Michele Leroux Bustamante

Biography

Michèle Leroux Bustamante is an Associate of IDesign Inc., a Microsoft Regional Director, an internationally known speaker and author. With over 10 years of industry experience, Michele held numerous lead architect and executive positions. At IDesign Michele contributes her diverse background to .NET training and high-end corporate consulting. She has hands-on experience developing enterprise applications with VB, C++, Java/J2EE and C#/.NET, and focuses on designing scalable architecture, Web services technologies, and best practices for hosting Web-based services. Since 1993, Michele has been writing for technical journals and now has started a newsletter, .NET Dashboard, where she posts monthly articles in addition to her C# Pro column and frequent contributions to Microsoft’s MSDN site. Michele began speaking regularly at technology conferences in 1998, and is now a member of the INETA (International .NET Association) Speakers Bureau – a selection of recognized international speakers designated to promote .NET worldwide. In addition, in 1993 Michele founded the Microsoft programming curriculum at UCSD Extension, and is now Web Services Program Advisor which includes both .NET and Java curriculum. Subscribe to her newsletter at www.dotnetdashboard.com, reach her at mlb@idesign.net.

Michele's Articles on MSDN

	Extending the ASP.NET 2.0 Resource-Provider Model Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 unleashed a number of improvements for localizing Web applications. Even with all these benefits, soon after localizing a site, you might begin to wonder about extensibility. This article will help you apply extensibility features of ASP.NET to handle enterprise localization scenarios and improve your localization-development process.
	ASP.NET 2.0 Localization Features: A Fresh Approach to Localizing Web Applications Creating global Web applications with Microsoft ASP.NET is becoming more and more important. ASP.NET 2.0 makes it even easier to provide support for multiple cultures and locales through improved runtime and tool support.
	Take a Leap in the Quest for ASP.NET Scalability Understand the architectural and design decisions affecting scalability of ASP.NET apps. See how to use Enterprise Services and MSMQ to mitigate scalability problems.
	Add Wizard Functionality to Your Web Applications Explore a solution for creating Wizards using ASP.NET that step your users through a process. Discover how this feature will become even easier with ASP.NET Whidbey.
	Explore Application Architecture for ASP.NET in Order to Support Future Globalization Learn how to architect and build Web applications that enable you to add support for multiple languages and cultures.
	Web Site Consistency Made Easy with ASP.NET 2.0 Master Pages Create consistent Web sites with ease using the new MasterPages feature in ASP.NET Whidbey.
	Use Less Code to Secure ASP.NET Applications Examine the new security features in ASP.NET Whidbey. They make adding authentication and authorization simple, and almost code-free.

Recommended Resources

	IDesign: .NET Design and Process Solutions We have a number of resources available on our IDesign site, including code samples, article and book references, and a very popular C# coding standard.
	ASP.NET Pro This monthly magazine specializes in ASP.NET and is one of the few printed magazines around these days. Great quality!
	The ASP.NET Site
	Learning Windows Communication Foundation Check out my online blog dedicated to my Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) book, Learning WCF. This is a hands-on book that gets beginners up to speed, but also covers the fundamentals of WCF with intricate detail for the advanced developer.