The Keynote Speech was presented by Bill Gates himself. You should have seen the line to get in to the speech. It had to be a mile long. It moved very quickly and the speech was very interesting. Some of the highlights where as follows:
- Microsoft plans to put additional Modeling tools for the code in Visual Studio. This will allow the developer to visualize the application and even implement code analysis to ensure the architecture is followed. They are making big investments in Model driven development as part of the release of Oslow (next version of visual studio).
- Silverlight Expression Studio for designers that can easily interface with Visual Studio. Weston should be investigating Silverlight. It very interesting and provides a Flash type affect and makes the application richer. Need to look into whether a PM can design the prototypes in this tool.
- SQL Server 2008:
Added a web service called SQL Server Data Services?
Sync Framework – we need to know more and we plan to attend some sessions to understand better.
Mobility based development tools look promising for Weston's mobile needs. We will need SQL Server 2008 to do some of these things more easily. - Microsoft is offering Services to help with the following:
Identity federation
Security
SQL Server Data Services - At the end of the speech Bill Gates had a Q & A. It was very interesting to hear some of his answers.
In summary, Microsoft does not have many earth shattering changes in the development area that we did not already know about.
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Did steve attend? Hopefully security was tight with him around... we all know how fond Steve is of Bill Gates... lol
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