communication Technology. First MSMQ then DCOM and the SOAP Toolkit and now WCF.   
  • WF, Windows Workflow Foundation is lightweight BizTalk like technology. Really powerful stuff.
  • WCF was built with interoperability in mind.
  • Expression WebDesigner, the bridge between web designer and developer.

I realize that for non developers this stuff is a bit abracadabra and even for the developers it’s a bit cryptic but it’s kind of impossible to put all stuff I’ve seen today in this post. I hope I have time to examine and write about the separate technologies in more detail later.
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