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Domain models, services and design: about viewpoints, explicitness and first-class citizens
Please take a look at what Ganesh has to say about the principle of the "Viewpoint Flip" and how it enables you to better approach the design of services (let's not use 'SOA' too much in this context...): crisp and all-there-is-to-say.My opinion in the Read More
posted Sunday, March 02, 2008 2:58 PM with 0 Comments

thinktecture & DevelopMentor: Guerilla Enterprise .NET Kurs in München
Geballtes Know-How - für Sie!thinktecture und DevelopMentor kündigen im Rahmen einer Partnerschaft das erste in Deutschland stattfindende "Enterprise .NET"-Event an. Es wird in der Woche vom 26. Mai 2008 in München stattfinden und im berühmt-berüchtigten Read More
posted Friday, February 22, 2008 7:27 PM with 0 Comments

The future of WSCF (and the forums)
Some heads up wrt to WSCF - this is what I just posted over at the thinktecture forums (which have been quiet from our side for a loooong time, sorry).Hello everybody, first of all I really need to apologize the long silence in these forums here - sorry! Read More
posted Monday, December 03, 2007 9:16 AM with 0 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - JSON support
Alright, next round in this mini-series.WCF in .NET 3.5 contains a new serializer for handling with JSON-based data. With the so called DataContractJsonSerializer we can serialize and deserialize JSON packets based on DataContract descriptions. The new Read More
posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:15 AM with 4 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - Expanded WS-* specs support
OK, here is the next one in the list of new features in WCF "v2".There are two new out-of-the-box bindings covering updated/new  WS-* specs: WS2007HttpBinding WS2007FederationHttpBinding and the respective binding elements: WS2007HttpBindingElement Read More
posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:33 PM with 2 Comments

Microsoft starts embracing Good Old Europe - first stop: Oslo
The big shop based in Redmond announced a new and upcoming platform for SO(A) at its SOA and Business Process Conference. And its codename is Oslo.The project code-named Oslo will deliver updated messaging and workflow technologies in the next version Read More
posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:34 PM with 4 Comments

Missing pieces to the SO(A) puzzle: Microsoft Managed Services Engine (MSE)
Finally, this is made public - about time guys! The Managed Services Engine from Microsoft.The Managed Services Engine (MSE) is one approach to facilitating Enterprise SOA through service virtualization. Built upon the Windows Communication Foundation Read More
posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:29 PM with 2 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 (and .NET 3.0 SP1)
With .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 being quite close to RTM these days, I thought it would be time to write a bit about what is new for WCF in .NET 3.5 and .NET 3.0 SP1. This entry just lays the ground for a couple of follow-ups which will go a bit Read More
posted Monday, October 29, 2007 3:47 PM with 34 Comments

Cannot get latest BizTalk Services SDK (May 2) working?
... and you had a previous version installed? Try this (courtesy David Wortendyke):Uninstall the current SDK by running BizTalk Services SDK Setup.exe.Go to <WindowsDir>\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG and open machine.config. Go to the Read More
posted Friday, May 04, 2007 7:24 PM with 0 Comments

When you think things are not possible: WCF duplex callbacks through NATs and firewalls - safe and secure
NATs (Network Address Translation) prevents the private IP address of your home and/or work PC to be exposed to the big wild and bad Internet. The only thing nodes outside of the NAT-shielded network can see is the IP address of the NAT-capable Read More
posted Friday, April 27, 2007 9:48 PM with 22 Comments

Session materials for DevWeek 2007
Here are finally the session materials of my two talks at DevWeek 2007. As always, this conference rocked!Thaks to everybody who attaended my sessions. Read More
posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:42 PM with 2 Comments

Web Service Software Factory v2 (for ASMX and WCF)
It is here.The Web Service Software Factory (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of tools, patterns, source code and prescriptive guidance that helps our customers quickly and consistently construct Web services that adhere Read More
posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:40 AM with 4 Comments

[Release] WSCF 0.7 - with support for XSD-based code generation
WSCF 0.7 was just released. Enjoy!New Features in v0.7Generate data transfer object/data contract code from schema descriptions in XSD or WSDL files - via the VS 2005 add-in and the command line tool.This build also includes several important fixes, e.g.:SOAP Read More
posted Friday, November 17, 2006 9:27 PM with 1 Comments

Straight-forward WCF duplex communication over MSMQ?
My friend Mike Taulty has recently posted a cool post about his attempt to create a WCF extension to leverage the duplex programming model over MSMQ. This is a really interesting area (and of course has a huge potential) and at thinktecture labs I and Read More
posted Friday, October 27, 2006 8:19 PM with 5 Comments

Microsoft's Open Specification Promise - what we all wanted to see
Not much buzz around it, but this is what at least I wanted to see.Microsoft is making a personal promise to every individual and organization in the world that they can use any patented technology Microsoft has that is necessary to implement the Web Read More
posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:48 AM with 3 Comments

Flexible notifications with WCF duplex communication in your application architecture
OK, this does not happen too often, but I am copying here part of a thread and especially my answer from the MSDN WCF forums. Without further ado, let's go... ------- Hello All, I'm looking for some design guidance about WCF. I want to build an application Read More
posted Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:55 AM with 2 Comments

Commenting problems
Sorry, we have strange problems when people want to comment on our posts. If you have submitted a comment in the last few weeks and it did not show up here, feel free to contact me.Sorry again. Read More
posted Friday, July 21, 2006 4:32 PM with 1 Comments

Sie wollen WinFX, uups: .NET Framework 3.0, lernen und im Einsatz sehen?
Kein Problem.thinktecture und newtelligence bieten das TornadoCamp WinFX an. Was soll ich sagen? Das Who-Is-Who in den prominenten Bereichen von .NET Framework 3.0 im deutschsprachigen Raum steht Ihnen eine ganze Woche lang zur Verfügung. 16.-20.10.2006: Read More
posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:00 AM with 0 Comments

MSDN WebCast: 'Dissecting Contract-First Web Services' Post-Mortem
If you are interested in the slides from my MSDN US webcast on Contract-First Web Services, go ahead and grab them. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions. See you in the next webcast. Read More
posted Saturday, July 15, 2006 10:25 AM with 0 Comments

MSDN WebCast: 'Transactions in Distributed Solutions with Windows Communication Foundation' Post-Mortem
First of all, I want to thank everybody attending my MSDN US webcast on designing and dimplementing transactions in distributed solutions with WCF. It was a lot of fun and according to the scores it also semmed to be successful ;) I have uploaded both Read More
posted Saturday, July 15, 2006 10:09 AM with 0 Comments

Explaining WCF - in a slightly different way (in German)
Seems like Clemens likes the dotnetpro.tv video episode that Ralf and myself shooted the other day about Windows Communication Foundation. Only available in German, though... Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:51 PM with 0 Comments

Now it gets ridiculous - SOA 2.0
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/17/78420_HNsoa20_1.html Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 9:47 AM with 4 Comments

Service Factory, aka Web Service Software Factory, nee Service BAT
Some days ago I already hinted at it - now it is more or less official. Also Beat, Edward, Matias, Jason and others already blogged about it. I am part of the 'Service Factory' advisory board and we think that this may evolve into something really useful Read More
posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:16 AM with 10 Comments

Guidance-based design and implementation of distributed solutions adhering to service-oriented thoughts with WCF inside of your favorite development IDE
I think the title says it all (really? :)) - stay tuned for more to come in the next few days, as my friend Jason already hinted at. And it may be related to this and this and this and even Read More
posted Wednesday, April 05, 2006 4:18 PM with 12 Comments

Beyond announcements, visions, and rants: A living Domain Specific Language
R.I.P. No, I won't go anymore into discussions whether x-first or y-first or nothing-first or whatever-first-or-second-or-last is a good way to model service contracts. The only thing I have to state is that sometime people sitting in the glasshouse should Read More
posted Friday, February 03, 2006 4:17 PM with 10 Comments

The WSDL Quest - where are they?
Jeff Schneider is looking for your help. He has launched the “The Great Microsoft WSDL Hunt”. It is an honest effort to try to actually find out which products have WSDL’s (and where they are) and to identify which ones don’t. Read More
posted Monday, January 30, 2006 7:02 PM with 1 Comments

Melted Cheese Effect - Contracts
Yeah... we are slow, but constant :) Part 2 of our small series is finally here. Please also refer to part 1. Read More
posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:23 PM with 1 Comments

Services and Workflows - Apples and Peas?
People keep asking me what the heck do services and service orientation have to do with workflows (the big new hype at least in Microsoft world)? So let's try to establish a link between the two... what about: Services are about boundaries and Read More
posted Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:29 AM with 1 Comments

Together we go: WSE and BTS 2004
Oh my, WSE-mania all around. The BizTalk Server 2004 team has just announced the BizTalk Server 2004 WSE Adapter Technology Preview: The BizTalk Server Adapter for WSE 2.0 provides the following key benefits: Using policy, the ability to graphically Read More
posted Thursday, May 27, 2004 11:01 PM with 0 Comments

Integration Patterns
I love it all. Read More
posted Saturday, May 08, 2004 2:39 AM with 0 Comments

SOIASMX
I love it. Read More
posted Saturday, May 08, 2004 2:38 AM with 1 Comments

Smart as smart can - another block makes it to the public
The PAG team at Microsoft has released the Smart Client Offline Application Block on the MSDN Patterns and Practices site. This page provides an overview of the Offline Application Block, which is intended to serve as an architectural model for Read More
posted Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:55 AM with 0 Comments

An interesting {Indigo, Services, Architecture} blog to watch
Let's see what Richard Turner comes up with in the next few weeks. At least it looks promising from what he writes in his first post: So what are you going to find here? Well, to give you some idea, I am a program manager at Microsoft working Read More
posted Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:37 PM with 0 Comments

When *not* to use
ZapThink has a nice article on when you are not supposed to use SOA. Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 4:44 AM with 0 Comments

Do not hype - do remember
SOA, SOA, SOA, ... ya, ya, ya ... go back ... remember... July 2002: read it all. Think about it. Read More
posted Monday, February 16, 2004 2:52 AM with 0 Comments

Keep the distance: Services vs. Objects
Nice analogy from Simon. Read More
posted Thursday, January 29, 2004 9:01 PM with 0 Comments

W3C releases Web Services Architecture document
The W3C posted an updated version of the Web Services Architecture document. In official W3C terms, it is an editors' copy that has no official standing. This document defines the Web Services Architecture. It identifies the functional components Read More
posted Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:20 PM with 2 Comments

Latest build of Shadowfax now available
From the Shadowfax team over at gotdotnet.com: The latest build of Shadowfax is now available !  BUILD: 1-23-2004 It now includes not only the main the Service-oriented reference architecture piece, but also the new reference implementation Read More
posted Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:49 PM with 3 Comments

Message and service contract
Jeff Schneider asked in one of the comments on my last post about "Oracle's new Web services Designer - good idea, but ..." what I mean by message contract. Sorry for not being clear enough on this. Let me give a try here.Normally everybody only Read More
posted Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:21 AM with 6 Comments

Patterns, practices for enterprise applications: this time from the other side
IBM's Redbook series has been there for a long time - much longer than Microsoft's excellent PAG materials.So today I will introduce you to the two latest (beta) additions in the Redbook library: WebSphere and .NET Coexistence Patterns: Service Oriented Read More
posted Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:12 PM with 1 Comments

ShadowFax: SOA in practice - now!
Microsoft shows Shadowfax which is a reference solution for building Service Oriented Architectures with the .NET Framework - now! Read More
posted Friday, December 05, 2003 11:25 PM with 6 Comments

Model Driven Architecture and [Services] Development
CBDI Forum has a commentary which discusses the way Microsoft is taking in terms of modeling architecture and implemenatation of Service Oriented Architectures. Read More
posted Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:45 AM with 0 Comments

Demoing "contract first" approach with WSDL Designer
Showing the "contract first" design approach when implementing XML Web services. Read More
posted Wednesday, October 22, 2003 4:52 PM with 4 Comments

Not always the 'obvious': integrating Java and .NET
Simon Guest's new book 'Microsoft .NET and J2EE Interoperability Kit' - integrating Java and .NET, not only the Web services way. Read More
posted Saturday, October 11, 2003 11:00 AM with 1 Comments

A bunch of stuff on Web services, WSA, SOA and the like
A collection of some nice and interesting postings all around the Web services architecture and SOA: Rebecca Dias: Service Oriented Architectures, broadband, and outsourcingDo not only think and talk about core technology. Never forget the business or Read More
posted Friday, October 10, 2003 11:24 AM with 2 Comments


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