Another interresting webcast (Thanks Rudi) for HIS.  If you develop applications who uses a connection with the AS/400, then watch this session.  In here you will learn more about Microsoft and 3rd party solutions for adding the functionality.

More info here.

Several new webcast are coming out this month and next month.  There are also webcasts for HIS 2004.  Here is some more info :

TechNet Webcast: HIS Bi-directional Transaction and Data Inter-op Between Windows and IBM Mainframe Systems (Level 200)

Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time

Stan Murawski, Technical Mainframe Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

This webcast demonstrates the peer level inter-operation capabilities provided by Microsoft Host Integration Server (HIS) 2004, where a program on either system can use the other as a database or transaction server. Programs running on either side can call programs on the other, within the context of a transaction. Either system can be a database server to the other. Join this webcast to find out all about it.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=39961

TechNet Webcast: Security Integration between Windows and IBM Mainframes (Level 200)

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time

Stan Murawski, Technical Mainframe Evangelist, Microsoft

This webcast introduces the mainframe professional to security on the Windows Server System. Join this webcast to learn how to integrate security   including end-user single sign-on between Windows and IBM OS/390 and zSeries Operating Systems.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=39965

Thanks to Microsoft for the info.

Since last week Host Integration Server 2004 is available. What is HIS.  HIS will integrate IBM Host applications and data sources with new solutions developed using .Net.

Get more info here.

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Because of company policies, I have removed all information about the Beta version of HIS 2004.  As soon as I get the green light everything will be published again, together with new information.  I’m sorry for this, but keep reading for my other posts.