This week Kevin Sangwell from Microsoft Europe and myself co-delivered the Microsoft Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Architect Forum in Copenhagen.

The forum was a full day of presentations and discussions on SaaS covering four main topics:

• Business and technical overview of SaaS
• Architectural implications of building a SaaS solution
• Operational implications of hosting and operating a SaaS solution
• Implications for an enterprise when consuming SaaS applications.

Prior to starting Baladi Software, I worked as an architect and technical lead of the Microsoft Innovation Centre and was one of the driving forces behind helping Microsoft partners build, host and operate SaaS solutions as well as producing architectural guidance for SaaS software vendors and hosting providers. The experience from this work was shared with Microsoft Denmark’s customers and partners through this forum.

My slides are attached and Kevin's deck can be found on his blog