I worked a couple of the Visual Studio Team System booths throughout the week. It was great to talk to both the Microsoft people and those interested in ALM and the Team System products.
Unfortunately, I was only able to attend a couple of sessions due to all my networking efforts. I will likely be spending the next several nights catching up on the recorded sessions. (I love playing them back at fast speed in media player anyway!) Here are the sessions I attended in the order I liked them most:
- Zen of Architecture (ARC315)
- Agile Development with Microsoft .NET (BOF54)
- Implementing the Entity Framework in an n-Tier World (BOF65)
- Integrating Application Lifecycle Management and Project Portfolio Management (OFC03-INT)
- Keynote Session
- Building Rich Business Clients in WPF: Getting the Most Out of Windows Presentation Foundation (WUX305)
- Adding Communication to Your Applications with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 (UNC301)
- Building Custom Applications in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (OFC325)
- Microsoft Certification 101 (COM06-INT)
- What's Hot with Windows Mobile 6.5 and the New User Experience (WMB03-INT)
- Leveraging WPF in Windows Embedded Standard Code Name "Quebec" (WEM203)
- Focus on Fundamentals in Windows Applications (Graphics, Power, Services, Profiling) (WCL305)
- Metrics That Matter: Using Team System for Process Improvement (DPR03-INT)
There were other sessions I wanted to attend, but booth duty got in the way. There were several sessions on System Center, WPF, and Team System sessions, but I just had too many conflicts.
I also heard from others that these sessions were extraordinary!
- Tough Lessons Learned as a Software Project Manager (DPR307)
- Patterns for the Rest of Us (DPR401)
Microsoft put on a great conference and I appreciate their efforts immensely.
Thank you to INETA for hosting a great party at Chaya on Wednesday and everyone for attending that event. It was great talking to all of you.
