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Session Code: ARC208. Architect community FAQ and Team system Architect Edition. Name: Mark Carroll Title: Architect – Developer and Platform Strategy Company: Microsoft (NZ). Agenda. Summary of Architect Events over the last year and coming year; Most common questions at events;
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Session Code: ARC208 Architect community FAQ and Team system Architect Edition Name: Mark Carroll Title: Architect – Developer and Platform Strategy Company: Microsoft (NZ)
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;
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
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
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 ?
What areas (specialisations) of architecture are out there ? • Strategic / Enterprise; • Solutions; • Infrastructure; • Information; • ..... But there are more
What are the ‘frameworks’ I should know ? • Zachmann • MSF • .NET Framework
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 ;
V–Model as it relates to IDE’s Business Case Release Testing Team Explorer Requirements Acceptance Testing Team edition for Testers System Specification System Testing Team edition for architects System Design Integration Testing Team edition for Developers Component Design Unit Testing Component Development Team edition for DB-Pros
Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition • The Logical Datacenter Designer • The Application Connection Designer • The Class Designer
Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Logical Datacenter Designer Services assignedto logical infrastructure Architecture validatedagainst operationalsettings and constraints
Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Application Connection Designer Service-OrientedArchitecture model Port Details editor
Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Class Designer Class Designerandtwo-way code synch
Part 2 – VSTS Rosario Architect Features as of April CTP demo
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.sparxsystems.co.nz/
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’ *1 • NZ Team Systems User Group – Monthly (sort of) sessions in AKL, WLG, CHC • To Join: Email to nzvstsug@microsoft.com with subject line ‘Subscribe’ *1 *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.
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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Resources • www.microsoft.com/teched Tech·TalksTech·Ed Bloggers Live Simulcasts Virtual Labs • http://microsoft.com/technet • Evaluation licenses, pre-released products, and MORE! • http://microsoft.com/msdn Developer’s Kit, Licenses, and MORE!