Connection in the cloud : BizTalk Services & WCF
Last session of today was around BizTalk Services aka Internet Service Bus as I learned today. Justin Smith did his talk with the following objectives: - Intro BizTalk Services - Service messaging options - Introduce BizTalk API And takeaways from this session are: - Provide generic, secure connection - Lowers bar for next gen development - Incubation technology in this point CTP is here now Some of my notes during the session: - BizTalk Services != BizTalk Server - BizTalk Services is an incarnation of the Internet Service Bus (new Buzzword coming up) - Dilemma's expose services broadly, identity and access control silos, interop to heterogeneous environment - Services hosted by Microsoft: pub/sub mechanism, discoverability, http/rest interpertation, standard security based - create account, download and install BizTalk Services SDK (compliant to .net fx 3.0 and 3.5) - Demo BizTalk Services 101 - why: Software+Services (oslo), feedback regarding pub/sub, open door for application