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• ESB guidance

  A new set of ESB guidance has been released by the Patterns and Practices team. Details below: Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the latest addition to the p&p library of software architecture guidance: ESB Guidance 2.0 CTP Read More... Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:24 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: patterns & practices, Web Services, BizTalk Server, Visual Studio 2008, Architecture

• New SharePoint Guidance from the Patterns and Practices group

  The P&P group released a new set of SharePoint Guidance today...Links below Quick Links – MSDN site: SharePoint Guidance – Future friendly url: http://microsoft.com/spg – Download: SharePoint Guidance – November 2008 – Codeplex site: http://codeplex.com/spg Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:33 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: patterns & practices, SharePoint, MOSS2007

• Announcing Enterprise Library 4.1

  Hi Everyone! Our Architecture Patterns and Practices team just announced the latest revision for Enterprise Library! Quick Links: – MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/entlib – Community Forum: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=119312 – Community Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:31 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: patterns & practices, MSDN, Architecture

• Improving Web Services Security Guide v1.0 Released by P&P Team

  The Patterns & Practices Team have recently released v1.0 of the web services security guide (in PDF format) that shows how to make the most out of WCF. With end-to-end application scenarios, it shows you how to design and implement authentication Read More... Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 11:31 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET Framework 2.0, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), patterns & practices, NETFX3.0, Web Services, .NET Framework 3.5, Lamont, .NET Framework, Architecture

• P&P ships Composite Application Guidance for WPF

  The Patterns & Practices team has recently released the Composite Application Guidance for WPF which provides guidance for "componetizing" the development of enterprise-class WPF applications across multiple development teams, with each team owning Read More... Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 10:42 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET Framework 2.0, Smart Client, patterns & practices, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008, Lamont, .NET Framework, Architecture

• WPF validation with Enterprise Library 4.0

  If you have not heard the announcement elsewhere, Enterprise Library 4.0 from patterns & practices is now available .  Martin Bennedik just updated his WPF integration for the Validation Application Block (VAB) to work with Enterprise Library Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:34 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: patterns & practices, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), WPF, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework

• Standalone Validation Block

  As I mentioned here , I have been digging into what's out there for WPF LOB applications.  It's been a long time since I've kept up with the work the patterns & practices group has produced.  One of the things I've seen a webcast/blog post Read More... Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:58 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: patterns & practices, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), WPF, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework

• Get a Free Copy of Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System by Sam Guckenheimer

  Offer good while supplies last, so don't dawdle. This is a great resource that explains the design philosophy behind VSTS. http://www.microsoft.com/click/usapo/usdev/meet-milestones/default.mspx The link to the book offer is at the end of the second paragraph. Read More... Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:38 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: patterns & practices, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, .NET Framework

• Software + Services Blueprints Released

  Microsoft recently released the initial version of Software + Services Blueprints . These blueprints are a series of source code and guidance packages designed to provide an architectural bridge between vision and implementation by making it easier to Read More... Posted Friday, November 09, 2007 12:52 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Factories, patterns & practices, Lamont

• OBA Reference Applications - What would you like to see?

  One of the biggest challenges I feel that we ( Microsoft ) face in showcasing the "value" of architecting/developing Office Business Applications is providing what I'll call "solid reference implementations" along the lines of Duwamish Books , Fitch and Read More... Posted Saturday, October 27, 2007 11:32 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), patterns & practices, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), NETFX3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Web Services, Virtual Earth, Office Development, WPFE, Silverlight, SharePoint, MOSS2007, Lamont

• OBA RAP for Public Sector (E-Forms Processing)

  As I mentioned in my last post , I've had the opportunity to work on a number cool solutions in recent months. One solution that I've been privileged to work on and help deliver is the Office Business Application Reference Architecture Pack for Public Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:18 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), patterns & practices, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), NETFX3.0, Windows Communication Foundation, MSDN, Office Development, SharePoint, MOSS2007, Lamont

• Smart Client Software Factory v2 is now available

  Enhancements include: Windows Presentation Foundation interoperability CAB extensions and View with presenter recipe Offline application blocks and recipes; the application blocks support asynchronous calls to WCF web services. Richer ClickOnce Deployment Read More... Posted Sunday, May 20, 2007 2:16 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, patterns & practices, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), .NET Framework 3.5

• Web Client Software Factory released

  Man the p&p guys are just crankin out releases. Announcement here . -Marc Read More... Posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:43 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Factories, patterns & practices, ASP.NET 2.0, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Visual Studio 2005

• December release of the Service Factory from patterns & practices is available

  By way of Don Smith . Details: http://blogs.msdn.com/donsmith/archive/2007/01/09/come-and-get-yer-service-factory.aspx The two features that jumped out at me are support for the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and "WSDL-first support." The direct Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:59 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Software Factories, patterns & practices, NETFX3.0, Web Services

• Web Client Software Factory RC is out!

  Just noticed by way of Eugenio Pace . If you are uuilding ASP.NET apps, you'll definitely want to take a look at this Software Factory. It's chock full of best practices for building enterprise class web apps. This is the patterns & practices work Read More... Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 7:20 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Factories, patterns & practices, ASP.NET 2.0, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)