Implement SOA strategies for BizTalk Server solutions
Key Features
Discusses core principles of SOA and shows them applied to BizTalk solutions
The most thorough examination of BizTalk and WCF integration in any available book
Leading insight into the new WCF SQL Server Adapter, UDDI Services version 3, and ESB Guidance 2.0
Loaded with examples, demo code, and screenshots, which explain how to design schemas, build WSDL-first endpoints, build loosely coupled orchestrations and, much more
Book Description
SOA is about architecture, not products and SOA enables you to create better business processes faster than ever. While BizTalk Server 2009 is a powerful tool, by itself it cannot deliver long-lasting, agile solutions unless we actively apply tried and tested service-oriented principles. The current BizTalk Server books are all for the 2006 version and none of them specifically looks at how to map service-oriented principles and patterns to the BizTalk product. That's where this book fits in. In this book, we specifically investigate how to design and build service-oriented solutions using BizTalk Server 2009 as the host platform. This book extends your existing BizTalk knowledge to apply service-oriented thinking to classic BizTalk scenarios. We look at how to build the most reusable, flexible, and loosely-coupled solutions possible in the BizTalk environment. Along the way, we dive deeply into BizTalk Server's integration with Windows Communication Foundation, and see how to take advantage of the latest updates to the Microsoft platform. Chock full of dozens of demonstrations, this book walks through design considerations, development options, and strategies for maintaining production solutions.
What you will learn
Understand how the core aspects of SOA apply to specific BizTalk components
Consume and expose WCF services from BizTalk solutions
Build schemas that enable efficient data sharing
Exploit asynchronous programming models and implement client callbacks
Chain orchestrations together in a loosely coupled way
See one solution for complex event processing in a BizTalk environment
Efficiently version BizTalk artifacts
Get to know Microsoft UDDI v3 services and how to add and reference services in this registry
Enhance BizTalk solutions with the Microsoft ESB Guidance package
Utilize the WCF SQL Server Adapter as both a client and a service
Who this book is for
Targeted at individuals already familiar with BizTalk Server and not those expecting a full tutorial on every aspect of the product, this book is ideal for architects and developers who want to develop the most maintainable BizTalk Server solutions possible. This is the first book available on BizTalk Server 2009 and covers all relevant features for those of you designing a BizTalk business solution.