Microsoft Corporation - Guidelines for Application Integration

Chapter 1: Introduction

Table 1.1: Costs and Benefits of Application Integration

Chapter 2: Defining Your Application Integration Environment

Table 2.1: Business Processing Capabilities

Table 2.2: Data Integration Capabilities

Table 2.3: Communications Capabilities

Table 2.4: Capabilities Used in Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication

Table 2.5: Business Processing Capabilities Used in STP

Table 2.6: Data Capabilities Used in STP

Table 2.7: Communications Capabilities Used in STP

Table 2.8: Business Processing Capabilities Used in Data Synchronization

Table 2.9: Data Capabilities Used in Data Synchronization

Table 2.10: Communications Capabilities Used in Data Synchronization

Table 2.11: Business Processing Capabilities Used in Application Composition

Table 2.12: Data Capabilities Used in Application Composition

Table 2.13: Communications Capabilities Used in Application Composition

Chapter 3: Security and Operational Considerations

Table 3.1: Security Capabilities

Table 3.2: Operational Management Capabilities

Chapter 4: Using Microsoft Technologies for Application Integration

Table 4.1: Business Process Integration Capabilities Provided by Microsoft Technologies

Table 4.2: Data Integration Capabilities Provided by Microsoft Technologies

Table 4.3: Communication Capabilities Provided by Microsoft Technologies

Table 4.4: Security Capabilities Provided by Microsoft Technologies

Table 4.5: Operational Management Capabilities Provided by Microsoft Technologies

Appendix: Application Integration Capabilities

Table A.1: Different Ways of Storing Address Information

Table A.2: Example Data Validation Rules