Off to the PDC...
Yay. Of all the Microsoft events, the Professional Developers Conference is the one I most look forward to. It really is THE event to attend. Microsoft employees attendance at these events is very limited. Luckily, I have been allocated a pass to attend and will be heading to LA at the end of October.
The PDC is THE event you want to attend if you need to understand the future of the Microsoft development platform. This year, I am looking forward to information on products and technologies like
- Software + Services - or what some refer to as the Cloud Platform. There is some stuff in CTP format like SQL Server Data Services and BizTalk labs and I expect more information in this space.
- Oslo - Next generation modeling. Not lots of information out there today on Oslo but BillG promised some bits at the PDC.
- Visual Studio and .NET Framework futures - Anders is doing a session on C# v4 and there are other sessions on VB, Workflow and WCF futures
Check out www.microsoftpdc.com for more information. I find https://sessions.microsoftpdc.com/public/sessions.aspx to be most useful to get an indication of what will be covered. If you can make it, let me know.