Pro Windows Server: AppFabric [Paperback]

Stephen Kaufman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1430228172 | ISBN-13: 978-1430228172 | Publication Date: April 1, 2010 | Edition: 1

Beginning Windows Application Server shows readers how to take advantage of new and eagerly awaited technology built into Windows Server to enable inexpensive deployment of multi-tier and SOA-based applications. This new technology was known during development as "Project Dublin," and it appeals to developers working for medium-size businesses without the resources to spend on expensive, third-party deployment solutions. Demand for the book is further reinforced by the current economic climate, which practically forces businesses to extract all the functionality that they can from their existing software investments.

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About the Author

Stephen Kaufman is an architect with Microsoft Consulting Services focusing on middle tier technologies, and has worked with BizTalk since the original BizTalk CTP in 1999. In addition, he is an author, trainer and speaker. He has written Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, a BizTalk tools whitepaper, as well as a number of other articles. He was a contributing author for the BizTalk Certification Exam 74-135. He maintains a blog focused on integration technologies at http://blogs.msdn.com/skaufman. Stephen has also spoken internationally at events such as Tech-Ed North America, TechEd EMEA, Microsoft's SOA & BPM Conference, Microsoft's Developer Days as well as a number of other conferences and events.

Danny Garber is an U.S.-region Azure community lead architect with the Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer team. During his 22+ years of information technology experience, Danny has been engaged with some of the largest customer consulting engagements, assisting customers to plan and implement integration solutions on Microsoft platform. Danny is a Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA), an IBM Certified Architect, Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) and Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) in BizTalk Server 2006. In addition to his consulting role, Danny can often be seen speaking at various events such as Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft's SOA & BPM Conference, IBM SHARE. He has also written number of white papers and articles including those published in the Microsoft Architecture Journal (MSJ) and the Microsoft Online Development Network Library (MSDN). Danny can be reached at [e-mail] or via his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/dannyg.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (April 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430228172
• ISBN-13: 978-1430228172
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars OK, but a little disorganized, August 16, 2010

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Karmel Moosavi "Karmel" (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro Windows Server: AppFabric (Paperback)

It gives an idea what AppFabric is, but a little disorganized. I would stick with MSDN resources for now, until a new better book comes out.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, August 22, 2010

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Pablo Castilla Vazquez (Sevilla, España) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro Windows Server: AppFabric (Paperback)

They cover all the pro stuff of windows appfabric and WF. For instance: It gives good clues of how to do versioning with wf and appfabric and lot more stuff.

I do not give it 5 starts because I see it quite unordered, and sometimes it get lost in WCF and WF, but I recommend it, it is a good consulting book

2.0 out of 5 stars AppFabric 101 at best - not a 'pro' title., January 9, 2012

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Adnan Masood (Monrovia, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro Windows Server: AppFabric (Paperback)

Windows server AppFabric, formerly known as codename Dublin and codename Velocity, is defined as a set of integrated technologies to facilitate building, scalability and manageability of web and composite applications on IIS and WAS. Pro Windows Server AppFabric by Kaufman and Garber is a jaded introduction to this relatively new technology. The book is divided into thirteen chapters leading from basic introduction to high availability but unfortunately majority of these sections are similar to `hello world' style introductions and falls short on any substantial details. This exciting distributed caching, session management and hosting/management technology merits an extraordinary introduction to compare it with competing technologies however this lackluster text fails to do so.

AppFabric salient features involves supports for two key application development areas i.e. for Web applications, it provides caching capabilities to provide high-speed access, scale, and high availability to application data; and for composite applications, AppFabric makes it easier to build and manage services built using Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation. In their book, authors discuss the later aspects in-depth but completely skip the former i.e. web application caching and session management capabilities of the AppFabric platform. Besides this major letdown, the walkthroughs are done using windows 7 which is not a server platform and hence does not reflect the real-world scenarios as one would encounter in a windows 2008 server deployments especially in a HA (high availability) mode. The last chapter, "upgrading to appfabric" is literally less than 4 pages long which does not do any justice to the immense importance of this topic.

Some of the better facets of this title are practical examples of building and consuming WF end points with step by step instructions. It also provides powershell instructions and appfabric installations, features matrix however majority of this material can be found via MSDN documentation and related blog posts. A professional title usually entails an organized study of the technology with in-depth practical advice, best practices and detailed coverage of different characteristics of the framework. This book lacks in detail and organization to fulfill the technological needs of a developer or sysadmin.