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Audience

.NET developers who are responsible for developing SOA based application integration solutions.

Architects who will like to get hands on practical experience developing a full SOA application from start to finish. For a more in-depth SOA architecture related training, please use WA1471 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for Architects.

Skills Gained

  • What is SOA and why we need this approach.
  • Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)).
  • How Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is achieved using SOA.
  • How to capture requirements for a SOA project.
  • How to perform analysis and design.
  • How to implement services and business processes.
  • Technical details of XML schema, SOAP and WSDL.
  • How to test SOA applications.

Prerequisites

Basic .NET development skills. Beginner level knowledge of XML.

Duration Five Days.

Outline

Outline of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Immersion Bootcamp for .NET Training 1. SOA Fundamentals

  • Objectives
  • Defining SOA
  • SOA as an Alignment Strategy
  • The SOA Umbrella
  • What s a Service?
  • Service Actors
  • Serving up SOA
  • Business Process Management
  • BPM & Workflow
  • SOA Governance
  • SOA Governance Model
  • SOA Job Role Impact
  • Services Please!
  • SOA Re-Organization
  • What makes a good design?
  • Is this a New Concept?
  • Service Orienting the Enterprise
  • Service Oriented Thinking
  • SOA is Perfect NOT!
  • Service Characteristics
  • When do I need a service?
  • About Services in SOA
  • Contract-driven software
  • SOA Standards
  • Summary

2. Layers of Services

  • What is Layering?
  • SOA Layers ...
  • Data Storage Layer
  • Application Logic Layer
  • Adapter Layer
  • Application Service Layer
  • Business Service Layer
  • Orchestration Layer
  • Aux: Data Service Layer
  • Aux: Security Service Layer
  • Layering Concepts
  • Layering Rules of Thumb ...
  • Layering Rules of Thumb
  • In Review ...

3. SOA Value Proposition

  • The SOA Value Proposition
  • Reducing integration expense
  • Integration costs illustration
  • Ripple effect of changes
  • The value of SOA layering
  • SOA reduces integration costs
  • Increasing Asset Reuse
  • SOA Economics / ROI
  • Asset Reuse Illustration
  • Service reuse vs object reuse
  • Increasing business agility
  • Business Agility Illustration
  • Traditional EAI Approach
  • Problems with Traditional EAI Approach
  • Change Flow Using Legacy Approach
  • SOA Agility
  • Build the Services
  • Build the Process
  • We Can Easily Change the Process
  • Reducing business risk
  • Risk reduction illustration
  • SOA Eases Compliance Risk
  • Other Advantages
  • Business Advantages
  • Hasn t this been said before?
  • ROI Quantification Hurdles
  • Real World SOA Example 1
  • Real World SOA Example 2
  • Real World SOA Example 3
  • Real World SOA Example 4

4. Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

  • SOA and the ESB Pattern
  • Loose Coupling
  • Service Invocation
  • Business Process
  • Data Integration
  • Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
  • Legacy System Integration
  • Unsupported Protocol
  • The Role of ESB in SOA
  • ESB: Software Artifacts
  • ESB - Software Artifacts
  • Business Process: Example
  • Minimum ESB Capabilities
  • Minimum ESB Capabilities: Integration
  • Minimum ESB Capabilities: Communication
  • Minimum ESB Capabilities: Service Interaction
  • Minimum ESB Capabilities: Management
  • Security and ESB
  • BizTalk 2006 as an ESB

5. Microsoft Software Platform for SOA

  • Software Tools for SOA
  • The Need for a Tool
  • SOA Development Iteration
  • Runtime Products for SOA
  • Microsoft Software Offering
  • Other MS Software Options
  • MS Internet Information Server
  • Microsoft Message Queue
  • Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006
  • Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

6. Introduction to Biztalk Server 2006 Developer Tools 7. SOA Service Life Cycle

  • SOA Adoption
  • Adoption Stages
  • Managing Services
  • SOA Service Life Cycle Overview
  • SOA s Circle of Life
  • Discovery Phase
  • Analysis & Design Phase
  • Implementation Phase
  • Deployment Phase
  • Monitor Phase
  • Retirement Phase

8. Introduction to Service Oriented Analysis & Design (SOAD)

  • Introduction to SOAD
  • Applying OOAD Principles
  • Abstraction
  • Abstraction in SOAD
  • Encapsulation
  • Encapsulation in SOAD
  • Modularity
  • Modularity in SOAD
  • Hierarchy
  • Hierarchy in SOAD
  • Why OOAD Is Not Enough
  • Granularity
  • The Need for Loose Coupling
  • The SOAD Methodology
  • The SOAD Methodology Steps
  • Stage 1: Requirements Gathering & Process Modeling
  • Stage 2: Service Identification
  • Stage 3: Service Implementation
  • Stage 4: Process Implementation
  • SOAD Stages and SOA Lifecycle

9. SOA Case Study

  • What is a Case Study?
  • Case Study Background
  • Additional Background
  • The Problem Statement
  • Status Quo Issues
  • Status Quo Issues (continued)
  • Opportunities
  • How Can SOA Help?
  • Example Solution Snippet

10. Stage 1: Business Modeling and Use Cases

  • Stages of SOAD
  • Where are We in SOA Lifecycle?
  • Stage 1: Business Process Modeling
  • Basic Concepts
  • SOA and Business Process Model
  • Before You Get Started
  • Process Modeling Steps
  • Business Process Use Cases
  • Return Handling Use Case
  • Modeling the Business Processes
  • Use Case and Business Process
  • The Return Handling Process Model
  • Return Handling Process Model
  • Trading Partner Design Pattern
  • The UML Alternative
  • Best Practices

11. Stage 2: Service Identification

  • Where are We in the SOA Lifecycle?
  • The Service Model
  • Developing a service model
  • Service Model Example #1
  • Service Model Example #2
  • Service Model Example #3
  • Service model granularity
  • SOAD Stage 2 Process
  • Identifying Services
  • Service Identification Check
  • Specify the Service Interface
  • Specify The Process Interface
  • Identify Services from UC001 Return Handling
  • Identify Services from UC001 Return Handling (continued)
  • Service Contract Template
  • Service Contract Template Part 2
  • Service Contract Template Part 3
  • Service Design Best Practices
  • Service Specification in BizTalk
  • More on Port Types

12. XML Programming

  • XML Overview
  • Data and Document Structure
  • An Employee Document
  • Tags
  • First XML Document
  • What is XML ?
  • Why XML?
  • An Example of XML Document
  • Well-Formed v. Valid XML Document
  • Enforcing Validity: DTDs
  • Presentation Style
  • Sections of an XML Document
  • XML Elements
  • Nesting and Hierarchy of XML Elements
  • Tag Attributes
  • Naming Rules
  • Namespaces
  • Using Namespaces
  • Java API for XML
  • The XML Example
  • Example SAX Handler
  • Example: Begin Parsing
  • Once Again with Namespace
  • Using DOM to Parse
  • With Namespace Enabled
  • Example: Build DOM Document
  • Example: Save DOM Document in a File
  • Persisting XML

13. XML Schema Basics

  • What is an XML Schema?
  • Role of XML Schema in SOA
  • Creating a Schema File
  • Defining a Simple Element
  • Defining a Complex Element
  • Defining Element Attributes
  • Referring to an Element From Another Element
  • Defining Abstract Data Types
  • Adding Restrictions
  • Referring to a Schema from an XML Document
  • Validating the XML Against the Schema

14. Web services Description Language (WSDL)

  • WSDL Overview
  • WSDL Document Tags
  • WSDL Namespaces
  • Sample WSDL Document Structure
  • One-way
  • Request-Response
  • Solicit-Response
  • Notification
  • Modeling Simple Operation
  • Modeling Complex Operation
  • Modeling Complex Message
  • More on
  • Syntax
  • SOAP Binding Example
  • and
  • WSDL SOAP Binding Extensions
  • soap:binding
  • soap:operation
  • RPC or Document Style?
  • WSDL API for Java

15. Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

  • SOAP Overview
  • SOAP in Protocol Stack
  • SOAP Components
  • SOAP HTTP Request Example
  • SOAP HTTP Response Example
  • Message Envelope
  • The Header Element
  • Header Attributes
  • SOAP Body
  • SOAP Fault
  • Communication Style
  • RPC/Encoded Style
  • RPC/Literal Style
  • Enabling RPC Styles
  • Document/Literal Style
  • Document/Literal Wrapped Style
  • Details of the Wrapped Style
  • Enabling Document Literal Style

16. Stage 3: Service Design and Implementation

  • Introduction
  • How Is a Service Developed?
  • Top Down Development
  • Web Service Implementation Choices
  • Apply OOAD in New Service Development
  • Top-Down Summary
  • Bottom-Up Development
  • Bottom-Up Technology Choices (Java)
  • Example: JCA-Based Service
  • Example: JAX-WS Service
  • Bottom-Up Technology Choices (.NET)
  • Example: ASMX Service
  • Example: Adapter-Based Service
  • Data Mapping
  • Interface Mapping
  • Implementing the Services for UC001 Return Handling

17. Web Services Software Development Methodology

  • Need for a Software Methodology in Web Services
  • The Software Lifecycle
  • Software Lifecycle
  • Service Provider
  • Provider: Green Field
  • Provider: Top-down
  • Provider: Bottom-up
  • Provider: Meet in the Middle
  • The Service Requester

18. Stage 4: Business Process Implementation

  • Basics
  • Business Process Diagram
  • Challenges in Process Implementation
  • BPEL
  • Variables
  • Partnership
  • Example: A Buy-Sell Partnership
  • Modeling Partnership in BPEL
  • Simple Activities
  • Invoke Activity
  • Structured Activities
  • Lifecycle of Process Development
  • Phase II Process Definition Details
  • Phase III Compilation Details
  • Phase IV Deployment Details
  • Phase V Business Process Execution
  • What Is a Good Process Design?
  • Follow Integration Patterns
  • Example: A Simple Process
  • Additional Process Design Considerations
  • XLANG and BPEL

19. SOA Security

  • The Challenges
  • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  • Digital Signature
  • Certificates
  • Overview of Web Services Security
  • SOAP Message Security
  • Message Integrity
  • Message Confidentiality
  • Symmetric Encryption Example
  • Authentication Using Identity Token
  • Authentication
  • Transport Level Security
  • Audit Tracking
  • Identity Assertion Using SAML
  • SAML SOAP Example

20. Introduction to SOA Testing 21. Unit Testing SOA Components

  • Unit Testing a Web Service
  • Other Types of Services
  • Verification Scenarios
  • Unit Testing Guidance
  • Unit Testing SOA Components
  • More Details Testing Data Maps
  • Data Map Test Guidance
  • More Details Business Process
  • Unit Testing Business Process
  • Business Process Test Guidance
  • Human workflow
  • Unit Test Human Interface
  • Human Interface Test Guidance
  • White Box Testing

22. Integration Test

  • Types of Integration Tests
  • The Governance Aspect
  • Component Ownership
  • Setting Up a Service Integration Test System
  • Setting Up a Process Integration Test System
  • Creating a Script To Test a Service
  • Running a Test Case for a Service
  • Creating a Business Process Test Script
  • Running a Test Case for a Process

23. Non-Functional Testing

  • Performance Testing
  • Security Testing
  • Common Web Service Attacks
  • Interoperability Testing
  • WS-Interoperability
  • Interoperability Testing a Service
  • Interoperability Testing a Business Process
  • .NET Interoperability
  • Process State Persistence Testing
  • Process Versioning Testing

24. Governance Fundamentals

  • The Strategic Role of IT
  • Governing IT
  • IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
  • ITIL: Managing IT Activities
  • ICT Infrastructure Management (ICTIM)
  • ICTIM Processes
  • Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
  • Need for SOA Governance
  • SOA Governance Adoption
  • Key Governance Relationships
  • SOA Governance Elements
  • SOA Governance Procedures
  • Recommended Procedures
  • More Recommended Procedure
  • SOA Governance Policies
  • Enterprise Policies
  • Business Policies
  • Service Policies
  • SOA Governance Metrics
  • More SOA Governance Metrics
  • Some Best Practices
  • Relevant Standards Work
  • OASIS SOA-RM
  • Reference Model in Context
  • OASIS SOA-RA

25. SOA Patterns

  • Patterns: Introduction
  • SOA Patterns
  • Messaging Channel Patterns
  • Messaging Channel Patterns for SOA
  • Message Type Pattern
  • Deferred Response in SOA
  • Message Routing Patterns
  • Message Routing Patterns in SOA
  • Message Transformation Patterns
  • Message Transformation Patterns in SOA

26. SOA Antipatterns

  • What are Antipatterns?
  • Technology-driven SOA Adoption
  • So What's New?
  • SOA Is the Cure All
  • Web Service is SOA
  • The Silo Approach
  • Fine Grained Service
  • Point-to-Point Communication
  • Stateful Services

Appendix B. Introduction to UDDI

  • UDDI Overview
  • UDDI in Web Services Architecture
  • UDDI
  • Businesses and Services in UDDI
  • Static and Dynamic Web Services
  • UDDI Registry Structure
  • UDDI Registry Structure -tModel
  • UDDI Interactions
  • UDDI in WebSphere

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