1. Windows Server “Longhorn”
Next Generation Business Solutions Platform Strategy Review
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Windows Server “Longhorn”
Eric Nelson
Paul Maher
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2. Early Adoption Assistance
Commit to explore/develop on the Betas
Technical Benefits
Free support via
Multi-day class room based training (UK and US)
Opportunities to attend labs (UK and US)
Technology Briefings
And more – watch this space

3. Next few months No “Longhorn” specific scheduled in UK
But plenty in Redmond if you can travel
Other UK sessions
Sharepoint Labs, SQL BI Labs, SaaS Briefings
Talk to your ISV AE
Eric Nelson, Finance
Paul Maher, Public
Nick Page, RMS
Dave Allen, Comms and Media
David Gristwood, Horizontal

4. And... we need your suggestions
Suggestions on areas you would like us to cover more deeply
Types of activities - labs, briefings, livemeetings
Talk to your AE or
Contact

5. 2006 was a busy year Visual Studio Team System .NET Framework 3.0
Team Foundation Server
VSTE for Software Architects
VSTE for Software Developers
VSTE for Software Testers
VSTE for Database Professionals
.NET Framework 3.0
For Windows XP, Server 2003
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Workflow Foundation (WF)
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Windows Cardspace
Windows Vista
New User Interface “AERO”
Best Security
Search and Organize
Gadgets
Office 2007 Client
Addins
RibbonsTasks
OpenXML
Workflow
Office 2007 Server
Forms Server InfoPath 2007
Excel Services
Sharepoint Services

6. 2007 continues at a pace! “ATLAS” LINQ “ORCAS” “LONGHORN”
AJAX Framework for ASP.NET 2.0 Development of interactive websites
“ATLAS”
Language Integrated Query
For objects, databases and XML
Feature of .NET Framework 3.5
LINQ
Visual Studio .NET “Orcas”
.NET Framework 3.5
Understands .NET Framework 3.0 and Office 2007
“ORCAS”
Next Windows Server
IIS7.0, MSMQ4.0, Virtualization, Server Roles...
“LONGHORN”

7. Overview 2004 and before 2006 2007 2004 and before 2005 2005
.NET Framework 1.0 and 1.1
.NET Framework 2.0
.NET Framework 3.0
.NET Framework 3.5
Visual Studio .NET and 2003
Visual Studio.NET 2005
Visual Studio.NET “Orcas”
VSTO 2003
VSTO 2005
VSTO “Orcas”
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server “Longhorn”
Office 2003
Office 2007

8. Windows Server “Longhorn”
Roadmap
H2 2007
Broad availability
H1 2007
Feature Complete, ready for full evaluation
Q2 CY 2006
Optimized for Vista and Longhorn deployments
Sept 2005
Developer engagement

9. Q&A

10. Next Generation Business Solutions Platform Strategy Review
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© 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.