Article on Choosing the Right Technology for Integrating Systems

I wrote an article on Choosing the Right Technology for Integrating Systems few months back and after the feedback i got from people in PDC i thought i should publish the link. you can find this article here. I 'll be publishing an article on Microsoft office 2007 and its integration with application soon.

TechEd US 2007: SOA and Web Services Track Schedule

The complete abstract can be found on the TechEd site.

BizTalk 2006 R2 Beta Download Instructions

To access R2 Public Beta, please follow these instructions:
Go to http://connect.microsoft.com/
1) Sign in using your passport
2) Click on Available Connections (on the Connect Home menu)
3) Apply for BizTalk 2006 R2 Beta program

Nomination Start Date : 4/2/2007
Nomination End Date: 8/1/2007

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

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) for Partners

The term Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is widely used in the context of implementing the messaging capabilities of a service oriented infrastructure. An ESB is one of many building blocks that make up a comprehensive service oriented infrastructure. Microsoft provides a comprehensive ESB offering through its large network of partners.
You can find a list of the partners in the early access program on the Microsoft SOA/ESB Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/solutions/soa/esb.mspx

BizTalk Server Anti-Patterns

Eric provides some interesting food for thought around anti-patterns for BizTalk Server, starting with a kitchen sink analogy applied to maps.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ebattalio/archive/tags/BizTalk+Anti-Patterns/default.aspx