The San Diego .NET User Group Connected Systems SIG is doing what I think will be a pretty cool meeting next week. It's a SIG, so it will be casual, with Chris and I sharing tips and techniques we've learned in our travels, over time, and across multiple client sites and projects. The meeting will start at 6:30 at Microsoft's La Jolla office (pizza at 6:00). The user group Web site is SanDiegoDotNet.com.
If you do BizTalk development and are in San Diego, I think you'll find this an informative event. We also want to hear what YOU have learned!
Hope to see you there!
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BizTalk Development Best Practices
At the January 8 meeting of the Connected Systems SIG we will talk about BizTalk development best practices. We will start with infrastructure aspects such as how to set up projects, naming conventions, and automating tasks for highly repeatable results. Next, we will look at architectural patterns and design approaches that yield more efficient, better performing, more extensible and more robust BizTalk solutions. Join us to learn how you can avoid common pitfalls and improve your BizTalk development experience.
Brian Loesgen, Principal Consultant, Neudesic.
Based in San Diego, Brian Loesgen is a Principal Consultant with Neudesic, a firm that specializes in .NET development and Microsoft server integration. Brian is a 5-time Microsoft MVP for BizTalk Server. Brian has extensive experience in building advanced enterprise and mobile solutions. In addition, Brian has been involved with advanced Enterprise Service Bus solutions, and was a key architect/developer of the “Microsoft ESB Guidance” released by Microsoft in Oct 2006. He is a co-author of 6 books, including “BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed”, and is currently working on “SOA with .NET”. He has written technical white papers for Intel, Microsoft and others. Brian has spoken at numerous major technical conferences worldwide. Brian is a co-founder and past-President of the International .NET Association (ineta.org). He is the President of the San Diego .NET user group, leads the San Diego Software Industry Council SOA/Web Services SIG, and is a member of the Editorial Board for the .NET Developer’s Journal. Brian is also a member of the Microsoft CSD Virtual Technical Specialist Team. Brian’s blog is http://geekswithblogs.com/bloesgen.
Chris Romp, BizTalk Technology Specialist for SoCal
Chris Romp joined Microsoft in early 2007 as a Technology Specialist (or TSP), specializing in BizTalk Server, Host Integration Server, as well as SOA and ESB concepts. Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Chris began his career as a systems engineer/DBA, and eventually a network engineer (Cisco, Microsoft, Novell, Linux/Unix systems and networks). Chris relocated to San Diego in 2002 working with a Dynamics GP (then Great Plains) reseller. After that, he joined a Fortune 500 company in the area where he specialized in integration systems with Dynamics GP using SQL, Web services, and BizTalk server. Chris is an MCAD and MCTS: BizTalk Server 2006.