Effective Thoughts

Thanks to everyone who attended my firm's ( Cardinal Solutions ) / Microsoft joint-sponsored Developer Tools Roadmap event at the Columbus Microsoft MPR room. Thanks to Randy Pagels , Bill Steele and...(no, I won't thank myself) for speaking on C#/.Net 4.0 Futures, VSTS 2010 and Azure/S+S/Online Services, respecitvely. Please contact me or leave a comment with any questions!

Thanks for everyone who came out to our State and Local Government (SLG) deep dive on TFS 2008 today. Alexei and I enjoyed the great conversations that ensued. A few follow-ups from the meeting: We're following up with the federal folks on SLG customers using Project Server coupled with TFS. TFS to TFS Migration Utility TFS Project Server 2007 Connector Conchango Scrum TFS process template eScrum for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Team Look Team System Web Access (TSWA) Work Item Web Access (WIWA) PDC Online Videos highlighting Visual Studio / TFS 2010 (Rosario) CodeMash Conference January 7-9 in Sandusky MSDN Developer Conference (MDC) January 22 in Detroit Gated Check -ins utility for TFS 2008: Buddy Build Central Ohio Application Lifecycle Management Group ( COALMG ) Looking forward to hosting a full SDLC in a Box on February 4-5 at the Microsoft MPR at Polaris!

Cardinal Solutions is presenting a free seminar titled "BPM, Collaboration, and Workflow using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server", Thursday November 6th. Many organizations already own pieces of SharePoint, but struggle to leverage the tool to solve real business problems outside of team workspaces. In this Lunch and Learn, we will cover the various feature areas of MOSS and the business problems that each of them solve. We will discuss the different versions of SharePoint and compare / contrast what is included in each. Finally, we will take a deeper dive into Business Process Management to demonstrate the various options when implementing workflow-based solutions with MOSS. Who should attend? IT Managers who are involved in application development and enterprise integration Enterprise Architects who drive the technical vision for the organization Senior Leadership who wants more flexibility and agility out of existing IT assets Click Here to Register Or Call 877-673-8368 ...