After a long day at the Microsoft Server & Tools Business Analyst Summit, hosted during day zero of this year’s Microsoft TechEd, James and Cote review what they heard from Microsoft and give some late-night analysis of:

• Microsoft’s SOA strategy
• Bringing the sexy with PowerShell & Silverlight
• Virtualization, VMWare, and standards therein
• Neil Macehiter tells us his impromptu take on Microsoft’s IT/business alignment
• James and Neil’s hopes for next year at TechEd