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Foundations - Modeling & Tools

Microsoft is focused on developing the tools to make models more useful across the entire software lifecycle — from conception through development to operations and management. In this set of pages we examine the promises, challenges, and technical initiatives around model-driven development and management, specifically in the context of enterprise, solutions, infrastructure and industry architecture.

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	Review: Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Is Icing-and More Cake Going far beyond bug fixes, Service Pack 1 to Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 adds many important new features Related links: About Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 What's New in Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2008 SP1 What’s New in Data Download Visual Studio 2008 SP1
	Evolving to Patterns We often do not get the luxury of designing a system from the beginning, or even if we do, the requirements can change over time and the software must react accordingly. In this session, we walk through scenarios where we evolve existing code by refactoring it one step at a time into a solution enhanced with the usage of a design pattern.
	ARCast: The Evolution of Architecture with Martin Fowler Change is happening all around us, new technologies, new methodologies, but how are these changes affecting the ways in which systems are architected and how do recent developments like patterns and refactoring cause us to think differently about architecture? These are the questions that we had in my mind as we sat down to chat with Martin Fowler and Ian Robinson (Thoughtworks).

Diego Dagum on Modeling and Tools
My name is Diego Dagum and I'm an Architect in the Architecture Strategy team. In this community section you'll find the most recent modeling related community activities and resources.

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