Took me 3 hours to get the agenda right..
Took me just about the entire evening browsing through all the sessions on the event site.
I do feel that the search "tool" for the sessions could have been better. Simply a shopping cart-ish thing would have helped, or maybe a couple of collapse buttons (per day maybe). The calendar schedule however was nice, and the event mail is a nice gesture (although I have no idea what I want to use it for). Hopefully I'll get the calendar exported to my SmartPhone. Anyways, the day to the candystore is completed.
I wanted to cover several areas in my selection:
- Service oriented architecture
- Focused sessions on web services and the future standards
- MS Server product solutions including Sharepoint / CMS / Live Communications Server
- .NET Compact Framework and Smart Client development
Here are the votes of the norwegian jury (for those of you who "enjoy" the eurovision song contest):
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Tuesday |
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Opening Keynote - "GET INSIDE and feel the Rhythm" |
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Metropolis: Envisioning the Service-Oriented Enterprise |
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BPR385 Live Communications Platform: Architecting, Deploying, and Building Custom Solutions |
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MBL-IL01 Developing Mobile Database Applications Using SQL Server CE (Instructor-led Lab) |
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CTS200 Service Orientation and the Windows/.NET Developer - Don Box |
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Wednesday |
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CTS201 Connected Systems: Web Service, XML Serialization and Networking in .NET Framework 2.0 |
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BOF001 Integrating unit testing practices in the software development lifecycle – James Newkirk |
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MBL351 Data Access And Synchronization Strategies for the .NET Compact Framework |
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PNL005 Metropolis: Implementation Advice for the Service-Oriented Enterprise |
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CHT011 And You Thought You Knew about Web Services?! |
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ARC-IL01 Building Scalable Architectures with FABRIQ (Instructor-led Lab) |
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BPR332 InfoPath 2003 SP1: Using Managed Code to Build Solutions |
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Thursday |
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BPR324 Building Enterprise Content Applications with CMS 2002, Office 2003 and K2.net 2003 |
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CTS406 Versioning of Connected .NET Applications |
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CTS308 Building Proseware, Inc. – a non-trivial service-oriented system |
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DEV265 Busting .NET Development Myths: Panel Discussion |
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ARC311 Enterprise Information Integration and Entity Aggregation in Service-Oriented Architecture |
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CTS404 Best Practices for Dealing With State at Multiple Layers Within Your .NET Applications |
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Friday |
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DEV319 Creating Efficient, High Performance XML Web Services |
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DEV304 Asynchronous Windows Forms Today and Tomorrow |
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ARC230 The Nerd, the Suit and the Fortune Teller |
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ARC305 Smart Client Architecture Principles |
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EBZ301 Microsoft Business Solutions CRM: Using the SDK to Develop Add-On Solutions |
These sessions are currently on the bench and would be excellent substitutes:
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ARC314 Transforming Industries through Mobilized Software Solutions
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BPR386 Live Communications Server 2003: A Technical Overview
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MBL310 Architecture And Design Patterns For The .NET Compact Framework
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DAT315 Intelligent BI – Integrating Data Mining into OLAP, Reporting Services and DTS in SQL Server 2005
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ARC303 Metropolis: Using Information in the Service-Oriented Enterprise
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CTS300 Prescriptive Guidance for Building with Web Services, WSE, .NET Remoting, System.EnterpriseServices, and MSMQ
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CHT052 All You Want to Know about InfoPath
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BPR391 Content Management Server 2002 Connector for SharePoint Technologies: Technical Overview and Architecture
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BPR338 Building Advanced Dynamic Solutions for the Information Worker Using InfoPath 2003 SP1
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BPR216 Leveraging Exchange 2003, SharePoint 2003, Office 2003, and Live Communications Server 2003 in a Business Environment
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MBL-IL02 Programming with .NET Compact Framework 2.0 (Instructor-led Lab)
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CTS405 Choosing a Hosting Model - Dealing with Threads, AppDomains, and Processes - Don Box
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DEV361 Windows Forms: Building Occasionally Connected Applications
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DEV381 J2EE & .NET Interoperability
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WIN301 Developing Corporate Identity Management Solutions using AD, ADAM and MIIS