Rob van der Meijden

Started the day with a fine 400 serie: 'Server 2005 Table and Index Partitioning'. Although the speaker was hard to hear it was a very interesting feature in SQL 2005. After creating a partition function and add a partition schema to you’re table definition you can use the (large) table as a single object in you’re queries. This table can be partitioned over max. 1000 disks.

Next session: 'Implementing  Indigo  Endpoints   Secure  Reliable  Transacted Messaging' with Steve Swartz and Ingo Rammer. Very nice demo on reliable messaging with images … you must try it.

Some Other Architecture or SOAP without the P or Stupid Overhyped Acronym or Save Our A..es or 'Same Old Architecture', the last option seems the fit best according to Gregor Hohpe.

After lunch I choose a session with comfortable chairs (auditorium or forum), 'Microsoft s Blogging Engine' by Betsy Aoki's ; a very fast session but interesting to hear how Microsoft created and implemented their community blogs with Community Server.

Net Friend demonstrated 'how to develop forms using managed code in InfoPath 2003'. Especially the demo where the content of an InfoPath form was generated into a MS-Word document using a XSLT was great.

The last session for today was about 'What’s New in Biztalk 2006 server runtime'. I did not understand the applause for the a drag and drop column splitter for the text files import or the buttons to select files … or am I just too spoilt or unfamiliar with the previous releases … probably … anyway … the demo’s of importing a very complex never seen before flat file within 15 min into xml and recoverable interchanges where very cool.