For those of you who are interested in understanding what SOA is, or more importantly, what it isn't. I am publishing this link to a nice Overview document that I read when I was first trying to "get my head around" SOA. It's a quick read, but it hits the high-points (Definition, Why, and What) of SOA, in an easy to read format.
Here's the link: Click Here
Once you are done reading it; if you'd like to get some experience in building Service Oriented Applications on the Microsoft Platform, check out my Freely Downloadable Workshop Series (Click here).
If you have read any of my workshops, you will know that this workshop will be:
Step-by-Step examples Screen shots of almost every step Code (downloadable and shown in the document), Comments in the code details about which options I chose
~ Robert Shelton
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