Sunday, October 05, 2008 12:57:59 AM
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Friday, September 05, 2008 11:37:07 AM
May 2008, the DFWCSUG had Robby Powell present on FarPoint Spread for BizTalk 2006, which is a spreadsheet pipeline disassembler and pipeline assembler component for BizTalk. We set a record turnout of attendees for this presentation and at the end there were numerous questions that Robby answered. There were more than just a few people to comment that could have used this product to simplify processing on past and current jobs. Be sure to try it out. You can download a trial at ftp://ftp.fpoint.com/transfer/fpspbizv2.0.7-trial.zip.
Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:34:35 PM
The DFW Connected Systems User Group is looking for speakers for the rest of 2008.
We meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Microsoft Campus in Irving. The August and December meeting dates have been filled. The next available open meeting date is, Wednesday, September 10th, we also need speakers for October 8th and November 12th. The presentation topics can be on Microsoft BizTalk Server, BizTalk adapters and accelerators, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, the Web Services Architecture, or XML technologies. If you would like to present on any of these topics or know of anyone else who may, please contact Todd Stone at vpmeetings (at) dfwcsug.com.
The current format we use for the meetings is as follows:
Each Meeting:
2 topics – 2 speakers
First speaker presents 30 minute beginner to intermediate level topic
Second speaker presents 1 hour advance level topic