http://blogs.msdn.com/askdavid/archive/2007/03/11/soa-for-beginners.aspxThe term Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is now used frequently and it is usually associated with providing better agility to the business capabilities. In most instances, this has not translated into reality. So what is SOA, how can it really helpen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/askdavid/archive/2007/03/11/soa-for-beginners.aspx#3767356Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:20:52 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3767356 SOA, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, PopFly and Silverlight info at Virtual Generations<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.virtual-generations.com/2007/07/08/soa-web-20-enterprise-20-popfly-and-silverlight-info/">http://www.virtual-generations.com/2007/07/08/soa-web-20-enterprise-20-popfly-and-silverlight-info/</a></p>http://blogs.msdn.com/askdavid/archive/2007/03/11/soa-for-beginners.aspx#5900125Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:22:50 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5900125Lincy Chandy<p>A good article. But wanted to know how SOA is implemented in real business app? With the information i have i feel SOA are just within the enterprise environment . Right?</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/askdavid/archive/2007/03/11/soa-for-beginners.aspx#6662275Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:06:01 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6662275dchandra<p>SOA is not just for the enterprise. &nbsp;Although in a larger environment like an enterprise there are more opportunities to re-use the capabilities exposed by an SOA. </p> <p>In a smaller scale, it may be adequate to componentise your capabilities and re-use them in a library format.</p> <p>You need to decide if the extra effort required in designing, deploying and maintaining an SOA will give you greater return in the future.</p>