Microsoft talks SOA futures but not dates

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At this weeks Microsofts 2007 Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management conference in Redmond, Wash., company officials will lay out a long-awaited roadmap for Microsofts SOA strategy. But noticeably absent will be target due dates for any of the myriad products that company officials plan to discuss.

Microsoft is promising a number of new "technology investments that it has code-named "Oslo that will cut across its product stack and provide the foundation for its SOA platform. Among them: BizTalk Server 6: The core foundation product for Microsoft SOA and BMP solutions that will "deliver the capability to develop, manage and deploy composite applications.