UK SOA and BPM User Group

Microsoft Integration Roadshow

Michael Stephenson — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:22:00 GMT

A few SBUG members were asking about this recently, the slides from the UK Microsoft Integration Roadshow are available from the following link:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/ee890502.aspx

SBUG Competition

Michael Stephenson — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:21:00 GMT

Just to help put the word out about the upcoming SBUG meeting.

Pluralsight have offered a free 1 year standard subscription to their on demand training library which will be raffled at the next SBUG meeting. All of the details are on the below link

http://uksoabpm.org/Competitions.aspx

SBUG January Meetings

Michael Stephenson — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:55:00 GMT

Registration is now open for the SBUG meetings in January. Refer to the below link for details and registraton

http://www.eventbrite.com/org/160636640?s=1

SBUG Webcast

Michael Stephenson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:38:00 GMT

Hi All,

Following this evenings webcast the recording of the event is available from the following location:

https://www311.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/view?id=Z9M8RH

We were interested on feedback of what we would like to see at a future SBUG session, the suggestions were as follows:

Getting more value from Sharepoint in a BPM solution

Integrating BPM and Biztalk

An industry sector case study

More about the persona based approach

Claims and case management

Nationwide case study?

Hands on where we can play around with Global 360 product and make some processes

If you would like to see any of the above or an alternative please drop me an email or use the forum post for feedback

http://sbug.org.uk/forums/p/178/266.aspx#266

Cheers

Mike

VBUG Conference (cant remember if i already posted)

Michael Stephenson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:00 GMT

Just wanted to let people know about the VBUG conference which is coming up soon

http://www.vbug.co.uk/Conference/VBUG-Conferences.aspx

SOA Book Competition

Michael Stephenson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:38:00 GMT

Check this out if you want to win a copy of the SOA Patterns Book

http://www.biztalkgurus.com/blogs/biztalk/archive/2009/10/28/got-a-great-biztalk-tip-or-trick-and-you-could-win-richard-seroter-s-soa-patterns-book.aspx

Bizmonade

Michael Stephenson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:41:00 GMT

Someone told me about this via my blog. For testing BizTalk orchestrations

http://bizmonade.matricis.com/

Has anyone tried it?

SOA Manifesto Announcement

Michael Stephenson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:39:00 GMT

Hi All,

You might be interested in this announcement.

http://www.brianloesgen.com/blog/2009/10/25/soa-manifesto-unveiled.html

Would people be interested in a future SBUG discussion about what the principals and guidelines of the manifesto mean in the real world?

WCF Speakers

Michael Stephenson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:29:00 GMT

The Edge User Group are looking for someone who can do an advanced presentation around WCF.

If anyone is interested in doing this let me know and ill pass your details on

Frends Webcast

Michael Stephenson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:59:00 GMT

View as a web page.

Monitoring BizTalk:
How are you securing your business-critical integration installations?

In a heterogenous integration environment error situations are inevitable. With fast access to the source of the error, you are able to direct resources to your core operations and ensure the competitiveness of your business-critical processes.

Due to several questions from our customers, Frends Technology R&D team will host a webcast presenting FRENDS Helium monitoring tool on Wednesday October 28th at 14.00 CET and 9.00 PDT (Redmond). To sign up to the preferred webcast, please contact Frends International Operations by clicking here. In reply you'll receive the required Live Meeting codes and passwords. Also if you have a colleague interested in BizTalk Server Monitoring, feel free to pass this invite on within your organization.

Webcast will portray real life use cases of the FRENDS Helium, and allows you to discuss your monitoring needs with Frends developers.

Learn more about FRENDS Monitoring tools in our website. With any questions, contact Frends' Chief Architect Pekka Jaarinen.

Frends R&D

SBUG Messagebox Viewer Meeting Review

Michael Stephenson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:42:00 GMT

Thanks to Jean-Pierre for a good SBUG event today, as discussed in the meeting below is some followup information.

Video

The video from this session is available here:

https://www311.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/view?id=M56GT6

Forum/Q&A

If anyone has a question about the video please add it to the below forum.

http://sbug.org.uk/forums/p/169/253.aspx#253

Resources

A number of useful links related to todays meeting:

Terminator Tool: http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalkcpr/pages/biztalk-terminator-download-install-info.aspx

Jean-Pierres Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/jpierauc/default.aspx

Content from previous meetings

Michael Stephenson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:34:00 GMT

REminder that the content from previous meetings is available at the following url:

http://cid-40015ea59a1307c8.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/SBUG

SBUG Mini Meeting - Hello Global 360 (3rd Nov)

Michael Stephenson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:24:00 GMT

Global 360 are a new partner who have joined the user group and have contributed a few interesting ideas and suggestions for the user group.

The plan is at this short online meeting they will do a small introduction to who they are and what they do. From here we can suggest things that user group members would be interested in knowing more about and one of the Technical Architects from Global 360 will do a deep dive BPM session at a future SBUG event.

Signup for the meeting at: http://sbugminihelloglobal360.eventbrite.com/

SBUG Mini Meeting - BizTalk Messagebox Viewer 13th Oct

Michael Stephenson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:19:00 GMT

Jean-Pierre Auconie from the Microsoft EMEA BizTalk Team and the creator of the BizTalk Messagebox Viewer tool will be joining us for a web cast for the UK SOA/BPM User Group on 13th Oct 2009.

For SBUG members to register for this event please refer to:

http://sbugminimessageboxviewer.eventbrite.com/

Where should we advertise the user group

Michael Stephenson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:56:00 GMT

At present the user group and meetings is promoted in the following ways:

- Members blogs
- SBUG Website & Blog
- Linked In Group
- MSDN BizTalk Site
- MSDN UK Newsletter
- SBUG Partner news feeds

Just wondering if anyone has other suggestions of where we should advertise?

Business Focused Sessions?

Michael Stephenson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:55:00 GMT

We are looking into the possibility of a more business focused stream within SBUG as most of the previous sessions have been quite technical. What kind of topics would people like to see?

Service Governance

Michael Stephenson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:54:00 GMT

Just wondering if anyone has a good story around service governance, either theoretical of a real world case study that make a future SBUG session?

Let me know if you have ideas

Northern Architecture Forum

Michael Stephenson — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:32:00 GMT

Black Marble are hosting an architecture forum day in the North on 3rd December.

For more info check this out:

http://www.blackmarble.com/events.aspx?event=Architecture Forum in the North

SBUG Meeting 16th Sept 2009

Michael Stephenson — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:36:00 GMT

The next sbug meeting is lined up for 16th Sept at Cardinal Place

Just confirming details of the event, but registration is available here: http://sbug20090916.eventbrite.com/

SBUG Mini Meeting - July 29th

Michael Stephenson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:19:00 GMT

We have an upcoming mini meeting where Santosh Benjamin will demonstrate how to use Mocking Bird to help with Integration Testing.

This should only be a 30-45 min meeting and is open to all members via Live Meeting. Details below:

http://sbug.org.uk/forums/p/156/232.aspx#232

BizTalk 24/7

Michael Stephenson — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:22:00 GMT

Check out saravanas new version of this site:

http://www.biztalk247.com

SBUG Meeting

Michael Stephenson — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:09:00 GMT

Just a quick reminder for the SBUG meeting next Tuesday. We will be joined by:

- Tony Meleg from the Dublin Team doing an overview of Dublin following on from the TechEd Dublin sessions

- John Plummer from Microsoft UK hosting a Q&A session

Remember this is an in person meeting at Cardinal Place, but for those who cant make it in person we will also have live meeting available so you can still log in and join us.

The full event details are on the following page:

http://sbug20090526.eventbrite.com/

SBUG April Meeting Update - Additional Video

Michael Stephenson — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:11:00 GMT

Ive added the re-recording of the BizTalk Build Process video that we were unable to do on the previous SBUg meeting.

Refer to the meetings thread for more info: http://sbug.org.uk/forums/p/136/194.aspx#194

Microsoft SOA/BPM Briefing - 9th June

Michael Stephenson — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:01:00 GMT

For more info on the event see the forum post: http://sbug.org.uk/forums/p/141/215.aspx#215

SBUG Update 6th May 2009

Michael Stephenson — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:33:00 GMT

Just a couple of things about SBUG

1. SBUG May Event

Just a reminder about the May 26^th SBUG event. This will be in person and on live meeting. It would be great if we can get a good turnout for this event. Details of the event are on the following link:

http://sbug.org.uk/forums/p/122/174.aspx#174

2. BizTalk RFID

The recent RFID workshop at Microsoft was very interesting. I have added a forum post for feedback about this course and also a link to some of my own notes from the course.

http://sbug.org.uk/forums/t/138.aspx

3. SOA Patterns with BizTalk 2009 Book

I’ve just started reading this new book, I’ve added a discussion forum post for anyone who would like to share their thoughts on the book. The publisher is going to send through some copies to give away and also an SBUG discount code. I’m also trying to arrange for the author of the book to join us for an SBUG event to discuss SOA and BizTalk. See the forum post for more info:

http://sbug.org.uk/forums/t/139.aspx