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	Advance Your Business Through IT Solutions The Microsoft Application Platform is a portfolio of technology capabilities, core products, and best practice guidance focused on helping IT and development departments partner with the business to maximize opportunity. The core products of the Microsoft Application Platform - SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 - can help you drive the right business efficiencies, customer connections, and value-added services to: Prioritize for the best return on investment. Advance the speed of innovation. Enable people at all levels to make the decisions that drive business success.


	Products SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2005 is the Microsoft next-generation data-management and analysis software. The Microsoft Data Platform Vision and Roadmap: Your Data, Any Place, Any Time Paul Flessner, Sr. VP Server Applications, shares the Microsoft vision and roadmap for the data platform industry. Top 30 Features of SQL Server 2005 Discover new and enhanced abilities and features for database administration, development, and business intelligence. Visual Studio 2005 Visual Studio 2005 offers tools for developers of all skill levels, from the largest enterprise software development teams to the individual hobbyist. Visual Studio Team System Amplify team impact with advanced role-based life cycle tools. Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour Discover for yourself how Visual Studio 2005 offers productive developer tools for customers of all types. BizTalk Server 2006 BizTalk Server 2006 enables organizations to take their core business activities and streamline, automate, and optimize the underlying processes to drive business growth. Deeper Investments in End-to-End Business Process Management Upcoming BizTalk Server 2006 R2 release adds extended supply chain functionality via RFID and EDI capabilities. Speed Global B2B Collaboration Learn how you can easily connect with trading partners around the world, get real-time transaction visibility, and eliminate manual B2B processes.


	Download Trial Versions SQL Server 2005 Visual Studio 2005 BizTalk Server 2006

Core Capabilities

Data Management
Increase the performance and manageability of your applications with reliable, scalable data infrastructure and management processes.

Business Intelligence
Enable informed business decisions by driving actionable insight at every level of your organization.

Business Process and Service-Oriented Architecture
Improve predictability by establishing flexible, repeatable, and collaborative business and IT processes.

Development
Be more responsive to business priorities by offering the right level of visibility, collaboration, and control within the software development process.

User Experience
Deliver customizable and superior user experiences to drive employee productivity, customer loyalty, and business growth.


	About the Platform What Is an Application Platform? Learn More About the Microsoft Application Platform Letter from Steven Guggenheimer


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	Highlights Advance Your Business with IT Solutions A letter from Steven Guggenheimer, General Manager, Application Platform and Developer Marketing. Deliver Business Results and Organizational Ability using BPM Learn how Microsoft business process management solutions can help your organization connect, automate, and optimize critical processes. Optimize Your Infrastructure with SOA & BPM Find out more about how you can optimize your infrastructure at the Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference on Oct 3-6. Microsoft Enhances Collaboration for Database Professionals Visual Studio 2005 Team System expands to include tools that enable software development organizations to collaborate more effectively when creating reliable, data-driven applications. Developers, Get Ready: 2007 Microsoft Office Is A Serious Application Platform (Forrester Research, May 22, 2006) A key Microsoft goal is to make Office a first-class component of a broad "application platform" alongside the .NET Framework, SQL Server, SharePoint Server, and BizTalk Server. Q&A;: Helping Customers Accelerate Their Business with Microsoft’s Application Platform Steven Guggenheimer, GM for Application Platform and Developer Marketing, discusses the arrival of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 and recent milestones for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Launch 2005: Introducing the Microsoft Application Platform Learn how SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 provide a trusted platform that can help differentiate your business. Launch 2005: Application Platform White Paper Read this white paper to find out more about Microsoft's latest investments in business intelligence, integration, and developer productivity.

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