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Service Oriented Architecture Developer Center

Time: 12:12 EST/17:12 GMT | News Source: Microsoft | Posted By: Jonathan Tigner

Get all the latest information on building Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in one place. This new section of the .NET Architecture Center features an updated version of Pat Helland’s Metropolis presentation that drills down on the SOA guidance that Metropolis provides.

The goal for a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a world wide mesh of collaborating services, which are published and available for invocation on the Service Bus. Adopting SOA is essential to deliver the business agility and IT flexibility promised by Web Services. These benefits are delivered not by just viewing service architecture from a technology perspective and the adoption of Web Service protocols, but require the creation of a Service Oriented Environment that is based on specific key principals.