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

2. Do you still remember !?

3. Imperatives for the Agile Business
Embrace and Manage Change
Integrate Inside and Out
Align IT with Business
Maximize Value of IT

4. The Integration Imperative Integrating Inside and Out
Company A
Company B
Customers Partners Suppliers
Remote Office/Consumers
Mobile
Employees
Remote Office/Consumers
Mobile
Employees

5. Connecting Business and IT
Business Practice
strategy
judgment
change
oversight
tradeoffs
insight
Applications
Business Functions
Infrastructure

6. Business Applications
The Agile Business
Decide
Act
Collaborate
Insight
Oversight
Business Practice
Business Practice
Applications
Business Functions
Business Applications
Infrastructure
Infrastructure

7. IT Expectations

8. The Microsoft Platform
devices
Operations
infrastructure
Application
infrastructure
Information
work
infrastructure

9. Visual Studio 2005 “Personalized productivity”
Novices, enthusiasts, and students
“My first program”
Web developers VB6 developers
Web apps/services
Smart client apps
Device apps
All languages
Development organizations
Team collaboration
Process-driven orgs
Pro developers in a small team
Office-based apps
Server-based apps
Database apps

10. Microsoft Platform Attributes
Integrated Platform
Connected Platform
Best Platform Economics

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

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. Summary New Challenges and Opportunities
Broad Investment in Microsoft Platform
Microsoft .NET is connecting people, systems, information, and devices
Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio Team System
Eco-system around Microsoft Platform

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