Presented in a scenario-driven tutorial way, we lead you through fictitious example problems and present you with the best solutions. This book is intended for architects, developers, and managers who need to improve their knowledge of the Microsoft application platform. This book will appeal to anyone, especially consultants, who want to get up to speed on selecting the most appropriate platform for a particular problem. A good understanding of the general Windows platform and development technologies would be helpful.
What you will learn
Organize the evaluation of candidate solutions to a given business problem
Learn about the new features of .NET 4.5 and its capabilities
Understand the core components and compelling aspects of BizTalk Server 2013
Explore different integration patterns and antipatterns such as pointtopoint, message broker, publish/subscribe, data aggregation versus data sharing, and enterprise message bus
Understand the architectural principles that SOA brings to the table and how they are different from open API
Implement fully automated workflows and workflows with manual operations
Use SharePoint to improve content management and collaboration in the enterprise