The annual Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference 2009 will be held in Redmond from January 27th-30th 2009. There have been a couple of changes to the conference that is usually held every October but is being pushed back this year due to PDC 2008 running at the same time.

There are a couple of editions year, one for Partners and the other for Customers. The Partner briefing will be being held on January 26th-27th and the Customer briefing on January 28th-30th.

There are also a couple of tracks offered for the conference:

• SOA & BPM Best Practices - highlighting case studies and technical trends providing guidance and information on how to achieve a robust and sound long-term SOA strategy.
• Technology Offerings - deep dives into existing and future technologies including .Net Framework, BizTalk Server, Visual Studio, Cloud Services and Oslo.

Pricing is $599 for partners and $899 for customers (although customers who register by December 1st, 2008 will only pay $599).

Links:
Partner registration

Customer registration