Sam Gentile's Blog (if (DeveloperTask == Communication && OS == Windows)

I haven't found much in the last 5 days that is New and Notable but here is a few items of interest.

BizTalk Server/Connected Systems/WCF/CSD/WF

• Our own Brian Loesgen did a presentation on a deck that he had been circulating internally (it is cool to work with these people in our Connected Systems!) on BizTalk Best Practices. He did this for attended the Connected Systems SIG meeting of the San Diego .NET User Group. Check out the post for links as well!
• Dr. Nick outlines What's New in Orcas from the CSD standpoint

Sharepoint

• Here's a neat post on integrating Virtual Earth Maps into Sharepoint. I am working on a project that uses Neuron to connect up various Legacy Web Services between disparate systems and potentially does positioning via Virtual Earth maps in Sharepoint so this is timely

Software Development/C++

• Microsoft launched the Windows SDK MSDN Developer Center
• Soma announces the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack with support for the few still stuck with native libraries

Other link blogs (via Jason)

Jason - Interesting Finds Jan 8, 2008
Matt - 23 Links Today (2008-01-07)
Alvin Ashcraft - Daily Bits - January 8, 2008
Mike Gunderloy - Double Shot #119 and WWD Coffee Break - Search, Disposable Email & A Bad Day
Christopher Steen - Link Listing - January 7, 2008
Arjan Zuidhof - LINKBLOG for January 7, 2008