Day One at the Microsoft West Region Partner Architect Forum (Whew!)
After messing up my wakeup call (my fault!) I made it downstairs just in time to catch the bus to the Microsoft Silicon Valley Conference Center in Mountain View, CA. Today's two keynotes, the first by Adam Denning provided, some great insight into the Platform Strategy for 2005 and beyond. Adam is a great speaker, and kept the high-level stuff entertaining for an audience of low-level-lowing Architects. Following some good sessions on Analysis Services in Yukon, a panel comprised of SI & ISV folks provided some insight into technology adoption and the benefits and pitfalls therein.
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's sessions which cover new products such as BizTalk Server 2006, Indigo and Avalon. I'll post a report of Day 2 in the next day or two (although I think the NDA will bar me from providing the details of BTS 2006, Indigo and Avalon here.)