Check out this video (link here) from the INETA ‘Birds of a Feather’ discussion that I co-lead with Greg Leonardo at the Microsoft TechEd conference in Atlanta last month. Great Stuff!

Here is a blog post from the SQL Azure team about OData. It includes some links to the whitepaper from David Chappell.

SQL Azure team blog

White Paper (pdf)

I am headed out the door for Atlanta bright and early this morning and making my way for TechEd 2011. There will much more to come from me throughout the week about my experiences with the sights, sounds, and events.

The theme for today will be Community. From 1:00-5:00 will be a summit for User Group leaders from around the US and abroad. I will be attending as a board member of the Microsoft Integration Architects User Group of Atlanta. Then this evening up in the Sky Lounge at the Glenn there will be a party for folks that are influential in the developer community. This is where we get another opportunity to network with not only our peers, but also some of the “rock stars” of the developer world, and some folks from Microsoft.

There are 3 primary things I hope to accomplish this week.

1. Collect tons of great information about present and the future of not only BizTalk, but the overall Enterprise Integration space

2. Connect with old friends from INETA and Microsoft.

3. Help promote and represent the Microsoft Integration Architects User Group of Atlanta.

Stay tuned! I’ll be back frequently with more updates!

-Eric.