SERVICES Web Services Interop Plug-fest - 18-20 March 2008

Microsoft Corporation would like to invite you to a 3-day Web Services Interop Plug-fest on 
Tuesday March 18, 2008 to Thursday March 20, 2008 from 09:30am to 5pm each day.

The Interop Plug-fest is an ad-hoc, open forum for companies who have implementations of var
ious Web Services protocols to meet with engineers from the Connected Systems Division and t
est against Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation / .NET Framework 3.5<http://go.micr
osoft.com/?linkid=7755937>  and some upcoming products.

Plug-fest attendees should bring their own laptops, their implementations and any other tool
s they feel would be useful. Scenario documents are available to attendees of the plug-fest 
before the event, and progress of interoperating implementations will be tracked throughout 
the event. An internet connection will be available during the plug-fest.

The focus of these plug-fest meetings is on interop testing, so no feedback will be taken on
 the WS-* specifications themselves. As a result, there is no requirement to sign any feedba
ck agreement or other legal agreement before attending this plug-fest.

This plug-fest will be held at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA - see full address detail
s below.

Breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks will be served, but participants will be responsible 
for their own dinner arrangements on most if not all evenings. Please make any special dieta
ry requirements known in advance, and every effort will be made to accommodate them.

This plug-fest event is open to anyone who desires to participate and who can bring an imple
mentation to test interoperability with Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation product
 in any or all of the following areas:

 *   Basic Messaging Scenarios using protocols: SOAP (1.1, 1.2), WS-Addressing (2004/08, 1.0
), MTOM
 *   Message Security Scenarios using WS-Security (1.0, 1.1), WS Secure Conversation (2005/0
2, 1.3), WS-Trust (2005/02, 1.3), Username Token Profile (1.0, 1.1), X509 Token Profile (1.0
, 1.1), SAML Token Profile (1.0, 1.1), Kerberos Token Profile 1.1.
 *   STS - Security Token Service scenarios
 *   Reliable Messaging using WS-ReliableMessaging (1.0 (2005/02), 1.1)
 *   Transactions using WS-AtomicTransaction (1.0 (2004/10), 1.1) and WS-Coordination (1.0 (
2004/10), 1.1)
 *   WS-Policy (1.2 (2004/09), 1.5) and WS-MetadataExchange (2004/09) are included in severa
l scenarios
 *   Possibly, WS-Federation (using scenarios from the WS-Federation TC at OASIS)

Scenarios documents and online test endpoints are provided to help preparation for the event
 at http://mssoapinterop.org/ilab/ Please let us know the scenarios of primary interest to y
ou at this event.

In addition, Microsoft plans to extend the available scenarios to better cover the ratified 
specifications and to address requests we've heard from you. More as we get the information 
onto http://mssoapinterop.org/ilab/ ... Please let us know of additional areas you believe n
eed test coverage as soon as possible.

In addition to the usual interop testing, we may also do further detailed chalk-talks like t
he July event's discussion of how to implement CardSpace support within any product that sup
ports WS-Trust. Please let us know if you have particular areas where you'd like such a deep
 dive.

If you are interested in participating, please reply to Doug Bunting (mailto:douglas.r.bunti
ng@microsoft.com) and Pasi Rikkinen (mailto:pasir@microsoft.com).

We also recommend you join the WS-Builders@[...].com<mailto:WS-Builders@[...].com>  discussio
n group and use it for any questions around scenarios documents and WCF endpoints.

Feel free to pass this invitation along, either in your company or elsewhere. This is an ope
n forum. No invitation is required, but an RSVP is appreciated by the event hosts to facilit
ate accurate logistics planning. The list of attendees and general plug-fest results will be
 made public after the event.

Thank you and we look forward to your participation.

Doug Bunting and Pasi Rikkinen
Microsoft Corporation

WCF Plug-fest Interop Endpoint
http://mssoapinterop.org/ilab/

Advanced Web Services Interop Discussion List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WS-Builders/

Location Information:

Microsoft Platform Adoption Center (Building 20)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pac/

Street Address:

3709 157th Avenue N.E.
Redmond, WA 98052

Phone: (425) 706-0020
Location Map:

http://members.microsoft.com/careers/mslife/locations/images/campus_map.jpg

Nearest Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
Hotels

Below are details of some hotels close to the Microsoft campus.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pac/hotels/default.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pac/map/default.aspx
Driving Directions:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pac/directions/default.aspx
More information
Initial discussion of the scenarios for this meeting and follow-up discussion can be found o
n the WS-Builders discussion list<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WS-Builders/>