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Building on Microsoft
Platform
Lubos Pechatschek
Developer and Platform Manager
Central and Eastern Europe


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Do you still remember !?


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Imperatives for the Agile
Business
Embrace and
Manage Change
Integrate
Inside
and Out

Align IT with
Business

Maximize
Value of
IT


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The Integration Imperative
Integrating Inside and Out
Company A
Mobile
Employees

Remote Office/Consumers

Company B
Mobile
Employees

Remote Office/Consumers

Customers
Partners
Suppliers


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Connecting Business and IT
IT

Business
strategy

judgment

Business
Practice
oversight

change
insight

Applications

Infrastructure

tradeoffs

Business Functions


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The Agile Business
Decide
Insight

Act
Collaborate

Oversight

Business Practice
Business Practice

Applications
Business Functions
Business Applications

Infrastructure
Infrastructure


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IT Expectations


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The Microsoft Platform
devices

Operations
infrastructure

Application
infrastructure

Information
work
infrastructure


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Visual Studio 2005
“Personalized productivity”

Web developers
VB6 developers
Novices,
enthusiasts,
and students
“My first program”

Web apps/services
Smart client apps
Device apps
All languages

Pro developers
in a small team

Development
organizations

Office-based apps
Server-based apps
Database apps

Team collaboration
Process-driven orgs


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Microsoft Platform Attributes
Integrated Platform
Connected Platform
Best Platform Economics


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Our Progress …
Corporate and Enterprise Space
ISVs Programs and Initiatives
Academic Space
Broad Developer Engagement
Communities


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Corporate and Enterprise Space
Executive Briefing Center
Microsoft Technology Center

.NET Architecture Center
Developer Center (knowledge base, Flash, WebCasts,
MSDN TV, Channel 9, Community)

Evidence


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ISVs and Partners
Partner Programs (Empower, MSPP)
Technical Enablement
.NET Architecture Center, Dev Center
Early Adopter Programs
ISV MTC (Vedbaek)

Business Engagement
Opportunistic sales-with approach


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Academic Initiatives
Access to MS SW and Technologies
Faculty Engagement
Student Engagement
WW Contest
Community Platform


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Summary
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New Challenges and Opportunities

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Broad Investment in Microsoft
Platform

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Microsoft .NET is connecting people,
systems, information, and devices

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Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio
Team System

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Eco-system around Microsoft Platform


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