Biztalk User Group

3 September 2008

Latest post 09-12-2008 10:50 AM by Ryan Crawcour. 18 replies.
  • 07-08-2008 9:39 PM

    3 September 2008

    Time to start thinking about the next user group meeting.... Yes I know; it's still July and we're just getting ready for tomorrow night, but the early bird does get the worm afterall ;)

    So, I was thinking that with TechEd coming in Aug and a load of content happening there; that to give us who are presenting there a chance to recover and to prevent a serious case of information overload for the people who have to sit and listen to our boring death by power point (NOT!) talks that we'd skip August and aim for early September to have our next meeting....

    What do you guys think?

    I have again included a smattering of topics to vote on, some a carry over from the previous poll, some new .... Please go give it a bash and give us an indication of what you want to cover.

    And please ... if there is something you want covered that isn't in the list let me know in a reply to this post or by contacting me directly and I'll get it added to the voting system; after all some of us in Southern Africa know how to conduct free, fair and transparent democratic elections :P

    Oh yeah; and if anybody suddenly finds the desire to wish to present .... You are more than welcome. In fact I encourage all members to get involved; it is OUR community in the end!

     

    Which topics do you want to cover in this User Group meeting?

     

    • Performance and Stress Testing (0%)
    • Identifying Performance Bottlenecks (25%)
    • Maintaining a healthy BizTalk operation (0%)
    • Deep Dive into the ESB Guidance (62.5%)
    • What is Throttling? (12.5%)
    • Creating highly-repeatable BizTalk builds and deployments (0%)
    • Total Votes: 8
    • Voting Ended: 2008/10/06

     

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  • 07-09-2008 8:04 AM In reply to

    • Nabeel Prior
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    Re: 3 September 2008

    Hiya Ryan,

    As the next version of the ESB guidance should be released by the time we have our September meeting I think it may be quite appropriate to use the ESB session you have in the poll to cover the new features of ESB Guidance v2 as well.

    A few other ideas for future topics:

    • Using the latest WCF adapters,
    • Latest developments in Oslo,
    • How to get certified,
    • What's your problem? (a time slot, which may be included in every session, where a problem being faced by someone in the user group can be tabled, and the user group can then interactively discuss possible solutions)

    Any other ideas out there?

     

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  • 07-10-2008 8:50 AM In reply to

    Re: 3 September 2008

    I think that's a great idea ....

    Not so sure about Oslo yet ... the CSD team themselves still don't know what Oslo really is; I think we'll have a somewhat better idea after PDC when the first real Oslo stuff will be shown. So maybe then. I'd think some R3 stuff might be worthwhile though as that is coming ....

    How to get certified could be cool; we have a member in our midst that has just recently gone through the pain....

    I like the what's your problem section; and think that should be a standard part of any session we have!

     

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  • 07-23-2008 4:07 PM In reply to

    • rmaclean
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    Re: 3 September 2008

     

    What about feedback from your little boat ride with the BizTalk team and since it is post Tech-Ed some feedback or covering what was shown for those who can't attend. That could also let us know if there is any content from Tech-Ed that people are interested in that we could repeat?

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  • 07-30-2008 12:19 PM In reply to

    • lacya
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    Re: 3 September 2008

    As usual I'm keen for anything. ESB guidance does sound very interesting, but would definately like to learn more about the other topics in furture sessions (so keep them on future votes :)).

     

     

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  • 08-13-2008 11:53 AM In reply to

    Re: 3 September 2008

    Ok so 3 Sept is fast approaching ...

    We all keen for another meet? Or should we hold off until Oct?

    Nabeel; seeing as you the only one that has actually seen V2 of the ESB Guidance, would you like to run with a session showing us some of the new features coming our way?

     

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  • 08-14-2008 9:02 AM In reply to

    • Nabeel Prior
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    Re: 3 September 2008

    I am keen for 3 September, provided we have enough interest.

    As a carrot ... I am talking to the guys responsible for the ESB Guidance to get permission to demo v2 at the session.  If we get the permission, then we will be one of the first outside of MS to get a look at some of the new features and changes that will be part of this next release.

    So, are you guys interested in a meeting on 3 September?

     

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  • 08-14-2008 9:26 AM In reply to

    • rmaclean
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    Re: 3 September 2008

     I'm keen!

     

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  • 08-14-2008 9:32 AM In reply to

    • riaans
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    Re: 3 September 2008

     I'm keen as well. But I would be more interested to see something around throttling.

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  • 08-14-2008 10:43 AM In reply to

    • LuisD
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    Re: 3 September 2008

    3rd September sounds good.

     

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  • 08-14-2008 3:05 PM In reply to

    • lacya
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    Re: 3 September 2008

     Will be there

     

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  • 08-15-2008 10:28 AM In reply to

    Re: 3 September 2008

     Hi Nabeel,

    I agree, I'd alos like to know a bit more about the new feautures.

     

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  • 08-15-2008 10:28 AM In reply to

    Re: 3 September 2008

     Hi Nabeel,

    I agree, I'd also like to know a bit more about the new feautures.

     

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  • 08-26-2008 8:09 AM In reply to

    • Rowan
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    Re: 3 September 2008

     

    Will see you on the 3rd

    -- rowan

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  • 09-02-2008 3:23 PM In reply to

    • Rowan
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    Re: 3 September 2008

    Cancel the last.

    I have had a late meeting scheduled that will definitely run on more than somewhat, so regret that I will be unable to make it tomorrow.

    My apologies for any inconveniences caused.

    -- rowan

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