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Welcome to the new UK Architecture Centre, a dedicated portal designed to provide insight into the latest business and technology developments for the Architectural Community and how these align with you and your organisation. Send us your feedback and comments to ukarch@microsoft.com.

Meet the UK DPE Architect team who are focused on delivering projects on the latest platform technologies from the Microsoft Product Groups.

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Introducing The Arc Magazine

Read our newly published Arc Magazine to gain valuable insight into the Microsoft 'Software + Services' strategy from an architectural perspective. The 4 issues explore the business case, the implications, why identity matters, Software + Services and the Cloud, supported by case studies.

Issue 1: January 2009

  • The Background
  • The Business Benefits
  • Disruptive or Radical
  • From the Analyst's Chair
  • S+S in Action

Issue 2: March 2009

  • Software + Services
  • Leader of the Pack
  • A question of Trust
  • Together as One
  • Going Green

Issue 3: April 2009

  • Digital Identity
  • The Science of Digital Identity
  • A Question of Standards
  • Principles of Privacy
  • Back to the Future

 

 
Projects from UK Architect Team

Take a look at a selection of recent projects we have solved and delivered working collaboratively with our customers and partners.

 

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Latest News
Architecture Journal Issue 20 – now available for download
Almost every business has been challenged as a consequence of the current economic slowdown. Architects are challenged with making architectures follow the pace of business which, in this current climate, can be particularly changeable and unstable. This issue of The Architecture Journal won’t tell you when this meltdown will end, it will, however, share insights into architecture strategies, IT behaviours and success stories.
Architect Insight Conference 2009: Architecture as a foundation for Business – presentation slides and keynote videos now available
With the conference now over we would like to share the fantastic speaker presentations that were delivered, offering you the opportunity to access compelling materials that were discussed in great deal at the conference.
Have a look at some of the recent projects the UK Architect team have been delivering collaboratively
The team has worked with a wide range of customers and partners to help design solutions on the Microsoft platform. Take a look at what we have been solving and delivering so far working collaboratively with our customers and partners.
The coming 'Cloud': On 30 – 31 March 2009, at Weston Manor, Oxford
a group of senior IT architects from across the industry met to consider the coming ‘Cloud’. What it is, what it means for business and the software profession and what has Microsoft been up to in the cloud. Gain insight from the day's videos, presentations and more.

Features

Security Development Lifecycle: Threat Modeling Tool v3
This tool allows software architects to identify and mitigate potential security issues early, when they are relatively easy and cost-effective to resolve.
See a demo
Uncover Security Design Flaws Using The STRIDE Approach
Reinvigorate your Threat Modeling Process

SOA Workshop for Architects Series
Learn how the Microsoft Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) vision and technology can help you realize a more agile and connected enterprise by using an IT infrastructure that can help streamline business processes, increase customer responsiveness, and improve interactions with key partners.

patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 (Beta 2 Release)
(Extracted from J.D. Meier’s Blog) This is our Microsoft playbook for the application platform.  It's our guide to help solution architects and developers make the most of the Microsoft platform.  It's a distillation of many lessons learned.  It’s principle-based and pattern-oriented to provide a durable, evolvable backdrop for application architecture.

Technet Magazine November Issue on System Health and Monitoring
Custom Monitoring Objects In Operations Manager 2007
Monitoring Windows Server 2008 with OpsMgr 2007
Presentation Virtualization with Enhanced Terminal Services
Data Loss Prevention with Enterprise Rights Management

PDC 2008 Architect Edition
Framework Design, Architecting for Scalability, Cloud Computing Challenges, Concurrency and Parallelism, High Performance Computing... Watch the most relevant online content for software architects revealed during PDC 2008.

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Architecture Community Blogs

 

 

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Simon Ince
Simon is an Application Development Consultant based in the UK, and works with a range of Enterprise and ISV customers. This work focuses on improving customers' development quality and processes, assisting with architecting systems, and helping them maximise the return they get on using selected tools and technologies. He has particular interests in architecture, design patterns, service orientation, and software factories.

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