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SO-Aware: Common Questions Answered
News: BizTalk Governance with SO-Aware, Visual Studio Plug-In, VPC Available, Introducing SO-Aware Part 2
Did you know? Service Testing with SO-Aware
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Common Questions Answered
Over the past few weeks, we have heard some similar questions from our partners and customers:
 
Is SO-Aware a service registry?
 
Can SO-Aware manage J2EE Web Services?
 
Does SO-Aware host my Web Services?
 
Does SO-Aware enable service discovery?
 
Does SO-Aware compete with the Windows Server AppFabric?
 
How is service testing different with SO-Aware?
 
Does SO-Aware integrate with BizTalk Server?
 
This blog entry answers the questions and clarifies the role SO-Aware can play in your SOA.

If you are evaluating SO-Aware against traditional SOA Governance frameworks you might want to review our Five Reasons Why SO-Aware is Different datasheet.
Issue: # 2September 2010
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Welcome to SO-Aware's Second Newsletter!
For several weeks now, we have been bringing you news and insight about SO-Aware - a web service registry, testing, and management solution that leverages the benefits of OData and is built using the principles of REST.  We are excited to be bringing this useful and necessary tool to the marketplace.
 
With this Second Edition of our Newsletter, we have more product information to bring your way and hopefully help you learn some effective ways to leverage SO-Aware in your enterprise.
 
If you have not already done so, why not download the free, fully functional Express Edition today to see and explore the product yourself?  We are looking forward to your feedback!
SO-Aware News and Events
Sept 28th Web Event:  BizTalk Governance Using SO-Aware
With an increasing number of BizTalk customers adopting SO-Aware, we have decided to dedicate September's webinar to the integration patterns between the two platforms.
 
The session will focus on how to govern BizTalk Server artifacts using SO-Aware. We will cover the following topics:
  • Centralizing WCF adapters configuration using SO-Aware
  • Centralizing WCF-LOB adapters configuration using SO-Aware
  • Using the SO-Aware resolver for the BizTalk ESB toolkit
  • Dynamically resolving WCF configuration using SO-Aware
  • Monitoring BizTalk-hosted WCF services using SO-Aware
  • Testing BizTalk-hosted WCF services using SO-Aware
  • And more....
If you are interested in SOA governance with BizTalk Server I really encourage you to attend this webinar.
You can register for it here.
 
Visual Studio Plug-In for SO-Aware
 
We have recently made available a Visual Studio Plug-In that allows client service applications to generate a WCF service reference directly from SO-Aware.  It is available through our SDK.  Try it to see how you can work with WCF clients with no extra configuration or code.
 
You can find more information about the plug-in in our product weblog and you can download the SDK here. 
 
SO-Aware VPC Now Available
 
Are you interested in trying out SO-Aware without having to set up specific hardware?  We now have a Virtual PC image for you that has the SO-Aware Express Edition fully installed and configured.  The image is small and can be downloaded using these links:
 Check Out Part 2 of our Microsoft Channel 9 Endpoint TV Episode
 
The second episode of our interview about SO-Aware for Microsoft's Endpoint TV is now available. This part focuses on service testing, monitoring, extensibility and the PowerShell provider.
 
You can watch both parts of the interview here:
Meet SO-Aware - Part 1
Did You Know?
Service Testing is One of the Most Exciting Features of SO-Aware
In the current version, we address some of the major limitations of web service testing tools by facilitating the creation and execution of tests against highly sophisticated SOAP and RESTful services that could be using capabilities such as security, trust or federation. SO-Aware also provides a high performance module to schedule the periodic execution of web service tests and track the results. Finally, SO-Aware exposes tests as HTTP resources making it super easy to integrate with other testing frameworks or tools such as Team Foundation Server or MSTest. Check out the following posts to gain better insight into how to effectively test your web/WCF services using SO-Aware.
We appreciate your interest in SO-Aware and look forward to bringing you all the information you need to leverage it's full value in your enterprise. 
Cheers,
Elizabeth
 
Elizabeth Redding
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