SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009 at Dominant Systems Book Store

Implement SOA strategies for BizTalk Server solutions

Discusses core principles of SOA and shows them applied to BizTalk solutions
The most thorough examination of BizTalk and WCF integration in any available book
Leading insight into the new WCF SQL Server Adapter, UDDI Services version 3, and ESB Guidance 2.0
Loaded with examples, demo code, and screenshots, which explain how to design schemas, build WSDL-first endpoints, build loosely coupled orchestrations and, much more

In Detail

SOA is about architecture, not products and SOA enables you to create better business processes faster than ever. While BizTalk Server 2009 is a powerful tool, by itself it cannot deliver long-lasting, agile solutions unless we actively apply tried and tested service-oriented principles.

The current BizTalk Server books are all for the 2006 version and none of them specifically looks at how to map service-oriented principles and patterns to the BizTalk product. That's where this book fits in. In this book, we specifically investigate how to design and build service-oriented solutions using BizTalk Server 2009 as the host platform.

This book extends your existing BizTalk knowledge to apply service-oriented thinking to classic BizTalk scenarios. We look at how to build the most reusable, flexible, and loosely-coupled solutions possible in the BizTalk environment. Along the way, we dive deeply into BizTalk Server's integration with Windows Communication Foundation, and see how to take advantage of the latest updates to the Microsoft platform. Chock full of dozens of demonstrations, this book walks through design considerations, development options, and strategies for maintaining production solutions.

What you will learn from this book?

Understand how the core aspects of SOA apply to specific BizTalk components
Consume and expose WCF services from BizTalk solutions
Build schemas that enable efficient data sharing
Exploit asynchronous programming models and implement client callbacks
Chain orchestrations together in a loosely coupled way
See one solution for complex event processing in a BizTalk environment
Efficiently version BizTalk artifacts
Get to know Microsoft UDDI v3 services and how to add and reference services in this registry
Enhance BizTalk solutions with the Microsoft ESB Guidance package
Utilize the WCF SQL Server Adapter as both a client and a service

Approach

This book takes a hands-on approach to explain and present ways to use BizTalk Server 2009 in a service-oriented fashion. Written much like the author's blog, this book does not direct your every mouse click and keyboard stroke, but rather identifies the problem being solved, and includes the code snippets and screenshots necessary to recreate these solutions yourself.

Who this book is written for?

Targeted at individuals already familiar with BizTalk Server and not those expecting a full tutorial on every aspect of the product, this book is ideal for architects and developers who want to develop the most maintainable BizTalk Server solutions possible. This is the first book available on BizTalk Server 2009 and covers all relevant features for those of you designing a BizTalk business solution.

Customer Reviews & Comments
"SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009" by Richard Seroter, review Questions: Who is the reader of this book? What is the level of the reader? How good is the book structure? I think reader should be a seasoned BizTalk developer. It should not be an entry level developer; they must read BizTalk documentation first. This book is for architects, but for architects with wealthy knowledge of the BizTalk. I suggest it should be a senior level of BizTalk developer, which is equal to an Integration Architect title. First three and last four chapters of this book you can read only for quick review your knowledge. I am highly recommending chapters 4 to 7. They are from Richards's wealthy experience. They are the heart and soul of the book. I'd like to see much more such interesting things, maybe in next version of this book? Is it about BizTalk 2009 or about BizTalk? Chapters 9 to 12 are about BizTalk 2009 features and tools. Other chapters are not depending on the last version. They are more than that, better than that. Is it about SOA Patterns? Yes. Is it the "recipe" book? There are several good recipes. But this book is not a recipe book. Is it the button-to-button book? No, luckily it isn't. How is the book covering the material? Chapter Audience Level (1-5) Grade (1-5) Chapter 1: Building BizTalk Server 2009 Applications Architect Developer 3 1 Chapter 2: Windows Communication Foundation Primer Developer 1 1 Chapter 3: Using WCF Services in BizTalk Server 2009 Developer 3 3 Chapter 4: Planning Service-Oriented BizTalk Architect 3 4 Chapter 5: Schema and Endpoint Patterns Developer, Architect 3 5 Chapter 6: Asynchronous Communication Patterns Developer 4 5 Chapter 7: Orchestration Patterns Developer, Architect 4 4 Chapter 8: Versioning Developer 3 3 Chapter 9: New SOA Capabilities in BizTalk Server 2009: WCF SQL Server Adapter Developer 3 3 Chapter 10: New SOA Capabilities in BizTalk Server 2009: UDDI Services Developer 3 2 Chapter 11: New SOA Capabilities in BizTalk Server 2009: ESB Guidance 2 Developer 3 3 Chapter 12: What's Next Where Level: 1 - developers with entry level knowledge of BizTalk and no working experience 2 - developers with entry level knowledge of BizTalk and small working experience 3 - developers with fair level knowledge of BizTalk and fair working experience 4 - developers with expert level knowledge of BizTalk and fair working experience 5 - developers with expert level knowledge of BizTalk and expert working experience I have to say, that several parts of this book "must be read" by each BizTalk developer. I insist these parts MUST be the part of the BizTalk Documentation from the early start and it is shame for Microsoft they are not in BizTalk Documentation. For example, the Schema Patterns, Chapter 5, how could developers work with Web-services without main knowledge about basic principles of serializing schemas to .NET classes? Sometimes author jumps from really interesting discussions about patterns to show how to implement it on "too much details" fashion. When I have marked the chapters with 2 or 1 grade, I was thinking in this way "I didn't find any reasons to include this chapter in the book. Author presented the common information and nothing from his experience. Common description and common examples, but I want to read the expert opinion, expert arguments, expert view, expert pros and cons." I understand why these chapters are in the book, but I just don't like this. If I cannot see the author opinion in the text, why should I choose the book? For Chapter 11 about ESB I would highly recommend the webcast by Richard Seroter "A look at the ESB Toolkit 2.0 in BizTalk Server 2009" [...]. It is just the up-to-date version of this Chapter. Pros: "SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009" book includes very interesting material. Book includes unique material. Book is covering several useful SOA patterns implemented in/with BizTalk Server. Book is not only about "how" but about "why". And this is the best part of it. Cons: Several chapters in this book are just "stuff" for volume. But this part is only about half of the book and this is good proportion. Yes, it is a good proportion. Usually this kind of books has smaller "performance index". Conclusion This book is very helpful for the Integration Architects and BizTalk Developers. It was written by one of the most respectful BizTalk expert in the world. It obviously must be on the table of each BizTalk Developer. Highly Recommended Leonid Ganeline [BizTalk MVP]

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