| Microsoft is a technology innovator in Web Services using its Visual Studio .NET product suite. Visual Studio .NET products have a considerable number of developers in the market for Web Services. Figure B-7 shows its global Web Services architecture. With IBM and VeriSign, it has jointly published Web Services roadmap specifications. Application Server -
ASP.NET server ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28000440 ) -
BizTalk server ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28000399&frame=true ) Web Services Supporting Tools -
SQL Server -
Web Services Tools ” for example, Web Services Development Kit ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url = /downloads/topic.asp?URL = /MSDN-FILES/028/000/123/topic.xml ) -
Microsoft SOAP Toolkit -
Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 1.0 -
Visual.NET studio -
C# Web Services Technology -
Security ” WS-Security, CAPICOM (PKI integration toolkit, refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/security/Security/cryptography_cryptoapi_and_capicom.asp ) -
WS-Routing -
WS-Referral -
WS-Addressing ” refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/ webservices /default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnglobspec/html/ws-addressing.asp for details References http://www.microsoft.com/net http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/ Figure B-7. Microsoft Architecture |