I am not at TechED Dev in Orlando ( I am going to IT Pro next week , see me at the BizTalk ATE stand ), but there are some important announcements to cover off.
Microsoft Project Codename “Velocity” CTP
“Velocity” allows high availability to data by integrating Large clusters of machines seamlessly into a single cache, making it easier to develop scalable, high-performance applications.
Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 v1.2
A new version of Sharepoint extensions to allow developers to use Visual Studio 2008 for Sharepoint dev.
Silverlight 2 beta 2
Available later in the week with a Go Live license, also Expression Blend 2.5 June 2008 Preview and Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 should be available at the same time.
More on “Oslo”
“Oslo” will be based on a foundational repository built on SQL Server 2008 for managing application metadata
It will include visual modelling and composition tools and a new, declarative modelling language to enable interoperability of models between tools and domain-specific modelling notations.
woo hoo Oslo
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