SOA with .NET & Windows Azure:

Realizing Service-Orientation with the Microsoft Platform
Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR
ISBN: 0131582313
Available: June 7, 2010
Hardcover, 893 pages

Authors (in alphabetical order):
David Chou
John deVadoss
Thomas Erl
Nitin Gandhi
Hanu Kommalapati
Brian Loesgen
Christoph Schittko
Herbjorn Wilhelmsen
Mickey Williams

Forewords by:
S. Somasegar
David Chappell

Contributors:
Scott Golightly
Daryl Hogan
Jeff King
Scott Seely
Members of the Microsoft Windows Azure team
Members of the Microsoft AppFabric team

About this Book In SOA with .NET and Windows Azure, a team of top Microsoft technology experts team up with Thomas Erl to explore service-oriented computing with Microsoft's latest .NET and Windows Azure innovations. The authors show how modern service technology advancements within the Microsoft platform have increased the potential for applying and realizing service-orientation practices and goals. Specifically, the book delves into Microsoft enterprise technologies, such as Windows Azure, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Azure AppFabric, BizTalk Server, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and industry technologies and models, including WS-* and REST, in relation to common SOA design patterns and principles. The book walks the reader through numerous code-level examples and further details various technology architectures and implementation examples, such as those related to cloud computing, orchestration, and enterprise service bus platforms.