Mid-Ohio CSD User Group (MOCSDUG)

Rescheduled: Building Asynchronous Applications Using SignalR

2012-04-16T09:35:00.000-04:00

Please note that this presentation has been rescheduled for next month since it did no occur in April.

Building Asynchronous Applications Using SignalR
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When: Thursday May 3rd, 2012, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Summary
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In this session, we are going to look at building asynchronous web applications with SignalR that communicate through Windows Azure Service Bus. We’ll discuss the new HTML5 Web Sockets to maintain persistent connections over HTTP. Also, we will talk about fallback approaches for browsers that don’t support Web Sockets (rhymes with “Internet Explorer”). Finally, we will look at an alternative scheme using Node.js

Presenter Bio
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Chad Thomas is a Practice Director with Neudesic. He has over ten years of experience in delivering mission-critical applications, with a concentration in the financial services industry.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at the Polaris Center.
Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

OData Across Boundaries

2011-09-29T21:30:00.008-04:00

OData Across Boundaries
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When: Thursday October 6th, 2011, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Summary
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So many of our applications across platforms are data driven, right? Data is the crux of what our applications present and that's what we focus on in this session. How can you handle data sensibly and provide flexibility for connected systems through OData? In this talk, we slice and dice OData and discuss why you should care. We take a deep-dive into how almost any data source can be exposed as an OData service and then how you can consume them using specific client libraries. We also take a close look at why OData is important for cross-platform Mobile/Web/(Windows8 perhaps) applications and when leveraging the cloud. Attendees should walk away with a solid understanding of OData and quick-know-hows on how to get started!

Presenter Bio
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Samidip Basu (@samidip) is a technologist & gadget-lover working as a Manager & Solutions Lead for Sogeti out of the Columbus Unit. Having worked on WP7 since CTP days, he now spends much of his time in spreading the word to discover the full potential of the Windows Phone platform & cloud-based mobile solutions in general. He passionately runs the Central Ohio Windows Phone User Group (http://cowpug.org/) and can be found with at least a couple of hobbyist projects at any time. His spare times call for travel and culinary adventures with the wife. Find out more at http://samidipbasu.com/.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at the Polaris Center. Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

First Look: Windows Azure AppFabric Applications

2011-07-31T21:45:00.006-04:00

First Look: Windows Azure AppFabric Applications
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When: Thursday August 4th, 2011, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Summary
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While Windows Azure is considered a Platform-as-a-Service offering in the cloud computing space, there are still several aspects of the underlying infrastructure you must be aware of and configure when planning for and developing your Windows Azure applications. The current CTP of the new Windows Azure AppFabric Applications looks to raise the abstraction level and provide a true Platform-as-a-Service. This capability enables you to write an application composed of multiple services from various providers while allowing you to deploy, manage, and scale the application as a single logical application. All of this and a visual model of the application that stays in sync with the code! In this session we’ll take a look at the scenarios and problems Windows Azure AppFabric Applications are looking to solve, the features available in the current CTP, and how to develop and deploy a Windows Azure AppFabric Application.

Presenter Bio
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Michael Collier is a Windows Azure MVP and serves as a National Architect for Neudesic, a Microsoft SI partner that specializes in Windows Azure. He has nearly 11 years of experience building Microsoft-based applications for a wide range of clients. Michael spends his days serving as a developer or architect – helping clients succeed with the Microsoft development platform. He gets very “geeked up” about any new technology, tool, or technique that makes his development life easier. Michael spends most of his spare time reading technology blogs and exploring new development technologies. He is also an avid golfer and attempts to be good at shooters on the Xbox 360. Previous speaking engagements include the Central Ohio Cloud Computing User Group, Central Ohio .NET Developers Group, Cloud Connections, and multiple Windows Azure Boot Camp events. Michael earned his Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University. You can follow Michael on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MichaelCollier and on his blog at www.MichaelSCollier.com.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at the Polaris Center. Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

June 2nd, 2011 - No Meeting

2011-06-02T13:57:00.000-04:00

We will not be having a meeting this month.

Recap of AppFabric Series: A Lap Around WCF 4

2011-04-04T13:49:00.002-04:00

The slide and demos from the most recent AppFabric presentation by Josh Harrison is now available on his blog. Please do check them out!

AppFabric Series: A Lap Around WCF 4

2011-02-24T21:10:00.007-05:00

AppFabric Series: A Lap Around WCF 4
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When: Thursday March 3rd, 2011, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Summary

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With the release of .NET framework 4.0, significant enhancements have been made to Windows Communication Foundation in the areas of developer productivity, service discovery, and enhanced support for enterprise messaging patterns. In this second installment of the AppFabric Series, Josh will cover each of these with an emphasis on practical ways they can add value to organizations that build service-oriented applications.

Presenter Bio
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Josh Harrison is a Solution Architect with Leading EDJE. He has over 7 years experience providing technology guidance to large and mid-sized organizations. Recently he has been focusing on Microsoft SOA technologies including BizTalk, WCF, and WF. You can follow him on his blog at http://www.communitycoder.com/

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at the Polaris Center. Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

AppFabric Series: A Lap Around WF 4

2011-02-01T12:36:00.005-05:00

AppFabric Series: A Lap Around WF 4
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When: Thursday February 3rd, 2011, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Summary
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Over the next year, MOCSDUG will bring you several talks to get you better acquainted with the AppFabric platform. In this presentation from the AppFabric series, Monish discusses the benefits of model-driven design such as reuse, transparency of design for multiple audiences and the simplification of low-level patterns. These benefits assist in realizing application designs that are easier to implement, manage and understand. Learn some of the problems WF 4 solves and how simple it is to build a Workflow Service with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) 4.0.

Presenter Bio
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Monish Nagisetty is a Principal Consultant with Neudesic for their Connected Systems practice. He is also a member of the BizTalk Virtual Technical Specialist (VTS) Program. He spends a majority of his time helping clients solve enterprise integration problems by using technologies like BizTalk, Windows Communication Foundation, Workflow Foundation and Host Integration Server. You can tap into Monish's thought stream at his blog located at http://monishnagisetty.wordpress.com/.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at the Polaris Center.
Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

Thursday 12/2/2010: MOCSDUG Update

2010-11-30T23:07:00.010-05:00

Due to the holiday schedule and scheduling conflicts with some of our speakers, we will not have a MOCSDUG meeting this Thursday 12/2.

However, I would like to take this opportunity to catch everyone up on all the exciting updates within the Microsoft Connected Systems stack. In October, Microsoft released BizTalk Server 2010 with several new features such as a new and improved mapper, introduction of a few BizTalk features into WF workflows, a revamped EDI Trading Partner Management (TPM) model, and a new FTPS adapter. On the cloud front, you need to check out all the exciting new features within Azure AppFabric such as Message Buffer, AppFabric Services and the updates to Service Bus. Moreover, Microsoft recognizes that integration will play a large role as customers start moving their applications to the cloud. As a result, a big part of Microsoft's strategy is to address on-premise to cloud connectivity and providing "Integration as a Service" in the Cloud. I encourage you to check out the PDC videos and blog posts below which cover the updates I mentioned above in greater detail.

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 and Roadmap (Video)

Changing the Game: BizTalk Server 2010 and the Road Ahead (Post)

BizTalk Server 2010 AppFabric Connect For Services (Post)

Composing Applications with AppFabric Services (Video)

Connecting Cloud & On-Premises Apps with the Windows Azure Platform (Video)

Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric Caching (Video)

Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus Futures (Video)

Identity & Access Control in the Cloud (Video)

Windows Azure: Behind the Cloud

2010-10-05T23:01:00.007-04:00

Windows Azure: Behind the Cloud
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When: Thursday October 7th, 2010, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Summary
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Learn why Microsoft is "all in" the cloud market and why cloud services are transforming how
applications will be built and deployed. Just in 2010 alone, Microsoft has evolved the
Windows Azure platform in ways that make it significantly easier to deploy applications
to the cloud. Learn about the new and upcoming features in the Windows Azure
platform. In this presentation, Brian goes behind the cloud platform to explore the
features that make Azure a solid platform to host your applications. He goes beyond
the basic Azure concepts and covers some interesting features and scenarios within the
platform.

Presenter Bio
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Brian H. Prince is an Architect Evangelist for Microsoft. He gets super excited whenever he talks about technology, especially cloud computing,patterns, and practices. His job is to help customers strategically leverage MS technology, and help them bring their architecture to a super level.

In a past life Brian was a part of super startups, super marketing firms, and superconsulting firms. Much of his super architecture background includes building superscalable applications, application integration, and award winning web applications. All of them were super.

Further, he is a co-founder of the non-profit organization CodeMash(http://www.codemash.org/). He speaks at various regional and national technology eventsincluding TechEd. He only wishes his job didn’t require him to say ‘super’ so much.

Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Physics from CapitalUniversity, Columbus, Ohio. He is also a zealous gamer. For example, he is a huge fan of Fallout 3.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at
Polaris Center.

Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

New Features in BizTalk 2010

2010-08-02T18:43:00.009-04:00

New Features in BizTalk 2010
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When: Thursday August 5th, 2010, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Summary
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For the 10 year anniversary of BizTalk, come and learn about the new features in the 7th release of BizTalk, BizTalk 2010. In this release, there are several enhancements in the areas of the Mapper, EDI configuration, Host/Instance configuration, new FTPS adapter, and support for .NET4 and VS2010. There are some really exciting new features in the Mapper that make map development a very rich experience. In addition, learn how tools like the Mapper and the WCF LOB Adapters can now be leveraged inside of Windows AppFabric.

Presenter Bio
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Monish Nagisetty is a Principal Consultant with Neudesic for their Connected Systems practice. He is also a member of the BizTalk Virtual Technical Specialist (VTS) Program. He spends a majority of his time helping clients solve enterprise integration problems by using technologies like BizTalk, Windows Communication Foundation, Workflow Foundation and Host Integration Server. You can tap into Monish's thought stream at his blog located at http://monishnagisetty.wordpress.com/.

About Neudesic
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Neudesic: The shortest path to intelligence. The Neudesic name is as unique as their services and capabilities: Neu- (from "neuron" or "neural": To represent knowledge or thought) + -desic (from "Geodesic", in Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time: The shortest path between two points on a sphere).Neudesic is a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Gold Certified Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on Microsoft's technology platform. Neudesic's technical and industry expertise empowers enterprises to enhance their technological capacity and respond to business opportunities with a greater level of efficiency. For more information, please visit http://www.neudesic.com/.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at Polaris Center.
Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

Thursday 6/3/2010 - No Meeting

2010-06-02T18:52:00.002-04:00

We will not be having a meeting this month. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, August 5th, 2010.

Introduction to Windows Server App Fabric

2010-01-27T22:33:00.009-05:00

Introduction to Windows Server App Fabric by Chad Thomas
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When: Thursday February 4th, 2010, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)
Food and beverages for the meeting are being sponsored by Neudesic

Summary
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At PDC09 Microsoft announced the new Windows Server AppFabric. Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run on IIS. For Web applications, AppFabric provides caching capabilities to provide high-speed access, scale, and high availability to application data. This feature was previously codenamed "Velocity". For composite applications, AppFabric makes it easier to build and manage services built using Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation. This feature was previously codenamed "Dublin." Now people are asking, what exactly is AppFabric and how will it change the way you build applications in the future? In this talk you will get the answers to this and many other questions about AppFabric, Windows Workflow 4 and WCF.

About the Presenter
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Chad Thomas is a Principal Consultant with Neudesic. He has over ten years of experience in delivering mission-critical applications, with a concentration in the financial services industry.

About Neudesic
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Neudesic: The shortest path to intelligence. The Neudesic name is as unique as their services and capabilities: Neu- (from "neuron" or "neural": To represent knowledge or thought) + -desic (from "Geodesic", in Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time: The shortest path between two points on a sphere).Neudesic is a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Gold Certified Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on Microsoft's technology platform. Neudesic's technical and industry expertise empowers enterprises to enhance their technological capacity and respond to business opportunities with a greater level of efficiency. For more information, please visit http://www.neudesic.com/.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at Polaris Center.
Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

Thursday 12/3 - No Meeting

2009-12-02T22:30:00.002-05:00

Due to the holiday schedule, we will not be having a meeting this month. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, February 4th. With BizTalk 2009 R2, Dublin, Oslo, and WCF4 updates on the horizon next year, there will be plenty to talk about.

Happy Holidays!

Introduction to Workflow Foundation

2009-09-28T12:21:00.007-04:00

Introduction to Workflow Foundation
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When: Thursday October 1st, 2009, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address on left)
Food and beverages for the meeting are being sponsored by Leading EDJE

Summary
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Version 1 of Windows Workflow Foundatoin was released in 2006 as part of the .NET framework 3.0. Like many v1 products, its adoption has not yet reached the mainstream of application developers. Microsoft intends to change this with the new release of the .NET framework 4.0. We will take a look at what is currently available in the current WF release, examine the benfits of using WF over traditional imperative programming, and look forward to changes and features available in the next version.

Presenter Bio
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Josh Harrison is a Solution Architect with Leading EDJE. He has over 7 years experience providing technology guidance to large and mid-sized organizations. Recently he has been focusing on Microsoft SOA technologies including BizTalk, WCF, and WF. You can follow him on his blog at http://www.communitycoder.com/

About the Sponsor
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Leading EDJE is a custom enterprise application development and systems integration consulting firm based in Columbus, OH. Leading EDJE provides superior technical and project management consultants to assist our clients in implementing today’s ever increasing complex solutions. Our consultants provide expertise in any custom application development need that our clients may have. We specialize in all phases of technology development; from inception to implementation our expertise in development of sound solutions is unsurpassed.

Bite-Sized SOA: An Iterative Approach To SOA

2009-06-01T09:44:00.007-04:00

Bite-Sized SOA: An Iterative Approach To SOA
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When: Thursday June 4th, 2009, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)
Food and beverages for the meeting are being sponsored by Neudesic

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Implementing a Service Oriented Architecture can seem like a daunting task; however, if one starts with a single business process and takes an iterative approach, the chances of success improve significantly. In this presentation, we will explore ‘starting small' by decomposing a business process and designing services to facilitate it. We will demonstrate how this ‘middle-out' approach can be extended in subsequent iterations to continuously add value and align to business objectives.

Presenter Bio
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Monish Nagisetty is a Principal Consultant with Neudesic for their Connected Systems practice. He is also a member of the BizTalk Virtual Technical Specialist (VTS) Program. He spends a majority of his time helping clients solve enterprise integration problems by using technologies like BizTalk, Windows Communication Foundation, Workflow Foundation and Host Integration Server. You can tap into Monish's thought stream at his blog located at http://monishnagisetty.wordpress.com/.

About Neudesic
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Neudesic: The shortest path to intelligence. The Neudesic name is as unique as their services and capabilities: Neu- (from "neuron" or "neural": To represent knowledge or thought) + -desic (from "Geodesic", in Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time: The shortest path between two points on a sphere).Neudesic is a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Gold Certified Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on Microsoft's technology platform. Neudesic's technical and industry expertise empowers enterprises to enhance their technological capacity and respond to business opportunities with a greater level of efficiency. For more information, please visit http://www.neudesic.com/.

Recap: .NET Services in the Azure Platform

2009-04-17T15:12:00.002-04:00

A big thanks to James Bender for presenting on .NET Services in the Azure Platform at our last MOCSDUG meeting. Download the slide deck below. The code samples are part of the Azure SDK.

.NET Services in The Azure Platform Slide Deck

.NET Services in the Azure Platform

2009-03-27T15:31:00.004-04:00

.NET Services in the Azure Platform
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When: Thursday, April 2nd, 2009, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Microsoft is making headlines with its Azure cloud computing offering but it is still in CTP and subject to change. With .NET Services you have the ability to take advantage of cloud functionality now. Features such as federated security, workflow hosting and service bus are available not only to .NET developers, but to those using Java and Ruby as well. This presentation will show you how to start using tomorrow's cloud computing features today!

Presenter:
James Bender
Architect, Quick Solutions Inc

James Bender has been involved in software development and architecture for 13 years, the last five of which for Quick Solutions in Columbus OH. He has worked as a developer and architect on everything from small, single user applications to Enterprise scale multi-user systems.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at the Polaris Center.
Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

Cloud Computing with Windows Azure

2009-01-22T20:41:00.004-05:00

Cloud Computing with Windows Azure
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When: Thursday February 5th, 2009 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud computing platform. At this meeting, you will hear about Microsoft's vision of Software + Services and what it can mean for you. As part of this presentation, you’ll see a demo of how a cloud application is developed and deployed. Cloud computing has huge implications for both developers and business people. This is your chance to get in on the ground floor and be part of the community that helps pioneer this exciting new area.

Does cloud computing offer anything compelling for you, your business or your customers?

Cloud computing with Windows Azure provides technologists with new options for where applications reside, how applications behave, and the business models that drive them. Cloud computing eliminates the need to predict traffic levels, purchase hardware or hosting capacity in advance, and keep OS’s patched. Applications are given the capacity they need on demand. You only pay for computing and storage you use. Some of the most difficult and costly things to achieve in I.T. such as high availability and ensuring scalability are no longer headaches the enterprise has to deal with. Scalability, reliability, and high availability come with the platform automatically.

Join the Community!
http://cloudcomputingusergroup.com/
http://www.azureusergroup.com/

Presenter: Chad Thomas is a Principal Consultant with Neudesic, and is the Practice Lead for Neudesic East’s Connected Systems Division. He has over ten years experience in delivering mission-critical applications, with a concentration in the financial services industry.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at Polaris Center.
Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

Recap: Introduction to Microsoft "Oslo"

2009-01-05T12:40:00.002-05:00

Oslo Slide Deck

Movies Model Demo Sample Code

Movies DSL Demo Sample Code

Introduction to Microsoft "Oslo"

2008-12-01T13:56:00.004-05:00

Introduction to Microsoft "Oslo"
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When: Thursday December 4th, 2008, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

"Oslo” is the codename for Microsoft’s forthcoming modeling platform. Modeling is used across a wide range of domains and allows more people to participate in application design and allows developers to write applications at a much higher level of abstraction.

“Oslo” consists of:

A tool that helps people define and interact with models in a rich and visual manner
A language that helps people create and use textual domain-specific languages and data models
A relational repository that makes models available to both tools and platform components

In this presentation, Monish will present an overview of "Oslo", its tools, and some demos to introduce you to this new modeling platform.

Presenter Bio
Monish Nagisetty is the Practice Lead for the Connected Systems Studio at Quick Solutions. He is also a member of the BizTalk Virtual Technical Specialist (VTS) Program. He spends a majority of his time helping clients solve enterprise integration problems by using technologies like BizTalk, Windows Communication Foundation, Workflow Foundation and Host Integration Server. You can tap into Monish's thought stream at his blog located at http://monishnagisetty.wordpress.com/.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at Polaris Center. Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

Recap: BizTalk Business Rule Engine by Monish Nagisetty

2008-10-07T10:31:00.001-04:00

See Monish's blog post for slide decks and sample code.

BizTalk Business Rule Engine

2008-09-30T09:05:00.012-04:00

BizTalk Business Rule Engine
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When: Thursday October 2nd, 2008, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

Level: 200

Business rules guide the decision-making behavior of all business processes—they are the conditional criteria against which facts are evaluated to determine an appropriate business action. In traditional application design, business rules are coded directly into the implementation. Embedding business rules within applications has always been problematic because it compromises the effectiveness and versatility of the application, and consequently the business process the application is meant to enable.

In this session, Monish will show you how the BizTalk Business Rule Engine (BRE) works. You will understand how the BRE is designed to be highly efficient and can process many hundreds or even thousands of rules in a matter of milliseconds. Also, you will learn how you can implement BRE rules in your own applications.

Presenter Bio
Monish Nagisetty is the Practice Lead for the Connected Systems Studio at Quick Solutions. He is also a member of the BizTalk Virtual Technical Specialist (VTS) Program. He spends a majority of his time helping clients solve enterprise integration problems by using technologies like BizTalk, Windows Communication Foundation, Workflow Foundation and Host Integration Server. You can tap into Monish's thought stream at his blog located at http://monishnagisetty.wordpress.com/.

Directions to the Meeting
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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at Polaris Center.
Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

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Recap: WCF, WS-*, and You By James Bender

2008-08-12T14:21:00.005-04:00

A big thanks to James Bender for presenting on WS-* at our last MOCSDUG meeting. Download the slide deck below.

WS-* Slide Deck (Office 2003)

WS-* Slide Deck (Office 2007)

WS-*, WCF and You

2008-08-02T19:33:00.009-04:00

WS-*, WCF and You
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When: Thursday, August 7th, 2008, 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus (Address Below)

The promise of SOA is built on the back of web services. Due to their nature however, web services are not always “business-friendly.” The WS-* specifications provide the extensions that make SOA a viable business platform. But what are these specifications? Where did they come from? Do I really need ALL of them? And how can I leverage this functionality in WCF? This presentation will let you know what the WS-* specifications are and where they came from. It will also introduce you to the various standards bodies (and vendors) who shape service interoperability. It will also demonstrate that the WS-* specifications are easier to implement in WCF than you think.

Presenter:
James Bender
Architect, Quick Solutions Inc

James Bender has been involved in software development and architecture for 13 years, the last five of which for Quick Solutions in Columbus OH. He has worked as a developer and architect on everything from small, single user applications to Enterprise scale multi-user systems.

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The MOCSDUG meets at the Microsoft office on the North side of Columbus, OH at Polaris Center.
Address: Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240

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Meeting time: Aug 7, 2008 6:00 PM (EDT)

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Recap: Introduction to ESB Guidance by Richard Broida

2008-06-11T22:15:00.003-04:00

I would like to thank Richard Broida for presenting on the ESB Guidance at our last MOCSDUG meeting. Download the slide deck below to learn more about the ESB Guidance.

Introduction to ESB Guidance Slide Deck (Office 2003)

Introduction to ESB Guidance Slide Deck (Office 2007)