Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform

An in-depth scenario-driven approach to architecting systems using Microsoft technologies.

In the past six years, we’ve seen an explosion of application platform products from Microsoft.  Just a few years ago, a solution architect would choose among a clearly segmented set of products and tools such as SQL Server, BizTalk Server, SOAP web services and MSMQ.  Today, the application platform landscape has undergone significant change and architects have a vast collection of implementation technologies from which to choose from.  This makes it an exciting time to be a solution designer, but this overwhelming product space means that we have an even greater chance of choosing the wrong technology to implement a solution.

Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform is a book addressing these challenges of making these architectural decisions. The book tackles 13 real-world scenarios and applies a decision framework for deciding the best Microsoft application platform technology for the problem at hand.  In each chapter, a use case is outlined, a pattern is identified, multiple candidate architectures are evaluated, and a solution is built based on the best platform technology. 

The Swedish BizTalk User Group has been fortunate to have three of the five authors over to do a TWO day event with 10 sessions! Each session will relate to a chapter in the book, addressing a specific real-world scenario.  

Needless to say, the scope for this event targets much brother audience then we normally do, covering the full suite of applicable Microsoft technologies, such as Windows Workflow, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Server AppFabric, SQL Server Service Broker, SQL Server Integration Services, BizTalk Server, StreamInsight, Windows Azure and more.  The goal is to sufficiently explain these applications and their optimal use cases in a way that helps you make better choices in your solution design.

Richard Seroter is a solutions architect for an industry-leading biotechnology company, a three time Microsoft MVP for BizTalk Server, and a Microsoft Connected Technology Advisor.  He previously worked at Microsoft as technology specialist for SOA/BizTalk Server and at Accenture and Avanade as a technology consultant.  Richard is the author of “SOA Patterns for BizTalk Server 2009” (Packt, 2009) and frequent blogger at seroter.wordpress.com.

Ewan Fairweather currently works as a Program Manager in the Business Platform Division (BPD), where he works on the Customer Advisory Team (CAT) focusing on BizTalk, other application tier technologies and SQL Server.  Prior to this, Ewan spent three years working for Microsoft UK in the Premier Field Engineering team. Ewan co-authored the successful Professional BizTalk Server 2006 book and has written many whitepapers for Microsoft including the Microsoft BizTalk Server Performance Optimization guide which is available on Microsoft’s MSDN website.

Stephen W. Thomas is an independent consultant specializing in BizTalk Server and other Connected Technologies including AppFabric and .Net 4.  He is a six time BizTalk Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and runs the community site www.BizTalkGurus.com.