Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) with Web Services

Course Number:  659-JK
Recommended Duration:  1 day

Intended Audience
Information professional needing an understanding of Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services.  Specific technologies are discussed and compared, but, no programming background is required.

Course Overview
Information professional learn the concepts and terminology of Service Oriented Architecture and how SOA is implemented using Web Services.

Objectives
The target for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is having a set of collaborating services available for invocation.  Today, Web Services are providing the backbone of Service Oriented Architecture for most organizations.  This session introduces the core concepts of Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services.  Attendees will learn how web services may be used as part of an overall SOA strategy including the strengths and weaknesses of different implementations.

Prerequisites:  None

Topics

• Why We Need Architecture

• Components of Service-Oriented Architecture

• Service providers, consumers, and repositories

• Loose Coupling, Inter-operability, and Reusability

• SOA compared to other Architectures

• Implementing a Service-Oriented Architecture with Web Services

• What is an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)?

• .NET Solutions

• J2EE Solutions

• Legacy Systems, Web Services, and SOA

• Standards supporting Web Services

• XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI/UBR

• Java and Web Services

• Microsoft .NET and Web Services

• Platform Dependence/Independence

• Integration issues

• Implementing Applications with SOA and Web Services

• Security and deployment issues