Most recently, a group of Avanade and Accenture colleagues collaborated to publish their expertise on the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) in their book, Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation, released this January. The work explains WCF from an SOA perspective, and illustrates the importance of WCF to web service development and architecture. The development of the book was a truly collaborative effort that included:

§  Avanade UK Senior Solution Architect Amit Bahree http://desigeek.com/weblog/amit

§  Avanade US Solution Architect Shawn Cicoria http://www.cicoria.com/cs1/blogs/cedarlogic

§  Avanade Netherlands Senior Principal Consultant Dennis Mulder www.dennismulder.net

§  Avanade Australia Solution Architect Chris Peiris http://www.chrispeiris.com/

The authors of Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Application will conduct two webcasts with Microsoft. The first, scheduled for April 10 at 2 p.m. PST, is targeted at the technical audience. The second, scheduled for April 11 at 2 p.m. PST, is meant for CTOs and the tech-savvy business audience. Both are open to the public.

§  To register for the technical webcast, go to http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6440184, click the Registration link, and an email with further instructions will be mailed to you.

§  To register for the CTO webcast, go to http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6455035, click the Registration link, and an email with further instructions will be mailed to you.

Note: A Microsoft Windows Live ID account is required to view all Microsoft webcasts. If you do not have an account you can set one up now at login.live.com.