
The Microsoft Application Platform offers a comprehensive portfolio of SOA and Business Process capabilities pre-integrated to facilities shorter time-to-value and interoperable by design to work with your existing investments. By incorporating the SOA tenets of loose coupling and interoperability in its design, the Microsoft Application Platform allows you to grow your SOA capabilities over time, according to a roadmap and investment strategy optimized for your organization and current IT portfolio. With the Microsoft Application Platform for SOA and Business Process, you can rapidly deliver value back to the business through agile solutions that deliver the right information to the right people at the right time.
.NET Framework
The .NET Framework is the managed code programming model for Microsoft Windows. Developers use the .NET Framework to build services and applications for Windows clients, Windows Servers or Windows-powered devices; or to build interconnections between disparate components in a service-oriented architecture.
BizTalk Server
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 provides connectivity, messaging and business process services to an organization's service oriented infrastructure. Through broad support for connectivity to platforms, applications, devices and people BizTalk Server preserves existing investments and minimizes the cost and risk of integrating the new pieces of technology into your SOA initiatives.
Visual Studio Team System
Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 Team System is an integrated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution comprising tools, processes and guidance to help everyone on the team improve their skills and work more effectively together.
System Center
Microsoft System Center plays a central role in Microsoft's vision to help IT organizations benefit from self-managing, dynamic systems. System Center solutions are tuned to simplify management of the systems and applications your company already has implemented, including Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Biztalk Server, Internet Information Services and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
SharePoint
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of server capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight.
Oslo
With Oslo Microsoft significantly simplifies the effort required to design, build, deploy and manage distributed applications. The technology to deliver these capabilities will be delivered through BizTalk Server, System Center, Visual Studio, BizTalk Services and .NET Framework.