Announcing the OBA Reference Application Pack for Loan Origination Systems (OR-LOS)

The Architecture Strategy Team has just released an Office Business Applications Reference Application Pack for Loan Origination Systems (OR-LOS) that leverages SharePoint, BizTalk Orchestrations, BizTalk Business Rules Engine, WF Workflows, and Office Clients to automate a Loan Origination process spanning multiple human and system participants.

BizTalk Server 2006 Documentation in PDF Format

The BizTalk Server 2006 core documentation PDF here.

.Net 3.5 with Orcas!

It wasn’t long ago that we were discussing .Net 3.0 as a new development palteform from Microsoft's technology stack. Now Microsoft is ready with .Net 3.5 that is going to be released with Visual Studio Orcas later this year. you can download the CTP bits from MSDN.

SQL Server 2005 SP2 Now Available

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) enables SQL Server 2005 customers to take advantage of the enhancements within Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system. Specific enhancements include, but are not limited to:
•Enhanced BI Capabilities
•Interoperability Enhancements
•Performance and Manageability Enhancements
for Review visit what's new in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

My article on Integration technogies

I have working on this for quite sometime now , the problem which every arcitect faces when came accross the problem of integration is to which tool/technology to use. you can find my article on thi here