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S+S Architecture Guidance
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This release extends LitwareHR, reference S+S application, and provide guidance on the full spectrum of S+S (Client, Server, Service).
Based on frequent requests, also included in the release is a new Multi-Tenant Database Performance Guide, which provides tests results and guidance to compare the performance and scalability of different extensibility patterns in multi-tenant SQL 2005 databases (extension tables vs. XML data types vs. fixed columns).
More on this at the Platform Architecture Teams Blogs. Download the bits and code from here.
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Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition
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The Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of resources designed to help our customers quickly and consistently build WCF and ASMX Web services that adhere to well-known architecture and design patterns. These resources consist of models with code generation in the form of tools integrated with Visual Studio and patterns and architecture topics in the form of written guidance.
The Service Factory contains automation and guidance integrated into Visual Studio 2005 for building services. The core of the automation components is a Web services domain model. This domain model contains elements such as service contracts, operations, messages, and data contracts. This domain model manifests itself in the form of three integrated domain-specific languages (DSLs) that are used to model services: Service Contract Model, Data Contract Model, and the Host Model.
This contains more highlevel information about the Service Factory: Modeling Edition.
The community site contains hands-on labs for both using and extending the Service Factory, discussion forums, known issues, and a more details on the roadmap. In the near future the site will include presentations, demonstration videos, and community contributions.
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Microsoft Deployment Solution Accelerator
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Microsoft Deployment is the next version of Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007. Microsoft Deployment, the fourth generation deployment accelerator, enables deployment of servers and desktops. Its tools and end-to-end guidance reduce deployment time, standardize desktop and server images, limit service disruptions, reduce post-deployment help desk costs and improve security and ongoing configuration management. Microsoft Deployment follows the trend for unified deployment tools across desktops, servers, and applications.
Microsoft Deployment adds integration with recently released deployment technologies to create a single path for image creation and deployment, including:
• System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Operating System Deployment
• System Center Operations Manager
• Windows Automated Installation Kit
• Windows Deployment Services with new multicast technology
• Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0
• User State Migration Tool 3.0.1
• 2007 Office system
• Windows Server 2008 Server Manager for automated server role definition
• Systems Management Server 2003 with the Operating System Deployment Feature Pack
Download it here on MSDN.