2. 2 Architect community FAQ and Team system Architect Edition Name: Mark Carroll Title: Architect – Developer and Platform Strategy Company: Microsoft (NZ) Session Code: ARC208

3. 3 Agenda Summary of Architect Events over the last year and coming year; Most common questions at events; What areas (specialisations) of architecture are there ? What are the ‘frameworks’ I should know ? Technology aids for the architect; VSTS 2008 – Architect edition; VSTS Rosario – Architect edition as at April CTP; Others; What community groups can assist architects;

4. 4 Summary of Architect Events over the last year Nearly 800 people attended 24 Architect events last year in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch; Subjects varied from deep solutions architecture (WCF, REST, WF etc) to high level governance and strategic issues

5. 5 Coming Architect Events over the next year Plans for; Domain specific languages; Motion (Business architecture); Silverlight / IE8 new technology showcases; Sessions by customers and partners on actual implementations and projects; Locns – AKL, WLG, CHC

6. 6 Most common questions at events; How to become an architect; What field of architecture is most in demand; What are the best places to go to keep up to date; What qualifications / certifications should I look at ? What is the most important thing required to implement an architecture ?

7. 7 What areas (specialisations) of architecture are out there ? Strategic / Enterprise; Solutions; Infrastructure; Information;..... But there are more

8. 8 US based Careerbuilder.com 30 day

9. 9 What are the ‘frameworks’ I should know ? Zachmann MSF.NET Framework

10. 10 Technology aids for the architect; Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition Part 2 – VSTS Rosario Architect Features as of April CTP Part 3 – Other tools commonly used SPARC Enterprise Architect; Visio based tools ;

11. V–Model as it relates to IDE’s Component Design Component Development Unit Testing Integration Testing System Testing Acceptance Testing Release Testing System Design System Specification Requirements Business Case Team edition for Testers Team edition for Developer s Team Explorer Team edition for architects Team edition for DB-Pros

12. 12 Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Logical Datacenter Designer The Application Connection Designer The Class Designer

13. 13 Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Logical Datacenter Designer Services assigned to logical infrastructure Architecture validated against operational settings and constraints

14. 14 Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Application Connection Designer Service-Oriented Architecture model Port Details editor

15. 15 Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Class Designer Class Designer and two-way code synch

16. 16 Part 2 – VSTS Rosario Architect Features as of April CTP

17. 17 Part 3 – Other tools commonly used Sparx Enterprise architect Just setup a user group for NZ; Integrates with Visual Studio; UML modelling; See - http://www.sparxsy stems.co.nz/

18. 18 The Architect and Community in NZ; MS Architect Community – Monthly sessions (except Jan and July) in AKL, WLG, CHC; To Join: Email to nzac@microsoft.com with subject line ‘Subscribe’ *1nzac@microsoft.com NZ Team Systems User Group – Monthly (sort of) sessions in AKL, WLG, CHC To Join: Email to nzvstsug@microsoft.com with subject line ‘Subscribe’ *1nzvstsug@microsoft.com *1: Please make sure we can determine your location from the email body – an email signature will usually give us all the info we need.

19. 19 NZ.NET User community Many user groups – some generalist some specialised – eg: Sharepoint, SQL Server To join: Visit http://www.dot.net.nz/

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