• 6:00 p.m. Pizza and reception
• 6:30 p.m. Toronto Chapter BTUG News/Business
• 6:45 p.m. Presentation: "Introduction to the BizTalk Business Rules Engine - Part 1"
• 8:00 p.m. Break
• 8:15 p.m. Presentation: "Introduction to the BizTalk Business Rules Engine - Part 2"

Abstract:

In this presentation Rod will survey the Business Rules Engine (BRE) feature of BizTalk and demonstrate first hand the power, agility and reuse businesses can achieve by formally separating out their business rules from the business processes proper.  Join Rod as he methodically builds out a BizTalk solution that uses business rules created with the BRE and then demonstrates how easy it is to change the rules after the BizTalk application has been deployed.   This talk will be of interested to Business Analysists, Architects and Developers alike as the BRE spans all three of these roles.

Rod da Silva is an independent Microsoft BizTalk MVP consultant with extensive real-world experience architecting, developing and deploying BizTalk solutions and has been involved with some of the largest BizTalk deployments attempted to date. Rod is the founder of the BizTalk User Group (www.BTUG.biz) and heads the Toronto chapter. Rod is also a BizTalk and Windows Workflow Foundation instructor for the leading MS training company - DevelopMentor. You can reach Rod at RodDaSilva@SoftwarePerspectives.com.

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