"Kaushal Mehta" <KaushalMehta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have Visual Studio 2005 installed on my computer.
>
> Do I need any add-on library or software to develop SOA ?
>
> Is there any tutorial that helps to develop SOA application in .Net ?
>
> I need support for WS-* including Addressing, Eventing, Notification. Can
> this be done using VS.Net.

"John Saunders [MVP]" wrote:

> "Kaushal Mehta" <KaushalMehta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EE419929-70A0-4B0A-986D-81920F369AA1@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have Visual Studio 2005 installed on my computer.
> >
> > Do I need any add-on library or software to develop SOA ?
> >
> > Is there any tutorial that helps to develop SOA application in .Net ?
> >
> > I need support for WS-* including Addressing, Eventing, Notification. Can
> > this be done using VS.Net.
>
> First of all, I would dispute your terminology a little: "SOA" is not
> identical to "WS-*". SOA is an architectural pattern, whereas the WS-* are
> protocols that may be of use in implementing that pattern, or that may turn
> out not to be of use in particular implementations of that pattern.
>
> The ideal way to use the protocols you mentioned is to use Windows
> Communication Framework. The development support for that is built into
> Visual Studio 2008, and it is part of the .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5. "3.0"
> is just a set of additional libraries on top of 2.0, so there is no upgrade
> issue. Also, you can use Visual Studio 2008 to develop applications
> targeting .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, or 3.5.
>
> You may hear people mention WSE (Web Service Enhancements), but I consider
> them to be obsolete and superseded by WCF, so I recommend you stay away from
> them.
> --
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> John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer
>
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