Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform

Richard Seroter, Ewan Fairweather, Rama Ramani, Mike Sexton, Stephen W. Thomas

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781849680547
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Information Technology
• Index: Computer Science

In Detail

Every day, architects and developers are asked to solve specific business problems in the most efficient way possible using a broad range of technologies. Packed with real-world examples of how to use the latest Microsoft technologies, this book tackles over a dozen specific use case patterns and provides an applied implementation with supporting code downloads for every chapter.

In this book, we guide you through thirteen architectural patterns and provide detailed code samples for the following technologies: Windows Server AppFabric, Windows Azure Platform AppFabric, SQL Server (including Integration Services, Service Broker, and StreamInsight), BizTalk Server, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). This book brings together - and simplifies - the information and methodology you need to make the right architectural decisions and use a broad range of the Microsoft platform to meet your requirements. Throughout the book, we will follow a consistent architectural decision framework which considers key business, organizational, and technology factors.

The book is broken up into four sections. First, we define the techniques and methodologies used to make architectural decisions throughout the book. In Part I, we provide a set of primers designed to get you up to speed with each of the technologies demonstrated in the book. Part II looks at messaging patterns and includes use cases which highlight content-based routing, workflow, publish/subscribe, and distributed messaging. Part III digs into data processing patterns and looks at bulk data processing, complex events, multi-master synchronization, and more. Finally, Part IV covers performance-related patterns including low latency, failover to the cloud, and reference data caching.

Expert assessment and implementation guidance across 13 Enterprise scenarios

Approach

The book consists of a set of business scenarios and corresponding solution critiques. Each "use case" chapter is made up of a problem description, assessment of implementation options, and the selection of the ideal solution candidate. We then construct the solution using the chosen Microsoft technology.

Who this book is for

This book is for architects, developers, and managers who need to improve their knowledge of the Microsoft application platform. This book will appeal to anyone who wants to get up to speed on selecting the most appropriate platform for a particular problem. Consultants and executive leadership will also find significant value in this book. A good understanding of the general Windows platform and development technologies would be helpful.

Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform

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Table of Contents

Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform

Credits

Foreword

About the Authors

About the Reviewer

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Solution Decision Framework

The need for a decision framework

Sources of input to the framework

Functional requirements

Non-functional requirements

Derived requirements

Organization direction

Deciding upon your architecture strategy

Framework dimensions

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operation aspects

Organizational aspects

Applying the framework

Summary

2. Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow 4.0 Primer

What does this technology do?

Highlights of the latest release

Windows Communication Foundation enhancements

Windows Workflow Foundation enhancements

Enhancements to both technologies

Typical use cases

Windows Communication Foundation use cases

Windows Workflow Foundation use cases

Example solution

Summary

3. Windows Server AppFabric Primer

What does this technology do?

Windows Server AppFabric core components

Application-server hosting and monitoring

Control

Scripting

Hosting

Monitoring

Persistence

Distributed cache

Named cache

Region

Expiration

Eviction

Local cache

High availability

Cache notifications

Typical use cases

Windows Server AppFabric hosting and monitoring

Windows Server AppFabric cache

Typical scenarios

Example solution

AppFabric hosting and monitoring

AppFabric caching

Setup

Steps

Summary

4. BizTalk Server Primer

Heterogeneous systems

What does BizTalk Server do?

Can't we just use Web Services or WCF?

Typical BizTalk use cases

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)

Business-to-Business (B2B)

Business Process Automation (BPA)

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

BizTalk architecture

BizTalk message flow

Key BizTalk server terminology

BizTalk group

Hosts

Host instance

BizTalk databases

Enterprise Single Sign-On

Adapters

Message

Pipeline

Maps

Performance of maps

Orchestration

Highlights of the BizTalk 2010 release

Example solution

Summary

5. SQL Server and Data Integration Tools Primer

What does this technology do?

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

SQL Server Service Broker (SSSB)

The Microsoft Sync Framework

Master Data Services

A very basic and completely insufficient introduction to data integration with SQL Server

SSIS

SSSB

Sync Framework

SQL Server 2008 enhancements

SSIS enhancements

SSSB enhancements

Sync Framework enhancements

Typical use cases

Example solution

Writing an RSS feed to SQL Server

Distribution via Sync Framework

SQL Server Service Broker

Summary

6. Windows Azure Platform Primer

What does this technology do?

Windows Azure

Usage

Architecture

Fabric controller

Compute

Web role

Worker role

Storage

Blobs

Table

Queue

Drive

Provisioning model

Diagnostics and monitoring

How do I get started?

SQL Azure

Usage

Architecture

Provisioning model

Data access and usage patterns

SQL Azure what is supported and what is not

How do I get started?

Windows Azure Platform AppFabric

Usage

Architecture

Service Bus

Access Control Service

Provisioning model

Project "Dallas"

Example solution

Scenario

Setup

Steps

Summary

7. Simple Workflow

Use case

Key requirements

Additional facts

Pattern description

Factors affecting implementation details

Candidate architectures

Candidate architecture #1 BizTalk Server

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operations aspects

Organizational aspects

Solution evaluation

Candidate architecture #2 Windows Server AppFabric

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operations aspects

Organizational aspects

Solution evaluation

Architecture selection

Building the solution

Setup

Building the service aggregator workflow service

Testing the service aggregator workflow service

Consuming the service aggregator workflow service with ASP.NET

Summary

8. Content-based Routing

Use case

Key requirements

Additional facts

Pattern description

Candidate architectures

Candidate architecture #1 BizTalk Server

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operation aspects

Organizational aspects

Solution evaluation

Candidate architecture #2 SQL Server 2008 R2

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operation aspects

Organizational aspects

Solution evaluation

Candidate architecture #3 WCF and Windows Server AppFabric

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operation aspects

Organizational aspects

Solution evaluation

Architecture selection

Building the solution

Setup

Building the workflow

Adding a router service

Summary

9. Publish-Subscribe

Use case

Key requirements

Additional facts

Pattern description

Candidate architectures

Candidate architecture #1 Azure Platform AppFabric Service Bus

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operations aspects

Organizational aspects

Solution evaluation

Candidate architecture #2 BizTalk Server

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operations aspects

Organizational aspects

Solution evaluation

Candidate architecture #3 SQL Service Broker

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operations aspects

Organizational aspects

Solution evaluation

Architecture selection

Building the solution

Setup

Building the canonical solution artifacts

Building the FDA subscriber solution artifacts

Configuring the data publisher and FDA subscriber

Building the website database subscriber solution artifacts

Configuring the website database subscriber

Summary

10. Repair/Resubmit with Human Workflow

Use case

Key requirements

Additional facts

Pattern description

Candidate architectures

Candidate architecture #1 BizTalk Server

Solution design aspects

Solution delivery aspects

Solution operation aspects

Organizational aspects

Solution evaluation

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