SOA with .Net and Windows Azure Realizing Service-Orientation with the Microsoft Platform

In SOA with .NET and Windows Azure, top Microsoft technology experts team up with Thomas Erl to explore service-oriented computing with Microsoft’s latest .NET service technologies and Windows Azure innovations.

The authors provide comprehensive documentation of on-premise and cloud-based modern service technology advancements within the Microsoft platform and further show how these technologies have increased the potential for applying and realizing service-orientation practices and goals.

Specifically, the book delves into Microsoft enterprise technologies, such as:

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  Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
  


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  Windows Azure
  


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  Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
  


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  Windows Azure AppFabric
  


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  BizTalk Server
  


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  Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
  

...as well as industry service mediums, including WS-* and REST, and many related service industry standards and technologies.

The book steps through common SOA design patterns and service-orientation principles, along with numerous code-level examples that further detail various technology architectures and implementations.