What do most people expect during the annual Microsoft Professional Developers Conference? Most are probably expecting a new version of .NET or Visual Studio. This year however, I think many industry watchers will be surprised.

The energy was definitely upbeat at the company meeting a few weeks ago. There are a lot of products in the pipeline that I’m very excited about. And I’m not talking about Windows 7.

Some think that Microsoft just doesn’t get software services. But maybe after next week, many will change their opinions.

PDC is from October 27th - 30th. I’ll try to update this blog with the latest announcements.