Loosely Coupled Thinking

More SOA resources

Some recommended reading (more to come).

• An Overview of Service-Oriented Architecture in Retail
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb264584.aspx
  
• Building Composite Applications Using the Microsoft Platform
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb220800.aspx
  
• Learn About Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/solutions/soa/overview.mspx
  
• SOA Frequently Asked Questions
  http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/solutions/soa/soafaq.mspx
  
• The What, Why, and How of Master Data Management
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb190163.aspx
  
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia: CommSee Solution Case Study
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb190159.aspx
  
• Microsoft Advocates Real-World Approach to SOA for Increased Business Value
  http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/oct06/10-04SOA.mspx
  
• Readings in Service Orientation
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479349.aspx
  
• Enabling Aspects to Enhance Service-Oriented Architecture
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb245663.aspx
  
• Dealing with the Melted Cheese Effect: Contracts
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/MeltedCheeseContracts.asp
  
• Principles of Service Design: Service Patterns and Anti-Patterns
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/soadesign.asp
  
• Principles of Service Design: Service Versioning
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/SOADesignVer.asp
  
• SOA Case Study: Orchestrating Integration Across Disparate Applications
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms954622.aspx
  
• Service Orientation in Enterprise Computing
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/soa_vb-1.asp
  
• Dealing with the "Melted Cheese Effect"
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/MeltedCheese.asp
  
• Architecting Industry Standards for Service Orientation
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/aisforsoa.asp
  
• Architecting Disconnected Mobile Applications Using a Service Oriented Architecture
  
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/develop_disconnect_mob_apps.asp
  
• Service Orientation and Its Role in Your Connected Systems Strategy
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/SrOrientWP.asp
  
• SOA Challenges: Entity Aggregation
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/dngrfsoachallenges-entityaggregation.asp
  
• Metropolis
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnmaj/html/aj2metrop.asp
  
• Service-Oriented Architecture: Considerations for Agile Systems
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnmaj/html/aj2service.asp
  
• Service-Oriented Architecture: Implementation Challenges
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnmaj/html/aj2soaimpc.asp
  
• A Guide to Developing and Running Connected Systems with Indigo
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/01/Indigo/default.aspx
  
• Understanding Service-Oriented Architecture
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnmaj/html/aj1soa.asp
  
• Web Service Facade for Legacy Applications
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnpag/html/WSFacadeLegacyApp.asp