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Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform

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Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
Preface

Use case


WinOrBow Games is an interactive online gaming company which has a varied set of games ranging from tic-tac toe to blackjack. When a user registers with the system, as part of the social experience they can create a set of personas, subscribe to news feeds, modify the look-and-feel of their portal page, and more. All of these settings are tracked as part of their online user profile. Once users log into the system they can play with other online users or play against the online system also known as WinGuru. Optionally, users can also team up with their online friends and play against WinGuru. In this mode, the users share a social experience by sharing messages about game strategy and working together. Users playing in practice mode can look up game rules, review finished games, and strategize their next move. Users can pause a game, log out, and resume it at a later point. This convenience feature is a big hit among the registered users. The company is also looking to extend the...